Friday, April 6, 2007
Friday: The Casualest Casual Friday Ever
Sam's so casual today, he's strapping a heart monitor to himself to prove that even his heart rate is slowing down. As always, Sam will be taking your calls on all topics at 866-303-2270, and we'll have the SammyCam in full effect starting at 9:30 eastern. And you'll want to connect to that SammyCam, so you can feast your eyes on Janeane Garofalo, who'll come by in the third hour to hang out. Plus, the always dapper Joe Conason makes his regular Friday visit. Enjoy.
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Oh Geez!!!
I thought the new Sammycam angle would make it easier to see guests - now you can't even see their shadow
= (
put jeanne on cam shes so hot
need a remote control to pan the Sammy-Cam
YAY!
Heya Janeane! errr, Katherine...!
Hey Janeane. What's up beautiful stranger. They still can't kill the metal. rock on dudette.
Could someone tell me what's happening to the Sam Seder Show?
Is cancellation confirmed or is it merely a possibility?
Sammy is my favorite on AAR!!!!!
Juliane
Fell like I got kicked in the stomach!
we'll have an allia about it.
searching google tells me that the new AAR mamangement is partial to Marc Maron.
Sam Seder AND Marc Maron as tag team partners in the morning. A possibility?
Could someone tell me what's happening to the Sam Seder Show?
Sam said a little while ago on the Sammy cam that his weekly show is ending next week and it's not his choice. He said he might have a Sunday show. He said he would announce the details on Monday. :(
looks like its time for me to pony up for that spa package for you toni.
Catherine Harris in a tube top? Now that would be a shaker!
This bums out my whole weekend. Sam is the only reason I make it to work on time every day because I don't want to miss a minute. I'm done with AAR...I've given AAR my loyalty and they keep shitting on me. Guess I'll be heading over to Sirius Left. Hey Sam, maybe see you over there? Good luck Sam in whatever you do.
There's Janeane!!
Ooooo! Nice faux fur Janeane! :D
Glamour grrrl!
is the sam seder show really leaving the air?
don't ever doubt the cheapness of executives.
got to hand it to AAR for taking a page out of the Rumsfeld business doctorine.
nice little final stab in the groin. with a hot fork.
All the different management people keep coming in to change hosts instead of trying advertising.
Here's an interview with Mark Green on Truth Dig that Toni posted the other day...he explains his plans
Money...money..money...
Same ol' story...
HUUUUUUUUUUUUGE
MISTAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When Sam's gone, I'm gone too...never going to listen to air america again in my life...I really hope they give him the Sunday show...but still BIG mistake...
Janeane, You do a great Katherine!!
I think Janeane like the IM's!
I'm emailing Nova M today
kevin smith should make Dogma 2 with Jeaneane in the lead role
They just took my money last month. How do I get out of this premium thing?
Lilith said...
I've got to get ready for work...
April 6, 2007 11:11 AM
Have a good one...
I think that was Harris on the cover of Surfer Rosa.
Anonymous said...
They just took my money last month. How do I get out of this premium thing?
April 6, 2007 11:33 AM
Write them and tell them you want your money back because they fired the reason you bought premium.
I'd suggest that all you premium members do that. When they have to refund $$$'s they get the hint.
Why is the Sam Seder show ending?
From BeInformed
you know it was watching Janeane on Fox argue with Orielly that first let me know about AirAmerica.It wasnt the interview, but Oielly pissing and moaning about the Liberal organization AirAmerica the next day. Now he doesnt mention us here cause he knows that just lets his viewers know about AAR for the first time and when the listen, hes taost.
this is great you two.
thank you.
Get rid of Sam Seder?
WTF?!?!?!
He's 1 of the best things they've got right now - just stoopid, if you ask me......
I would also write or call or email the station. Bombard them and tell them that it's not the talent that needs to go but the upper management.
Hey!
When will Catherine Harris break out of character? ;-)
.
Charlie Daniels?
Probably a little toast too...
Friday, April 06, 2007
Seder's last day is Friday the 13th
As fans are wondering what the heck is going on with Sam Seder's morning show on Air America Radio, BlatherWatch is reporting that Seder has indeed been given his walking papers, and will conclude his show next Friday. Seder also confirmed the end of his weekday show. He is likely take a Sunday afternoon gig with the network.
Allegedly, the network already has a replacement lined up, expected to be signed by early next week.
According to BlatherWatch, Mark Green told the staff Thursday that the person hadn't been locked in, but should be by Monday or Tuesday.
"We think," he said brightly to the troubled assemblage, "you'll love the replacement."
It is also reported that COO Scott Elberg has been giving Seder the Office Space Milton treatment as of late, going so far as to slash his budget and salary by 40% in recent months. No word on whether any red staplers are involved.
New owner, Mark Green reportedly told people he wanted "less substance" in the 9-ta-noon time slot. Hence they made a sloppy attempt to offer it Marc Maron, and tried unsuccessfully to obtain Jones Radio's Stephanie Miller.
It sounds as if they want to go in a lighter direction for a replacement, to better compete against the Miller juggernaut. The network's initial offering in the time slot, Unfiltered, never caught on, and Jerry Springer was basically a cheap, available option, since it was really just a Clear Channel show that was brought to Air America to help syndicate.
So, sometime next week, we should know who will take over Seder's slot. Many listeners are speculating that Mark Green himself will take the slot, but I just don't see it happening. Look for an established radio person to take over.
LINK
I thought that Mark Green running the net would be a good thing. Hope I'm not wrong. Maybe ALL the shows are on the block and Sam is just paranoid. I'd start with Armstrong Williams, EccoTalk (good intentions but deathly boring), and Jon Elliott. Then bring back Maron and Malloy. Yeah, I'm delusional.
fight em in branson!
charlie meets chester
is debbie crying or laughing?
thats forkin dark, maam.
The good Senator Catherine Harris has been watching the food channel!
Just sent an email off to AAR Sam.
This sucks. If they fuck with Randi or Rachel and I'm done with AAR for good.
This is just what America needs... a lot less substance and more fluff.
Yech!
That's my favorite..when she says
Wacooooo...waco....
Funny...
I love the Maddow show, but this is the last straw for me with AAR. I was a poster on the Al Franken blog for 2 years and 44 weeks, and I've managed to lose every show on AAR that I've truly loved listening to. This is the last straw. I can't even get the station anymore and I freaking live in NYC. I hate this decision, hate, hate, hate it. And yes, I read that Sam will get a weekly show... just won't be the same.
And to think, I voted for Green when he ran for Mayor and Public Advocate. What a moron I was.
Friday the 13th will be the saddest day. :(
We have to fight the VC there or else well have to eat the pets here....
wako.com.org.mindspring.net?
J is hilarious.
i miss her.
eay Elderta, good mornin!
