So what was your point of Rush Limbaugh purpose is to sell ad space. The
point of all commercial broadcast is to sell ad space.


"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
AM Radio - famous for selling all sorts of silly medications to the
elderly, a la Paul Harvey.

"Starbuck" wrote in message
...
Doug,
.... and your point is? Limbaugh and "Air America" are both political
propaganda designed to bring an audience so they can sell advertising (I
don't know what you mean by garlic pills).

What was your point?

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
Limbaugh has only one purpose: To sell advertising and garlic pills. You
know that. Everything else is a script.

"Starbuck" wrote in message
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Doug,
It is unusual that you think Rush and company's standard of being fair
and unbiased is one you should strive for.

I personally find Rush and Company extremely biased nothing more than a
propaganda machine, but then again, I do try to think for myself.


"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...

"PocoLoco" wrote in message
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Do the folks on Air America not define who is good and who is bad?

Are they truly fair and balanced, Chuck?

About as much as (or as little as) Limbaugh and his audience of
retarded swine.

*JimH* wrote:
wrote in message
ups.com...

Skipper wrote:
OlBlueEyes wrote:

chuckgould wrote:
:

Nominee for today's "dumb as a post" post.

Most Libs never learned HOW to think. Not much use in today's world for
these ghetto trained "intellectuals." Little wonder this one migrated to
selling used cars, ripping off the public and government in tax fraud
schemes, and other assorted shyster "deals."

--
Skipper

Oh, look! It's supposedly "Skipper" again. But it isn't, as this
unwarranted personal attack was obviously penned by a deranged and
bitter a-hole. I have met Skipper, and it would be hard to describe him
in such terms.

So, psuedo-Skipper,
Care to enthrall us with your wind-in-the-teeth tale of surviving
hurricane force winds aboard your 22-foot Bayliner in the Sea of
Cortez?
The version where you claimed to have a bunch of gas cans strapped to
the gunwales, (after some spoil sport observed that your boat doesn't
have the fuel capacity to provide the range for the cruise you claimed
to make), would be nice. Some details of how you managed to pour the
fuel from those
portable cans into your fuel tank, bouncing around in the midst of the
Torito hurricane would be interesting as well. (It would probably be
considered polite to spin that yarn "downwind" from the audience).

Of course, you'd need to consult the "real" Skipper for that
information.
Why not check with him, if you can find him, and get back to us?


Why the anger Chuck?


No particular reason beyond the fact that the psuedo-skipper poster
accused me of a felony. It's disgust more than anger. Have you noticed
that when some people lack the ability to discuss an issue on its
merits they turn to personal attack?

The real Skipper was the most outrageous fabricator of imaginary
boating adventures ever seen in this forum. That's no small task,
considering. It's ironic that his sockpuppet-master would make any
comments impuning the honesty of other people or alleging "fraud" while
munging Skipper's name.

PocoLoco wrote:
On 28 Sep 2005 08:48:27 -0700, wrote:


Mule wrote:
Scandals and lack of funds, is it all over for this left wing radio in
a little over a year on the air? I just got the new channel guide from
Sirius Satellite Radio and they have been taken off the guide, not sure
if they are still on XM.

Why "liberal radio" probably won't catch on in the long term:

There is a different mindset between liberals and conservatives. (news
flash, I know). Conservative radio is super successful because it is a
group-think format. "You need to act, think, speak, a certain way to be
a true and loyal American, and you certainly want to subscribe to the
following attitudes and values:____________________" Stereotypical
conservatives will more quickly gravitate toward a format where an
authority figure (such as a preacher or a radio show host)defines who
is good, who is bad, and which causes and candidates deserve political
support.

There is nothing particularly "wrong" with that, but it isn't how
liberals tend to operate. We liberals have been badly out-organized by
the right wing, and that trend is unlikely to reverse. Liberals are not
only skeptical of conservatives, we're skeptical of one another more
often than not. Sure, we'll turn out 100,000 for an anti-war march, but
there's likely to be 50,000 "discussions" going on in the crowd about
just *why* we should oppose the war.

One can see this trend in politics. The (more conservative) Republicans
continue to clean house (in all but the most porgressive states)
because they have nearly everybody singing from the same sheet music
most of the time. The (more liberal) Democrats are all over the field,
rather than working together, because the liberals are
often more concerned with being individuals than with forming a group
of loyal worker bees willing to take orders from the top.

A presumed majority of liberals doesn't want an "approved" liberal
philosophy dispensed by a radio network. Based on ratings, many
conservatives crave it.

Do the folks on Air America not define who is good and who is bad?

