It is with a heavy heart that I must announce that this week will be the last week of the Sam Seder Show on Air America. As you know, Air America recently came out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy and the new management wants to go in a different direction with the 9-Noon (est) time slot. However, as much as I would like to spend more time with Alberto Gonzales’ family, he will be doing so shortly, freeing me up to do a Sunday afternoon show on Air America Radio. The show is tentatively known as Seder on Sundays and I am excited to get it started.
I am very proud of the three years I have broadcast on Air America Radio. I am particularly proud of the Sam Seder Show. We started the show as AAR was entering bankruptcy, when things around here were pretty hectic and insecure. The Sam Seder juggernaut, as no one but me called us, was able to maintain all of our affiliates that stayed with the progressive format through our bankruptcy. While it’s a bit early to judge, (our first full “book” is out in a couple of weeks) our ratings were looking pretty good and we dramatically increased AAR’s streaming numbers during this time slot. Most importantly, though, was the support and response we received from you, our audience. You'll never know just how helpful and motivating your comments, calls, emails and letters have been to me and my family and I greatly appreciate it.
I hope all of you will join me when I begin the Sunday show in the next month and a half or so. Of course, I’ll be maintaining this blog and continuing to promise to fix it. ( I mean it this time, I am serious!) I actually have some rather large plans for this site and its offerings but am not prepared to discuss them at the moment.
Anyway, over the next week I’ll be posting more about my plans, this site, Seder on Sundays and reflecting upon the last three years.
My email address is posted in the left hand column of this blog— drop me an email if you want to receive updates in the future. And tune in this week! I really don’t know how I am going to break this to Dewey.
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Anarchist Paradise!
Not something you expect from The Guardian but:
Still, it’s an impressive record, and no crime is just the beginning. The little west Jamaican town of Accompong has another secret, one that you’d think would belie the first. There are also no police. And, to the envy of us all, no taxes.“A nation within a nation,” is how little-known Accompong has been described. It was here in 1739 that runaway Maroon slaves signed a peace treaty with the British to gain semi-sovereignty over the area. Today, the treaty still stands. The town is run by an elected “colonel”, the state can only interfere in the case of a capital crime,
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Maroons are extremely proud of their traditions and (...) a large percentage of them to live to more than 100 years old.
See, see, it's the State that kills you!
http://travel.guardian.co.uk/article/2007/feb/21/jamaica.accompong
With no taxes, no police and hardly any crime, the semi-independent town of Accompong in western Jamaica is an idyll for the traveller looking to get off the beaten track.....
Sam:
Really enjoyed your morning show. Great stuff. Sorry to see it go It wasn't broadcast on the AAR affiliate in Denver area, so I had to stream it. You were better than the local morning show on AAR.
G. L. Campbell
I have lived in Tampa since 1984 and remember listening to Lionel's maiden call to a talk show host here in Tampa while he was a student at Stetson Law School. I remember a year or so ago calling in to his radio show out of New York and asking his "phone guy" to have him look into "going satellite." SIGH! While I have always really liked Lionel -- what I want in the morning is total hard core politics -- not eclectic. Lionel can converse about anything -- and I mean ANYTHING ... but as I'm getting ready to steel myself for the new day -- I want what Sam delivers -- total focus on political issues. Why can't Lionel go on the air on Sundays -- which needs a change-up, I allow -- but not at Sam's expense. I still totally miss Mike Malloy and Marc Maron. Boy, is this one of life's little ironies.
I am so sad. Sam made my morning at work so much more fun. What is the deal with Air America they keep getting rid of every good show. I am sad, sad, sad.
So....any bets on the shelf life of Randi "I'm To Nutty For My Clothes" Rhodes?
Will she even get a "Sunday afternoon" slot?
"This was John von Neumann, a brilliant Hungarian who was responsible for major breakthroughs in several intellectual fields, from pure mathematics to practical economics. Indeed, in 1944 he was convinced that he had found a method which ‘solved’ economics."
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Ya great stuff. Some of the less academic articles in the "Hatred of Capitalism" are good too.
repost for those who missed it...
http://www.greylodge.org/occultreview/idxs/gloridx.html
WHAT?!!!!!!!!!!!
Honestly, you and Randi are the only ones left at AAR that I really enjoy. Plus you are the hottest! ;-)
Unfortunate news. Very sad to hear.
Aw, CRAP!!! Sam is one of the most amazing talents in radio. What a monumental bummer.
Yeah, that was very good too...
I hope the come out more regularly now...
Back to work...lunch is over...
xox
Heh!
From the comments at atrios blog...
Because he's one of the biggest names in talk radio, Lionel will be a very important addition to our line-up and affiliate base."
Never heard of the guy.
bloggus maximus | 04.09.07 - 2:53 pm | #
I'm sorry to see you leave the weekday slot on Air America. I've listened to you since you began your evening show and followed you to the morning show. You brought a great deal of useful information to the political debate and you were extremely entertaining in the process. Thanks for everything and good luck!
Dude, I am trashing my XM radio.
Goodbye and Good-Luck.
America.
I cannot believe the injustice of getting rid of such a great show that did so much for the station especially when it was in chapter 11. They have made a GREAT MISTAKE. This is my FAVORITE SHOW on Air AMERICA. What a slap in the face. I do not get their thought process? If your ratings went up then why would they can the show? How high do they expect a time slot to be when most people are busy at work? Come on... unbelievable... I can't get over how wrong this is. The mornings are going to be a drag without the Same Seder show... I'll listen on Sundays though so at least Sammy still can be heard on a great show. Now Seder can start his campaign in running for president!
I listened to Lionel a few times, and then one day I heard him go off on a rant about how people have to stop being so "politically correct."
He was complaining that people were mad about a bunch of white college fraternity kids in the south "celebrating" Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day by dressing up as "pimps and hos" and eating fried chicken and watermelon, etc.
He argued that people were wrong to be offended, that it was just good clean fun, etc.
I haven't listened to that idiot since.
Later, work calls.
Man, say it ain't so... Well, just like all the good TV shows get canned, I guess it's inevitable. I'll be cancelling my Air America podcast subscription the minute after your last show. Good luck Sam!
Once again the marketers that advise corporate heads got it wrong. I listen to Air America because of ideology not to be entertained. It's great when I get both, like a did with Sam, but don't give me fluff. Which it sounds like Lionel believes I want.
Sam's new show sounds interesting. And I will try to tune it in.
Best of luck Sam!
TV, Sam, TV!
Lionel? Lionel?! goddamn. I remember hearing him, I hated him. This is who they're replacing our Sammy with? I just....sigh. Maybe i'll go live in a cave and be a hermit, who can take this ridiculous crap?
Guys just so you know Jay Marvin in Boulder is pretty bad-ass...I'll be listening to him now that Sam's gone.
I'm beginning to believe that Air Amaerica doesn't really want to be a liberal radio station. They want to appeal to the moderates and be a nice alternative to right-wing radio. Just look at who they have gotten rid of recently - Mike Malloy, Marc Maron and now Sam. They weren't always nice. Rhandi and Rachel will only get to stay as long as their ratings stay high. Most of the shows on now are pure liberal Macaroni and Cheese (especially this new Lionel guy). Personally I prefer meat.
dada said...
