I actually like Lionel.\u00c2\u00a0 But it’s a very peculiar and very strange selection for Air America Radio.\u00c2\u00a0 Once upon a time, he tended to praise George W Bush, and I recall a promo for his show, oddly enough on 620 AM two and a half formats ago, which went roughly: “I listen to what the conservatives have to say.\u00c2\u00a0 Then I listen to what the liberals have to say.\u00c2\u00a0 Then I say, BOMB SAUDI ARABIA!”\u00c2\u00a0 He was for a time hawkish and very much a supporter for the Iraq War.\u00c2\u00a0 He’s come against it as new information has come in and the war obviously doesn’t look particularly good anymore, but understand here too something about Lionel:\u00c2\u00a0 when the Democrats won the midterm elections, he made it clear that this was GREAT because of the sole reason that it was a referendum on the war and on the neoconservatives — and here he could care less about other issues.\u00c2\u00a0 Also understand that he had the unfortunate tendency to say “we” as to the conversion of his position in a manner that suggested how absurd being against the war looked in 2003.
\nI’m tapping my fingers at the Air America honchos, pondering the cancellation of the only particularly innovative program they aired — that which evolved into Appointment Radio, Morning Sedition.\u00c2\u00a0 They canned the hyper-kinetic Mike Malloy, who is a riot.\u00c2\u00a0 And they have now canned Sam Seder — who isn’t quite up to par with the others and truth be told his flaws glare out (notice his tendency to not be able to digest some news items, which forces him to read entire articles instead of summarizing them)– but on a network that is… a little dry at times, as it advocates and advocates… he was consistent.\u00c2\u00a0 So, Air America has three strikes against them here.\u00c2\u00a0 Rachel Maddow is a definite plus, but KPOJ forced her to the midnight slot so what good is that?
\nI noticed a while ago that KPAM picked Lionel up, sort of just barely.\u00c2\u00a0 But they seem to have replaced him, even as I note that his strange spot on Saturday morning was still there last weekend.\u00c2\u00a0 I don’t know if KPOJ is going to slide him right into the slot they have for Sam Sedar right now, or what they plan on doing.\u00c2\u00a0 (Hey!\u00c2\u00a0 Rebroadcast Thom Hartmann!\u00c2\u00a0 Because, you know, I might have missed that 6 hour block of Thom Hartmann they started airing!)\u00c2\u00a0 Ah well.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ve heard an advertisement from a Bankruptcy Attorney on KPOJ, which considering the network is pretty darned hilarious.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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