Topic: Air America
started by: Liberal
Posted by Liberal on Mar. 31 2004,8:12 am
Albert Lea native Al Franken kicks off his new liberal radio show today , a Minneapolis radio station WMNN Radio (1330 AM) will carry the O'Franken factor show from 11am to 2pm but won't carry the rest of Air America programming. "This is very good news," said Franken, who grew up in Albert Lea and St louis Park. "I kept asking for 'Minnesota, Minnesota, Minnesota."
Frankens co host (former Minnesota Public Radio host) Katherine Lanpher said, "We've got the Minnesota mafia here and we should be on the air.' "
Posted by jimhanson on Mar. 31 2004,10:55 am
Conservatives have been laughing at the looney left for years--why should we have all the fun? 
Posted by Liberal on Mar. 31 2004,11:18 am
And you don't think they laugh at Rush? That's looney!
Here's a link to the looney left webcast.
< Air America Webcast >
Posted by minnow on Mar. 31 2004,12:44 pm
Hold on thar a minute Big J...(I've been watching Deadwood)1. The only thing the Republicans had over the dems was fiscal responsibility. Smaller government. That's all gone now. Clinton did better in this regard than Bush.
Bush is all done dancing. Live by regime change, die by regime change. It's the way of the world.
Where did it all go wrong? Gather round the fire children and I'll tell you...
1. Mr. Bush employed his daddies old "cold war" warriors. Cheney and Rumsfield to runs things. In effect we warped BACK in time about 20 years or so. Instead of realizing terrorism is a multi-country, search and destroy police action. They viewed the world in "cold war" terms. These men should have remained retired from government.
It's time for a new generation to take power. My generation.
Let it be known that a new generation is taking over....roll JFK's speech.....
Posted by jimhanson on Mar. 31 2004,1:08 pm
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| It's time for a new generation to take power. My generation. |
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| "Hey, I thought OURS was the Pepsi Generation!" |
Laughing at liberal looney lefties has been a sport for years--far pre-dating Rush. He just capitalized on it, and turned it into a commercially viable product.
One of the reasons conservative talk radio has become so big is that there is so much material out there, and it's all FREE! Midnight basketball, unlimited Pork, pandering to "constituent groups" while deriding "special interests", failed social programs, famous flip-flops, multi-million dollar "celebrities" talking about how they are for the "little guy".....the list is endless! While no party has a lock on STUPID QUOTES, the Dems have some real superstars--John Major, Hilary, Diane Feinstein, Nancy Pelosi, Gerald Nadler, Barbra Streisand, Alec Baldwin, Ed Asner, Jesse Jackson, Barney Frank, Dennis Kucinich, Howard Dean.... All conservative talk radio has to do is play the sound bites, and scare the **** out of anybody listening.
The liberals have never had a successul talk radio show--mainly because talk radio is about IDEAS--and most of the New-Deal ideas promoted by the Dems have proven not to work--but that doesn't keep them from trotting them out again. Liberals don't even have a new idea for the Franken show--"the O'Franken factor"? Catch Franken while you can--he wasn't funny on SNL, and he isn't funny now.
Posted by farouk on Mar. 31 2004,1:53 pm
ResumeGEORGE W. BUSH
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20520
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Law Enforcement:
I was arrested in Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1976 for driving under the influence of alcohol. I pled guilty, paid a fine, and had my driver's license suspended for 30 days.
My Texas driving record has been "lost" and is not available.
Military:
I joined the Texas Air National Guard and went AWOL.
I refused to take a drug test or answer any questions about my drug use. By joining the Texas Air National Guard, I was able to avoid combat duty in Vietnam.
College:
I graduated from Yale University with a low C average. I was a cheerleader.
PAST WORK EXPERIENCE:
I ran for U.S. Congress and lost.
I began my career in the oil business in Midland, Texas, in 1975. I bought an oil company, but couldn't find any oil in Texas. The company went bankrupt shortly after I sold all my stock.
I bought the Texas Rangers baseball team in a sweetheart deal that took land using taxpayer money.
