[weegee]

Hmm. The article mentions the nature of CERTAIN programs but ignores all of the political programming on Pacifica Radio.

And the shooter could just have easily been FROM the anarchist-socialist-revolutionary Left. They are ticked off that there is music on that station (they want ALL CHOMSKEY-ALL THE TIME) and among other activities, some arsonist set fire to a shed containing part of the station's music library a couple years ago.

There has been an internal power struggle at the station and several attempted coups from within.

[weegee]

Houston PING (and I put my own comments in the first comment).

[Spktyr]

Alternately, it could be viewed as a form of music criticism - Zydeco sucks.

[whipitgood]

Oh sure, somebody took a shot at them BECAUSE they are liberal and gay-friendly. Couldn’t possibly be a random shot, directed by some of Houston’s finest citizens.

[whipitgood]

Of course most of the businesses in Houston have Plexiglass windows. They get those hail storms down there, you know. /s

[freekitty]

Never heard of them. Sounds like someone doesn’t like them.

[Ramius]

My company’s Houston office gets bullet holes in the windows all the time, just like everybody else.

[Chi-townChief]

“What You Gonna Do When The Zydeco Turn On You?”

[HKMk23]

Ahh-kay.

S’lemme take a crack at this:

The Whack Left gets the House and Senate, but still can’t buffalo the American people into buying their crock o’baloney. So, despite them having a stake in the pending Democrat run at the White House in ‘08, they conclude that the BEST way to move their agenda forward is to assault local media outlets that are left-but-not-left-enough?

[brytlea]

Because they play Zydeco?
susie

[Neoliberalnot]

Another homosexual stunt to get the sympathy vote. The shooter was most likely a homosexual male.

[bpjam]

Nobody has explained why the hell the prison population ‘and their families’ would want programming about queer issues? Most of the people in prison in Houston are black, and I don’t know if these libs know this, but the black community don’t like no queer issues.

And the Zydeco stuff is just another unfortunate after-effect of Katrina. Houston got the criminals, the poor, the taggers, the gang members, the unemployable and Zydeco. Too bad for Houston.

[Rio]

Better replace those Plexiglas windows with Lexan.

[sinclair]

"Never miss this if I can help it. Great music."

Lone Star Jukebox - Saturday: 9 AM-Noon - Texas and Local Music - The Lone Star Jukebox, hosted by Rick Heysquierdo, presents a diverse range of music from genres including Alternative Country, Americana, Border Ballads, Folk and Roots Rock. This show frequently features live in-studio performances and interviews by local and regional artists. Past guests on the Lone Star Jukebox include Tom Russell, Dave Alvin, Guy Clark, Lyle Lovett, Billy Joe Shaver, Robert Earl Keen. The Stone Coyotes, Aztex, Jack Ingram, Adam Carroll, Shake Russell, Dana Cooper, Patricia Vallone, Jesse Dayton, Trish Murphy, and many more. Stay tuned for ticket giveaways - - and you might hear Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen and some classic Bruce Springsteen.

[caddie]

Looks like they’re racing up the AC national chart with a bullet!

[FreePaul]

The bombings were believed to be racially motivated, Bradley said.

What "race" is KPFT? I know most of them are in contact with something in outer space. I used to listen to KPFT for fun. It's probably considered cruel to laugh at the mentally handicapped.

Considering their location a bullet through the window may not be significant of anything other than some local dispute. Fifty years ago I lived a couple of blocks from there and it was well on it's way downhill.

[IslandJeff]

Nice headline writers at the Chronicle. Proper English apparently optional.

[RedWhiteBlue]

There has been an internal power struggle at the station and several attempted coups from within.

And THAT is the source of their problems. I listen sometimes on Saturdays, the music is good but eventually I get tired of the editorializing and turn it off. I actually heard one of the dj's try and blame the fire, etc on the KKK. Yeah, right. Their "internal power struggles" are sometimes entertaining to read about, just read the minutes of their board meetings. Some of the stuff they spend their time on is a hoot and a real eye-opener. I just tell myself that as long as the left stays busy with stuff like that, it keeps them from stirring up crap somewhere else.

[isom35]

east coast vs west coast thang?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Could be self inflicted, a hoax. The loony left certainly seems more prone to the kind of violence and crankish behavior they impute to their opponents.

[weegee]

Here's a followup...

Staffers look for clues in drive-by at KPFT ("third" violent attack in 3 years) (Houston Chronicle Aug. 13, 2007, 7:49PM)