Posted on 05/21/2004 9:25:54 PM PDT by Pikamax
Randi Rhodes announced today that she is quitting Air America. Rhodes made the surprise announcement in a prepared statement at the opening of today's broadcast of the Randi Rhodes Show.
On a related note the Arbitron ratings came out (for New York only) and it is not pretty. Air America on WLIB came in ranked #24 between #25 Mexican Radio and #26 Wall of Voodoo.
LEGAL CLARIFCATION REQUIRED: If you quit on a radio show with no ratings does that count as a resignation?
The Air America message board is in mourning.
In case you missed it...here is the updated timeline of the Air America Death Watch. I won't cheat and post it but I had meant to post a prediction that she would be the first to go. From what I understand she had a bigger audience in Florida then she was getting on AAR's "national" network. I don't think her little "assassination" joke helped.
I think it's something like Bill Clinton's "black churches burned in Arkansas when he was a boy".
I believe the word she is looking for is "muzzle".
AOR was my favorite format. Does it exist anymore?
Didn't want you to miss this one ...
The last time I was politically active was the 60's, like so many others of my generation. Then, I receeded into the backround as I became engaged in the hard work of building a life and rearing a child. Somehow, I never became re-energized to become active again, especially as I saw how ugly political involvement had become.
So, I here I was in April, an organic farmer in the Pacific Northwest. standing on the edge of the Nation's frey, clear of the debate and,one day, Air America suddenly shows up..
I have planted and weeded acres of produce since then, powered by your show, Randi. You have energised and focused me and many more just like me. Since your first broadcast, I feel as if have I have been enrolled in an honors thesis dedicted to thoughtful, informed engagement in the political process. I sence we are engaged in re-weaving the basket of this country that can carry all of us together.
I hear your weariness on the air. Can I send you something delicious and certified organic to make studio time more bearable for all of you? We grow incredible fruit (melons, blackberries, plums) .
I will put on my earphones on Monday as I get ready for planting and I hope you will again be on the other end.
Thanks for making me a better citizen.
Her looks in this image is just ANOTHER liberal fraud:
Left's hypocrisy BUMP
This is an example of liberal stupidity at it's best. She(?) stands on the side of justice, but the "perps" who did wrong, and their victims, are all dead. Nothing CAN be done to right the wrong without inflicting punishment on the innocent.
But while the real perps of crimes against humans are still here and alive, these same libs want them set free and forgiven, and given a pat on the back.
As for slavery and sharecropping and Jim Crow laws, it's time to MoveOn, you stupid libs.
Having burned through the estimated $60 million they had backing their initial foray...without seemingly using at least some of that money to pay their bills, or even all their employees...now seeks to convince people to sink more dough into this sinking fast outfit,and are turning to some not unexpected sources for help:
Nothing new here for liberal DemocRATS.
I found it while doing a Google image search under "loser" :-)
The RATS are funding more black holes than you can imagine. Salon.bomb, Err America, and thats just the ones we know about. LOL
Bump & Loving it ! The real deal right their .
The Mr. watches one of those CA syndicated shows for guys called "Tripping the Rift" ---- I ignored it, pretty much, til I noticed a cool evil clown on it (looked him up -- he's called Darph Bobo.
I thnk 3-4 hours of soothing dead air may get higher ratings.
I'm sure insomniacs in all six Air America cities would be tuning in.
I'm glad you clarified that. I was torn between thinking the twelve were blind or deaf. Obviously it was a mistake, but twelve? Shouldn't that be in the Guiness Book of Records?
Upon further thought, maybe the rapists weren't male. Odd that she used the term people.
It is a Joke. The song "Mexican Radio" was done by the band "Wall of Voodoo".
Outcome based eduction. If we feel good about 24 coming between 25 and 26, then that's just fine. Long as we're happy and our self-esteem is in tact.
Mexican Radio
I feel a hot wind on my shoulder
and the touch of a world that is older
I turn the switch and check the number
I leave it on when in bed I slumber
I hear the rhythms of the music
I buy the product and never use it
I hear the talking of the dj
Can't understand, just what does he say?
I'm on a Mexican radio
I'm on a Mexican - whoah - radio
I'm on a Mexican radio
I'm on a Mexican - whoah - radio
I dial it in and tune the station
They talk about the U.S. inflation
I understand just a little
No comprende, it's a riddle
I'm on a Mexican radio
I'm on a Mexican - whoah - radio
I'm on a Mexican radio
I'm on a Mexican - whoah - radio
I wish I was in Tiajuana
Eating barbecued iguana
I'd take requests on the telephone
I'm on a wavelength far from home
I feel a hot wind on my shoulder
I dial it in from south of the border I hear the talking of the dj
Can't understand, just what does he say?
I'm on a Mexican radio
I'm on a Mexican - whoah - radio
I'm on a Mexican radio
I'm on a Mexican - whoah - radio
Radio, radio,
Radio, radio...
(what does he say?)
I haven't done an exact count, but I'm pretty sure there are more people on this thread who are fans of Wall Of Voodoo than there are on Rhandi Rhodes' own website who are fans of her.
Maybe Air America would beat an all "Wall Of Voodoo" radio station, but I'd bet a radio station that played nothing but Wall of Voodoo, Oingo Boingo, Devo and The Tubes would cream The O'Franken Factor in any market anywhere.
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