Feature film Begotten by Elias Merhige. Brainard Carey of Praxis is in the first scene in this film, which is God Killing Himself. This film is graphic, intense, and very beautiful.
Tropical Penguin said...
wako.com.org.mindspring.net?
April 6, 2007 11:46 AM
LMFAO!
GBC said...
Just sent an email off to AAR Sam.
This sucks. If they fuck with Randi or Rachel and I'm done with AAR for good.
This is just what America needs... a lot less substance and more fluff.
Yech!
April 6, 2007 11:44 AM
Exactly what my email to them said. The reason we need AAR and Sam is for substance! Stephanie is okay and comedic and should be on in the evening. But I want the substance!!
Hey Sunshine!
How's it hanging (besides the demise of a great show)?
why dont i see the thread Sam is reading?
I love your work Sam! Miss the Majority Report and will miss The Sam Seder show even more. Damn I say! First Marc and now you!
Janeane, you are AWESOME!
All the best to both of you!
you will be missed sam!
Who was that ... ?
Did you ever think, when you eat Vietnamese, it aint pork or chicken but a fat Siamese,
but the food taste great so you dont complain, but thats not chicken in your chicken chow main,
seems to me I ordered sweet and sour pork, but Garfields on my fork, he's purring here on my fork.
Theres a cat in the kettle at the Pi King Moon, I think I got stop eating there at noon.
CHow Lynn asked if I wanted more, as he was dialing up his buddy at the old pet store,
I said not today, I lost my appatite, there'stwo cats in my belly and they want to fight,
I was sucking on a rolaids or a tums or two, when I sware I heard it mew, boy, and that is when I knew,
theres a cat in the kettle at the Pi King moon, I think I got a stop eating there at noon.
They say its made from fish or pork, but theres a hairball on my fork.
Fix the camera now!
why dont i see the thread Sam is reading?
April 6, 2007 11:49 AM
He is reading instant messages
Congratulations, Reuters - George Orwell would be proud
Your media. Stenographers. The only difference between the mainstream media and Jeff Gannon is their rates.
LINK
SAM!! Are the lies true?! Are you leaving us?!! You can't. I forbid it!!!
Did you hear Janeane's words of warning to Sam....
"Watch what you say and do!"
How do i IM Sam!
Hi Sam, from France.
I can't believe your show is under threat! It's my number one in the AA lineup.
Bon courage as they say in these parts.
have a weekend gang. we'll miss you sam. just wrote to aar to let them know i disagree with their decision.
I guess I'll be listening to Stephanie Miller. She's good but nothing like Sam.
Good job AAR. Dumb shits.
If the detailed post above from toniD is correct, I am very disappointed. All I can say is, No Sam Seder, No Bunky....AAR will lose a faithful listener.
whats going on with the sound fee online.
You are one of the reasons I can get thru each day. A bluester in the red west. Sorry to see you go.
Have a great weekend, Sam!!!
Exactly what my email to them said. The reason we need AAR and Sam is for substance!
~-~-
Said the same thing in mine, toni. If I wanted less substance I'd go listen elsewhere.
Peaches, Sam. I wuvs ya!
Here in Santa Fe, AAR listeners just got the Sam Seder Show back after a month of Stephanie Miller.
The lisenters here were allowed to vote, and we chose substance over over fluff. Mark Green should let the listeners vote online!!!
Juliane
Here's Sam's myspace page:
LINK
http://streamos.wbr.com/download/wbr/neilyoung/atgdoc_817.wmv
What a business.
I couldn't get the sammy cam today. Did he say anything about Nova M?-kalena
Anonymous said...
Here in Santa Fe, AAR listeners just got the Sam Seder Show back after a month of Stephanie Miller.
The lisenters here were allowed to vote, and we chose substance over over fluff. Mark Green should let the listeners vote online!!!
Juliane
April 6, 2007 12:00 PM
Great idea Juliane. Send AAR an email about that!
Interesting. Instead of being happy because there's going to be one more week of the show than I thought last week, I'm getting steamed all over again.
Rats!
eya Elderta,
having a good week.
spring has sprung and my Daphne Odura is blooming!
Cat Chew said...
Interesting. Instead of being happy because there's going to be one more week of the show than I thought last week, I'm getting steamed all over again.
Rats!
April 6, 2007 12:05 PM
Feel the same way Cat Chew. Angry! Very very Angry!!
Sam's show is FUN! What's all the "substance" talk about? He's an original. Who the hell is Stephanie Miller? I've never heard her. I listen to Sam almost exclusively. This is it for me. I don't have time for show after show. I'm through with AAR.-kalena
I'm very disappionted in the actions of Air America's management over the years and now I'm again most disappointed to hear that I may not be listening to Sam's broadcast after next week. I've been an avid Air America supporter and listener since the beginning and I think Sam does a great job and is a big improvement over most AM talk radio shows, Sam's show is among the best that Air America offers.
In regard to good content and comentary Ed Schultz's work doesn't compare with Tom Hartman's and S. Miller's work doesn't compare to Sam's...I understand Air America's efforts to cater to a lower common denominator because it has the potential to appeal to a larger common denominator...
...what a damn shame....
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Jim, Spring has not sprung here in NYC yet, and with the loss of Sam, it's going to be a cold, bitter summer anyway. I'm so sad.
:(
pretty typical corp approach to broadcasting evident in that decision.
one of the characteristics of AAR has always been ignoring the listeners.
great management technique eh? Sam was getting too close to the truth. figgered he's been gagged on certain issues since the 04 election.
well Elderta,
we got Sam on the weekends i guess,
we got the bloggie, Sam might join us again.
we have each other.
there ya go.
Sam;
words fail.
AAR was NEVER better, nor will it be.
It was killed by the same philosophy that's effing up the country.
What NOW?!
I agree w/ kalena - I turn off my internet AAR stream before Thom Hartmann comes on - not that I don't think TH is a smart & his show is important, but I want some laughs - & not bitter 1s either.Sam is FUNNY!
I wrote AAR as well - I've been an AAR fan since day 1 & have Premium coz we have no affiliate here (& the few affiliates in FL don't even air the whole AAR lineup anyway, last I heard)
I know a lotta folks on the Left prefer the grim & the shrill, but I'm tired of it & NEED some uplifting - I wanna hear the assholes being mocked & laughed @.That's why I like Sam, Rachel/Kent, Bender & Ring of Fire - they're not just smart & informative - they're FUNNY!
Gawd I miss Maron & Jim Earl & Bruce Cherry = (
Yeah... but I don't want AAR anymore. Maybe I'll change my mind, but right now, after suffering through with this station for three years, it's like another stab in the back. I'm tired of pulling the knife out.
Anyway, I gotta go, see you around the other place, if not here.
El.
