During CNN Appearance, Al Franken Calls On CNN To Fire Glenn Beck
During CNN Appearance, Al Franken Calls On CNN To Fire Glenn Beck
Appearing last night on CNN’s Larry King Live, Al Franken said that firing Don Imus was the “right decision,” but pointed out that CNN has its own anchor who regularly spews hateful and bigoted remarks.
“CNN has Glenn Beck on,” Franken told King. “Glenn Beck asked my congressman, Keith Ellison, who is the first Muslim to be elected to Congress, you know, I just want to ask you, how do I know that you’re not working with the enemy? … I don’t know why that wasn’t grounds for CNN thinking, well, maybe Glenn Beck shouldn’t be on. I mean, how dare he say that to a congressman who has just been elected?”
King asked Franken, “With a lot of [controversial remarks] going on, are you calling for other dismissals?” Franken said, “No, I’m not. Just Glenn Beck on your network.” Watch it:
Some recent low-lights from Glenn Beck:
The anti-gay slur “faggot” is nothing more than “a naughty name.” [1/23/07]
“[Hillary Clinton is] the stereotypical bitch.” [3/15/07]
“What happened to the Duke lacrosse team was practically a lynching without the rope. And for the first time in my life, Mr. Oreo Cookie without the chocolate on the outside can understand why people celebrated when O.J. Simpson was acquitted.” [1/15/07, using a racial slur for African-Americans that refers to “being black on the outside and white on the inside]
“I wonder if I’m alone in this — you know it took me about a year to start hating the 9-11 victims’ families? Took me about a year.” [9/9/05]
“And that’s all we’re hearing about, are the people in New Orleans. Those are the only ones we’re seeing on television are the scumbags.” [9/9/05]
(HT: My Two Sense)
Transcript:
FRANKEN: Well, the best thing to come out of this was the women from — from the Rutgers team. I thought they were eloquent. I thought they were dignified. I thought it was — I especially loved what one of them said about two — or three of her teammates.
She said, so and so is the big sister I never heard. So and so is the funniest person in the world. And so and so is going to make a great attorney. This guy doesn’t know anything about us.
And I think that just underlined it so well, that this was totally inappropriate, totally wrong. He didn’t know anything about them. And I hope gets the chance to talk to them, and I hope at least something good comes out of this.
You know, I — Ed Schultz was saying that everyone’s talking about this. I was up in Minnesota today with a group of seniors from seven counties. This wasn’t a senior home. This was seniors who were caring about policy. And they are debating global warming and health care, and they were — they weren’t talking about this at all.
It obviously is an important thing, it’s a big thing, but they were talking about things…
KING: Let’s stay — I’ll get to that. But let’s stay with I-Man for a couple of minutes.
FRANKEN: OK. Sure.
KING: Is it forgivable? Should CBS let him stay on?
FRANKEN: You know, it’s — it’s their choice. I think — I think NBC made the right decision. I think cable news is cable news. And he has that position.
I have heard a lot of talk radio — now, I will give you an example. CNN has Glenn Beck on. Glenn Beck asked my congressman, Keith Ellison, who is the first Muslim to be elected to Congress, you know, I just want to ask you, how do I know that you’re not working with the enemy?
And he said that — I think he said it on CNN. But he certainly is — he’s on CNN. I don’t know why that wasn’t grounds for CNN thinking, well, maybe Glenn Beck shouldn’t be on. I mean, how dare he say that to a congressman who has just been elected?
And I hear this kind of thing a lot of time. I monitored a lot of right-wing radio when I was doing my show and before it. And I’ve heard Rush Limbaugh say things that are worse than this.
And so, I don’t know.
KING: Does that make thing then forgivable since others are doing it? You know, if you go, 40, 50 miles an hour, it’s not an excuse if other people do it and they stop you. But should he be at least given some rope? FRANKEN: I don’t know if I buy the analogy, but I’m not glad I’m making this decision. This is up to CBS’ management. Let’s put it that way.
KING: You wouldn’t want to be in the position to have to make it?
FRANKEN: Well, if I were, I would make it, but that’s not my decision, thank you. That’s the answer.
KING: With a lot of it going on, are you calling for other dismissals?
FRANKEN: No, I’m not. Just Glenn Beck on your network.
KING: Just Glenn Beck.
(LAUGHTER)
KING: He’s on “HEADLINE NEWS,” right?
FRANKEN: Well, “HEADLINE NEWS” is part of CNN. And…
KING: Have you been on the Imus show?
FRANKEN: I have. I have been on a couple of times over the years. And, you know, after he did the White House — or no, it wasn’t White House correspondent — it was the Radio and TV Correspondents Dinner.
KING: Yes.
FRANKEN: I criticized him then, so we were on the outs. And, you know, one of the worst parts about this, I think, is that he used the defense it was a joke.
Now, Larry, I know that you loved Lenny Bruce. And Lenny Bruce offended people all the time. But there was always an actual point behind it, right?
KING: Correct. Correct.
FRANKEN: There was a joke. The joke meant something. It was about societal hypocrisy. Whatever it was about.
This was — I don’t get this joke. And I don’t get the idea of having — you k now, as someone who has had a radio show, of having a kind of racist sidekick. Which I guess is what it is.
I don’t listen to Imus enough. But isn’t it — was that the concept of a show, I’m going to have a vaguely racist sidekick?
KING: I don’t think that’s the concept of the show. It covers everything.
FRANKEN: OK. KING: It has major political figures, as you know.
FRANKEN: Yes, I know. I know, and that’s — he’s sort of trying to be a shock jock and be Tim Russert. And that’s a needle you have to thread, and I think it’s threadable. And I guess he just didn’t do it.
He hasn’t done it.
KING: Up next…
FRANKEN: It’s a terrible thing.
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Just call him a racist. No real comment that is racist. But who needs that. That’s the Progressive way. Just call them RASIST.
April 12th, 2007 at 8:01 pmIt is indeed hard to see how Glenn Beck still has a job. He has probably been offensive to even more groups of people–not just blacks and women but also Katrina and 9/11 victims.
April 12th, 2007 at 8:02 pmAnd if you think Beck is a racist, you don’t listen to his show. But, you disagree with him so you call him a racist. That’s the Progressive way.
April 12th, 2007 at 8:03 pmdownfall of Imus is just a sign of the times, and we’ll soon see him joined by Beck and the rest of “that kind” of commentator.
April 12th, 2007 at 8:06 pmMaybe Franken can go on Beck’s show and debate….Oh wait….You folks don’t debate. In a debate you have to be able to make a valid point. Franken can’t do that if the person can talk back. So like a true progressive he calls him a racist and runs. That’s the Progressive way.