With the help of my father and our friends in the oil industry (including Enron CEO Ken Lay), I was elected governor of Texas.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS:
I changed Texas pollution laws to favor power and oil companies, making Texas the most polluted state in the Union.
During my tenure, Houston replaced Los Angeles as the most smog-ridden city in America.
I cut taxes and bankrupted the Texas treasury to the tune of billions in borrowed money.
I set the record for the most executions by any governor in American history.
With the help of my brother, the governor of Florida, and my father's appointments to the Supreme Court, I became President after losing by over 500,000 votes.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS PRESIDENT:
I am the first President in U.S. history to enter office with a criminal record.
I invaded and occupied two countries at a continuing cost of over one billion dollars per week.
I spent the U.S. surplus and effectively bankrupted the U.S. Treasury.
I shattered the record for the largest annual deficit in U.S. history.
I set an economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12-month period.
I set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12-month period.
I set the all-time record for the biggest drop in the history of the U.S. stock market.
In my first year in office, over 2 million Americans lost their jobs and that trend continues every month.
I'm proud that the members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in U.S. history. My "poorest millionaire," Condoleeza Rice, has a Chevron oil tanker named after her.
I set the record for most campaign fundraising trips by a U.S. President.
I am the all-time U.S. and world record-holder for receiving the most corporate campaign donations.
My largest lifetime campaign contributor, and one of my best friends, Kenneth Lay, presided over the largest corporate bankruptcy fraud in U.S. History - Enron.
My political party used Enron private jets and corporate attorneys to assure my success with the U.S. Supreme Court during my election decision.
I have protected my friends at Enron and Halliburton against investigation or prosecution.
More time and money was spent investigating the Monica Lewinsky affair than has been spent investigating one of the biggest corporate rip-offs in history.
I presided over the biggest energy crisis in U.S. history and refused to intervene when corruption involving the oil industry was revealed.
I presided over the highest gasoline prices in U.S. history.
I changed the U.S. policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts.
I appointed more convicted criminals to administration than any President in U.S. history.
I created the Ministry of Homeland Security, the largest bureaucracy in the history of the United States government.
I've broken more international treaties than any President in U.S. history.
I am the first President in U.S. history to have the United Nations remove the U.S. from the Human Rights Commission.
I withdrew the U.S. from the World Court of Law.
I refused to allow inspector's access to U.S. "prisoners of war" detainees and thereby have refused to abide by the Geneva Convention.
I am the first President in history to refuse United Nations election inspectors (during the 2002 U.S. election).
I set the record for fewest numbers of press conferences of any President since the advent of television.
I set the all-time record for most days on vacation in any one-year period.
After taking off the entire month of August, I presided over the worst security failure in U.S. history.
I garnered the most sympathy for the U.S. after the World Trade Center attacks and less than a year later made the U.S. the most hated country in the world, the largest failure of diplomacy in world history.
I have set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously protest me in public venues (15 million people), shattering the record for protests against any person in the history of mankind.
I am the first President in U.S. history to order an unprovoked, pre-emptive attack and the military occupation of a sovereign nation. I did so against the will of the United Nations, the majority of U.S. citizens, and the world community.
I have cut health care benefits for war veterans and support a cut in duty benefits for active duty troops and their families -- in wartime.
In my State of the Union Address, I lied about our reasons for attacking Iraq and then blamed the lies on our British friends.
I am the first President in history to have a majority of Europeans (71%) view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and security.
I am supporting development of a nuclear "Tactical Bunker Buster," a WMD.
I have so far failed to fulfill my pledge to bring Osama Bin Laden [sic] to justice.
RECORDS AND REFERENCES:
All records of my tenure as governor of Texas are now in my father's library, sealed and unavailable for public view.
All records of SEC investigations into my insider trading and my bankrupt companies are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.
All records or minutes from meetings that I, or my Vice-President, attended regarding public energy policy are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public review.
PLEASE CONSIDER MY EXPERIENCE WHEN VOTING IN 2004.
Posted by Angel on Mar. 31 2004,2:55 pm
Thats it. I was going to write in a canidate for President because I don't like Bush or Kerry. Farouk changed my mind. Though I would disagree with some of the things in the resume. I'll vote Kerry. I used to think better the devil you know but not at this moment.
