Air America files for bankruptcy.
By on Oct 13th, 2006 at 10:55 am
Air America files for bankruptcy.
Air America Radio has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, but the network will stay on the air as it searches for new investors, the AP reports. “The network had denied rumors just a month ago that it would file for bankruptcy, but on Friday Air America said negotiations with a creditor from the company’s early days had broken down.”
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Oh, the wingnut blogo-nerds are gonna have a field day with this one. Prepare yourself.
October 13th, 2006 at 11:00 amNot all that surprising.
Progressives get their radio news from NPR, a fairly objective source.
Nutjobs get their radio news from Rush, a hypocritical blowhard.
October 13th, 2006 at 11:00 amNo big deal. Many companies file for reorganization under Chapter 11.
October 13th, 2006 at 11:02 am[...] Original post by Nico Read More… [...]
October 13th, 2006 at 11:02 amMaybe AA should apply for a grant from the Heritage Foundation. I hear lots of talk radio hosts and networks get money from there.
Oh, that’s right, they only support wingnut radio.
October 13th, 2006 at 11:06 amnegotiations with a creditor from the company’s early days had broken down
I wonder who this creditor is? Air America was doing poorly early on before they changed strategies, so I guess that’s come back to haunt them.
Oh well, it doesn’t take them off the air.
Oh, the wingnut blogo-nerds are gonna have a field day with this one. Prepare yourself.
What do you expect? They’re still stupid enough to support preznit Miserable Failure, so their opinion is always going to be a joke.
October 13th, 2006 at 11:07 am.
Tons of right-wing business ventures fail financially but are propped up by Scaife and Heritage.
And NPR is not a progressive station. They’re so terrified of being called biased, they refuse to give sufficient context or call a lie a lie. The other day I listened to a conversation about the media where they allowed themselves and CBS to be called “liberal” without argument, while questioning if FOX News is a conservative outlet.
October 13th, 2006 at 11:13 amI like to monitor right-wing gibberish. In a fund-raiser email from Dick Cheney, stated that “The Democrats rely on unions and wealthy liberals to fund and operate their voter turnout.”
I guess this blows that talking-point on how rich we liberals are.
October 13th, 2006 at 11:15 amIMHO, Air America trys to hard to be like FUX News.
Rhodes is always yelling & using sound props, which
irritates the hell out of me.
I prefer Ed Schultz, who I thought did a good job on
Larry King last night against some loudmouthed wingnuts.
That aside, we need more liberal voices on the air, not fewer.
NPR is paranoid, and rightfully so, that wingunts will object
to objectivity.
Of course, the Right will scream, ’see, you couldn’t make it!’
October 13th, 2006 at 11:22 amwhile ignoring the fact that O’Leilly has backer paying for
him to be on the air becasue he has no listener base!
I wish people would quit referring to Air America as if it represented, in some specific way, “progressive talk”. It’s a business, owned by Sheldon Drobny, and it only represents itself. In the opinion of many who know broadcasting, it’s been poorly managed – everything from scheduling to talent to promotion have been botched. Hopefully someone else who knows what they’re doing will enter this market. I gave up on AA when they killed Morning Sedition, their best show (thanks, Danny).
October 13th, 2006 at 11:26 amI’d like to hear from Air America Radio about the bankruptcy. I’m a premium subscriber and did not receive any information – I read about it at cnn.com. Come on AA – be honest with your loyal listeners so we know how to respond to the right wing extremists who will be gloating about this turn of events!
October 13th, 2006 at 11:31 amOpen up the troll floodgates!
October 13th, 2006 at 11:32 amIs it time for a crapstorm? It was the last time this thread was introduced. Get ready, the fun will begin later.
I never listened to AA. So I am not phased by this. Just don’t take off Countdown, ok?
October 13th, 2006 at 11:36 amIt’s truly sad to see this happening. Here in Seattle, Air America began its service just days before the 2004 Presidential Election by turning over a small, failing Country music station on AM radio. I’ve been listening since its announcement of commencement of services in April 2004 via streaming over their webpage… and have been a daily listener ever since.
But where’s George Soros when you need him?!?!!?? AAR needs a good liberal benefactor help them in their time of need!!!
October 13th, 2006 at 11:37 am11 – don’t let’em gloat – the fact is, smart people with jobs and lives to live can’t listen to the radio all day every day, like the wingnuts do. many get their morning/evening news from npr (support it please, cause they’re trying to righty-fy it as we speak), and many read a variety of books, newspapers and magazines and actually talk to other people, which makes them distinctly different from the listeners of wingnut radio, which is much closer in kind to televangelism than it is anything having to do with government/politics/society.
That being said – I still hope Air America pulls through and continues to offer an alternative to the crazy brown-shirt hysterics the other AM vendors see fit to market.
October 13th, 2006 at 11:38 amOnly neanderthal right wingers listen to radio, so nobody should be surprised about this! Progressives should have concentrated on taking over TV networks and not bothered with radio stations!
October 13th, 2006 at 11:38 amBut Air America said they wern’t last month.
See they LIED, that’s all they do is LIE LIE LIE. How can we trust them?
October 13th, 2006 at 11:40 amAs an unabashed Liberal Progressive…
…when I listen to the radio…
…it’s to hear MUSIC!
October 13th, 2006 at 11:41 amThis may surprise all of you but I am not glad about this and thus will not gloat. I think we need more viewpoints being aired and debated, not fewer.
October 13th, 2006 at 11:42 amThe problem with Air America is not that they’re “liberal,” or that their marketing strategy was perhaps not the greatest. Their issues stem from (1) always having to fight an uphill battle against the more entrenched wing-nut radio machinery, which will likely always be more profitable and ubiquitous due to the amount of idiots in this country and them being in bed with big business and the powerful, and (2) their insistence on using Rhandi Rhodes as their afternoon ratings grabber.
I’m not sure their is much they can do about the first problem (right-wingers have been on talk radio for decades), but the second problem should have been addressed long ago. Rhandi Rhodes doesn’t necessarily host a bad program (those little skits at the top of the hour are often quite funny), but she is certainly not the right person for the afternoon drive time slot on a nationally syndicated network.
Like the previous poster mentioned, she uses the same 4 sound effects she’s used for years (usually to excess and annoyment), she perpetually spouts the same 3 or 4 emotionally driven takes on the same 3 or 4 topics (enough about how “no one” can figure out the butterfly ballot already, it’s just embarrasing for her to be even going there), never lets callers with opposing viewpoints even finish their sentences, let alone engage them in meaningful dialogue, and she has real trouble forming coherent sentences that are free from hysteria and tangent even on the most mundane of topics.
I know she’s one of the good guys, and her heart is in the right place, but she’s the Hillary Clinton of talk radio, alienating as many or more than she corralls. Air America should put Ed Schultz or Al Franken in the afternoon and move Rhodes to the noon time slot. They should also sever ties with Jerry Springer, as he is just terminally bad publicity for the netword due to his infamous TV show (which is unfortunate because he actually sounds like quite a thoughtful man). Schultz and Franken conduct their show in a much more thoughtful and concise way that stimulates thought and participation. Rhodes bends over backwards to be edgy and funny but too often comes across as somewhat shrill, causing her message to be drowned out before it can sink in.
October 13th, 2006 at 11:43 amI literally stumbled onto this website after hearing of the failure of this radio show.
It was strange because the radio show I was listening to said that when faced with the facts, often times, the Liberals (Prpressives?) fall into call names and hate mongering.
Then I read the comments, oh my, the radio broadcaster was correct,. Look at the name calling and hate mongering that takes place here!
A “fact” that appears in the Wall Street Journal “According to court papers, the radio network has lost money since its founding in 2004. Air America has lost $13.1 million so far this year. Last year, Air America’s operating losses ballooned to $19.2 million from $8.6 million in 2004.”
Wow that adds up to a whopping $40.p million.”
I ask could not that money have been spent better?
October 13th, 2006 at 11:44 amLet’s not lose sight of the fact that Murdoch was willing and able to lose $1B on Fox News before it turned a profit!
October 13th, 2006 at 11:46 amWhat Happened? I thought George Soros was the guy who funded this! I thought he was rich as Solomon! Maybe that was bulls**t. Ya think?
Some companies emerge from Ch 11, some don’t, it will be interesting to see how this plays out.
There were something like 700 comments from crowing trolls here last month when this story first emerged, think I’ll head elsewhere for a while.
October 13th, 2006 at 11:49 amVRWC member = concern troll
October 13th, 2006 at 11:53 amPerhaps if the White House propaganda campaign was funneling millions if not billions of dollars into AAR like they are giving to Christian radio and television stations that daily pray for Bush, vote for Bush, and idolize Bush, then perhaps AAR would be on even footing with some Right Wing networks. AAR has to compete in the free market, most Right stations do not. They praise the free market, but they don’t want anything to do with it.
October 13th, 2006 at 11:56 amDear “ScrewBush” (classy name, is this more Liberal hate mongering?),
Enlighten lead me as to your basis for this “funneling of money to Christian radio and television stations?”
NPR has been the mouthpiece of the Left. Read even the comments here.
Please be objective now.
Thnx.