April 12th, 2007 at 8:08 pmAs always, Franken is right on. All of the wingnuts traffic in bigotry, hate and ignorance, it’s a critical element to keeping the nitwit 25% (aka the “base”) angry and motivated to hate the hippie/commie liberal scum and the unwed mother’s that suck off the system and watch Jerry Springer, or whoever it is they’re telling the dittoheads to hate this week.
April 12th, 2007 at 8:09 pmNo I’ve listened to Beck, he’s pretty much a racist. Just listen to Franken’s example about the wildly ridiculous insinuations Beck made about the Congressman. If the evidence was any clearer it might bite you in the nose.
April 12th, 2007 at 8:11 pmJust as freedom isn’t free, “free speech” isn’t free.
While a person does and should have the freedom to say nearly anything they want, others do and should have the freedom to fire, boycott, and/or despise them for doing so.
Conservative scumlappers, welcome to America. America is back, with a vengeance.
GOP Jesus says: “Uh oh.”
April 12th, 2007 at 8:13 pmKevin, I actually saw Franken debate Bill O’Reilly live on C-Span about three years ago and absolutely destroy him. O’Reilly almost blew a gasket (as he so often does). Did you catch that one, or do facts that don’t agree with your reality not count?
April 12th, 2007 at 8:14 pmHey, people, Kevin is trying to say something…hardly.
April 12th, 2007 at 8:15 pmWould somebody please address his remarks?
I see. You progressive are going to use the Imus thing to take out conservative talk shows. No problem. Lie. Call them Racist. We can’t make it in talk radio so we will just call them racist and see if we can get them fired. Use the racist lie. That’s the Progressive way.
April 12th, 2007 at 8:15 pm#5 “In a debate you have to be able to make a valid point.”
April 12th, 2007 at 8:16 pmAl Franken makes valid points by the Bookfull! I hope he makes a point of defeating Norm (stem cell) Coleman for US Senator.
Hey, people, Kevin is trying to say something…hardly.
Would somebody please address his remarks?
Comment by Juan C
Nope. Not me. Kevin’s stealing time from his employer, and I don’t want to facilitate his corruption. :P
April 12th, 2007 at 8:18 pmHey Kevin your mother is calling you to come in from play for dinner. Get home before it gets dark.
April 12th, 2007 at 8:22 pmKevin and the rest of that ilk (whiny GOP mouth breathers) are not even worth addressing. Let the sun shine in.
April 12th, 2007 at 8:23 pmWasn’t there an Ann Coulter bit as well?
April 12th, 2007 at 8:23 pm(Franken vs Coulter)
Holy cow. You are going to be late for……do you even have a job?
April 12th, 2007 at 8:23 pmActually, the racism that the wingnuts on radio spew doesn’t bother me as much as the lies and coverup for the criminal Bush administration. The failure of AirAmerica had a lot more to do with being blackballed by like-minded (re: conservative and authoritarian) corproations that didn’t appreciate real journalism being done. That would mean that they might be held accountable……can’t have that.
April 12th, 2007 at 8:24 pmThe right wing radio guys have been curiously silent here. Maybe they’re hoping Imus will be made a scapegoat, and no one will start looking at their stuff.
Not bloody likely.
April 12th, 2007 at 8:25 pmyeah it’s time for all the smear merchants 2 go
April 12th, 2007 at 8:27 pmHere is a link to the facts around the blackballing of AirAmerica, including the internal memo from ABC. Hope these additional facts don’t screw up your parallel universe.
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2983
April 12th, 2007 at 8:29 pmYou’re kidding right. You progressive can’t agree with them so you want them off the air. Most Conservatives didn’t care that Air Amerika was lieing all the time on the air. But you can’t deal with it. So lie and get them off the air. That’s the Progressive way.
April 12th, 2007 at 8:31 pmFranken did a number on Ann Coulter in his chapter…” How to lie with footnotes.”
April 12th, 2007 at 8:32 pmFranken does his homework. His points have backup. And he does it with humor too.
Holy cow. You are going to be late for……do you even have a job?
Comment by Kevin
No Kevin, I don’t have a job! Gotta stick to that Liberal Agenda, ya know.
April 12th, 2007 at 8:32 pm“The Conservative Continuum of Hate.”
Whether the issue concerns gay Americans, 9/11, abortion, judicial appointments or political corruption, a seamless continuum of hate runs from today’s Republican Party through to its most extreme conservative proponents. And that means the GOP differs only in degree - not in kind - from the cartoonish and sometimes criminal likes of Glenn Beck, Ann Coulter, Fred Phelps or Eric Rudolph.
April 12th, 2007 at 8:32 pmIts not just the racist comments that Beck makes or the way he questioned Rep. Ellison’s patriotism. When he went after the 9/11 widows and victims he really went over the line in my opinion.
He is just a hateful human being who unfortunatly has a forum on a major news network. I guess some people consider him Limbaugh lite since he does this on CNN. The problem is that he has a bigger audience listening to his bile.
April 12th, 2007 at 8:34 pmHe needs to learn the lesson that Imus was just taught. Freedom of speech does not mean Freedom from the Consequences of your excersise of that freedom.
Fire Glenn Beck.
the KKK has the right to march in public in America and Glenn Beck has the right to be publicly stupid and backwards…sorry
April 12th, 2007 at 8:35 pmI like Al Franken. He’s brilliant. I hope he runs for Congress.
April 12th, 2007 at 8:36 pmKevin,
You seem so convinced that us “progressives” lie and/or have no real argument. So let’s debate.
Here’s my first question:
Name three fundamental strengths of today’s Republican party? Or, if that’s too vague, name three major Bush administration accomplishments?
I’ll be waiting patiently for your reasoned response.
April 12th, 2007 at 8:39 pmHe’s running for the Senate in Minnesota Zooey. Hope he win! He’s running against Coleman.
April 12th, 2007 at 8:40 pmImus wasn’t fired because of the Conscience of the Media. He was fired because the $ponsors pulled the plug.
April 12th, 2007 at 8:40 pmWingnut talking points are short-circuiting each other in jock-strap sniffer Kevein here in this thread. Kevein… didn’t you get the memo that Imus is a “liberal” America Hater because he voted for Kerry?
April 12th, 2007 at 8:42 pmKevin is obviously one of three people in the US who watch the Glenn Beck show. Shit he’s probably one of the two people in the US who watch Tucker Carlson. Gotta love those neocons. They sure pick some weiners to defend. Too funny.
April 12th, 2007 at 8:43 pmWeird, I managed to typo snifferboy’s screen name twice in one post. LOL
April 12th, 2007 at 8:43 pmI wouldn’t want to draw any conclusions or make any broad-brushed assumptions about the likes of the these rightwingers, but do some digging into Glenn Beck’s past. His mother committed suicide when he was a boy, same for Karl Rove. Psychological patterns? Perhaps.
