Ah shit! WHAT NEXT!

That SUX ! ! !

Sorry to hear it.

You can't keep a good man down.

Take some time off. Then you can decide what you want to do. WE (Americans) are desperate for voices like yours which speak of truth and reason. Like a magnet you will get attracted to where you need to be.

http://www.petitiononlin.../signed.cgi?Malloy&1

I just cancelled my AAR premium membership. I've done everything I can to support them - while gritting my teeth with some of their decisions. This was the last straw. Are they TRYING to send themselves into oblivion?

Best news that I've heard this century!

I had a feeling something was rotten in Denmark when Thom Hartmann
Filled in for Randi Rhodes today instead of Mike Malloy.

I listen to AAR less than a year ago. I have come to regard it as more shrill than it needs to be. Malloy would not have been my first choice to relieve of air-time. I felt the whole enterprise weakening when they started playing so much repetitive music between longer breaks--and that was shortly after Maddow went solo. I am no media person, so these are just impressions. When Mike says it is a financial decision, it makes me think they might be in trouble and the question is how serious it is.

For crying out loud!
I don't understand air america at all.
they keep someone like springer (not that I don't like springer) and fire malloy?
His was my favorite show, I don't know if I'll listen to them any more or not.
I have written to air america, (like that will do any good) maybe if enough people write in, that would do some good and get Malloy back on air.

#6 david drake

" David Drake

You've successfully slain the dragon! How will you toast your marshmallows?

On the flames from the fire stoked with the bodies of Liberals. "

http://mrssatan.blogspot.com/

David Drake #6 Blow it out your ASS! I signed and commented on the petition. If I was Mike I don't think I'd trust these people enough to go back to work for them. Well my sunshine just got a lot DIMMER! I just got my Air America bumper sticker, That goes right into the garbage can!

I hope you all signed the petition from Comment #4. This is very bad news. I'd sure like to know why they did this.

I subscribe to XM Radio to hear MIKE! Guess I'll cancel that service. ~ma

He could support any radio station, just by reading books on the air! The guy was mesmerizing, reading 1984 every night. He'll land on his feet because he has a huge following. People LOVE his show. Some people who don't love anyone else in liberal radio, love Mike Malloy. Not to worry. Not to worry. Not to worry about our friend Mike Malloy.

But DO worry about this country.

I supported and listened religiously to Air America for two years. After the new of firing Mike Molloy - I no longer want to be part of Air America. PS: I expected this from DLC - not a progressive radio station. Alex from Bayside, NY.

We need the likes of Mike Malloy with his profound insight regarding the direction our country is going.

I have a feeling the Bushies have put the screws on AAR.

I hope they have not trumped up something on Mike.

John

Mike Malloy was by far the best host on Air America. Janeane Garofalo was second. Randi third. Rachel, OK. Franklin and Seder, take or leave.

I, too, am thinking about kicking my Air American subcription, now. Bastards. I am also getting sick of all the underhanded ways AA tries to figure out how to stuff advertising down your throat, even when you're a premium subscriber. Screw them. Just another corporate blow-job, it seems.

Get rid of everyone that is informed and speaks their mind! Good job Air America! Go American Fascism! King George for President in '08!

OR, call Air America's advertisers and tell them you are cancelling your subscription and turning them off.

THat totally sucks!!! AL Franken should be the one that is fired. He makes way too much money

Mike Malloy had it right every time. And he went after the bastards tooth and nail. This is complete BS.

Insane! What is AirAmerica thinking? Just a hunch but I suspect we'll see Marc Maron in Mike's slot real soon. I like both Mike and Marc but would take Mike over Marc any day.

What most people don't realize is that most of the Air America affiliates refused to carry Malloy or delayed him until 1 am (like KTLK in Los Angeles) or even later. I suspect that most station managers were afraid that advertisers wouldn't buy spots on a station that had a guy like Malloy who trashed organized religion, not to mention corporations in general, the "Bush Crime Family," etc. And if you don't get clearances for your programs, your network can't succeed. Air America still isn't making a profit, after almost two and a half years, and if it doesn't make a profit soon it will have to close down for good.

I have expected Mike Malloy to be removed from AA for some time. This comes as no surprise to me. He was my favorite on there and I appreciated his outspokenness. The People need more of that, rather than pink tutu radio hosts like Ed Schultz (ugh!), Jerry Springer and Al Franken. Actually, Thom Hartmann drives me up the damn wall (he doesn't like to talk about the voting machine issue he said today).

But anyway, I tuned in to listen to see if Peter Werbe (sitting in for the newly-canned Mike Malloy) was going to say anything about Mike being canned. Sam Seder made some comments about it before Peter showed up. He said it was "horse crap" and "stupid."

Peter is CENSORING himself. That's right. He said he would NOT be talking with anyone about a "certain topic on the air." He wouldn't even mention his friend, Mike Malloy, on the air tonight. So, I sent Peter this email:

"Peter,

I'm sorry you no longer believe in the First Amendment. You have reached a new low. I am disgusted with you. Self-censoring discussion of your own friend, Mike Malloy, who helped YOU get into radio. How disgusting can you be! You're acting like the typical spineless, scum of the earth, worthless and useless Dem...you're acting like another pink tutu, triangulating cudchewing type with your tail between your legs. You refuse to stand for what is right. You think you'll get Malloy's spot if you tone it down and not say anything, eh? Why don't you grow some damn balls!

What will you censor next? I swear, some so-called Liberals are the real Liberals' worst enemies.

I'm furious,

Erma"

NOW, do you understand that it's time for the streets people...by the MILLIONS and MILLIONS?! Or are you just going to sit there at your PC and watch more collapse right in front of you while you live on your wishful-thinking and your (false) hope?

Anyone that thinks that the "Bushies" knew or cared who Malloy was is a fool. AAR is nothing but an insect speck on Karl Rove's windshield. This is all about paying Al Franken's big paycheck [racial slur removed]. Well what's left? Randi is a hormonally unbalanced shrew, [racial slur removed] and the rest of them are no talent Limbaugh wannabes. Drobny is [racial slur removed] (see his posts at PuffHo) So much for the great experiment. By By Err America, nice try.

{Ed Note: Sorry, people! Was working on something else too long without looking. --99}

email: info@impeachbushgame.com

Dear Impeach Bush Game,

I love your game and I hear your advertisements on Air America Radio frequently. However, I am writing to encourage you to stop your advertising campaign on Air America Radio since their termination of Mike Malloy. You chose to have Mike endorse your product because Mike speaks the truth. Now, I encourage you to send a message to AAR by repositioning your advertising dollars.

Sincerely,

Erma # 23, Right On Great letter. I hope more people do this!

Is Air America owned by Clear Channel?

Does anyone think they are purposely trying to fail as a station?

email: marketing@overstock.com

Dear Overstock.com,

I am a member of your online shopping website and I hear your advertisements on Air America Radio frequently. However, I am writing to encourage you to stop your advertising campaign on Air America Radio since their termination of Mike Malloy. Mike is the main attraction when it comes to the truth on Radio. Since his termination I have turned off Air America, so your advertising dollars are better served elsewhere.

Sincerely,

Erma Erma Erma! Damn, I was reading your comment & just when I was thinking "Gee, I had Erma wrong...she's spittin' fire! She's ok!", there you go raggin' on us about our "wishful thinking & false hope" again! Cut it out, woman! We're on the same damn side here. Except for a few stumblebums like old Beefeater up there anyway.
And don't you think expecting people to pour out into the streets by the millions might be wishful thinking??
We don't all see eye-to-eye on everything. So what. We all want our country back.
We all need to do whatever each of us can do, seems to me, & go easy on each other. We're all we've got & it's gonna be a long haul.

Don #25 and #28
Great idea, great letters. I'll do the same. Money talks.

I work in a related field and have a good friend who works at Air America. I haven't discussed this with my friend yet, but I am shocked.

I know he felt as I about Malloy...one of the most articulate and passionate truth-tellers of our time.

I am extremely upset by the shorted-sightedness of this move. I just hope some visionary gives the man a platform.

Maybe he should start his own webcast! I would subscribe.

http://scootmandubious.blogspot.com

Mike Malloy should get a show on LINK-TV or FSTV. Malloy is too honest and uncompromising and doesn't play office politics like the rest of them. To be honest, Air America is not doing a good job, or I'd be listening to them. This is a step backwards for them, as far as I'm concerned. He is one of the best. He has a lot of diehard fans. I guess Air America Radio is more concerned about sponsers than fans? Is that what I'm gathering from this? Or did he say things too controversial for Air America radio? Next they'll get rid of Randi Rhodes, I guess. It seems they are trying to attract Huffinton Post type fans, rather than Brad Blog type fans.

I think Mike pissed off the DLC crowd, which like it or not helped piece Air America together. I also think he
committed a sin in America. He's a goyim that says the Israeli government has been acting immoral. Unfortunately, it's politically correct for Randi and Sam to critisize Israel since both are Jewish. These thoughts may not be important to the listeners of Air America. However, these things may have caused some advertisers and station managers to lose their faith in Mike. Don't get me wrong I loved his show and hope he returns to radio.

http://www.petitiononlin.../signed.cgi?Malloy&1

Let's NOT through the baby out with the bath water!

I will continue to support Air America Radio.

Interesting how this thread drudged up bottom feeders. . .

{Ed Note: Personal attack of other commenter removed. You can have a fit about the views expressed, but no personal attacks. --99}

Mike Malloy needs to somehow get back on the air. He's one of the only tell it like it is "old style" true Dems out there on the airwaves.

The People need to scream and yell at AA with every fiber of their being and every device The People have available to them.

I'm pissed off and angry Erma. I've had it to here.

Air America Radio
641 Sixth Avenue
4th Floor
New York NY 10011

Erma - I get your point . . . . . Ouch . . .

I sent this email to Air America:

Why did you fire Mike Malloy??!
Mike is the best host you have. Bring him back! He speaks the truth. We need MORE of that, not less! You are losing listeners. People are outraged. This was a VERY BAD decision!
Unless you re-hire Mike, I will only listen to learn all your sponsors so I can join in the boycott of their products & services.
No Select Comfort beds! No Impeach Bush games! I thought Air America was on OUR side: the side of TRUTH, LAW & DEMOCRACY...I guess I was wrong!

I also sent a shorter one one to the first of Don's addresses:
info@impeachbushgame.com

I'm beat. Goodnight, all. Love you crazy people. (crazy in a GOOD way)

I was starting to listen to malloy more, mostly on a one day delay on the nightly commute thanks to white rose society and an mp3 player. I liked his slower pace and guests. I don't know how they justify keeping Jerry Springer on. He's just bad radio. Al Franken is daily kos liberal-lite but amusing when he wants to be. Randi Rhodes is a bit too much of a democrat cheerleader for me and doesn't let her guests speak, but she's alright. Can't listen to majority report but they seem on the right track. They got serious problems at that station...

Anyway, Mike Malloy needs to stop sitting behind a microphone and take to the streets.

Can we pressure Sirius to do the following so that they can regain us again? I'm about ready to drop XM now.