Posted by farouk on Mar. 31 2004,4:00 pm
While suturing a laceration on the hand of a 70-year-old Texas business Tycoon (whose hand had been caught in a fence while working at his country home), a doctor and the old man were talking about George Bush. The old Tycoon said, "Well, ya know, George is a 'post turtle'." Not knowing what the old man meant, the doctor asked him what a post turtle was. The old man said, "When you're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a post turtle."The old man saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he continued to explain, "You know he didn't get there by himself, he doesn't belong there, he can't get anything done while he's up there, and you just want to help the poor stupid bastard get down".
Posted by GEOKARJO on Mar. 31 2004,4:10 pm
John Kerry at Valley Forge anti-war rally, sitting behind Hanoi Jane Fonda.| Quote |
| Kerry described his injuries as “walking wounded,” since one caused him to miss two days while the others did not interrupt his service at all. He received Purple Hearts for each of these. These “walking wounded” injuries earned him a way out of combat; he requested to be transferred out of duty since Navy rules stated that a soldier wounded three times could be sent home immediately |
< Some Hero ya Think >
Posted by Jesus Juice on Mar. 31 2004,5:14 pm
| Quote (Angel @ Mar. 31 2004,2:55:pm) |
| Thats it. I was going to write in a canidate for President because I don't like Bush or Kerry. Farouk changed my mind. Though I would disagree with some of the things in the resume. I'll vote Kerry. I used to think better the devil you know but not at this moment. |
Maybe you should come to your own conclusion on who to vote for by thinking on your own intead of basing your decision on some slanted ramblings by some weirdo on a BBS.
Just an idea...
Posted by GEOKARJO on Mar. 31 2004,6:13 pm
While Kerry was protesting the war with Hanoi Jane, Geokarjo was taking in a Bob Hope Show in Da Nang. Before heading out to Quang Tri.
Posted by minnow on Mar. 31 2004,6:28 pm
Who would have thought... that young man would grow up to be such an iGnERant funken redneck...
Posted by repdan on Mar. 31 2004,6:51 pm
Anyone know if 1170 am is carrying the program or any local stations?
Posted by Truth on Mar. 31 2004,7:14 pm
How is Bush responsible for the the economic pit falls created by eight years of Clinton taxation. The economy does not responde to changes in government like a top fuel dragster responds to throttle input. The economy takes time to react to changes in tax code and economic policy. Bush is simply reaping the dwindled vines left by the Clinton mess. The conservative approach to economic policy has always provided great rewards. Under Reagan (and that is how its spelled Fletcher...not Reagon...you bufoon.) the U.S. saw its greatest economic growth since the Second World War and the years immediately following.
The left serves one purpose to fight against good and common sense.
Posted by Truth on Mar. 31 2004,7:15 pm
Rush rules!
Posted by Madd Max on Mar. 31 2004,7:50 pm
| Quote (Truth @ Mar. 31 2004,7:15:pm) |
| Rush rules! |
Well truth,
Reagan didn't do a damn thing for me except getting my wages cut by 45%. I believe there was the contra arms deal going on with Ally North while RR was in office. I believe he build up the economy with low paying convenience store jobs, while leading an all out war against the good paying union jobs. Ha Ronald Reagan Never saw a Union he didn’t like as long as it was outside of the USA. remember Poland!!!!! But he did outspend the USSR in arms build up forcing the USSR to fall.
Also Pill popping Rush need I say more!!!!!!
Posted by MrTarzan on Mar. 31 2004,8:41 pm
I did not know that Al Franken was from Albert Lea. That is cool. How come the only I ever hear invited to anything is Marion Ross? Al Franken is cool. His type of humor fills a niche, and he is good in his role. They should be inviting him to parades and stuff.
Posted by minnow on Apr. 01 2004,12:37 pm
Oh my God...look at this arse..." Under Reagan (and that is how its spelled Fletcher...not Reagon...you bufoon.)"
