Michael Savage: Another Lunatic in the Asylum Broadcasting Psychotic Messages Over the Ward Intercom

[babsbunny]

http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/11858

Submitted by mark karlin on Sun, 10/24/2010 - 6:19am.

BUZZFLASH EDITOR'S BLOG BY MARK KARLIN

There's a political cliche that Pennsylvania is a state with Pittsburgh on the west, Philadelphia on the east - and Alabama in between.

Last night, I was driving through central PA headed toward New York, getting exposed to the full monty of right-wing radio as stations drifted in and out of range. There's nothing but darkness, passing headlights and the hint of mountains, nothing but lunatic voices that would be deemed psychotic in any other age.

Take Michael Savage, for instance. In between commercials for how "easy" it is to make $8,000 a month working from home, how gold will make you a millionaire and a brand of vitamins will prolong your life, Savage went on a rant about the Juan Williams NPR firing. He claimed that he had information on the head of NPR that no one else had: she majored in "Soviet" studies at Cornell, was a Russian interpreter for CNN, edited the New York Times' web site - and when he put the dots together, it explained her turning NPR into a Soviet propaganda satellite. Say what?

Then Savage went on to accuse "the left" and the head of NPR of being fascists, which is quite a feat, being part of a Soviet conspiracy (when there is no longer a Soviet Union) and - at the same time - being fascist. Savage pronounced Williams a victim of leftist-Soviet-fascism because Williams didn't have a chance to make his case. Excuse me, but what happened to free-market indifference to a boss's prerogative to fire anyone at will and tell the unemployed that they are crybabies? And Williams got a $2 million contract on FOX out of the deal!

[Life Long Dem]

1. What's wrong with a news reporter reporting the news?

And not reporting their own opinion? We have enough of this as we see it everyday on Fox News.

They can use all the drama they want but in the end NPR is not a drama show, they report the news. Say goodbye to Williams and his biased opinions.

[pacalo]

2. I have to give this a kick

& a recommend -- according to the article's header, the writer is on the same wave-length as an original thought I had sometime back that became my signature line. Goes to show how their behavior is obviously off the charts. :)

[obliviously]

3. Savage gives the insane a bad name.

I think somehow he has moved past nuts. i don't think there is a single subject that he feels he is not an expert on.

[MadMaddie]

4. Another attack on individuals that have advanced educations

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she majored in "Soviet" studies at Cornell, was a Russian interpreter for CNN, edited the New York Times' web site - and when he put the dots together, it explained her turning NPR into a Soviet propaganda satellite.
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There is this right wing movement against intellectuals and those that strive to further their education. Pay attention it is happening more and more.

[lightningandsnow]

5. Can we point out when something is ridiculous without being ableist?

As someone with bipolar disorder who was almost hospitalized, and has two friends who have been hospitalized for psychiatric reasons, this makes me really uncomfortable.

[onager]

6. Give him the respect of using his full name.

"Savage" is his nom de merde. His real name is Weiner. To afford him maximum respect, I like to use both names - Mikey Savage-Weiner.

[waddirum]

7. Vienna waits for you

He also gives the beautiful city of Vienna a bad name.