- Add Mike Malloy back and syndicate him to his existing AAR affiliate stations in the same time slot.

Here's a projected lineup that we could dream about if Sirius were to really get serious about trying to get us back as listeners.

Funny thing was down here in CA50 land in San Diego, KLSD earlier only had Malloy's last hour on live for a while with the first two hours "featuring" Jerry Springer delayed from the morning when they had on Stacy Taylor instead. They finally wised up recently and dropped Springer and had given Mike the full three hours! Now I suppose we'll have Springer on for three hours at night instead! Groan!!!

/me #405th signature.

Dear Air America,
What crap.

I would love to see Al Franken go. He never understood the cracked electronic voting issue.

So with failure, what GOOD can come from this? Is Mike doomed to be the next XM/Sirius refugee!?

Maybe it's time for a frank discussion about media and it's fluff stories, priorities, and predictions for the november election. I want a fucking PLAN NOW. before like someone else said, it's "We The People" vs. The US MILITARY.

60 something days and counting and it's looking worse and worse to me. I am getting sick of bitching.

Bradblog.org is now a permanent part of the credits of Sacxtra! as is BlackBoxVoting.ORG Don't know what other action I can take. I don't have MONEY to donate to anyone. (I loose money on my show)

Maybe if more folks watched Public Access? With Crap ass Supernova (pick a damn vocalist already!), and CSI (The way we wish forensics should be) that's unlikely.

Still no coverage of electronic election fraud in ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, FOX, CWU/UPN(whatever the hell it's called in Sacramento), I do see CH 19 covering something about the mexico elections, but alas my Spanish sux and it ain't America.

Advise to folks that have a 3.2GHz box.

Join/Support your local Public Access. Make a show, or PSA, and get your local issues out there before the telco's take away your 1st Amendment. Fight the Telco's before it's too late for that as well.

WHO WILL WATCH MIKE'S BACK? TRUTHSEEKER?

~phil
producer of Sacxtra!

Re comment #35

Agent99,

I did not personally attack anyone. What I said was that Judge of Judges ***reminded me of*** {somebody} who will support Air America no matter what they do and will support the pro-war, pro-corporate Dead Democratic Party regardless of how much they enable Bush or the Repugs. That is NOT a personal attack.

I find your so-called moderation of posts suspicious. I've personally been viciously attacked on here in the past (that goes with the territory of being on a message board), but yet those attacks of me (and they were personal) were NEVER removed on here. It's interesting how it's my alleged attacks of others that you choose to remove.

Someone needs much thicker skin and it ain't me baby. Now, you can go ahead and remove this post too.

Hey Erma, here's a bunch of people taking it to the streets: http://kutv.com/video/?id=18851@kutv.dayport.com

What do you suppose they'll accomplish?

Erma

I cannot correct you about your personal attack without turning it into a personal attack by proxy. Consider your words more carefully, and quit making a scene about it. You did more than you say you did here, and there was no "reminded me of" about it.

Re comment #44:

BVAC,

Thanks for the link.

erma

Do You Know Me ?

How the HELL can you judge Me on 1 issue like that ?

We used to have him on our station in SAcramento before corporate Entercomm lured Air America away to another station..Maybe we could get him back on talkcity 1240, the original progressive station here. I think he's the cat's meow..Intense...but there is plenty to be intense about.... Christine Craft 3-6p weekdays

Hey all,
I gave WP the original heads up on this one. I was listening today and expecting Mike on Randi's show and then someone emailed me and said in the email "You won't believe what is on Mike's website"

I looked and originally thought... My God, their site has been hacked. I couldn't believe it. Because only last week Mike had said that AAR had agreed to extend their contract again, and that they would be on the new 1600 NY channel. Mike had sounded relieved.

So when I heard this, I went into a tailspin and started blogging a lot on the Randi Rhodes Message Board, you can see comments here .

I fully understand a lot of the various conspiracies theories, because Mike is a very passionate guy who cares very deeply about our country and doesn't hold back on his REAL opinion. That is one reason, that for many, many, many of us, we find him the voice of our rage that is just increasing day by day. I know that people like him and Randi are not for EVERYONE, but for God's sake, Al is not for me, either, as he's a weak-toed centrist, as far as I'm concerned. No matter how much I might dislike him or Jerry Springer, however, the BEHAVIOR of AAR to Mike Malloy was atrocious.

They gave him no warning, nor did they apparently give him any apparent REASON for their firing, and they have not given Mike an opportunity, which they did for Marc Maron, to say goodbye to his loyal fan base which is quite large. Normally, if you SCREW up, you aren't told via proxy that you aren't on the "new line-up" because of "financial reasons". This is how Mike was informed, apparently. NO one had to guts to call him and talk to him, or to at least email him? I know he lives in GA, but this is ridiculous.

Considering his hopeful tone last week about his contract being renewed, I can only come to the conclusion that there were one of two reasons that he was fired. 1. within the past week a caller accidentally let the "f" word fly. I picked it up on the internet, and I have heard this before on the internet broadcasts, so though I cringed when I heard it, I thought, well they surely caught this and dumped off the radio feed. 2. Something that Mike did yesterday might have whipped everything into a tizzy. He had a right wing repuke call in who was essentially saying "kill them all" (refering to Muslims) and Mike sarcasticall said (and I'm paraphrasing) "Well why don't you just get a gun, go out and kill every Muslim you see?

I hope it wasn't the latter but I can see the suits getting nervous that the caller or some idiots listening might not realize it was a sarcastic fang at this kind of hatred, and that someone might actually do it and then blame AAR.

These are the only two incidents within the past week that make any sense as to why they would fire one of their best hosts. If it was one of these two issues it was probably the latter.

NTL, there is no excuse for how Mike and family found out. AAR owes Mike a sit down explanation.

WOW Christine #48!

I was thinking the same thing.

I been trying to help Charlie Weiss get some modulation for the last hour or so.

#49 a questionable F-word.

It was mixed -IMO Mixed in with something else that could be another word. I heard it and cringed also.

But then who complained, how much documentation did they have, was it out of context. etc. It wasn't CLEARLY an F-word. I'll say that!

bvac:

We did accomplish one thing. We had WAY, WAY more people at that rally then the Republicans did. They had a rally at the same location, but later in the day.

We had 4000 to 5000 anti-bush attendees. The Republicans had about 300 pro-bush attendees. I was at both rallies.

Of course Bush came in later by air force one and the television stations claimed anywhere from 2000 to 4000 people got tickets and showed up there. I highly doubt that figure.

My Neighbors heard me yelling "show the people", because they absolutely refused to show his audience! The largest shot they took showed a maximum of 1000.

If Karl Rove wanted us to believe the attendance was close ours, I'm quite sure they would have shown it!

I am, of course, really pissed that Mike Malloy is off the air. Maybe he can get a spot on Alex Jones station!

In the mean time, listen to the speech, (in two parts), our very brave Mayor gave at the rally. The Republicans are just beside themselves with fear!

Rocky I

Additionally, AAR owes every listener an explanation.

Rocky II

If you want to do something other than signing the petition, you can call

1-212-871-8290.

That is a phone line in the programming department that they have dedicated to comments about their decision about axing Mike. I've already called, and you can also call 212-871-8100 during business hours, though they will probably give you the number above.

Larry: all well and good, and it's good to see there's a case of sanity going around in Utah. It's time to fight back, and this is a good morale boost. My only contention is with Erma, who thinks that demonstration alone will win the war. Look at any story about legal battles, information campaigns, election activism alerts, or anything else that has a measureable impact and [s]he'll pop up and tell people to quit while they're behind. Also, she is supposedly 83 years old or something like that.

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This sucks beyond measure!!!

As many people have mentioned, he was THE BEST on Air America.

- Highly intelligent
- Highly entertaining
- Always provocative and never shy to discuss anything

Mike Malloy truly allowed us to vent through progressive humour and through his trademark shouts and screams --- never shrill and always potent.

How I will miss the terms "Chuckle-nuts" and the "Bush Crime Family" every day to counter the neocon insanity that oozes throughout the corporate media.

He made me feel better each and every day.

What a terrible decision and what a darker place America has now become without his thoughtful passionate voice.

JEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZZZZUS! Oh....nevermind...

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STOP George

Really. Fear not. We will not have to suffer without his voice for long. People will be clambering for him, probably already are. He'll have so many offers, he might have to clone himself. Wherever he goes, for sure you will be able to hear him on your computer. Wherever he goes, he will generate the income to pay him. Don't worry.

Agent99 said:"

Really. Fear not. We will not have to suffer without his voice for long. People will be clambering for him, probably already are. He'll have so many offers, he might have to clone himself. Wherever he goes, for sure you will be able to hear him on your computer. Wherever he goes, he will generate the income to pay him. Don't worry.

I dearly hope you are right, Agent99. I'm worried that he may have bolluxed himself in. I worry that any other station might not be likely to hire him, and I'm worried that his invective (like his passion and disgust) will prevent him from getting a fair hearing in AAR.

The fact that he is astonished about why he was fired is troubling, and what is even more astounding is he didn't even know about this.

Maybe this is the way it is done in radio, but it should be a horrible crime to dismiss someone in that way. And Mike didn't commit a horrible crime that we know of. Did Mike endanger AAR? Is that the reason? If so, then they owe us and Mike an explanation as to how. That's the only reason that is justifiable for IMMEDIATE termination like that. And I don't think it was the remark about "killing Muslims" which was clearly sardonic. And even if it had been that, shouldn't they talk to him FIRST, and give him the opportunity to back track if they really think it made them liable??? And given him the opportunity to say "wow that was over the top, I didn't mean that, i was being an ass?"

This just sucks all the way around.

The thing that always amazed me about Malloy is that he was NEVER attacked by anyone. They always totally ignored him. If they wanted to show everybody that liberals hate religion, it would have been more then simple to take him out of context any day of the week and send it through the echo chamber. Why didn't they.

Because HE ALWAYS TELLS THE TRUTH. Any ground gained by them in proving the above point would have resulted in all kinds of additional hard truth getting out and increasing his popularity a thousand fold!

When all you've heard all your life is crap that doesn't make sense, (Hannity), the truth does make sense, and feels like heroin to the soul!

I don't know where I'm gonna get my fix now. Guess I'll have to spend more time out protesting with my sign!

bvac:

I know what you mean about Erma. I get the feeling she wants somebody else to lose hope and go do something stupid. What do you think Erma!

Larry....

Can you read my post about Camp Democracy? It's surprisingly barren of posts...

Thanks!

It was a nice idea to have a progressive network where many liberal voices could come together. But Air America was infected from the beginning with "Let's Play Liberal" egos: Springer, Franken and Schultz.

The following is on the front page of Mike Malloy's web site:

Mike Malloy wins the New York A.I.R. Awards!!!!!!
To thank the radio community for its help through the years, the March of Dimes created the A.I.R. (Achievement in Radio) Awards in 1987.
This year, the award for best talk radio show in the Big Apple went to MIKE! Congratulations to Mike and Kathy, and to the other nominees as well.