This is rich, check it...Mr. Anal Spell checker gives us spelling lectures in which HE misspells words! LOL
It's not bufoon...you buffoon!!!
LOL
Posted by GEOKARJO on Apr. 01 2004,3:24 pm
Just ordered 50 of these
Posted by GEOKARJO on Apr. 01 2004,3:26 pm
and 50 of these
Posted by The Advocate on Apr. 02 2004,8:13 pm
Te Kopple had a piece on the new "Air America" radio show. It is amazing how the Ultra-Conservatives are circling the wagons. One gentlemen guest stated that by having this "Liberal" tilt broadcast on the radio it will be just a one-sided perspective without input from the right. I had to agree with Al Franken, when he responded that what exactly does he think that the inundation of all those Ultra-Conservative programs have done. I do not think I have ever heard Rush say anything on his program in regards to being positive about Liberal anything. No he states his views biased strongly in Ultra- onservative right. Personally, I tend to be a middle of the roader and can't stand the thought of being politically type cast. It has been said that individuals are much to complex to be pigeon-holed. Gotta, admit I agree.
Posted by minnow on Apr. 02 2004,8:17 pm
Ditto
Posted by GEOKARJO on Apr. 02 2004,8:21 pm
Minnow do you have a life outside the forum, I am at work therefore I am on line.
Posted by minnow on Apr. 02 2004,8:24 pm
I'm wireless now...
Posted by Liberal on Apr. 02 2004,11:43 pm
MrTarzan, Al Franken is from here but I don't believe he claims us. The Tribune ran a story within the last year about it but I couldn't find it on the site. I think his family owned a factory that made quilted liners for jackets. My father used to work there in the early 60's but has no recollection of Al Franken. Franken says he moved to "St. Jewish Park" when he was like 12. (I've never heard St. Louis Park called that 
)As far as why we don't get him to come here it's probably because he gets $25,000 per speaking engagement and we don't have that kind of money to throw around unless it's for a study.
Posted by minnow on Apr. 03 2004,12:49 am
A study that comes out the way the paying parties want...LOL
Posted by hoosier on Apr. 03 2004,7:59 am
Jim, again you partisan glasses have left you in the position of being laughed at, not the liberals. In your last post you mentioned all the things that liberals have done in the past, and thats why conservatives have had a good ole laughing party. Only one thing wrong with your post. Its full of partisan bull$hit again. Sometimes I have to recheck the name on your post, I think Shawn Hannity might have stopped by to post.
You cant even see that the things you accuse the liberals of doing, the conservatives do also, you just refuse to see it. Or, you do see it, but you think its all ok when the people you support do it.
Sorry, there was way more than one thing wrong with your post, I only pointed out the biggest, your partisan blindness.
Franken isnt funny now? But Rush and O'Reilly are? Whats wrong Jimmy, cant handle your beloved conservatives being run through the mud everyday like the liberals have been for years.
Look, in my opinion, they all serve a purpose. But they all are only willing to point out the bad in the other party. They hate bad government, but only if it comes from the other party. Jim is the same way, wants to point out everything bad the liberals have done, but in his opinion, the conservatives can do no wrong. If you truely want good government, you have to first be willing to admit that both parties are to blame. If not, talking politics with people like that is a waste of time. Just like the time I wasted here talking to Jim. His next post will be nothing but examples of all the evil the liberals have done. That or a two page history lesson that nobody gives a $hit about, but hey, it distracts him admitting that hes full of $hit when it comes to politics. Just admit it Jim, dont be like O'Rielly and try to say you are fair and balanced, no one here believes it anyway. Just admit you are a flaming conservative and your party is better, because hey, your'e Jim!
Posted by Truth on Apr. 03 2004,3:48 pm
Just because a view point is conservtive does not make it wrong...actually there is no need to be positive about liberals they ARE wrong.Don't be a middle of the road person, you'll end up getting squashed. Advo
Posted by minnow on Apr. 03 2004,5:32 pm
Yes become an extremist! 
You're either with Truth or YeR against him... 
