FLASH THIS JUST IN!!!!!!!!

The flood of American liberals sneaking across the border into Canada has
intensified in the past week, sparking calls for increased patrols to stop
the illegal immigration.


The unflinching arrogance of the Bush Administration is prompting the
exodus among liberal citizens who fear they'll soon be required to hunt,
pray, and agree with Bill O'Reilly.


Canadian border farmers say it's not uncommon to see dozens of sociology
professors, animal-rights activists, and Unitarians crossing their fields
at night. "I went out to milk the cows the other day, and there was a
Hollywood producer huddled in the barn," said Manitoba farmer Red
Greenfield, whose acreage borders North Dakota. The producer was cold,
exhausted and hungry. "He asked me if I could spare a latte and some
free-range chicken.


When I said I
didn't have any, he left. Didn't even get a chance to show him my
screenplay."


In an effort to stop the illegal aliens, Greenfield erected higher fences,
but the liberals scaled them. So, he tried installing speakers that blare
Rush Limbaugh across the fields. "Not real effective," he said. "The
liberals still got through, and Rush annoyed the cows so much they wouldn't
give milk"


Officials are particularly concerned about smugglers who meet liberals near
the Canadian border, pack them into Volvo station wagons, drive them across
the border and leave them to fend for themselves. "A lot of these people
are not prepared for rugged conditions," an Ontario border patrolman said.
"I found one carload without a drop of drinking water. They did have a
pleasant little Napa Valley cabernet, though."


When liberals are caught, they're sent back across the border, often
wailing loudly that they fear retribution from conservatives. Rumours have
been
circulating about the Bush administration establishing re-education camps in
which liberals will be forced to drink domestic beer and watch NASCAR.


Liberals have turned to sometimes-ingenious ways of crossing the border.
Some have taken to posing as senior citizens on bus trips to buy cheap
Canadian prescription drugs. After catching a half-dozen young vegans
disguised in powdered wigs, Canadian immigration authorities began stopping
buses and quizzing the supposed senior-citizen passengers. "If they can't
identify the accordion player on The Lawrence Walk Show, we get suspicious
about their age," an official said.


Canadian citizens have complained that the illegal immigrants are creating
an organic-broccoli shortage and renting all the good Susan Sarandon
movies. "I feel sorry for American liberals, but the Canadian economy just
can't support them," an Ottawa resident said. "How many art-history majors
does one country need?"


In an effort to ease tensions between the United States and Canada, Vice
President Dick Cheney met with the Canadian ambassador and pledged that the
administration would take steps to reassure liberals, a source close to
Cheney said. "We're going to have some Peter, Paul & Mary concerts. And, we
might put some endangered species on postage stamps. The president is
determined to reach out."

















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The winter book is out and the new country station over in Halls/Clinton
has gone from nothing to a 1.4! WIVK was down to a 20 and B 97 is still
under a 10. Check it out!





Did you kids take the time to go over to knoxnews.com and SEE the interview with the
BOOM BOOM who gave an "oral" thank you to the THP officer? THIS is the future of newspapers and "Andy it is BIG REALLY BIG!" First the gal isn't really all that bad looking in a cute sort of "I will NEVER take this one home to Momma but boy will I tell all the guys at work about her" way and she flat gives a good interview. Relaxed (guess it comes from being on camera so much) and really does make you believe her! CHECK IT OUT!







Stone Phillips is NBC's latest cost-cutting casualty...



Stone Phillips to Leave 'Dateline NBC'


Stone Phillips is leaving "Dateline NBC," the television news magazine he has co-anchored since it debuted in 1992, and NBC News at the end of June.
Ann Curry, the news anchor for "Today" as well as Mr. Phillips's co-anchor since May 2005, is not expected to get a new "Dateline" co-anchor due to the fact the show sucks like a Orick. There have been discussions about having correspondents that are heavily invested in certain projects, such as "Today Catch a Predator's" Chris Hansen, playing an anchor-like role when their reports air but several members of the inter circle are voting for either Cooking With David Hasselhoff or The Gerbil Whisperer with Richard Gear.