April 12th, 2007 at 8:45 pmThe Republicans traditionally stand for…..Smaller Govt. ….strong National Defense…..Personal Freedom.
April 12th, 2007 at 8:50 pmSo….how’s Bush doin????
Is anyone reading Kevin’s remarks?
April 12th, 2007 at 8:51 pmI just skip over them, but I catch a phrase here and there — he is really a pathetic and misinformed brainwashed victim of Fox news.
No Kevin, I don’t have a job! Gotta stick to that Liberal Agenda, ya know.
Comment by Zooey
Heh. :)
April 12th, 2007 at 8:52 pmBadger….precisely. The trolls never engage in an actual debate. As soon as they get challenged they disappear. The hypocrisy seems all the more egregious when every other statement they make claims that the left has no ideas. Well, here we are.
April 12th, 2007 at 8:56 pmAt least Al Franken is trying to say what I’ve been saying, but is too afraid to damage his career.
Fortunately I am not a professional pundit.
April 12th, 2007 at 8:56 pmSo let me see if I got this straight now.
When I turn on BET and I see 200 black comedians making fun of white people, as well as Indians, Jews, Latino’s and Asians, THATS all in “good fun”.
But when a talk show host mispeaks using a term which part of can be found in a childrens book, THATS racism.
Ok.
Well lemme right that down.
April 12th, 2007 at 8:59 pmAnd Don Imus has always been a comedy\talk\shockjock show.
In fact, he’s known as king of the shockjocks.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:01 pmCorrection.
When a lilly white talk show host …….
April 12th, 2007 at 9:02 pmWorfeus…is that you or have you been Namejacked. You used to be a better Speller.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:03 pmimus is lost his job due to the free market: sponsors pulled out, CBS, MSNBC aren’t going to air him for free, he’s gone. deal with it kevin. right wing hatred and ignorance just got unprofitable. If you want imus on the air now you are against capitalism, you right-wing commie bastard!
April 12th, 2007 at 9:04 pmWow.. Jews aren’t white people?
April 12th, 2007 at 9:05 pmAt least Al Franken is trying to say what I’ve been saying, but is too afraid to damage his career.
Fortunately I am not a professional pundit.
Comment by I WORFEUS
Exactly what I was thinking. He was careful with his words.
Well hopefully Imus gets his problem worked out… I am tired of trying to correct the mob… it would be fun to see the mob turned against Beck and Rush though…. Hell Imus could even feel pretty good in the long run if him taking a hit ended the hate speech of some of the rightwing big hitters… and the rediculous immorality of the gangsta rapers.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:05 pmImus “mispeaks”. Remember the time when the Republican right hated when people used weasel words and Clintonian parsing?
When a group of old white men launch racist tirades on a show that is peopled by the Washington elite that is different than the jokes of comedians on a comedy show.
Got it.
-GSD
April 12th, 2007 at 9:06 pmFranken.
Beck.
Discuss. Not Imus, Please.
Worfeus, you refused the invitation of higher discourse to stay on your Imus thread.
Please don’t contaminate this one now. You said you were leaving.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:10 pmI am tired of trying to correct the mob…
Comment by Gerald Gibson Jr
Then dont. You have been correcting the mob enough.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:10 pmneocon axiom #1 = 99.9% of the people are too stupid to be told the truth. To lead you must lie to them. The so-called virtuous lie (Plato)
neocon axiom #2 = Any government can be overthrown by appealing to the base fears of the people. (Machiavelli)
Republickin axium#1 = Our base is the stupidest of the stupid and the more pathetic and/or ugly the lie, the more our base will buy into it. (Karl Rove, Frank Luntz)
Islamofacists, feminazis, agitators, activists judges, ghetto, terrorist, follow us home, defeatists, integrationists, secular humanist, atheists, war czar, cut off funding for the troops, voter fraud, at the pleasure of the president quotas, reverse racism, happy holidays(anti-Christian), wet back, shadow diplomacy, independent Democrat, one more F.U., the surge is working … [your favorite lie here].
April 12th, 2007 at 9:11 pm#45 - You’re right - big jerk Imus lost his job because sponsors hit the road. Period. If big-mouth Al Franken wants Glen Beck gone, have him and and the defunct AirAmerica crowd pressure sponsors to pull out of Beck’s show. But I guess since Air America wasn’t a successful commercial venture, maybe Franken doesn’t know how the business operates….
What is precious is the intolerance of some in the Prog community who continually try to silence those with whom they disagree…..(Hint - Do the Valiants listen to gangsta’ rap - not on your life. What is sad is that too many people do listen to that trash.)
April 12th, 2007 at 9:13 pmWhat is precious is the intolerance of some in the Prog community who continually try to silence those with whom they disagree…..(Hint - Do the Valiants listen to gangsta’ rap - not on your life. What is sad is that too many people do listen to that trash.)
Comment by valiant venus
It’s that precious? The filthy lying Mighty Hagfish offering advice about morality issues.
Pssst….you might want to step back from this one, Hag.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:16 pmWhere was Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson when Beck suggested a black ELECTED Congressman cannot be trusted not to be but a terrorist?
They never fumed about firing Beck from CNN and cried racism….may be because Congressman Keith Elllison was not Christian, so they are themselves showing prejudice. !!
April 12th, 2007 at 9:17 pmthe libs are gonna gave 2 show the righties how to be decent all over again
April 12th, 2007 at 9:17 pmtheres a couple of houston “rock shock jocks” that i email regularly because they push righty ideas while they play rock tunes. i called them out on it. rockers aren’t righties you idiots.
they have toned down their rhetoric because i argue the points they make and show their stupidity to themselves.
Comment by I WORFEUS — April 12, 2007 @ 8:59 pm
Wow.. Jews aren’t white people?
Comment by lestatdelc — April 12, 2007 @ 9:05 pm
Thank you for demonstrating how you invent racism and smear someone.
I never said anything of the sort.
Or do comedians NOT make fun of Irish, British, Polish, and other “caucasion” races?
How is distinguishing between the two saying Jews aren’t white?
April 12th, 2007 at 9:19 pm#52 Valiant Anus
Listen up Valiant Anus. You seem to post freely here on TP. How much you wanna bet if I go to Red State and express an opposing opinion my post would get deleted. You know not what you talk about. But continue with your standard hypocrisy. We’re all used to it. You are basically railing against a progressive society that lets you rant. Way to be a complete weiner valiant anus. Good luck in 08′ with that attitude. Too funny.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:19 pm#55 - jeff,
Ted Nugent is super rightwing.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:20 pmJust sayin’
You demonstrate the “witch hunt” is well underway.
