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Air America Radio Goes Less Liberal, Less Progressive, Just Plain Lessened.

I listen and like allot of Air America Radio. Atrios over on Eschaton and David Sirota on Sirotablog have mentioned it, and I'm sure there are others questioning AAR's logic of bumping Sam Seder from his daily stint and relegating Sam to the new "Seder on Sundays", or some-such title.

Sam's listeners and fans, including me, have sent E-Mails of support through the Sam Seder Show web site. 

Admittedly, I had no knowledge of the dude "Lionel" before now. But, I am suspicious of folks with single-name monikers. Ya know like "Dubya", "Scooter", and the "Hammer". 

I Google'd "Lionel". I visited his web site. I followed the link to watch recent TV appearances. The dude did an interview about a Reality TV Show. 1) I hate Reality TV Shows and 2) Where's the meat?

Separately, I've heard a sample of his style. I think Sam played a bite on his show. I don't like it. He sounds loud and noisy; not at all appealing to the ears. It's a long shot I'll stay tuned in beyond a sampling. So "Lionel", the "30-second elevator pitch" is basically all ya can expect from this loyal Sam Seder listener. 

Seem unreasonable? Not really. Remember, I've been to Lionel's web site. It's pretty obvious that Lionel is the "Dennis Miller" of the Left; just less political, and less well known outside of NYC. And, we all know what a raving success Dennis Miller "has-been". What is Dennis up to theses days, anyway? Lionel wears a pinkie ring and a bracelet ... WTF is that? The opening page of Lionel's web site is like a friggin' billboard ad; All-Lionel-All-The-Time and 110% New York City, even though it seems he's originally from Florida. I don't have anything against the Big Apple. I've been. I like. But, there's a whole lot more USA than just NYC, and from his web site, it's hard to see Lionel's recognition of that fact.

Lionel's a lawyer. Lionel wears some goofy lookin' specs. Did I mention he wears a pinkie ring, and a bracelet? Does he wear a necklace too? Any other man-jewelry? The only thing missing is the plaid slacks and white belt and shoes of a used car salesman. I'm gonna have a tough time even TRYING to give this clown's show a chance ... much less 3 hours of it. Thank goodness for 3 hours of Thom Hartmann before, and another network's [not AAR] 3-hours of Big Ed Schultz afterward. I mean just contrast "Lionel" to Big Eddie. Ed Schultz is an ex-college football and NFL-tryout for the Oakland Raiders who is an outdoor sportsman, likes BBQ, drives an SUV, owns guns, and broadcasts from Fargo North Dakota! I mean, do guys outside of NYC actually wear pinkie rings and bracelets? And Eddie's not a lawyer either. Eddie is a reformed righty. "Lionel" looks and sounds to me like he could go over the fence, to the dark-side, any second now. ;-) By the way, "Talker Magazine" ranks Big Eddie as #5 overall, and #1 Progressive talk-show host. Randi Rhodes #13 overall [just one spot behind superstar Howard Stern], #2 Progressive, and "Lionel" a lowly #23 overall. What a stud, huh!

The question is, can a business like AAR, just coming outta bankruptcy protection, really afford this gamble of platooning Seder to try yet another "NEW-YORK-CITY" persona [in the same tone as the Pace Picante Sauce commercial, "Get a rope"] on the "America" in "Air America Radio"? I wouldn't bet on it. While I'm grateful that AAR has been rescued for the time being, perhaps someone in NYC should put a bug in New York real estate investor Stephen L. Green's ear. Tell him to look south to the Washington Redskins and see just how often their marketing genius owner, Daniel Snyder, has paid for high-priced talent and shuffled his line-up of both coaches and players. So far, that strategy hasn't yielded Daniel Snyder the much coveted Lomdardi trophy. It wouldn't hurt my feelings any to see the Jones Radio Network pick-up some of those that AAR is basically putting on waivers.

For now, I'm reusing the extra sidebar space freed up by removing the AAR link on BloggerRadio coz Liberals R-E-A-D, and the dark-side listen to the likes of Lush Bimbaugh, Sean Insanity, and Man-Coulter. Notice that Bush doesn't read [or speak] so hot.

More here:

http://brilliantatbreakfast.blogspot.com/2007/04/as-green-brothers-continue-their.html

http://ltradio.blogspot.com/2007/04/lionel-slides-into-seders-slot.html

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/4/9/15173/05083

http://www.mydd.com/story/2007/4/9/19427/95904

None of it really matters though ... with a resource like: http://ltradio.blogspot.com/ one can pick and choose what to stream.

Air America Radio Goes Less Liberal, Less Progressive, Just Plain Lessened.

I listen and like allot of Air America Radio. Atrios over on Eschaton and David Sirota on Sirotablog have mentioned it, and I'm sure there are others questioning AAR's logic of bumping Sam Seder from his daily stint and relegating Sam to the new "Seder on Sundays", or some-such title.