"Dateline NBC" executive producer David Corvo conveyed the news Tuesday morning to a meeting at which Mr. Phillips said management had informed him of the change a couple of months ago when they took his name off his door, steel brushed his parking sign and sprinkled salt around his desk.

Mr. Phillips's career twist, following closely on the recent exit of weekend "Nightly News" anchor John Siegenthaler, comes as NBC News tightens its belt and demands more of its on- and off-camera staffers.

"It's been a wonderful 15 years. I'm profoundly appreciative of the many friends and colleagues, past and present, who have been a part of the 'Dateline family, as for the executives who have to make the hard calls I hope you slide under a tanker truck and taste your own blood just before the dripping gas ignites." Mr. Phillips also said in a statement released by an NBC News spokesperson. "This is a great news division with a bright future at CBS. The people of NBC News should all apply over there they will hire anybody!"

The spokesperson also released statements from Mr. Corvo and from NBC News President Steve Capus, who credited Mr. Phillips with a long list of accomplishments.

"On behalf of 'Dateline,' and all of us at NBC News, I want to extend my thanks and appreciation to Stone for all he has contributed to NBC News during his tenure here," Mr. Capus said. "His work on 'Dateline' over the past 15 years has been remarkable, as evidenced by the unprecedented awards Stone and the program have won, including 39 Emmys and four Peabodys but as we all know awards don't sell the soap and frankly we are glad to get is ass out of here."

Mr. Phillips joined NBC News to co-anchor "Dateline" with Jane Pauley after 12 years at ABC News and is headed now to a new show on My Space.



OK many moons ago I used to play golf just about every dang day with young men who
carried an extra club in their bag. Canadian CLUB and often by the turn they were
higher than a Georgia Pine. Yep, not only did they loose golf balls but these guys lost CLUBS, HATS, GLOVES and at times their way home after the round. This one beats that all to heck, check it out!

GOOD LORD ANOTHER BREAKING THIS JUST IN STORY! DO YOU HATE GOING TO MOVIES THAT
DON'T INSPIRE YOU? HERE IS ONE THAT FILLS THE BILL! DELTA FARCE DESTINED TO BE THE
MEGA BLOCK BUSTER OF THE DECADE!! READ ABOUT IT AND THEN GET A CO-SIGNER AND GO SEE THE THING! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BY THE ASPCA AND GIVEN NINE STARS BY RALPH EMERY!


FLASH THIS JUST IN TO THE CHANNEL 6 NEWS ROOM BREAKING NEWS!!! England has announced
if Chuck's kid goes to the sandbox he will git his royal butt shot off..SO they are keeping him at HOME! CHECK IT OUT



FLASH BREAKING NEWS GOOD ONE HOT DANG FLASH BREAKING NEWS GO FRED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MIKE MORE WANTS TO GO NOSE TO NOSE WITH FRED THOMPSON AND HERE IS WHAT
FRED SAID TO THE LEFTWINGPINKOLARDASS!


CHUCK'S KID BETTER KEEP HIS HEAD DOWN

KATIE STILL SUCKS

IF BRIAN IS SO GOOD HOW COME PEOPLE DON'T WATCH HIM?

YOUNG FOLKS DON'T WANT TO HANG OUT WITH NAKED OLD PEOPLE

RUN FRED RUN






Looks like Chuck’s youngest is going to have a TV crew in his tent when he heads out to the sandbox. Lights! Camera! KBOOOM!

OK, here is the deal. You are in dang line to be the King of England and you are creeping around at night in Iraq trying to sneak up on the enemy. Just about the time you get set to John Wayne the bad guys a big TV light comes on and a thick cockney accent yells, “Over here mates, hurry PRINCE HARRY is over here get a shot of him SURPRISING those guys with the AK47s sucking on the hookah!”

Again there is no way we can make this stuff up..check it out here!


Two half way famous writers are reminding us that more people are watching the Golf Channel than CBS Evening News. Katie Couric is stinking worse than the UT Chicken Farm AND 3rd Creek at flood, her numbers are out and it ain’t pretty. Sorry Katie, no matter how hard you try you until you start actually MAKING UP NEWS you will never be another Dan Rather.

NBC Nightly has given Brian Williams a big old attaboy! Now if they could just
figure out a plan to get people to come BACK to their network
they might be on to something.