Hey Dale... sorry I forgot to email you back! It's been a bad week. Unfortunately, I won't be able to make the show! But maybe next week or the week after for a drinky-poo. I'll email ya this time...
Jim's not in NYC, alas...
Cya Elderta! we run 24/7 here come and visit!
eya Dale / Chelsea
i'm up in BC!
you a fellow playright?
be fun to show ya what we've done.
i'm an ol theatre tech as well.
I am still handsome!!!
Good luck in the future, Sam. You are the best!!!
You were right about those vids, Toni...
Yea Shell! Wierd but to the point.
How're you today?
Making lunch so I am back and forth to the kitchen.
Trainee clerics in Guantanamo Bay protest
The treatment of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay detention camp by the US government was today compared to that of Jesus Christ when he was sentenced to death.
Students training to become Church of Ireland ministers staged a Good Friday protest outside Dublin’s US embassy, calling for President George Bush to free the alleged terrorists.
Carrying a cross symbolising Jesus’ plight, students from the Church of Ireland Theological College in Churchtown began the protest with a procession from St Bartholomew’s Church on Clyde Road in clerical robes to remember those in custody.
They were joined by theology students from Trinity College Dublin and UCD at the embassy gates where they prayed for victims of what they claim is extraordinary rendition and torture by the US authorities.
“Good Friday is the day when we remember as Christians that Jesus Christ was subjected to a secret trial, rendition, humiliation, torture and execution by the state, even when it knew he was innocent,” said David McDonnell, a first year student at the Theological College.
“We call on President Bush, as a Christian, not to be guided by the example of Pontius Pilate, who washed his hands when he knew a terrible injustice was being committed, but by the example of Jesus Christ who said ’just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me’.
“In his life, Jesus showed that all people, including those of different religions and even those who had committed crimes, deserve to be treated with dignity.
“He spoke and ministered to Jews, Samaritans, Romans, Phoenicians, prostitutes and tax collectors and almost his last words on the cross were words of comfort for a criminal.
“It is an example we are called on to follow.”
...
Well It's for the best Sammy..!!!
After you step back for a while and relax you will see how much better life can be without all the hassle..
The show got you on a National Stage..
Time well spent..!
And nothing lasts forever..
Now you have time to have some fun..
There is plenty of fun left to be had...!!!
I'm good, thanks.. I wish I had the day off tho...
some of my set and prop stuff on my website, take a look around.
folders full of pix mostly.
http://www3.telus.net/Art-Adventures/
i love acting,
Founding member of a coupla amateur groups on the Oregon coast.
did some shows at the U of O.
rebuilt the theatre there too.
been wanting to write more lately, i have a few projects i'd like to get up and running too.
have'nt had a theatre peep to rap to for years!
I'd Just Like To Say Hello To My Uncle!
(Listening to Thom Hartmann...)
What a smarmy sounding global warming denier. 'Your audience should hear the other side'.
We hear nothing but the other side, of everything.
Smarmy.
"NEWS CONSUMER" said...
Hey guys,
Stopping by to say hi.
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Beauty day today!
time to get at it, love ya's!
"NEWS CONSUMER" said...
Bronx Man Dies In Holding Cell After Being Attacked By Inmates
Police say a Bronx man died in a holding cell after being attacked by other inmates, but the medical examiner is trying to determine the exact cause of death.
Guards found 44-year-old Wilfredo Galindez unconscious Wednesday in a holding cell at the Bronx County Courthouse.
He was later pronounced dead at Lincoln Hospital.
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly says three other prisoners attacked Galindez because they thought he was helping police officers.
But Kelly says it's not clear whether Galindez died of his injuries or for other reasons.
The Department of Correction says Galindez may have suffered a seizure.
eya NC!
good to have ya back!
I wish Sam Seder and everyone associated with the show the best. I am sorry to hear about this, but I thought that AAR's morning shows have had problems getting live play on many of its affiliates. (AAR has been through more management changes and line up changes than a Chicago baseball team in a bad season.)
So, I think Sam should be given credit for sticking with AAR through many changes and I hope that his new Sunday show will do well. As for the management, I would like an explanation and some idea of their vision for the network. I do like many of the shows, but I also like some other progressive talk show hosts.
Sam should be proud of what he, Janeane and others have done in the past three years. Similarly, this community should be proud of how it has supported Sam and Janeane. So, I wish Sam, everyone at the show, and everyone here the best.
"NEWS CONSUMER" said...
Driver struck by stray bullet in the Bronx
Thom's guest just said 'just think about Africa'. Please don't. You know nothing about Africa. You know less about Africa, than you knew about Iraq, while reading the mainstream press. Beef up on Zimbabwe here:
US reveals its efforts to topple Mugabe regime
· State department tells of regime change strategy
· Washington funded opposition activities
Ewen MacAskill in Washington
Friday April 6, 2007
The Guardian
The US admitted openly for the first time yesterday that it was actively working to undermine Robert Mugabe, the president of Zimbabwe.
Although officially Washington does not support regime change, a US state department report published yesterday acknowledged that it was supporting opposition politicians in the country and others critical of Mr Mugabe.
The state department also admitted sponsoring events aimed at "discrediting" statements made by Mr Mugabe's government.
Read on, here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/0,,2051629,00.html
"NEWS CONSUMER" said...
I'm around..
Just busy that's all.
bbl -
http://blatherwatch.blogs.com said...
Air America pulls the plug on Sam Seder
Sadly, it's true this time: Friday the 13th of April is the last day for the Sam Seder Show as we know it.
Seder's been at the troubled Air America from the beginning. A close-in source says he'll probably take a Sunday afternoon show as a consolation prize.
"It's like a gold watch," she said. "Besides, they'd owe him a shit load of severance."
Who's next in the 9a-12p (East coast) time slot? Mark Green told the staff Thursday that the person hadn't been locked in, but should be by Monday or Tuesday.
"We think," he said brightly to the troubled assemblage, "you'll love the replacement."
It's been a death of a thousand cuts- not great for a slasher film plot, but serves a passive-aggressive (read chicken shit) executive AAR executive well.
In February, chief operating officer Scott Elberg, the network's corporate Jason Voorhees, and sixth CEO in three years, slashed Seder's budget and salary by 40%.
Elberg is a veteran radio guy, and was the last AAR man standing after the bankruptcy. Many however, say Elberg simply doesn't even believe in the liberal talk format.
"He voted for Bush in 2000 and 2004," staffers grumble.
Elberg never worked in a network or in syndication, they say, "He's a sales manager."
The whole deal is mysterious. It's not based on data because there isn't much- there's been no full book since Seder inherited in September from Jerry Springer, who'd bled ratings from that key anchoring position before he was finally fired.