Is firing an award-winning radio host really a financial decision? I suppose the line, "no good deed goes unpunished," applies here.

I only am able to hear Mike Malloy in Rochester, NY on weekends, late at night, with a rebroadcast called, "the best of Mike Malloy" and I've complained to the brain dead station managers at WROC, but to no avail.
From my perspective, Mike was clearly the best of all AA's show hosts. Thom Hartman and Randi Rhodes distant second and third. It's ironic that Mike used to read 1984 on the air because it seems like his show has now gone down the "memory hole." AA will never rehire him, so this marks the first day of the media purge and insurrection in Amerika. I've had it with stolen elections, bogus news, liars masquerading as congresspeople, etc. Amerika is broken and the dissenters must make their voices louder. I'll support an independent Mike Malloy radio or TV network. Screw the corporate shills at AA, Infinity, CC and Entercom.
Long overdue for change and waiting hopefully for November is not a strategy. Individual action will beget a larger movement.

I found out on RawStory. Read some of the 500 or so posts on DU (a left gatekeeper site). Most everything the can be said has been said (above and elsewhere).

Mostly I am just very sad and worried. MM is one of the very few honest speakers of truth to power out there. Where ever he ends up, I will support him with my attention and whatever money I can scrounge up. I wrote Serius that would ditch my XM and switch, regardless of cost, if they picked up MM. I know, big deal. But it is all I can do.

As soon as I find out where Mike is going I'm with him. Air America now smells like Bush's favorite pastime, fart. Mike is the best hope we have for a liberal voice-why? because he tells the truth and isn't afraid of sticking the neoCon jobs. What happened Air, did he offend one of your sponsors, tough, too bad. Bye bye Air. Bye bye XM. see ya. Mike, take Rhandi and Sam with you.

DONAHUE
MAHER
RATHER
MOYER
STERN
ETC.
NOW MALLOY.....HOW HORRIBLE!
TIME FOR A POLKA!

AAR is dying becuase no one wants to hear your liberal non sense. Sur eyou all attack Rush saying how imcompetent he is. So you went up againt him AND LOST.
Its all about public interest. AAR has none. Wonder why?

#62. Actually Schultz doesn't work for Air America. Goldberg has allowed him to "infect" XM Radio "Air America" channel for a while after ditching Sirius Satellite Radio for an exclusive arrangement with Ruper Murdoch's Newscorp invested XM service. And Schultz does also get on many of Air America's affiliates. But he works for the Jones Network, as does Stephanie Miller, who also is played on a number of these affiliates. I actually think that might be Mike Malloy's best route now is to try to hook up quickly with Jones, so that it wouldn't be too hard for many affiliates to not alter their lineups and keep Malloy on, but get him from Jones rather than AAR. Shouldn't be too hard if many of them are already getting Schultz from Jones anyway.

Isnt now the time your supposed to cry about the fairness doctrine.

You had your fair chance, you have come up short, again.

I wonder if Al Gore has the courage to put Mike on his TV station.
I'm listening to Jerry Springer now. Springer stays, Mike goes? WTF!! AAR is just another corporate shill.

Had just heard Mike Malloy the night before he was fired and liked him a lot! I don't think the way he was fired was out of character with Air America Radio. Here is why. When they first started broadcasting, I called them all the time to give them ideas for topics. My naivte. The receptionist was consistently rude. When I finally mentioned to her in a nice way that she didn't speak to me in a way that I thought liberals would speak to each other, she was very nice and explained that calls were constant. I got the impression they could hve used another person or two. Then I saw Al Franken berate a technician when his program was on TV, in a way that only be described as O'Reilly type behavior. That was the last time Katherine Lampour was ever on the show. So...when management is rude and mean spirited, the employees will act that way too. Don't see good things in Air America's future.

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Oh. My. God.

I paid a tribute to Malloy with a Kos diary and I completely forgot "the polka".

The first time I heard that, with Mike going off in the background, I ruptured my spleen laughing so hard. I vented 6 months of frustration with that laugh attack.

Who Stole The Kishka

Someone stole the kishka
Someone stole the kishka
Who stole the kishka,
from the butcher's shop?
Who stole the kishka?
Who stole the kishka?
Who stole the kishka?
Someone call the cops!

Fat and round and firmly packed
It was hanging on the rack
Someone stole the kishka
When I turned my back
Who stole the kishka?
Who stole the kishka?
Who stole the kishka?
Someone bring it back!
Someone stole the kishka
Someone stole the kishka
Who stole the kishka,
from the butcher shop?
Who stole the kishka?
Who stole the kishka?
Who stole the kishka?
Someone call the cops!
Yusef found the kishka
Yusef found the kishka
Yusef found the kishka
And he hung it on the rack.
He found the kishka
He found the kishka
He found the kishka
Yusef brought it back
Heeeeeyyyyyyyy
Hey!
huh-huh-huh-huh

Don't forget to sign THE PETITION.
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Did somebody fart?

...Oh never mind, I scrolled back and sure enough there was a troll.

Mike was the best Air America had. Corporate media continues to infect the airwaves.

Here's the thing...

We are in the middle of a major transition in exactly WHAT media is and exactly HOW people get their information and entertainment.

The MSM (main stream media) is exactly that --- MAINSTREAM. It is advertising-driven and therefore must appeal to the largest possible masses without offending anyone. The NARROWCASTING mass media (would seem oxy-moronic, but it isn't) aims at a very specific but LARGE audience (think Rush) and aims only to not offend or lose THEM (again, for the advertising).

There are also, of course, corporate and government propaganda machines (FOX, NY POST, Washington Times, etc.) that lose money but disseminate the corporate or government "line".

Then, there is the INTERNET. Currently (until the loss of net neutrality alters the playing field) the place where different types of people can go looking for the information they want. Key phrase there is "go looking" rather than "have beamed directly to them." The difference between "pull" and "push." And, to Erma, I must say, I suspect the numbers who are pro-actively doing this are still too small to fill the streets with protestors, even when (not if) they steal the 2006 and 2008 elections.

We must look for Mike Malloy (who we probably agree with 99% of the time) to land somewhere. It may be some place where we actually have to pay DIRECTLY to hear him (versus indirectly through advertising costs built into product costs). When that happens, we must SUPPORT HIM, the same way we MUST SUPPORT BRADBLOG --- with our hard-earned and way too limited dollars.

We are at the point where we must budget the cost of receiving the information we need into the costs of our lives.

Example (your choices may differ)

rawstory.com = $120/year = $10/month
bradblog.com = $120/year = $10/month
gregpalast.com = $120/year = $10/month
mikemalloy? = $120/year = $10/month

So, for $40 a month you have current news, current commentary, up-to-date information, and some subversive inspiration. Not inexpensive for close-to-the-edge middle-classer, but not out of reach either.

The only thing I need cable TV for these days is comedycentral for Stewart and Colbert, and they are both slowly moving their content to online. CNN is just another piece of the MSM, PRETENDING to be a little less right-wing, but not really doing a good job of it.

Charlie L
Portland, OR
CLL2001@gmail.com

Larry and BVAC

This morning they showed Bush talking in Salt Lake and mentioned the wonderful reception he recieved, followed by "of course there were anti-war protesters elsewhere" with no photos of them, just a brush off.

There's now a shoe mark on my screen!

Wake up folks.

The MSM is NOT going to cover anything that matters to us. They might MENTION it, and a few of them might even occasionally HARP on it for a moment, but they are not going to do the WOLF PACK MONSTER COVERAGE of any issue that matters to us. They reserve that special type of treatment for missing white girls and jon bonet (distractions) and terror alerts (Rethuglican promotion).

The MSM is corporate-owned and caters to the Republican agenda. There is .01% "journalism" displayed and 99.99% message-control for maximum revenues and support of government propaganda line.

KILL YOUR TELEVISION!!!

Charlie L
Portland, OR
CLL2001@gmail.com

Charlie L: Switch to DISH for LINK-TV 9410 & FSTV 9415. No commercials = real TV news.

Attention Mike Malloy supporters,

You can also write your comments of support for Mike at this HuffPo blog:

Mike Malloy and Andy Rooney.

Mike reminds me of someone who would be on the "INN Report" on Free Speech TV, that's right up his alley.

Post #44: PROTESTS are NOT SHOWN ON CORPORATE TV. Anyone notice this? You will notice it, if you watch LINK-TV & FSTV...Democracy NOW! ALWAYS shows ALL protests going on. Protests are not shown, because protests are important for changing things. Rightwingers and neo-cons and conservatives always put out the talking points, "Protests don't accomplish anything" because they are afraid of protests.

Just the fact that GOP controlled corporate TV goes out of their way NOT to show any protests, shows how afraid of protests they are. Protests are common, everyday people uprising against bad conditions. You will NEVER see them on CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX. You will ALWAYS see them on Democracy NOW!

Ask yourself, "WHY?"

YEAH!~ Boycott the advertizers. WHAT ADVERTIZERS??? These idiots couldn't give away free air conditioners in Mississippi. Just keep sending them money. Franken needs it for his Senate campaign.

Did anyone see K. Olbermanns commentary on Rumsfailed last night? He kicked ASS! You can see it here: http://www.crooksandliars.com/ I sent a supportive email to msnbc about Keith's commentary, because you know damn well that the riech wingers will be sending hate mail. I feel we have to support all the people who tell the truth. In my email I told msnbc to get off the fox lite missing women band wagon. I told them if the they wanted ratings to start telling the truth and their ratings would go sky high! Told em to hire back Phil Danahue and Mike Malloy(Wishful thinking) Wouldn't it be great? I Know I Know, It'll never happen, but I can dream. Another important petition to sign : Stop Dopa HR 5319 Save Your Space. It is the bill to stop access to social networking sites in schools and libraries. They are trying to break up the internet so we don't have a place to bring our ideas and solutions to fruition. We need to fight back on all fronts, We are who we are waiting for, if not us WHO will do it? http://www.saveyourspace.org/index.html

Laura & Tom - Thanks for those links !

I like Mike by I am not surprised. He spoke to liberals but he alienated the moderates.

Laura,

Keith is the only one I watch regularly on tv. He is filling an important void. His response to Rummy was right on the money.

AirAmerica Breaks my heart again. In 2004 when Al Franken refused to even discuss or think about "Voter Fraud" and said he didn't want to be named a Conspiracy Nut.. I knew the Fix was on.. Kerry loses by 170,000 yet 780,000 weren't counted..and "We Can't Talk About THat because it's bad for the Movemtn.. may Al's Movement and GW.. but the truth was compartmentalized and boxed in again.

Mike Malloy criticized the Zionist State.. so you knew he wasn't going to last too long.. but hearing the truth was refreshing.

Laura,
Yes, I saw Keith's amazing response to Rummy. IT's really a wonderful and courageous commentary.

Here are some addresses you can email to tell MSNBC how much we appreciated Keith last night:

You can email the powers that be at MSNBC here:

1. viewerservices@msnbc.com
2. letters@msnbc.com
3. countdown@msnbc.com
4. dabrams@msnbc.com

And you can tell Keith what you think here: KOlbermann@msnbc.com

He's really the Edward R. Murrow of our generation.