BREAKING NEWS!!! Nudists Camps are NOT attracting younger members! Yep, the numbers of folks under 40 going naked is sagging right along with…fill in your punch line here. If the trend continues running naked will have to be modified to rolling naked. Again no way to make this one up either, check it out

RUN FRED RUN! Looks like the Conservative Christians are going to back Fred Thompson if he runs. Naturally the Liberal Atheists will stick with Hilla! RUN FRED RUN!



Thanks to those who came to Southland Books Saturday evening it was great FUN! We playing again on the last Saturday of this month..come see The Mountain Folk Reunion Band, it will change your life...sort of.

MOUNTAIN FOLK REUNION IS DOING A DOUBLE HEADER AT THE END OF THE MONTH! CHECK IT OUT

COME HEAR THE MOUNTAIN FOLK REUNION BAND



WHEN? This Saturday


WHAT TIME? Six p.m.


WHERE? Southland Books in Maryville.


AND THAT IS WHERE? In the old T.C. Drake Building


WHICH IS WHERE? Coming from Knoxville go left past the Hilton into Alcoa. At the first major intersection past
Kroger turn left on Broadway and less than a block on your left is Southland Books! FREE PARKING in front and beside the store.


Southland Books has been a jewel in good old Blount County’s crown for years and now they have moved into a building big enough for all their books, records, stain glass shop, gourmet coffee area and stage for live concerts.


The music area in Southland Books is reminiscent of some of the finer listening rooms in Nashville. You are almost on stage and if you get there early you can nail a coveted place on one of the couches!

This is your chance to see the Mountain Folk Reunion band so close you can smell their Jade East and Old Spice! Come on it is free…fun…and in a heck of a cool bookstore! See you THIS Saturday at 6 p.m.

COUPLE OF EAST TENNESSEE MEDIA KIDS ARE IN THE NEWS!

Scott Sams, former "helper" on the CP AND WALKER show in the mid 1970s is back on the air in Texas!


Former Mid-day queen on the old WRJZ and later weather babe on WTVK, Adele Arakawa
has picked up a side gig in Denver.


Since Imus was told to hit the road MSNBC has been pulling
fewer viewers than Shop At Home.

One reasons could be the lack of ethics in their anchor pool.
Never take my word for any dang thing, check out Keith Olbermann and then post your thoughts, this guy is a real slice of work!




GREAT fun with Mr. Smith and his crew on AM 850 Sunday afternoon. The radio bunker
has been greatly improved over the years and there is great potential for radio to break out of the new studios!

COUPLE OF EAST TENNESSEE MEDIA KIDS ARE IN THE NEWS!

Scott Sams, former "helper" on the CP AND WALKER show in the mid 1970s is back on the air in Texas!


Former Mid-day queen on the old WRJZ and later weather babe on WTVK, Adele Arakawa
has picked up a side gig in Denver.


Since Imus was told to hit the road MSNBC has been pulling
fewer viewers than Shop At Home.

One reasons could be the lack of ethics in their anchor pool.
Never take my word for any dang thing, check out Keith Olbermann and then post your thoughts, this guy is a real slice of work!




GREAT fun with Mr. Smith and his crew on AM 850 Sunday afternoon. The radio bunker
has been greatly improved over the years and there is great potential for radio to break out of the new studios!


WHO is more crazy..ALGORE or Sheryl Crow?


ALGORE's myth takes another shot between the legs!

THIS SUNDAY AT 4 ON AM 850 LETS TALK! I WILL BE A GUEST ON THE "The Hubert Smith Radio Show" THIS SUNDAY AT 4 PM. CALL IN AND LETS TALK! SAY IT WITH ME..THIS SUNDAY 4 PM 850 ON THE AM DIAL THE HUBERT SMITH SHOW! SEE YOU ON THE RADIO SUNDAY!!


"The Hubert Smith Radio Show" plays the best music, and offers the best political analysis and discussions. Call-in during the show 865.675.8255 (local), or toll free 1.877.958.5850, Sunday afternoons at 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.. WKVL-AM 850 is the flagship radio station of Horne Radio Network.