Lawrence Welk is dead!?
why didn't anyone tell me?
we were waiting till you got home from camp
bjorn v said
I'll be cancelling my Air America podcast subscription the minute after your last show. Good luck Sam!
Yeah I already canceled mine. I'm just so glad I didn't buy premium...I'd be even more pissed. See ya on Sunday, Sam, until they can that too. Do us a favor and get yourself on tv.
Tiffany
'the popular Lionel'
i shall now puke.
Sam, I am devastated, sick and totlally disillusioned that the one bright spot in the day is being blacked out. sad sad sad .
Robin in PW
Lionel defends bigotry. So no Air America defends bigotry.
nononononono!!!! Common...ONCE A WEEK?!?!?! Say it ain't so!!! At least Sam isn't repetative or boring like some I could name but won't. Is there any hope that the decision could be reversed?
maggielslie, u mean tom hartmann don't u.
They are replacing him with lionel. WOW is all I can say, lionel is terrible, I will never listen again, and I suggest no one else does either.
DAMMIT!
WTF is the new management thinking?
C'mon guys, why twiddle with some of the smartest three hours on radio? I've brought a few new streaming PAID subscribers like myself to AAR after listening to Sammy's show. People get it, he's smart, funny, quick witted, and ALWAYS provocative.
Sam, you are TRULY going to be missed. The Majority Report was a brilliant show, and you stepped into your solo gig and kept right on going!
I've been a loyal AAR listener since day one and never understood the decision to let Marc Maron go, and now this?
Please AAR, we're begging! Don't become what the right wing wants you to be!
DAMMIT!
he looks like a smacked ass:
http://ltradio.blogspot.com/2007/04/lionel-slides-into-seders-slot.html
Well I must say I am surprised at the number of people that are shocked that Sam's show has come to an end...!!!
What a disappointment. On the bright side, I can finally cancel my XM Subscription.
How many times can AAR drop the ball?
-Francis B.
Philadelphia
Loyal listeners here, Sammy, we'll follow you to Sunday afternoons or wherever. What are your bosses thinking! You gave us some genuine laugh out loud moments, and some great news analysis.
Just last week, when you substituted "Jewish" for Newt Gingrich's ludicrous apology to Spanish speakers, I thought you hit a new peak of irony... and truth in revealing that fascist for who he is. Thanks Sam.
Have watched AAR go broke 4 times and end up in Bankruptcy court..
How can it come as a shock that the new owners want to plot a fresh course..???
The middle classes could become a revolutionary class, taking the role envisaged for the proletariat by Marx," says the report. The thesis is based on a growing gap between the middle classes and the super-rich on one hand and an urban under-class threatening social order: "The world's middle classes might unite, using access to knowledge, resources and skills to shape transnational processes in their own class interest"
http://leninology.blogspot.com/2007/04/mod-predicts-death-of-liberalism.html
Lots of interesting stuff at Lenin's Tomb, as usual.
http://leninology.blogspot.com/
Read "Iraq Body Count vs Lancet"...
If I owned Air America the first thing I would do is change the name..!!
AAR can kiss my black behind good bye from Monday when Sammy wont be on, that is for sure. They already torture me with the 2 fools in the morning now "Lionel" who? and honestly, I dont listen to the 2 fools, I tried and tuned off---Bye bye AAR, I will only listen on Sunday to Sammy. Your'll obviously have no respect for yourll's listeners...so yeah yourll go to hell too, coz that is how yourll feel about us...now feel that!shshshshssh.....
In a surprise move, talk show veteran Lionel has been tapped to take over Sam Seder's 9A-12P ET midday slot on Air America Radio, beginning May 14, according to radio industry news site All Access.
"Lionel will be an eclectic mixture of current events and off-the-wall topics infused with his special brand of humor," said Air America President Mark Green. "Because he's one of the biggest names in talk radio, Lionel will be a very important addition to our line-up and affiliate base."
"Air America is about one thing: radio. Not about ideology; but democracy. Radio that's an alternative to the usual, bumper sticker Rush wannabe. Radio that's listenable," said Lionel. "My goal is to garner and gather listeners. If you've got a radio, I'm your guy. Listeners want smart, funny, thoughtful, thinking, entertaining talk radio.With that in mind, my first show for Air America will be 'Great Polkas of the 20th Century.'"
Lionel, who's real name is Michael Lebron, has a nighttime show that is currently syndicated via WOR Radio Network, and airs on stations across the country, including many progressive talkers. WOR is currently seeking a replacement for the time slot.
Seder will wrap up his weekday show this Friday and will soon debut a Sunday afternoon show, to air 4-7P ET.
I was soooooo relieved when Sam replaced Springer...now AAR is putting in someone I ALSO have never heard of, who sounds worse than Springer. Fuck Fuck Fuck! I carry my little portable radio around with me all day to listen to Sam and Randi...who are like very tasty bookends to mashed potatoes Thom. So I have also come to appreciate the brilliance of Thom without pizzazz. Since moving to the country in Maine 2 years ago, and not finding anyone yet to talk to about important progressive issues (will I ever)
...I came to cherish my radio that contained all of my "little best friends" that went everywhere with me. Listening to Sam express the same feelings I have, has made shoveling horse shit in the barn in the morning, strangely and appropriately SATISFYING...and I mean that as a huge complement. I have felt depressed and cranky since hearing this awful news, and I may have to turn over the poop management to my husband.
I am fucking pissed off. My mornings are ruined, beginning 4/16. But, of course I will be there listening for my fix on Sundays.
"we were waiting till you got home from camp"
This happens every time...
Did you bury him in the backyard next to fluffy?
Sam, AAR management are clearly retarded. You're the best broadcaster going, onward and upward. And will this give you time to get 'A Bad Situationist' released?
if anything they should be giving Sam - Thom Hartmans slot- he should have had it when Al left- it just made good sense something these "Green Boys" obviously don't have
Looks like Sam's out before Gonzales. This means I win the office's "how long before Sam's gone" pool.
I podcast your show every day and listen to it when I come home from work at night--every night. I will never renew my premium subscription with Air America, which I now loathe. What are they trying to do, make themselves into a new NPR? I thought I'd quit when they let Marc Maron go, but this is the last straw. Sam Seder is the best, the funniest and sharpest guy on the radio, he conducts the best interviews (unlike Randi Rhodes, whose ego is too big to allow for a real interview), he has the nicest rapport with his producers, and on, and on, and on.... Damn air america to hell. Now I'll have to get a teevee again, to watch the Daily Show. Wow--how stupid can you get.
Sam can always go back to taking pictures of his TV.
how long before Imus quits?
Hey, go post your comments at airamericaradio.com/press, where the Lionel article is. There aren't very many there yet.
Arlene - Maine
I can't BELIEVE all these people who actually admit to purchasing an AAR premium subscription. Just goes to show it's true, there's a sucker born every minute.
Brave words, anonymous.
My joy at the continuation of Air America after bankruptcy is now gone. Sam was the best thing on the network, by far. Did anyone at the network actually listen to his show? I am devastated; my XM subscription now feels like a waste of money.
this guy lionel is extremely lame
http://wor710.com/pages/46363.php
I'm really annoyed theyre selling out and cancelling SAM .....