It's not that Seder lost affiliates-of the twenty two stations Seder got from Springer, he lost nine when he took over- eight of which were lost because stations dumped the format, and the ninth, KTRC in Santa Fe actually flipped back after two months. He picked up a few more- his affiliates now number 16.
New owner, Mark Green reportedly told people he wanted "less substance" in the 9-ta-noon timeslot. Hence they offered it, to no avail to comedian Marc Maron, and tried unsuccessfully to get Jones Radio's Stephanie Miller with her comedic format.
Many think Elberg is enamored with Free FM "hot talk," the testosteronic, hyper-sexual audio foreplay like Anthony & Opie, or The Radio Chick except he have it with politics- a coupling of hot libs with hot libidos in sweaty, partisan, lizard-brain, 9-ta-noon, weekdaily orgies.
"I think he [Elberg] thought Maron could morph into that," says one staffer, "and when Maron balked, he'd gotten himself in a position he couldn't back off of- that there was something wrong with Sam's program."
Elberg really wanted Maron back on; and, says a staffer, he first tried to can Randi Rhodes, "but the minority partners refused to let him."
AAR may try to blame Sam Seder saying it's poor performance- not unlike the Bushies firing of the U.S. Attorneys for incompetence that turned out to be apocryphal.
But Air America's problems have never been with the product- Jerry Springer was the only real programming failure- the real fuck-up is that they never figured out how to monetize liberal talk.
It can be done because Jones Radio, (Stephanie Miller, Ed Shultz, Bill Press) is doing it.
Sam Seder, 40, is a talented guy- a comedian, writer, author, actor, film director, television producer-director and we're sure he'll never not make a good living. We sure hope he'll stay in radio- he's smart, glib, funny, and well-connected.
As listeners and progressives, Seder's firing portends worse for Air America than it does for him.
April 6, 2007 10:25 AM
Zimbabwe: Where truth should not get in the way of 'good copy'
Posted: Friday, April 6, 2007
By Peter Mavunga
The Herald
THE British government and Western media campaign against Zimbabwe is notable for its rabid bias; what is said or written has no concern for the truth or balance, that is getting the other side's point of view. It has a single-minded pre-occupation with demonising Zimbabwe and propping up the opposition, especially Morgan Tsvangirai, well above his station.
Zimbabwe: Workers now aware of ZCTU's irrelevance
Posted: Friday, April 6, 2007
The Herald
EDITOR — Let me take this opportunity to congratulate all the progressive workers of Zimbabwe for ignoring ill-conceived calls for a stayaway called this week by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions.
The long-suffering workers have long realised that one can not solve anything by staying away from work.
They also now know that the labour body long deviated from its mandate of representing and articulating workers’ interests in pursuit of a political agenda.
I guess this blog will be next to dry up and blow away. With no link to a show it will be orphaned. Not that it matters really. There are thousand of little meeting places on the web. This has never really been more than that.
Shameless Blog plug time:
toniD's Ya Think?
Analyzing the "incredible shrinking presidency" of George W. Bush
by Joe Sudbay (DC) · 4/06/2007
Reuters:
With George W. Bush struggling to stay relevant in his final 22 months in the White House, his administration is looking more and more like the incredible shrinking presidency.
He finds himself increasingly hemmed in by public approval ratings stuck in the low 30 percent range, a hostile Democratic majority in Congress and an unpopular war that has eroded his credibility at home and abroad.
"The real danger is that the president becomes politically irrelevant, that he presides instead of leads," said Terry Madonna, a political scientist at Franklin and Marshall College in Pennsylvania.
Actually, the real danger is that Bush is the President.
LINK
Seder's last day is Friday the 13th
As fans are wondering what the heck is going on with Sam Seder's morning show on Air America Radio, BlatherWatch is reporting that Seder has indeed been given his walking papers, and will conclude his show next Friday. Seder also confirmed the end of his weekday show. He is likely take a Sunday afternoon gig with the network.
Allegedly, the network already has a replacement lined up, expected to be signed by early next week.
According to BlatherWatch, Mark Green told the staff Thursday that the person hadn't been locked in, but should be by Monday or Tuesday.
"We think," he said brightly to the troubled assemblage, "you'll love the replacement."
It is also reported that COO Scott Elberg has been giving Seder the Office Space Milton treatment as of late, going so far as to slash his budget and salary by 40% in recent months. No word on whether any red staplers are involved.
New owner, Mark Green reportedly told people he wanted "less substance" in the 9-ta-noon time slot. Hence they made a sloppy attempt to offer it Marc Maron, and tried unsuccessfully to obtain Jones Radio's Stephanie Miller.
It sounds as if they want to go in a lighter direction for a replacement, to better compete against the Miller juggernaut. The network's initial offering in the time slot, Unfiltered, never caught on, and Jerry Springer was basically a cheap, available option, since it was really just a Clear Channel show that was brought to Air America to help syndicate.
So, sometime next week, we should know who will take over Seder's slot. Many listeners are speculating that Mark Green himself will take the slot, but I just don't see it happening. Look for an established radio person to take over.
http://ltradio.blogspot.com/2007/04/seders-last-day-is-friday-13th.html
Drugs smuggled in vibrator
A Ukrainian woman was arrested after customs officers caught her trying to smuggle drugs inside a vibrator.
Svetlana Ivanyshka, 26, was asked to open her suitcases at Kiev airport after guards got a tip off that a young woman on her flight from New Delhi was carrying drugs.
They found a bag of hashish stuffed in the sex toy's battery compartment.
A border police spokesman said: "She told us that she had put the drugs in a vibrator because she thought no one would ever think of touching it, let alone looking inside it.
"She was obviously unaware of how thorough our officers are in their searches."
things take on a life of their own sometimes.
this is a superb community all things considered.
I think we need this rant right now! Especially after what the media is saying about Pelosi....
Watch it:
Link
Man files claim after wrong testicle is removed at VA hospital in Los Angeles
- An Air Force veteran has filed a federal claim after an operation at a Veterans Administration hospital in which a healthy testicle was removed instead of a potentially cancerous one.
Benjamin Houghton, 47, was to have had his left testicle removed June 14 at the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center because there was a chance it could harbor cancer cells. It also was atrophied and painful.
But doctors mistakenly removed the right testicle, according to medical records and the claim, which seeks $200,000 for future care and unspecified damages. He still hasn't had the other testicle removed.
"At first I thought it was a joke," Houghton told the Los Angeles Times. "Then I was shocked. I told them, 'What do I do now?'"
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The theme for today is submerged democracy.
What this means is that despite the raging opposition to Bush and his illegal and immoral occupation of Iraq the Democrats keep enabling the mess to continue.
For example, Nancy Pelosi says that impeachment is off the table. In response (see the photo above) citizens turned out by the thousands in her district on a San Francisco beach to call for impeachment hearings.