October 13th, 2006 at 12:04 pmB-Red #20
…right wing nutcases NEED to be told how and what to think…
…thus, right wing talk shows are successful and their inbred audiences blissfully ignorant, but blissful nonetheless…
Randi Rhodes is a FANTASTIC spokesperson for Liberal Progressives…
…but like I mentioned above…
…we Liberal progressives already know HOW and WHAT to think…
…when we listen to the radio…
…it’s for PLEASURE (thru music)…
…not POLITICAL, or RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION…
VRWC #21
Your drug addled pimp (Rush Limbaugh)…
…wants you back in the office to lap up the remains…
…of his wet dream about Ann(drew) Coulter…
…duty calls
…bi*ch…
…how’s that for name calling and hate mogering?
October 13th, 2006 at 12:06 pmDear “robg”,
October 13th, 2006 at 12:07 pmThey are correct…
“the radio show I was listening to said that when faced with the facts, often times, the Liberals (Prpressives?) fall into call names and hate mongering.”
This is hardly surprising. I mean you have O’Reilly, Limbaugh, and Hannity who have all these followers and are backed by Scaife, and the Heritage Foundation, but they have nobody.
October 13th, 2006 at 12:07 pmI feel bad for those who may lose their jobs if a new investor cannot be found, but this is HARDLY the end of progressive talk radio. They just tried to tackle too much too quickly Faux News was not profitable for like a decade, but Rupert Murdock kept feeding it with his gigantic enteprise’s vast fortune. Air America doesn’t quite have those kind of resources!
Anyway, even if Air America closed its doors, there is still tons of progressive talk, not to mention that some of the bigger Air America personalities would probably be snatched up and syndicated by somebody else.
I LOVE Sirius Left talk radio. Good shows! Lynn Samuels is the best!
October 13th, 2006 at 12:09 pmI guess I’ve seen enough here.
No facts, mostly just name calling and hate mongering.
Only a few have interesting dialogue.
Enjoy yourselves.
Were any of you at Columbia with the Leftist shoutdown of the speaker there?
I hope you’ll look in the mirror and say “What makes me like this?”
October 13th, 2006 at 12:12 pm“Why do I have this blind rage?”
I know why I’m pissed, VRWC – it’s you and your ilk – always has been. Like those who fought and died to secure this Nation’s liberty from monarch imperialists of old were pissed. Take your arrogant authoritarian mumbo jumbo elsewhere.
October 13th, 2006 at 12:19 pmHoly Projection Bias, Batman!
October 13th, 2006 at 12:20 pmVRWC member #31
YOUR (and those who are your ideological soulmates’)
…ignorance, stupidity, hypocrisy, and TREASON…
…for starters…
October 13th, 2006 at 12:26 pmThe Washington Times has lost 1.7 Billion over the last 20 years. That’s $85 million per year on average. They have a benefactor with deep pockets also; Sun Myung Moon.
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20061009/washington_times
October 13th, 2006 at 12:28 pmWow. I can’t believe the elite atitude here. Just because I don’t agree with liberal politics, I’m stupid? I have to admit I love to see AAR go down. I’ve tried to listen several times, but just couldn’t get past the rage from Randi, Al, et. al. It’s sad to see someone that furious with nothing but rage. At least O’Reilly provides some entertaining topics. I really think to get the progressive point across, you need more people like Colbert. His gentle mocking makes me think about issues more than the 24×7 bashing from AAR. Just my opinion.
October 13th, 2006 at 12:32 pm36 – You can’t imagine how f-king ironic it is to hear righties on here talking about how the lefties are hateful. The right has risen to power on the back of Rush and Company’s hatemongering, their politicians have gotten elected on smearing and surreptitious egging-on of the congenitally hateful, and you smug sob’s have the balls to come around here and decry the lefties’ mean-ness? That’s just amazing – the guile of it! To cop a phrase from one of YOUR OWN – go f*** youself. Really – do it.
October 13th, 2006 at 12:41 pmLet’s keep in mind that Rupert Murdoch was able to sustain losses of $250 million in the first few years of Fox News. Aside from that, it never ceases to amaze me to hear conservatives sit there on their fat asses and decry the “anger” and “hate” on Air America. Gosh, they were just filled with too much anger… Give me a frickin break! Right wing radio has been nothing but anger and vitriol from the beginning. Goddamn Michael Weiner called for Madaline Albright to be executed just last week. Rush Limbaugh began his shows in 1993 with the theme of “America Held Hostage” after Clinton one the election. They called him a murderer, rapist, traitor, etc. So, all you repubs who are going to weigh in on how Air America is too angry — just stuff it where the sun doesn’t shine!
October 13th, 2006 at 12:42 pmI guess I’ve seen enough here.
October 13th, 2006 at 12:50 pmNo facts, mostly just name calling and hate mongering.
Only a few have interesting dialogue.
Enjoy yourselves.
I hope you’ll look in the mirror and say “What makes me like this?â€
“Why do I have this blind rage?â€
Comment by VRWC+member — October 13, 2006 @ 12:12 pm
Good, take your wadded up panties with you you passive-aggressive troll.
So it begins………Commence Operation,”Troll Mecca”… Here come the Followers….3…2…1…Troll…
For all the right-wingers who exult in the prospect of AAR’s leaving the airwaves, I just have one question: What is it about having a different viewpoint out there that frightens you so much? NO ONE on the left has EVER demanded that Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity be taken off the air. WE are secure enough that we don’t care about other viewpoints, why aren’t you?
As for AAR, well, this doesn’t surprise me. The beginning of the end was the hiring of Danny Goldberg, who proceeded to dismantle AAR just as it was finding its legs. It started with the cancellation of Morning Sedition and shabby tretment of Marc Maron, and it has never recovered. Having to pay Goldbert $400K just to go away after the board realized its mistake didn’t help either.
My view is that the concept was just too ambitious; starting up a network from scratch without access to Rupert Murdoch or Sun Myung Moon-level money, such as the right-wing outlets have.
I hope that some outfit like Jones Radio (which syndicates Stephanie Miller and Ed Schultz) picks up Sam Seder and Randi Rhodes, re-hires Mike Malloy (who was horribly treated last month by AAR), and recognizes Marc Maron’s talent and gives him a show he can run with.
October 13th, 2006 at 12:54 pmWhy did the font size just shrink like to mini size?
October 13th, 2006 at 12:54 pm#35 – Y, love that one – It really is a shame that we can’t enjoy the ongoing support of a wacked-out Korean that think’s he’s Jesus – like the righties do. Can we get any comment on that righties – what is it like to owe your political fortune to the Moonies??
October 13th, 2006 at 12:56 pmOh boy.
Look at what you guys are writing. Shame shame.
I actually am rather enjoying you all making my point.
I got to go my Rush is on! He sure is successful!
Bye.
October 13th, 2006 at 1:10 pmI got to go my Rush is on! He sure is successful! Bye.
October 13th, 2006 at 1:18 pmComment by VRWC+member — October 13, 2006 @ 1:10 pm
Yes yes… don’t forget to take your OxyContin for the show TrollSenior, Hope you enjoy Rush pounding you from behind….
#2. ‘Progressives get their radio news from NPR, a fairly objective source.
Nutjobs get their radio news from Rush, a hypocritical blowhard. ‘
The only difference between the bias of programs: Rush admits he’s conservative; NPR pretends to be unbias.
October 13th, 2006 at 1:31 pmTime to start robbing the tax payers.
October 13th, 2006 at 1:33 pmThis is my favorite post here
Progressives get their radio news from NPR, a fairly objective source
Hilarity – NPR is as objective as Rush Limbaugh. Even funnier is the logic that Air America failed becuase people get their news elsewhere. It failed becuase people are tired of being inundated with the liberal agenda, via ABC, NPR, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNN, AP, Reuters. Air America was just another source of it. Doesnt anyone find it weird that the content on Al Franken’s show closely mirrors that of the nightly news?
That’s why Rush and Hannity are so popular, you actually hear a different opinion than the normal Liberal BS on all the other networks.
If you are a liberal, NPR is failry objective to your cause. Just like Rush would be to a conservative. Air America failed becuase it wasnt anything new than what I can get on the Today show.
October 13th, 2006 at 1:34 pmLeftists cant argue, and they cant entertain. Time for a government handout so this fine station can remain on the air.
October 13th, 2006 at 1:35 pmIf you are a liberal, NPR is failry objective to your cause.
Un, no.
Air America failed becuase it wasnt anything new than what I can get on the Today show.
Is that what you’re hearing? Strange, because AA is only seeking Ch. 11 protections after one creditor wouldn’t negotiate, not because no one is listening.
You see: you’re misinformed. That’s the quality of your right wing news sources. It’s not a matter of “bias,” it’s a matter of information. Right wing “news” channels don’t even read much news. It’s all personality-driven opinion shows, feeding you the opinion you apparently can’t come up with on your own.
October 13th, 2006 at 1:39 pm.
“Jeff” and “BonesTwo”
Go get ‘em Lefties guys!
Hey when’s our next “Vast Right Wing Conspiracy” meeting?
He-he-he….
October 13th, 2006 at 1:40 pmSixty years of “ownership” of America’s public education system trumps Fox, Moon, and Rush combined. Most of you are nothing more then the result of a dozen years or more of inculcation, followed by reaching for ways to reaffirm a belief system that you never independently “owned” in the first place.
When you see yourself as a colection of your beliefs, then questioning them becomes a dangerous exercise of self-doubt — not for the weak of mind.
“Consistency is the final death blow to imagination.” Oscar Wilde (perhaps a paraphrase rather than a quite)
October 13th, 2006 at 1:41 pmLeftists cant argue, and they cant entertain. Time for a government handout so this fine station can remain on the air.
