Boortz: "Informing the rich about terror threat correct. Poor are a drag"

[Renew Deal]

Follow the link for audio. Somehow I am not surprised.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200510140006

Boortz: Faced with an impending national disaster, "we should save the rich people first"

On the October 14 broadcast of his daily radio show, right-wing radio host Neal Boortz stated that if the country is faced with an impending national disaster, it should make it a higher priority to save rich Americans rather than poor Americans.

An October 13 New York Daily News article spurred Boortz's comments. The front-page story, headlined "Rich Got Terror Tip," reported that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has launched an investigation into whether its officials alerted certain New Yorkers of a terror threat to the city's subway days before the rest of the city learned of the possible plot. According to the article, the probe was launched after the discovery of two emails describing the bombing plot that "had been sent early last week to a select crowd of business and arts executives by New Yorkers who claimed to have close connections to Homeland Security."

After summarizing the story, Boortz responded, "This is as it should be." He went on to imagine a scenario in which the country is forced to "set some priorities" regarding who will be notified of an impending disaster. "We should save the rich people first," Boortz declared. "You know, they're the ones that are responsible for this prosperity." Boortz described the poorest Americans as "a drag on society" and stated that they "don't achieve squat. They sit around all the time waiting for somebody else to take care of them. They have children they can't afford. They're uneducated. They can barely read."

From the October 13 broadcast of Cox Radio Syndication's The Neal Boortz Show:
http://mediamatters.org/items/200510140006

[htuttle]

1. Neil Boortz is going to end up on a spit with an apple in his mouth

[KittyWampus]

78. Don't you find the allusion to the Titanic ironic, though? With Bush Cabal

about ready to go under?

[fredtaylor]

2. Boortz

He talks about the poor nearly every day.

[Renew Deal]

4. But, does he actually have any money?

[ClintonTyree]

75. Oh, I'm sure he does.......

there's a lot of money to be made in this country playing to a certain demographic that are bigoted, ultra-nationalistic, war mongering, myopic, hateful, ignorant fools. You know, bush voters. Boortz rags on the poor constantly because that demographic NEEDS a demon, someone to hate and feel far superior to. It's right out of the fascists' handbook, look it up.
Boortz says that the poor contribute nothing, but what exactly does Neal Boortz contribute? Hate talk, fascist propaganda, bigotry and divisiveness THAT'S Neal Boortz's contribution to society. I don't find those contributions important at all, and if there were to be some sort of national crisis I would hope whoever was in charge would see things the same way. Boortz should be left behind along with the rest of, in his assessment, non-contributing members of society.
Boortz is a nothing, less than nothing. Life without Neal Boortz would actually improve this planet, there aren't too many people that can claim that distinction.

[Iris]

87. Why does compassion for the poor get such a bad rap these days?

Why this war on the poor? I just don't get it. I mean, I see what you are saying about a certain demographic, but so many people who are not part of that demographic accept this bashing the poor as if it is appropriate and correct.

[The Backlash Cometh]

46. What a great Christian he is.

:eyes:

[Iris]

88. I don't think he claims to be a Christian.

In fact, his program gets really intersting when things like the death penalty, Terri Schiavo or abortion are on the front page news. He sticks to the libertarian agenda and does not back down.

I'd guess he's agnostic at best.

[DinahMoeHum]

3. Wanna send this Boooooooor(tz) a message?

E-mail:
http://boortz.com/cgi-bin/mail.cgi?id=boortz

Snail Mail:
1-877-310-2100

The Neal Boortz Show
1601 W. Peachtree Street
Atlanta, Georgia 30309


Let's give to him double barrels!!!

:nuke::nuke:

[Miss Chybil]

23. If he gets a lot of mail, it will make it look like he has a lot of

listeners. Lots of listeners = more ad revenue. Perhaps, it's best to let these guys die a silent death?

[Iris]

90. Uh. He's not going anywhere. He's been around for at least 15 years.

Used to be just in Atlanta area, but now he's syndicated all over the country. In fact, he just wrote a book about why this country should move towards a "flat tax."

[ClintonTyree]

100. The last thing the Reich-wing wants is a true flat tax.........

they have this convoluted, mutated, bastard son of a flat tax that they try to convince people would be best for the country, but a true flat tax is the LAST thing they want.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_tax

The differences can be seen at Wikipedia, so every time one of these turd blossoms cries "FLAT TAX", let them know that YOU know what they really want doesn't resemble a true flat tax at all.