I signed the petition too. I did the documentary on Mike Malloy, "Angry Voice in the Wilderness" becasue I felt his voice wa an important one and I wanted more people to find out about him.

Just before March of 2006 it was amazing the information Mike was able to get out on the air regarding the 911 cover-up.

Then Sheen went public about 911 and AAR was SILENT--that was a litmus test for me. I stopped listening to AAR (after two years of tuning in) and went to Alex Jones on GCN--Whoa! WAY more information and I got out of the right left (Repub - Dem) spin distraction by the leftgate keepers.

I think when Mike had Webster Tarpley on his show (great show BTW) might have been the last straw for the AAR gate keepers.

I hope Mike will be signed on to RBN of GCN, then he would be aloud to voice his research and views.

AAR is a left spin con-job.

I signed the petition too.

I did the documentary on Mike Malloy, "Angry Voice in the Wilderness" because I felt his voice was an important one and I wanted more people to find out about him.

Just before March of 2006 it was amazing the information Mike was able to get out on the air regarding the 911 cover-up.

Then Sheen went public about 911 and AAR was SILENT--that was a litmus test for me. I stopped listening to AAR (after two years of tuning in) and went to Alex Jones on GCN--Whoa! WAY more information and I got out of the right left (Repub - Dem) spin distraction by the leftgate keepers.

I think when Mike had Webster Tarpley on his show (great show BTW) might have been the last straw for the AAR gate keepers.

I hope Mike will be signed on to RBN of GCN, then he would be allowed to voice his research and views.

AAR is a left spin con-job.

Re comment #56 from BVAC who wrote:

QUOTE: My only contention is with Erma, who thinks that demonstration alone will win the war. Look at any story about legal battles, information campaigns, election activism alerts, or anything else that has a measureable impact and [s]he'll pop up and tell people to quit while they're behind. Also, she is supposedly 83 years old or something like that. END QUOTE

I recently had a birthday and I'm now 88 but what does my age have to do with ANYTHING? Do you talk about other poster's age on here or is it just mine that you're so very fixated on? Hmmmmmmmm?

As for what you wrote attempting to speak for me, once again you're wrong. You made that up. I have never, ever said that. I have never said that "demonstration alone will win the war." Never said it. I don't know why you have difficulty grasping what I've really said (repeatedly now).

What I have in mind is NO "demonstration." And I don't talk in terms of "winning the war." That sounds like some Bush Crime Family/pro-war Dead Democratic Party drivel.

Now for the umpteeth time:

What I have said is that the wishful and hopeful thinking I read on here isn't going to do it. The Busby case is one perfect example. Weeks and weeks of hopeful and wishful thinking took place on this website and I told you what the outcome would be from the start. I was attacked by the wishful and hopeful thinking crowd. I said the Busby case wasn't going anywhere and I was right. How did I know that? Because I'm a realist. I look at the reality of politics today. The night of the Judicial Coup I said to some friends "It is all over for this country. If they will do this they will do ANYTHING to stay in power." And they have. Most of you can stand to hear what I just said, I know that. But when one is dealing with the Bush Crime Family and with no credible or viable opposition party worth a damn, hope and wishful thinking ain't going to cut it any longer. It's a waste of time and energy. Some of you will continue on thinking that traditional means (pre-2000) will STILL work and that we are STILL living in a time of "politics as usual." Psssssssst: politics as usual ended in 2000 during the stolen election and things have only gotten worse with every single passing day since, or have you not noticed that?

What I have said which some thick people don't seem to be able to grasp (frankly because they don't want to...because it would interfere with their wishful and hopeful thinking) is that the only CHANCE (I repeat "chance") remaining is by taking to the streets by the millions and millions especially in the District of Columbia in what I called the "BIG R."

Do I see that happening? No, I don't. I don't think The People in this country are going to do ANYTHING as I'm suggesting. But the "Big R" is the ONLY CHANCE---meaning that "The Big R" may not even work, did you read that BVAC?---we have remaining to us, and I repeat "that may not even do it."

Traditional means and what used to work (before the Bush Crime Family stole the government) will no longer work and the BCF will see to that. Period. Some of you still don't have a clue as to who and what these people are and what they will do to accomplish their goals and remain in power. They will do ANYTHING. Period.

Since 2000 I have read hundreds of hot-air, tough-sounding posts from arm chair liberals saying "we will take to the streets next time." Really? Yes, it's always "next time" isn't it? How convenient. My questions are:

Why didn't you take to the streets with some of us in 2000 when coward Al Gore conceded to a stolen election? (I was out there with only a few hundred people. The People told us to "get over it.")

Why didn't you take to the streets in 2002 (stolen midterm "election")?

Why didn't you take to the streets in 2004?...when coward John "Bush Enabler" Kerry couldn't get to the mic fast enough to concede to Dictator Bush.

Why didn't you take to the streets in San Diego in 2006 to protest the Busby case? Where the hell was Busby? (Silent...typical useless Dem).

Why didn't you take to the streets ANYTIME since 2000 to protest the easily-hackable e-voting machines being installed all over the country?...which the worthless and useless D's have helped install, particularly in CA.

Why didn't you take to the streets ANYTIME to protest the shredding of the US Constitution by the USAPATRIOT ACT?...which the worthless and useless Dems helped give the Dictator.

Why didn't you take to the streets to protest the nomination of Injustice Roberts?...which the Dems helped give the Dictator.

Why didn't you take to the streets to protest the nomination of Injustice Alito?...which the Dems helped give the Dictator.

Why didn't you take to the streets to protest the recent abortion rulings?

Why didn't you take to the streets to protest [you name it]?...I could go on and on and on and on.

Get my point?

All this hot air, big tough talk I read on here and other website and nothing worth a damn comes out of it about what "We" are going to do and "We've got to do this. We can do it. You'll see." Just hot air bull crap.

The People of this country are living under the Bush Dictatorship and in a Dictatorship politics are NOT "politics as usual" which is the premise some of you are STILL living under. The US Constitution has been tossed in the garbage and the law of the land means absolutely nothing to these scum of the earth people. So trying to work within a fraud, corrupt dictatorial system is not going to do it. The BCF Dictatorship will see to that. And voting on corrupt, easily-hackable e-voting machines ain't going to change anything either. Even if the pro-war, pro-corporate, pro-Bush, pro-Repug, triangulating cudchewing useless Dems were to take back something in November, not a damn thing would change. There would just be MORE Bush enablers with a "D" behind their name. But you can go ahead and pretend to vote in the neocons' voting charade if you want, that is, if you can find anyone worth a damn to vote for! More "lesser of the two evils," eh? (which is the thinking that helped to get us in the disaster in the first damn place). If you want to participate in the neocon's voting charade, I'd personally recommend candidates at the bottom of the ticket and not the Bush enablers at the top of the ticket with a D or R behind their name.

Again, it's time for the streets by the millions and millions, particularly in DC. It's long overdue. AND THAT MAY NOT EVEN DO IT. Did you read and comprehend that BVAC? I can't make it any clearer.

Now, I think I'll make a copy of this post so that when BVAC trots out again and makes some incorrect allegation about what "Erma says," I won't have to retype all this. This is not a personal attack. I'm just telling the truth, which is what I thought this site encouraged.

Joy and Tom,

Thank you. I sent some e-mails. We need to do this more often.

Bradbloggers,

Many of you live and breathe liberal politics (as do I) but you need to realize that the same is not true of the mass majority of voters. If you want to win elections, you need a softer tone with the public. Al Franken, Stephanie Miller, Ed Schultz and Keith Olbermann are doing are very good job by bringing liberal issues (and exposing right-wing lies) to moderates. Conspiracy theories do not play with most voters. Be nice to moderates. Get them to vote for Dems and then the investigations will begin at a high enough level to affect change.

Correction to my previous post. It should have read:

QUOTE: The night of the Judicial Coup I said to some friends "It is all over for this country. If they will do this they will do ANYTHING to stay in power." And they have. Most of you *CANNOT* stand to hear what I just said, I know that. END QUOTE

Joy and Tom, thanks for posting those links. I have to share these with you all. Another Great Truth Teller Greg Palast. I found a great article at

http://icestationtango.blogspot.com/

about Why the Daily show and Colbert won't have Greg on their shows. He had a link to these youtube spots by Greg. If you have the time, they are about 10 minutes each. How Bush Stole Elections

http://www.youtube.com/w...mode=related&search=

Evidence of Bush and Cheneys War Racket

http://www.youtube.com/w...mode=related&search=

Why Bush Protects Bin Laden

http://www.youtube.com/w...mode=related&search=

I hope I don't screw up the page with these links. If I do SORRY

{Ed Note: Laura, just try to put your links on their own lines and it should not screw up the page. Thanks. --99}

Truth Seeker, your comment #90

Don't get me started on Ed Schultz. That man drives up the damn wall. All he talks about is war, war, war, and got to be successful in Iraq. That's a liberal? Hardly! He's a Repug plant, in my opinion. He buys into the phony "war on terror" and he buys the official 9-11 story. Talk about gullible and naive. (Randi R. cuts callers off if they mention 9-11 being an inside job on her show and want to talk about it...she just cuts them right off). And Al Franken? Good lord! Jesus H Chrst.

Ah, so the easily-hackable (which has been proven by the way) e-voting machines work just fine according to you eh? Well that will certainly be news to Brad Friedman. Interesting. Just soften the tone, eh? Ah, isn't that nice to appease the little "I don't know what I think" moderates. A "moderate" is someone with a very raw ass from sitting on that damn fence so long not being able to decide what the hell they think.

Do you also write to the hate gas bags/right-wing trash and ask them to "soften their tone?" or is just liberals you write to?

For your info, the ONLY chance this country has of NOT 'electing' Bush enablers in the future is by returning to paper ballots where the voter marks the ballot with a pencil and the ballots are counted with members of the public present. However, that will probably never happen. Why? because under Jeb Bush Florida has made returning to paper ballots ILLEGAL and I think the same thing is true for OH.

And then here's more on OH here:

As Alito Takes Supreme Court Seat, Ohio GOP Guts Election Protection, by Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman

erma

Would you shoot the bus driver (AAR) if you didn't like or know some of the other passengers?

As long as AAR needs ADVERTISING to survive, it will never be really "progressive."

Funny, that the Washington Times and N.Y. Post can lose money hand over fist, year after year, but still keep on publishing. How do they do that? OH, that's right, they have very, very rich RIGHT-WING PATRONS who supports them.

Hey, Mr. Soros... How about some cash for AAR so they won't have to peddle to the middle so much?

Thanks 99.... Who changed the print font? Its killing my eyes!

SHOW MALLOY YOUR SUPPORT
Every Air America Affiliate Should Do What Air America in Phoenix is doing!
Mike Malloy Helped get Air America Back On the Air in Phoenix.
Now KPHX 1480-am Is Helping Malloy get back on the Air!
Please contact your Air America Station and have them Link to:
http://1480kphx.com/
And Follow The Example Being set by Air America Phoenix
And Help Mike Malloy!
please copy and Paste to Other Websights and Blogs.
P.S. Who Stole The Kishka?