Sam was the best....
I'll miss listening to him and reading all of your comments.
--red
fyi - air america has issued a statement:
http://www.airamerica.com/node/3535
Hey, go post your comments at airamericaradio.com/press, where the Lionel article is. There aren't very many there yet.
Arlene - Maine
April 9, 2007 4:58 PM
Arlene---
it sez I'm not authorized. could they have shut down comments already?
I know I keep plugging this blog, but it's really great. Have you checked him out yet? Here's "the Angry Arab's" bio:
As'ad AbuKhalil, born March 16, 1960. From Tyre, Lebanon, grew up in Beirut. Received his BA and MA from American University of Beirut in pol sc. Came to US in 1983 and received his PhD in comparative government from Georgetown University. Taught at Tufts University, Georgetown University, George Washington University, Colorado College, and Randolph-Macon Woman's College. Served as a Scholar-in-Residence at Middle East Institute in Washington DC. He served as free-lance Middle East consultant for NBC News and ABC News, an experience that only served to increase his disdain for maintream US media. He is now professor of political science at California State University, Stanislaus and visiting professor at UC, Berkeley. His favorite food is fried eggplants.
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/
He updates often.
Good Luck I know you will do well.
Dar
April 9, 2007 5:09 PM
Dar, my love!!~!~
Where you been!!!?
(I know the answer, I have been thinking of you!)
bibimimi troll'p said...
Hey, go post your comments at airamericaradio.com/press, where the Lionel article is. There aren't very many there yet.
Arlene - Maine
April 9, 2007 4:58 PM
Arlene---
it sez I'm not authorized. could they have shut down comments already?
April 9, 2007 5:11 PM
IT'S BEEN SHUT DOWN I THINK...I'VE KEPT IT OPEN SINCE I LEFT THE 2ND MESSAGE AND I WANTED TO CATCH A FEEL FOR THE PULSE OF AAR LISTENERS. EVERY SINGLE ONE WAS NEGATIVE. WHAT IS GOING ON AT AAR? THEY NOW STOP 'DEMOCRACY' AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FREE VOICES?
I just posted an addendum to my first comment at 5:11. I had registered new just before posting my first one.
Arlene - Maine
"Sam can always go back to taking pictures of his TV."
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Who's TV?
no, they haven't shut down the comments, you need to have an aar login. just go to 'register' and login in.
AAR's comments are up...there are new ones. Get busy and post!!!... :D
Arlene - Maine
Sam, I certainly will be there to listen to you on Sundays. I think you're great and it really saddens me that you won't be on during the week. Here in Portland, OR our local affiliate has been running you twice daily. Believe it or not, many days I'd listen to both shows. I almost feel like giving up on AA and I've been listening practically everyday for the entire three years. You are dearly loved Sam. You are smart, hilarious, good with guests and call-ins. I guess I don't understand the radio biz. Thank you for all of your and your teams time and effort and come see us in Portland.
Kathryn in Portland
I hope this will give you the time to reprise your role of 'Fenton the infected crewman' in the upcoming "Septapus 2: Septapus Bugaloo"
From a strictly selfish standpoint, I'm relieved that you are going to a weekly format. I live in Seattle, where I have to listen to you as a podcast, as we have Stephanie Miller in the morning, and then listen to you in the evening, when our local affiliate plays Mike Malloy (who is fine, but a little too angry for me.)
A weekly program will free up some time for me to do other things than listen to liberal radio ;-)
But I am sorry to see your show leave the daily lineup. There's just too many damn fine programs on AAR.
'Fenton the infected crewman' in the upcoming "Septapus 2: Septapus Bugaloo"
weeping funny!!
SEPTAPUS~~~~~~~!
Shiite rallies mark anniversary of Baghdad’s fall
Huge turnout follows calls by radical cleric for Iraqis to ‘unify’ against U.S.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18019333/
I like the "Invasion Iraq: four years later" section
• Do you remember 'shock and awe'?
• Day by day, images of a four-week invasion
• Interactive: Where is Jessica Lynch now?
• How much do you recall? Take our quiz
• Discuss your thoughts on the war
• SEE ALL OF OUR SPECIAL SECTION
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I think I remember shock and awe... wasn't that one of those reality shows?
I would listen daily to Sam's show, frequently streaming through WWRL since the Air America stream rarely seemed to work anymore (but going w/the Sammy Cam when I could). It was the one thing I could listen to for information, and not get angry (NPR tends to make me very angry, especially Renee Montagne). I always looked forward to interviews, and was so excited when Sam started having Joe Conason on Fridays.
I recently finished grad school, found a job, and on Mondays, I have an early shift. So I was going to subscribe to Sam's show, my evening reward. I am so sad he's not going to be on daily. It's just not right.
Anyone who can make us laugh without letting go of the outrage does a special job. That they are pulling Sam off his is especially sad.
re the Imus remark: the Familiar Dance -
and they always come back - "the enablers" that is: the Liebermans and Dodds, Russert's gang, the Riches, McCains, Bidens and Kerrys, Reids, Finemans, Evans et al.
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David Carr from the NYTimes on april 7
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/07/arts/television/07imus.html?n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fPeople%2fC%2fCarr%2c%20David&pagewanted=print
"On Wednesday morning, Don Imus called the students ....
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"Even for Mr. Imus, a nationally syndicated radio host who knows his way around an insult, it was a shocking remark, one that seemed to impugn both the physical and moral characteristics of a team composed mostly of black players.
What followed was a familiar dance for Mr. Imus and the media companies that profit from his ability to shock his way to big audiences: outrage, indignation and, eventually, the expression of deep regret.
And so on Thursday, Mr. Imus wondered aloud on his show what the big deal was, saying people should not be offended by “some idiot comment meant to be amusing.”
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"Richard Prince, a columnist who writes a blog called Journal-isms about media and diversity, said that Mr. Imus was inoculated to some degree by his powerful relationships.
“One of the most offensive things about the whole episode is not just MSNBC playing ball with Imus,” Mr. Prince said. “Not only is the network supporting this kind of program, but think of all the prominent journalists and politicians who are also enabling him and these kinds of comments.”"
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/07/arts/television/07imus.html?n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fPeople%2fC%2fCarr%2c%20David&pagewanted=print
i'm so disappointed that your show is changing (i.e. going away)! i live in alabama and my podcast of your AM1090 show keeps me sane.
air america should be ashamed of themselves!! they can spin it however they want, but the reality is that they're silencing a voice of dissent against this HORRIBLE administration.
my quote for air america: "Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor Liberty to purchase power." - Benjamin Franklin
Septapus shall never die.
can we save Sammy's show?
here's an old address which may still be good
it was an address that majority report fans wrote when they threatened to cancel Sam's show before
if they have already signed on Lionel the least they could do is leave Sam's show alone there are many other spots that Lionel could fill besides Sam's
(like the old Mike Malloy slot)
try this
comments@airamericaradio.com
Sam Seder: too good for radio.
