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To: Road Walker who wrote (231109)	4/29/2005 1:22:28 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577908

"The liberal Air America Radio, just past its first birthday, has probably enjoyed more free publicity than any enterprise in recent history. But don't believe the hype: Air America's left-wing answer to conservative talk radio is failing, just as previous efforts to find liberal Rush Limbaughs have failed. ... "Air America's ratings [are] pitifully weak, even in places where you would think they'd be strong. WLIB, its flagship in New York City, has sunk to 24th in the metro area Arbitron ratings. ... In the liberal meccas of San Francisco and Los Angeles, Air America is doing lousier still. ... "Unable to prosper in the medium, liberals have taken to denouncing talk radio as a threat to democracy. Liberal political columnist Hendrik Hertzberg, writing in the New Yorker, is typically venomous. Conservative talk radio represents 'vicious, untreated political sewage' and 'niche entertainment for the spiritually unattractive,' Hertzberg sneers." — Brian C. Anderson, writing on "Why the Liberals Can't Keep Air America From Spiraling In," April 18 in the Los Angeles Times

To: Road Walker who wrote (231109)	4/29/2005 1:46:20 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577908

The 'religious left' Radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh is striking back at religious liberals. On Wednesday, during a discussion with a caller named "David" from Merrick, N.Y., he held forth on what the left does not understand about the late Pope John Paul II, adding: "I would submit to you that people on the left are religious, too. Their God is just different. The left has a different God. There's a religious left in this country. "And, the religious left in this country hates and despises the God of Christianity and Catholicism and whatever else. They despise it because they fear it, because it's a threat, because that God has moral absolutes. That God has right and wrong, that God doesn't deal in nuance, that God doesn't deal in gray area, that God says, 'This is right and that is wrong.' " Mr. Limbaugh continued, "A lot of people on the left don't want to hear that. They want to define that for themselves, and they don't want to be judged, and they don't want anybody casting judgment on them and forcing anything on them so there's fear. All this fear prohibits and gets in the way of people understanding who other people are." Reaction from religious liberals was swift. The Interfaith Alliance yesterday called the remarks "religious hate talk."

To: Road Walker who wrote (231109)	4/29/2005 4:29:12 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577908

I'm with Arnold... changed my position on this. I say we stop illegal immigration, and the impact it has on lower end pay scales in this country. But I still think the better way to do it is to REALLY go after those that hire the illegals. Give them jail sentences. I don't think that will help much. The majority of illegals in CA work for small private firms or private persons like you or I. They rarely stay in one job very long. Its also very common to see tons of illegals standing outside a Home Depot or a paint store looking for work. The only commonality with all these different groups is that they all have to cross the border. Its better to get them there. As for Arnold, its taken a huge amount of courage to take the stand he is taking. If illegal immigration is really ended, it will stop decades of abuses in CA but it also will mean some pain for the CA economy which, in turn, will hurt the US. ted