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Conservative San Francisco-based talk show host Michael Savage has made good on his promise to sue British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for defamation -- though British officials are defending her decision to ban him from the United Kingdom. "As the home secretary has already said, he was excluded for engaging in unacceptable behaviour by making comments that might provoke others to serious criminal acts and foster hatred that might lead to inter-community violence,'' a British official Sunday told the Daily Mail. Savage sued Smith because the "name and shame" list of 16 individuals compiled by the home secretary put him...

Haditha Marine update: Lt. Col. Chessani wins another round By Michelle Malkin  •  May 6, 2009 08:56 AM John Murtha’s big, fat mouth is still wreaking havoc on the lives of the Haditha Marines he defamed. But the Marines keep winning in court. Yesterday’s good news from the Thomas More Law Center, which has vigorously defended the accused Marines: A government official has informed the Thomas More Law Center that the government will not seek to appeal the recent unanimous decision by the Navy Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals (NMCCA) in favor of LtCol Jeffrey Chessani, USMC.The decision makes permanent...

As the American Main Stream Media, public in general and conservative talk show hosts in particular lose interest in the on-going saga of bumptious talk show host, Michael Savage, being banned from Great Britain because of his political beliefs, a small news article and a newsletter alert popped up today that may seem disparate but added together form a troubling pattern. Blame it on the twelve-day shelf life of news stories when fickle public attention finally wanders away but Michael Savage's story may soon segue from one man's struggle to every man's struggle to preserve their freedom of speech, thought...

Britain's Parliament has been mired in a political scandal so damaging that Speaker Michael Martin resigned from office Tuesday. He's the first House speaker to step down in more than 300 years. Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labor Party is dreading the next election - which must be held before June 2010 - as members of Parliament have been snared in a series of Daily Telegraph stories detailing how they filed bogus claims of up to $40,000 to cover their expenses needed to maintain two homes. Brown's home secretary, Jacqui Smith, has been particularly embarrassed in the expenses scandal. The Daily...

In the 1991 movie "Silence of the Lambs," based on a novel by Thomas Harris, Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), a brilliant but evil psychiatrist, begins a game of quid pro quo with Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster), a young FBI trainee seeking the advice of the imprisoned Lecter on capturing a serial murder with the alias, "Buffalo Bill." In one telling scene Starling tells of how she was orphaned, relocated to an uncle's farm, discovered the horror of the lambs going to the slaughterhouse and unsuccessfully tried to save one of the little lambs. That horrific, indelible scene that haunted her...

Why Michael Savage should expect nothing from the leaders in talk radio.

Carrie Prejean is not the only one who is being demonized these days for expressing politically incorrect opinions; free speech had a bad week all over the world. British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith last week announced the names of sixteen “extremists” whom she has barred from entering Britain – a smorgasbord of nasty characters including a white supremacist; a Christian fundamentalist hate preacher; two Islamic jihadists; and Samir Kantar, a Lebanese Druze terrorist who brutally murdered four Israelis, including a four-year-old child. On the list also was talk show host Michael Savage, whose only offense seems to have been to...

Radio host Michael Reagan, whipped up by Britain's ban on conservative shock talker Michael Savage, has a message for London: You're chicken. Reagan, eldest son of the Gipper, says governments like London's are afraid of Muslim radicals. "They are trying to placate them," he says of the ban on Savage, who has ranted against Muslims. "They are saving their own skin by doing what they did to Savage." Of course, he adds, it probably helped Savage in England. "Most of the people in the United Kingdom probably didn't even know him," he says. "Now everyone in the U.K. is listening...

Trouble in the land of right-wing radio. Michael Savage blasted Rush Limbaugh today as "the biggest phony of them all," reports Media Matters. Savage was speaking about the people who have supported him since Britain branded him a hate-monger and told him to stay away. Limbaugh, however, did not come to Savage's side—as Savage did for him when Limbaugh faced drug accusations. Supporters "see the bigger picture," said Savage. "They're not like O'Reilly; they're not like Limbaugh, who's the biggest disappointment of all. Limbaugh has turned out to be the biggest phony of all of them, all of them. Amongst...