Again with the “no one’s listening” error. Read the story, moron. Aren’t conservatives supposed to be good at business? No, wait, you were supposed to be good at national security, too, and we all know how that worked out.
So I guess your wingnut “news” sources protect you from knowning about the wingnut welfare system that supports and trains the repeaters of talking points that you mistake for news?
Whatever. Go join a conservative book club or something. You’ll probably never wonder why you get them all for a dollar!
October 13th, 2006 at 1:42 pm.
NPR pretends to be unbias.
And you pretend to be literate. It all evens out.
October 13th, 2006 at 1:44 pm.
Oh Dear “Grand Moff Texan”,
Why such name calling??
“Moron”….”wingnut”….
AND regarding “you were supposed to be good at national security”
I’ll remind you that on my meter we’ve been protected since 9-11 as well as one can hope for Thanks to George Bush and all of the troops.
Boy you must really hope for failure. I personally praise the success to date. You hate us almost as much as the radical Muslims.
October 13th, 2006 at 1:50 pmthat what you’re hearing? Strange, because AA is only seeking Ch. 11 protections after one creditor wouldn’t negotiate, not because no one is listening.
Right. Those creditors just can’t wait to leave this fantasy land of a super popular radio station, if what you say is true.
Man, if it was just for that one creditor – probably run by a conservative, that put them under. Darn. Free market is a bitch.
Air America failed becuase it’s boring retread of the same old shit that the networks try to pass of as news all day. Sorry your little project failed.
A government handout is exactly what you need to keep that fine station alive, it would be the perfect demonstration of liberal government programs in action – taking tax dollars away from citizens to fund a radio station that encourages you to vote for politicians that will raise your taxes. Wackos.
October 13th, 2006 at 1:52 pmThe only difference between the bias of programs: Rush admits he’s conservative; NPR pretends to be unbias.
Comment by paul
Paul, please point to the NPR show in which they insulted a sitting president’s daughter by calling her “the White House Dog?”
Or how about those “cute” names he had for Tom Daschle, Hillary Clinton, or John Kerry. That you willfully ignore the difference speaks volumes.
Rush is, as has been said before,”a flaming Nazi gasbag.”
October 13th, 2006 at 1:55 pmNational Public Radio (NPR) is an arm of the fascist bush regime: NPR supported the right-wing death squads in Haiti that tried to drive out the democratically election President Jean Bertrand Aristide. He was later kidnapped and transported to Africa by Bush forces.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:03 pmCheers.
Look – every news outlet has an agenda – it is a fact. If you don’t think so, you’re really not using your head. You need to find out the agenda so that you can take the comments into context, whether right or left.
Read the book ‘Bias’ where the point is made that in the 80s/90s in the newsrooms they realized that they can’t objectively report on the america without diversity, such as women’s issues, minorities, etc. So they diversified their reporting staff to more closely represent America. Except one thing, 95% of them are still liberals. Apparently you can’t really report on a women’s rights issue if you are a man, but libearl news rooms can ‘objectively’ report on a political issue.
So – my point is that Air AMerica is just an extension of America’s news rooms, where 95% are libbies, and they ‘report’ what Air America says for pure entertainment. That’s why it is faililng – becuase I can turn on CBS Evening news and catch the same lame ass Bush digs.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:04 pmVRWC: you’ve already shown you’re a moron and you’ve taken the wingnut position. See? It’s easy if you’re not stupid.
As for “since 9/11,” I wonder why you have to cut out 9/11. Since then, of course, al Qaeda has gotten exactly what they want: US out of Saudi and a quagmire to train in. In fact, Bush quoted bin Laden’s approval during the 2004 election.
As for failure, I don’t have to hope for it. Bush delivers it in buckets every day. The sooner we can stop him, the sooner Americans can stop dying for nothing in the middle of nowhere.
See how much you miss, just being the wingnut media’s bitch? Come out of your spider hole, assuming you have the guts.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:08 pm.
Oh – and Harry Reid is likely going to have to step down for pocketing almost a mil in undocumented profits from a real estate deal.
LOVING IT.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:09 pm56, Let’s assume he is………
However, he has millions of listeners and advertisers willing to pay big bucks to get their message out to those millions.
That’s the problem with AA. Not enough listeners to justify high advertising revenue and poor management leading to little cost control. In the real world this equals no free cash flow to pay your creditors.
Free enterprise sucks doesn’t it?
October 13th, 2006 at 2:10 pmThose creditors just can’t wait to leave this fantasy land of a super popular radio station, if what you say is true.
link
Creditor, not creditors. AA got off to a rough start and now an early creditor is playing hardball. Not the same thing as having no listeners.
See how easy it is to not be an idiot? You’re so wedded to a pre-determined narrative that you can’t even get the facts straight. That’s not bias, that’s weakness.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:10 pm.
Air America failed becuase it’s boring retread of the same old shit that the networks try to pass of as news all day. Sorry your little project failed.
See? You don’t even know the difference between MSM content and AA. That’s because you never found out for yourself. All your opinions are fed to you, which is why you don’t know anything.
Weak.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:12 pm.
The true way to solvency in corporate America is no-bid contracts, failing to live up to pension obligations, out-right stock manipulation, manufacturing bombs and missiles that have no enduring value, attacking unions, etc. Truth is sometimes a hard sell in modern America.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:12 pmWhile our mega corporations grovel to flease the pockets of their workers, China is “drafting laws to EMPOWER unions and end labor abuse” (NYT, 10.13.06, lead story).
Bankrupcy is maybe more common in America today that at any time in recent history.
and Harry Reid is likely going to have to step down for pocketing almost a mil in undocumented profits from a real estate deal.
And here you’re two days late on a story that’s already been debunked.
See? You’re weak. That’s why you need your opinions fed to you.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:13 pm.
Grand+Moff+Texan – nice try with the link. That story you cited SAYS NOTHING TO PROVE YOUR POINT. It says nothing about having tons of listeners, that this is the best radio station ever, etc. It is the standard ‘we’ve screwed this up becuase we’ve over spent and don’t have enough customers so now we are going to shake some shit up for a while and hope to make it through but need help in the interim” – That is a complete joke that you cited this article, becuase it makes it look like you have some support somewhere. I’d encourage EVERYONE to read this and comment as to what the state of AA is.
My take: it is not ONE creditor that has caused this. Typical liberal – the irony is hilarious – blaming someone else for your failures.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:18 pmCheck out the AA Ch. 11 filing.
After railing against corporate America for its unfunded health and pension obligations, guess what? Yup, AA has a material, unfunded health and pension obligation.
After railing aginst Clear Channel Communications, guess what? AA has been in bed with Clear Channel to the tune of over a half a million dollars.
Employee insurance premiums have gone unpaid as well — a paragon of “taking care of the little guy”.
Read the filing — you might actually learn something (including how to reach Al by mail — his address is in the filing).
October 13th, 2006 at 2:19 pmaw geez – not more “bonesy”…..the place reeks of trollspunk now.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:21 pmThat story you cited SAYS NOTHING TO PROVE YOUR POINT. It says nothing about having tons of listeners
HAHAHA! You are truly dumb enough to be a conservative. I quoted what the article said about chap. 11. That’s all.
AA has more listeners in more urban areas than FOX has viewers. You can do your own digging on that, I’ve been listening to you spoon-fed idiots on this issue for years.
The fact is that Olbermann is soaring while O’Reilly is plummeting.
See? You have to pretend that a free market (that you know nothing about) proves you right, but in terms of actual audience, the right wing pundits are scrambling for a dying audience.
It’s truly pathetic when people like you pretend you can think. You’ve been fed your opinions all your life and now you’re not ready when your fantasy world comes crashing down.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:21 pm.
Grand+Moff+Texan
Can you please cite another irrelevant article about Harry Reid’s two day old story? You’re soooo good at that. Moron.
Don’t feel sad about your baby AA going under, or the fact that all your dems running for office out there right now are doing their best rep impersonation – you’re movement is in GREAT shape. snicker…snicker.
I mean isnt it possible that the station is going under has at least something to do with the fact that a small group of people (liberals) can’t make a broad market business work no matter how hard you yell. Suckers.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:22 pmHere’s the quote, dumbass:
On Friday, Air America spokeswoman Jaime Horn told the AP that the filing became necessary only recently after negotiations with a creditor from the privately held company’s early days broke down.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:23 pm.
Nice post U – this just keeps getting richer. Man, talk about hilarious.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:23 pmCan you please cite another irrelevant article about Harry Reid’s two day old story? You’re soooo good at that. Moron.
Google “John Solomon” and Reid, moron. Quit projecting your weaknesses on me.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:23 pm.
After railing against corporate America for its unfunded health and pension obligations, guess what? Yup, AA has a material, unfunded health and pension obligation.
Like more and more companies every day in the Bush Boom, yes. The difference being that much of corporate American can afford to, but won’t.
After railing aginst Clear Channel Communications, guess what? AA has been in bed with Clear Channel to the tune of over a half a million dollars.
Because if they didn’t they wouldn’t be on the air? That’s like saying you can’t use an Intel chip.
There. All clear for you now?
October 13th, 2006 at 2:26 pm.
Nice post U – this just keeps getting richer. Man, talk about hilarious.
Oh no, they’re doing it TROLL STYLE!
The last two bushtards on earth. So sad.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:26 pm.
