Posted on 11/06/2004 4:24:22 PM PST by Tacis
Keelihor's program on NPR, Prairie Home Companion, is often clever and amusing. But, he has been a scumbag Kerry advocate for some time now. He, like so many of the ultra-left wingers believe that snide and clever glibness is all that is required to have leftie "feelings" wim.
He just read a piece he claimed was by Thomas Jefferson in which Jefferson indicates that the influence of witches will pass, suggesting I guess, that the control of Republican good guys will also pass. There also was some pointed comments about born again Christians and the negative influences of religion.
As I said, I find this program often clever and amusing with good music. I assume, in fact, that child molester Yarrow and Peter, Paul and Mary will be on frequently in the future. But, I don't like criticsm, especially, silly, factually inaccurate criticism when I'm paying for it.
"Keelihor's program on NPR, Prairie Home Companion, is often clever and amusing."
No, he is always smug and boring.
It was clever and amusing 30 years ago, seldom since...
O'reilly made this guy look like an absolute fool on FOX.
He has written pieces about Bush lately that make Michael Moore sound like a freeper...
A girl I used to date roped me in to seeing him live. He's not funny. Clever, sometimes but I was bored 20 minutes in. Plus his nose hairs whistle when he breathes which drives me batty. Go back to your fake town Garrison.
This is sad. I used to love this guy. I have not heard him in years. When did he become a hack?
I agree. I never listened to it before I realized what a dumnass liberal he was.
I don't care if they take my side on issues, I don't like tax dollars going for stupid things, and the entire Public TV/Radion is just plain stupid. It never made sense and now that we can get a trillion channels via satellite or cable it makes even less sense.
They don't get much funding anymore, but it still annoys me. When Garrison Keiler sticks to poking fun at modern pretensions, he can be very funny. I still remember a great sketch making fun of "artists" who are media personalities or flatterers of rich donors, but actually produce next to nothing - and still get press coverage.
But when he gets into politics, he stinks (and talk about modern pretensions...they're coming out of his ears when he does this stuff).
Gotta give the guy credit- he can't sing and does little more than recycle the same dull stories for decades on a show most people don't even realize exists, but he's made millions. He and Bill Moyer make pretty good jack from Public Broadcasting considering they have a tiny audience of aging lefties and enfeebled shut-ins unable to change the station.
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He is a one trick pony.
He became a lost cause when he moved to New York. He has always been condescending and scornful of his roots. At first, his humor seemed to be based upon love, now it's just scorn.
Welcome to a new age of lost innocence. The excesses of the liberal elite will never be blithely ignored as in the past. Our awakening to the utter cruelty and insufferable intolerance of traditional American values will have us see these fellow citizens as the mortal enemies they have always been. We are at war as a nation and our Enemy is within. Say goodnight Garrison.
We, too, are often Garrison fans for the music, but we are also getting sick of NPR politics. It seems so much worse after 11/2, probably because they are just so bitter and clueless. But I do like the range of NPR's non-political stories.
Why can't we have a conservative news show like NPR? I like talk shows, but news is good too (especially when one is commuting).
I would either like to see such liberal funding cut or support funding for a conservative show. (Then, again, the tax-cut side of me needs no new funding.) NPR just had a huge windfall from some rich person's will...millions...they shouldn't need government funding.
Do you thing private donors would support a conservative news program? Rush did it for talk shows; who will do it for conservative news shows?
I saw that O'Reilly program, as well. He struck me as a pompous ass...he'd be right at home here in New England.
It wouldn't be the first time people were falsely accused of witchcraft. I have looked into the Salem thing. Those who were accused tended to be devout Christians- and with property. The accusers were involved with the occult. And guess who ended up with the property?
Agreed. Funny how people refer to Saturday morning cartoons as "half-hour long commercials," but don't mention the toy store shelves filled with Barney and Sesame Street toys.
Keillor's a highly overrated one-trick pony whose welcome has been overstayed at least a decade, and hasn't bothered to leaven his heavy-handed politics with humor for a long time. I make a point of not listening to him. (Besides, I feel sorry for all the performers he inflicts himself on by making them sing with him.)
Auction off their TV and Radio spectrum. Make them pay market value for the radio frequencies they use versus commercial ventures. Then do not increase funding. Let the market decide.