Sam's listeners and fans, including me, have sent E-Mails of support through the Sam Seder Show web site. 

Admittedly, I had no knowledge of the dude "Lionel" before now. But, I am suspicious of folks with single-name monikers. Ya know like "Dubya", "Scooter", and the "Hammer". 

I Google'd "Lionel". I visited his web site. I followed the link to watch recent TV appearances. The dude did an interview about a Reality TV Show. 1) I hate Reality TV Shows and 2) Where's the meat?

Separately, I've heard a sample of his style. I think Sam played a bite on his show. I don't like it. He sounds loud and noisy; not at all appealing to the ears. It's a long shot I'll stay tuned in beyond a sampling. So "Lionel", the "30-second elevator pitch" is basically all ya can expect from this loyal Sam Seder listener. 

Seem unreasonable? Not really. Remember, I've been to Lionel's web site. It's pretty obvious that Lionel is the "Dennis Miller" of the Left; just less political, and less well known outside of NYC. And, we all know what a raving success Dennis Miller "has-been". What is Dennis up to theses days, anyway? Lionel wears a pinkie ring and a bracelet ... WTF is that? The opening page of Lionel's web site is like a friggin' billboard ad; All-Lionel-All-The-Time and 110% New York City, even though it seems he's originally from Florida. I don't have anything against the Big Apple. I've been. I like. But, there's a whole lot more USA than just NYC, and from his web site, it's hard to see Lionel's recognition of that fact.

Lionel's a lawyer. Lionel wears some goofy lookin' specs. Did I mention he wears a pinkie ring, and a bracelet? Does he wear a necklace too? Any other man-jewelry? The only thing missing is the plaid slacks and white belt and shoes of a used car salesman. I'm gonna have a tough time even TRYING to give this clown's show a chance ... much less 3 hours of it. Thank goodness for 3 hours of Thom Hartmann before, and another network's [not AAR] 3-hours of Big Ed Schultz afterward. I mean just contrast "Lionel" to Big Eddie. Ed Schultz is an ex-college football and NFL-tryout for the Oakland Raiders who is an outdoor sportsman, likes BBQ, drives an SUV, owns guns, and broadcasts from Fargo North Dakota! I mean, do guys outside of NYC actually wear pinkie rings and bracelets? And Eddie's not a lawyer either. Eddie is a reformed righty. "Lionel" looks and sounds to me like he could go over the fence, to the dark-side, any second now. ;-) By the way, "Talker Magazine" ranks Big Eddie as #5 overall, and #1 Progressive talk-show host. Randi Rhodes #13 overall [just one spot behind superstar Howard Stern], #2 Progressive, and "Lionel" a lowly #23 overall. What a stud, huh!

The question is, can a business like AAR, just coming outta bankruptcy protection, really afford this gamble of platooning Seder to try yet another "NEW-YORK-CITY" persona [in the same tone as the Pace Picante Sauce commercial, "Get a rope"] on the "America" in "Air America Radio"? I wouldn't bet on it. While I'm grateful that AAR has been rescued for the time being, perhaps someone in NYC should put a bug in New York real estate investor Stephen L. Green's ear. Tell him to look south to the Washington Redskins and see just how often their marketing genius owner, Daniel Snyder, has paid for high-priced talent and shuffled his line-up of both coaches and players. So far, that strategy hasn't yielded Daniel Snyder the much coveted Lomdardi trophy. It wouldn't hurt my feelings any to see the Jones Radio Network pick-up some of those that AAR is basically putting on waivers.

For now, I'm reusing the extra sidebar space freed up by removing the AAR link on BloggerRadio coz Liberals R-E-A-D, and the dark-side listen to the likes of Lush Bimbaugh, Sean Insanity, and Man-Coulter. Notice that Bush doesn't read [or speak] so hot.

More here:

http://brilliantatbreakfast.blogspot.com/2007/04/as-green-brothers-continue-their.html

http://ltradio.blogspot.com/2007/04/lionel-slides-into-seders-slot.html

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/4/9/15173/05083

http://www.mydd.com/story/2007/4/9/19427/95904

None of it really matters though ... with a resource like: http://ltradio.blogspot.com/ one can pick and choose what to stream.

Comments

[Samuel John Klein]

All I need to know about Lion-O is drawn from his website.

It's all–as in 110%-Comic Sans.

Ergo, the pinky ring and bracelet come as no surprise whatsoever.

Thank God KPOJ isn't playing him.

[Samuel John Klein]

All I need to know about Lion-O is drawn from his website.

It's all–as in 110%-Comic Sans.

Ergo, the pinky ring and bracelet come as no surprise whatsoever.

Thank God KPOJ isn't playing him.