Correction – POST 69 Should read this:
You are right bonesTwo – I didnt think you would read the article I posted becuase it has nothing to do with what I was talking about. I posted that link as a response to your comment to try to infer some sort of factual superiority to my response to your well thought out, factual post. But in fact that article actually paints a realistic picture for a failing business, Air America Raiod. My apologies and I’m actually thinking of voting republican this fall.
:)
October 13th, 2006 at 2:27 pmGrundy Muff – you are getting killed here. Please try to start using some facts and stick to them – even after they are proven false. Quit flip flopping unless you want to end up the Dem candidate for pres in 08.
TROLL TROLL TROLL
October 13th, 2006 at 2:29 pmDon’t feel sad about your baby AA going under, or the fact that all your dems running for office out there right now are doing their best rep impersonation – you’re movement is in GREAT shape. snicker…snicker.
Going under? Now I know you didn’t read the article. Is that what your handlers are telling you? Conservatism is a disaster and the religious right is leaving you, and it’s great? Democrats everywhere are bitchslapping failed Republicans for their disasters, and you think you just hit a home run?
I mean isnt it possible that the station is going under has at least something to do with the fact that a small group of people (liberals) can’t make a broad market business work no matter how hard you yell. Suckers.
Right, like the biggest political site on the internet is Democratic (run by a former Republican who got sick of the creationists and other carnival freaks who have took over the Republican party only to be rejected by the American people every time they try to legislate their superstitions). The new technology of politics is dominated by the left because the right doesn’t have a single policy success to point to.
You blew it. You’re over.
If Democrats are so bad at business, why are corporate donors turning to the Democratic party? That’s right: because no one backs a loser.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:31 pm.
Free enterprise sucks doesn’t it?
Comment by bacadog
Did you try this with your teachers in school as well? Go to math class and start talking about History? I was referring to the odious nature of his content, and the fact that Paul’s rationalization didn’t fly.
Try to pay closer attention next time.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:32 pmGrundy Muff – you are getting killed here.
Keep pretending you’ve got any victories, little man. Masturbation is all you’ve got left. I’ve handed you your head over and over and all you can do is dance around like a pansy. Shall I leave you to it?
October 13th, 2006 at 2:32 pm.
Why can’t ErrAmerika STEAL from ANOTHER charity? It’ll be less publicity that filing Chapter 11!
October 13th, 2006 at 2:33 pmHoly shit! I just realized the information I gave the little troll is already available in the link at the top.
My God, you really are stupid enough to be a conservative. My bad, I’ll leave you alone.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:34 pm.
Why can’t ErrAmerika STEAL from another CHARITY? It’ll less publicity than filing Chapter 11!
October 13th, 2006 at 2:35 pmWhy can’t ErrAmerika STEAL from ANOTHER charity?
“Another”?
Yeah, as in “another dumb troll who can’t get the story straight.” Go back to the tiny little right blogsphere, where it’s safe for you. You’re gonna get killed in the real world.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:36 pm.
Simply awesome how the liberals here prove the point about AAR being abuse and filled with blind rage.
So sad.
So, so sad.
~Troll
October 13th, 2006 at 2:36 pmFlame away; ultimately only you can prevent the forest fire. Read the filing.
Flame away. Only you can alone can reach the truth regarding the period of run-away growth in pension liability (read: During who’s administration did the run-away growth occur in?). Look it up.
Flame away. Only you alone can arrive at the true nature of the relationship between Clear Channel and AA. You can do it! You can find the truth all on your own if you try.
Flame away. Only you can determine if you do or don’t have a spoon in your mouth.
Flame away. For it is only the strong mind that is willing to challenge its beliefs every day.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:38 pmSimply awesome how the liberals here prove the point about AAR being abuse and filled with blind rage.
If you’re not filled with rage over what’s been done to your country, you never loved America. I’ll stand with my rage while you grovel before your betters on your knees.
Or am I making a mistake in assuming I’m talking to an American? Are Republicans hiring trolls in Mumbai? That would certainly explain their spelling, grammar, and usage.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:38 pm.
Bonesy’s right – AA should turn to the Moonies for support, like all of his favorites have. How’s that whole Moonie thing workin out for ya bonesy? better than scientology?
October 13th, 2006 at 2:38 pmMuffy knock it off – break’s over. The drive through line is backing up – you better get back on the clock.
Are the corporate donors turning to the dems, is that why the DNC is broke? Weird, must be that P&L thing sneaking up to bite them like it is AA.
The right doesnt have a single policy success? Hmmm – I guess those tax cuts were pretty good – recovered the economy from clinton’s little recession and 9/11. Doesnt matter if you think it was good – the 3-4million new jobs we created, those people must think it’s ok. But I’m sure those jobs aren’t as ‘good’ as the jobs you’d create, i know i know.
What are you going to do if your party loses in a month? Seriously, if all you spew is true, it should be over by now. a 60 seat pickup like the repubs did in 1992, not 15. You are in the darkness my friend.
And I like the superstitions comment – obviously talking about religion. Subtle. Too bad you’re on the wrong side of that one too (just as compared to the rest of the USA anyway)
Later – i’ll check back after the elections to hear about why you lost.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:38 pmI can feel the anxiety of the trolls. They know their party has been exposed as a bunch of pedophile-hiding hacks, and as they sink lower in the polls this type of flailing is to be expected. AAR filed for bankruptcy, play with that for the weekend, and on Monday, you guys will still be headed for defeat.
Bon apetit’, losers.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:39 pmGrundy – you’re losing this on facts. Why are you talking about masturbation? You must have run out of ideas and that’s the first thing that came to mind. You and the left, obsessed with sex.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:40 pm85? what? like none of us can dial the radio to hear the hateful racist shit your cult leaders spew? you stupid f**k.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:40 pmDidn’t ThinkProgress.org break this story about the impending bankrutpcy filing a month or two ago, which was followed by numerous denials and denunciations of ThinkProgress.org?
October 13th, 2006 at 2:42 pmLet me ask you this barfly (since I’ve disposed of Muffy the Grundy vampire slayer in texas) Why are you going to win? what are you for? I’d like to hear, then I’d like at least one dem candidate try to sell it instead of sounding like a repub.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:43 pmO “Grand Moff Texan”
I forgive you, you do harbor much too much internal rage and hatred. Give us righties a little of that lefty Kum-By-Ya love won’t you?
It appears you (as many angry Lefties) look for failure in any way.
Perhaps you feel the Left Wing (”nuts”) would have done better? I have noticed they can’t even decide who they really are Hawks or “cut and Run”-ners it merely depends on how the political wind blows at that moment.
Now let me remind you of the past.
Dems are just weak. The Dems lately do not really know how to fight a War – they’re trapped in the Liberal mindset of wanting to “talk” it out and shake hands and having their Kodak moments.
But then they are faced with the true realities that some nations just hate us and want to kill us all.
Republicans know this fact and also realize that at times you “back” the better of 2 evils. But both are evil.
I must remind you of the weak Somalia/”Black Hawk Down” by Dem. Pres. Clinton joint UN effort and also the terribly weak effort of Dem Pres. Carter hostage-freeing-attack “Desert One” mission. Both wanted it both ways and it doesn’t work. They take our nations heroes and put them at great risk in poorly thought out missions.
Remember history notes “Condemnation was heaped on Carter, and the hostages finally were set free Jan. 20, 1981, the same day Carter’s successor, Ronald Reagan, took office.”
It took fear of his strength that ended the hostage standoff.
That is the difference. The World knows the risks it takes when the US is lead by a Republican Pres. and Staff that will not allow such actions to be brought against the nation and not retailiated.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:43 pmThis makes no sense. I *know* I’m not the only person that listens to AAR all day long! :)
I work at home, and my first order of business is to stream AAR, which I listen to continually till the evening news comes on.
One thing I’ve learned as a NASCAR fan (yes, not every racing fan is a Conservative Redneck) is to support the sponsors. I buy my Ovaltine and looked into investing in gold.
I think the problem is that potential sponsors don’t know there is a loyal AAR following out there.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:43 pmWhy are you talking about masturbation?
It was a metaphor.
You haven’t produced fact one, little troll, and you have misrepresented (or misread) the facts I’ve given you. All you can do is repeat what you’ve been told. You’re incapable of thinking for yourself.
So, it’s no wonder you’re winning the argument in your head. Most of the argument is over your head. Thats’ why you’re on the right and I think for myself.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:45 pm.
Uh, Bones? If you haven’t noticed, Grand Moff’s boot is still stickng in your rectal repository of wingnut knowledge.
Pull that loose, and we’ll talk.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:48 pmLarge Muff — The economics just don’t work for AA. Why? Too few listeners lead to too few ad $. Simple as that.
Why too few listeners? Either the content appeals to too small an audience (meaning it’s too far out of the mainstream — read “loony left”) or there are too many other places to get the same content (bones2’s point). Either way it looks like the beginning of the end if a white knight doesn’t ride in…
October 13th, 2006 at 2:49 pmThey know their party has been exposed as a bunch of pedophile-hiding hacks
“barfly”
Caution. You need not too look too far for the many recorded sexual perversities of the Left.
Oh where o where can I start there are soooo many.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:50 pmFact 1: AA is filing for bankruptcy.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:50 pmFact 2: It is not becuase they are successful
Fact 3: If AA does go under, then you will only have to turn on ABC to hear what they were going to talk about that day.
