Randi Rhodes Has Been No-Fly Listed!

[orleans]

i'm listening to her show (archived from www.whiterosesociety.org) and she's talking about it before the first commercial break

tuesday's show 8/22

wow.

and so she can't get on an airplane!

[SoCalDem]

1. Well... that's one way to keep her off the panel shows

:grr:

[orleans]

6. not dobbs--he's in new york near her office i think

(isn't larry king too?)

[acmejack]

17. I'm sure Dobbs flies by private jet.

He's a filthy rich capitalist money magazine editor in his real life when he isn't pretending to be a populist.

[Sherman A1]

14. Not really, she can link via pretty much

any TV or radio staion. Then of course there is the telephone.

[merwin]

2. Was she joking?

[orleans]

4. no. she was at the airport (on her way to m.c. for "hempfest" in

seattle, and they wouldn't let her fly. i guess they told her that maybe she has the same name as a terrorist.

well, i don't know about "terrorist" but i know she's one of the republican's nightmares! and i sure love her!

[TomClash]

15. Is the name on her driver's license George W. Bush? nt

[Matariki]

19. she did fly though

she was at hempfest.

i would really really like to hear the outcome of this.

[kerstin]

3. We should all e-mail Lou Dobbs and Jack Cafferty, etc.

Lou Dobbs in particular, though, because of her many guest appearances on his show and the on-air collegiality between the two.

They seem to really fear her star power and her ability to relate to people of all classes and political orientations. This isn't the first time they've targeted her.

Shocking and predictable both.

McCarthyism at its worst.

[orleans]

5. great idea. & larry king! & olberman too (just to keep him informed)

lou dobbs email:
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.html?9

larry king:
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.html?12

keith olberman's email:
[e-mail]

[kerstin]

9. Now we're talkin'!

Hey while we're at it we should demand of their respective employers that Randi be given her own show! (I know I'm tilting at windmills here.)

You know damn well if she were spouting neocon garbage "the Goddess" would've had her own show long ago.

(How many hours is Tweety on a week now? Gee why don't they just give the creep his own network and be done with it!)

Thanks for the links!

[orleans]

18. "Thanks for the links!" no problem

and don't forget tweety's little tweet-tweet show on saturdays!

yeah, give randi a show! they can call it: "randi kicks your ass!" and a segment of her show can be called "the hot seat" where she calls people out for their hypocrisy &/or dirty deeds.

[Dr.Phool]

7. What's her real name?

I could be wrong, but I've heard that R.R. is a pseudonym, and whe won't publicly reveal her real name.

As much trouble as I stir up around here, I hope I'm not on it. I've gotta fly int St. Louis this week-end for a wedding.

[orleans]

8. i'm sure she doesn't use her stage name when she flies

but i can't be sure

she has said her real last name is robertson (at least i think that is her name. sounds like a really bad terrorist doesn't it?)

[HysteryDiagnosis]

16. Ahhhhh, the infamous mumbles robertson..... you gotta keep

an eye on that fella.

[Matariki]

20. off topic - WOW is that butterfly real or photoshopped??

[HysteryDiagnosis]

28. What is real?

If real is what you can feel, smell, taste and see, then 'real' is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain<<

Morpheus

Not sure about the butterfly... I gotta believe it was ps'd.... I mean, what are the odds?? I found it on a site where they had several weird animals, if I get time I will find a couple others and post them...

[Darkhawk32]

11. Her real last name is Robertson. She states it on her show quite often.

Robertson isn't what you'd consider to be one of your more frequent terrorist surnames.

[AngryAmish]

23. Niether was mine

But there I was.

[LaPera]

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If Randi is no-fly, what really are they afraid of?

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[izzie]

12. I did not know she was a terrorist? I guess

I am safe as I am on the voting list as a Green. Please do not tell any one I voted Dem. since Bush ran. Just thinking, R. Nader must be on the list also. Look where his family came from. The country is getting a little sick.

[Kurovski]

13. K&R.(nt)

[newspeak]

21. le's see

that makes it anti-nuclear elderly nuns, greens, quakers who don't believe in violence, democratic senators, and liberal talk show hosts. Look at all those scary evil people that this administration is protecting us from? Gee, I really feel safe--that American Friend Society member might threaten the airplane with their Bible, and that Green party member might sway someone that drinking clean water and breathing clean air is actually healthier for you, and that liberal talk show host might impart some truth on an unwitting passenger. I'm shaking in my shoes thinking of all of those scary, psycho people that the administration is trying to protect us from.:sarcasm:

[IronLionZion]

22. She terrorizes corrupt repugs every damn day!

I'm surprised I haven't been on the no-fly list yet. I have a very common and very presidential name.

[baldguy]

24. Haven't Kerry & Kennedy both been put on the No Fly List, too?

I wonder just how many GOP politicians & neocon talk show hosts are on the list? Hmmmmm...?

[Chicago1]

25. This is soooo RIDICULOUS

This shows how ABSURD this bunch is. They'll do ANYTHING to limit the Freedom of speech. I can't wait for them to be endicted and IMPEACHED.


START THE REVOLUTION
START THE IMPEACHMENT

[kerstin]

26. I think it's meant to intimidate as much as anything.

I think this "no-fly list" is intended as political intimidation as much as to hamper freedom of movement. I believe they targeted Randi because of her liberal bully pulpit, with the purpose of intimidating not only Randi but her listeners as well. It fulfills the same political function as their use of torture -- to serve as a warning to the masses. It's just another tool in their political suppression toolbox.

[Nikki Stone 1]

27. Yes

:kick:

[tomreedtoon]

29. Ugly fact. Great material for her show, though.

If I were her, and this had happened to me, I would talk about it every day. I would do my damndest to get some Bush Administration official on the phone for a recorded interview to explain exactly why I had been banned from airplanes.

If I couldn't get a Bush official, I'd keep trying. I'd try everyone on the FAA. I'd ask commercial aircraft pilots on to discuss the situation. I'd ask stewardesses...whoops, that's a sexist term...I'd ask the in-flight bartenders if they'd experienced this sort of problem.

Look, Randi loves to rag on stories. This one has especially good chew potential. And it could drive home exactly how the Bushies are trying to suppress free speech and travel.

[kerstin]

30. You're absolutely right. Rag on, Randi! n/t

[Justice Is Comin]

31. If this is true, she should get a good Democratic lawyer that

wants to make a name for himself and sue those bastards. That is a blatant infringement on her civil rights. Depending on the scene there, if there was public humiliation that would automatically trigger punitive damages because she is a public figure.

They would be hopeless to raise a defense of innocent error.