As usual, the Reich spreads lies about their goals for the country KNOWING that they're going to screw the poor and middle classes every time. They care about no one but themselves, they're SOOOO fucking transparent to anyone who makes a cursory effort at researching their goals. The problem is, few make that cursory effort and believe every lie they tell them. Business as usual for the "grownups". :eyes:

[prescole]

103. It's called "The Fair Tax Book" (how creative!)

and it calls for a national sales tax. I'm skeptical when people use Orwellian labels like "fair tax" or "Patriot Act" instead of plain English.
If you want to mess with Boortz, just call his show between 8:30 and 10:00 Eastern time at 1-877-310-2100. He's local during those segments and you'll almost surely get through. Be nice, though, he's get VERY thin skin...
His direct email address is [e-mail].

[Iris]

105. Why would I want to call that fat bastard?

Ok. I know he's not really fat, but fat and bastard go together like ketchup and mustard.

[TomClash]

5. There but for the grace of God go I

[tavalon]

30. Naw, not grace

intelligence.

[journalist3072]

6. Words just escape me right now...

I think I've run out of adjectives to describe those bastards on the right.

[tavalon]

31. I've stopped looking for new words

I've found an all purpose one and I'm sticking with it.

Fascists.

[tanyev]

7. Hope those rich people know how to grow crops and fix things.

[NoPasaran]

44. And mowing their own lawns and scrubbing their own toilets!

[bread_and_roses]

8. I wonder how many of his listeners are rich?

I've somehow, till now, avoided knowledge of this mean little spawn-let. Wonder what the demographics on his listeners are?

[billbuckhead]

12. Boortz has scary demographics both for us and them,it''s"WhiteSoutherners"

One of the worst people in America. Boortz spins imaginatively every day to give legitimacy to white supremacy at the end of a gun, crony capitalism and social Darwinism. The only good thing Rush Slimebaugh ever did was keep this guys numbers down.

[tavalon]

32. I used to call them Jerry Springer Southerners

Can I still use that?

[Spiffarino]

56. By all means

He moved into liberal radio because it's hot. I'm sure he'll move along as soon as another media trend comes around that pays better.

[PegDAC]

86. Jerry Springer

He's been a progressive Democrat for years. He didn't really want to do the show he ended up doing; he wanted to do something more like Donahue. His producer forced him into the sensationalist stuff for ratings. Jerry was the Dem mayor of Cincinnati before he went into shock TV.

[Spiffarino]

95. A producer didn't "force" him to do anything

He could have resigned or, if his contract was ironclad, he could still have refused to do trash. Not only did he continue to do the show, he sold the outtake videos on late-night TV.

He's good on the radio and I like his jibe, but I still can't get past that godawful TV show. It put afternoon television into the crapper.

[LetsGoMurphys]

107. This ruined any chance Springer had to be taken seriously

although he is very well spoken and has many good ideas

[bread_and_roses]

35. Man, he DOES sound scary..... (n/t)

[Nevernose]

18. All of them BELIEVE they're rich

Have you ever sen the exact statistics on this? Something like twenty percent of Americans believe they're in the top 1%. And as for the poor listeners of his show, I'm sure that most of them believe that Neil is referring to the other poor people, the lazy shiftless ones, and certainly not them.

[bread_and_roses]

36. Good point...always those "other" poor people....

and I'm guessing that those "other" poor people are not White....

[Iris]

91. Many of them are. Or are at least upper middle class.

He's very popular in some of the "tonier" suburbs of Atlanta.

[Hidden Stillness]

9. Sooner or Later, They Show Their Real Faces

I actually like it when they talk this way--it rips the mask right off their phony, middle class act. "Liberals hate America," "politically correct," "Republicans represent the heartland of America, as opposed to latte liberals," etc., etc., their endless propaganda campaign, and it shows, coldly and starkly, what Republicans are and have always been. They are the Party of bankers, wealthy oil executives, your boss who underpays you, then cheats on their taxes so the government will not have enough money to fund programs the people of the country need. Rich people are not nice and kind; sometimes they are shockingly cold and cruel to the poor and other victims, but it isn't impressive to just criticize them. When you hear the actual quote, from them, then it really hits you--this is what they are. We are the people.

[DBoon]

49. The right wants to kill and eat the weak and poor

this is the idea that unites them all - from "Kill the Fags" Phelps to Boortz.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

10. Well the mask is off, eh? Lower income Boortz listeners: "Well I guess

it's FITTING that those rich dudes should be saved while I die miserably."

[triguy46]

11. Sorry, butthead...

But sitting on your ass does not contribute to prosperity, nor does investing your daddies money. What leads to prosperity is the production of goods and services that are consumed/sold/traded. It actually takes a 'worker' somewhere in the equation. And though we are not the elite, call one of your kiss ass "rich people" the next time your limo won't start or the roof on your hamptons vacation home leaks.
Bite my frickin ass.

