Posted on 05/11/2007 3:30:28 AM PDT by Kaslin
Boortz is an ASS.
He clearly didn’t listen to the content, nor does he understand how it came about. Further, he doesn’t realize that the XM show is a payperlisten. He’s being a schmekle to get press. Stop it. Dummy, they’ve got you on the list too.
I listened to this on the afternoon Replay on XM. O&A had this homeless guy in studio, he was ranting about this, that and the other thing, it was funny, not because I agree with what he said, but because the guy is so blatantly insane. You were laughing that a human being held these views, including robbing old ladies for beer money, not condoning it.
Get O&A fired so congress isn’t tempted to limit all radio shows. Seems back Asswards to me.
The problem is not these two guys. The problem is that thousands believe they are entertaining. That this sort of thing is funny.
This sort of stuff only appeals to the idiot sector.
Exactly. XM's only responsibility is to make money. That's what Capitalism is all about.
Yeah, WTF is Neal Boortz anyway. I find that whenever some guy is complaining like this, he’s usually just another media whore looking for attention, like Catholic League’s Bill Donohue.
You apparently did not read this one, either, or at least you did not comprehend it.
Boortz did not claim that anything these buffoons said or did is against the law. He plainly and correctly said that the First Amendment applies if the government tries to control speech. He urged a private entity to be responsible and control the content it puts on its airwaves.
What is the greater outrage -- to demand someone be fired or to joke about a woman being raped?
Fire Opie and Anthony. Don't fine them. Don't throw them in jail. Just fire them.
And if XM doesn't, cancel your subscriptions.
Well, Neal, it was YOU who wanted to teach Republicans a lesson in 2006. It was YOU who urged your listeners to teach Republicans a lesson in 2006. It was YOU who gloated after the election about how you helped teach Republicans a lesson!
How is it working out now?
I’ll (and I hope a lot of my friends) never subscribe to the satelite radio at all. And that’s my right.
Boortz does get it. Free speech means government can’t censor what you say, even if nobody likes it. Of course, we don’t HAVE that today, Government stops you from saying all sorts of things that people on the left don’t like. People have been arrested for wearing shirts that say that Gay people are not normal.
However, Free Speech doesn’t mean we have to pay for it, or support it, or not rise up against it. In fact, Free Speech works because we are WILLING to rise up to denounce evil when it is spoken.
Two white guys and a homeless man are getting paid by thousands of subscribers to take glee in beating and raping a black woman. They talk about how it will hurt her, they say they should punch her in the face.
I am “shocked” (sarcasm) that none of the great “emperors of black people” have said that white men shouldn’t be joking about raping black women.
Neal said that people who are paying these guy’s salary should stop doing so. I don’t pay the KKK to spew their hatred, I don’t pay Al Sharpton, I don’t pay hatemongers. That’s no censorship, that’s common sense.
Neal is calling on people to stop paying the salary for these evil men. We should stop supporting XM, we should stop supporting advertisers, if we think that these men have crossed a line.
The sad thing is how many conservatives and libertarians no longer think there is a line to be crossed.
The press NOT covering this story is more of bias by omission. They didn't see it, it didn't happen.
No kidding!
It seems you flatter yourself by blind eye towards depravity
Also, they DO appear on some regular stations, just not this part of the show.
Exercise control.
Get rid of them --- before their virus spreads.
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I couldn't agree more.
I called and talked to the CEO of XM Radio and he stated that Opie and Anthony issued an Apology. So far I have not seen the news reported. Can anyone confirm?
You know, I completely forgot that they have a syndicated terrestrial show that precedes the XM one. I have even heard it a couple of times in my market.
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