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1 posted on 07/21/2008 11:23:49 AM PDT by camerakid400
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He's a major putz.

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85 posted on 07/21/2008 12:09:30 PM PDT by polymuser (Taxpayers voting for Obama are like chickens voting for Colonel Sanders.)
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During the same hours I have a choice between two highly spirited radio host. Mark Levin and Michael Savage. One loves his country with all his heart, always speaks his mind and says what needs to be said, and is steadfast on his opinion, not changing his mind with his changing mood.
The other has a pie hole for a mouth.
86 posted on 07/21/2008 12:10:10 PM PDT by NavyCanDo
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“It was hyperbole,” he said.

So, does he stand by them, or not.

And, what of the Freepers here yesterday claiming Media Matters faked the tape or took him out of context?

90 posted on 07/21/2008 12:12:14 PM PDT by Fundamentally Fair (If given a choice between a POW and a POS, I'll take the POW.)
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My wife works with severely autistic children, Savage is full of shit.


92 posted on 07/21/2008 12:13:19 PM PDT by Snurple
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Savage will say anything to get publicity. He may be a latent or repressed homosexual. His past relationships wih Alan Ginsberg and other homesexual Beatniks would indicate that.


114 posted on 07/21/2008 12:30:35 PM PDT by FFranco
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He’s dead wrong on this one.

I have seen it with my own eyes.


144 posted on 07/21/2008 12:54:05 PM PDT by wardaddy (Myself and my ancestors take full responsibility for all racial discrimination here since 1607)
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Just more ‘look at me!’ shenanigans. Why does Savage need to resort to the headline grabbing? Must not have much of a substantive show?


146 posted on 07/21/2008 12:54:33 PM PDT by lainie ("Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies." - Thomas Jefferson)
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Many of these replies are yet another example of an issue being pushed aside and the person expressing an opinion is made the "issue."

.. and who's using this disgusting patented liberal devious tactic? People most of whom condemn Savage for being liberal. Go figure.

I can see that fighting off the "Fairness Doctrine" is going to be much more difficult than I feared.

162 posted on 07/21/2008 1:13:06 PM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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just got back from lunch. there is a small protest going on outside an office building down here with "Fire Savage" signs and other such signs.

was wondering what he said but i did see some signs with some messages concerning autism so i figured.

oh, this was in downtown manhattan by wall street. i guess it is the building that houses his employer or local affiliate?

182 posted on 07/21/2008 1:30:58 PM PDT by thefactor (the innocent shall not suffer nor the guilty go free...)
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This guy is a real dumb@ss.

His 15 minutes are up.


184 posted on 07/21/2008 1:31:57 PM PDT by Finalapproach29er (Democrats still want to Impeach Pres. Bush and/or VP Cheney; keep your eye on these House hearings.)
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I think that Savage went savagely beyond hyperbole but I think he is partially right that not all cases represent irretrievable defects needing a pharmacological “cure”.

“The mind” is still very much “in development” went “autism” is diagnosed. And, that extremely immature mind is very susceptible to external stimulation, including behavioral stimulation.

The most successful cases I have personally known about (three) were disagnosed early and the kids were "mainstreamed" early; suggesting that with prodding, the autistic child can be helped to choose non-autistic behaviors, with nothing other than behavioral stimulation as the primary impetus to their "change of mind".

It suggests, to me, that in its essentials, its basics, Savage is somewhat right.

Now then, how (methodologies) that corrective behavioral direction is applied - compassionately, consistent as opposed to "aggressively", and through many more "carrots" than "sticks" may be where savage and I would part company more greatly.

188 posted on 07/21/2008 1:40:57 PM PDT by Wuli
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I like Michael Savage on a lot of issues, for his bravado style, his wordplay (not always) and the way he flames liberals. But every once in a while, I’m intellectually honest enough to say, he said something stupid. So, here goes:

He said something stupid.

It doesn’t qualify him for the firing squad or burning at the stake or censorship. It qualifies him to stand the test of public opinion and the marketplace of ideas. If people start to feel he’s a nutcase who doesn’t have enough credibility left to listen to, he will pay the ultimate price: his show may be cancelled.

