Air America Complaint Department [Air America founder blasts Dem "elites" and Hollywood "phonies"]

Liberal site | Aug 25, 2006 | Sheldon Drobny

[TET1968]

All those left wing power players and pension fund directors seem to be saying the same thing," Wouldn't touch Janeane Garofalo or Al Franken with a ten foot pole."

[Semi Civil Servant]

"As to Bill Maher and the other Hollywood phonies, please don’t count on them to help. They only care about themselves. It is interesting that shortly after I wrote my book about AAR, my publisher hired the finest PR firm to get some guest appearances for me. One of the firm’s contacts was to the Maher show. At that time, AAR was one of the biggest media stories in the country. And it was mostly positive and well supported. I watched with great interest that season the Ann Coulter premiere interview on the Maher show promoting her new book about how all liberals are insane perverts. That took precedence over a book about AAR, which could have helped publicize the network for the greater good..."

The millions in free publicity Airhead America got from the MSM upon its debut wasn't enough for this weasel? What a whiny punk.

[freedumb2003]

Mr. Drobny received a Bachelor of Science Degree in accounting from Roosevelt University in Chicago and is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, an honorary fraternity recognizing acadamic achievement in colleges of business administration.

How could someone with this qual be so ignorant on simple economics? Should I avoid business graduates from Roosevelt?

[okie01]

The liberal elites promised him public funding or pension money from the working families of America? Am I reading that right?

Yes.

He was, after all, doing important work...

[summer]

I think you're missing his big point there, which is that Bill Maher -- Mr. Liberal Hollywood/I Hate GW -- was apparently nowhere to be found in terms of helping to publicize Air America; yet, Bill had no problem finding a comfy chair on his show for the money-making/hugely successful/conservative author, Ann Coulter (whose latest message is that all liberals are "insane perverts").

I can understand how this liberal Air America founder would be peeved at that.

[proxy_user]

As far as I know, business administration is as far from economics as anything could possibly be.

That's why MBAs are continually surprised at the disasters they cause.

[NewHampshireDuo]

His 2004 book continues to do well at Amazon:

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #298,211 in Books

[freedumb2003]

As far as I know, business administration is as far from economics as anything could possibly be.

I have a BS in business from Pepperdine -- I took micro and macro economics.

[summer]

Thanks, Liz!

[I_Like_Spam]

Mr. Drobny really doesn't have a clue. The financing for talk radio (and all commercial media) comes from the sale of advertising at a price determined by ratings. Rush and Hannity and Savage and the scores of other conservative talkers aren't charities in any sense of the word. Instead of dunning folks for handouts, he should have been persuading them with the idea that liberal talk was an investment that would pay off.

But I guess that capitalist figured that the Air America business model was one doomed to failure, so Drobny was left with his hand out. Just too much competition from CBS, ABC and the other myriad leftist networks for those interested in such things.

[JHBowden]

This guy sounds pretty wealthy himself. Why is he complaining about wealthy elites?

It seems he's pissed off he is wealthy, but not elite, and thinks he could become elite by leading the proletariat to the socialist promised land. I don't expect people with jobs to get behind the familiar leftist "ah wull faght fer yoo" crap.

[kittymyrib]

The sum stolen from the boys and girls club was $800,000, the same amount he refers to as his donation....hmmmm.

[boop]

Um, so where did this liberal elitist get his money from, then, if it's a zero sum game? Obviously he STOLE it.

[frankensnake]

There's a reason leftist talk radio has flamed out and conservative talk radio has flourished. There's no market for the leftist crap. If there's anything the "elites" he grouses about know, it's the media business. And given that they love their money more than their leftist faith, I'm guessing they saw the train wreck coming and refused to board the train. I can't fault them for being smart enough to not throw good money after a bad investment.

But being a liberal, this dude doesn't believe in personal accountability. In this guy's sorry calculus, Air Amerika is a disaster, not because it was a terrible business idea from the beginning and there never was an audience for their crummy product (I think even the true believers get tired of hearing "Bush sucks!" all day, every day), but because the "elites" were too chicken to back it. Boo friggin hoo. Get over it, it was never personal, it's strictly business.

[darkangel82]

Yeah, I noticed that too. Where are they located, anyway? The US attorney in that area might wanna know about that.

[hoosierham]

It is just another example of how the socialist elitists are not willing to " do good " with their own money !

[frankensnake]

Yeah, but Maher knows lots of people want to watch Ann Coulter. How many people really care about Air Amerika? Maher's gotta eat too, and ratings are king in the media business!

[austinmark]

Errrrrr Amerika is Dead-Air walking and doesn't even know it.

When the lib's have to cheat at the voting polls, point to Biased polling data, support kooks to "throw under the bus" one of their own Senators and HAVE to PAY radio station's just to claim there "on the air", such actions lead me to believe that I WILL SEE the end of the Rat's as we know them....

[BlessedBeGod]

Whine, whine, whine, whine, whine.

It's everybody's fault but yours, isn't it?

[ClaireSolt]

If you want to experience something completely rigged, check out the U.S. Tax Court. I met with an IRS attorney who wa confident he could beat my claim in U.S. Tax Court without even having a copy of the return.