THIS IS OUTSTANDING! GO GET UM DON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Imus won't go quietly
The talk show host has hired a top First Amendment lawyer, and an unusual clause in his contract could give him a $40 million payday, writes Fortune's Tim Arango.




WVLT continues to close the LOCAL NEWS VIEWER GAP

ROSIE may already have a deal

ALGORE’S global warming myth takes another hit

Obambomber eases past Hilla

The BAND had a fun weekend in Townsend



I am blessed to still see the over nights for Knoxville television and the numbers that keep spilling out of Nielson have to give the children who play in the mansion on Broadway pause. The journalists at WVLT are drawing viewers to their local news despite the fact that Katie is running them away. If you look at the numbers you might draw the conclusion the new viewers are moving from WATE to WVLT. At 6 p.m. WVLT is right at the door of WATE and often at 11 they are beating them. Considering the fact that they (WVLT) own the noon local news in the market you have to wonder what in the name of instant ratings happened to the first TV station to go on the air in Knoxville.

Hey, don’t look at me that way. I think WATE has strong reporters now, a sports guy that rocks and faces on the anchor desk that are both known and respected. All of us moan about their reporting style, you know the breaking news that really isn’t breaking and the just in garbage that was in yesterday but even that can grow on you. With their network news (ABC) coming up and WVLT network news (CBS) anchored by a scary woman who couldn’t get a beagle to watch her if she had a ham around her neck you would have to think 6 should be kicking 10 rather than having 8 chew then a new hole in their slacks. Anyway, here is a look at one of the overnights this week, just so WATE won’t get the vapors. Read them, talk among yourselves, and post your thoughts on just what IS going on in the local TV news race?
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Primary News Time Periods:



WBIR/NBC News Share WATE/ABC WVLT/CBS HH Total


6-7a 6.9 56.56% 3.3 27.05% 2.0 16.39% 12.2
6-630p 13.7 49.46% 8.3 29.96% 5.7 20.58% 27.7
11-1130p 10.1 45.70% 5.3 23.98% 6.7 30.32% 22.1



Just when you thought the new Queen of Mean was headed back to Miami NBC and CBS are hinting they want to give her a job! I kid you not; the Large Marge member of the View may be headed for bigger and better things since her dust up (make that continuous dust ups) on the Ba Ba chat show. Never take my word for anything, check it out here for yourself.

Bless his heart, Tennessee’s almost favorite son; ALGORE is catching it again over his global warming myth. Hang on, before you go all left wing on me I TRIED to watch his movie on HBO the other night and when he started mumbling about how the creek he played in as a kid has changed now I had to give it up.

Heavens Mr. Gore I played in Pistol Creek as a kid and it also has changed. Back then it was so polluted you could toss a roll of film in behind the Down Yonder Saloon and it would be developed before it got to the back of the J&K Feed store! Man between the outhouses that dumped directly into it across from the cemetery to the pigs and cows that took their daily constitutional in it out at the Pearson Farm that creek stunk worse than a commission meeting in Knoxville. Yep my creek has changed also Al, like yours mine is CLEANER, smells BETTER, and has become a major asset to our downtown. His creek story made me bail and today there is a new report on his grand plan of warming that just might make him think twice about crawling up on that rickety platform if he wants to try again for the White House. Check out what Science Daily is reporting and make up your own mind!

A really fun read is coming out on Hillary, kinda shows you some new and exciting sides about the woman who would be Queen. The scary thing is even before the excerpts are leaked to FOX News Obambomber is starting to dash by her in the polls! After these two bleed each other out we need to all talk Fred into the game, then we can show the DemoRats the real meaning of a Slam Dunk!

Brothers and sisters the Mountain Folk Reunion Band is now the sweetheart of Townsend Tennessee! Last week end we had two shows in the Quiet Side Of the Park and made a bunch of new friends! Click right here AND right here for pictures of the day and a revised schedule of where you can catch us next! Thanks to all who came out, we are really having way too much fun!!

EDDY BEACON IS BACK

SWANG has a new site, free to visit, full of live R&B and Soul, place to talk media or whatever is on your mind AND often you can find EDDY on the live MAN ROOM CAM!

