Reply #72: Just visiting [View All]

"This is a "big tent" message board. We welcome a wide range of progressive opinion. You will likely encounter many points of view here that you disagree with."

"... if you are generally supportive of conservative ideals... you will likely be banned."

Not sure that the quotes above really jibe with the way most folks understand the term "big tent", but we'll see how it goes.

I doubt very much that AirAmerica is in trouble over funding. They've been cooking this up for too long to make completely goof this up over something as readily predictable as financing.

I think AirAmerica has ZERO chance of falling off the dial prior to the election. There is certainly enough interest and backing to prop it up till November. I just think the pacing is so incredibly similar to that of NPR that I need coffee to stay awake. I tried to listen objectively for about a week, but I really think they are going to crash. The pacing is abysmally slow, and having a co-host reeks of using training wheels.

That Randi Rhoades gal is like listening to fingernails on a chalkboard, but she does come across as the most professionally prepared. But FOUR hours? She'll burn up. That's just too much time for any human (liberal or conservative) to spin plates without blowing a gasket in short order.

This will be very interesting. I'm always suspicious of conspiracies so it wouldn't surprise me one bit if the shut down in two major markets is not some kind of plot. Not the type DUer's might envision (with big bad corp conservatives behind the deed) but one by AirAmerica itself - Such a horrifically unfair shutting down of their big affiliates could rally liberals to a fever pitch or get AirAmerica some headlines.

BJM