Come the revolution, he'll be among the first to go. It reminds of post WWII when the allies required the "rich people" in the towns around the death camps to go and witness what they allowed/ignored. This asshole needs his nose rubbed in it. :puke:

[mokawanis]

13. Give it a name

It's not often I resort to name-calling (ok, maybe it is) but this Boortz is a pig.

[dretceterini]

20. That's appropriate

pigs like to wallow in their own shit

[Zero Division]

14. There is always an elite that matters most to the right wing

I was just explaining this to my mostly apolitical brother, using it as an example of an unifying principle for all ideologies that have been described as "right wing". Whether it's royalty, the wealthy, a specific race or ethnicity, a religious group, there is always an "elite". The priority of any right wing ideology is to benefit and protect the welfare of whatever group or groups belong to their elite at the expense of the welfare of those outside of this elite.

[DBoon]

50. and there must always be "lower orders"

who are below human and should be treated like animals, either worked to death like mules or exterminated like rats.

[Deja Q]

15. Bullshit. LABOR CREATES ALL WEALTH.

As usual, disposable people brought about by creatures that like to pass themselves off AS people.

Boortz can go enlist himself. The vile piece of feces that he is.

[derby378]

16. And Neil's policies are one of the big reasons they're so poor

If I were in the studio, I'd lure Neil into a comfy couch, place a couple of high-end headphones on his ears, strap him down...

...and play Hanatarash through the headphones until Neil's ears bleed.

:dilemma:

[UrbScotty]

17. Jesus loved the poor - why won't Boortz? (nt)

[Spiffarino]

26. Boortz doesn't listen to Jesus

He thinks Jesus was a liberal commie homma-sek-shal.

Neil's all about Neil, baby. The rest of us just need to die. :nuke:

[Marr]

19. It's worth noting that Mr. Boortz is rich.

Or at least- he thinks he is.

More of that "me first" chickenshit conservative rhetoric we've all come to know so well. They'd shove children out of lifeboats to make room for their luggage.

[mamalone]

21. wow........just wow.....

I have no words.......


This seems kinda relevant though:
"He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker,
but whoever is kind to the needy honors God"
Proverbs 14:31

[klook]

22. Flagship station is WSB

I live in the Atlanta area and used to have to listen to WSB for the traffic reports, forcing me to occasionally listen to Neal Boor(tz). He is an insufferably pompous, egotistical prick whose whole shtick is braying loudly his pseudo-Libertarian "Fuck you, me first" philosophy. Fortunately, now I can get traffic updates from various other stations, including Air America affiliate WWAA, so I don't have to listen to this single-browed pissant.

There was a time when I listened to WSB a good bit. They were actually a pretty good station at one time, with Forrest Sawyer and Bob Coxe doing decent news, and a team of other actual journalists working for the station. Well, those days are long gone, of course. Now WSB radio is home to Limbaugh, Hannity, and even Michael Savage. And they're the flagship station of Neal Boor(tz).

The only decent programs they have on the air now are Clark Howard's consumer advice show and the Georgia Gardener show with Walter Reeves.

This year for the first time in 30 years of living in Atlanta, I no longer have a radio button in my car programmed to 750 AM. WSB even lost the Atlanta Braves broadcast, which they've had since 1969 when the Braves moved here from Milwaukee. It's sad, but to hell with them. The morons running WSB have ruined the station's credibility and alienated much of its audience. I hope they go broke.

[Fridays Child]

24. Their human costumes are finally coming off. They're really alien lizards.

It was only a matter of time.

[Spiffarino]

25. I'm glad to hear it; he needs to talk louder

The louder the Rabid Right talks, the faster its message gets out to the middle-of-the-road Bush voters. And when they finally hear it, they will be mortified by whom they have put in charge of this country. And, by the look of Bush's poll numbers, more and more of them are catching on.

[Zuni]

27. and Liberals are tarred as "elitists"

:eyes:

[SlavesandBulldozers]

28. "They're uneducated. They can barely read."

Why would Neil Boortz insult his listeners like this? He can't possibly believe that his listeners are educated.

[texpatriot2004]

29. Save the rich first huh? I see. n.t

[Kurovski]

33. So why would anyone who is NOT rich continue listening

to a twisted prick who doesn't care if they live or die?

Why? Why? Why do right-wingers hate themselves and the world so much that they keep letting their leaders and commentators treat them this way?