Posted by jimhanson on Apr. 03 2004,6:05 pm
Quote, from Hoosier--"Jim, again you partisan glasses have left you in the position of being laughed at, not the liberals. In your last post you mentioned all the things that liberals have done in the past, and thats why conservatives have had a good ole laughing party.Guilty as charged--Conservatives have been laughing at liberals for years--and that is what infuriates them--as proved by your post. Only one thing wrong with your post. Its full of partisan bull$hit again. I posted SPECIFICS on liberal laughing points, like Midnight Basketball. Where are YOUR specifics? No, you prefer to use a broad brush--something like "Conservatives are big fat.........."--a takeoff on Franken's ACTUAL BOOK TITLE--and reminiscent of schoolyard taunts.Sometimes I have to recheck the name on your post, I think Shawn Hannity might have stopped by to post.
You cant even see that the things you accuse the liberals of doing, the conservatives do also, you just refuse to see it. I posted some of the things I have a problem supporting in the Republican Party--SEE BELOW
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| Republican drivel--Nah, Bush is too much like a Democrat--big spending, "me too" prescription drugs, offering amnesty to illegals, big government, instituted Homeland Security and the TSA. Unfortunately, there is too little chance for a meaningful third-party challenge. Too bad there are no Libertarian commercials--then we could TRIANGULATE this discussion.[/color] |
Sorry, there was way more than one thing wrong with your post, I only pointed out the biggest, your partisan blindness.And THIS is an example of non-partisan writing style?
Franken isnt funny now? TRUEBut Rush and O'Reilly are? Find me a post where I called them funny--I said they poked fun at liberalsWhats wrong Jimmy, cant handle your beloved conservatives being run through the mud everyday like the liberals have been for years. No, I don't mind a bit, because unlike the conservative talk shows with millions of listeners, there has never been a successful national liberal talk show--unless you count CNN
(sarcasm) Look, in my opinion, they all serve a purpose. But they all are only willing to point out the bad in the other party. They hate bad government, but only if it comes from the other party.I have NEVER seen an ad by EITHER the Republicans or Democrats extolling the virtues of the other party--that is insane. Jim is the same way, wants to point out everything bad the liberals have done, but in his opinion, the conservatives can do no wrong. I have given examples where Republicans have "done wrong"--please give me an example of where I said they couldn't
If you truely want good government, you have to first be willing to admit that both parties are to blame. No, you just have to take a stand, the "they're all to blame crowd" that doesn't take a stand stands for nothing. I can talk politics with Liberal (with a big L) because he takes a stand and presents his facts--something you have been unwilling or unable to do. Just WHERE IS YOUR MEA CULPA, Hoosier--telling everyone how bad the LIBERALS are?If not, talking politics with people like that is a waste of time. Just like the time I wasted here talking to Jim. His next post will be nothing but examples That's TRUE--I always try to give EXAMPLES, not broad-brush rhetoric--I've challenged you many times to give examples--none forthcomingof all the evil the liberals have done. That or a two page history lesson that nobody gives a $hit about if you just want to voice political polemics, party line, or simply "I hate Bush and anyone that might ever support him"--you can do that in only a few linesbut hey, it distracts him admitting that hes full of $hit when it comes to politics. Just admit it Jim, dont be like O'Rielly that's O'Reilly--know your adversary.and try to say you are fair and balanced, no one here believes it anyway. Just admit you are a flaming conservative and your party is better,Well, I would, if I HAD a party, but I've already said that I don't donate to Republicans because they are too much like Democrats because hey, your'e Jim!And as Chevy Chase, one of the OTHER Saturday Night Live alumnus used to say "and you're not!
Posted by MrTarzan on Apr. 04 2004,6:49 pm
I think that we should have Franken come and do a study for $25,000 on electric carp barriers, or library buildings, or local sales taxes. Have him come and present his findings at the Community Theatre, I would pay to listen to it, and probably be willing to buy a copy of the report. I'm sure that his conclusions and recommendations would be great fun.