You people will foam and froth at the mouth and take this stupid thing to the boil.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:20 pmre #52
“What is precious is the intolerance of some in the Prog community who continually try to silence those with whom they disagree…..(Hint - Do the Valiants listen to gangsta’ rap - not on your life. What is sad is that too many people do listen to that trash.)”
What are you talking about? are you saying the progressives are trying to silence gangtsa rap (that term is soooo 90’s by the way)? Are you feeling silenced because people make fun of your posts? If that’s the case, you need to get over yourself. this is a community of individuals who communicate with maybe 30 other people at a time, max. Imus was reaching millions of people every day. he was also getting the tacit approval of all those politicians and msm news heads which gave his intolerance, and intolerance in general, a much broader legitimacy than it ever deserved, not to mention that any intolerance and silencing you experience here is completely anonymous and should be a tiny part of your life, unless you really do live in your parent’s basement.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:23 pmPlease don’t contaminate this one now. You said you were leaving.
Comment by trueblue — April 12, 2007 @ 9:10 pm
I said I was leaving that thread. This thread came up. Its about the Imus thing. Al Franken is talking about the Imus thing.
I’m sorry. I was not aware you now dictate when and where and how I can comment.
Please provide me with my schedule and the approved script so I can be your mindless automaton.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:23 pmPlease don’t contaminate this one now.
Comment by trueblue — April 12, 2007 @ 9:10 pm
And just how pray tell, is voicing an opposing viewpoint “contaminating” the thread?
We’re all free to speak our mind as long as you like what we’re saying? Is that it?
How is that mentality, any different than the right wing?
April 12th, 2007 at 9:27 pm“You demonstrate the “witch hunt†is well underway. You people will foam and froth at the mouth and take this stupid thing to the boil.”
WORFEUS
If by witch hunt you are referring to ann coulter, where do I buy a license? as to the boiling part of your post, are you really worried that right wing hate speech will vanish from the face of earth?
April 12th, 2007 at 9:27 pmKevin,
If calling someone a racist would effectively shut them up, I’d call you a racist.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:28 pmOk listen up people, new rules.
We only get to debate if we agree with our opponents.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:28 pm#37 Is anyone reading Kevin’s remarks?
Whut?
April 12th, 2007 at 9:29 pmPlease provide me with my schedule and the approved script so I can be your mindless automaton.
Comment by I WORFEUS
Such a nice guy. You have to proof your point above everyone and everything.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:29 pmFranken is such a low life. He outright lied about not knowing anything about the money stolen from the charity and pumped into Air America when HIS SIGNATURE WAS ON THE PAPERWORK!
April 12th, 2007 at 9:30 pmIf by witch hunt you are referring to ann coulter, where do I buy a license? as to the boiling part of your post, are you really worried that right wing hate speech will vanish from the face of earth?
Comment by bob (not the hacker) — April 12, 2007 @ 9:27 pm
I am not sure what you’re saying here. I take it the “witch hunt” thing was a joke, right? What I mean by boiling point is something I have lived through.
Race riots.
Once you have lived through one, you’ll know why I take this so seriously.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:31 pmAnd I don’t mean “watching it” on TV.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:32 pmComment by bob (not the hacker)
When a mob can invent things that are not so.. and crucify someone for it… that is a witch hunt.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:32 pmWhile Franken is correct to criticize Beck, why has he not also condemned his nemesis, O’Reilly, for his less than felicitious remarks? Or Michael Savage or William Bennett or Ann Coulter? All of these people have made inflammatory statements in the past but yet Franken has decided to inexplicably give them a pass regarding their vile statements. If Imus deserves to be dismissed, then these others certainly should not be allowed to vent their venom by the corporate and cable networks.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:33 pmSuch a nice guy. You have to proof your point above everyone and everything.
Comment by Juan C — April 12, 2007 @ 9:29 pm
Oh I’m sorry. Was I supposed to take censorship without dropping a hint of sarcasm?
My bad.
Maybe you and her can get together and provide me with my approved script so I’ll know when I speak and what I can say.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:34 pmHave Patrick and the other hitler children now morphed into Kevin?? You have to hand it to the Repigs, they certainly try to fool us with their same people using different names. Very good show. A Rush trick I’m sure?
April 12th, 2007 at 9:36 pmWhen a mob can invent things that are not so.. and crucify someone for it… that is a witch hunt.
Comment by Gerald Gibson Jr — April 12, 2007 @ 9:32 pm
Well stated.
At least someone has the balls to stand up for the facts.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:37 pm#72
Whatever Eggroll. I didn’t realize Franken had to go by your agenda. Franken was on CNN so he did the obvious. He talked about Beck, who is also on CNN. Is there a point to your comment Eggroll. Or are you just stirring the sh@t again, trollboy.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:38 pmmark @68, if you’re going to throw out accusations, please provide a link to back it up. The rightwing version of the “AirAmerica charity scandal” was fabricated nonsense, like most of the rest of their versions of….everything.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:38 pmI’m quite frankly shocked by talk of silencing people by liberals. Listening to people like Beck brings anti-social attitudes to the light? It’s theraputic for society.Beck is the left’s best friend.
Does a Phsychologist get his/her patient to advance and bring to consciousness their issues by burrying them(silencing them), or verbally revealing them.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:40 pmHas no one ever said about someone…… “thats one tough mutherfu$#$er?”
When you say that, are you implying that person has intercourse with his mom?
Or are you saying his is a bad ass?
April 12th, 2007 at 9:41 pmMaybe you and her can get together and provide me with my approved script so I’ll know when I speak and what I can say.
Comment by I WORFEUS
Please, do point in which way you can be forced to speak about an issue by not-owners of the blog.
You are a smart guy. I wouldnt shut up either if I had a point to make, but to defend that point for 3 days straight, seems that you want to convince yourself instead of others. Furthermore, you have to pound people to the ground (which you do good) in order to make your point, sometimes it is OK, but with people you know here, that probably havent the same skills that you, is just sad. You dont have the necessity of answering her like you just did, but you have to. You relentlessly have to.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:41 pmAnyone ever called someone a “tough son of a bitch”?
When you do, are you implying that persons mom is a female dog in heat?
Or are you saying he is a bad ass?
April 12th, 2007 at 9:43 pm#78
Thanks for playing the troll game.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:45 pmMaybe you and her can get together and provide me with my approved script so I’ll know when I speak and what I can say.