Fact 4: When repubs win and dems lose this fall, your head is likely to explode
Fact 5: AA is filling for bankruptcy and is just another of your corrupt big company guys – Looks like big Al has been taking money from the little guy – what are THEY supposed to do for healthcare.
In all actuality, the business model used by Air America, is not self sustaining. Talk radio depends on advertisers, AND listeners. With listeners, come other radio stations who pay for the ability to air the show. Air America was PAYING other radio stations to air their show, because there were not enough people in a single area that petitioned their local station to carry the show.
Unless they get more than just backers, unless other radio stations PAY Air America to carry their show, it cannot, and will not survive.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:53 pmI must remind you of the weak Somalia/â€Black Hawk Down†by Dem. Pres. Clinton joint UN effort and also the terribly weak effort of Dem Pres. Carter hostage-freeing-attack “Desert One†mission. Both wanted it both ways and it doesn’t work. They take our nations heroes and put them at great risk in poorly thought out missions.
No, much better to actually sell weapons to them – like Reagan.
Don’t you agree that republicans come to the terrorism debate with blooody hands? Reagan armed both sides of the Iran/Iraq war, and so your party is also responsible for much of the carnage of that war. Deal with it, and accept the fact that you’ve lost the debate.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:53 pm#40
“What is it about having a different viewpoint out there that frightens you so much?”
Were you speaking of the tolerant, free-speech, “progressives” at Columbia University?
October 13th, 2006 at 2:53 pmA bit of RW bad logic (is RW bad redundant when used with logic?).
It is a little early for anyone to say Air America failed. The have a new creditor, Democracy Allies LLC, that has agreed to pay the operating bills if there is a revenue shortfall – in business this called a credit line – like the ones extended to Donald Trump’s various operations as they go through Chapter 11.
As to a few right wing comments on bias that were made with no knowledge of the studies that have been done by academics as opposed to RW shills, about 60% of reporters are liberal. But what goes into print or gets aired is decided by others – and most of these “others” are either right
wing by conviction or act right wing to get ahead in a world of right wing Boards of Directors running all 6 of the companies that control 95% (by viewer) of our media.
Even the news slant is “right wing” as NPR and formerly unbiased outlets now treat GOP lies as having equal weight as the provable facts presented by others who are suggesting GOP policies need to be changed.
As others have noted, the $25 million lost on Rush’s radio show would kill any other show, but Scafie sells Rush as an infocomercial with time slots sold for national advertising within the show, and time provided for a very few commercials by the local station. Look at the actual advertisements and you’ll see how few they are and how far down the food chain are the buyers of the time.
At this time all media is near 100% right wing, with only an occasional visit to unbiased presentation of a topic. US TV Media is never left wing, and US talk radio Media, other than Air America, Ed Shultz and Stephanie Miller on Jones, and Hartman in Seattle and a couple of other local area folks, is wall to wall right wing.
But it is fun to see RW folks claim a liberal bias in the media. Next they will point to the 2 surveys that claim to prove Left bias in the media – the DC area one that was very small sample – non-random and non-scientific – of a few hundred folks in media in DC, and the second the op-in send a post card in telling us your position and your bias that gets a less than 5000 response from 400,000 sent out – needless to say it is also non-random and non-scientific. Or they will quote that rather funny study that claimed biased could be shown by how many times a media story used certain words.
I love the way the RW needs the myth of a liberal media to explain away their failures.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:53 pmGotta give this thread some credit for serving as trollpaper for the day. Oh so predictably, they’ve all gathered round here to try and strut up a sense of manly, manly self-righteousness. What’s the prob, guys? Rush too high to do his show today?
Can’t blame them too much, though, all the rest of the news world is flush with breaking stories about crooked, felonious Republicans being hauled off to jail, rehab, and undisclosed locations – gotta be plenty aggravating for them since, even though they’ve been running the show for years, they can’t keep from stepping on their own turds. Blaming Liberals and Democrats is like a high school senior telling his parents he got his lunch money taken away by 5th grader. And you bastards want to call anyone else “lame”?? – That is m-f-ing hilarious!!!
October 13th, 2006 at 2:55 pmWow, VRWC, that’s quite a little puppet show you’re putting on there. Sad that is has nothing to do with what’s going on in the real world.
For over a year, the US, Israeli, and Saudi intelligence communities have been saying that the American presence in Iraq only helps al Qaeda.
But all you can do is recycle silly little stereotypes about “weak” and “strong.” That’s why you’re so easy to manipulate.
You don’t know who sent troops into Somalia, you don’t know who set the trap in Afghanistan.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:55 pm.
I think the problem is that potential sponsors don’t know there is a loyal AAR following out there.
Comment by Mugsy
Mugsy, to the sponsors it doesn’t matter how loyaly they are — only how many there are and how many sales get fueled by the ads.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:57 pmCaution. You need not too look too far for the many recorded sexual perversities of the Left.
Oh where o where can I start there are soooo many.
Comment by VRWC+member
My list of republican perverts is larger.
The biggest perversion of the Right is their mistaken belief that they are Christian. Christ would surely bullwhip you like he did the moneychangers in the temple, were he hear your perverted “collateral damage” and “plausible deniability” (a phrase coined to excuse Reagan’s anti-American treasons, like selling weapons to the same terrorists who held Americans hostage), so spare me your fake outrage, vermin.
October 13th, 2006 at 2:59 pmPapau
Are you serious with this…
US TV Media is never left wing
Knock it off – you’re killing me. When do you bring your act to my town?
Tip your waitress, try the veal….come on folks, give it up for papau….
October 13th, 2006 at 2:59 pmAA’s biz model: $4.3 mil in assets…
$20.2 mil in liabilites
= Put a fork in em!!!!
The free market…learn it, live it…love it!
October 13th, 2006 at 3:01 pmonly how many there are and how many sales get fueled by the ads.
Comment by Concerned+Conservative
So, we can at least agree: Crazy sells, and there is a big market for it.
October 13th, 2006 at 3:02 pmNot surprising, Air America sucked. I am 110% sympathetic to the ideal it represented, but even the most dedicated progressive gets tired of hearing about gay marriage for 90% of the programming.
October 13th, 2006 at 3:04 pmBones can’t seem to grasp the concept of corporate controlled media – while he goes on and on about how “market forces dictate profitability” or some such rot. Talk about clueless.
October 13th, 2006 at 3:05 pmNot surprising, Air America sucked.
I agree. I hate the talk radio format. As far as I’m concerned, it all sucks.
October 13th, 2006 at 3:07 pm.
Whoops! Sorry for triple post!
October 13th, 2006 at 3:08 pm.
Air America is cool, but it has way too many annoying people on it. Anyone worth listening to on that network could pretty easily find another radio network.
October 13th, 2006 at 3:10 pmFact 1: AA is filing for bankruptcy.
Fact 2: It is not becuase they are successful
Bzzzt! Argument from silence fallacy!
You lose on the second line.
October 13th, 2006 at 3:10 pm.
Hey GMT,
Your #116 points out a few things:
1st, you have no life.
October 13th, 2006 at 3:20 pm2nd, that list is pretty impressive but pales in comparison to just 2-3 of the Kennedy boys list….:)
Wow. Lot’s a bad people out there seem to be Republican. Guess I better switch parties today so I can be a better person.
October 13th, 2006 at 3:24 pmReading this blather only makes me happy that at least on this day, I have a found some joy in the fact that AAR is soon to be taken off the radio.
God Bless America. Land that I love!
Yeah but didn’t the kennedys have sex with adults?
October 13th, 2006 at 3:31 pmGrand Moff Texan #115
That post ought to send the Bushites (two buns,VCRW, and homely simpleton)…
… to their altars…
…to place fruits and nuts…
…and maybe even a sacrifice of a small animal or two…
…to their gods Bushiva and L’il Dick…
…and offer prayers to be protected from…
… the “pedophilia Police”…
October 13th, 2006 at 3:32 pmGuess I better switch parties today so I can be a better person.
October 13th, 2006 at 3:33 pmComment by It’s+nice+to+be+right — October 13, 2006 @ 3:24 pm
No, You are fit perfectly right where you are, Birds of a feather..ya know….
that the American presence in Iraq only helps al Qaeda.
See that’s the typical Liberal weakness shown.
Kum-By-Ya….hits again…
the Liberals wring their hands and wants the world to love them:
Oh no, if we have a presence people will not like us, oh me o’ my what am I to do???
Get a backbone “Grand Moff Texan”
October 13th, 2006 at 3:35 pmif we can be loved by them great but remember many hate us and will ALWAYS hate us. They’ll get over it when they taste freedom.
Grand+Moff+Texan, Please stop posting the whole list, especially with all the god damn spaces in it. We all have the list so just shrink it at least… Please
October 13th, 2006 at 3:35 pmThey’ll get over it when they taste freedom.
October 13th, 2006 at 3:42 pmComment by VRWC+member — October 13, 2006 @ 3:35 pm
Lately Freedom tastes like dried blood, semen from rape, and the smell of full morgues. Quite a recipe you got there, full of wafting effervescence.
The Kennedy’s have sex with adults, then drive them off a bridge.
October 13th, 2006 at 3:49 pmsoooooo liberals cant run a radio station but they will be able to run a super-power?
October 13th, 2006 at 3:51 pm#129 I hope someone is reading this that could bust your ass and pull a “Rendition” on your sorry-ass and throw you in there with the Abu Grabians.