Posted by jimhanson on Apr. 04 2004,7:00 pm
It WOULD be appropriate--wasn't Franken one of the players on the recurring SNL skit, where business owners of a dying retail mall got together in the barbershop to discuss the passing of the latest business? At the end, the guy getting his hair cut, always had no money, so asked the barber to "put it on the tab". | Quote |
| MrTarzan, Al Franken is from here but I don't believe he claims us |
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| "You passed me by, all of life's great attractions, you were, I felt, keeping me from the heat and the action" |
Posted by Liberal on Apr. 04 2004,8:40 pm
ABBA?, I liked that band when I was about 10 years old and I was to embarrased to admit it to anyone. You don't still have a disco ball or a white disco suit do you?
You accuse hoosier of broad brush rhetoric but you do the same thing. You're just trying to convince people that you are supplying facts by using the same example over and over and over again "midnight basketball" How many times do you think you've brought up that obscure program? Do you realize how few people even realize what it is? Why not try something original with your liberal bashing like try not to bring up the words, "midnight basketball" ever again?
Posted by Truth on Apr. 04 2004,8:53 pm
Franken will be off the air real quick.Why? Midnight basket ball is the perfect example. Liberal ideology on AM daytime talk radio doesn't fly here in the U.S. Not well enough to support a national radio show. AM is the hotbed of the silent majority and that majority is largely conservative. Franken will never rival Rush the majority of AM talk show listeners don't like the leftist wacko dogma. PERIOD.
Posted by jimhanson on Apr. 04 2004,9:26 pm
I'm not ashamed of MB (is that OK?)--but liberals certainly are (or should be). I can see why they would like to (in their parlance) "move on".What other liberal foibles are also off limits? A crucifix in a jar of urine--from the National Endowment for the Arts?
How about building high rise housing projects for the poor, then, after they've been trashed in only a few years, ordering them demolished, and the occupants "mainstreamed" into tract housing?
Robert Byrd's Coast Guard station in West Virginia (lot of water there!)--or any of the other projects the "King of Pork" brings to his state at our expense?
How about jokes about Kennedy drinking, philandering, or driving record? Those should be OK, they've become a national cliche.
Clinton's contretemps are also a cliche--you can't embarrass the man--but the sheer NUMBER of his problems are cause for laughter--and dismay. How about his last-minute pardons?
How about James Traficant? The former sitting Congressman is in prison for corruption.
Are discredited liberal programs OK to make fun of? How about NUCLEAR FREEZE. NUCLEAR BUILD-DOWN. Unilateral disarmament. Nuclear Winter. Global Cooling--which quickly became global warming? How about seemingly innocuous screw-ups--like Clinton ordering the retirement of A-6 Intruders--ground attack fighters that were also the major TANKER aircraft off American aircraft carriers. A loaded Navy aircraft can't take off with full fuel and full weapons, so they have to hit a tanker. The E-6 had a "give away--take away ratio of 7--it could fuel 7 aircraft while on station--the SA-3 Viking can only do 2 1/2--so the Navy can't put up a full complement of loaded aircraft from carriers, according to author Tom Clancy. The order, again according to Clancy, came direct from the White House--underscoring his "disdain" for the military.
How about Jocelyn Elders? Can we make fun of her? Janet Reno--of Waco and Ruby Ridge Fame? Is Hilary fair game--there is so much material there.
It's hard to know what liberals will be embarrassed about next--but if you want to be part of the crowd that embraces Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Alec Baldwin, Barbra Streisand, Phil Donohue, Ed Asner, Jayson Blair, Katie Couric, Ted Kennedy, Diane Feinstein, Gray Davis, Jane Fonda, Molly Ivins, Spike Lee, Rosie O'Donnel, Carol Mosely-Braun, Charles Rangel, John Major, Robert Blake, and every otherr leftie whacko out there--I'm sure there is an (un-named) party for YOU!
You want to compare illogical, failed government programs? BRING IT ON!
ABBA--I didn't realize that liberals were the gatekeepers as to what music may or may not be played or enjoyed--I thought liberals only controlled the "drop-off-to-sleep music" that nobody wants to hear, so they play it on government-sponsored National Public Radio.
