Originally Posted By woody >>As in calling out a liar for what he is, a racist lying bigot?<< I wasn't aware there was a debate where you can attack someone in such a manner. What planet do you live on? Obviously a liberal planet where everyone had to agree. If you don't agree, you call them names.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "What planet do you live on? Obviously a liberal planet where everyone had to agree. If you don't agree, you call them names." Much like the conservative planet where anyone who disagrees is a traitor, unpatriotic and wants the terrorists to win?
Originally Posted By ecdc "As long as all the Dems have to offer is their fairly lame "Republicans-Are-All-Corrupt" message, I'm not worried." The Democrats have plenty to offer. But our supposedly raging liberal media like to focus on scandals - and there's plenty out there. Harry Reid's four lobbyist sons don't quite equal asking boys how their underwear feels. That whole "Iraq is a total disaster area" thing might just be on the Democrats side too.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/story/462145p-388836c.html" target="_blank">http://www.nydailynews.com/ent ertainment/story/462145p-388836c.html</a> >>But Michael Harrison, editor of the trade magazine Talkers, says AA needs to rethink some things, and fast. "They don't seem to understand this is a business," he says. "If you can't pay your bills, none of the rest matters. "I have nothing against Air America, but when you seem to think you don't have to pay your creditors because you're on a higher mission that's more important, you lose my sympathy." Critics have blasted Air America as a one-note, Bush-bashing Democratic mouthpiece, and while that's a mirror of what conservative talk radio is sometimes called, several top conservative hosts said AA's problem is simpler. "They're haters and no one listens," said Bill O'Reilly on WOR (710 AM). "They got what they deserved." "It's not that they're not funny enough or anything else," said Rush Limbaugh of WABC (770 AM). "They just aren't any good. You can't just put idiots on the radio and expect 20 million listeners." Noting AA's $4 million in assets, Limbaugh joked, "I have more in my checking account." <<
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <"It's not that they're not funny enough or anything else," said Rush Limbaugh of WABC (770 AM). "They just aren't any good. You can't just put idiots on the radio and expect 20 million listeners." < too easy on this one.......
Originally Posted By jonvn Yes. But I will tell you that even though I agree with a lot of what they say, they are still very difficult to listen to. One note harping on how screwed up everything is all the time, rather than a forward thinking what can we do to fix it sort of thing gets very old very fast. Yes, Bush is a disaster. Yes, Iraq is too. Yes, the world is not happy with us. Fine. OK, now what do we do to fix it? Oh, I know, let's complain some more. Who needs to listen to that all the time?
Originally Posted By patrickegan How long did they really think they could get by on a strict hate America first? I’m surprised that uber-bellyaching format has gone on this long. One other observation I’ve made… those on the right listen to talk radio as it is something that can be done while WORKING!!!
Originally Posted By jonvn Well, it's annoying, is what it is. Droning and whining. The hosts, the callers, everyone. It's just not funny or entertaining, or anything.
Originally Posted By patrickegan No, on the phone, paying the bills, cleaning the desk, one lining the LP and loading up the ipod!
Originally Posted By jonvn Do you use your ipod via a pc or a mac? I have the worst time trying to deal with itunes on a pc.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <a href="http://www.limewire.com/english/content/home.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.limewire.com/englis h/content/home.shtml</a>
Originally Posted By DlandDug Back to the topic at hand, there has finally been a smattering of information on who "Democracy Allies LLC" might be. <a href="http://www.newsobserver.com/114/story/498462.html" target="_blank">http://www.newsobserver.com/11 4/story/498462.html</a> >>Air America will continue to receive funding from Democracy Allies LLC, an investor group that includes Robert Glaser, chief executive of RealNetworks Inc. who made his fortune as a Microsoft Corp. executive. Glaser, who once served as chairman of Air America, holds a 36.7 percent stake in the company. Glaser resigned as director of the network's parent company Friday. Horn said Scott Elberg had been named as its new chief executive. Elberg has been at the network since 2005. "Nobody likes filing for bankruptcy," he said in a statement. "However, this move will enable us to concentrate on informing and entertaining our audience during the coming months."<< Seems hard to understand why anybody is still putting up money to keep this beast alive. But... if one were cynical enough, it would be possible to believe the intent is to stick around through the mid term elections. This, of course, is predicated on the notion that the investors in question still believe that AirAmerica is somehow having a discernible effect on the outcome of the elections. If, on the other hand, the investors are actual businessmen, they may be propping this thing up in order to sell it. It would be a bit difficult to sell the assets of a broadcast entity that wasn't actually broadcasting, after all.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder I just don't understand the right's preoccupation with Air America. I don't listen to it, but I know of people who broadcast on the local L.A. affiliate. Air America gets more publicity from the right, good bad or indifferent, than Air America could ever buy on its own. If the corporation is that inconsquential, who cares what they do? Why is this worthy of a thread?
