This will be a first. I will attempt to present subject matter without conjecture or invective. So here goes. Talk radio is a regular and if not, daily experience for me. Although being down here in Atlanta, my preference is limited to Sports Talk 790 the zone, Neal Boortz and NPR on WABE, I do read transcripts and occasionally listen to the broadcast I can receive without registering online.I have noticed outside of NPR, and inclusive or Sports Talk, most of these folks just be talking shit (a mile a minute to quote George Clinton) out the sides of their necks. Take said example of Syndicated Talk Radio host Michael Savage. I have read that it is heard across approximately 350 or more stations and is preceded in listeners only By Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity.
After the I’m smarter than a fifth grader speech, I mean state of the union address by President George W. Bush, one of the topics covered was the Presidents proposal for 30 billion US $ in emergency AIDS relief for Africa. During the discussion, he engaged a caller.
From the transcript, the shows airdate was January 29, 2008. During his rant, Savage also stated, "See, we don't live in Africa where people settle arguments with machetes. We live in a country where we settle it with arguments. Something you apparently don't know anything about. What's the matter, cat got your tongue, my friend, Kojo?" After the call ended, Savage added:
"See, there you go. Couldn't use the machete so his mind went blank. There, that's what we got. There's multiculturalism for you. There's immigration for you. There's the new America for you. Bring them in by the millions. Bring in 10 million more from Africa. Bring them in with AIDS. Show how multicultural you are. They can't reason, but bring them in with a machete in their head. Go ahead. Bring them in with machetes in their mind.”
Michael Savage in my understanding is part of what is wrong with America. This is why other countries around the globe consider us arrogant and self-righteous. This is why we are perceived as being a bully as opposed to being humble. Mr. Savage doesn’t represent the Americans I know. His work isn’t hard, and for all I know, he may be a recovering drug addict as one of his talk radio colleagues.
I wish someone would give me a talk radio show, because I can talk shit as well as the next person, but I can also fight - meaning I would respect all callers as if they could fight as well. Too bad Kojo wasn't waitin for him a his car - but he probably has body guards.
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