CHECK IT OUT RIGHT NOW, it is free and there are but a few small rules that we can all handle! Come on over and lets all talk to SWANG and each other!






Rosie is officially GONE from the VIEW and Ba Ba Walters says she had nothing to do with her exit. Like right, BA BA YOU OWN THE SHOW! Upside is Rosie is gone, down dang side is FOX NEWS won’t have her to kick around anymore!




ALGORE is in trouble again.
First he tried to slither around the question of his
energy consumption at his mansions by playing the old Carbon Credit card. THEN it was learned that ALGORE has an interested in one of the biggest companies
selling the questionable credits.


Kind of like the old days when Reverend Jim Baker took viewers money to build a water slide at Heritage USA and then charged them to slide down it when the visited! That was good but ALGORE is now officially in second place!
So what happens when you buy a carbon credit? It could be much less than you think, check it out!

As always post early and often with your thoughts and be SURE and check out SWANG'S great new site, it is live and it is up right NOW!

NEW THINGS FOR WEDNESDAY!

1. Word is Rosie is out at the View (who cares)

2. Here is a great NEW site for all Americans who want to see
what is REALLY going on in the war.

3. A local East Tennessee lawmaker is slamming the door on the
FORD family business! Nice job TIM!

Sen. Tim Burchett (R-Knoxville) is proud to announce that the Senate passed Senate Bill 1264 by a vote of 29-0. The bill closes a loophole that allows elected officials to run again after being convicted of an infamous crime related to their public office.
“We are elected by the people to serve the people,” said Burchett. “Corrupt politicians who abuse the people’s trust do not deserve a second chance.”
Current law allows elected officials who have been convicted of an infamous crime while in public office to seek election again if their citizenship rights have been restored. Senate Bill 1264 permanently disqualifies these individuals from seeking public office again.
Before becoming law, the House must pass the bill and the Governor must sign it.






If you still have photos from the CP Birthday party keep sending and the staff will keep posting!

While the Media Report has been the official photo site of the CP Extravaganza tons of FUN things have been going on in the shadow world of what some call the press!

First Katie just might be on the way out. Some insiders say CBS has tried everything from “old people lighting” to animal sacrifices and still can’t figure out how to get folks to watch the former Today Show Nymph render the news. The latest is that plans are underway for her demise, check it out!

TUESDAY KATIE REPORT! Another scribe didn't get the NO PILING ON memo about
KATIE! Here is the latest on her "crack" up and possible exit. See ya!!


Clear Channel is kicking around the idea of commercial free radio. The colossal media animal wants to test the waters in Texas. KZPS in Dallas will no longer run traditional 30- or 60-second advertisements. Instead, advertisers sponsor an hour of programming, during which a D.J. will promote its product conversationally in what the company calls integration.

Fox ran some of the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner live over the weekend but they missed the best part of the show. While they were showing Rich Little, Sheryl Crow and "Inconvenient Truth" producer Laurie David walked over to Table 92 at the Hilton Washington to chat with Karl Rov .

Sheryl was hot on global warming and let Karl have it with both barrels. Get this; one of her thoughts to save mother earth is for all of us to use ONE square of TP after we take our morning constitutional! I swear on my youngest dogs head I am NOT making this up! Before you say her thoughts are of the same substance as that which is removed with her suggested single square check out the carbon footprint she leaves when she is out picking and grinning for the folks around the country. Smoking Gun has her demands and you can bet your “donkey” they have no mention of Charmin rationing!

As always if you have an opposing thought on anything from Sheryl and her one square at a time move to save the earth to Katie and beyond…feel free to post, we love to read them!

DON'T FORGET TO SEE OUR NEW BAND!! CLICK HERE FOR PERFORMANCE TIMES AND DATES!

More pictures from the CP Birthday and a few thoughts on Don Imus




COWARDS KICK AWAY ANOTHER PIECE OF AMERICA'S SOUL
By KINKY FRIEDMAN



April 15, 2007 -- Author, musician and former Texas gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman has been friends with Don Imus since 1975, when they met on stage at The Bottom Line.
I MET Imus on the gangplank of Noah's Ark. He was then and remains today a truth-seeking missile with the best bull-meter in the business.