October 13th, 2006 at 3:52 pmnow that’s funny
October 13th, 2006 at 3:54 pm“liberals” in latin means “let the govt feed you,house you,clothe you,educate you,disarm you and think for you.Because the govt knows best.
October 13th, 2006 at 3:55 pmLiving proof that nobody wants to listen to liberals cry and whine, not even other liberals.
October 13th, 2006 at 3:56 pmremember my conservative brethren….your opinion doesnt mean a thing unless you vote in a few weeks!!!!!!
October 13th, 2006 at 3:57 pm#136 Yea right, “I wont vote for the left because I “hate” their “values”; so I’ll vote for the child molesting, corrupt, Republicans.. Nice Logic.
October 13th, 2006 at 4:01 pmWe have seen how Liberals vote.
Try not to have to show ID. Vote often.
October 13th, 2006 at 4:02 pmHere we’ve seen how Liberals voted. DO NOT ASK US FOR ID it will “disenfranchise us”!
Vote and vote often – liberal style.
October 13th, 2006 at 4:04 pm#137….so I guess you will continue to vote for your kkk friends in the democratic party? Robert sheets byrd anyone?
October 13th, 2006 at 4:04 pmHere we’ve seen how Liberals voted. DO NOT ASK US FOR ID it will “disenfranchise us”!
Vote and vote often – liberal style.
October 13th, 2006 at 4:04 pm#138 we’ve seen how the Pugs vote, b!tch and moan to the supreme court until you get your way and/or just flat out steal elections.
October 13th, 2006 at 4:05 pmsomeone needs to tell howard dean that blacks do more than just mop floors in hotels these days…some blacks even own hotels!!!! wow!!
October 13th, 2006 at 4:06 pm“someone needs to tell howard dean that blacks do more than just mop floors in hotels these days…”
October 13th, 2006 at 4:10 pmComment by ernierules — October 13, 2006 @ 4:06 pm
Can you back that up with a quote or anything to show Dean said that?
As a rich republican, I am taking off early to enjoy the weekend. I’ll leave you Dems stew in your own juices about how evil everyone is who doesn’t share your view. If you can produce a lucid thought, feel free to share it with the rest. I won’t hold my breath, though.
October 13th, 2006 at 4:16 pmEnjoy your weekend as I will be sampling a bottle of Scotch this evening probably worth more $$ than most of the Dems ‘earn’ in a week.
God Bless America!
#143 Hey ernie, cat got your tongue? So far the silence is golden and yet deafening…..
October 13th, 2006 at 4:18 pm#146 well for starters there is a friend over.dean said the comment up north,the whole “the only way republicans could get this many black people sow up is to include the hotel staff.
October 13th, 2006 at 4:26 pm#145 Think of this while your sipping on your “Loch Dhu”, Bongwater Scotch. The saying-”People are simply punished by the lives that they lead”. To clear it up for you, “It is easier for a camel to walk through the eye of a needle than a rich man to go to heaven”; and that people that think the way you do will never become better persons in their heart and soul and will simply never progress in life and thus not succeed in the progression of life.
October 13th, 2006 at 4:27 pmshow not sow……need new keyboard
October 13th, 2006 at 4:28 pmand then there is hilliarys plantation remark….
October 13th, 2006 at 4:30 pmliberals view minorities as pets not people
October 13th, 2006 at 4:31 pmdean said the comment up north,the whole “the only way republicans could get this many black people sow up is to include the hotel staff.
Comment by ernierules — October 13, 2006 @ 4:26 pm
All the blacks who were actually in the room at the time seemed to get a kick out of Dean’s remark, but today a couple of black Republicans tried to crank up the wheezing old conservative outrage machine one more time over his “racially, insensitive and intolerable remarks.” I shall allow nonwhite conservative writer Ramesh Ponnuru to answer them:
October 13th, 2006 at 4:34 pmGive me a break. Dean is saying, hyperbolically, that there aren’t many blacks or other nonwhites in the Republican party. He’s right. I’ve been to many, many Republican dinners where most nonwhites present have been serving the food. (Or giving the keynote.) If Republicans are bothered when people make that observation, they should try to make it less true.
I thought that was an interesting read… didn’t you Ernie
P.S. Whose over for dinner….Burt?
Posts getting deleted?
Wow, censorship on the “progressive” pro-free-speech, tolerant message board!
Would the moderator happen to go to Columbia University?
October 13th, 2006 at 4:39 pmI see all of Rush’s limp buddies are here now. That’s freaking awesome guys! Your are so cool, and smart, and stuff. Remember to give thanks to Reverend Moon before signing off.
October 13th, 2006 at 4:46 pmas for abu graib,sure would love it ,
October 13th, 2006 at 4:48 pmComment by hellpig — October 13, 2006 @ 4:40 pm
I knew you would… Getting boinked with the plunger would be the highlight of your day and the the gravy would be if you could wipe the “Terrorists” feces all over yourself while they give you the “Abu Grab express”…ha ha
as for abu graib,sure would love it ,
October 13th, 2006 at 4:52 pmComment by hellpig — October 13, 2006 @ 4:40 pm
Abu Graib-Your Ankles…Ha Ha…
Only about 1/3 of my blogs get posted… Looks like the mediators don’t want too may opposing views.
Here’s one that will get em…
God Bless America!!
October 13th, 2006 at 4:56 pm“which means they’d behead you…”
October 13th, 2006 at 4:59 pmHa Ha… you said “be-head”.. you would like to give em’ some “be-head” in Abu-Grab-Your-Ankles, wouldn’t you…..
#160 and #161… having problems using those Internets? Ha Ha….
October 13th, 2006 at 5:00 pmHa Ha… you said “be-headâ€.. you would like to give em’ some “be-head†in Abu-Grab-Your-Ankles, wouldn’t you…..
real mature ren
October 13th, 2006 at 5:10 pmso this is where the adolecent libs come to empty their bowels,
the search for a credible liberal blog continues…………….
Abu Ghraib… It’s a freeking country club!
You clowns what them to have lawyers. Wake the F up!! They want us dead by any and all means possible. Including nukes if they can get their hands on them.
The Muslim radicals HATE our way of life. Free speech, womans rights, free press and anything that has to do with progress after Eli Whitney’s cotton gin!
The U.S. is not the enemy you lefties portray it to be. They read and listen to your hateful rants and it’s fuel for thier twisted puny minds.
I bet you did not know that Jane Fonda is considered a hero in Communist Vietnam for she gave them motivation because they saw our country was infighting… You would love for history to repeat itself wouldn’t you?
October 13th, 2006 at 5:14 pmAll,
Sorry for the Abu Grahib rant for this blog is supposed to be about AA going BK… Baaa-haaa-haaa!!
Thanks, I feel better now!
October 13th, 2006 at 5:16 pmThe U.S. is not the enemy you lefties portray it to be. They read and listen to your hateful rants and it’s fuel for thier twisted puny minds.
No, that would be republicans. Cowards and traitors – or have you forgotten about Reagan selling weapons to the same terrorists that held Americans hostage?
I bet you did not know that Jane Fonda is considered a hero in Communist Vietnam for she gave them motivation because they saw our country was infighting… You would love for history to repeat itself wouldn’t you?
Comment by homer+simpson
And she has apologized over and over. Will you apologize for the traitor Reagan?
October 13th, 2006 at 5:46 pmliberals view minorities as pets not people
Comment by ernierulesinhisownmindbutworksatJiffyMart
And conservatives view them as cannon-fodder.
October 13th, 2006 at 5:55 pm#164 – That all really resonates – especially coming from somebody on the right!?!?!? give us a f*ing break, nature boy……you actually read any of the ridiculous shite that “people” like Homer post around here……go tell your Mommy that the big, bad lib/dems said bad things to you – - simp.
October 13th, 2006 at 6:00 pmLiberals 25% of America which also happens to be RETARDED,Keep America clean exile Liberals or pass a law were we can legally shoot them.The seditionist Al Franken should be first.
Comment by hellpig
Take the hood off, and say what you actually mean . . .
October 13th, 2006 at 6:01 pmThese guys are the “last throes of the troll insurgency”, except, unlike Dr. Dick Evil, I am right when I say it……hellpig, homer, righton – “the rugged refuse”, the “battling backwash, the bottom of the barrel. Sad, angry mofo’s, just whiling their time away until one of their cult leaders get on the radio to tell them what to say again. Mean, sad, lonely people, who it will be really fun to f* with after the midterms.
pssst – one more time guys – nobody cares that AAR filed bankruptcy – it don’t mean dick.
October 13th, 2006 at 6:05 pmsoooooo liberals cant run a radio station but they will be able to run a super-power?
Comment by ernierulesthebathroom
2600+ dead soldiers, 600,000+ dead Iraqis, stuck in the middle of a quagmire, and you think the republicans are doing so good? Hoo boy!
That “Axis of Evil” rhetoric sure payed off. It’s like WW2 around here, what with all the countries lining up to fight in”the War on Terror” . . . in Korea, Iraq, and Iran.
But at least there are now impenetrable forests of marijuana in Afghanistan for the Taliban to hide in . . .
October 13th, 2006 at 6:11 pmTom Baker:
The flailing rhetoric masks an inner terror: that they were played for chumps with all that think-tank-brewed swill.
“Market forces dictate profitability” – except for corporate welfare; “the sanctity of marriage” – until a woman on life-support’s husband decides to give her final peace; “States Rights” – until a presidential election is at stake; “smaller government” – until they wield power; “fiscal responsibility” – until they get their hands on the pursestrings – the list grows daily.
