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To: geode00 who wrote (192030)	7/18/2006 10:06:39 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Anyone know why Heckeva job Bush has been SO SLOW to evacuate our more than 30,000 citizens who are still over in Lebanon...? The French are faster and more effective at getting their citizens out...What an embarassment. -s2@ThisResponseToRescueOurCitizensRemindsMeOfKatrina.com

To: geode00 who wrote (192030)	7/19/2006 5:57:12 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Here is the first instance of Rhoades joking about assassination: AIR AMERICA'S ASSASSINATION CHIC BY MICHELLE MALKIN • APRIL 27, 2005 09:32 AM Assuming you've seen the Drudge Report flash on the Air America skit broadcast yesterday and now apparently under investigation for its assassination overtones. Randi Rhodes has used this rhetoric before. From May 2004: Comparing Bush and his family to the Corleones of "Godfather" fame, Air America host Randi Rhodes reportedly unleashed this zinger during her Monday night broadcast: "Like Fredo, somebody ought to take him out fishing and phuw. " Rhodes then imitated the sound of a gunshot. In "Godfather II," Fredo Corleone is executed by brother Michael at the end of the film. Is this her cheap, sick attempt to boost those pathetic ratings? The MSM will no doubt follow-up with sympathetic profiles of Rhodes, as the Washington Post did last fall--check out how the writer nonchalantly mentions the Fredo/assassination skit. Now, compare that treatment with the fate of conservative talk show hosts punished or canned for controversial speech. michellemalkin.com Here is the second instance: XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX WED APRIL 27, 2005 18:02:35 ET XXXXX AIR AMERICA RADIO INVESTIGATED AFTER BUSH 'GUNSHOTS' The red-hot rhetoric over Social Security on liberal talkradio network AIR AMERICA has caught the attention of the Secret Service, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. Government officials are reviewing a skit which aired on the network Monday evening -- a skit featuring an apparent gunshot warning to the president! The announcer: "A spoiled child is telling us our Social Security isn't safe anymore, so he is going to fix it for us. Well, here's your answer, you ungrateful whelp: [audio sound of 4 gunshots being fired.] Just try it, you little bastard. [audio of gun being cocked]." The audio production at the center of the controversy aired during opening minutes of The Randi Rhodes Show. "What is with all the killing?" Rhodes said, laughing, after the clip aired. "Even joking about shooting the president is a crime, let alone doing it on national radio... we are taking this very seriously," a government source explained. White House Spokesman Scott McClellan called the clip "very inappropriate and over the line." AIR AMERICA President of Programming and co-COO Jon Sinton said in a release: "We regret that a produced comedy bit that was in bad taste slipped through our normal vetting process. We do acknowledge that it was an internal error and internal discipline will be enforced." Rhodes apologized for the skit on Wednesday. "It was a bit,” Rhodes said. “It was bad. I apologize a thousand times." discussions.pbs.org ..does she scare you? I'm more worried about the leftwing loons who can be spurred into action by such talk.