Savage Weiner: "Boo Hoo, I'm Being Oppressed Because I'm a Paranoid Jackass"

From Think Progress: C-SPAN Gets Savaged By Right-Wing Radio Listeners

Last week, right-wing radio host Michael Savage was presented a Freedom of Speech award at Talkers Magazine’s annual New Media Seminar. C-SPAN, which aired portions of the two-day event, chose to not air Savage’s acceptance speech because the conservative talker only appeared in a pre-recorded DVD speech.

Savage is now claiming he is a victim of censorship. Repeatedly attacking C-SPAN this week as “fascists” and modern versions of the “brownshirt movement in Hitler’s Germany,” Savage encouraged his listeners to call and email CSPAN about their supposed “blacklisting” of his speech.

First of all, who would give a bigot like the Savage Weiner an award for ANYTHING other than his rampant douchbaggery? Second, this is a prime example of Weiner's entire modus operandi: Everything is done solely to oppress bigots like Weiner, and everyone who disagrees with him is the highest form of evil. Never mind that he's given an open platform to spout his racist, sexist, homophobic, bigoted, hateful shit every single day, never mind that he's given carte blanche to say whatever he wants without fear of the actual reprisal he so richly deserves. No, in Weiner's world, he's so very oppressed, and that's just an immutable fact that no amount of evidence to the contrary will ever refute.

On Washington Journal this morning, host and C-SPAN CEO Brian Lamb read aloud some of the emails he has received from alleged listeners of Savage’s show. The emails defending Savage are filled with personal attacks, referring to Lamb as an “ass loser Communist,” “pervert,” “bed-wetting commie,” and worse. Watch it:

But remember, conservatives have more class. Once again, the hateful pigs prove themselves as such.

Michael Savage is obviously not responsible for the content of these emails. But it’s worth noting that such attacks are standard fare for Savage’s radio show. According to Savage, MoveOn.org members are “rat-bastard Communists,” supporters of the Fairness Doctrine are “Nazis” and “no different than the Bolsheviks in 1917,” and Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) says things that “Goebbels would be proud of.”

Gee, and I wonder where they get this kind of hatemongering from...

In God I Trust, So I Don't Need to Drive Right

Today's J-G Letters page.

For those who feel they need to profess their faith via their “In God We Trust” license plates – more power to you. But remember, God, and everyone else, is watching you. Hopefully you use your turn signal every time it is warranted; you use the passing lane for actually passing; you don’t pass on the right; you come to a full and complete stop at all stop signs – no slow rolling allowed; and you do not ever speed, for you are to “submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake” (1 Peter 2:13). If you can’t abide by these “laws of man” and feel compelled to still have your “special” plate, realize that you may be considered by some to be a hypocrite.

I've noticed that most of the obnoxious drivers in this state (or at least in this area) have the IGWT plates. It's as if they seem to believe themselves above the pithy laws of man, much less the tenets of common courtesy.

I'm really glad I'm not the only one noticing this trend.

Random One, 6/15/2007

John Denver - Leavin' On A Jet Plane

I'm out of the LHP offices until Sunday, because I have a wedding to attend in Maryland. And I'm flying for the first time.

Just one question, though: Why the hell do we still have to take our shoes off? Why in the name of all that's holy would they try something we're expecting? Hell, you'll notice we haven't had any air disasters since 9/11. Maybe we don't need to worry all that much?

Ah, I'm not bitter or anything. I made it through security fine, so I really have nothing to bitch about.

New links, June 8, 2007

Added Masson's Blog to the Local and State Weblogs list.

Evansville Courier and Press: "Treason's okay if you're a Bush fan!"

Masson's Blog has brought to my attention a disturbing editorial that ran in the Evansville Courier and Press, asserting that Scooter Libby was given too harsh of a sentence.

The sentence seems awfully harsh for obstructing an investigation into the leak of a CIA agent's name when it was known from the outset that no crime had occurred and who the leakers were.

And right away, the Republic Party memes start. Yes, it WAS a crime, because, as has been covered about fifteen thousand times, Valerie Wilson was STILL COVERT when she was outed by Bob "I'm Just Doing My Job Putting Us In Danger" Novak. Furthermore, when Libby started lying to Fitzgerald, that's a crime. Impeding an investigation is a crime, for those who didn't know.

The judge indicated he was not disposed to let Libby stay free pending appeal — he said he found the evidence "overwhelming" — meaning Libby, 56, who has two school-age children and an otherwise impeccable reputation, would be heading off to jail around Aug. 1.

So this supposedly "impeccable reputation" isn't broken by the fact that he LIED to a federal investigator and was implicit in the traitorous outing of a CIA agent? Wow. Apparently Scooter Libby is made of the same Teflon as Reagan was.

Much about special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's investigation is still not public, including why Libby felt compelled to lie. Was it to protect his boss, as administration critics suspect, or simply an overzealous defense of the White House rationale for going to war, as his defenders insist?

So an ongoing investigation should be made completely public just because a few wingnuts are scared that it might not be going all their way? Yeah... no, not happening. And aren't these the same people who screamed about how federal investigations should remain completely secret?