Thanks for the petition link Judge of Judges!

Laura

One of the Gods of Brad Blog forgot to close a tag and had to be tracked down to fix the problem. All better now. Sorry, everyone, for the weirdness.

Erma,

You are so wrong about Schultz and Franken. They are constantly exposing Bush criminals. From your comments, I doubt that you listen very often.

Paper ballots are available to everyone. I have voted by absentee for years. I encourage everyone I know to do the same and keep a copy.

Not that big of a let down for me...honestly.

Wasn't motivated when I would listen to him. We've still got Sam Seder & Rachel Maddow.

The left needs to cultivate new talent for the future of our movement. Harrison (in LA), Jay Marvin, The Young Turks, etc...

Now can we get Randi Rhodes to stop with her HORRIBLE Bush impressions?

Stephanie Miller is carried on some AAR staions & she is a gem . . . "The Lady Howard Stern"

http://www.stephaniemiller.com/

Petition to reinstate Mike Malloy here, for your convenience.

Please we need more like Malloy! Hire back Malloy soon--so I can listen to AAR again! Gosh and I was so close to going off my anti-depressants!! I need MIKE! WE ALL NEED MIKE MALLOY BACK!!! Thank you-- and, now praying for a new miracle.

Show Malloy your support #97, Thanks for the link, I emailed my affiliate even tho they don't carry Mike's broadcasts. I think every little bit helps, Hopefully. THANKS AS ALWAYS 99, I didn't know we had GODS here at Brads, just ordinary old Patriotic Citizens, but what do I know!

Truth Seeker, regarding your comment #101:

How do you think the absentee ballots are counted?

From Lynn Landes's website:

QUOTE: Most absentee ballots are not counted by hand, but instead scanned by computers. The same corporations (ES&S, Diebold, Sequoia, etc) that dominate the touchscreen market, also control the ballot scanners. In addition, some counties, like King County Washington, have even outsourced the mailing of their absentee ballots to private industry. END QUOTE

http://www.ecotalk.org/VotingSecurity.htm

I'm sure Brad has written about this too, but I'm not sure where to find that in the reams of info he has about e-voting on this site.

.. but the paper trail exists.

I am still encouraging everyone to vote D. Otherwise, you are enabling R and have learned nothing from the last six years.

Do something about the election fraud problem. Raging about it on a liberal blog does nothing.

99 - #103 was the same petition as post #4 & #34 Tnx!

{ http://www.petitiononlin.../signed.cgi?Malloy&1 }

had Mike Malloy on my radio show today on sacramento's first progressive talk station 1240 Am www.1240talkcity.com....It was great! I know he will rise again ...America needs more than one liberal network!! THANKS MIKE....CHRISTINE CRAFT KSAC.

Please sign the petition to keep Mike on the Air America at: http://www.petitiononlin...alloy/petition-sign.html

Hey, thanks so much, Christine!!!!! That was VERY nice. Do you have archives you could link us to? Or maybe a clip we could post?

Here is another petition to reinstate Mike on Air America: http://www.petitiononlin...etition-sign.cgi?red1917

Yesterday afternoon, I started my own petition, after finding none active.

http://www.petitiononlin...om/red1917/petition.html

Sign both petitions, if you have the time. If you go to my site:

www.bushflash.com

You'll find a flash banner at the top that you can insert into your own site/blog!

Truth Seeker, comment #107 wrote:

QUOTE: .. but the paper trail exists. END QUOTE

Yeah, like the Bush Crime Family/Bush Dictatorship or their Enablers the pro-war Dead Democratic Party give a damn about paper trails or fair elections!

QUOTE: Do something about the election fraud problem. Raging about it on a liberal blog does nothing. END QUOTE

Why don't you take your own advice?

Erma

What about sticking your head in a bucket of ice water for a moment or two? Or wrap it in those blue gel ice pack jobs? What's the SENSE in parking yourself on a thread to post on a blog about how pointless posting on a blog is? Seems to me your only motivation is to vent your spleen. Vent it out your window! Just quit spewing your ire on all your fellow netizens.

I'm liking Erma more & more.

99, LOL! Down, girl!

Erma,
You're sounding like Malloy on speed. And I mean that in a GOOD way.

ITMFsA!

Well, Joan, I don't mind people being upset, downright wrathful, even all the way 'round the bend behind the state of things, because it's rational and points to eventual success, or at least SOMETHING positive coming of all this misery.

But when people keep trying to bite each other's heads off, and/or derogate others on the thread over and over and over, it's not productive and it makes life MORE awful for all of us.

I had been noticing that very few women were posting for quite some time. I think, maybe, someone trying to keep the worst of it off the threads is interesting more concerned citizens of both sexes in joining our discourse. So. That's my angle.

I think Erma does have some postive things to say, but can't manage very often to put them out in anything approximating a positive way. It's always gotta be nasty, bordering on outright ad hominem attacks of the other people on the threads. As if Erma might come off like a sissy or something, ever to be caught attempting graciousness and fellow-feeling.

Well... and, continually disparaging any attempts to deal with things in our basic American way. I'm probably as interested in massive action to pluck the bastards physically from our house, without any more ado about votes or lawsuits or impeachment, any of it, as anyone you will ever meet, but I don't berate people trying however they do.

If Mike Malloy is reading this thread, his eyes have got to be rolling. I never heard him light into someone on our side like Erma does. I've heard him vaporize racists. I've heard him force ditto heads to a standstill, LOOK at what crap they spew, but I've never heard him be unkind to someone trying in good faith to work out the problems. Erma isn't a bit like him.

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Almost 5,000 signatures people!! Keep it up!! And don't forget to...

POLKA!!
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And, here, Erma, I just copied this from Crooks and Liars to use as an example to another poster on another thread, but it applies to my point to you as well. It's a transcript of the words of the Mayor of Salt Lake City, Rocky Anderson:

A patriot is a person who loves his or her country.

Who among you loves your country so much that you have come here today to raise your voice out of deep concern for our nation - and for our world?

And who among you loves your country so much that you insist that our nation’s leaders tell us the truth? Let’s hear it: "Give us the truth! Give us the truth! Give us the truth!"

Let no one deny we are patriots. We love our country, we hold dear the values upon which our nation was founded, and we are distressed at what our President, his administration, and our Congress are doing to, and in the name of, our great nation.

Blind faith in bad leaders is not patriotism.

A patriot does not tell people who are intensely concerned about their country to just sit down and be quiet; to refrain from speaking out in the name of politeness or for the sake of being a good host; to show slavish, blind obedience and deference to a dishonest, war-mongering, human-rights-violating president.

You are directing your ire at the wrong people. Take it up with, and take it out on, the guilty government, not your fellow patriots. oldturk thinks you'd rock with a megaphone. I'm sure they'd loan you one at Camp Democracy. Get thee to Washington, DC and take out your aggression on the perpetrators!

You're not going to believe this one!

The young man in this picture from The Salt Lake Tribune gives me credit for not getting hit in the face. Be sure to read my reply to his post.

Let's see here. Let's do some math, shall we?

People attending a "support the troops" rally probably planned to draw people away from the main anti-Bush rally for those who didn't want anybody to think they were against the troops and touted by the local radio station that carries Hannity, O'Reilly, Laura Ingram, even Lucy Ann Goldberg at one time.

300

Pro-Bush rally for "members of the public" who couldn't get tickets for Bush's arrival at the airport.

200 (I was there and have pictures to prove it).

Bush's air force one arrival.

3000 (Secret service estimate).

Anti-Bush rally and march.

5000 plus (reported by one of Utah's longest employed reporters Rod Decker and others)

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Come back any time, LOSER!

What the hell is "management" thinking? We are entering the political "playoff" season as of Labor Day, and they decide to start benching starters? (To use a sports metaphor).

To the extent that AirAmerica exists, this season is its reason for being. And they decide NOW to entertain more format changes than at any time since the network went on the air? It's insane. Progressives don't have time to worry about new AAR shows. They need to elect Democrats. And this can't BUT harm the election.

If it isn't entirely brain-dead, then it's a Republican plot. (Do you suppose that Karl Rove has got his fat hands on a bunch of AAR proxies?)

Good lord.

Oy vey.

Grrr.

This picture of the audience that attended Bush's arrival shows more people then ANY other photo or video taken.

I called three TV stations here and they all said they couldn't get a full shot of the crowd, because they were so restricted. One reporter here said they couldn't get close enough to the audience to get a single interview!

3000 people?

Weapons of mass destruction?

Aluminum tubes?

My ass!

I miss my friend Mike.

I have a thought, and it comes out of Mike Malloy's mouth. I have a feeling, and Mike describes and expresses that exact feeling.

He's my twin brother separated at birth. He's my soul mate, my alter ego, my lifeline to sanity.

I know he will NOT be silenced. He will return somewhere else with a new vengence!!

Air America needs to tell us the truth immediately about why Mike is gone. We are progressives, not blind morons. We will learn the truth. If they are not proud of their real reasons, then they better rethink them if they want any more of our support.

#120 Agent99,
Yes, yes, & yes to all what you said. Of course you're right.
On some thread or other, maybe it was this one, dunno, I got on Erma myself for raggin' on the people here, who are, by & large, on the same page & the same side. Then I go & say I'm likin' her. Hopefully you can forgive me for being such a paragon of inconsistency!

As you said, "Erma does have some postive things to say" and (in my extremely weary state) last night I was picturing her saying them & getting a kick out of her.

But yeah, Erma. Can you at least try & let go of some of that bitterness towards those of us you see as wishful-thinkers? Actions can be taken on MANY fronts, not just full-out revolution in the streets. And since even you say that is not likely to happen any time soon, surely you would agree that we can't just throw up our hands & say "Oh well! No revolution, might as well give up!"

This struggle has got to be like water, imho, going into all the cracks of this whole rotten, corrupt structure, a trickle here, a trickle there, IMPEACH signs on the highway overpass; lawsuits; donating; letters & phone calls, documentaries; even just having a serious conversation with a conservative, whatever a person can DO! We have to stick together on the BIG shit: getting the country back! My two cents....

Larry, #123 & #126 Thanks for the links and the picture. If you have any more I'd love to see them. Good for you, speaking up and helping out a fellow citizen, this is the way it should be, watching out for our brothers and sisters, coming to each others aid. I just found this update article from Chris Bollyn about his arrest. http://www.rense.com/general73/mone.htm

I'ts Polka Time . . . Who Stole the Kishka ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-wAj0-4WQc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAmLXrMv4-c

I hope someone hid the ice pick ! ! !

#128 I agree. . . 5900 signatures so far!

...and speaking of things people can do, like phoning and/or sending emails to ABC, perhaps:

"New ABC Docudrama Blames Clinton For 9/11, Praises Bush"

"...On September 10 and 11, ABC will air a “docudrama” called “The Path to 9/11.” It was written by Cyrus Nowrasteh, who describes himself as “more of a libertarian than a strict conservative,” and is giving interviews to hard-right sites like FrontPageMag to promote the film..."

