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Air America Stiffs Al Franken
radaronline.com ^
| September 14, 2006
| Radaronlline.com
Posted on 09/14/2006 4:18:38 AM PDT by libstripper
THAT'S AL, FOLKS Franken wants a paycheckIs Air America Radio going belly up? The troubled left-leaning network is dismissing yesterday's report by Think Progress that it plans to file for bankruptcy on Friday. But you know things must be bad when even your top star can't get paid. "I don't know if that's true or not," Al Franken told Radar late Wednesday, when asked about the bankruptcy report. "We do know that there have been cash-flow problems. I haven't been paid in a while. Like, there's no cash flowing to me."
It's not the first time Franken has gone without a salary. Air America ran out of money promptly after it launched in 2004, after disgraced former chairman Evan Cohen inflated the amount of money he had raised to fund the network.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: airameica; bankruptcy; franken; haha; okwegetit; schadenfranken
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To: libstripper
I thought liberalism was all about peace, love and Kumbayah.
Being paid, indeed!
How crass and capitalistic.
Where's the altruism, the volunteerism, the dedication to The Cause?
I thought being a dedicated commy-comic means never having to say "Show me the money."
Leni
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posted on
09/14/2006 6:02:00 AM PDT
by
MinuteGal
(Israel, Hold Firm !................No Retreat means No Repeat !)
To: RedRover
Not only are conservatives better armed, we're funnier and more interesting, too.And we have hotter women!
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posted on
09/14/2006 6:05:52 AM PDT
by
EricT.
(The Democrats have decided it will either be a Democrat led America, or no America at all.)
To: libstripper
The funny thing is that the DUmmies think he is too conservative.
Al must be feeling much of the love right now. (boo f hoo)
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posted on
09/14/2006 6:05:54 AM PDT
by
freedomlover
(Sorry, a tagline occurred. The tagline has been logged.)
To: AmericanMade1776
******I am sure then, Al Franken is getting paid what he is worth.
You got that right.
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posted on
09/14/2006 6:06:59 AM PDT
by
sgtbono2002
(The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
To: libstripper
"We do know that there have been cash-flow problems. I haven't been paid in a while. Like, there's no cash flowing to me."
How sad. The tears are flowing now. /s
To: RedRover
"Air America needed a Rush or Sean Hannity to be a success. Franken and Randi Rhodes were the best they could do. Goes to show. Not only are conservatives better armed, we're funnier and more interesting, too."
Al and Randi have talent on loan from Tiny Tim.
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posted on
09/14/2006 6:08:23 AM PDT
by
BadAndy
("Loud mouth internet Rambo")
To: BadAndy
"Al and Randi have talent on loan from Tiny Tim."
Crackin' up here!
Leni
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posted on
09/14/2006 6:14:23 AM PDT
by
MinuteGal
(Israel, Hold Firm !................No Retreat means No Repeat !)
To: RedRover
Air America needed a Rush or Sean Hannity to be a success.As if! And Soviet Communism just needed an Edison or Henry Ford to be a success.
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posted on
09/14/2006 6:16:02 AM PDT
by
sam_paine
(X .................................)
To: libstripper
Who's going to win the pool? Anyone have a rool-up of the dates? Many FReepers were tossing there hat in the ring since ERRAMERIKA went on the air. Anyone....anyone? Bueller?
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posted on
09/14/2006 6:25:18 AM PDT
by
paulcissa
(Only YOU can prevent liberalism.)
To: libstripper
What happened? Did they run out of childrens' charities to loot?
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posted on
09/14/2006 6:32:27 AM PDT
by
Pharmboy
(Every single day provides at least one new reason to hate the mainstream media...)
To: AmericanMade1776
Almost everybody graduates Harvard cum laude. He was also on the wrestling team which partly explains why he's a physical as well as verbal bully.
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posted on
09/14/2006 6:34:49 AM PDT
by
Pharmboy
(Every single day provides at least one new reason to hate the mainstream media...)
To: libstripper
Further proof that markets are in fact efficient.
To: reefdiver
The left failed because ...they think it is all a matter of getting on enough stations that everyone will hear you. They do not understand that listen and hear are not actually synonyms. They still believe that corporate fatcats bought Rush's airtime and subsidize him to keep The People hearing him. The whole concept of advertising is simply not comprehensible.
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posted on
09/14/2006 7:51:38 AM PDT
by
arthurus
(Better to fight them over THERE than over HERE)
To: reefdiver
I guess this isn't the Al Franken decade.
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posted on
09/14/2006 8:06:32 AM PDT
by
Rocko
("'Fore you call me any dirty names, you better think twice." -- Bob Dylan.)
To: libstripper
"They've been making bad decisions since the day I got there," Garofalo says. The network's staff, Garofalo says, is tireless and committed to the cause of progressive radio. "And then you have a handful of business people with no politics whatsoever. I can't fathom the decisions they make."Business people without politics??? How do they function???
To: Cheburashka
"It actually was a Rovian plot to take Leftist money and flush it down the toilet."The best thing that could happen is if they find additional funding. That's money that won't be spent where it could actually do the liberals some good.
To: libstripper
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posted on
09/14/2006 8:46:50 AM PDT
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: libstripper
This dead fish begins to stink in the sun. Just listening to Frankenfraud to see if he would address the issue. He says when it was reported yesterday it was not true. He also comments "Hey I am still flying on United". What is that supposed to mean - United is not currently in bankruptcy??? Morons every last one of them - please get off the air NOW. Let them live in their little fantasy world, BUT THEY MUST NEVER BE ALLOWED TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE FEDEAL GOVERNMENT.
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posted on
09/14/2006 9:17:50 AM PDT
by
AZConser
To: libstripper; hellinahandcart; Lil'freeper
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posted on
09/14/2006 9:18:57 AM PDT
by
sauropod
(Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys." PJO)
To: libstripper
He chose the losing side. Like attracts like.
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posted on
09/14/2006 9:21:12 AM PDT
by
brwnsuga
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