On Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:50:31 -0800, Gunner Asch
wrote:

On Tue, 3 Jan 2012 18:46:36 -0800 (PST), "
wrote:

On Jan 3, 8:41*pm, George Plimpton wrote:


People who play professional sports are, on average, worth what they're
being paid. *If they weren't, then the owners wouldn't pay them that money.

The owners deserve their money, too. *No one puts a gun to anyone's head
and forces him to buy a ticket to watch a sporting event he doesn't want
to watch, or to turn on the TV and watch it there. *No one holds a gun
to the head of the sponsors.

That is my point. Rush gets paid based on how many listeners there
are to broadcast advertising toward. hawke does not seem to
understand that. I think he wants the government to step in and
dictate who is on the radio and how much they earn.


Dan

Ill bet he is a big fan of the Fairness Doctrine...chuckle

Rush has 40,000,000 listeners every week, with a minority of the
listeners being Leftwingers taking notes

Leftwingers hate the numbers..seriously hate the huge listener base..and
every so often they try to push the Fairness Doctrine on AM radio. This
of course has been proven to be an utter failure..look at the life span
of every Leftwing radio show. Air America went tits up after 18 months
of ever decreasing listeners. NO leftwinger has lasted more than about a
year as a radio host except in tiny areas..and those areas are Leftwing
enclaves.

If the Public wanted to listen to Lefties...the Lefties wouldnt have
gone tits up.

(Sorry about the thread necromancy, just got back from a break.)

The only exception I know that proves the rule is Sir Michael Jackson
- No, not the Gloved One, the one that was on KABC for decades till
someone up high decided they didn't need a "Token Liberal" on the
mid-day slots anymore.

The ratings were always good because he knew how to be contrary and
civil at the same time, and he didn't bash it over the 'other'
audience's head so you tolerated his views for the wealth of
information - and he had a killer Rolodex of important people that
wouldn't give Rush or Hannity the time of day.

-- Bruce --

Caricature? Try this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bHaLdb5Tm0

background on J.O.N.-s
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juntas_...l-Sindicalista

Also see
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIcDCYNja4k

FWIW -- With young adult (30) unemployment in Spain now
approaching 50% there appears to be a huge membership
increase.


--
Unka' George

"Gold is the money of kings,
silver is the money of gentlemen,
barter is the money of peasants,
but debt is the money of slaves"

-Norm Franz, "Money and Wealth in the New Millenium"

On 1/31/2012 4:17 PM, F. George McDuffee wrote:
Caricature? Try this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bHaLdb5Tm0

background on J.O.N.-s
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juntas_...l-Sindicalista

Also see
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIcDCYNja4k

FWIW -- With young adult (30) unemployment in Spain now
approaching 50% there appears to be a huge membership
increase.

BUT..but...Chevy Chase said Franco was still dead!

David