Pelosi, supposedly the liberal who was going to change things once the Dems took power, had this to say yesterday in the New York Times: "There is no division in policy between us and President Bush -- be it on Israel, Palestine or Syria," Pelosi told reporters at the Damascus Airport after concluding her meetings with Syria's president.
One can only assume she refers to Iraq too as we watched her recently lead the $124 billion war supplemental through the House. Many arms were twisted to make sure that funding for Bush's war continues. (Fortunately for us in Maine Rep. Mike Michaud from the 2nd district was one of the few with enough courage to vote against the war funding bill.)
Here in Maine, in today's Portland Press Herald, we see the leader of a liberal social justice group criticizing Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) for voting against the Democratic party war funding bill in the Senate.
Jessie Graham, executive director of the Maine People's Alliance, was unhappy with the senator's vote.
"We were disappointed last week that Senator Collins, when given the opportunity to vote for legislation that provided funding for the troops in Iraq as well as a plan for withdrawal, voted nay," Graham said.
The Maine People's Alliance (MPA) has not been involved in anti-war work in Maine during the past four years that I have been here. But just recently the group has been holding news conferences around the state to support the Democratic Party position on the supplemental bill that just passed. They've taken out TV ads to blast Sen. Collins (who is a total war supporter) for not voting with the Dems.
But the truth is that the MPA's champion, Rep. Tom Allen (D-ME) who is planning to announce next month that he will be running against Collins for her senate seat, has his hands deep in the pasta.
Rep. Allen just voted to fund the $124 billion Iraq occupation supplemental. In fact he's voted eight straight times to fund Bush's war. So he is doing the very same thing that he, and the Democratic Party controlled MPA, criticize Sen. Collins for doing - supporting the war. The truth is that both Collins and Allen are wrong!
This is how the public has become so cynical. Real discussion, real debate, real democracy, real differences have been submerged. Political integrity has been drowned. You have organizations like MPA that say they are against the war now undercutting the peace movement in Maine by going out and supporting politicians who keep voting to fund the war. And they do it because they want the Dems to take power. That's all that matters.
So the truth gets submerged. It gets destroyed in the process. And groups like MPA become agents of politicians and give up their roles as representatives of the people. Maybe they do it because they get extra funding to support the Dems. Maybe they do it because they think they will have a "special relationship" with the Dems.
Either way, in the end, what happens is that the movements to end war become fragmented and the public becomes very confused about what is going on. And few want to publicly speak about the confusion for fear they will be accused of being disloyal to the Democrats.
Howard Zinn said it very well last week after MoveOn sold out the peace movement by coming to the aid of the Democrats just before the vote on the $124 billion supplemental. Zinn wrote, "When a social movement adopts the compromises of legislators, it has forgotten its role, which is to push and challenge the politicians, not to fall in meekly behind them. We who protest the war are not politicians. We are citizens. Whatever politicians may do, let them first feel the full force of citizens who speak for what is right, not for what is winnable, in a shamefully timorous Congress. Timetables for withdrawal are not only morally reprehensible in the case of a brutal occupation (would you give a thug who invaded your house, smashed everything in sight, and terrorized your children a timetable for withdrawal?) but logically nonsensical. If our troops are preventing civil war, helping people, controlling violence, then why withdraw at all? If they are in fact doing the opposite—provoking civil war, hurting people, perpetuating violence—they should withdraw as quickly as ships and planes can carry them home."
The Democrats, MoveOn, and MPA say withdraw sometime in late 2008. But in fact, at this very moment, the Democrats in Congress are working on the fiscal year 2008 supplemental for Iraq and they want to provide Bush with $145 billion.
The occupation of Iraq will not end until the truth can surface in Maine and around the nation. A submerged democracy is a dead democracy.
posted by Bruce Gagnon
one of the characteristics of AAR has always been ignoring the listeners.
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Exactly, Sunny.
Now that's a good business model, no? Feh...
But, if Sammer gets his Sunday show I'll still be a faithful Sammy listener.
bbl~
I guess this is the end of line for the old Air America. It was a long road. All the old voices gone all the old posters gone. I never thought it would come to this kind of end when I heard the first show.
they want to crash AAR eventually.
they've shown their hand frequently.
i'm hoping the spirit of the fans lives on.
It all comes down to losing 43 million dollars trying to make the old ship float. No one can sustain those loses. What else could you do but retool? AAR only has enough listeners now to lose money.
That post said Sam was down to 16 stations? No wonder things suck. I thought they had hundreds of stations!
All the old voices gone all the old posters gone."
as you know i've read the whole blog and continue to do so for various reasons.
we still have most of our posters and some new ones as well.
if we had a reliable blog, we'd have our usual high numbers. (300-400 different unique bloggers per week)
total failures of the old blog engine for over a day number in the dozens and extended for over a week more than once.
"Takes a licking and keeps on ticking!"
Well it really doesn't matter. There are lots of other active and growing liberal sites to take up the slack. This place may be on the ropes, but others sites are thriving and welcome new blood. To move up one must move on.
they never meant for this network to succeed OR get away from their control.
it's been obvious and well documented for years.
it made waves despite the ridiculous mgmt. decisions.
they figgered this was a safety valve that was needed to keep dissidence under control and monitored, that they could control.
was obvious they had that in mind immediately when they got it from the drobneys.
i poked into every detail i could and there are SO many scams it became surrealistic.
so for the nit pickers lemme say this.
the blog has a life of it's own that it shares with the show.
the network brass never participated or showed any interest in dealing with us.
and that's the tip off.
gotta know your customers when you're in business...
Vader's still at it ... doesn't he realize we know the real truth by now?
WASHINGTON — Vice President Dick Cheney repeated his assertions of al-Qaida links to Saddam Hussein's Iraq on Thursday as the Defense Department released a report citing more evidence that the prewar government did not cooperate with the terrorist group.
...
[A] declassified Pentagon report released Thursday said that interrogations of the deposed Iraqi leader and two of his former aides as well as seized Iraqi documents confirmed that the terrorist organization and the Saddam government were not working together before the invasion.
The Sept. 11 Commission's 2004 report also found no evidence of a collaborative relationship between Saddam and Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network during that period.
Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, had requested that the Pentagon declassify the report prepared by acting Defense Department Inspector General Thomas F. Gimble. In a statement Thursday, Levin said the declassified document showed why a Defense Department investigation had concluded that some Pentagon prewar intelligence work was inappropriate.
LINK
i'm already at those other sites.
and all of this matters.
evolve or die is very
relevant though.
gotta know your customers when you're in business...
April 6, 2007 2:50 PM
yeah, jim.
like the bear said to the hunter when he was forcing the hunter to blow him:
"You're not in this for the sport anymore, are you?"
eya GBC.