How will they ever handle “President Pelosi” for a year and a half until ‘08?
Newt Gingrich will have an anneurism.
October 13th, 2006 at 6:23 pmY – after they’ve crawled back under their rocks, I’m going to make a point of coming around once in a while to poke them with sticks.
October 13th, 2006 at 6:28 pmThis thread is a microcosm of what is wrong with our country today. Everybody whining and bitching that their party is better. Conservatives, you need only read the PIPA study from 2004 to know that you are inundated with truthiness and lies that only validate your opinions and have no merit as fact. Liberals, find another way to get your point across because calling people idiots will never sway their opinions.
October 13th, 2006 at 6:29 pm“Homer come on upstairs! Beer-battered fishsticks for dinner!”
“HHuuuhhh! Beeerrreee . . .”
October 13th, 2006 at 6:33 pmLiberals, find another way to get your point across because calling people idiots will never sway their opinions.
Comment by disgusted —
If you haven’t noticed, this thread is designed to be troll fly-paper.
Try another one if you want intelligent discourse – ’cause in here it’s old-style bashin’-and trashin’.
Wear your hip-waders next time.
October 13th, 2006 at 6:37 pm#178
Perhaps you are right barfly.
October 13th, 2006 at 6:41 pmLiberals, find another way to get your point across because calling people idiots will never sway their opinions.
Comment by disgusted
Disgusted: what is the reasoned response that will sway someone who has just called YOU un-American?
Those days and ways died with the semen on Monica’s dress. We are on a corporate-dominated playing field, with a referee who takes contribution$ for making the “right” calls.
October 13th, 2006 at 6:46 pm#189
Trust me barfly, I understand your frustration but there is a better way. You seem like an intelligent individual, use your knoodle. Ask them to define un-american. Ask them pointed questions about policy and don’t let silly personal attacks sway your point – be persistant in an economical way. If you take the high road and stick to the point, you’ll find that you’ll “de-program” them one issue at a time. This is a very important fact that I think is lost in this new political climate. I’m not a dreamer either, it works. We need to be hard on those of us that stoop to that level and reign in our own as well.
October 13th, 2006 at 6:55 pmMy, my, the inbred, self-loathing Bush-cultists are sure having fun with this. Hey, that’s fine. I’m sure these days, conservatives are looking for any reason to laugh. See ya, next month, Bush-cultists! Have fun till then, because when Dems get subpoena power, I think we’re going to hear a great deal of whining and honking from Bush cultists.
October 13th, 2006 at 6:55 pmBarfly your pro-terrorist stance has been noted
Cowards always say that; funny, huh?
ren you sure have a fixation about gay sex,try your dad I am sure he’ll do ya good at least that’s what all the gay lib blogs say.
I apologise for reagan if you apologise for that treasonous piece of shit Clinton,3000 american deaths and nukes for NKorea,nice bio Comment by little squealer.
Reagan’s mistakes led to Bush’s cover-up (pardons for Ollie and Poindexter), which stuck Clinton with a bag of republican errors, decades’ old. Who gave Saddam the OK to invade Kuwait? April Glaspie, Bush’s representative. And if daddy Bush had finished Saddam when he had the chance, ALL the people killed by Saddam during Clinton’s years would stilll be alive. 3000 Americans, and untold hundreds of thousands of Iraqis (including those children who died of starvation during Clinton’s time) would be alive today if Reagan hadn’t supplied both sides, and if Bush hadn’t wimped out.
Two can play this game, but you have to come prepared, Porky.
October 13th, 2006 at 6:58 pm181:
Perhaps this thread isn’t for you.
October 13th, 2006 at 7:01 pmDisgusted – you’re right – we just need to tell these guys that we want to kill brown people and gay people, and let ceo’s screw us to death, then they’ll be on our side – won’t THAT be great!?
October 13th, 2006 at 7:08 pmThought you may enjoy reading this! CAUTION, THE TRUTH HURTS
Why Air America Failed
October 13, 2006
BEGIN TRANSCRIPT
RUSH: Here is Mack in Orlando, Florida. Welcome, sir, to the program.
CALLER: Rush, what an honor to talk to you. It’s been 16 years that I’ve been listening, and first time I’ve ever called in.
RUSH: Thank you. I’m glad you got through.
CALLER: Yes. What I wanted to talk about today was something very interesting that went across the Internet this morning. I see that Air America filed for Chapter 11.
RUSH: Is that right?
CALLER: I thought it’s an interesting contrast between a media program that has been propped up by all types of liberal donors finally hitting the wall, and I think it’s testimony also to something that you said frequently, and that is that liberals have to hide their agenda. If they come right out and say here’s what we’re about, it doesn’t sell in the marketplace of ideas.
RUSH: Well, in this case, that’s not what was going on here. Because they were very honest in what they believed on the air, and it was firmly rejected.
CALLER: That’s my point.
RUSH: Oh, oh, oh. I thought you were saying they were hiding who they are.
CALLER: No, no. I’m saying that liberals, in order to get what they want, they have to hide what they are. When they come right out and lay it on the table–
RUSH: Yeah, but that’s true. That’s an accurate and very shrewd observation on your part. But, you know, folks, this was never… This whole Air America thing… I saw they’re filing bankruptcy today. I betcha they don’t make it through the election. If they do they’ll close doors right after. The only reason that bunch even went on the air is to affect elections. There isn’t the slightest semblance of any business plan or model or understanding in that whole operation. It has been destined to fail from the moment it was conceived. This is one liberal conception that should have been aborted that wasn’t, and it’s going to amount now to being stillborn because it never really got life.
It’s been a clear illustration. The most amazing thing about it to me has been to watch people who are in the broadcasting business grant it legitimacy and status when it never earned any. I mean, I was looking at the reports. They got $4 million dollars in assets? I have that much in my checking account! These people, $4 million in assets, they’ve got liabilities of over $20 million? Did they ever sell any advertising? They ran this as a 527 organization. They ran it as a political organization. They hadn’t the slightest clue what they were doing, and in the process… I’m just kidding about the $4 million in the checking account but, folks, that’s embarrassing.
That’s like somebody who… I don’t know how to analogize that. How pathetic that is! Liabilities have got to be more than 20 million to boot. The bottom line is that it really illustrates that liberals have — I mean, why did they do this? They were doing it to counter conservative talk radio, me. They didn’t have the audience. They still don’t. I don’t care where you go, in whatever liberal circle or Democrat Party circle; they don’t understand why this works. I have people say, “Well, you know, they didn’t work because they’re just not funny.” It has nothing to do with it. “Oh, it didn’t work because they’re always angry! They’re always bashing Bush.” It has nothing to do with it. Broadcasting is a talent, is a skill, it takes training, it takes experience.
You don’t bring a bunch of idiots who have never done it before, put ‘em on the radio and expect to be reaching 20 million people just because you’re liberal, but their arrogance and their condescension, just like they’re not examining their own failures as a party and as a movement, they do not study those who succeed and try to figure out how it’s done. You know why they think that the Republicans won the House in ‘94 and why Bush won the presidency in 2000? Because all we did was criticize Clinton for eight years. They’re just doing what they think is a carbon copy of what we did in their bashing of Bush. They’re just wandering aimless in the desert out there, folks. This bunch was never a bunch of broadcasters.
Sadly, a bunch of broadcasters tried to prop ‘em up and lost their shirts. Everybody involved with them lost their shirts. Look at all the help they had, all the publicity, all of the interviews, all of the (panting) Air America is starting in six months (panting) Air America is starting in five months, the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN practically became Air America on TV before they were even on the air, and so that sort of gives the lie to what really makes success is buzz and spin and PR and promotion, didn’t matter, did it? There are substantive reasons for this that go long beyond… Well, they weren’t funny or were too serious. They’re just not good. Nobody over there has the slightest understanding about what this is. I was surprised they lasted this long to be quite honest with you, folks.
BREAK TRANSCRIPT
RUSH: Up next is Carl in Chicago. Carl, you’re next on the EIB Network. Hello.
CALLER: Rush, a great pleasure to speak with you this afternoon.
RUSH: Thank you.
CALLER: One thing that I’ve always thought about so far as Air America radio is, it was completely and utterly unnecessary, regardless of how good or bad the content was, it was unnecessary. When you are inundated every day on the airwaves with NPR, ABC, CBS, ABC, MSNBC, CNN, what was one more media, one more piece of that puzzle going to provide that already wasn’t being provided?
RUSH: Well, you’re looking at this rationally and logically and you’re not looking at it from the liberal mind-set.
CALLER: True, very true.
RUSH: The liberal mind-set is that, yeah, they’ve got the media, all those things, and they do know it, they will sit there and deny all day that the media outlets you mentioned are on their side, but they know it.
CALLER: Sure they do.
RUSH: But there was this problem. They no longer had the monopoly. This guy Limbaugh and talk radio came along, and believe me, the Clintons have talk radio on the brain, Tom Daschle had talk radio on the brain, they really believed that talk radio is what beats them when they lose elections, is what embarrasses them when they are embarrassed publicly, and they said, well, we’re not there. So we’ve gotta get into talk radio, and they thought just by entering it, that they would dominate and be big and huge, and that’s why I say they had no clue and no concept. I mean, if they want to lie to themselves about how my program was created, when they know what they think about it and what they say about it is a lie, if they’re not even willing to be honest with themselves about how this works successfully, then they never, ever had a chance. It was arrogance, and the people they selected to be on there. It was just laughable. It was one of the most obvious buffoonery steps I have seen taken in broadcasting, and I couldn’t believe the respected broadcasters that got on board and supported it. It never had a chance. It was doomed to fail from the get-go, institutionally.