Says limpbaugh:
"...the film really zeros in on the shortcomings of the Clinton administration in doing anything about... terrorism..."

ABC contact info:
ABC, Inc.
500 S. Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521-4551

(818) 460-7477* (the site says standard fees apply)

Gotta love our friends across the pond, though!
A commenter claims that BRITISH television is "...currently making a movie about the assasination of GWB...
(which, please note, I AM NOT advocating!)

...documentary style - a thriller to be sure..."

Oh jeez, that is SO off-topic. Apologies to Braddies & to Malloy. Anyway, here's the link...

link

I still can't believe this crap. AAR will not get my ear anymore. I hope someone picks Mike up and fast. I can go a couple of days, but that's it. MIKE COME BACK!

To Agent99, Joan et al,

I just tell the truth, which some of you don’t want to hear. I don't try to make it pretty and nicey-nice because the truth is NOT nicey-nice or pretty. And you don’t like the way I say things. To that I say too damn bad. Tough. I tell it like it is.

You bristle at what I have to say. You need to get much, much tougher and thicker skin SOMEHOW because if what little I say causes you to bristle and cringe, how in hell do you plan on taking on the nasty, evil, criminal, scum of the earth neocon Bush Dictatorship with your paper-thin, "wet-doily" skin? LOL.

Because what they have in store for you (and We The People) will make what I say look like a tupperware party quite frankly. And if you can't bear to hear what I have to say, you don’t have a chance in hell of taking on the Bush Dictatorship with your paper-thin skin. Despite all your hot air tough-talk and grandiose wishful-thinking about what "we" are going to do "next time," you'll fold right over just like a Dead Democrat. That’s for damn sure.

PS. Speaking of hot air tough-talk, it was about a week or so ago there were those on here (Charlie is the one who said it actually) who said they personally would be in the streets of San Diego if the votes were not counted in the Busby case. At the time, I thought "yeah, sure you will. More hot air/BS talk." Well, the votes were NOT counted and the people on here were NOT in the streets. They were on here instead, typing posts. They make my point for me.

Air America Radio's version of democracy - stray from the party line and get ostracised, (then fired).

Well it seems the left isn't full of dittoheads, (who knew?) tee hee!

But the DLC doesn't want you to know that and neither does Air America!

Why else would Randi Rhodes and others cut callers off from the left who add their own conspiracies

to the dialogue?

Its all about CONTROL and the dems want SHEEPLE, firing Mike Malloy is nothing but a political move

to curb free speech in the land of the brave...

Air America has been on my s-list for some time, with obnoxious ego maniac hosts drone drumbeat

indoctrination and scream at listners like fascistic jingoists.

Malloy was the only one who challenged listeners and strayed from the politics as usual, electioneering

and party line drivel. And he paid for it.

Al Franken will start selling you Hillary soon.

Roofdrak

Erma

You don't KNOW who here is out doing stuff AND posting, and who is not. You assume a little much, but thanks for your reply.

Not to get anyones hopes up, aar just ran the Mike Malloy show Promo . . .
most likely F***ing careless producing & that pisses me right off ! ! !

I Like Mike - No Mike / No Money = AAR

Ain't it supposed to be "Shit Walks and Money Talks" in business. . .

6000 Signatures 12,000 Ears !

Agent, re comment #136

Well, if people from here were in the streets protesting in San Diego, don't you think they would have come back and written ALL ABOUT IT and ALL DETAILS of the protest and how many people were there and what happened?...just like Brad did from the Dem meeting in Chicago.

The fact is, no one here said a word about supposedly being at some protest in San Diego because there was none. Period.

(But I'm sure you will now come up with some explanation in defense of the other posters here. Without a doubt. Maybe they just "forgot" to write posts about their experience at the protest. Yeah, that's it. Or they just didn't have time to write the post. Yeah that's it. I'm sure that's it. LOL. Oh brother!)

#138 Erma

There is no excuse for you to take your political fustration out on others . . .
Cause even if you make good points . . . . . some folks won't want to read'em.

Erma

Oh, so this is really only about a way to attack Charlie L. for not meeting your schedule for him to get to SD from Oregon for a protest that may or may not be happening!

QUIT PICKING ON PEOPLE HERE TO MAKE YOUR POINTS!!! Quit casting aspersions on their virility for wishing to handle things through the courts. Quit casting aspersions on their screen names to color your already ugly statements. Quit it. Go ahead and say whatever you have to say about the state of things, what you think ought to be done about it, or not done about it, be as nasty about it as you like, BUT QUIT ATTACKING THE PEOPLE COMMENTING ON BRAD BLOG, or your comments will go on the "To Be Moderated" list before they see the threads. We do NOT need you thickening our skins this way.

WE HAVE PLENTY OF IT FROM THE GOVERNMENT ALREADY.

Dear Erma,

I will defend your right to write. I like you but I think some of your methods are not effective.

Yes, I participate in protests, I contribute to causes, I look for solutions.

Doesn't sound like Mike will be coming back to AAR, even if they wanted him to.

Fran mentions on Bartcop.com:

Subject: Malloy talked with Sacramento affiliate today

Hey Bart, I'm listening to Mike talk to our Air America affiliate here in Sacramento...

He said that it WAS a financial decision...one of the big wigs wasn't seeing a big enough return on their investment apparantly and was looking to cut expenses (maybe he shoulda tried Haliburton??)

Mike says that that Laura Flanders will be taking over his spot and since Flanders comes with her
own sponsors, Air America doesn't have to pay her...as Mike said, it took them about 7 seconds to make the decisions to can Mike- who was the lowest paid in the bunch by the way...

He mentioned the lack of radio background that more than one of the CEO's have. Goldberg, who came from the record industry, screwed up things pretty bad, thus was given a nice golden parachute in Mike's words, and they brought in a guy who's from the freakin' cosmetics industry (oy, my head is
starting to hurt)...

He was asked if there was a chance that his stance on certain political issues (Israel, 9/11) played a
factor is his being fired. He didn't dismiss it, but I didn't get the feeling from him that that was a main
reason...he said that it was important to discuss those issues especially cuz they're politically taboo
- what a concept, eh?

He says there's no chance of him coming back to Air America- even if they begged him. They embarrased him, let him talk about his upcoming renewed contract and return to NYC, then finds out ON HIS WAY TO WORK that he's fired.

He was on our affiliate for an hour, took some calls, ranted a bit with our local hosts, and it felt like
our own little personal Malloy show- as good a swan song as anyone could hope for, I guess...

Anyway, I just wanted to give you a head's up from what I heard this morning... I'm pissed off to be sure and sent a comment to AA saying so. Way to be an example of how a liberal/progressive radio network deals with employment/business issues- fire him on his way to work...assholes.

Cheers and best Bart,
xoox
Fran
Sacramento, CA

Fran,

Thank you for the update. I have no comments about AA management but I truly have enjoyed all of the shows. It will be interesting to hear what the other stars have to say (especially Randi).

From my MBA training, I realize that the first job of management is to increase shareholder wealth. Otherwise, the business dies. Look at the financial difficulties and constant pledging of PBS. It is not a perfect system, but free enterprise is the system we have. I doubt that AA could compete on listener donations alone. I used to be more of an idealist, but realism dominates in my later years.

I'm no longer supporting AAR. After what they've done to Mike I refuse to listen any longer. He's the main reason I listened anyway. Despite what Mike says about Peter Werbe I'm very, very disappointed in Werbe. I sent him an email asking why he was censoring discussion about Malloy. He sent out a response saying he too would have been fired if he had talked about Malloy on the air, even though Werbe is not an employee of AAR. Sam Seder talked about it some and he hasn't been fired. Werbe was unable to see is own hypocrisy. Ironically, the next night he opened the show with the 12 warning signs of fascism. Werbe doesn't understand that his own censorship of any discussion of the Malloy topic on his show is also part of fascism.

As I said, Malloy was really the only person who attraced me to AAR. Ed Schultz does nothing for me. Neither does silly Al Franken. Randi Rhoades is too rah rah Dems for my taste and won't allow any discussion of September 11th being an inside job. Thom Hartmann says he doesn't like to talk about e-voting. That leaves Sam Seder who is all right by himself.

I would urge others to boycott AAR. Don't even go on their website. Don't give them a hit. Don't give them a Real Player hit by listening online.

It's time for real liberals to take a stand and not cave. AAR will probably expect you to listen anyway as they shift over to the "right."

I'm having Malloy withdrawals.

Schachter,

Ed Schultz is not on AAR. I doubt that you listen very often.

If you boycott AAR, what remains?

When you start boycotting liberal voices, there really is not much hope for you. Where else can you hear Feingold, Boxer, Dean, Conyers and Lamont on the same day? Good luck with FOX, Limbaugh and MSM.

Frankens Zionist benefactors must have told him Malloy goes or the money dries up. Franken supported the invasion of Iraq. Runs over there and pretends he's Bob Hope. I'm not sure what he's complaining about his brethren control U.S. foreign policy. Maybe he's concerned that the Bushies are too strident and not subtle enough.

I could be wrong but it appeared to me that AAR was going to drop Sam Seder because they lost Janeane Garofalo. Then, there was such a groundswell of support for Seder that they signed him instead of Malloy. Maybe someone else knows the whole story.

I have waited so long for liberal radio that I hate to read these negative comments. Let the child grow!

RE: shareholder wealth

It is Ed Schultz and Randi Rhodes scaring listeners away. Then you have milquetoast Seder is a boring host.

I think there are more car accidents in my state because people are falling asleep at the wheel during the morning commute when Franken is on.

Really - he can help the geriatric crowd with their afternoon naps.

Without Malloy, AAR might as well pack up and go home.

Was there any official AAR press release about Mike anywhere ?

Roofdrak, I agree with you and I was wondering if Ed Schultz is on AAR throughout the US, or is he just on some local AA station? Ed Schultz is on my local AA station unfortunately. I think he is a Bush plant.

As far as Franken goes, he is about as boring as watching paint dry and I personally cannot listen to AA right now because I am so irritated with them. When Mike was on, I could take Randi and a few of the others but Mike was the one that definitely carried the whole entire network for me personally.

I listen to Randi and some of the others are decent liberal talk show hosts, but why did they not stand up for Mike and all quit the station at once, forcing a lockout?

It seems that liberals do not stick up for each other very well. The situation at AAR is a perfect example of that.

Helen Thomas for president in 2008
(but then there is Diebold. never mind)

Schultz is on the Jones Network with Stephanie Miller. He is as anti-Bush as anyone in America. Listen to what he says (including "GWB is the worst president ever").

To win any election in this country, you must appeal to moderates. It has been that way as long as I have been alive. Mike is a great guy but he does not win moderate votes for Dems. My parents would not listen to him for five minutes.

Truth Seeker, I'm actually talking about listening to Mike for purely entertainment reasons and to be informed.

I think the Dems need to come up with their own radio station. I believe AAR isn't in place to get Dems elected. I think Dems have to get elected themselves by their actions and their record. Isn't AAR for entertainment purposes?