[OnionPatch]

54. Because they don't know they aren't!

The right has them talked into thinking if they make more than 30-40K a year, they're right up there with Trump. :rofl:

[Kurovski]

74. Bushworld will soon be giving them a dose of reality.

As gas prices rise along with food and heating costs, as BushCo introduces their tax raises via back door methods such as cutting the mortgage tax break, when credit card companies raise the minimum payments, these high-rollers will find out where they stand. Both economically and in the Republican pecking order.

I honestly say good luck to them because the fact is we're all in the same boat.

The sooner they realize that, the sooner Dems and repubs can work together to end the Republican Party's relentless drive to feed off the middle class and poor in this nation. They demoralize every one of us as they try to bring America to heel.

[bballny]

34. I used to sell dictaion

eqipment in atlanta and I called on Boortz around 1986. He had left ring radio and I stopped in on him. He was a two bit lawyer and basically couln't make it. That is why he went back to Radio. He is acomplete zero.

[Tsiyu]

37. Boortz has no logic

when it comes to the poor. He's like a trickle-down economist on an acid trip.

Let me get this straight: "Poor people are a drain, so let's make more poor people!"

Because, someone has to serve the rich. It will be yesterday's middle class.

More poor people. More drain.

Makes absolute sense to me :crazy:

[rateyes]

38. He said a few days ago...

that the country would be better off today had women not gained the right to vote--that giving them that right was a mistake. What a putz.

[Obamanaut]

39. And he doesn't think the poor should be allowed to vote...

I read the Boortz site a lot. I came to DU out of curiosity after one of his rants during the 2004 election debacle. In another of his rants, for which I could not find the link, he said words to the effect that people should be allowed to vote based on their tax liability - $0 gets no votes, $10K liability 1 vote, $20k tax liability 2 votes, etc. His premise was that rich people have more at stake in what is going on, so they get more input in the form of votes. I did find the following:

http://boortz.com/nuze/200501/01242005.html

<snip>
As you know, I feel strongly that our current voting laws simply permit too many people to vote. There are too many people casting ballots who don't have a clue. I would venture to say that more than 50% of people who cast a vote in the 2004 election couldn't name their two U.S. Senators or more than one of their state's Congressmen. When this subject comes up on the air we inevitably try to figure out sets of criteria that could be used to trim the voter rolls. A good start would be to eliminate all welfare recipients. If you aren't sharp enough to provide for yourself in this country, then you certainly aren't sharp enough to cast an intelligent vote. <more>

[Delphinus]

40. My gawd.

I wonder if he'd say that if he, all of a sudden, became one of the poor ones.

These people are incredibly horrible - I can't even find the words I want to say to express my disgust!!!

[distantearlywarning]

41. Privilege and Justice

"Boortz described the poorest Americans as "a drag on society" and stated that they "don't achieve squat. They sit around all the time waiting for somebody else to take care of them. They have children they can't afford. They're uneducated. They can barely read.""

Funny, but this is how I always think of rich people today. Take Paris Hilton - does anyone really think that she spends her free time reading great books and thinking up new ways to improve the plight of humanity? Did she even finish high school? Or was it some European finishing school where they taught her to ski and snort cocaine? She could probably afford to have children, but if she did, would her children be any less of an intellectual burden on the rest of us than she is? How about all of her wealthy friends like Lindsey Lohan, Tara Reid, and her various Greek-shipping-billionaire-boy-toys? Are they all great researchers and intellectuals? I'm sure all that time they spend in clubs and being famous for doing nothing is just a cover for their scientific and humanitarian activities.

And how about those kids on MTV's Sweet Sixteen and Laguna Beach? They are the children of rich people. And my, what a bunch of fine, upstanding character-filled youth they are! All that wealth has certainly molded those children into the finest members of our society. Much better than those children of welfare mothers and drug addicts. Why, all of that entitlement, selfishness, cruelty, and bad temper just goes to show how critical wealth is in creating the kind of child you want running your country in 30 years!

Rich people = society's saviors? Rich people = good people? I've never heard such a steaming pile of horse crap in my life.

If Neil Boortz thinks that we should give special privileges to the people who are truly supporting the parasites of this nation on their backs, perhaps he should take a look at the college professors and grad students. The academics, the intellectuals, the writers, scientists, evolutionary theorists. All the people who spend 12-14 hours a day working on research that our idiot government denigrates, refuses to fund, ignores, misrepresents, sticks in dusty files, and then claims they didn't know about when the shit hits the fan. And he also might want to take a look at the novellists and artists who who choose to spend their time entertaining and enlightening their fellow humans instead of letting their brains turn to Jello watching Temptation Island 14. And maybe he might want to look into helping out the honest reporters who spend their lives tracking down the truth for us, a nation of apathetic ostriches who can't be bothered to look up from our latest issue of Star Magazine (featuring Paris Hilton) long enough to notice that our country is becoming a totalitarian state.