There is always time for political and partisan bickering, but when an American is banned from entering the United Kingdom because of his political beliefs, all Americans have the obligation to stand for that American, no matter what his political beliefs stand on the political spectrum. With that stated, all Americans should come out in support of Conservative talk show host Michael Savage, who I listen to on a regular basis, as he has been attacked for his Conservative viewpoints - via being banned from entering the Nation of England, because of his Conservative American beliefs. The silence from Conservatives...

The British government has banned radio talk show host Michael Savage from Britain. It must be tough for Savage Nation talk show host Michael Savage to seek help from a woman he has excoriated for years -- now Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. But he has, and Clinton should help him out, if only to slam over-the-top political correctness. The British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith last week barred Savage and 15 others from entering the United Kingdom "to name and shame those who foster extremist views as I want them to know that they are not welcome here." Savage's...

"I do it because I do it. I talk, therefore I am."

Another day, another new low point for cable news channel MSNBC. On May 14, 2009, MSNBC host Ed Schultz devoted the "Psycho Talk" segment of his show to Michael Savage. With a caption over a photo of Savage that read "Pond Scum," Schultz said: "Maybe I should send a letter over to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and say ‘Dear Madam Secretary, Would you please encourage other world leaders to ban Weiner [Michael Savage] from their countries. . .' We're calling for an international Weiner ban."

Pelosi gets caught in her own web Dateline: May 15, 2009 By: Michael Savage For years now, nancy pelosi and her cadre of democratic cronies have been whining about torture. All through the bush administration and up through the current moment, you’ve heard the repeated cries that “torture is immoral.” That we have to work nicely with the terrorists in order to get information out of them. That it’s a violation of international law if a soldier puts panties on a terrorist’s head. That the geneva convention has been broken if some insane bomber doesn’t get a copy of the...

Hello Infidels!

Schumer on torture 2004: 'Do what you have to do' @ 10:50 am by Eric Zimmermann New audio unearthed of Sen. Chuck Schumer's (D-N.Y.) comments at a 2004 Senate Judiciary hearing is likely to cause to heartburn for the New York Democrat. The comments show Schumer was much more willing to tolerate torture than most Democrats are today. And I'd like to interject a note of balance here. There are times when we all get in high dudgeon. We ought to be reasonable about this. I think there are probably very few people in this room or in America who...

Lawyers for Michael Savage sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today, asking that she call on the British government to withdraw its ban on the top-rated radio talk host. The letter issued by the nonprofit Thomas More Law Center argued Savage is being punished "for what he says in the United States and not what he has said or intends to say in the United Kingdom." In the announcement of the ban last week by British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, Savage, the letter notes, was listed among radical "Muslim clerics, convicted criminals and Russian skinheads.'"

On behalf of Michael Savage, the Thomas More Law Center respectfully demands that you call upon the government of the United Kingdom ... (link brings up the letter)

THE SCANDAL OVER MY BEING BANNED IN BRITAIN SEEMS TO HAVE TIPPED THE POLITICAL SCALES IN FAVOR OF THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY THERE. PEOPLE IN ENGLAND HAVE REACTED WITH OUTRAGE TO MY BEING PUT ON A LIST OF TERRORISTS, MURDERERS AND IMAMS WHO ADVOCATE THE VIOLENT OVERTHROW OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT. EVEN LIBERALS IN ENGLAND ARE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THIS. BUT TO COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHY THIS HAS HAD SUCH A DRAMATIC EFFECT ON THE BRITISH POLITICAL SYSTEM, YOU HAVE TO EXAMINE THE RECENT HISTORY OF POLITICS IN ENGLAND. VERY QUICKLY, GORDON BROWN, JACQUI SMITH (WHOM BROWN HAD APPOINTED AS HOME SECRETARY),...

The UK ban of Michael Savage has evoked trans-atlantic discussions and broad media interest. Savage has been deluged wih interviews from all the major networks 'cept Fox News and he has accepted some and turned down even more. I have compiled some of the various media interview and commentary coverage since this international news event erupted.