To John Taylor
Philadelphia, June 4, 1798
[excerpt]
"Seeing, therefore, that an association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry, seeing that we must have somebody to quarrel with, I had rather keep our New England associates for that purpose than to see our bickerings transferred to others. They are circumscribed within such narrow limits, & their population so full, that their numbers will ever be the minority, and they are marked, like the Jews, with such a peculiarity of character as to constitute from that circumstance the natural division of our parties. A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their government to it's true principles."
Ping!
Agreed. Funny how people refer to Saturday morning cartoons as "half-hour long commercials," but don't mention the toy store shelves filled with Barney and Sesame Street toys.
Keillor's a highly overrated one-trick pony whose welcome has been overstayed at least a decade, and hasn't bothered to leaven his heavy-handed politics with humor for a long time. I make a point of not listening to him. (Besides, I feel sorry for all the performers he inflicts himself on by making them sing with him.)
Well put.
I listened a bit to Prarie Home Companion this evening, my wife likes to listen. It seems this is a real Bush/ Republican bashing night. Garrison has become very political in his show. He would have a much better show if he'd leave out the politics.
DORK
I had it on in the car as I ran a few errands..he was telling a few election jokes, and I thought he might be a little balanced and throw one at kerry..but no..at least not as long as I listened (which after the third I turned it off).
So when do they start the witch burning? It would be great to see them try.
Unlike canadian broadcasting, the vast majority of commercial TV and Radio have to pay for their use of the the radio spectrum and get licenses.
Yes American taxpayers do "fund" PBS and NPR by providing monies for facilities, frequencies for broadcast, and funding for programming.. We should not have tax mondies going for this BS.
Do Not Defund the PBS and NPR and NEA . . .
Why?
Despite PBS and NPR and NEA's liberal bias, they know which side of their bread is buttered. As long as there is the threat that they will be defunded, they will keep it snide and low key.
The existence of PBS and NPR and NEA keep more vicious liberal radio organs unprofitable. (See, Airhead America Radio).
Give them PBS and NPR and NEA. It is like giving a neddle to a heroin addict.
BTTT
Time to pull the plug on NPR.
I'm not a fan of either man but I have to give credit where it's due.
I listened to the first 45 minutes of the show..it's their "Fall Clearance Joke Show". basically, a second joke show after the one they have in April.
Anyway..after the opening theme, Garrison says "The elections over, but it's okay..we're over it, I'm over it (audience tittering). I'm now devoting my time and energy to a new organization...one that supports a Constitutional amendment to keep born-again Christians from voting."
The audience roared.
This is supposed to be funny?
I've listened to Keillor on and off for 25 years. This was the last straw. As far as I'm concerned, that dumocrat fake-Lutheran, anti-American over-verbose buffoon can take his stupid show and show it straight up his Wobegon.
(Sorry, but I'm really angry...)
Keilor is from MN which will soon be part of Canada. Although I think he moved to NYC which will soon be its own country.
Sorry...that "show" should be "shove".
Your indulgence is appreciated.
A face for radio, that's for sure! Lose the hair and the glasses, and he looks like Darth Vader when Luke took his helmet off.
He is actually a two-trick pony. He was the sex-advice columnist for Salon Magazine, writing under the pseudonym "Mr. Blue." He wrote his advice explicitly. Let me repeat this for the incredulous, and I swear to God it's true. Look at the photo posted above and contemplate: SALON MAGAZINE HIRED GARRISON KEILLOR AS THEIR SEX ADVICE COLUMNIST. If that won't make you sick, nothing will.
Not sure why you're replying to me, but I don't "fund" either of these left-wing outfits. My money goes to "Gun Owners of America"...they have a better understanding of the Second than does the NRA.
He has been married how many times? Three? Four?
So when all the media/libs freak out about the "cost" of tax cuts and reforming SS, we can tell them they can do their part. A) No more NEA -- save a little there. B) All the airwaves that ABC/NBC/CBS get for free now are going to be auctioned off to the highest bidder (starting with the NY/LA markets). That could be an OK chunk of change. It would be great to hear them squawk.
Don't know why you listen to Kellior and the MPR. Let them spew their hate, their audience is getting smaller every day.
I'm sure I saw his face in the D.U. members gallery. About 5 or 6 times.
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