Mike Malloy said on the air that he thinks talk show hosts have very little sway on elections.

Yes, I have listened to Ed Schultz while working. He was for Lieberman and believes in the war on terror and believes in 911 as told by the government. I find him somewhat entertaining to listen to but really for entertainment purposes I'm afraid Mike is the best out there.

As far as voting is concerned, I think there are very few people who need to be swayed one way or the other at this point. Pollster John Zogby has said over and over that the nation is evenly divided at 50/50, so going by that there's very few people left to "sway" either way.

Truth Seeker, Schachter et al check out John Lightning radio show, independant &
compleetly uncencored lefty radio mit comody Sunday evening 8-11PM est streaming Live.
Just click my link!

As a regular listener to The Mike Malloy show, I am shocked and saddened. Mike was subbing for Randi Rhodes ( the goddess ), when I tuned in. I had been listening to Thom Hartman ( awesome, listen to him sometime, you'll learn something ), I was waiting to hear Mike Malloy's signature rant on the Bush Crime Family, and company, when I heard Thom Hartmann, I always listen to thom but, I had planned to be hearing mike. I quickly logged onto Thoms chat room and heard the news, I rebuffed it since I had just heard two weeks earlier Mike had been renewed on Air America for two years. Boy was I wrong. Mike's show is unique to itself, a special gem among liberal talk radio shows. I implore Air America to reconsider, you don't know what you've got till it's gone. You had something special with mike, think about it.
On the other hand Mike will be heard on another liberal talk radio network, HORN, so maybe things might work out for the best, diversity, only the real looser here is Air America, witch I continue to love and support, who has lost a special talent.
www.whatnowtoons.com

Malloy gave an interview last night on AAR's LA affiliate which will be archived as a free MP3 podcast. Check his site's message board for the link, or perhaps Brad Blog will see this message and dig-up the link.

A lot of people think it was his willingness to talk about 9/11 truth, and I don't think so, because otherwise a lot of other people would be suffering from the White House trying to do stuff to them and so far as I know that hasn't happened.... I think the WH still thinks most people regard this as tin foil hat stuff.

No, I think this has to do with the DAY of the show...

First of all, his last broadcast was when he was subbing for Randi, during a time of day when WH staff might have been listening and tuned in. Or someone might have been and told them to tune in.

He had interviewed Greg Palast, and Greg had a breaking story about Katrina that the Bush administration was aware of the levees breaking long before anyone else did, because the Corp of Army engineers had seen multiple leaks along the levees, when they flew over them a day before the levees broke and flooded New Orleans. In fact, the leading Hurricane expert at LSU explained to Greg that he had been threatened that he would loose his job if he revealed that the Bush adminsitration was aware of the leaks in the levees before the flood and that they just LET THE LEVEES break. WHY? Because that would show this administration had willfully allowed the deaths of all those people. Now this expert told Greg anyway, and Greg revealed this on Mike's show.

As far as I'm concerned, that what the Bush administration did in ignoring the levees immanent threat and allowing all those people to die, is murder. And the Bush administration knows it was murder. You can see this story at

http://gregpalast.com/section/articles

I have the feeling that AAR got a call from the White House that day and they said to AAR, it's either Mike, or you lose your license (because they control the FCC), and Greg must never be on AAR again.

It doesn't really matter that Democracy Now covered it. Because DN! Never would have capitulated to their threat, and they know it. But AAR? I think they would have capitulated. Watch the Democracy Now! Broadcast. Had it been Randi interviewing Greg and he had said it, I think the same thing would have happened to her.

What think you all?

Only problem with HORN is I can't get it.

Re: Seder. I started listening to him AFTER Janeane decided to leave, I couldn't stand her, and I've never figured out why.

And though I don't listen to Franken, he was good on Letterman tonight.

I'm looking forward to the link to the show last night.

If AAR would say something, ANYTHING, about Malloy I might forgive them. I could even understand if they said it was ticked off advertisers. By saying "financial reasons" isn't enough. Specify!

Mike will be back on some station and he'll have many followers

I listened to Malloy's last show and did not hear anything that would get him fired. I do not believe that the White House has any control over AAR. I feel sure that Randi will say something when she returns. She is a good friend to Mike and pays attention to the concerns of listeners. I will try to get something from Randi's website.

On his website mikemalloy.com, he suggests that supporters to call or send opinions to comments@airamericaradio.com. I expect Randi to address this issue when she returns on Tuesday. Her website is therandirhodesshow.com.

To set the record straight...MIke Malloy did appear on Sacramento radio but NOT ON THE AIR AMERICA affiliate..He appeared on my show on KSAC.. We are an independent,minority owned station in SAcramento that hosted Air America for a year before they went to one of the entercomm stations in town. I am Christine Craft,known in the day for challenging Broadcast company management(see"Too Old, Too UGly,Not Deferential to Men") We are KSAC www.1240talkcity.com..

OUr lineup includes Stephanie MIller,Tom Hartmann,Schultz, Christine Craft, Peter.B. Collins and Doug Basham..

cheers from Boobengrabber land..christine

RE:

Ed Schultz

To answer - yes, Ed is on most AAR stations thru out
the US

Here's a link to an MP3 of Mike Malloy interviewed on "Harrison On The Edge" last night on the AAR affiliate in LA. For Brad Blog and his readers, enjoy!

http://www.sendspace.com/file/virfg6

I am totally dismayed and pissed with the latest action of airamerica. Mike Malloy is the voice for all liberals and progressives in this country. He speaks truth to power and definitely is a powerful voice for how I feel but often cannot put into words. His anger is my anger, his passion is my passion.
If Mike's show leaves airamerica, airamerica will lose many, many listeners who thought we finally had a media outlet for the voice of reason, liberal values, and true intelligence and thought. If the management team, not very insightful I might add, lets Mike Malloy go I'm sure, as one other comment stated, he will land just where he needs to be - a true progressive station dedicated to voicing the truth with lots of justified anger and passion. LOVE YOU MIKE MALLOY!

Carolyn Jordon
Ashburn, VA

Thank YOU REPUG HATER
Ive been aching to hear the VOICE
Thank YOU

Repug Hater #164 Thank You for the link.

AAR - Shit-can a few more Fucking suits !

Thank you RH and thank you Harrison.

Christine,

Can you help us get Mike back on KTLK Los Angeles?

Don't think the government can't take a show off the air. The Smothers Brothers disappeared in the late 60's at the height of their popularity and nobody heard anything about it for at least 10 years. Nixon wanted it gone!

Of course that was CBS, but I still wonder.

I predict Sirius will pick Mike up . . .

Hi there! I am shocked! And that is called democracy??? They gag the truth talker. I wish to AAR to never get ever anybody better than Mike!
It was fishy: was no exception. Every single talkshow host went very very cautios. Nobody dared to criticise Israel, nobody dared to criticise the US foreign policy of the middle east, but Mike. This that he got. Booted.
So, where is that bloody big democracy that the US fighting for in the middle east???? Where is the democracy in the US???
Kiss my as...phalt... Hypocrites...Cowards...RIP USA

One thing you might want to keep in mind is that the reason people like Malloy, Rhodes, etc. are on radio and not television is that they are too "average" and not photogenic. Look at Fox etc, CNN. The talkers and anchors are Barbie and Ken clones who supposedly represent the best of the USA. You can be the smartest person in the world and have ideas to save humanity but in today's media age, you have to have the viewers saying. "wow, what a good looking person, as they read you the drivel that has been given them. My point is that the radio talkers arent even on the map for most people as people to be influenced by. The masses are influenced by people who were the big shots in high school and college, capish?

Wayne Madsen comment on Malloy

Sept. 2/3, 2006 --- WMR is de-linking to Air America Radio as a result of its decision to fire Mike Malloy. We will not provide portals to those who claim they are liberals and progressives but serve as information gatekeepers and censors for the global media elites and neo-con types.

The Washington Post's cheap shot at Ambassador Joseph Wilson and his former covert CIA wife in yesterday's edition should earn them a de-linking from our site, but there are still a few (very few) decent reporters there whose articles should be read. However, the paper's editorial staff consists of nothing more than neo-con apologists and enablers and globalists who decry Mexico's popular revolt against election fraud, Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution, Bolivia's peasant and Native American rise to power, and anything that endangers the plans of the corporate and banking elites. In one of the highest compliments paid to WMR, a former Washington Post senior editor said we are providing the hard-hitting coverage of politics and corruption in Washington that the Post should be doing. And with that and other words of support at are backs, we will continue to ply ahead as the November election --- the most critical in the history of the United States --- nears.

Mike Malloy: Fired by the information gatekeepers and censors at Air America Radio.

The Post and Air America Radio are in the same category of other so-called "liberal" web sites to which we de-linked as soon as it became apparent that they were nothing more than Democratic Leadership Council annexes parading around as liberal web sites. They are identifiable by their banning of posters and incessant censorship of content. Malloy unabashedly told his listening audience that he and his wife voted for Cynthia McKinney in the recent Georgia primary run-off election. The sacking of Malloy and the party purge of McKinney are all part of the censorship in this country --- censorship that is aided and abetted from the ranks of so-called Democrats. This country will not return ton an even keel until we not only cleanse the neo-cons and fanatic right-wingers from our midst, but also those who claim "progressive: credentials but are, in fact, lickspittles for the corporate elites.

WMR continues to provide direct links to the Randi Rhodes Show, Ring of Fire with Bobby Kennedy Jr. and Mike Papantonio, Thom Hartmann, and Sam Seder's Majority Report. We support their continued independence from the corporate censors and overseers at Air America Radio. Our boycott of Air America Radio and its sponsors will continue until that network re-instates Malloy with a new and more financially beneficial contract. Until then, Air who?

http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/

RE:

Above, I believe Madsen is referring to Democratic
Underground, Daily Kos and Smirking Chimp all who have banned me for the most mild criticisms of democrats.

Once Democratic Underground banned me for saying Randi Rhodes spews too much anger. Everyone knows Daily Kos
censors views critical of Israel and voter fraud.

Go figure.

I live in a remote area where I can not get Air America reception. Recently, I went to an internet podcast link that allowed me to hear Mike Malloy interview Webster Tarpley of the "Scholars for Truth Symposium" on Air America. I was thinking, at last Air America is waking up to the "Big Lie" about 911.
Well, that was short lived. I think most liberals don't want to know the truth about 911. If they did, they would have to act, and they don't want to have to do anything that would change their comfortable lives.
Malloy is one of the rare commentators with enough courage to say that our government was involved in 911.
I think that is surely why he was fired.

More disturbing about the DLC is not only their
willingness to cooperate with NeoCons and have Franken
do his terror talking points, is the DLC's habit of
trying to conceal themselves in the progressive
banner of places like Daily Kos which is bashing Malloy
under this same topic showing their bloggers true colors.

I don't care for 9-11 conspiracies, but if you want to be a pro-war person, go join the GOP.

I knew AAR was infilitrated back in the early days when
Schultz said we had to "learn to talk to the red states
about the three G's,- God, Gays and Guns if we are going to win".