Are they truly fair and balanced, Chuck?
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."


The folks on Air America might well define who is good and bad. I would
have no idea. I don't listen to the station.

My point was that liberals are less into group values and more into
individual values than some other folks might be. The average liberal
doesn't want somebody dictating some official liberal line about people
or issues, and therefore there isn't much audience for this type of
programming.
The conservative counterparts, however, are enthisiastically received
by a large number of people.

"jps" wrote in message
...
In article , says...

"jps" wrote in message
...


Moving money from the pockets of the former middle class into the
pockets of the investor class.

Investor class? Do you know who is part of the the investor class?
Everyone
that has a 401k, IRA or pension plan. That money doesn't get put into a
"lock box" and majically multiply. It is invested in corporations and
other
business endeavors to have that money multiply.

Yes, indeed. I know that investor class who had all their money wrapped
up in Tyco and Enron and Adelphia are feelin' real good about their
returns.

And United Airlines and a hundred others that will default on their
pension plans.

Corporate America, best friends with the Bush Administration, unless
they're among the suckers who have to purchase fossil fuels.

Where do you have your money invested? I hope its not in a mattress or
buried under a rock.

Tom,
Thanks for the correction.

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 21:37:38 -0400, "Starbuck"
wrote:

So what was your point of Rush Limbaugh purpose is to sell ad space. The
point of all commercial broadcast is to sell ad space.

No - their purpose is to make money by offering programming that
attracts advertisers.

Selling ad space is for newspapers and billboards.

Chuck,

What made you think it was JimH? Somehow the writing style of Skipper and
JimH never seemed similar to me.

What is worse, calling someone of fraud or accusing someone of being a
slanderous individual?

wrote in message
oups.com...

*JimH* wrote:
wrote in message
ups.com...

Skipper wrote:
OlBlueEyes wrote:

chuckgould wrote:
:

Nominee for today's "dumb as a post" post.

Most Libs never learned HOW to think. Not much use in today's world
for
these ghetto trained "intellectuals." Little wonder this one migrated
to
selling used cars, ripping off the public and government in tax fraud
schemes, and other assorted shyster "deals."

--
Skipper

Oh, look! It's supposedly "Skipper" again. But it isn't, as this
unwarranted personal attack was obviously penned by a deranged and
bitter a-hole. I have met Skipper, and it would be hard to describe him
in such terms.

So, psuedo-Skipper,
Care to enthrall us with your wind-in-the-teeth tale of surviving
hurricane force winds aboard your 22-foot Bayliner in the Sea of
Cortez?
The version where you claimed to have a bunch of gas cans strapped to
the gunwales, (after some spoil sport observed that your boat doesn't
have the fuel capacity to provide the range for the cruise you claimed
to make), would be nice. Some details of how you managed to pour the
fuel from those
portable cans into your fuel tank, bouncing around in the midst of the
Torito hurricane would be interesting as well. (It would probably be
considered polite to spin that yarn "downwind" from the audience).

Of course, you'd need to consult the "real" Skipper for that
information.
Why not check with him, if you can find him, and get back to us?


Why the anger Chuck?


No particular reason beyond the fact that the psuedo-skipper poster
accused me of a felony. It's disgust more than anger. Have you noticed
that when some people lack the ability to discuss an issue on its
merits they turn to personal attack?

The real Skipper was the most outrageous fabricator of imaginary
boating adventures ever seen in this forum. That's no small task,
considering. It's ironic that his sockpuppet-master would make any
comments impuning the honesty of other people or alleging "fraud" while
munging Skipper's name.

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On 28 Sep 2005 13:01:57 -0700, "

Air America ROCKS!!

Right. Keep on thinking that as it slowly disappears from any type of
outlet.

It's #1 or #2 in Portland and carried by a Clear Channel station (am620/kpoj).

-rick-

YUK YUK YUK ..... that is so funny. I am glad you keep reading my posts and
making such humorous comments.


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
Don White wrote:
Starbuck wrote:
Well, if you aren't the Skipper it must be "Smithers" ...... or is it
possible that you and Smithers are one and the same?



I thought you were Smithers. Using so many handles, you're getting
confused?


His mommy writes his names on his undies, usually, but ran out of markers.

Heck Harry, even on vacation you have to read every one of my posts.


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
Don White wrote:
Starbuck wrote:
Well, if you aren't the Skipper it must be "Smithers" ...... or is it
possible that you and Smithers are one and the same?



I thought you were Smithers. Using so many handles, you're getting
confused?


His mommy writes his names on his undies, usually, but ran out of markers.