Air America Attacks Radio Station Owner: "We're going to slam Liu’s head in a car door"

Err Amerikka ^

[GulliverSwift]

The Sludge Report

After just two weeks on the air, Air America Radio, the fledgling liberal talk-radio network featuring Al Franken, Janeane Garofalo, and that really loud woman from Florida, appears to have encountered serious cash-flow problems. Stop the presses!!! There’s nothing more exciting than half a story from a third hand source!!!! Insiders tell SLUDGE, that the reason the network was pulled off the air this morning in Chicago and Los Angeles, the network's second- and third-largest markets, was because, the owner of both stations, Arthur Liu of Multicultural Broadcasting, said, the network bounced a check and owes him more than $1 million! The run-on sentence, tortured grammar and the exclamation point clearly means it’s true!! Only it isn’t. Normally we’d let this go because “habitual liars” like Drudge are laughable, and ridicule is our business. But Arthur Liu --- not funny. He lied to us, he ripped us off and now we’re chasing him down with a pipe wrench. It’s a metaphor. Here’s what really happened: This Liu-ser was ripping off our boss Evan Cohen big time (he can’t do that, that’s our job). Evan found out about it and he stopped payment on a check to keep Liu-cifer from ripping him off even more. You can touch Evan for the occasional meal or drinks but a million bucks is crossing the line. And if we ever get low on cash, we can always call Barbra Streisand. Or any of the Baldwins. Except Stephen. So we got screwed, Liu’d, and tattooed. How Liu can you get? In Liu of payment. Liu’d and lascivious behavior. These write themselves. What we’re getting at is that we hate him. So now everyone’s saying we’re going down the dumper in Chicago and Los Angeles, but what they don’t tell you is that we’re still on in Portland. And we OWN Portland. And let’s not forget Riverside and Plattsburgh. And New York. And streaming on the internet. And XM. And Sirius. Actually we’re fine. So cool your jets. Air America Radio isn’t dead, we’re in court and we’re going to slam Liu’s head in a car door. Another metaphor. We hope to be back on the air tomorrow or the next day in those markets. In the meantime, why don’t you give Arthur a call at (212)966-1059, or check out his website www.mrbi.net Arthur Liu, I wouldn’t show your face around here. Or Riverside. Or Plattsburgh. DEVELOPING…… .

[MrB]

An Asian is not a true minority because they don't need the Democrats in order to survive.

In fact, Census data (boortz) shows that "White" average household income was 47k while Asian ahi was 52.6k.

And as for "chasing with a pipe wrench" and "slamming his head in a car door" being "a metaphor" -

it strikes me of a kid who calls a parent a totally inappropriate word, and then says "just kidding!"

It doesn't wash.

[GulliverSwift]

I'm glad, and I hope they never, have political power in any meaningful way. These people have no idea how to think in a moderate way. Why can't they just say, "We don't like Lui," or even "Lui is a right-wing." That's far different from this crazy, immature car door nonsense.

[KellyAdmirer]

What we’re getting at is that we hate him.

This seems to be what the liberals do best. It's funny watching them trying to ape being macho, they can't quite pull it off, kind of like Barney Fife trying to putting everyone in town in jail.

[admiralsn]

Typical liberal reaction- hatred and violence. Next you know they'll be wanting to "put him up against a wall and ..."

[GulliverSwift]

Arthur Liu, I wouldn’t show your face around here.

What are they trying to say?

I'm sure they justify these comments by saying, "Well, the terrorists do it!"

[Not A Snowbird]

And we OWN Portland.

LOL! That's not saying much, is it? Portland is almost as bad as San Francisco for brainless liberal drivel.

[newgeezer]

Sho' nuff is a lot o' chatter about Err Amerika on the FR today.

[My2Cents]

Yeah, I know. My liberal brother moved from San Francisco to Portland a couple of years ago.

[Dog]

Check out this hate speech.

[Aquinasfan]

What we’re getting at is that we hate him.

At least these people aren't hateful, immature, inarticulate losers.

[Aquinasfan]

They were ripped off in the same way that listless do-nothing hippie types have always been ripped off by "the man". Arthur probably did something horrific like ask to be payed for his services.

You nailed it.

[kidd]

it would be very, very easy to have all the callers to Err Amerikkka be conservative

I've read that the majority of NPR's listeners are registered Republicans.

[John Jorsett]

The "rip off" story I heard was that Air America bought air time in the months before they actually went live, Liu sold the same slots to another broadcaster when they wasn't used, but neglected to refund anything to Air America as their contract requires, effectively selling the same air time twice.

[John Jorsett]

I've read that the majority of NPR's listeners are registered Republicans.

If true, I'd classify it as a scouting mission to see what the enemy is up to.

[mabelkitty]

And they wonder why we insist on the right to keep and bear arms. More threats of bodily harm.....

[borkrules]

Arthur Liu, I wouldn’t show your face around here....

Or Al Franken will run up and tackle you from behind while Janeane Garafalo slaps you sooooo hard!

This "press release" has Franken all over it. It's not in the least bit funny, while it strains mightily at something approaching "humor". Its got a strong whiff of girly-man macho bravado. And, its got an even stronger odor of desparation.

Either that or that Morford creature ghost wrote it from his cave at the SFGate.

[latina4dubya]

as i said before: such amateurs... so unprofessional... reminds me of the way the Clintons ran the White House... like a bunch of kids left home alone for the first time... they ought to watch how the "grown ups" do it and follow if they want to succeed...

[Not A Snowbird]

My liberal brother moved from San Francisco to Portland a couple of years ago.

Not much of a change for him, huh?

[Mjaye]

THIS is the big-time radio network that the dems were able to get time on? I feel sorry for Mr. Liu; although he specializes in offering radio in various languages, he obviously doesn't comprehend "liberalspeak", where nothing means what you think it means. It depends on what the meaning of "is" is, afterall. What a pathetic bunch of unprofessional losers.

[jdege]

Are they on in a single station yet where the station is paying them, instead of them paying the station?

Didn't think so.

Meanwhile, they're on the air in Minneapolis/St. Paul, on WMNN AM1330 - a commercial station owned by Minnesota Public Radio.

But WMNN has been sold, and the new owners are Starboard Communications - a Catholic broadcasting network. And they'll be switching to a religious programming format in May.