Immediately after the verdict, Libby partisans began clamoring for a presidential pardon. But Bush, while sympathetic, has been noncommittal, saying only that there is a "process" that must go forward. That has provoked venomous attacks on Bush from his erstwhile allies on the right, "cowardice" and "incompetence" being two of the kinder insults directed at the president.

And nobody knows cowardice and incompetence better than far-right justice-haters. After all, they were teh ones who voted for Dubya, they're the ones who vote for shameless liars, cheats, and thieves like Tom DeLay, and they're the ones who listen to chickenhawk losers like Flush Limpballs and Jesus-Boy Hannity. Besides, maybe Bush wants to be seen as not being soft. After all, I thought that traitors were supposed to be executed.

Random Ten, 06/08/2007

It's the Friday Random Ten, with fresh lemon scent.

Hit the Party Shuffle in iTunes and what do I get?

• The Advantage - Bubble Bobble
• Julie Ann Frost - Balalaika, Carried With the Wind
• Eminem - Kim
• Koji Kondo - Forest Temple
• Patrick Victorio - La Copa de la Vida
• The Birthday Massacre - Red
• TËRRA - DoLL
• The Beatles - Something
• Hidenori Shoji - ZEN (Aeropolis)
• Smile.dk - Boys (full version)

That's an odd sort of list.

Another "terror plot"": Has it been a week already?

Yet another "terror plot" "foiled".

What a surprise - no huge distractions from the shit state the country's in, and things aren't going as swimmingly as the folks in chrage might hope, so it's time for more fearmongering.

How many so-called plots does this make now? I lost count.

Random Ten, 06/01/2007

It's the Friday Random Ten, strong enough for a man but made for a woman.

Hit the Party Shuffle in iTunes and what do I get?

• Fatboy Slim - Wonderful Night (radio edit)
• Barenaked Ladies - Alcohol
• DE-SIRE retunes - CHAOS
• Koji Kondo - Powerful Mario
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Right on Time
• Green Day - Letterbomb
• O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei
• Wiz-US - Toori Ame
• Lullacry - Nothing to Lose
• "Weird Al" Yankovic - White and Nerdy

Every list is a good one.

It's not quitting, it's getting out of a bad situation.

Cindy Sheehan is quitting the peace movement. And why is that? Because of us. Or, rather, because this is a nation that believes the filthy Republic Party memes and propaganda catapulted by the right-wing media. Because most people just keep watching American Idol rather than paying attention to the murder of Americans. Because the Democrats in Congress, except for a few who had some pirnciples, capitulated to the architect of human suffering people jokingly call "the President". Because peace can't win when the people who own the world want war.

It breaks my heart to know this. I tried. Honestly, I did. But when one of the biggest figures of a movement walks away, you just know that morale is slipping. Either that, or they're simply tired. I'd wager that's a lot of it - she's tired of the lies, the smears, the hate. I know I would be.

Have a good life, Cindy Sheehan. Even if you're quitting this movement, I'm not. I've got a war of my own to win - the war against death. It's an uphill battle, I know. But I'm going to fight until the last, god damn it. It's the only thing I can do.

"Will of the people? Who cares about that?"

So...

The war continues. Despite the best efforts of those who want an end to the pointless murder of our troops, the war continues. Despite the nay votes of many sane people, the war continues. Despite the will of the people, the war continues.

And to think I hoped for something better.

Random Ten, 05/25/2007

It's the Friday Random Ten, now with more fiber.

Hit the Party Shuffle in iTunes and what do I get?

• Nightwish - Romanticide
• Barenaked Ladies - Falling For the First Time
• SySF. feat. Donna Burke - Star GateHeaven (FUTURE LOVE Mix)
• Modest Mouse - One Chance
• "Weird Al" Yankovic - Pancreas
• Garth Brooks - If Tomorrow Never Comes
• Sugar Ray - Fly
• UZI-LAY - Put Your Faith in Me (Saturday Night Mix)
• Namco - Wings of Faith
• Graeme Norgate - Chemical Warfare Facility

Good list, considering I haven't been able to do this for a while.

The death of an assbag

Jerry Falwell is dead.

If there is a Hell, he is burning in it. If not, then he is where he always deserved to be anyway.

All good people should celebrate his death.

UPDATE: No, I'm not changing my view on this, nor should I act like I respected him, mor should I act sad because he died. He was an evil person, plain and simple.

Plus, I like Sirkowski's take on this at Liberal Avenger (warning: semi-adult content).

UPDATE AGAIN: You wanna know what's a good microcosm of how people are reacting? The thread on this at Pandagon. It's everything you'd expect - whiny trolls, self-important haters, and lots and lots of people dancing in glee.

Mother's Day

Today is Mother's Day.

Go call your mother.

I know I need to.

Explaining my absence.

I admit I missed out on posting for the past several days, and that I didn't post a Random Ten on Firday, so let me explain.

My girlfriend lost her job on Thursday. That means she stays here on the computer all day. Combine that with my rather full work schedule and you get a recipe for silence from here.

Don't worry, this is only a setback.

On my notable silence.

You've probably noticed by now that I've yet to make a peep about Alberto Gonzales and the atorney firings.

Truth is, I don't feel like saying anything, because AGAG's "I don't recall" salvo says everything I could say.