:rant:

[gtar100]

104. Your hammer has sunk the nail.

Right on the money... so to speak.

Money and privilege rarely create people who contribute to a better world. I like what I heard from the Buddha, that a rich person who is also kind and generous is a blessing on this world. By all standards, this is a rare flower indeed. It usually takes a dosage of struggle to open people's hearts.

[Mojambo]

42. First of all, what a douchebag!

Boortz's disgust for the poor and the working class reminded me of one of my favorite Ochs songs.

In a building of gold, with riches untold,
lived the families on which the country was founded.
And the merchants of style, with their red velvet smiles,
were there, for they also were hounded.
And the soft middle class crowded in to the last,
for the building was fully surrounded.
And the noise outside was the ringing of revolution.

Sadly they stared and sank in their chairs
and searched for a comforting notion.
And the rich silver walls looked ready to fall
As they shook in doubtful devotion.
The ice cubes would clink as they freshened their drinks,
wet their minds in bitter emotion.
And they talked about the ringing of revolution.

We were hardly aware of the hardships they beared,
for our time was taken with treasure.
Oh, life was a game, and work was a shame,
And pain was prevented by pleasure.
The world, cold and grey, was so far away
In the distance only money could measure.
But their thoughts were broken by the ringing of revolution.

The clouds filled the room in darkening doom
as the crooked smoke rings were rising.
How long will it take, how can we escape
Someone asks, but no one's advising.
And the quivering floor responds to the roar,
In a shake no longer surprising.
As closer and closer comes the ringing of revolution.

Softly they moan, please leave us alone
As back and forth they are pacing.
And they cover their ears and try not to hear
WIth pillows of silk they're embracing.
And the crackling crowd is laughing out loud,
peeking in at the target they're chasing.
Now trembling inside the ringing of revolution.

With compromise sway we give in half way
When we saw that rebellion was growing.
Now everything's lost as they kneel by the cross
Where the blood of christ is still flowing.
To late for their sorrow they've reached their tomorrow
and reaped the seed they were sowing.
Now harvested by the ringing of revolution.

In tattered tuxedos they faced the new heroes
and crawled about in confusion.
And they sheepishly grinned for their memoroes were dim
of the decades of dark execution.
Hollow hands were raised; they stood there amazed
in the shattering of their illusions.
As the windows were smashed by the ringing of revolution.

Down on our knees we're begging you please,
We're sorry for the way you were driven.
There's no need to taunt just take what you want,
and we'll make amends, if we're living.
But away from the grounds the flames told the town
that only the dead are forgiven.
As they crumbled inside the ringing of revolution.

We're coming for you, Neal. Soon.

[PegDAC]

89. Phil died too young

I still weep when I think of what he would have to say about about this bunch of criminals.
:cry:

[Clark2008]

43. What a buffoon!!

I can read - circles around this asshole - I don't sit long enough to make anyone comfortable, I only have one child, BUT thanks to the "lovely" Bush economy, I'm on the bottom end of middle class - one small disaster away from poor.

Fucking idiot.

[The Backlash Cometh]

45. Now you see what I live with everyday in this Republican county.

[Jose Diablo]

47. I wonder if this was done on the 9-11 hit

That certain wealthy people were notified something would happen on 9-11. And this was how the advance trading in options in United and American Airlines came about. They had advance specific knowledge of that operation and profited by this advance knowledge.

If so, then that shoots the idea that Condi spouted, that the administration had no way of knowing there would be an attack, and thus makes all of them culpable by ignoring and allowing it to happen.

[DBoon]

48. Jello Biafra said it best

"kill the poor"

Efficiency and progress is ours once more
Now that we have the Neutron bomb
It's nice and quick and clean and gets things done
Away with excess enemy
But no less value to property
No sense in war but perfect sense at home:

The sun beams down on a brand new day
No more welfare tax to pay
Unsightly slums gone up in flashing light
Jobless millions whisked away
At last we have more room to play
All systems go to kill the poor tonight

Gonna
Kill kill kill kill Kill the poor:Tonight

Behold the sparkle of champagne
The crime rate's gone
Feel free again
O' life's a dream with you, Miss Lily White
Jane Fonda on the screen today
Convinced the liberals it's okay
So let's get dressed and dance away the night

While they:
Kill kill kill kill Kill the poor:Tonight

[xchrom]

51. lol -- neal -- you're a funny guy!

nobody seriously thinks republicans are intelligent -- not even other republicans.

so perhaps there's an alternative regarding who to help first in the event of an emergency?