Comment by I WORFEUS
At the risk of having you go off on me too, I really think it’s unnecessary to attack trueblue and Juan. We’re all on the same side here, we just don’t happen to all think exactly alike.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:45 pmre 69
yes, the witch hunt thing was a joke, this isn’t a witch hunt, at best it’s media feeding frenzy, something the “I Dude” has gleefully participated in many times in his long and storied career. (see ‘the clinton years”) your race riot comment is confusing: how can standing up to rich white guys who spew racial hatred cause race riots? are you worried that whites are going to attack black people? are you worried that black people are going to suddenly feel empowered now that the yoke of oppression has been lifted and attack whitey?
re 71
If this latest incident had been an isolated case you would have a stronger argument. check out this link:
http://www.nabj.org/ front/ story/ 53032p-81736c.html
April 12th, 2007 at 9:45 pmThe failure of AirAmerica had a lot more to do with being blackballed by like-minded (re: conservative and authoritarian) corproations that didn’t appreciate real journalism being done. That would mean that they might be held accountable……can’t have that.
Comment by Jay — April 12, 2007 @ 8:24 pm
Air America is alive and well. They are on XM Satellite Radio and will be on Sirius now that they’re merging. Go to their website and check the schedule since they might have changed local stations where you live. They have a new owner.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:45 pmYou are a smart guy. I wouldnt shut up either if I had a point to make, but to defend that point for 3 days straight,
Comment by Juan C — April 12, 2007 @ 9:41 pm
You mean like Al Sharpton and the media prosecuting that point for more than 3 days straight?
April 12th, 2007 at 9:46 pmDoes a Phsychologist get his/her patient to advance and bring to consciousness their issues by burrying them(silencing them), or verbally revealing them.
Comment by a citizen
After crossing a certain line now you are like those people in Rwanda that was on the radio giving out the addresses of people that were not acceptable….
April 12th, 2007 at 9:46 pm[…] Al Franken gets the ball rolling! Alphabetically, of course. • • • […]
April 12th, 2007 at 9:47 pma citizen, I’ll bet you’re shocked. Beck’s schtick is theraputic to society? Beck follows the same script as Hannity, Gallagher, Prager, Limbaugh and the rest of the Heritage Foundation, Scaife/Coors/Mellon/Moonie funded wingnut machinery. Please give is a rest with how he’s bringing “anti-social” attitudes to light”, he’s playing directly from the fascist playbook.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:47 pmBut let me see if I’ve got your drift.
I made my point, and even though people are actively refuting it, I can no longer respond because you and Trueblue are tired of any view other than the popular one, or at least one that agrees with you.
Pretty warm am I?
April 12th, 2007 at 9:47 pmIf Franken chooses to run for the Senate, he will come under INTENSE Public Scrutiny. Let the chips fall where they will, but I’m betting the charges against him are Bogus. And Imus chose to make his inopportune remarks re: the Final 4 of the womens NCAA basketball tournament. What was he thinking????
April 12th, 2007 at 9:48 pmHey reich wing trolls. Corporate America silenced Imus. Once the sponsors left, msnbc and cbs radio had no choice but to pull Imus. But keep up your talking points trolls. You look like a bunch of dummies.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:49 pmyes, the witch hunt thing was a joke, this isn’t a witch hunt, at best it’s media feeding frenzy,
Comment by bob (not the hacker) — April 12, 2007 @ 9:45 pm
No. For Sharpton and many others its a witch hunt.
You watch. I am betting within 3 weeks we will see a new scapegoat rise up.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:49 pmEat shit Topper#82, My opinion. Tough crap for you.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:50 pmWORFEUS,
Stop being disigenious. motherfuck#r and tough son of a bitch are both part our our accepted lexicon and everyone knows exactly what they mean. when did nappy headed ho attain that same level of recognition? or can I just call your mom a “VD ridden crack whore” and assume that you know I mean she bakes nice cookies?
April 12th, 2007 at 9:51 pmYou mean like Al Sharpton and the media prosecuting that point for more than 3 days straight?
Comment by I WORFEUS
Do people call me Al Sharpton? No.
If Bush throw bombs, what dont you either, right?
I dont agree with politicizing (?) a racial issue. It is a culture, social problem, not a political one. I agree with you on that.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:51 pmshane, I didn’t realize that they were still alive and kicking since they got booted from the airwaves in Boston. That was very discouraging. Glad to hear that they’re going to try to make their way on satellite radio and I will check the AA website.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:51 pm#90
Franken has been attacked by the right for years. Nothing new. He not only will win in Minnesota, but he will pound the sh@t out of Coleman. That’s guaranted.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:53 pm: how can standing up to rich white guys who spew racial hatred cause race riots?
Comment by bob (not the hacker) — April 12, 2007 @ 9:45 pm
How is fanning the fires of racism, inventing racism where none was intended and hanging an old cowboy hat wearing white guy for something that was never meant to be mean, how is that going to cause race riots?
Racial tensions are tight in the inner city right now. With summer coming up we are going to see tensions rise with the heat. So the last thing we need to do is stir up racial relations more by accusing a man of racist intentions when none were there.
It is not only wrong, its universally stupid.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:53 pmI made my point, and even though people are actively refuting it, I can no longer respond because you and Trueblue are tired of any view other than the popular one, or at least one that agrees with you.
Comment by I WORFEUS
Please, stop with the “mob” and the “popular view”, etc. I think you and Gerald know us long enough to call us (or so it seems) like that. And we havent answered agressively against that.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:54 pmI made my point, and even though people are actively refuting it, I can no longer respond because you and Trueblue are tired of any view other than the popular one, or at least one that agrees with you.
Pretty warm am I?
Comment by I WORFEUS
Is this comment directed at me, Worfeus?
April 12th, 2007 at 9:54 pmIm off. Play nice, please.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:55 pmFranken just needs to ask the good people of Minnesota to read “The Truth with Jokes”, that should be enough to convince anyone of his intentions, his heart and his knowledge. I strongly recommend it.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:55 pmRe # 93
Sharpton is seizing the opportunity to point out racism in the MSM, good for him. If he goes after some other racist loudmouths who have the backing of big money corps. great.
I bet that within three weeks, Imus will be on satellite radio doing the sam exact thing.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:56 pmAt the risk of having you go off on me too, I really think it’s unnecessary to attack trueblue and Juan. We’re all on the same side here, we just don’t happen to all think exactly alike.
Comment by Zooey — April 12, 2007 @ 9:45 pm
No, I won’t go off on you Zooey, and I didn’t go off on them.
I “responded’ to them.
You know me. You know how I talk and you know usually people attribute more malice to my sarcasm than ever was intended.
Kinda like everyones attributing more malice to Imus’s comments than ever was intended.
I am doing what I do best. Standing up for the truth.
