There's bad news tonight:
Air America Shuts Down and Will File for Chapter 7
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/air-america-stops-broadcasting-will-file-for-chapter-7/
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so much for hearing the other side of the story. :-X
You can only blame Democrats for the demise of Air America. The ratings just weren't there, and as you know that is the life blood of any network. Ad fees are based on ratings.
Given that liberals outnumber conservatives you'd think that Air America would have had very high ratings.
Again, local stations aren't going to take on liberal talkers that can not produce huge ratings. You can't operate a radio station on the cheap and survive.
The reason liberal radio does not work is because liberals like government, and conservative trash radio works because those people love to hear people rip on the government......and have the I.Q. value of Rick's last post.
Who would like government?! The whole idea of this country is to keep the government small and only able to do what it needs to do. I'd rather rip on the government than have coffee with it....
elmo...what country do you want to live in? A Banana Republic?
I certainly don't want to live in one where the government provides everything for me, while taking everything that I earn, and sticking their noses into every part of my life.....
Thanks Elmo! I second that notion!
Please try to be more specific Elmo.....where do you want to live, or what services do you want local, state,
or the federal governments to provide for you, and where should such governments stick their noses?
And what areas are you and Ricky Boy willing to fork over monies to pay for such private services?
I truly am beginning to think that you never paid attention in school when the structure of the US system of government was discussed. I just can't believe that you don't understand. I don't want to have to give you a civics lesson, but some remedial education is certainly necessary.
Read the Constitution Dennis. Read the tenth amendment. Don't get hung up on "promote the general welfare", it doesn't mean what you think it means. The Federal government has very specific and finite powers. Everything else is left up to the individual States. That is where the true power to govern should be.
I would much rather give my taxes to the state government to spend on programs and services that benefit my state, instead of sending my money to Washington to have it disappear never to be seen again. How about you? Who would you trust to govern you more effectively? Washington or Columbus? Can you physically talk to one of your Federal representatives? I have never been able to. But I have talked directly to State Senators and Representatives both over the phone and over their kitchen table. The state government is more responsive to my needs.
So I am not saying that all of the government programs should come to an end. What I am saying is that the State of Ohio should have the free reign to create, implement, modify and abolish all of the current programs as it sees fit and as its citizens demand without interference from the Federal government, and without 40% of the State's GDP being sucked away.
be specific Rick.........be specific........what do you want government to pay for, and what are you willing to fork over to private enterprises to run??????
Business will gough you more than the government,,,,,, check your health insurance payments......or your credit card interest......
rr do believe the country should be city-states?
I want the Federal government to pay for national defense, national transportation systems, regulation of interstate business. Each individual state can decide how much and what else they want to do.
I can tell that both of you are not too supportive of the idea that states should have the right to determine their own destinies and to govern themselves. you both think government is the answer to all questions, but why would you rather have the Federal government be the answer in stead of the State governments? Do you prefer the one size fits none approach championed by the Feds, or would you rather support fifty individually tailored solutions to fifty individual and unique situations? Do you think that the most important problems for California citizens are the same problems that citizens of Alaska or Iowa face? How much does the population of Montana really have in common with Floridians? The founding fathers created this country by recognizing and preserving the idea that each colony was an individual sovereign state that had its own traditions, beliefs and customs. The Federal government was created so that each state had a framework under which they could interact with each other, and also mutually defend themselves against outside forces.
Come on you two, there has to be somewhere that you can go to learn civics. Are the schools that far gone that civics isn't taught at all anymore?
Rick>
So you will support paying higher state taxes than federal taxes????????
I can live with that, THANKS!!!!!
ONLY if Federal taxes are reduced dramatically to reflect the new limited role ofthe Federal government. I will not support higher state taxes and the current Federal taxation rates.
i support individual state rights but with the federal government as safe keeper of the constitution that gives fair balance with local, state and federal governments.
Excellent comments by Rick Rowlands. Couldn't agree with you more.
Quote from: Dan Moadus on January 28, 2010, 01:11:53 PM
Excellent comments by Rick Rowlands. Couldn't agree with you more.
dan you are type of person who would make anti-child labor laws and unions illegal in this country thanks but no thanks.
No problem "iwasthere", Tim Ryan sounds more like your man.
Dan, you are not "the man" or a friend to the poor, working, or middle classes.......
you lose, May 4th.....
Why do you have to be a "friend" of any class? Is that not considered" pandering to special interests"?
I rather be a friend to the working class than a friend to big business which screws the working class......
now that's PANDERING......
Dan's 15 minutes of fame ends May 5th, 2010....the day after Ryan sweeps him off his conservative Republican feet.....
How screwed would the working class be if there were no "big business" around to employ them?
Rick, you are a conservative, and that explains a lot.
Quote from: irishbobcat on January 31, 2010, 11:07:56 AM
Rick, you are a conservative, and that explains a lot.
But it doesn't explain "How screwed would the working class be if there were no "big business" around to employ them?"
Could you please answer the question that was asked of you?
I agree.
Answer Rick's question.
Think about this also ... when the mills were up and running (big business) the Struthers School System benefitted from it. Where's the money coming from today?
Rick's question was neither liberal or conservative. It's a question that both sides are asking.
Quote from: Why?Town on January 31, 2010, 11:25:58 AM
But it doesn't explain "How screwed would the working class be if there were no "big business" around to employ them?"
Could you please answer the question that was asked of you?
working class would be screwed if there was no small businesses not big businesses.
What is the earnings threshold at which a business officially starts screwing its employees?
I don't understand the hostility that some people have toward corporations. Corporations exist solely at the desire of the people. Without customers who WILLINGLY purchase what a corporation produces, that corporation will cease to exist. Bethlehem Steel ceased to exist when steel buyers stopped buying their wide flange beams and instead bought more inexpensive beams from Nucor Yamato. Here was Bethlehem, number 2 steelmaker in the country, who built the great guns of our battleships, rolled 2/3 of the steel that holds up New York City, and erected the Golden Gate Bridge. They were one of those "evil" corporations, but ultimately we no match for the power of the people.
Why the contradiction? Why do you talk out of one side of your mouth and state that big corporations screw their employees and then turn around and continue to support the existence of those corporations buy purchasing their products? Why did this valley roll over begging and pleading to GM not to close Lordstown? GM is by definition a "big corporation", so seeing its plant leave Lordstown should be cause for celebration by irishbobcat since those 3,000 people are no longer being screwed by big corporations. Nevermind that they are now living under a bridge or in a shelter, at least they are not being screwed any longer.
I just don't understand your thought process.
Rick, that's because there is very little thought process going on when people demonize corporations. How dare they actually make a product , give people jobs that pay a livable wage, and still make a profit.
I can't figure out the problem either.