[nvliberal]

52. Boortz's view is repugnant, to be sure,

but many on the left sure as hell don't see the report that some doctors and medical personnel in New Orleans allegedly debated whether to kill dying patients as being the same thing.

No, it's "right," it's "merciful" to kill people, whether they are healthy poor people or sick and dying poor people.

The left has been hoodwinked by the euthanasia crowd, a group that is truly no different in its goals than the eugenicists on the right.

The right has a tin ear to anybody who isn't a zillionaire, while the left has a tin ear to anybody who isn't young and healthy.

[Occulus]

55. That's RIGHT!

Because it's SO much better to let someone die helpless in bed like an old, starving dog, knowing neither you nor they can do anything to save them as the water rises!

:sarcasm:

[enki23]

73. what the fuck does voluntary euthenasia have to do with anything?

.

[FlaGranny]

53. Psssttt!

Mr. Boortz, clue in your fellow rich folks, Republicans and fundamentalists alike, stop this attack on right to choose, so you won't have so many poor folks around to save after you save the rich folks first.

[swedesen]

57. "Boortz: "Informing the rich about terror threat correct. Poor are a drag"

My email to Neil Boorz


You sir are a arrogant blowhard. You belong to that class of self rightous bigoted "Christians" who totally miss the meaning of the Gospel message, which primary is focused on love and justice. In case you haven't ever read the Gospel, Jesus weighs in heavily for the poor. My twelve year old son heard your little rant on the radio and stated unequivacably that the radio guy was heartless an didn't seem to understand how to be a Christian. I really think you ought to come out of the closet with the rest of your rightwing cronys. This philosophy is patently Social Darwin. "Survival of the fittest" -meaning for you survival of the rich and powerful. That message is antithetical to the Gospel Message.

I find it ironic that you can ascribe to a social darwinist philosophy when no doubt you are a staunch anti-darwinist on the evolution issue.

Rest Assured, the right wing theocracies' days of ascendency are on the wane. Your little wannabe fascist regime is going to pontaneously abort before its fully realized. Rove, Delay, lies on Iraq, Abramovski, influence peddling, cronyism "Yo Brownie, coercion tactics, gerrymandering districts, misuse of homeland security, false terror alarms, no bid contracts to Cheney's Halliburton, Torture of prisoners, supression of the press, outing of cia agents, mismanagement of the nations resources for orporate gain.

If Clinton was an immoral, your cadre of sociopaths and religious fanatics that are running the nation are downright damnable. Let me end with a quote from the Gospels, get the plank out of your own eye before you worry about the sliver in somebody else's.

[Historic NY]

82. Nice reply......they speak of God but can't followed the message......

he gave. They have preverted God, the bible and religion to craft their own message. I would have asked the windbag "what would Jesus say".....Welcome to DU.

[Iris]

92. I don't think Neal Boortz claims to be a Christian.

I think he does goe to some country club protestant church somewhere in the Atlanta area, but he does not use religion to back up his beliefs. He is strictly libertarian - the kind that has the mentality of a 7th grade kid or an immature college sophomore.

[NanceGreggs]

58. "OK, Maybe I am easily confused ..."

I just logged on and saw the phrase "They're uneducated and they can't read ..." I thought someone was making a comment about Bush and this Administration ....

[area51]

66. Welcome.

Welcome to DU, NanceGreggs.

[NanceGreggs]

76. Thanks for the Welcome, Area51

What an absolute JOY it is to be able to converse with, and read the views of, so many well-informed (and extremely witty) people!!!

DU Rocks!!!!!!!!!!:hi:

[Dukkha]

59. Does anyone even take this nobody seriously?

I mean really. he's obviously so desperate for ratings he conjures up all these extreme sensationalistic shock points just to get the media to talk about him.

Get a clue moran. No one cares about you or your neanderthal opinions. Drink some bleach and die already!

[Up2Late]

60. Nothing Boortz say surprises me any more...

He's probably the 1# most dangerous RWHate Radio commentator out there.

He REALLY Sucks!:mad:

[meow2u3]

61. I say we should save the poor people first

After all, Jesus said, "Blessed are the poor in spirit", "The meek shall inherit the earth" and "Woe to you rich." He didn't say, "Blessed are the rich", "The high and mighty shall inherit the earth", or "Woe to you poor."

I think if we could get away with it, we should eliminate rich repukes and take back the inheritance they stole from us, a.k.a., the earth.

[newscott]

62. Who the fuck's going to change your oil asswipe?

This guy has a radio show? How?