Conservative talk radio is like a big pot of soup filled with chunks of carrots, potatoes, celery, tomatoes, corn and whatever other vegetables were tossed in. Each personality is different, but they contribute to the overall flavor. Liberal talk radio is a similar pot of soup with the same ingredients but it's been pureed. There are no lumps, and it all looks the same – bland with no personality. It's no surprise then that conservatives get attention and criticism from the political opposition, which doesn't like to be confronted with differing thoughts and ideas. Political correctness clashes with reasoned opinions....

Great Britain's decision to ban Michael Savage because of his "extreme views" marks a dark day in the history of free speech. The shame should be particularly severe in a nation that gave birth to John Stuart Mill, the 19th century political philosopher whose writings so strongly advanced the cause of open dialogue. Mill argued in his pivotal essay "On Liberty" that intolerance to hear opposing views amounts to an assertion that the politically correct view is infallible. Doubting that any human view could be without error, Mill fought hard to convince readers of the importance of encouraging the expression...

Well-known "independent conservative" radio talk show host Michael Savage has been catapulted to a new level of controversial notoriety, this time on an international level. On May 5, 2009, the Drudge Report broke the news in the U.S. that Savage had been put on an official list of people banned from entering the United Kingdom. The so-called "least wanted list" of foreign undesirables who are now prevented from traveling to the UK is maintained by the British government's Home Office, roughly the equivalent of the U.S. government's Department of Homeland Security. "Since 2005," the BBC noted in reporting on the...

At least hypocrisy isn't limited to American Socialists like Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi. Home Office Secretary Jacqui Smith recently listed conservative radio host Michael Savage on a list of those banned from Britain for inciting hate. According to the details published by Britain's Daily Telegraph, Brown paid his brother Andrew more than 6,500 pounds ($9,800) in two years for a maid the two shared when Brown was Britain's Treasury chief. The newspaper declined to say how it had obtained expense claims from 13 ministers but promised to roll out more in the coming days. Home Office Secretary Jacqui Smith...

J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series might well have been influenced by her country's experience in the years before the Second World War, and some of the characters seem to have historical or contemporary counterparts. Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge (Neville Chamberlain) does not wish to believe that Lord Voldemort (Hitler) has returned, and he uses the media to smear anybody who says otherwise. Fudge instead accuses Professor Dumbledore (Winston Churchill?) of assembling a private army with which to take over the Ministry of Magic as opposed to defending it against the Death Eaters: obvious counterparts of Nazis. The Death Eaters'...

During the past month the British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has been embroiled in a scandal involving the purchase by her husband of pornographic films; the media have grabbed onto this story with glee because it is an engaging distraction from the horrendous credit crisis and other world calamities. Because the films were acquired on an expense account, she promised to repay the government. Back in March she had been accused of double-charging said government for her accommodation; this story, which also related to other politicians, dominated the news cycle for several weeks. Unfortunately Jacqui Smith seems unable to avoid...

Kiran Chetry interviews Michael Savage over his recent ban from Britain. Savage wants his name and reputation cleared and an apology from British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith.

I have a confession to make; I am a fan of Dr. Michael Savage. Before you get all blue in the face and start screaming at me about how hateful he is I will admit sometimes he says things I don’t agree with. I didn’t agree with everything my grandmother used to say either but I never threw her under the bus when it served my purpose like a certain President of the United States. Dr. Savage sometimes uses language I find offensive but then again so do Barack Obama and a number of his friends.

A quick tour of the internet shows that the England has NO PROBLEM WITH ALLOWING U.S. RAP/HIP HOP PERFORMERS enter UK territory for concerts, business deals, etc. despite their filthy lyrics including extremely racist and sexist as well as lewd and violence-inciting comments.