Vader goes beyond ludicrous.
all of them absolutely desperate to
keep all these scams they're juggling in the air.
eya BB
love ya dearheart!
you got class, courage and yer wicked pisser funny.
I don't think everything comes down to scams. I don't think they set out to lose a shitload of their money. You try things and sometimes they don't work. When Sam goes off it won't create a ripple. Life goes on without a hitch.
want to do a comedy routine together sometime?
I just put up a post about Sam on my blog. If you get a chance, please read and please leave comments. Thanks
Bad News! For me anyway. Sam Seder Show cancelled at Air America Radio
josh
i love ya in general as a matter of principle.
but the evidence indicates otherwise, mostly, and i saved it all.
we're pretty good at digging up the facts and we were'nt sleeping through this. parts of it were and are an obvious scam.
other things to do,
love ya all.
Today is Cliff Clavin's 59th birthday.
He asked me to send you this....
Beginning in late April early May, a Nuthatch pair begins excavating a cavity nest in a dead tree. The nest site can be anywhere from 5 to 100 feet above ground. Although 15 feet above ground is about average. Sometimes uses bird houses.
Inside the cavity, bark strips, grass and plant fibers are placed at the bottom for nesting materials.
An interesting note about the Red-breasted Nuthatch is their habit of placing droplets of resin, or pitch, from balsam fir, or pine trees to smear around the entrance hole of the nesting site.
This practice continues throughout the nesting phase, resulting in an area sometimes 2 inches or more smeared with the sticky substance.
The reason for doing this is really unknown.
Speculation is to keep ants and small mammals from entering.
The Nuthatches themselves are able to fly straight into the hole without being affected by the pitch.
The female lays 4 - 7 eggs that are white and finely spotted with brown. Incubation last about 12 days. Sources differ on whether the female or both sexes incubate. The young leave the nest 18 - 21 days after hatching.
toniD said...
Friday, April 06, 2007
Seder's last day is Friday the 13th
As fans are wondering what the heck is going on with Sam Seder's morning show on Air America Radio, BlatherWatch is reporting that Seder has indeed been given his walking papers, and will conclude his show next Friday. Seder also confirmed the end of his weekday show. He is likely take a Sunday afternoon gig with the network.
Do you think Sam will update the look ofhis blog, or keep it that same, you know, a blonde Janeane, call it "Majority Report, etc? That would be funny.
Released sailors tell of ordeal
Royal Navy personnel seized by Iran were blindfolded, bound and held in isolation during their captivity.
From the BBC
I am sure you have the goods. There is always one in the pack. But none the less, someone new will lead the charge for a while and then they too will be measured to see how they did. It's called radio.
Almost 40 years ago, while running for President, Robert Kennedy made a speech in which he addressed the White House's proposal for a "troop surge" in Vietnam. Now, his son, Robert Kennedy Jr., brings our attention back to these words. Sadly, they are as fresh and relevant today as they were then as we find ourselves once more engaged in a bloody quagmire that seems without end or solution.
LINK
"There is always one in the pack."
FOAD asshole.
SJ has paid his dues and earned our trust. I think he's absolutely spot on. You on the other hand are mainly hot air and specious blather.
re American Idol
Since nothing seems more important to Keith and Joe than the bogus American Idol brouhaha these days I taped this week and finally watched the 9 crooners last night.
Knock me over with a tiny feather. All this nonsense uproar over that cute little Sanjaya (had to google his name ;) who sings so much worse supposedly than the rest yaddayadda ... and how he singlehandedly endangers the show?
Yawnyawnyawn at the TV blowhards and their helpful AI analysts ..... and rolling eyes smilie, too, please. After watching the boring lot I am completely d'accord with Tony Bennett (sp.). Sanjaya is one cute little performer and when he took the stage ... well, it was like a shot of adrenaline which I and more so the show urgently needed. The "judges" acted like total nitwits.
Has there ever been a less attractive lot than these "idols" this year? I didn't see the first Idol year so maybe they did beat this year's crop in the sorry look and talent department ...
Give me San any time. And I am not kidding. Heck. I might even start voting for him.
I needed this. Cause been a bit of a nervous wreck lately. GO Sanjaya! LOL
Seal Hunt Observers Document Gruesome Killing
After days of delays and searching for surviving seal pups, The HSUS documented sealers in the acts of shooting and clubbing seal pups, slaughtering seals as young as three weeks old. Sealers then hooked the pups, dragged them across the ice, skinned them on the decks of their boats, and threw their small bodies back onto ice and into the sea.
"They killed every single seal pup they found," said Rebecca Aldworth, The HSUS director of Canadian wildlife issues. Aldworth, who grew up in Newfoundland and has observed the hunt for nine years, watched the gruesome scenes from helicopter.
Only seven boats were spotted by The HSUS operating in the northern Gulf of St. Lawrence, but the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans said that 15 were operating, likely killing several thousand of the scarce seal pups today. Sealers have been killing seals in the northern Gulf since April 4.
LINK
Sign the Pledge
Bridge, it's odd that you would say all that about Idol seeing that Melinda Doolittle is by far...t he most talented person to ever appear on that show.
I'll bet you money today that Melinda Doolittle is going to be a huge star in the music business..regardless of her appearance which you seemed to not be impressed by,
Bridge...to make my point, I ask you to give a couple of minutes and watch this...just in case you missed it. Fasten your seatbelt!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nCGGfC7pwZ8
thanks, toniD,
saw the Sam posts :(
And knock me over with another micro feather re the following:
"Elberg is a veteran radio guy, and was the last AAR man standing after the bankruptcy. Many however, say Elberg simply doesn't even believe in the liberal talk format.
"He voted for Bush in 2000 and 2004," staffers grumble."
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Hi tv said,
wishing Melinda all the best and hope she makes tons of dollars along with the rest of the gang. Go San :)
Off to work.
Later!
P.S.
thanks for the link
I'll watch it later and report back :)
bye
Wow.
"Less substance....."
The sole reason I started listening to the Majority Report was for..... substance. If I wanted substance free radio, I'd tune into Howard fu%@ing Stern or I dunno..... Tom Leykis?
For Christ sakes Air America, instead of shuffling the lineup and kicking to the curb your best talent, how bout we chill... and not break up what isn't broke?
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And what's the deal with "less substance" anyway? How was that determined? Some talkers magazine industry focus group? Or was it one particular person's brilliant idea?
SAVE SAM SEDER! by Edgewater Joe
Fri Apr 06, 2007 at 11:47:16 AM PDT
I'm stunned this hasn't gotten to Daily Kos, especially with Markos on the air every week, but according to blog reports -- and apparently confirmed by Sam Seder himself on the webcam telecast -- the brainiacs at Air America will be axing Sam as of next Friday.