He said like the first day he was put in Randi's time slot.

I thought, wow phony progressives have 'jacked it.

I've been listening to Mike Malloy for over two years on MP3 while in Iraq as a civilian contractor. His rage and venting was one of the few things keeping me going. I downloaded his programs from first WhiteRoseSociety and then Air America Premium. What AAR has done is totally sickening and I have no reason left to listen to them. Randi Rhodes is extremely knowledgeable, but Mike's emotions cannot be matched. He is/was the ultimate.

Malloy interviews Tarpley, 3 August 2006

Thanks for giving Mike Malloy a space about his unjust firing. I find it odd that some of the web sites that Mike would plug every now and then didn’t even give him as much of a peep. No support or anything. It’s awful what they did to Mike, you would think the web sites that got plugged on his show every now and then would have at least gave him a little space for his story or his petition drive. Kind of like stabbing a friend in the back when he’s down in my opinion.

RE: computer voting

Why doesn't Al Franken or the "suits" at AAR like to
discuss computer voting fraud, because THEY ARE the
DLC that's why!

If the DLC acknowledged computer voting they'd have to
ACT and get all the Duebold things thrown in the garbage, after the US Govmnt spent HUNDREDS of BILLIONS
on them.

Next the DLC wants no critics of Irsael because they
are major donor reipients and functioaries of ZZionism
just like GOP, and the DLc is mostly about the moneyed
power side of the Dem party.

RE: vote fraud

OOPS typo hundreds of millions spent on Diebold

Well, Roofdrak, even though you haven't done your research on 911, at least you are aware that our congress is "Israel occupied territory." And that no major media is addressing the evoting fraud that will give the coming elections to the Republicans again.
As Webster Tarpley says, exposing the perpetrators of 911 is the only way to get this country back to respectable leadership. Since the Democrats are not doing this, I have to think that a lot of them were in on it. And the ones that weren't are terrified of receiving an anthrax letter.

not that upset...he sounded like a nutty old man.

I wouldn't know where to begin soliciting terrestrial radio stations, so I've written to Sirius to persuade them to pick up Mike's show, and I'd urge everyone to do the same to at least try to usher him back on the airwaves.

GONZO GREETINGS:

What about the on going rumors Malloy was fired to make room for the Young Turks? The rumor has been growing since they no showed for a Friday show (that was not supposed to be a repeat!)

Now Laborday I get, but they have post on the 31st making it clear they werer supposed to be live Friday. And no explenation as to why TYT were NOT on friday.

In a few hours we will learn more. In the meantime check out this link to TYT site on the rumor itself!

http://www.theyoungturks...ory/2006/9/3/15240/18220

-SPIKE

We need to get past 9-11, lots of other countries had terror attacks. I am sick of all the wars committed
by the same Reaganites in power since 1980.

Mike Malloy said his show didn't matter, but it did.

We need new ideas to get past these stereotypes of
"kill the terrorists".

Lots of countries had terror attacks and got over it, we need to stop using it to justify more wars and TV
propaganda.

If the DLC uses the propaganda like NeoCons they are
using the hundreds of billions we could use to remake
this country to kill more people with American bombs

I'm also pissed at Air America for getting rid of Mike. They should have cut Spinger first. How in the Hell did he ever get a show. He really hurts the rep of the network as he continues to do his trashy tv shows. As mentioned in an earlier post, I also think AAR is in some real financial problems. Over the last six months or so they are playing more and more bumper music, in place of commercials. I think they are about to go down the tubes. I think Franken is about to drift off in another direction.... I don't like to be the one to start a rumor, but from the outside, it's not looking very good. And now, pissing off the fan base is going to hurt. Miss your show Mike!

... mario said on 8/30/2006 @ 7:08 pm PT...

I subscribe to XM Radio to hear MIKE! Guess I'll cancel that service. ~ma

NOT TO WORRY, MIKE CAN GO TO SIRIUS RADIO AND SAY WHAT HE WISHES WITHOUT WORRY OF FCC CENSORSHIP AND WITH HIS CELEBRITY WORRY OVER LOSING HIS JOB.

Mike has many options I'm sure, not the least of which GCNlive (the network that carries Alex Jones, who has been swapping interviews recently with Mike on their respective shows... plus I'm sure many many more avenues...
This is a clear signal that airamerica is subservient to the establishment, and at best a lapdog to the big media fascists...
He said recently, I believe 2 weeks ago today, that we wouldn't be hearing him much longer on the air, and he just didn't "care anymore"...
He was in the middle of a heavy fascism/totalitarian rant, and it seemed pretty clear that he had been pressured to lay off the truth, and that he was prepared to stick to his guns.
If he doesn't get picked up like Derek Jeter suddenly becoming an available free agent, I'll be surprised.
Hey, WHO NEEDS AIRAMERICA ANYWAY. The democrats "in the fold" have left most of us. The progressive wing has to break off and rebuild the opposition. Mike represents the progressive edge that interlinks with straight constitutional conservatives, old-school Old Republicans and the patriot truth movement, and in this joining of forces is our best chance found.
Mike Malloy is a great Patriot of the republic, lets all pressure our local and favorite media outlets to pick him up if and when he regroups...

New Petition for Mike Malloy just added.

You can find it here. Thank you for caring.

LISTEN to Mike Malloys recemt comments on this mess on Guy James' show which can be downloaded at whiterosesociety.org in the Guy James section. The show is dated Thursday September 7th. A must listen to any Mike Malloy fan, Mike doesnt hold back and talks candidly about AAR.

I would pay $3-10 a month just for mike malloy's show. If about 14000 people signed the petition and they were willing to pay that a month then the malloy show coudl run on the web and gain 42,000-140,000 a month. Mike is that enough? Try web radio and go with the support of your DIRECT listeners. I suspect like my AA subscription it was really to support the MIke Malloy show above all. I have canceled that and would subscribe should you venture in this area. Who's with me? 14,000 subscirbers would not be hard to get. I suspect this has nothing to do with the "Bush Crime Family" but Mike's stance on Israel and AA just happens to be AIPAC/DLC types.

I haven't been on this blog very often. Sorry this post ended up so long. I guess I have a lot to initially get off my chest.

I really like most of the comments regarding this discussion about Mike. Seems like a lot of true liberals gravitate here, though maybe that's because Mike is the discussion topic. I hope all you folks who have figured out that there is no longer a place for liberals (I refuse to hide behind the word progressive, I'm a proud liberal) in the democorrupt party, as it's just a wing of the corporate party, plan to start voting Green. If you aren't there yet, we'll be glad when you finally join us and turn this country away from the fascist direction we are currently heading.

Regarding the fascist republican diebold-olical jim crowe machines, a lot of numbers have been thrown around about the spending on these election stealing devices put out by fascist republican companies like diebold. I think the correct amount allocated by the federal government is 3 billion.

Note that I've given up calling them neocons. It eternally amazes me that after living under a 6 year coup, almost no one I ever talk to, including otherwise seemingly intelligent people, are aware that the neocon faction of the republican party is running things. So, I just call them what they truely are, fascist republicans.

Regarding independent media, FSTV, LINKTV, DemocracyNow, INN, Liberty News, and AirAmerica (still some good people left) Radio/Internet are my TV and radio media sources for the truth. Fox, the networks, PBS, the rest of the cable news, and the rest of the radio dial including NPR are Orwellian government controlled media that spew lies, half truths, and lies of omission to Americans from cradle to grave, why should I waste my precious time consuming propaganda from the 6 CEOs that also control the republican and democratic wings of the corporate party?

Regarding the value of street protests, Camp Democracy in Washington DC, started Sept. 5, 2006. This is finally the end for the neocon fascists and christian fanatics! This is going to be a movement that will grow into millions of people in Washington until this regime is driven out of office by impeachment or resignation.

This is in the model of Ukraine and Mexico! Read about it! The only politicians left in the wake of this movement will be those that come out strongly for what most people in this country want - this regime driven out of office and an immediate end to the current illegal war in Iraq and a stop to the plans for additional illegal wars in Iran and the rest of the Middle East.

Check out the amazing speaker schedule, all the groups that are sponsoring this, a one hour video on the event, free rooms, and transportation discounts, etc., etc..

http://www.campdemocracy.org

I had a problem with Netscape accessing the site, but Internet Explorer worked okay.

Maybe I'll see you there on Nov. 8th on the day after the fascist neocon republicans steal the next election!

Regarding Mike, here's my comment I provided when I signed the petition.

I admire Mike Malloy. Mike is uncompromising, has integrity, and is the most talented member of air america along with Sam Sedar. I'm concerned that this development may lead to AAR being controlled by the Orwellian government controlled media and we will lose America's only voice on commercial radio that is not spewing out fascist government propaganda to unwitting americans from cradle to grave.

The day he left I heard Randi Rhodes recommend that people contact the station and try to get him back, but I didn't hear her give any explanation why his show was off the air.

The last time I heard Mike it was a little scary. He was talking about how he carries a gun because he feels threatened. I don't know if he was referring to the government and/or fascist republican listeners. It's a legitimate concern the more bold these fascists get and there have been talk show hosts that have been murdered.

Randi can be quite a blowhard. She often talks about how she "is" AAR and how she made great sacrifices to get it started, but if she is so influential, why is she not saying more about it and why doesn't she just give him his job back since she "is" AAR?

I just googled and found Mike's home page. He said he was fired for financial reasons, but his 9/10/06 statement sounds hopeful and like good old feisty Mike!

And we hope soon to be back on the airwaves, kidcking GOP ass before the November elections! Now we have to wait and see . . . .

I took him for granted back when he was on local Chicago radio - I think WLS. When we weren't living under fascism he seemed to be too radical for me, but now I think he's the best AAR has to offer. Randi Rhodes is another person who speaks thruth to power, but all her false bravado gets a bit tiresome. She's always saying "I told you so", as if none of us had a clue until we tuned her show in. There is no other place available to people who speak truth to power in Orwellian government controlled radioland.

I think currently Mike's two options are the internet and/or satellite radio, but both are tenuous because the fascists have plans to stop free speech on both of those medias, if we don't get off our couches and stop them, otherwise one day no more bradblog...

Thanks DJEFF for the heads up on Mike Malloy's interview on the Guy James radio show.

If you listen to this it's obvious that the ever expanding Orwellian government controlled propaganda machine has consumed AAR. He was most likely fired for criticizing Israel during the recent illegal war Israel waged against Lebanon where Israel murdered over 1000 civilians, and used illegal weapons - DU, cluster bombs, and napalm.

The good news is that he's making the rounds with the satellite radio folks and hopefully will soon be back on the air kicking the fascist Bush regime's ass again. And who needs more of an ass kicking then that bunch of criminals?

Guy James also tells a story about Ed Schultz. I guess some of the AAR original hosts told him that when AAR added Schultz to the lineup that was after AAR had been taken over by the Orwellian government controlled propaganda machine and Schultz marked the beginning of the end of AAR. Makes sense to me. Schultz is obviously a corporate DLC democrat.