This is such a drag. Seems like Air America can't escape the curse of crappy management. The new boss sounds just as clueless as the old boss. When AAR first came on it was really special and I figured it probably wouldn't last. Such things never do. It's been fun though. Good luck with the new show, Sam and anything else you do. I'll be listening.
login and then post your comments here
http://www.airamerica.com/node/3535#comment-168189
*****thanks toniD*****
Sam!
I AM SICK! I am a premium subscriber-mainly so I can listen to you after Randi (I'm lucky to have a day job) and continue some sense of normal in my life. I don't get it AT ALL!! Well, I'll make sure to NEVER work on a Sunday during the (HOURS-I HOPE??)You are on the air. This is a HORRIBLE development! 3hrs. DAILY (on the premium feed 1:52) isn't enough of you! You should NOT be REDUCED! You SHOULD be INCREASED!!! I'm hurt and confused- I LOATHE this impending loss of daily education and spiritual enlightenment...:`(
Clarice
Mark Green:You are not one of us and you are making a huge mistake.Just do what imus did and say your sorry,put sam back on and we'll forgive you.
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hello mr seder.
having you spend less time on the airwaves makes absolutely no sense to me. i am a big fan and i hope we who make up your fan base can make enough noise to do something about this gargantuan misdeed. hang in there buddy.
Lionel is smart but willing to be banal enough to hold an audience, as he has been doing for years on NYC radio. This apparently represents some thought by the Greens and I hope their thinking is sound. That said, I will miss Sam from out here in L.A. where I got his show on Seattle's website. And I still mourn the Majority Report, which was the first seamless merging of the blogs with talk radio. I think that's why its bloggers that are decrying AAR's sheerly commercial decision. So let's see how a blog firestorm affects talk radio, over the single program extant which perfectly melded radio with blogs.
All the best, Sam. I would even watch cable if you were on it.
The endless trail of red herrings, by Zahir Ebrahim
...I once met Israel Shamir, curious to learn if he was for real or just another red-herring for clever deflection of conscionable peoples' efforts. What little I discovered from his autobiographical and very personal public speech that I attended at a local university a few years ago where he noted "Jews need a homeland [in Palestine] as much as fish need bicycles", made me realize that not all Israelis are blind sighted - that moral traditions are still alive among them! Just that there are too few of these outspoken precious gems (here is another whose family even gave up their Israeli citizenship by choice as victims of their own conscience when they woke up from their Zionist slumber, once again demonstrating that actions speak louder than laments)! Each of them often tends to acquire the magic instantly affixing label of "self-hating Jew", and their political positions conveniently labeled anti-Semitic...
http://humanbeingsfirst.blogspot.com/2007/03/endless-red-herrings.html
As a polite courtesy to the prominent intellectuals and peace activists whose positions are illustratively dissected here to demonstrate the endless trail of red herrings inherent in the very premise of any allowable discourse on this subject in the West, even in the so called dissent space, I sent them an earlier version of this article for comment. Only the erstwhile Noam Chomsky responded. We went back and forth a few times. I remained unconvinced of his continued tortuous "practicality" arguments and suggested to him that he might voice them publicly in response to my article vastly opening up the discourse space....
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Very long article, with many informative links.
Lionel is banal, boring, and fluff. That's perfectly fine for him, but I don't want it on AAR, certainly not taking Seder's spot. I'm so disappointed.
Tiffany
so far 722 comments
none favoring this switch.
Same with the AAR Press release comments.
hell of a compliment Sam.
WTG.
re maker of opinion Howard Fineman on Imus this morning:
All you can do is shake your head in disbelief.
Thanks goodness for digby
who must have felt the same way about Fineman's nitwittery as I did. He saved me a headache producing rant. Its not okay to say these things these days anymore? When exactly was it ok? Mr. Fineman, prey tell? A couple years ago? Ten years ago? In the 80s? And what does Obama has to do with it again? I didn't quite get that myself.
Go here and check it out:
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/
I cannot believe this garbage.
SHYTE SHYTE SHYTE as Jean-anne GAR-ah-follow would say. This sucks and it doesn't give me much hope for AAR. Very sad. Best of luck to Sam and all the other production folk.
Chris
Sacto
okay it's 6:38 pm and the podcast still isn't available. sigh, what's up seder crew?
tiff
\bibimimi troll'p said...
how long before Imus quits?
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the dance will go on - like it always does
his powerful enablers wont let that happen and he knows it
Here's a fun site:
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Who is Lionel?
I may have seen him on TV some time ago but can't be sure. Is he a comedian?
Please link a pic!
Sam,
We hardly knew ye. Here in Seattle at least. We have had to listen either way late at night when the local affiliaate carried the show or online. We love the show, we love the chronics and we will miss you. I love Mark Green, I love Lionel, but I love Sammy more.
Best of luck in all your future endevours.
Imus gets a 2 week vacation. Imus says he will spend the time in Jamaica trackin down some Nappy Headed Ho's!
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Imus Slur: Williams Announces Suspension
"Tonight it is being announced on this broadcast that radio host Don Imus, whose national morning show is simulcast on our cable network MSNBC, is being suspended, taken off the air for two weeks starting Monday, because of comments he made last week," Brian Williams said on Nightly News at 6:37pm.
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bridge said...
Who is Lionel?
I may have seen him on TV some time ago but can't be sure. Is he a comedian?
Please link a pic!
April 9, 2007 6:51 PM
lionel.
vinyl.
Oy.
I'm going to miss listening to your show every morning. I'm not sure if I'll be able to listen on sundays, but I'll subscribe to your show on I tunes and listen to it throughout the week.
No!No!No! - The only thing that gets me going in the morning is Sam's show. That and some gin and playing the slot machines. Please don't take away a third of my morning!
Well, now that all the heavy lifting is done...all the money people run for the center...typical chicken shit.
We hardly knew you Sammy...
This sucks ball. Not eloquent, I know, but truly appropriate. Best of luck, Mr. Seder. An important part of my day has been taken away. You're "Unbought and Ubossed." Almost literally now, I guess. Sorry, but you've always seemed like a gallows humor kinda guy.
it's 7:08 pm, still no podcast...grrrr, I have to leave starbucks and thus my online access in 15 minutes, it better show up soon...............
tiff
p.s. why does it take so long some days? it's very infuriating to have to wait until the next day just to listen to a show.
dada said...
He is now professor of political science at California State University, Stanislaus and visiting professor at UC, Berkeley. His favorite food is fried eggplants.
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/
April 9, 2007 5:11 PM
That school is like an hour away from here.. cool... I didn't realize he was so close...
...and so angry... :)
sigh, 7:13, even if it shows up right now I'll barely have time to load it before my battery goes dead. i know i know, like u other bloggers care. i just want to hear today's show...
tiff
This bites. I subscribed to XM radio so I could get Air America. Now they are destroying it to save it. First Molloy got the ax and now Sam is getting cut. Let me repeat, this bites.
thanks for the Lionel pic, vynal :)
I am pretty sure now I have seen him once on TV - may have been during Clinton impeachment time on cable - but he didn't look that clean cut then. Did he used to have longer hair?
--
Yes. Two weeks vacation for Imus. Of course, he'll be back in the arms of his enablers.
Rove's back-up groopie is sitting in for Matthews and nitwit Barnicle takes this opportunity to sermonize about the lack of race discussion "in this country" (whatelse is new) and ... ah yes, we all think Imus is a good man!