* Edgewater Joe's diary :: ::
*
The whole sordid story can be found here:
http://blatherwatch.blogs.com/...
And, on the Seder Show blogs, it was apparently confirmed as well. DemoUnderground has started blogging about it, and I welcome someone else to do more digging and update this post (and maybe see if Markos himself can give a call to Mark Green).
The "official word" may be Monday, and I wouldn't be surprised if Randi says something (she did when AAR canned Malloy), so it's time to swamp AAR's servers.
comments@airamericaradio.com
Go forth, folks.
Fractured arrows and the whole truth.
April 6-8, 2007 -- The CIA's Counter-Proliferation Division (CPD) and British intelligence have evidence that then-Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney lost three nuclear weapons in 1991. This was later used as a pretext to create the phony Niger yellowcake uranium story in the event the nukes showed up in Iraqi hands. At least one of the nukes, however, ended up in the hands of North Korea. WMR has been told by a well-placed intelligence source in Britain that in early February 1991, the Pentagon sent out an emergency message rarely seen: three "Broken Arrows," or lost nuclear weapons in U.S. possession, were jettisoned in the Indian Ocean by a U.S. Air Force B-52, which had caught fire en route from Diego Garcia with three weapons of mass destruction being transported from South Africa after that nation began dismantling its nuclear weapons program. On a return emergency route back to the U.S. base on Diego Garcia, the crew of the aircraft disposed of the bombs to avoid a cook off of their heat-triggered fuses. The B-52 later crashed. The three bombs landed in shallow waters off the Somali coast. Rather than retrieve the weapons, Cheney and the Bush I administration sat on their hands. In May 1991, the bombs were allegedly recovered by mercenaries working for Zimbabwean arms dealer John Bredenkamp, who is close to the regime of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe. The North Koreans have had a long standing military relationship with Mugabe and Bredenkamp.
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waynemadsenreport.com
Hang Up on War, by Amy Goodman
If you are upset that Congress won’t defund the war in Iraq, there’s something you can do: Stop paying a tax. Legally.
The Internal Revenue Service is giving a rebate this year on a telephone war tax. This is one of those line items at the bottom of your phone bill. The tax was instituted in 1898 to help the United States pay for the Spanish-American War. Individuals and businesses have one chance to obtain a refund on this telephone war tax, by asking for it in their 2006 income tax returns.
Remarkably, the Internal Revenue Service has made it easy to request the refund, yet IRS Commissioner Mark Everson says that many taxpayers are overlooking it. Obtaining the refund is easy. But first, a little history.
The Spanish-American War lasted from April to August of 1898 and was predicated on a U.S. government demand that Spain abandon its colony in Cuba, which the U.S. subsequently occupied. By the end of 1898, the United States had also taken over the Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico.
The war was also used as an official pretext to take over Hawaii. The Senate debated over the annexation in secret, some arguing for total annexation, others for just Pearl Harbor. Sen. Richard Pettigrew of South Dakota derided the annexation plan as money “thrown away in the interest of a few sugar planters and adventurers in Hawaii.” Military bases and raw materials—sound familiar?
The telephone tax was instituted as part of the War Revenue Bill, which expanded the government’s ability to collect taxes, ostensibly to pay for the war. As with the myriad controversial “pork” items added to the recent Iraq war funding authorization, the 1898 bill was the subject of scores of amendments that benefited big business. These included tax breaks for powerful industries like the insurance companies and tobacco dealers.
The telephone tax of 1 cent per call targeted the wealthy, who were generally the only ones who had telephone access in 1898. After the war, the tax was eventually raised to 3 percent. Since the Vietnam War, it has been the target of war tax resisters, people who refuse to pay taxes because they do not want to fund war.
Tax resistance has a long history. Henry David Thoreau promoted it in his essay “Civil Disobedience” to fight slavery: “If a thousand men were not to pay their tax bills this year, that would not be a violent and bloody measure, as it would be to pay them, and enable the State to commit violence and shed innocent blood.” The IRS has vigorously targeted full-fledged tax resisters—ranging from those refusing to pay the Pentagon’s percentage of their taxes, to those who outright refuse to pay anything to the government—making an example of them by garnishing wages, sending them to prison for tax evasion and confiscating their homes.
Tax resisters figured out that they could protest the telephone tax simply by writing their checks to the phone company, withholding the amount of the tax. The IRS deemed the collection of the tax too expensive, relative to the small amount of the tax itself. According to the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee, early collection efforts by the IRS included the auctioning of Jim Glock’s bicycle for $22 in 1973 and of George and Lillian Willoughby’s VW Bug in 1971 for $123 (in 2004, Lillian, at 89, with the support of her husband, George, 94, was jailed for protesting the Iraq war).
Court losses convinced the IRS to dump the telephone war tax in 2006 and to offer the retroactive rebate for phone taxes paid between March 1, 2003, and July 31, 2006. Typical refunds will be between $30 and $60. Ironically, while the IRS has dropped the tax on long-distance and “bundled” services, like high-speed Internet, the tax remains for older, standard local phone services and rental of equipment that enables the disabled to use phones. Thus, this tax on the rich is now a tax on the poor. Congressman John Lewis, D-Ga., has submitted a bill to permanently wipe this remnant clean. Two-thirds of the bill’s co-sponsors are anti-tax Republicans, so Democrats might be leery about passing it.
The website, www.refundsforgood.org, lists step-by-step instructions on how to recoup the telephone tax rebate, and recommends donating it to charity.
While Congress and President Bush trade barbs over war funding, with a simple check mark on your tax return you can help to defund the war. Claim your telephone tax rebate. Let the Pentagon hold a bake sale.
Amy Goodman is the host of “Democracy Now!,” a daily international TV/radio news hour airing on 500 stations in North America.
© 2007 Amy Goodman
Amy Goodman wins prestigious Gracie Allen Award - for Individual Achievement for a Program Host in Public Broadcasting, from the American Women in Radio and Television
I think the majority of bloggers drifted away when the old blog kept frakkin' up and none of the powers-that-be took the time to fix it, or allow anyone else to do it for them.
That kinda sucked when you think about how that looks to the bloggers, who bought books, called in, sent emails, followed through with requests to email, call, etc.
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anna said...
I guess this is the end of line for the old Air America. It was a long road. All the old voices gone all the old posters gone. I never thought it would come to this kind of end when I heard the first show.
April 6, 2007 2:27 PM
Congrats to Amy Goodman - She is such a fighter.
yar.
We made Amy a blog saint a coupla years ago.
well deserved.
plus she's really nice.
Just leaving for work but just heard this on CNN...