And sometimes thats not the “popular” thing to do.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:58 pm#93 Eat shit Topper#82, My opinion. Tough crap
Your obsession with fecal matter is disturbing. But, since you’re a neocon troll that explains a lot. Me thinks you’re used to rolling around in it. By the way citizen, how big is Ann Coulter’s penis? Is it bigger than her adams apple.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:58 pmIs this comment directed at me, Worfeus?
Comment by Zooey — April 12, 2007 @ 9:54 pm
No. That was to Juan.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:58 pmPlease, stop with the “mob†and the “popular viewâ€, etc. I think you and Gerald know us long enough to call us (or so it seems) like that.
Comment by Juan C — April 12, 2007 @ 9:54 pm
Ok. Fair enough.
And I assume you will stop trying to dictate when, where and how I speak?
Cool?
April 12th, 2007 at 10:00 pmAnd sometimes thats not the “popular†thing to do.
Comment by I WORFEUS
Yes, I know how you speak, and I respect that. Some of your responses have been a bit caustic, and that can sting sometimes. Speak the truth, always speak the truth Worfeus, but at the same time be aware of who is on your team.
April 12th, 2007 at 10:04 pmNot many people are willing to stand up on this one. Its so racially charged thanks to Al Sharpton and others, that most white pundits and newscasters don’t want to touch it other to nod their heads like bobbleheaded dogs in agreement with whatever their black guests say.
Gerald is, and so is Sharon. Sharon, mild mannered Sharon, came into 3 threads now just to voice her agreement with me on this one.
Yesterday True voice her agreement with me, as did Zooey, as did Gregor and many others.
This is a blog and we debate ideas in here. We get the discussion going. I am not the only one talking and it is unfair to single me out, just because I remain steadfast to my position and respond to each and every challange.
I’m not a troll. Trolls don’t respond to challenges to their logic. I do.
April 12th, 2007 at 10:07 pmre 71
If this latest incident had been an isolated case you would have a stronger argument. check out this link:
http://www.nabj.org/ front/ story/ 53032p-81736c.html
Comment by bob (not the hacker)
So what? He is a crotchedy old jerk… that has been his way for along time… he doesnt act sickened by blacks… he doesnt act like he wants to harm them… he is simply insulting to everyone…
April 12th, 2007 at 10:08 pmSome of your responses have been a bit caustic, and that can sting sometimes.
Comment by Zooey — April 12, 2007 @ 10:04 pm
Being called a racist sexist pig by some of my “team members” can cause that.
But I have no problem with Juan, True or you.
April 12th, 2007 at 10:10 pmFunny that all of the corporate types that I know are politically correct at work, never say or do anything offensive at work, as per their employee agreement and zero tolerance rules. Nearly every single one is a conservative Republican and is what “I” would consider racist, sexist, etc. in their personal opinions. Silencing people doesn’t do much good. It is still there.
April 12th, 2007 at 10:11 pm#107
I’ll put it this way. Imus works for a corporation. He said the wrong thing, sponsors pulled out. He got fired, end of story. That’s it. The rest is a discussion.
April 12th, 2007 at 10:12 pmthere’s no freakin’ way this is the real deal. No way. This is a set up. It
stinks to high hell like the sh*t stain known as the republican party.
No way Imus gets the big boot while the rest of them collect their $200
while they hop, skip and jump past go. This is another straight up grift.
No freakin way. If two weeks ago you were asked - who, out of all the
the barking heads, should be taken down - would anyone have said Imus?
No way…
It’s just not all right. Any of it…
April 12th, 2007 at 10:13 pm#107
I’ll put it this way. Imus works for a corporation. He said the wrong thing, sponsors pulled out. He got fired, end of story.
Comment by Topper Harley — April 12, 2007 @ 10:12 pm
If Al Sharpton and people like him would leave it alone, it would be the end of the story.
I am not the one promoting it here. Tell it to the media.
April 12th, 2007 at 10:16 pmagree alp3, #112,there is something Martha Stewartish bout this
April 12th, 2007 at 10:17 pmBut I have no problem with Juan, True or you.
Comment by I WORFEUS
Peace.
April 12th, 2007 at 10:17 pm#113
The media need something to talk about besides Iraq. Shit, they spent two months milking the bubble headed bleach blonde’s death. Do what I do. Watch the BBC and ignore the msm.
April 12th, 2007 at 10:19 pmOh Boy.
So I was talking to my step-father, who listens to Imus. He was mad enough to send an email to MSNBC in his support. I told him I never listened to Imus or watched TV. He said, Imus speaks his mind and has a right to free speech.
Okay, I said.
The he went on about the truckers who spoke spanish over the CB (he has one in RV) and how he told them this was America and they should speak english.
I reminded him they had the right to free speech and could speak Hebrew or Spanish or Italian if they wanted too.
Needless to say it didn’t go over very well.
Well hell, he said, they fired Imus for his free speech.
Yes they did, I said, but you can’t want free speech for Imus and not the people on the CB radio.
Then they should fire the truckers, he said.
But they were speaking in spanish to each other and not about you being a nappy headed ho, I said.
Well, I liked Imus, he said, he spoke his mind.
Yes, he spoke his mind, I said, you don’t go around calling people
nappy headed hos do you?
Of course not, he said.
But if you did you might offend people?, I said.
Well hell yeah!, he said.
But in your business, I said, you couldn’t offend people?
Hell no, he said, they’d fire me.
Oh. I said.
So it’s not so much about racism but speaking ones mind.
April 12th, 2007 at 10:21 pmAnd we all know speaking ones mind is not always a good thing.
The media need something to talk about besides Iraq. Shit, they spent two months milking the bubble headed bleach blonde’s death. Do what I do. Watch the BBC and ignore the msm.
Comment by Topper Harley — April 12, 2007 @ 10:19 pm
I do like the BBC.
April 12th, 2007 at 10:27 pmSo it’s not so much about racism but speaking ones mind.
Comment by Zep Tepi — April 12, 2007 @ 10:21 pm
Agreed.
Now how do we get that message to Al Sharpton?
April 12th, 2007 at 10:29 pmIs Kevin the new Jake?
Or, has Mighty Aphrodite grown a sac and suffered a reduction in writing skills?
April 12th, 2007 at 10:33 pmAnd we all know speaking ones mind is not always a good thing.
Comment by Zep Tepi — April 12, 2007 @ 10:21 pm
Of course once more let me make the distinction that his “mind” was to pay a compliment Tennessee on beating such a fierce team as Rutgers.
We must not obscure that fact, just because the main stream media and Al Sharpton, or the coach of the team has.