Far from being a bully, he was a spiritual chop-buster never afraid to go after the big guys with nothing but the slingshot of ragged integrity. I watched him over the years as he struggled with his demons and conquered them. This was not surprising to me.

Imus came from the Great Southwest, where the men are men and the emus are nervous. And he did it all with something that seems, indeed, to be a rather scarce commodity these days. A sense of humor.

There's no excusing Imus' recent ridiculous remark, but there's something not kosher in America when one guy gets a Grammy and one gets fired for the same line.

The Matt Lauers and Al Rokers of this world live by the cue-card and die by the cue-card; Imus is a rare bird, indeed - he works without a net. When you work without a net as long as Imus has, sometimes you make mistakes.

Wavy Gravy says he salutes mistakes. They're what makes us human, he claims. And humanity beyond doubt, is what appears to be missing from this equation. If we've lost the ability to laugh at ourselves, to laugh at each other, to laugh together, then the PC world has succeeded in diminishing us all.

Political correctness, a term first used by Joseph Stalin, has trivialized, sanitized and homogenized America, transforming us into a nation of chain establishments and chain people.

Take heart, Imus. You're merely joining a long and legendary laundry list of individuals who were summarily sacrificed in the name of society's sanctimonious soul: Socrates, Jesus, Galileo, Joan of Arc, Mozart and Mark Twain, who was decried as a racist until the day he died for using the N-word rather prolifically in "Huckleberry Finn."

Speaking of which, there will always be plenty of Al Sharptons and Jesse Jacksons around. There will be plenty of cowardly executives, plenty of fair-weather friends, and plenty of Jehovah's Bystanders, people who believe in God but just don't want to get involved. In this crowd, it could be argued that we need a Don Imus just to wake us up once in a while.

There probably isn't a single one of Imus' vocal critics who come anywhere close to matching his record of philanthropy or good acts on this earth.

Judge a man by the size of his enemies, my father used to say. A man who, year after year, has raised countless millions of dollars and has fought hand-to-hand to combat against childhood cancer, autism, and SIDS - well, you've got a rodeo clown who not only rescues the cowboy, but saves the children as well.

I believe New York will miss its crazy cowboy and America will miss the voice of a free-thinking independent-minded, rugged individualist. I believe MSNBC will lose many viewers and CBS radio many listeners.

Too bad for them. That's what happens when you get rid of the only guy you've got who knows how to ride, shoot straight and tell the truth.

Broadcast Icon Feted Over The Weekend


Regional Broadcast God CP (Curtis Parham) was honored by a host of family, friends, and associates at his surprise 60th birthday party deep in the wilds of west Knox county Friday evening.

The aged announcer was ushered to the gathering in a long white limousine outfitted by Rick’s Bar and The Shady Rest Home for the Decrepit. Photos of the event have already been banned from thousands of papers including the Knoxville News Senile, The South Pittsburgh Bugle, and Becks Beer Buddies.

As always please remember to double click the smaller photos if you dare to see what these people really look like.

Don Imus is toast. Last night CBS dropped him following the cancellation of his TV broadcast yesterday by NBC. The debate now is NOT if he should have been fired but why Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson were allowed to run point on getting the job done?

This morning the thought is could the impact of these two Reverends involvement cloud both the meaning and the results of the dismissal?

Noted columnist L.Brent Bozell does a beautiful job in both shinning the light on these two alleged men of god and their
Involvement in the case. He writes, “The raging media controversy over the stupid racial insult Imus threw at the Rutgers women’s basketball team – “nappy-headed hos” – has led the usual cast of professional victims, like Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, and the NAACP, to deplore the racist underbelly of the broader American culture.” Click here to read his entire column.

As for the firing yesterday by MSNBC, Imus could be better off away from the struggling cable channel. The infamous Dick Gregory worked with an MSNBC flack to try to actually involve the President of the United States into the Imus incident.

In a side bar Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong has now apologized to the Duke players but when asked if he (Reverend Jesse Jackson) would also apologize his answer was a firm NO!

