Air America Radio

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   While driving up I94 near Madison Wi in the midst of radio wasteland my radio locked on Air America, I listened with open mind, contrary to what many here think or wish that I did.  Being a trucker these hour blocks are used more as a time referance and passing rather than mind numbed robot schooling.

The first thing that struck me was the total lack of imaginative humor, really bad attempts at comic assasination, parodies that made no sense and targeted at subjects and issues that could by rational people be considered insensitive and downright slanderous.  Not saying that Rush or Sean are not in the same mindset, but their is a practiced humor, based on relevant issues and satire, on the right and they will attack a fellow conservative if required.  Yet on Air America all I heard was attacks on Republicans, their personality, persons and policies, not one critical statement on one of their own in 5 hours.

Talk radio should be informative, and entertaining, but downright childish in their attacks makes no sense if you care to actually have an audiance that is willing "To take back America" through provoking thought, and action.  Not belittling every Republican in office and every policy, while not giving the audiance even a glimpse of a workable alternative by their party of choice.

And to find their ratings to be 24th and behind the old George Nori aliens and supernatural all night wanderthon says a lot on their message and audience.

The innaugual too expensive, better spent elsewhere, was a classic, Like John Kerry would have had cheese, crackers, and club soda at the school gym for his, give us a break here folks.  Look at where most of that money goes, caterers, hotels, limo drivers, basically returning money to the working man, yet to listen today you would think that 40 million was going directly to only republicans for their "war chest."

What many here refuse to admit or see without thier rose colored glasses is we are a nation "ruled" every four years by the lessor of two evils, and unfortuanatly for many, and fortuanately for many the majority of the voters picked the Republican evil with a message and a direction, rather than the Democrat evil, directionless and with no message other than "Bush is wrong".  And that is no way to win an election.

And today's vote on Rice, was another shinning example of how in order to make a point you fall on your sword and alienate more Americans from your cause.  Only 2, Boxer and Kerry voted No, after even Kerry's speech on how qualified she was, that was and still is his major problem, pick a direction and stay on it for god's sake.

Well sitting here without time to spell check, sitting in Black River Falls, WI truck at idle, cold, dog has to go out and I get to bed for I have to get up to drive again in 8 hours, and make more money so my taxes can be mis-spent by the this terms resident evil.  

Edited by oldsoldier