I can see why liberals wouldn't like ABBA--at one time, they were the largest financial export from Sweden--topping SAAB and VOLVO. They are number 3 on the world-wide sales of records and albums, behind only Elvis and the Beatles. They spoke little or no English, but had the foresight and moxie to record in English--because that's where the sales are. They recorded in 5 languages--Swedish, English, French, German, and Spanish (you would think liberals would like that!)
Maybe the reason liberals don't like them is that they proved the fact that overtaxation doesn't work--despite working hard, bringing money into Sweden, they (like the Beatles), got tired of confiscatory taxes--90% in Sweden. No wonder liberals don't like them!
Posted by rosebudinal on Apr. 04 2004,9:45 pm
Place your bets...... how quick will he be off the air??? I say within 6 months. And that's being conservative (no pun intended). LOL
Posted by Liberal on Apr. 04 2004,9:50 pm
Truth,I'm sure the conservatives chests just swell with pride knowing they have people like you on their side.
Can you give me an example of leftist wacko dogma? It's an awful lot of big words and I wonder if you know what it means or if you're just repeating something Rush or Ann said
Jim,
I never said I didn't like ABBA I just thought it's something that's best kept to ones self.
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That was a Freeborn County Fair Board - MCLU lawsuit over free speech and the county lost that one too.
Like I said in the previous post I could care less if you use Midnight basketball as an example because most people don't know what it is.(in all honesty I have no clue as to what it is)
And I'm not saying you can't bring up Midnight Basketball or anything else that Rush has taught you about. I just think that you lose readers when you go on and on with the same old rhetoric.
Posted by jimhanson on Apr. 04 2004,10:11 pm
"Piss Christ" was the name--there were actually two of them, one from the NEA, one locally. I had forgotten about the local one. At least the local one didn't get "grant money" for his "art".Midnight Basketball--I'm amazed you haven't heard of it--or bothered to research it in Google--those words come up with 411,000 responses. It was a social program Clinton instituted in 1993--give money to have kids play basketball during the midnight hours "instead of getting into trouble". It became a euphemism and icon for wasted money and misdirected liberal programs--WHY NOT HAVE THE KIDS AT HOME INSTEAD OF ROAMING THE STREETS AT THAT HOUR? WHY HAVE PRE-TEENS AND TEENS ON THE STREETS? I've never heard Rush do a schtick on it--I don't listen to radio except when in my car, or walk through the shop when the mechanics have it on--but it IS on all over the U.S.--when flying people around the U.S. and waiting for them, if there is a radio on, usually it is turned to Rush--there aren't many liberals in aviation, people in this industry have seen the worst of the Federal Government arrogance, waste, ineptitude, and inefficiency in the FAA!
I'm sure Rush covered it sometime, though. I'm sure that if I keep flying long enough, I'll find SOMEONE that listens to liberal radio--OH, THAT'S RIGHT, LIBERALS HAVE NEVER HAD A NATIONAL AUDIENCE LIKE TALK RADIO.
I listen to Franken, now that you put the link on the computer--I just have to use headsets. Can you find a way to put Rush's screen on the computer while I listen to Franken--just so people don't think I'm a liberal? Rosebud--Franken will be on the air at least until after the election--the Air America spokesman on Nightline said they projected at least 2 years of losses before it turned around--perhaps it will be propped up by the DNC. Once again, it will be those "mean old businessmen" that won't give their "fair share" of advertising dollars to this failed show.
Posted by rosebudinal on Apr. 05 2004,12:29 am
Liberal, can you name one liberal talk radio show that has succeeded?
Posted by minnow on Apr. 05 2004,1:19 am
The experts say Republicans just really like talk radio. The host doesn't really have to much to do wit it.
Posted by rosebudinal on Apr. 05 2004,11:03 am
Is wit the operative word here, Minnow?
Posted by Truth on Apr. 05 2004,1:52 pm
How about social security. That was the still born brain child of liberal thinking.
Posted by The Advocate on Apr. 05 2004,6:11 pm
Why hasn't "Liberal" radio been historically successful? Because most "Conservatives" are older and like to listen to the radio. Most "Liberals" are out actually doing something, like changing the world. And I have said I was a middle of the roader. Well, the more I read Jim Hansons posts the more inclined I am to view him as a radical. And no way shape or form do I want to be in agreement with that sort of nonsense.
