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Savage. And I'll tell you what, I had just started listening to Levin in the afternoon a couple of weeks ago. I couldn't believe after only a couple of days of this issue, when we'd just begun to scratch the surface of the information concerning this issue, he had the one he calls Schmuckie Schumer on his show, arms around each others shoulders.

Schmuckie must have peed himself laughing when he got off the phone, having so perfectly cajoled Levin.

Some of these talk-show hosts are part of the problem, all trying to carve out the next "Rush" niche for themselves, kicking each other and everyone else in the teeth to be "THE most independent thinker on the air." It's like they were looking for the opportunity to bash Bush.

Source for the following list.

1. 1991 Gulf War he branded the United States “our number two enemy” after Israel. Welcoming Terror to U.S. Ports (column) Source

2.United Arab Emirates recognized the Taliban regime in 1997 Source

3. UAE Govt and Bin Laden Report: Considered an ally now, UAE backed bin Laden Source

4. Bin Laden 1996 & 1998 Declarations of War Source Source Source

5. HAMAS and Zayad data: Welcoming Terror to U.S. Ports (column) Source

6. January 2004 - UAE Banks Investigations and Roles in 9/11 Associated Press: U.S. Eyes UAE Banks in Terror Money Probe Source

9/11 -- UAE Funds Transfer -- Money is Moved to the Hijackers Source

7. Al-Qaida money in Dubai banks also has been linked to the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania blamed on Osama bin Laden. U.S. Eyes UAE Banks in Terror Money Probe Source

8. Before Saddam Hussein's ouster, this Persian Gulf emirate was a favorite transit point for smugglers sneaking past U.S.-led naval patrols enforcing United Nations trade sanctions U.S. Eyes UAE Banks in Terror Money Probe Source

9. 2002 to 2005 (?) - UAE - Dubai-based companies in the United Arab Emirates have been cited linchpins in the lucrative nuclear weapons black market that has supplied Iran, Libya and North Korea. Computer Firm in Dubai was Hub for Black Market Nuke Network Source

10. May 10, 2005 Saudi/UAE Al-Majd TV: “the fact that [the U.S.] entered [Iraq] … makes it every Muslim's duty to go out against them, not only the Iraqis… Jihad today has become an individual duty that applies to each and every Muslim…

11. July 27, 2005, the Palestinian Information Center carried a public HAMAS statement thanking the UAE for it’s “unstinting support.” The statement said: “We highly appreciate his highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahyan (UAE president) in particular and the UAE people and government in general for their limitless support Welcoming Terror to U.S. Ports (column) Source

12. UAE Company Hosts Hamas Web Site Source

13. Misuse of passports on the rise in UAE. "Cases of fraud involving misuse of passports are on the rise in the UAE, Khaleej Times, has learnt." Misuse of passports on the rise in UAE Source

Some of these talk-show hosts are part of the problem, all trying to carve out the next "Rush" niche for themselves, kicking each other and everyone else in the teeth to be "THE most independent thinker on the air."

You nailed it. In such a market they have to find a way to distinguish themselves. So knowing as they do their audience, they have to attempt a "rebel" stance...even if all they ended up doing here is following the herd.

I really enjoy Levin because HIS nastiness towards liberal callers is actually humorous, but it's disappointing how he went with the crowd in this case. True independence would be examining the actual facts and not CARING if that meant you were "with" the President or not.