April 12th, 2007 at 10:34 pmImus was one of you, a leftie. He helped keep blacks down. All you lefties do an excellent job of keeping blacks as slaves and then foster your own self-hatred and hatred of others by accusing others of the same. When on January 20, 2009 Newt Gingrich becomes our next president, I am looking forward to the event that, like the previous kool-aid drinkers, you’ll commit a mass suicide in despair. *smiles*
April 12th, 2007 at 10:35 pm#121 When on January 20, 2009 Newt Gingrich becomes our next president
Comment by Bedford the Great
Kindbud season must have come early where you live. Jeebus, another jester in King George’s court.
April 12th, 2007 at 10:41 pmHey, I WORFEUS, where do you get the idea that, since it’s getting hotter, “tensions” are rising among inner-city (code word for black) people and that they’re about to erupt into rioting any day now since it’s almost summertime? Get off your high horse and get over yourself.
April 12th, 2007 at 10:42 pmNow how do we get that message to Al Sharpton?
Comment by I WORFEUS
I have no idea, even if he read my post, I doubt he would change his mind any more than Dubya will change his mind about this war. Surely some will agree with Sharpton and some not, just as with George.
We can only, I think, hope to appeal to his, and Georges, rational side.
April 12th, 2007 at 10:42 pmHey, I WORFEUS, where do you get the idea that, since it’s getting hotter, “tensions†are rising among inner-city (code word for black) people and that they’re about to erupt into rioting any day now since it’s almost summertime? Get off your high horse and get over yourself.
Comment by Cletus Van Damme — April 12, 2007 @ 10:42 pm
Blow me.
And shove your ignorant inbred twist of my words up your ass.
April 12th, 2007 at 10:44 pmWell what else could you have possibly meant by that ignorant comment?
April 12th, 2007 at 10:48 pmNewt Gingrich becomes our next president, I am looking forward to the event that, like the previous kool-aid drinkers, you’ll commit a mass suicide in despair. *smiles*
Comment by Bedford the Great
Why not just run OJ for the republican nomination? hehahahehahea
April 12th, 2007 at 10:49 pmImus was one of you, a leftie. He helped keep blacks down. All you lefties do an excellent job of keeping blacks as slaves and then foster your own self-hatred and hatred of others by accusing others of the same. -Bedford
But Imus was a rightie and Sharpton a leftie. How is calling someone a nappy headed ho raise help blacks? How does Sharpton calling Imus a racist help blacks? How does this bias BS help anyone?
Your assuming that I am, because of posting on an internet site, a leftie and assuming I have self hate and hate of others. If you read what I said you will find out that I can tell the difference between ideology and hate.
You however seem to hold alot of bias simply because of the leanings of left right ideology.
I think Fords suck. I think Dodge sucks and if you don’t like either one your full of self hate and hatred of others because of what they drive.
April 12th, 2007 at 10:49 pmWell what else could you have possibly meant by that ignorant comment?
Comment by Cletus Van Damme
I didnt know there was such a lack of imagination on the left…
April 12th, 2007 at 10:51 pmDon’t Laugh at Al Franken
April 12th, 2007 at 10:51 pmTime/Ana Marie Cox
Thursday, Apr. 05, 2007
{…}
Drake says the jokes get at a “larger truth” about Franken: he’s got an anger issue. He once literally tackled a stubborn heckler at a Howard Dean rally after the security staff failed to eject the man. And at the 2003 White House correspondents’ dinner, he greeted Karl Rove with the words “I hate you.” (Franken has said they just “gibed each other a little.”)
{…}
————————————————————————————————
test(y)
And Imus is out…oh jes, justice has been served.
April 12th, 2007 at 10:51 pmJust call him a racist. No real comment that is racist. But who needs that. That’s the Progressive way. Just call them RASIST.
Comment by Kevin #1
…you good ‘ol boys know what you are…
…but because you’re not “RECRUITING” as heavily as you’d like…
…and because you’re actually getting the BACKLASH you deserve…
…now YOU are the “victims”…
…REAL Americans want to move this country forward…
…and until we’re rid of you confederate flag loving, White man firsters…
…we’re stuck in a Sunni-Shiia triangle of our own…
…just not as violent…
…yet…
April 12th, 2007 at 10:53 pmWell what else could you have possibly meant by that ignorant comment?
Comment by Cletus Van Dumme — April 12, 2007 @ 10:48 pm
The Washignton DC publicizes crime statistics.
Fact.
Race related crimes CLIMB in the summer months.
So do lots of violent crimes.
Which is why blowing a intentionally benign comment out of proportion as as race hate speech, is a crime in and of itself.
When you take offense, where no offense is intended, you become the offender.
April 12th, 2007 at 10:54 pmRight I mean, if I’m not on the right I absolutely have to be on the left. There is only black & white, right & left, yeah? Talk about lack of imagination.
April 12th, 2007 at 10:54 pm[…] Transcript: (more…) […]
April 12th, 2007 at 10:56 pmRight I mean, if I’m not on the right I absolutely have to be on the left. There is only black & white, right & left, yeah? Talk about lack of imagination.
Comment by Cletus Van Dammed — April 12, 2007 @ 10:54 pm
Just like if I refuse to jump on the lynch Don Imus bandwagon, that makes me racist.
Right?
April 12th, 2007 at 10:56 pm#76- Topper Hartley
You ask “Is there a point to my comment…”? Did you actually bother to read the post cited by Think Progress? In it, Larry King asks Franken “Are you calling for other dismissals”? Franken replies “No, I’m not.” I was responding to what Franken had said to Larry King. Apparently, not the tinniest amount of criticism is to be tolerated of a liberal icon without running the risk of being labeled a “trollboy.” You do not offer a very compelling argument when you engage in needless ad hominem attacks.
April 12th, 2007 at 10:56 pmSo basically, crime just climbs in the summer right? I guess people don’t want to slip on ice running from a robbery what not. I don’t know. I still don’t see what you original point has to do with the price of tea in china, or a guy getting fired because people don’t like a racist. Thanks for that little axiom there though, although I wasn’t offended. Just confused over something that sounds pretty damn pointless.
April 12th, 2007 at 10:59 pmJust call him a racist. No real comment that is racist. But who needs that. That’s the Progressive way. Just call them RASIST.
Comment by Kevin #1
Actually this has to do with money. Three of the major sponsors of MSNBC threatened to pull their funding (ads etc)
Imus screwed with the money. And you don’t screw with the income of the people that are paying you. It’s coporate media.
April 12th, 2007 at 10:59 pmListen, I WORFEUS, I never said you were racist. Listen to your own “he who takes offence…” bullshit pearl of wisdom. All I was saying was your original comment was dumb as shit in my opinion.
April 12th, 2007 at 11:00 pmSo basically, crime just climbs in the summer right?