No we don't. Speak for yourselves while you enable, integrity-less MSNBC people!
another podcast site for sam:
http://am1090seattle.com/pages/84914.php?contentType=34&contentId=1199
hey, thanks Sunshine. I can listen until my battery goes dead but then i'm gonna have to wait until tomorrow unless it shows up on itunes. i have an ipod so i can only transfer mp4s to my player, but at least i can listen to a little bit. thanks.
tiffany
p.s. it's been late before but this is really late. are they just not putting up the last week's? that would REALLY suck. i need time to readjust to being without the show.
Maybe Sam can get Imus' job. He's gone like Gonzo.
Another in AARs line of bad talent decisions. Ah, Sammy sammy sammy.
Sorry to see these changes at AAR. Just know that you and the rest of the crew definitely helped change the conversation in this country. Getting AAR was a matter of survival for me. Now, I guess, the glow is being snuffed out by those who prefer pap to vision.
Certainly hope to see you on NovaM.
oh thank god, thank god. the podcast just showed up. my beautiful little macbook is loading it quickly so it should all be done by the time my battery dies. whew, okay, thank you seder crew, thank you itunes crew, thank you all.
okay all, talk to you tomorrow (4 days left!)
tiffany
ya tiff,
glad to help.
Sam, I am dumbfounded as to why you would be removed from the 9AM slot. I love your analysis, humor and intelligence. You keep politics at an entertaining level as well understandable to us. They have on Armstrong Williams before you and they keep him on? (I just can't believe some of the things he says). And to top it off they put you on a Sunday Slot? What's next 5AM on Sunday? This doesn't make sense? What kind of sane management decision is this? If they do not feel that you are talented enough as well as intelligent to attract an audience, then what is talent? I hope that a large protest campaign can be formed to change this unfair decision. I know I will send a letter! It's just really annoying. (AN AVERAGE VIEWER)
CNN Breaking News
-- NBC is suspending its broadcast of the syndicated 'Imus in the Morning' radio program for two weeks starting Monday April 16 after host Don Imus made comments criticized as racist.
I am still handsome!!!
Oh I see that news was already posted...
it's a tiny slap on the wrist, but if he does it again?
it still sets a precedent
***
I really think that Sam is going to like having more free time while still being able to do his thang.
I am sure he has a lot of things he can fill his time with ... perhaps even more lucrative things.
At least I can hear you now. I've missed you!
this means i can buy the coffee mugs again?
we don't mess around when we monetize!
April 9, 2007 -- With the French presidential election on April 22 and neo-cons everywhere anxious to see one of their own, Nicolas Sarkozy, garner a majority of the vote in the first of two elections, Sarkozy has, in a major blow to his fortunes, tipped his hand on a theme common to neo-con politicians in France, the United States, Canada, Australia, Britain, and other countries -- their fascination with, defense of, and participation in pedophilia and pedophilic rituals. In an interview with a French magazine, Sarkozy said he is "inclined to think that people are born pedophiles, and that it is also a problem that we do not know how to manage."
In one sentence, Sarkozy has echoed the furtive beliefs of the North American Man-Boy Love Association (NAMBLA) and its neo-con adherents in the Republican Party, fraternal secret societies, and the seamier side of the Judeo-Christian fundamentalist Right that pedophilia is somehow genetic and, therefore, more common than thought and acceptable. Sarkozy goes so far as to suggest that society does not know how to "manage" pedophiles -- a signal that Sarkozy, who has demonized Muslims and African immigrants in France and has called for their "management" through registration and detention, puts them into a category lower than pedophiles. Sarkozy has done more to expose the bizarre and reprehensible sexual beliefs of the neo-cons than has any other right-wing politician since the Nazi racialist perverts ruled Germany.
http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/
Sam, this is crap. Who's brilliant idea was this?
I have been an early AAR listener and am one of the donors (or whatever they're called). I only listen to you and Maddow and was already devastated when they got rid of Malloy and Maron & MS.
I liked the attitude of the new management (offering to sponsor a Republican debate), but this is just baffling.
I wonder if you can get a weekly gig on the Stephanie Miller/Ed Schultz network?
Dewey is impervious to facts and logic.
Catharine said...
Oh I see that news was already posted...
---
Cath,
did you read the master of nitwittery Fineman transcript from today's Imus show? - I posted upthread about it -
these people who lead the national discourse are truly stupid - yet paid millions
digby posts about it,too - it never fails to amaze me
bridge said...
Who is Lionel?
Lionel is a so-called Libertarian. He hates being classified as a Liberal. For sure he is not. He once praised Bush for being a deeply religious man. He has spoken about his respect for Rush Limbaugh. He despises the Kennedy's.
Lionel has major issues with women. He referred to Rachel Maddow as a, "thick necked Lesbian". He called Monica Lewinsky, "a fat pig" on numerous occasions. Sexist remarks are a main staple on Lionel.
Furthermore, Lionel, whose real name is Michael Lebron, speaks the Queens English to the point of snobbery. This reveals someone who is very insecure. He has spoken about his whiteness and his son's whiteness. This is also a red flag red flag of insecurity.
The name Lebron is actually Puerto Rican. Apparently, Lionel father does not speak english well.
Look! Lionel is very much like Chris Mathews. They are worshipers of powerful men and highly chauvinistic against women.
Which ever way the wind blows you will find them both. They have no spine.
Oh Sammy,
I just heard your announcement on the podcast. I am so sad that you will not be on every day.
Listening to your show had become a big part of my daily ritual for the past three years. (Yes, I have been listening since the first show.)
Let everyone else get their news and entertainment from Jon Stewart and the Daily Show; as for me, Sam Seder and the Sam Seder Show were my main source of current news and events.
*sigh*
I could see Sam doing a show ala
Jon Stewart on the Comedy channel
in fact Sam would shut-out Jon Stewart big -time
Sam is way funnier and way smarter
The willful decisions of both Bush administrations, the Blair government in the UK, and the Howard government in Australia in failing to curtail pedophilia activities among top office holders, military officers, and diplomats is a result of their belief that child sex, including child prostitution, is as acceptable as less socially taboo sexual deviancies.
Sarkozy's Socialist Party opponent, Segolene Royal, the mother of four children, said she found Sarkozy's comments "surprising." Par for the course is more like it. Centrist candidate Francois Bayrou was shocked by Sarkozy's comments, finding them "chilling." The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Paris, Andre Vingt-Trois, also condemned Sarkozy's comments.
The global corporate media, which is already celebrating Sarkozy's ascension to the Elysee Palace, is largely and ominously ignoring Sarkozy's prurient quote. It would come as a surprise to many WMR readers at the number of corporate journalists right here in the nation's capital who have been linked to pedophilia over the past two decades.
One question for those who support Sarkozy is: "If Sarkozy becomes President of France, what about the children?"