Now, that is unlikely to happen and I hope it doesn’t happen because we still need voices who are calling the public to rage against the madness that is overwhelming our culture, our sovereignty and our greatness. He’d do better if he didn’t say these kind of stupid things.

I suppose there are some cases of autism that can be written off as malingering or some kind of misdiagnosis. But to say 99% is just stupid. I’ve seen some of these kids in real life, know some of the parents of others: its an extremely difficult situation that goes way beyond brattiness. G-d bless these children and their families and help them heal and live in peace and happiness.


193 posted on 07/21/2008 2:02:37 PM PDT by JewishRighter
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My autism Haiku:

Autistic or not
In public, don’t allow kid
To disturb the peace


203 posted on 07/21/2008 2:20:45 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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Savage has an easy out. He should just claim he has Tourette syndrome and that makes him say things like that.


210 posted on 07/21/2008 2:30:58 PM PDT by Tribune7 (How is inflicting pain and death on an innocent, helpless human being for profit, moral?)
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Savage exaggerates to make a point, but he’s basically correct. There’s no shortage of “medical experts” who can come up with handy excuses for lazy parents who need to explain to themselves and others why their children are undisciplined failures. And, of course, pharmaceutical companies gotta absolutely adore lazy moms.

“Autism” has become the latest catch-all. (You know - - “medical experts” are continually expanding the definition of “autism” as they find “previously unknown manifestations” of the “disability”. Hang onto your wallets.) I guess those other recently discovered bogus excuses, ADD and ADHD, have lost some of their shine.

Ritalin for all children, yippee!


214 posted on 07/21/2008 2:37:03 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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“‘Don’t act like a moron. You’ll get nowhere in life.“ He added, “Straighten up. Act like a man. Don’t sit there crying and screaming, idiot.’ ”

I hate to say it, but I like Michael Savage. He says what no one else has the guts to say.


227 posted on 07/21/2008 3:02:00 PM PDT by rodeo-mamma
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There was a point being missed, in terms of the schools and many disorders. School encourage disorders to the extent it allows them to drop that child from the rolls of the Federal Tests. Schools absolutely look to exclude any child that would bring the average down, this is common.


293 posted on 07/21/2008 6:55:23 PM PDT by Fitzy_888 ("ownership society")
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Savage is dead right about this. In my son's kindergarten class 10 out of 12 of the boys--and NOT ONE of the girls--had been diagnosed with some bullshit "autistic spectrum disorder", including a kid who was the best reader in the class.

Boys who talk late are being diagnosed. My wife's brother did not speak nary a word until he was FOUR, and now is a top salesperson for IBM. He is 55. Had he been around today, the idiot quacks would have convinced his parents to f**k him up with drugs and useless "therapy".

Just like ADD and ADHD (with which I myself was "diagnosed" and my parents--thank God--ignored the diagnosis), 80-90% of "autistic spectrum disorder" diagnoses are bullshit.

I do not trust these pediatricians, as I do not trust OBGYNs who try to outlaw midwives (our children were born at home despite the hysterical pleas of our OBGYN-brainwashed relatives). Just as with "global warming" this is about MONEY, not science. And the gender discrimination is just absurd, along the lines of "The War Against Boys". Boys who won't act like girls are often the first to be pigeonholed into ADD or Autistic categories.

Of course there are exceptions--but they are OBVIOUS. Truly autistic children are a tremendous challenge and often a nightmare for their parents.

295 posted on 07/21/2008 7:11:23 PM PDT by montag813
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Savage made a great and apt comment about this subject on CNN tonight:

"Should we include people with glasses in a new 'blindness spectum disorder'"?

It really sums up the idiocy of the open-ended diagnoses of kids with all manner or behavioral and attitude issues into "autistic spectrum disorder".

301 posted on 07/21/2008 7:32:45 PM PDT by montag813
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I like the way Savage continues to yell from the high hills about this issue.

God Bless You Dr. Savage.

304 posted on 07/21/2008 7:49:31 PM PDT by MaxMax (I'll welcome death when God calls me. Until then, the fight is on)
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