[Porcupine]

93. I guess he can just eat his dollars. Because poor people touch

handle or process every single morsel of food that goes into his foul mouth. Ever hear of hepatitis? The fate of the poor is your fate a!!hole.

[nytemare]

63. Well, America is the Titanic, then.

Not enough life rafts for everybody. Don't unlock the cages in the steerage class. At least, the Captain goes down with the ship.

[kiki]

65. Pssh, not the current captain.

Shrub would have a whole lifeboat for himself, one for Pickles, and one for Barney.

[nytemare]

67. Well, they should save Barney.

As for the rest of them, well...never mind.

[NanceGreggs]

64. There are too many people casting ballots who don't have a clue.

Well, he's got THAT right. Proposed voting reform: Skill-testing questions for voters at the polls.

Sample question that would have gone a long way in 2004: "Do you believe there was a link between Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden, Iraq and 9/11?"

If the potential voter had answered 'yes', he/she would have heard a pre-recorded message: "We are sorry, but you cannot vote at this time. Please study up on your current events, and try again next election. Have a nice day."

[stepnw1f]

68. LOL

That was funny. Welcome to DU!

[NanceGreggs]

70. Thanks for the welcome, stepnwlf ...

It's GREAT to be here!!!!!!!!

[AntiFascist]

69. I guess that's what you get with an Imperial Republic....

but the funny thing is, even millionaires are "poor" compared to the uber-rich.

[enki23]

71. tell ya what, boortz, you motherfucker. let's try an experiment.

let's put all the rich in one place. hell, we'll give them texas. and then we'll legislate that no one who is worth less than, say, a million dollars, is allowed into the state. ever. for any reason. upon pain of immediate execution. nobody gets in. we'll even let the rich folks travel freely over the state line, if they want. but they have to spend at least seventy-five percent of their time within, and they can't bring back anything they didn't carry out.

and we'll see how well they do. we'll even let them trade their stocks over the fucking internet, provided they keep the infrastructure in place themselves. they can even try their hands at working the oil rigs in the gulf off the texas coast. and the refineries. maybe they'll have enough engineers to build robots to do all their labor. think they'll manage it before they starve? it'll be the world's best fucking reality show. all those doctors, but no fucking nurses. all those wine fanciers, and cigar chompers, but no migrant workers. all those fat cats, and no farm laborers. that's just the beginning. it'll be a fucking hoot. we'll even make sure you get to be their king.

[Nobody]

79. I think that's a great idea

I would disqualify lottery winners and people who got lucky at the casino. Their wealth usually doesn't last.

For the wanna-be aristocracy:

Watch their homes fall into disrepair because such manual labor as plumbing, carpentry, or other maintainence jobs are beneath them. Watch their homes turn into pigsties because they're too good to pick up a rag.

Watch them drive themselves into poverty because the first thing they would do is set up an internet and import everything they can't make themselves. No hiring from the outside unless they pay wages in excess of a million dollars a year so that the million dollar worker can make the cut. But then the million dollar worker will have to live there too.

This may work for one generation, but what about the children? Unless they have a million in assets, they have to leave, but what kind of an education will they get with no teachers? No teacher anywhere in the world has a million dollars.

[DRoseDARs]

72. As Steven Tyler of Aerosmith once said: "Eat the rich." n/t

:headbang:

[RagAss]

77. That's Guillotine talk....!!!!!

He's a Jive ass Mother F###er

[adigal]

80. Wait one second!!! The poor are out mowing the lawns

and picking the fruit and building the buildings, while the rich man is using his computer and transferring money from one place to another and getting a huge commission each time he does such a "useful" while his oh-so-useful wife is out getting her nails done, and lunching, and riding her 50K horse, prepping for the big horse show.

So, now, if you had to survive, who would you pick: the 5 Mexicans who worked 12 hours a day for the pond company digging my pond in 100 degree heat a few years ago, or their supervisor, who showed up in his BMW SUV, air-conditioning on full force, and did not deign to get his hands dirty.

I will choose the hard-working mexican guys, thank you...many of our rich are truly useless.

[Nobody]

81. I wonder if he's aware that some of the poor he's got such contempt for

used to be middle class. The same people whose jobs were exported and people like him said it was OK. The same people who lost their jobs and try as they might couldn't find another that paid more than $15/hr. Then that one went away and now they're working for $8/hr. People who were told over and over again that the reason they were unemployed is that they were lazy and didn't want a job bad enough.

Never mind that the jobs are few and far between and 500 applicants for one position doesn't help ease the struggle.

And then there are the lazy and shiftless riff raff who work two or three jobs and if they dare to want a day to themselves to relax in front of Entertainment Tonight, their choice of non-activity is helf against them.