When we look over the cover-ups of Henry Kissinger- and G.H.W. Bush-endorsed Operation Condor's links with Colonia Dignidad pedophilia in Chile in the 1970s, U.S. government awareness of pedophilia at Jonestown in Guyana, the Georgetown Club, the Franklin/Omaha pedophile scandal, midnight tours of the White House for underage male prostitutes during the G.H.W. Bush administration, Mark Foley and Dennis Hastert, sexual molestation of children at Abu Ghraib, child prostitution in U.S. military occupation zones in the Balkans, and molestation of teens at Texas and Florida youth detention facilities involving political appointees of the Bush family, including a cover up in Texas initiated by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and his U.S. Attorneys, "loyal Bushies," in the state, we must, again, ask the question: What about the children?
Catherine,
Did you see this 1975 picture of Tony Blair and his school chums?
This entire picture is worth a thousand words.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23387466-details/Blair%20in%20a%20boater,%20a%20crude%20hand%20gesture,%20and%20the%20Class%20of%20'75/article.do?expand=true
I can't believe what I just read, what's wrong with the AAR managment and I really believed I might change after the Green brother took over. But I guess I was wrong.
I just hope Sam is in talks with the Nova M Radio people. Somebody has to keep him on air, daily!!!! Unbeblievable!
Sam,
Say it ain't so! I have been listening every day from the beginning. Every time I hear that closet door close, I laugh. You will be missed but I will be looking forward to Sunday. Sam and the Sopranos! Not Too Bad!!!!!
first maron, then majority report, now sam seder show.
i'm seriously beginning to wonder why the fuck i'm paying for the premium podcast service.
thom hartmann is great, john elliot, eh, not bad, randi rhodes is unlistenable.
and none of them are *funny*.
comedy is the gateway to political liberalism for young listeners; AAR is completely divesting itself of political comedy, to its own detriment.
Well, we all know what we have to do, so let's do it. Absolutely flood Air America with emails protesting this decision. If one thing I've learned from Sam, we all have a voice - let's utilize it for Sam. This absolutely CANNOT happen. Sam, your voice cannot, should not be reduced. You are a true force. You have helped changed the world to the latest positive trend for the better, in more ways than you realize. Let's keep the pressure on!! Save SAM to regular programming!!!
I heard on "On the Media" that the Green brothers laid out no money for AirAmerica. They just did some signing and swapping.
The Greens might just be Wall Street corporate vultures feeding on the flesh of progressives weakened by the corporate sponsorship boycott of AirAmerica.
One or both of the Green Boys, I would guess, are lawyers. Am I right ?
Nooooooo!
I love your show. This makes me sad.
sure gonna miss ya ! you have a great insight to politics today. good luck with the sunday show!
i'm heartsick sam. funny and progressive go together so well and you did it better than anyone. would you and mark marin go start a new network please. thank you.
I am heartbroken and angry. First Mike Malloy, then Mark Maron and now Sam Seder. I was okay with Al leaving because I still had Sam Seder, and I still had Mark Maron on Fridays. Now who is left that is funny: nobody! Is this new management out of their minds? I think they have no idea what they are doing! They want to make money and want success, but yet they've just made two incredibly stupid descisions. I doubt I will get Air American premium next year. I suppose I could get it just for Rhandi Rhodes. She's the only amazing star left now. I wish this new management realized that not everyone is entertained by Ed Schultz or Thom Hartman. Some of us liberals need something beyond mainstream. Why didn't they choose one of the mediocre ones like Rachel Maddow? I just can't get over this: Sam Seder is the most brilliant rock star - do they not get that? And they could have given Mark Maron his own show. Some of us need comedy relief and Sam and Mark are the only ones you had for listeners like me.This station's been ruined in my opinion. All the fun is lost. I am so sad right now. It's bad enough I have to constantly call my senators to do what is right - now liberal radio can't even be saved. It just goes to show you, rich people who run things have no clue what gives the heart joy. They sure know how to ruin it for the rest of us though, don't they? The new AAR management sucks big time.
Sam I regret Air America's decision. You are the best they have. I felt the same way when they fired Mike Malloy. I feel they are ruining their own network. I hope you will find another full time outlet. Thank you for the good work you have done.
dare i say it or will I be silenced like Mike Malloy and now Sam but i think this has more to do with his stance on the Jewish lobby group APAC than anything else ergo someone like a Lionel to take Sams place
obviously the Greens crumbled to pressure ...disgusting!
I just wrote my local station, Portland's KPOJ 620, to ask them to hire Seder and Maron for an evening show (The NEW Majority Report?!). I even suggested bringing Janeane Garofalo along for the ride.
KPOJ would be a great place to host a show like that. Would everyone PLEEEEAAASE e-mail KPOJ with the same request?
I can hear Lawton Smalls on a blind date with "Senator" Katherine Harris already!
Let's bring Marc and Sam to Portland and give a big F*@$ YOU to Air America! Tossers!
Robert
Beaverton, OR
edna ellen poe said...
bridge said...
Who is Lionel?
Lionel is a so-called Libertarian. He hates being classified as a Liberal. For sure he is not. He once praised Bush for being a deeply religious man. He has spoken about his respect for Rush Limbaugh. He despises the Kennedy's.
Lionel has major issues with women. He referred to Rachel Maddow as a, "thick necked Lesbian". He called Monica Lewinsky, "a fat pig" on numerous occasions. Sexist remarks are a main staple on Lionel.
Furthermore, Lionel, whose real name is Michael Lebron, speaks the Queens English to the point of snobbery. This reveals someone who is very insecure. He has spoken about his whiteness and his son's whiteness. This is also a red flag red flag of insecurity.
The name Lebron is actually Puerto Rican. Apparently, Lionel father does not speak english well.
Look! Lionel is very much like Chris Mathews. They are worshipers of powerful men and highly chauvinistic against women.
Which ever way the wind blows you will find them both. They have no spine.
April 9, 2007 8:00 PM
****
OK.
All bets are off.
Okay, this is it. I just won't be listening much to Air America anymore. All I can stomach are the Young Turks. Management got rid of Marc Maron, Al leaves and now Sam. The people I have enjoyed are gone and the rest I find unlistenable.
Just cancelled my AAR Premium Membership. Air America was great while it lasted. Looks like the future will be NovaM Radio. Best of luck to AAR. They're gonna need it.
eya Robert Beaverton, OR!
ya know that's a dam good idea bud.
got an address for KPOJ?
Don't just cry.
XM forced Ed Bomb-Iran Schultz on AirAmerica, with the green-lover boys OK.
XM is part of this slow bleed.
Call your representative and tell them the Sirius-XM merger is monopolistic, and not in the best interest of the public. The FCC is now licking the Democrat's Oxfords.
NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
First it was Marc Maron then i Joined the podcast memebership in order to get Marc on podcast then it was Al Franken and thru all that I podcasted Sam since he was the only one kept me going.
I will just not have much left to listen to in my Xm from Air America. Ironacaly my first name is America.
I need my Air America and Sam Seder Please!!!
Please don't let me go back to drinking. I used to do that since Bush was put in the presidency.
I need my Sam Seeder.Air America I wil give you $5.00 for each day you keep Sam Seder. Just don't
limit me at one show per week.
all bad moves have unintended positive consequences.
hope for the best and don't feed CrankBait any straight lines.
http://www.novamradio.com/stream.php
1-800-989-1480
Sammy, don't forget we're the culture of second acts, and often incredible second acts. Humble thyself, keep your sense of humor, and prepare for future greatness...
