Court Allows Suit Against Air America [and Randi Rhodes.....]

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[Sub-Driver]

Court Allows Suit Against Air America Tuesday January 2, 5:24 pm ET Bankruptcy Court Allows Lawsuit Against Air America to Proceed

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Government contractor CACI International Inc. has won bankruptcy court approval to proceed with its defamation lawsuit against liberal talk radio network Air America and one of its hosts, Randi Rhodes.

A federal bankruptcy court in New York ruled Thursday that the case could proceed despite the fact that Air America has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Under federal law, legal proceedings against a company are frozen when the company declares bankruptcy.

CACI International asked the bankruptcy court in November to allow its case to go forward, arguing that its claims against Air America are covered by an insurance policy and any damages would be paid out of that policy and not from the company's assets.

The company sued Air America and its parent company, Piquant LLC, as well as Rhodes in the fall of 2005 for defamation. The suit stemmed from comments Rhodes made Aug. 25-26, 2005 on her radio show. According to CACI's complaint, she accused CACI employees of raping and murdering Iraqi civilians at Abu Ghraib prison, claims that CACI said were "false and defamatory."

CACI is seeking $1 million in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages. An Air America spokeswoman declined to comment on the lawsuit.

A U.S. District Court dismissed the case, but CACI appealed that ruling. The bankruptcy court's decision allows the appeal to proceed.

[pepsi_junkie]

You're creeped out by the BK Guy? What if I told you he was real?

The Burger King Guy	Philadelphia Sportscaster Howard Eskin

[Jack Black]

Why would you read or listen to Hartman? He is a putrid hateful liberal.1. A friend I am in frequent conversation with asked me to. 2. To better debunk the hateful putrid liberal ideas that he puts out.

One thing I found funny about his book. It has almost no footnotes. Entire chapters that are about, for instance, how the middle class is getting screwed provide no facts (ie: tax tables, income studies) to back up the assertion.

When facts are sighted, on several occassions they were just plain wrong. For instance the book claims college education in Japan is free. This is factually incorrect. The book claims Bush (2) has 'slashed' education funding. This is not true, in fact spending on all categories by FedGov, from pre-school to university has increased.

Given the atrocious quality of his research, I then did some of my own research, on Thom. Turns out that while he has a private dick license the only higher education he has is in massage therapy. Hmmm. Maybe he should have stuck to what his training was in, because he is a piss poor author and pundit.

Then again the 'service' he provides to his liberal listeners is not all that different from what many massage providers are actually in business to deliver.

[Joe Boucher]

I think you know I meant throw heavy rocks at the bitch.
And lots of them.

[do the dhue]

Is she related to Obama? Look at the size of those ears!

[Vinnie]

I knew an Englishwoman named Cherry

And what do they call their cats?? (snicker)

They get a laugh at our 'shag' dancing also.

BTW we have a State Commissioner of something or other who's name is Cherrie Berry.
Her name is on the elevator permits.

[gcruse]

"A U.S. District Court dismissed the case..."

Guess the defamation charge isn't a slam dunk...

[Chode]

WOOF!!!

[festus]

Rhodes should be stoned in the public square.

She's usually stoned............... it seems to me anyway.............

[ishabibble]

Check out the sideburns, and that's a mullet, Baby!

[Ditto]

[eleni121]

Randi Rhodes---name sounds like some porn star from the 70s....Air America host you say? I was right.

[goldstategop]

They'll get a judgment but Air America is judgment-proof.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Las Vegas Dave]

I am convinced she is mentally deranged.

To quote Rush Limbaugh, "Liberalism is a mental illness"!

[Verbosus]

When she worked at WJNO, word got out that she got drunk and peed on a Christmas tree. I no longer have the link for whereever I first read about it.
Rhodes claimed she just pretended to pee on the tree, and didn't actually urinate.
Some employees at the station said otherwise.

This all I found after a quick search - but I'm sure there is more:
http://boreamerica.com/archives/2004/07/todays-kinky-randi-rhodes-visual.html