I'm so sick of hearing how the rich create jobs. They don't. Many rich people inherited their wealth and have never held a job that involved hiring people. Many other rich people are board of directors types who don't make hiring decisions, but they sure buy tons of stock when people get laid off in large numbers. And other millionaires are people who do work for their money but they make zero hiring decisions.

As for people sitting around waiting for others to take care of them, maybe Boortz should look in the mirror: Has he left dirty socks on the floor for someone else to pick up?

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

83. Does this bozo have a blog? Can people post on it?

[DirtyDawg]

94. Send him a message...

He does have a site for his show and you can send him a message. Doesn't show the postings and certainly doesn't get into replies.

The thing about this guy is that he has openly said on a number of occasions that much of the crap he says he doesn't necessarily believe in. He just says it to piss people off...stir up a little trouble...and to let his 'fans' make jokes about it later. I have a number of 'friends' that will say to me, 'guess what Boortz said today?...can you believe it?...Heh, heh, heh.' When I respond with a 'I can't believe you even listen to that smartass, motherfucking nazi, much less repeat his bullshit.'...I usually get a 'I was just in the car and there was nothing better to listen to'...The thing is they not only don't see anything wrong with it, they actually agree and use it as way to display their own prejudices and hate.

There was a time when the FCC could be petitioned to put a stop to this kind of crap - obviously no longer. The real shame about his show is that it originates from Atlanta's flagship radio station, WSB. The venerable old, 100,000 watter, has been a real standard for excellence over the years. One of finest men I ever knew in this business passed away earlier this year - Elmo Ellis - he had been an on-the-air personality, newsman and station manager for WSB over the years and had made the Cox family a lot of money as well as a reputation for unsurpassed class and goodwill...I can't believe that he went to his grave proud of what the Cox's have allowed his station to become. Not only does Boortz's show originate there, they have the whole array of 'them', including Sean Hannity. Shame on you Ann Cox Chambers...Shame on you Jim Kennedy...Shame on the whole lot of you. By making it possible for this vermin to spout their hate...all in the name of ratings and ad dollars...you sully not only your name but Elmo's legacy. Screw all of you.

[Cobalt Violet]

84. Then the rich should pick up the WHOLE tab for Homeland Security.

Instead it is the people that Boortz is calling "a drag on society" who are paying it.

[zonkra]

85. The most pathetic thing

is that this closetNazi's certainly-not-rich listeners probably didn't even know that when the jackass was braying about exterminating the riff-raff, he was talking about THEM! It's like rats supporting the guy who makes rat poison! They call this intelligent design?

[Sandpiper]

96. Don't contact Boortz, contact his Advertisers

And tell them you won't be purchasing their products as long as they're advertising on the Boortz show.

Do it enough and soon Boortz will be crying like a little girl about it.

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[Voltaire99]

99. Hm. Would we be better off if our rich were the first to die?

Not without an inheritance tax, I'm afraid. ;-)

[fortyfeetunder]

101. Boortz statements and the study on rudeness

The recent study of rudeness by US residents --- shows a correlation to intolerance, as shown by Boortz, Bennett, and other public figures of note who have cast disparaging comments about a certain group.

I recall one person saying on a talk show recently, that the conservative movement did play a role in the rudeness quotient. The examples were crystal-clear: There has to be a bad guy...Recall the bad guys in past elections: Willie Horton, poor people, feminists, the GLBT community, Moslem/Arab communities.

When something is publicly cast off as bad -- the American sheeple (especially people who listen to Boorst, Limbaugh and other RW talk show hosts) aren't always going to think critically and objectively. They fail to reason generalization is not appropriate, such as not all black people are criminals, not all feminists are bra burners, etc. So these groups are more or less targets for rudeness, through scorn, discrimination, road rage...

[prescole]

102. Boortz has said much worse...

for instance, when hotdogging US pilots clipped a ski lift cable in Italy and sent dozens plummeting to their deaths, Boortz said the pilots had made some "good lasagna." When US bombers hit an apparent wedding party in western Iraq, Boortz laughed about "40 funerals and a wedding." When 13-year-old surfer Bethany Hamilton lost her arm to a shark in Hawaii, Boortz called her "stupid," "inarticulate," and "shark food" and joked that she'll "never be a typist."
He once challenged listeners to prove that Fox News has a conservative bias--when I called in with the evidence, he called me a jerk, demeaned my intellect, and (of course!) hung up before hearing me out. Typical radio bully--all mouth, no balls.
His direct email address is [e-mail]. Tell him Preston the Jerk sent you!

[Kool McKool]

106. Hmm ...

Gee, I was going to suggest that we guillotine the rich people first.