Oh man!!!
What a boneheaded idiotic stupid thing to do. Loser move on Air America's part. First of all, do they know Sam is the best person they have running? I like Randi, Thom, et. al, but cannot survive without a healthy dose of sarcasm every morning.
This is terrible...
Mark @
www.BushZombie.com
Sam, your show is the BEST!!! Thanks for the many enjoyable mornings we've spent with you. Your quick wit, the laugh out loud humor, your astute fairness on the Israel/Palestine mess (AIPAC complicity in forcing you out?). You are brilliant, courageous, and immensely funny. We've loved the sound effects, especially the cuckoo clock and the creaking closet door. We are sad and angry. Maybe the fools who are now running AAR should change the name of it to DLC Radio or Air Corporate America. Weekday mornings will be empty without you. We'll listen on Sundays, but wonder how long it will be before they take that slot away too. We won't be listening to the fluff on the less substantive Lionel. Sad and angry in Minnesota.
Bye Sam. I will miss you and The Sam Seder juggernaut. I hope that you can get back your slot.
-Ethan A Tree Hugging (or Treehugging) Progressive Kid.
Sam Seder is part of the NetRoots movement. I consider this move to limit Sam's voice as an attempt to dampen down the progressive movement and the netroots. Sam took on the establishment and challenged the democratic party to do more. He pushed us to be active in making our voices heard and challenge the status quo. He was an important part of the Democrats victory in 2006. Make no mistake this is an attempt to limit the voice of the progressive movement.
F. O. AAR! When will you stop shooying yourself in the foot?
I am so pissed at AAR! New management????? This is not management...It's megalomania!
Ya know? I remember hearing Marc(?) Green on Sam's show...I first thought, "Oh great! Air America will be saved, and therefore, we can continue to save ourselves." And right after that, I also had a disturbing thought that, "What if corporatocracy is buying them out in order to control the network and shut us up?" I dismissed my thought as conspiracy paranoia. Now I find myself rethinking that idea, since hearing that Lionel is going to "replace" (?!?!?!)Sam. I've heard it said that even some paranoid people have valid things to be paranoid about. Am I the only one who questions the Greens' motives? I already miss you, Sam!
Arlene in Maine
Sam...I think it sucks that AAR is moving your show to Sundays. It proves they have no understanding of what people want.
It is because of you and Rachel Maddow that I initially became an AAR premium member.
When the company I work for moved to a better location and my XM radio actually worked during work hours, I was elated to know you were going to be on in the morning. You really helped my mornings pass at work.
You are an intelligent and well informed host. I will miss hearing you during the week.
Please consider going to the Nova M network and joining Mike Malloy. At the moment they SEEM committed to real progressive Bush challenging talk radio.
I'm rather disappointed in this decision. I only subscribe to one show and that's Sam's of course. As soon as this week is done, I'll be canceling.
I will listen on Sundays.
My God, what in the hell are they thinking? I read about what who they are most likely going to replace Sam with and that's all I need is another annoying Baby Boomer to listen to. I loved Sam's opinions. I loved his musical bumpers. I loved his jokes. He was the perfect host for a show like that. He was just smart enough without turning off the listeners. He had the correct balance of smart and funny. Shame on Air America.
yer OK Arlene in Maine,
all of this has a lot of levels, as many as any of us have in our lives.
what they did'nt count on was us talking to each other.
we form communities naturally, and these national in scope.
the blog goes from peeps talking AT
to peeps talking with each other.
it segues in and out throughout
the day usually. sure some
good people here BTW.
sure wish i could get to know all those people that posted today.
whatcha wanna bet that all of them are worth knowing...
Sam you were one of the best hosts on AAR, and you helped me get through the skulduggery of the Bush administration. I think they are making a huge mistake cuttingyou back to one day a week. I snuck a pair of headphones into the office just so I could listen to you from 9-12 because Boston lost it's AAR affiliate to Clear Channel. Life's hell, then your show becomes evicerated.
Scott
i listen via the premium since KTLK in LA doesn't carry you. it looks like i'll be cancelling that soon and only subscribing to rachel now.
i would love to offer to spearhead a revolt and fight to keep you on but i am soooo tired of AAR and KTLK. they recently shook up our local lineup in favor of a drivetime host with his head up his ass who loves to play devil's advocate on all things progressive.
and weekends here are even worse, for instance, YESTERDAY, SUNDAY, FROM 4-5PM THEY SIMPLY RAN DEAD AIR! that was, of course, wedged between hours of infomercials.
i would also love you to switch to another syndicator. wherever you lead, i will follow...
Checking in for the great Sammy.
PEACHES, all !
mike finally talking about what went on behind the scenes at ARR!
Mike Malloy's now talking positively about Sam, and ranting against Air America.
Malloy:
http://208.109.219.101:8000/live
Now Mike's reading this blog post!
Sam does a great show. He is a great talent. A funny guy with real intellect. I have learned a great deal from him. What is wrong with Air America messing with Sam?
Mike giving the MRR fan base mucho kudo's!
Gonna miss ya in the mornings, Sammy. Will definitely tune in to your sunday show.
An anonmyous fan
This is really horrible news. It's sad the see the most popular liberal radio station continue to go down this direction that will surely destroy whatever ratings and loyal listeners they have left. Their best evening host, Mike Malloy, was fired; their best early afternoon host, Al Franken, has just left; and now they get rid of their best morning host, Sam Seder? All they have left now is Randi Rhodes and who knows when they will get rid of her if she says something "too outrageous". Geez. I really wish there was a great liberal who would take over Air America. I don't understand the management or the politics that goes on at AAR, but they need to get their act together fast.
love ya Mike
give yer gang a bloggie smoochie for us!
Kathy Malloy is right that AAR doesn't care about their listeners.
We can only hope that Nova M will pick Sam up.
I plan to listen on Sunday. By the way, Mike Malloy just dug into the Greens. He said that the management of AAR -- past, present, and future -- shows no loyalty to their hosts or their fan base. Mike praised Sam as someone as talented as him and Randi, who really developed as a host. Mike also speculated that the Greens ended Sam's show because they can.
oh, man, i just read that sam is being replaced by lionel??
that guy is completely unlistenable!
i actually have hope now. hang in there sammy. after folks get a few mornings of his lunatic rantings and bullshit, AAR will come grovelling back. make your sunday show the best. we'll hang in there with you on the stream and the downloads so that they see you have a following and you'll be back in no time.
for those of you who haven't heard lionel... good luck and my sympathies. he was on here in LA overnight and he was offensive and idiotic at every turn.
my husband just said "they're replacing him with nothing. he's middle of the road pablum. AAR is going to be about nothing."
and he's right. KTLK here in LA dropped the AAR label and now declare at every break "progressive: the new mainstream" when in fact we now know they mean "mainstream: the new progressive"
troy is burning... run!
Mike Malloy we Miss you!!!!
YAY SAM!!! YAY MIKE!!!
Go Drobnys!
Join Novam!!
http://www.novamradio.com
Join Novam Sam
Catharine said...
Mike Malloy we Miss you!!!!