Posted by jimhanson on Apr. 05 2004,6:30 pm
C'mon, Advocate--tell us where I'm wrong--engage!
Posted by irisheyes on Apr. 05 2004,9:31 pm
| Quote (The Advocate @ April 05 2004,6:11:pm) |
| Why hasn't "Liberal" radio been historically successful? Because most "Conservatives" are older and like to listen to the radio. Most "Liberals" are out actually doing something, like changing the world. |
Let me get this strait, liberal talk radio is a failure because liberals are so busy "changing the world". If they only spent more time listening to the radio instead of saving the rain forest, and demonizing SUV drivers, they might be successful in radio, is that what you expect us to believe?
As for you refering to jimhanson as a "radical", and posting "nonsense", you'd have to give examples before I'd take that seriously. I've known a lot of democrats who thought that anyone who opposed socialism was a "right-wing radical", that name is thrown around so much by liberals, it has no credibility anymore.
Posted by rosebudinal on Apr. 06 2004,12:41 am
Advocate, are you serious? My 20 yr old listens to Rush, I work so that I don't have alot of time to be listening to the radio (I am out doing something). Jim Hanson-radical LOL is like saying Mickey Mouse is violent. And, get over this one......I don't even drive an SUV!!!! Guess that some of your views of right-winged just got clipped.
Posted by The Advocate on Apr. 06 2004,6:18 pm
In America today there is an erosion of the middle class due to free trade and globalization and sitting Republicans are currently pushing for expansion of NAFTA through the FTAA. Which in a nutshell will expand NAFTA's reach and it will allow markets to be open and loss of jobs to 3rd world countries and our good paying factory/manufacturing jobs are being exported as we speak. This does allow Americans to buy cheaper products at Walmart, it does little for those displaced workers and our economy in general, unless of course you are at the top of the heap.... a rich Republican. Ronald Reagan oversaw the largest deregulation process in our nations history. This resulted in the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. We have a society today where corporate greed is evident in corporation after corporation. And that is what affects each and every one of us. What Ted Kennedy or Clinton did in his personal life was not always a good thing, it may not have had the same affect on us as a society as do our economic policies. And yes, I am a product of the Welfare System myself. I have not done too bad though. Give most people a chance and they will rise to the occasion.
Posted by irisheyes on Apr. 06 2004,7:26 pm
| Quote (The Advocate @ April 06 2004,6:18:pm) |
| This resulted in the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. |
If you, or any other user has any proof to back up the claim of this happening in the Reagan years, I'd like to see it. I've heard this many times, but I've seen many UNBIASED charts contradicting this statement. Every chart or statistic from the Congressional Budget Office, and the Census Bureau that I've looked at has proved that the majority of people in every income bracket did better financially durring his Presidency. The results were much better than other administrations, yes, the rich became richer, but the poor & middle class also became more wealthy.
Posted by hoosier on Apr. 09 2004,8:17 am
Amen advocate, radical, you hit the nail on the head with that one. You know, the thing that bothers me about Jims posts is this. As an independent, I would have to say that he was correct in the things he listed in a previous post, the one where he listed all the things liberals have done in the past that get laughs from the conservatives. My problem is this, while those were laughable, I think its sad that what the conservatives do when they are in office is anything but funny. Yes, Dukakis looked like an idiot in that tank, thank god he wasnt elected, but he hasnt directed that tank to go in and destroy homes in an occupied land. Clinton? Yes, he lied under oath, about a blow job! And he got impeached over it. The thing is, and people like Jim will never see it, is that neither party has the right to claim any kind of moral high ground. They are both guilty of doing the samethings, some people just arent smart enough to see it.
Posted by MADDOG on Apr. 09 2004,8:59 am
hoosier | Quote |
| Yes, Dukakis looked like an idiot in that tank, thank god he wasnt elected, |
Posted by Truth on Apr. 09 2004,1:45 pm
LMAO I would add something here but, WOW
Posted by rosebudinal on Apr. 09 2004,7:55 pm
Good one Maddog!