This thing is going global (rough FR translation since original site is only in Chinese): Major Chinese website, seen by millions, is running the story.人民网5月6日讯 �美国有线电视新闻网报�，英国政府日�公布了一份22人的“��欢迎者”��，其中白人至上主义者，伊斯兰神�人员，一�堪�斯州神父以�美国脱�秀主�人�因“煽动仇�”榜上有�。 ("According to British Press reports, the UK government has made a prohibition of 22 people to enter the country, among them are white supremicists, fundamentalist Islamists, an extremist preachers, but also a famous American talk show host.") 　　英国内政部表示他们将至少在数月内拒�这些人入境。内政部仅公布了其中16�“上榜”人士的信�，然而他们拒��露其他六人的姓�。 ("This is a report by the Home Ministry which prohibits certain people from entering British territory. 16 of the names were made public, but 6 names were not made public.") 　　在这份��中最被人熟知的莫过于美国脱�秀主�人Michael Savage，其本�Michael Alan Wiener赫然在��之列。他的电�脱�秀全美排�第三，这�主�人以他�对堕胎，�对�性�婚姻，�对移民的观点备�争议。("A famous...

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What's the definition of a racist? A conservative winning an argument. What's the definition of someone of "such extreme views and expressing them in such a way that it is actually likely to cause inter-community tension or even violence"? Ditto. Jacqui Smith has banned American radio host Michael Savage from Britain, further evidence that the ideology of easily-offended liberalism, often known by that overused expression Political Correctness, is a danger to freedom. Our joke of a Home Secretary called Savage "someone who has fallen into the category of fomenting hatred, of such extreme views and expressing them in such a...

A U.S. 'shock jock' DJ named among 16 extremists and fanatics banned from the UK has said he will sue Jacqui Smith for defamation. Michael Savage, who has up to 10 million listeners, branded Home Secretary Jacqui Smith a 'lunatic' and a 'witch' after being named alongside hate preachers and a member of Hamas. Last night lawyers suggested he had a strong case as he had not advocated violence, unlike others on the list. It was thought he could claim up to £200,000 in damages.

(CNSNews.com) – The senior British government minister who included U.S. radio talk show host Michael Savage on a list of people banned from the U.K. for “stirring up hatred” may lose her post in a forthcoming cabinet reshuffle. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has courted controversy in her position, which focuses on law and order, but the threat to her cabinet career stems from a dispute over housing expenses claims, according to reports in Fleet Street tabloids Wednesday. The expenses row was exacerbated earlier this year by the embarrassing revelation that her husband, Richard Timney, had included the cost of two...

England banned Michael Savage for telling the truth. Boycott the UK until they show Michael Savage respect.

I consider myself a reasonable person. I do not subscribe to any of the many conspiracy theories designed to strike fear in the hearts of patriotic Americans. I have studied world history and American history and am a paid political commentator with my own daily talk radio program. And the news this week that my colleague Dr. Michael Savage has been banned from Great Britain sent a shudder down my spine. While Michael joins the likes of the Honorable Geert Wilders, Dutch parliamentarian, he is also on the list with racists, murderers and radical Islamic terrorists. Oh, excuse me, "man...

Sixteen people banned from entering the UK were "named and shamed" by the Home Office today. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said she decided to make public the names of 16 people banned since October so others could better understand what sort of behaviour Britain was not prepared to tolerate. The list includes hate preachers, anti-gay protesters and a far- right US talk show host. "I think it's important that people understand the sorts of values and sorts of standards that we have here, the fact that it's a privilege to come and the sort of things that mean you won't...

Is Geert Wilders’ film “offensive” to some? No doubt. Is Michael Savage’s radio show “offensive” to many? Undeniably. So what? The excuse for banning them is that they defame Islam and the Koran. But why doesn’t Britain ban Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins, who express contempt for all religions? Why doesn’t Britain ban Ron Howard and Dan Brown, who write books and make films that defame Catholicism? I’ll tell you why − because Christians and Jews do not threaten violence against those with whom they disagree. Banning Wilders and Savage is an act of pure cowardice. And liberal Americans say...

When I awoke Tuesday morning, I ambled over to the computer, as is my wont, and made my usual cyber rounds. I logged on to the Drudge Report and, lo and behold, saw the following headline, "RADIO HOST MICHAEL SAVAGE BANNED FROM UK FOR 'EXTREME VIEWS'...." "Wow," I thought, "Britain strikes again." The prohibition is the handiwork of England's Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, who included Savage on a list of 16 unwelcome individuals whom she wanted to "name and shame." According to Beverley Rouse writing in The Independent, Smith says this is "so others could better understand what sort of...

Michael Savage talks to England's Skynews about the Home Secretary banning him from the country.