April 9, 2007 10:22 PM
Why? Welcome to Nova M Radio. :)
I'll bet, before long all of the old lineup will be on Nova M anyway.
Kudos to Mike Malloy! He just spent his opening segment this hour talking about the "rat bastards" at AAR. He said they pushed out the Drobny's almost from the start. To the Green Family he said "to hell with you." He said there is no doubt in his mind that the new owners will fail. AAR, almost from the start, destroyed the brand, had an inability to understand talent and will cut your throat because they can. He had high praise for Sam and his radio talent and is angry that Sam is getting screwed over. Kathy just said she is working on getting Sam on the show. Thanks Mike for speaking the truth and being a good guy!
It's sooo nice to hear an audible voice rant about AAR, and support Sam. Thanks Mike!
Arlene
Jesus Christ! What the hell is wrong with these AAR people. I'm done with it. Sam has a great show. I didn't like it when Mike was fired. I cancelled my AAR subscription at that time. Now I will stop listening to Randy,Ring of Fire and will not do Sam's new show. I like the Turks so I'll continue to do the TYT website but even their show is worse (no Jill) since they hooked up with AAR. Screw AAR. Randy and Sam should follow Mike to NOVA M.
Oh well...
what to do ...
nothing ... just listen to the stuff you like ... and vote with your feet ... and sometimes when they don't notice you're walkin' ... speak up and tell them they blew it.
Evening all.
Listening to Malloy. Good rant about Sam and Imus.
Lionel has a munchkin voice. I have heard him but never so him til today. I was a little taken aback by his photo because I was expecting a short fat bald man by the sound of his voice.
He bloviates about himself as does Ed Schultz. Very impressed with himself. But that munchkin voice is just too much!
I have no doubts that your talent will bring you right back into the limelight. Thanks for the umpteen loads of information and insight. You will be severely missed!!
Please don't forget to "Air" America your thoughts at their comment post following the "Amazing Lionel" announcement: airamericaradio.com/press
Arlene
I would like to see Sam go to Nova M.
I hope Mike does interview Sam on his show. It'd be a great opening.
April 9, 2007 -- This web site has for some time sensed a certain synergism between so-called left-wing web sites (in reality, gatekeepers) like Daily Kos and Democratic Underground and those on the far right like Little Green Footballs and its grandmaster, FreeRepublic. Our attention has been drawn by our friends at ProgressiveIndependent.com to a concerted campaign by DailyKos and the LittleGreenFootball gremlins to censor writer and cartoonist Ben Heine for his cartoons and writings exposing the Nazi racialist ideology of Israeli politician Avigdor Lieberman. We are happy to provide a link to PI's screen captures of DailyKos that triggered the censorship by the "left" and right web sites.
We can sympathize with those who are banned by phony "progressive" web sites like DailyKos and DU. It appears that the same vested interests that call the shots at FreeRepublic and LittleGreenFootballs also do the same with DailyKos and DU. It can assuredly be said that WMR controls its own content and, although we have received demands that certain information be removed, we have often responded to such requests with a hearty "drop dead," whether the requests come from Saudi billionaire sheiks, U.S. defense contractors who torture prisoners, or Israeli right-wing expansionists.
http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/
**********
Talk amongst yourselves ...
Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) says he will not attend the Fox News/CBC presidential debate. Last week, John Edwards also said he won’t be participating.
UPDATE: Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) has also pulled out of the Fox debate.
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/09/sen-barack-obama-d-il/
Dang, I missed Malloy talking about AAR. Bummer bummer. I'm listening to the Nova-M stream. Do they podcast Malloy's show?
sorry... just answered my own question...
Just got the news on Mike Malloy. This sucks, Sam, but I don't have to tell you.
Thanks for some good years!
Here are some threads elsewhere on the news about Sam's show:
Here's Who's Replacing Sam Seder...LIONEL...WTF?!:
http://www.airamericaplace.com/boards/index.php?showtopic=21365&hl=
Air America signs Lionel to take over Sam Seder's slot:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x609647
LIONEL to replace Sam Seder: http://unfilterednewsnetwork.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=16099&hilit=
So far, the reaction is pretty negative to this news.
Sam.YOU are the reason I got the premium.I'm canceling.I'm done, thats it.Lionel? Are you freakin' kidding me? If I wanted to hear some sort of "morning zoo" I'd listen to Power 106.
Tours of duty for 15,000 U.S. Army troops extended. CNN’s Barbara Starr reports, “The Pentagon today, as we speak, is reviewing a request from commanders in Iraq for the extension of the tour of duty for up to 15,000 Army troops. four combat ground brigades. One combat aviation brigade. their tours might be extended up to 120 days. Why? Because the Pentagon has to find a way to keep that so-called troop surge going.”
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/09/tours-of-duty-for-15000-us-army-troops-extended/
Elliott Abrams behind Pelosi attacks? Jim Lobe writes, “There is little doubt among Middle East analysts here that [Deputy National Security Adviser Elliott] Abrams is playing a lead role in White House efforts to discredit Pelosi for meeting with Assad,” just as he did in a similar incident in 1987.
UPDATE: “At the one and only meeting between Imad Moustapha, the Syrian ambassador to the United States, and a White House official, one of President Bush’s closest advisers, Elliot Abrams, said the administration saw no good reason to ‘reward’ Syria by opening discussions.”
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Waaaahhhh! Your show is not broadcast on the air in Seattle but I podcast your show everyday! You have one of the most informative shows outside of Thom Hartmann, but you are funnier by far. (Sorry Thom). Air America is making a big mistake by replacing you with crappy ol' Lionel. How could they make such a maketing disaster? Just watch advertising dollars fly out the window. You have many faithful fans who will follow you wherever you may be found. (Boo hoo for us for now).
Check out this photo I found at Raw Story:
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This is unbeleiveable Sam. I am devastated. You are incredible. You have been absoloutly on fire the last month. That Jackie Mason schtick you did killed me. I have been listening to you on Air America for a long time. You are by far the best host on that network right now. When will AAR stop shitting on their listerners?
AP Poll: Congress approval up
By DAVID ESPO
AP SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
WASHINGTON -- Public approval for Congress is at its highest level in a year as Democrats mark 100 days in power and step up their confrontation with President Bush over his handling of the Iraq War, the issue that overshadows all others.
Yet for all their eagerness to challenge Bush, congressional Democrats so far have failed to attract significant support among independents, a group that helped propel them to power in last fall's elections and now appears more strongly opposed to the war than the general public.
The findings from an AP-Ipsos nationwide poll provide a snapshot of public sentiment in the days after the House and Senate triggered a series of veto threats from the president by passing separate bills that provide funds for the war, yet also call for the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops.
Overall approval for Congress is 40 percent. The survey shows Bush's approval ratings remain in the mid-30 percent range, that a striking 39 percent strongly disapproves his handling of foreign policy and the war on terror, and that the public has scant hopes that the president and Congress can work together to solve the country's problems.
"The Democrats are back," Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the first woman speaker in history, had exulted on Jan. 3 as her party claimed control for the first time in more than a decade.
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I am watching Air America implode from within, without the right wing media needing to lift a finger. Maron and Seder and Malloy, this was a venture with much promise. Good luck to the new owners with the logo that means little without the talent.
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