It’s pretty well known that heat makes people irritable.
April 12th, 2007 at 11:02 pmListen to your own “he who takes offence…†bullshit pearl of wisdom. All I was saying was your original comment was dumb as shit
Comment by Cletus Van Dim — April 12, 2007 @ 11:00 pm
Yea.
Why would I take offense at that?
April 12th, 2007 at 11:02 pmBeats me. I guess you’re just a sensitive guy.
April 12th, 2007 at 11:06 pmAll I was saying was your original comment was dumb as shit in my opinion.
Comment by Cletus Van Damme — April 12, 2007 @ 11:00 pm
That wasn’t my “original comment”.
It was you paraphrasing my comment and rewriting it to fit your meaning.
April 12th, 2007 at 11:06 pmBeats me. I guess you’re just a sensitive guy.
Comment by Cletus Dumb as Shit — April 12, 2007 @ 11:06 pm
Yea. I should like you calling my words dumb as shit, huh shithead?
April 12th, 2007 at 11:07 pmIt’s pretty well known that heat makes people irritable.
Comment by Zep Tepi #140
…poverty, hopelessness and heat…
…can make people…
…violently psychotic…
April 12th, 2007 at 11:07 pmListen, I WORFEUS, I never said you were racist.
Comment by Cletus Van Dimwit — April 12, 2007 @ 11:00 pm
No jackass.
You implied it.
READ your words.
Hey, I WORFEUS, where do you get the idea that, since it’s getting hotter, “tensions†are rising among inner-city (code word for black)
Comment by Cletus Van Dickhead — April 12, 2007 @ 10:42 pm
April 12th, 2007 at 11:09 pmNo, you should probably “not like that.” And so what if I think your opinions are shit. Get over it.
April 12th, 2007 at 11:11 pmSo basically, crime just climbs in the summer right?
Comment by Cletus Van Deadhead — April 12, 2007 @ 10:59 pm
What do you live under a rock?
You’ve never seen Metropolitian Police crime statistics which clearly show an overwhelming increase in violent crime during the hottest summer months?
Better stop talking and start reading.
April 12th, 2007 at 11:11 pmNo. You assume I was implying you were racist. If I wanted to call you a racist I would have said:
Hey, I WORFEUS, quit being a god damned racist.
I just think “inner city” in general is just a lame word that everyone uses when they really just mean poor black people.
April 12th, 2007 at 11:13 pmbut he will pound the sh@t out of Coleman. That’s guaranted.
Comment by Topper Harley — April 12, 2007 @ 9:53 pm
I think you’re probably right. I saw Coleman on C-Span today. What an idiot. I’d love to see them debate even if I have to go to Minnesota to do it.
April 12th, 2007 at 11:16 pmSo basically, crime just climbs in the summer right?
Comment by Cletus Van Deadhead — April 12, 2007 @ 10:59 pm
What do you live under a rock?
You’ve never seen Metropolitian Police crime statistics which clearly show an overwhelming increase in violent crime during the hottest summer months?
Better stop talking and start reading.
Comment by I WORFEUS — April 12, 2007 @ 11:11 pm
So.. basically crime generally climbs during the summer, basically what I just said. How is what you just said any different? What in the hell was the point of this comment? Again with your shitty words. I don’t like them, get new ones.
April 12th, 2007 at 11:16 pmNo, you should probably “not like that.†And so what if I think your opinions are shit. Get over it.
Comment by Cletus Van Dorke— April 12, 2007 @ 11:11 pm
I am over jackass. Its you who keeps running your mouth.
And its you who had to shoot your mouth off in the first place and attacked me.
If you don’t like my responses, then quit running your mouth to me.
April 12th, 2007 at 11:24 pmWhen on January 20, 2009 Newt Gingrich becomes our next president, I am looking forward to the event that, like the previous kool-aid drinkers, you’ll commit a mass suicide in despair. *smiles*
Comment by Bedford the Great — April 12, 2007 @ 10:35 pm
On the glorious day Newt becomes President pigs will be flying and they’ll have ice cubes in hell. Dream on bubba, dream on.
April 12th, 2007 at 11:24 pmWhen do we all get together and start burning the rap CDs?
April 12th, 2007 at 11:45 pmWhen do we all get together and start burning the rap CDs?
Comment by muckdog — April 12, 2007 @ 11:45 pm
When you start making them - bigot.
April 13th, 2007 at 12:03 amMany times I have posted the comment that the right wing inbred racists/Bushites are YOUR:
family members
friends
neighbors
co-workers
Imus KNEW that HIS sidekick…
…the one who made the “Jigaboo” remark (among other callous racist remarks this guy-don’t care to know his name- has made many times before)…
…is a racist, but Imus kept him on…
…this guy geeked Imus up with that “Jigaboo” comment, and is ultimately responsible for Imus’ stupidity…
…Karma is what got Imus…
…because like your Mom and Dad told ya…
…”you ARE the company you keep”…
As for the rappers:
…Sony, Viacom, RCA, Arista…
…they ALL make the dollars and perpetuate these racist, self-hating, sexist,homophobic stereotypes…
…by selling 80% of the rappers’ product to WHITE males…
…the big wigs at the record companies won’t promote:
Christian rap
politically conscious rap
or any other “positive” rap
…rap is the NEW Black-face/ minstrel show…
April 13th, 2007 at 12:12 amCNN must fire Glenn Beck and the sponsor of Rush Limbaugh’s radio program must fire him too.
April 13th, 2007 at 12:23 amFunny how HARDCORE GANGSTA RAP…
…was predominately sold “underground”…
…until the Bushites took control of the FCC…
…under Colin Powell’s son…
…it certainly skyrocketed into mainstream prominence (BIG $$$s) …
…under the 108th and 109th Repulsivescum led Congresses…
…hmmm…
April 13th, 2007 at 12:36 am“It is indeed hard to see how Glenn Beck still has a job. He has probably been offensive to even more groups of people–not just blacks and women but also Katrina and 9/11 victims.
Comment by Lora — April 12, 2007″
Care to provide just ONE example?
April 13th, 2007 at 12:57 am“No I’ve listened to Beck, he’s pretty much a racist.
Comment by Jay — April 12, 2007″
How about an example?
April 13th, 2007 at 12:59 am“Actually, the racism that the wingnuts on radio spew doesn’t bother me as much as the lies and coverup for the criminal Bush administration. The failure of AirAmerica had a lot more to do with being blackballed by like-minded (re: conservative and authoritarian) corproations that didn’t appreciate real journalism being done. That would mean that they might be held accountable……can’t have that.
Comment by Jay — April 12, 2007″
Pretty stupid statement unless you can back it up? I won’t be holding my breath!
April