Monica, taking the 5th, Goodling is resigning.
eya gang,
Josh has the exact same riff as Syna.
i make it a point to ignore demands like his. i don't care what he thinks. period.
some of you know me, i've been at AAR since day one. i read most of the show blogs and all of Sam's blog. all 5000+ of them.
some ignorant statements above that have no connection to what really happened.
generalization and plain BS on a few of them.
sparky don't know his ass from a hole in the ground for example.
"the liberal talk format is DOA. it is melting away. you guys can sit around and argue about the fine points and the persecution of your snotty liberal NY friends who keep getting fired, but the fact is, nobody is listening but you."
gimme a break.
what has'nt been mentioned are that the blog communities are still around and doing fine.
Al's gang doin just fine. Morning sedition still getting together too. so there are real communities that formed and have stayed intact despite efforts to prevent that happening. just heard from Lizz lately too.
the network is corporate mismanagement at it's worst, but the bloggie communities that came out of the shows are impressive.
and that's where the rubber meets the road on this issue.
eya Csea!
best wishes to you!
good to read ya, we all miss you when your not here.
Congrats, Amy :)
--
"People meeting for the first time suddenly relax if they find they both have cats."
Charlotte Gray
You're right, Jimmie, it's not Liberal Talk radio that has the problems, there's a nitch for everything. Any so-called capitalist will tell you it's about marketing your product. The problem with AAR is that the business suits have their heads up their collective arses. It has nothing to do with the message, it's the business decisions made that can fuck it all up.
And everyone knows you have read every thread. It's kinda weird, but it is a fact.
;-P
today marks exactly three years i've been here and i don't regret a minute of it.
thanks for keeping me company and i love you all!
(even the poopie-pants rightwing psychotic totally clueless trolls)
Thanks Jim, some big changes on my end, and I'm needing to spend more time at work also. This is all good, except I don't have as much time to call my own now.
The whole fam damily is upset about the end of Sam's show. We're going to have to get the Nova M skills here.
What will happen to the Blog?
"And everyone knows you have read every thread. It's kinda weird, but it is a fact."
ya...
when we started i realised that many of the comments were going unread.
i figgered if somebody cared enough to overcome social inertia and make a comment SOMEBODY should care enough to read what they had to say.
that's why i did it.
overall it was a tremendous opportunity to see what people were thinking and writing and i have been richly rewarded in gained insight and knowledge.
made a lot of friends too, and that really made it worthwhile.
basically i give a shit and i have the ability to do something about it!
(it ain't all that easy either)
hiya Crank, long time no see, if ever.
Cathy in Seattle
This is the end... ♪ Beautiful friend
My only friend, the end
Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
I'll never look into your eyes...again
~as the snot drips from my nose
eya Mimi!
the blog goes on if you want it to.
Sam said he's looking forward to being here more often.
i came for the radio shows originally, and stayed because of the blogs.
hi ono...
I don't get to listen to the show, but... Sam said he was going to blog here more?
well Csea,
you know my phone number.
yer always welcome to hang out up here with husbot.
hello, dead lilith
hello, dead blog
The killer awoke before dawn, he put his boots on
He took a face from the ancient gallery
And he walked on down the hall
: )
He took a face from the ancient gallery
ooo... love that...
Sunshine Jim, you are the best soul. Thanks for the insight. It's sometimes like jumping onto a moving rollercoaster. You guide the peeps.
""Said another way, "mass media" has a lot of flaws but there ain't anyone else on whom we can rely to bring the bad shit to light.""
beg to differ, we is da media.
and we're dam good at getting the word out.
mimi's right. Jim is the blog cheerleader/guiding light.
Cmon baby, take a chance with us
And meet me at the back of the blue bus
~(The end of laughter and soft lies)~
the great thing is, we all exist in the real world, and can make a difference in it by using the knowledge we've gained through the blog.
at least, i know I'm about a million times more informed on what i need to be, than i was three years ago when i whined my way onto the blog.
thanks to everyone here.
tanks Mimi!
i purrs when i is complimented!
truth is i'm just another bozo on the bus.
we're all in this together whether we like it or not.
it just happens that i'm a good bus mechanic and i found the best stickum for rubber noses.
The crank is long, seven miles
Ride the eel...he's old, and his skin is cold
: )
Does Sam intend to keep this blog spot up after his show's demise? Does anyone know?
AO
is coital sand at the beach,
ants at yer picnic,
and goofy farts.
all part of
life and
neccessary.
It's was pretty lonely in education world back, in the day. You can only imagine what life was like with NY Post reading history teachers. Their eyes would bug and veins pop if anyone said this President Accident was wrong. Then Sam and Janeane and Marc and all the saints arrived. The blog meant we weren't alone in the corporate media hell. My favorite Sam thing was to jam AdamNag@NYTimes.com. Oh, the good times.
Not to touch the earth
Not to see the sun
Nothing left to do, but
Run, run, run
Let's run
Hi Guys .. Toni just emailed me about the show. I am very sorry to hear this. I hope Sam can keep the blog up and running for you all.
You guys are in my thoughts!
Sam posted.
he's looking forward to bloggin.
promises repairs too!
the sweet talkin
ol snort.
//Does anyone know?//
only toni knows!!
and she ain't spilling any beans this morning, sugar
(~This is the end~)
they're fastened firmly to her pert tits
CNN.com:
Bloomberg criticizes presidential primary schedule
NEW YORK (AP) -- Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who is mentioned as a possible 2008 independent candidate for the White House, said Friday that the presidential primary schedule is flawed and suggested the federal government should take over and change it.
snip
Sam,
as long as you're in NY, you need to pay attention to NY politics and news makers as it/they will have more influence in the 2008 presidential election than many might initially expect.
former NYC Mayor R. Giuliani
Senator H. Clinton
Senator C. Schumer
NYC Mayor M. Bloomberg
Gov. E. Spitzer
?former Gov. Pataki?
Mark Green/AAR/ Unity08
peaches
.
Wil!
Dar Happy Dance!
we miss you!
breaking news c/o randi rhodes:
msm is reporting that iranian conduct with the british hostages might have broken the geneva conventions.
does anybody have a road map back to the moral high ground?
they'll be no more ono in your pants
no more willow on your pillow
no crank to spank
nothing!
(~This is the end~)
eya crnkr!
(got er in two,
exactly what i had in the back of my mind,
like an ol vintage racer under 60 years of burlap bags and old roof tin in a weedy corner of the old neighborhood gas station.)
//Cell phones are like a Zapruder camera lurking everywhere.//
after much deliberation...
stfu!
you conspiracy nut
we all know jfk was taken out by a squirrel
they'll be no more ono in your pants
no more willow on your pillow
no crank to spank
nothing!
(~This is the end~)""
ummm...
needs a touch of hysteria...
lil garlic maybe
and some wine.
still got a week to go, don't peak too early.
Got Pot?
"Ignore the screaming"
a small engraved sign on my cellar door...
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