CALLER: The article I read today, they declined to note who the creditor was where the negotiations fell through, they declined to name the creditor. I was curious about that, why would a creditor not want to be named or why would they not name that creditor?
RUSH: Well, look it, these are liberals. Now, they ran this as a 527. I have never had a donor to this program. We don’t do business with donors. They had people donating money as if you donate to a political organization or 527. Now, if they’d called themselves a 527, those donors would be out of money, but since they didn’t do it as a 527 (they ran it as a 527) and pretended to be a business, these donors now may get some of their money back. This has been a scam and a sham and ill-conceived from the get-go. It is just classic, typical liberalism, and that’s why probably this person doesn’t want to be known.
END TRANSCRIPT
Read the Background Material…
(AP: Air America Radio Files for Chapter 11)
October 13th, 2006 at 7:21 pm(TheSmokingGun: Liberal network lists $20.2 million in debts, assets of $4.3 million)
CALLER: One thing that I’ve always thought about so far as Air America radio is, it was completely and utterly unnecessary, regardless of how good or bad the content was, it was unnecessary. When you are inundated every day on the airwaves with NPR, ABC, CBS, ABC, MSNBC, CNN, what was one more media, one more piece of that puzzle going to provide that already wasn’t being provided?
RUSH: Well, you’re looking at this rationally and logically and you’re not looking at it from the liberal mind-set.
CALLER: True, very true.
This is just more conservative crap, as the corporate-controlled media aren’t liberal in any way, shape, or form. “Market forces,” and broadcasting constraints have more to do with what is broadcast, and few “mainstream” publications are presented from a strictly liberal perspective. Even the New York Times is no paragon of liberalism, as they were quick to print any unfounded slur or unsourced slander to tar Clinton, and to embrace any half-baked rationalization and fairy tale in the run-up to invading Iraq. “Drones of death” that couldn’t fly over a couple hundred miles. “Portable Bio-weapons labs,” Meetings in Prague” that could never be proved, and who can ever forget the half-baked yellowcake?
Who was Rush’s parrot? Nice uniformity of opinion, so apty-named Right World. I can get that kind of wide-ranging intellectual discourse via the bathroom mirror.
October 13th, 2006 at 8:04 pmGood for air america, I think the operation Is fake.
October 13th, 2006 at 8:16 pm#186 – Not content with being a mere dittohead, this clown makes himself a ditto machine!!!! amazingly, the most hilarious god-damned thing i’ve ever witnessed.
October 13th, 2006 at 9:09 pmWell, it appears liberalism has failed in the free markets… LOL
October 13th, 2006 at 9:57 pmWhy wasn’t the “liberal” talk program successful..? Running in the black?It was because listeners do not buy their crap…Would not support their views. Plus, there are so few people who listen to these losers!!! Come on ,liberals take a second on your home and get a paper route …maybe the talk show will last another week.
October 13th, 2006 at 10:10 pmAir America is failing becuase nobody buys their Bs – that’s why ever Dem in a tight race is pretending to be a republican. Uh…yea, I want tax cuts …what a joke the liberals have become.
October 13th, 2006 at 11:37 pm#191 Nope, it is because liberals read. I know that you righties need to be fed your talking points but we actually think about the positions we take. I am not calling Republicans stupid…no, wait…yes…I am.
October 13th, 2006 at 11:38 pmBones, see my last post, tool.
October 13th, 2006 at 11:39 pmSo much handwringing and deconstruction. We get it. Randi is shrill, dropping Maron/Riley was a bad move on Danny’s part, Schultz (not part of AAR) and Franken should get the prime time slots…blah blah blah.
YAWN
The business will recover, and if it doesn’t, talk-radio junkies like myself will get our Rhodes/Seder/Maddow fix elsewhere: webcasts, podcasts, etc…
However, it is nice to see that the 101 Fightin’ Keyboard Brigade managed to get out and fight the scary liberals since asking them to fight the war they love so much is too much to ask.
-d
October 13th, 2006 at 11:51 pm#195 Schultz is not AA. Neither is Stephanie Miller, the only one I listen to. I am not a fan of AA. Libs are discerning, unlike the robotic right.
October 13th, 2006 at 11:54 pm#195 Sorry, I see you noted that Schultz is not AAR. Not that any lefty would listen to him.
October 13th, 2006 at 11:55 pmWhy wasn’t the “liberal†talk program successful..? Running in the black?It was because listeners do not buy their crap…Would not support their views.Comment by roy elliott — October 13, 2006 @ 10:10 pm
October 13th, 2006 at 11:56 pmWhat a hump…. The whole world knows that repugnantcan radio is proped up by big money backers, come on you suckers, man already…
101 Fightin’ Keyboard Brigade
October 14th, 2006 at 12:01 amniceness… Sgt. Carpal Tunnel reporting for duty…
#198 I think it has something to do with the idiot dittoheads being…well…not so bright.
October 14th, 2006 at 12:02 am#200 You mean,,, Ummm… F!!ucking morons…
October 14th, 2006 at 12:05 am#201 Yep, exactly.
October 14th, 2006 at 12:11 amWell, it appears liberalism has failed in the free markets… LOL
October 14th, 2006 at 12:19 amComment by muckdog — October 13, 2006 @ 9:57 pm
Well Da..Hu..”Liberalism”? You Repugs make me sick…The thing that strikes me the most about republicans is how many fags and child molesters you have and refuse to acknowledge; in both the party and your freakin church’s. Myself, I totally don’t mind and even enjoy when two hot girls are making out, but Republicans cant stand it. When two guys are making out on TV or whatever it makes me sick. But republicans see that the same as two girls making out. wtf..
I don’t mind having gay men and women around me but you repugs bug out when around them…
Meanwhile, you repugs are the biggest homophobes yet are full of fags and child molesters,,, give me a break…
Well, it appears liberalism has failed in the free markets… LOL
What does that mean? Would you like to compare Clinton and Bush on the economy? If so, you are screwed.
October 14th, 2006 at 12:21 amAs usual, I’m late to the party. But I still want to add my opinion. I would much rather listen to a financially bankrupt liberal radio station, than to the morally bankrupt neocon right. And in case you haven’t noticed, AAR is not going to disappear from the air waves tomorrow.
October 14th, 2006 at 3:00 amLiberals are bankrupt- – -of ideas. Your pessimism is exausting and the majority of the country can’t suffer it any more. That’s why you lost to Bush..twice. That’s why you lost the House….and the Senate…and that is why you will continue to lose. Your spinning and conspiratorial contortioning are only tying you up in knots- the entertainment value of which is about the only thing positive you have left to offer.
The self-absorbed, self-centered, self-gratifying cravings of the Baby-boomer Liberals are their own undoing. You’re never satisfied. It’s never enough. You’re never happy. Maybe you need to put your treasure in a different place…..”Where your treasure is, your heart will be also.”
Dear “Me Generationers”: your turns up.
October 14th, 2006 at 9:36 pmYou know, what? I’m not going to apologize for being a member of the angry left, or spewing “hate” about Republicans. I hate you. I do. I think you’re all blind, brainwashed, nasty, and racist, and frankly everything that’s wrong with US.
I listen to Air America frequently, and it gives me great pleasure to hear that at least some other people are just as angry as I am about.
Here’s the funny thing, I WAS one of you until we got lied into Iraq. Your pork-barrel-creationist-subsidize-the-rich party finally lost me forever.
October 15th, 2006 at 11:45 ambuh-bye. I was one of YOU until I grew up. The thing wrong with our country is you won’t defend it unless a never-ending list of criteria is met…which, by definition means, never. That’s a big difference between conservatives and liberals; we’ll defend you, but you won’t even defend yourself. You act big when you ‘attack’ conservatives in the comfort of your American-bought safety but would roll over to any real enemy. Case in point; the “mohommed cartoons”. Just say it, you’re French! Or at least you’re following THEIR lead. Quit being a chicken and just defend your country and your fellow countrymen. Conservatives allready are and would welcome you to join in. We’re not your enemy. Your real enemy stands at the door. Maybe the slight majority of the country can fend them off, but it would sure help if you’d join in. You’re obligated to, whether you believe it or not. Funny thing is, these Muslim psycos are going to kill you first because you represent everything they hate most about “Western Civilization”: Sacrilege, atheism, materialism, Immorality, homosexuality, drug use, abortion, etc. This is on top of what we all represent to them: Women’s rights, economic prosperity, tolerance, voting, etc….but, MOST of all: FREEDOM! Free to be different, free to chose who we vote for, where we travel. Free to chose our occupation. Free to comment here. Free to disagree. Free to pursue our dreams. Yeah, you’re pretty much screwed when it comes to their hit list. It’s a non-negotiable list. I suggest you quit attacking us conservatives and help us attack our real enemy. Here, I’ll help you: pretend THEY’RE consevatives. See, feel that! You CAN hate the right people. Now, go get ‘em!
October 15th, 2006 at 2:19 pm[...] Air America files for bankruptcy. Think Progress, DC – 1 hour ago Air America Radio has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, but the network will stay on the air as it searches for new investors, the AP reports. [...]
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