Ignoble (Michael) Savage

The New York Sun ^ | 02/19/03 | IRA STOLL

[cyborg]

My grandfather did come here legally, through Ellis Island. I believe he was a stone mason. He died very young, probably from overworking himself. If you go on the Ellis Island website you can find records of family who passed through there. There were lots of 'Guiseppe Ficheras' passing through Ellis Island then. I don't LIKE illegal aliens because they don't come here legally. Please don't get me wrong, I don't disagree with all of what Mike Savage says. It's just that sometimes he can get a bit annoying. A person can be truthful, but Savage is sometimes a bit too brutally honesy. Know what I mean?

[cyborg]

Never going to happen. It makes too much sense.

[rmlew]

I like Ira Stoll, but at heart he remains a Scoop Jackson neo-lib democrat, who has simply become cheap.
He doesn't make an effort to understand traditional conservatism or the libertarian streak that runs through it.

[rmlew]

Obviously you don't live in a leftist city and feel like screaming.

[cyborg]

I am not agreeing or disagreeing. Just that when he talks about altering the people, you alter the country, what is he talking about? Disagreeing with Savage, or maybe more his method of delivery than his ideas, doesn't make me PC. And I curse you three times and spit upon you for saying I listen to NPR! I should give you the evil eye.

[ffusco]

He's an entertainer. His brand is "outrageous". I agree, I have to be in the mood for him. If I feel like having my horns twisted.LOL.

[rmlew]

Savage is not anti-immigration. However, he does support reducing number of legal immigrants and expelling illegals.

[rmlew]

Wrong Album.
...And Justice for All is so Michael Savage. (Of course I wanted to use it, but you get the idea).
Don't Tread on Me from the Black Album would also work.

[Captainpaintball]

Savage is not anti-immigration. However, he does support reducing number of legal immigrants and expelling illegals.

I thought I said that.

[Calvin Locke]

Ira, baby, do what I do: Change the station or turn off the radio when "it" doesn't resonate with you or your mood at the moment.

Trust me, it works. I was able to avoid losing my dinner tonight by changing the channel quickly, after I stopped on MSNBC and Donahue.

Donahue is on during Savage. So's O'Reilly (TV). Plenty to choose from. Drop me a line and I can suggest a couple of radio programs on shortwave to try out.

[cyborg]

I will say this. Mike Savage has cajones the size of Gibraltar to do what he does. I admire his machismo. Reminds me of my dad. Okay I will say I think my dad did try to assimilate into American culture. He wore a Stetson, listened to country music, and wore lots of checked plaid. I saw a pic of my mom when she first came to this country. She looked like a cross between Diana Ross and Rita Moreno, with the dark skin and bee hive hair do. Seems that old immigrants imitated a lot of the movies to try to assimilate.

[Captainpaintball]

He's got to find a way to work Master of Puppets into the bumper rotation... ;)

He uses that track in his "opening theme medley" . First is the intro to Master of Puppets, then Motley Crue's If Looks Could Kill, and finally, Metallica's The Shortest Straw

[cyborg]

I wouldn't have a problem shutting down all immmigration for a short period of time to tear down the INS and put it back the way it is supposed to be. However, the government takes forever to do everything and usually screws it up.

[Reactionary]

Savage does rock.

[ffusco]

The notion of God as the perfect watch maker, wound it and let it do it's thing was a neat idea from the Enlightenment era. It allowed for faith in a supreme being and the objective study of nature to seek truth. Not such a bad idea, though it is esquisitely Newtonian, and even the God is like a engineer, quite detached from his work. This presupposes that He doesn't interfere with his esquisite creation, so all forces on Earth are just Matter in Motion and therefore, quantifyable, predictable and repeatable. This last part expalins why it appealed to so many men of science.

[Porterville]

Loved the quotes, hated the writer.

[cyborg]

I didn't think of it that way. Your explanation is better than the reason Savage gave. He was putting it in context of what he saw at a children's cancer ward. I guess I understand his point but still. I expected an answer more like yours from him. Good point.

[ffusco]

What a great family story! Thank you. I have got to get some old family photos. Everyone looked so glamourous in the 40's. Your Mom and Dad sound pretty swark!

[Reactionary]

Pointless, directionless anger is of no worth to anyone.

Directionless? His anger is directed at the Leftist swine. Pointless? His point is that they are responsible for damaging this country. And they are.

Anger? I'll take passion and anger over being a human mollusk any day. These people don't deserve reasoned debate; they deserve to be hounded, ridiculed and attacked at every turn.