Again, the issue is no longer Imus. The issue now is will these two fanners of hate be given an open door to corporations to sit at the table in their decision making of who goes and who stays. More importantly will the left wing media continue to enable the two men to the extend their viewers and readers actually think they are the arbitrators for an entire race? Scary thoughts.








NBC has tossed Imus from their struggling cable station. The head of NBC News told the infamous Dick Gregory the reason was internal e mails from staff demanding the network adhere to their decency policy.

At first blush NBC tried to milk the story. Arbitron overnights showed MSNBC morning viewership exploded the day after the remark. Only when major sponsors ran from the show did the company “spin” their decision in the moral direction. If you would like to see the wiggling answer of why Don Imus was not fired the day he touched off the remark click here.

CBS/AP) STROUDSBURG, PA A radio station fired its longtime morning DJ Wednesday after he encouraged listeners to repeat talk-show host Don Imus' racially charged comments in an on-air contest.


A headline we will NEVER SEE:

“Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton will share a private jet to fly to Duke University to render their personal apologizes for the wild rush to judgment in the bogus rape case against Reade Seligmann, Collin Finnerty and David Evans. Both men of God will not only ask the team members to forgive them from “robbing them” of their collegiate athletic career but they will also render spiritual guidance to the families crushed by the fabricated incident.”

The other campus involved in the horrid miscarriage of justice and home of accuser Crystal Gail Mangum, N.C. Central University is still confused over the declared innocence of the three students.

"I don't think [Nifong] meant wrong, that it was a rogue attack. I think he went more with his passion than maybe his professionalism. He might have been wrong in some instances, but I don't think he was totally wrong." — A.J. Donaldson, an N.C. Central University senior


A clue to why these young men were “robbed” of their lives could be in the accuser’s background. The Smoking Gun takes a look at just who Crystal Gail Mangum is and offers some facts as to why she was used by the prosecutor to both sway minority voters into reelecting him and to develop the sham case against the three students.







The IMUS posts are heating up! On day whatever of DONFALLSONHISSWORD lots of very sleazy dynamics are starting to emerge, and more than a few are directly caused by Don Imus. As the posts reflect, the remark was bad and the people who are surrounding themselves in the issue are worse. From the left wing driven NBC news organization all the way over to FOX this thing has become the new “Anna Nicole” story and all of the reports are more agenda driven than any thing ever spewed by either Dan Rather OR Katie Couric. Don, shut up and let this thing deflate!

As for the rest of us, boy is it fun to talk about! Again great posts, keep them coming and never forget if you see it on TV under the umbrella of news, opinions have kicked facts under the bus especially in this case.






THE STAFF IS BACK!
TODAYS TOPICS FOR YOU TO COMMENT ON INCLUDE:


BAD PEOPLE SAYING BAD THINGS ON THE RADIO

DON IMUS

THE GLOBAL WARMING MYTH

A NEW BAND IS ON FIRE!


First, unlike most hacks who write about radio I happen to know folks who actually have worked in the pit and they all will tell you at one time or another they have said SOMETHING they wish they hadn’t on the air. Here is what they tell me they did when they said that BAD thing.



1. Swear on their mother’s eyes they didn’t say it (before someone finds the tape)
2. Blame it on the engineer (after the tape is found)
3. Take a leave of absence for one week(try to hide the tape)
4. Take a perminate leave of absence. (after the tape is introduced in court)



Good old 60 something year old Don Imus has been caught in the web of advanced technology and is having a hell of a time getting out. Bless his crusty heart in 2007 there isn’t even a tape to hide! Pop your Pie Hole Don and before you can say, “George Bush is a fool” your words are splattered from U Tube to multiple hard drives in all those scary places with only letters for names. You know like NAACP, FCC, RPC, CORE, SNIC, and even the SEC!

The big question now for Don is how does he put things right with the left, the middle, the right, and his audience? His show is built on saying things that hang right on the edge with most folks and cause the rest of us to say “TELL ME HE DIDN’T JUST SAY THAT ON THE RADIO!” This morning that famed Imus edge was butter knife smooth, and duller than a Clinton state of the union speech. I swear I thought the old man was going to cry a few times and his skinny producer/wild side kick was quiet as a church mouse in time out.

The I Man didn’t do a show he conducted a funeral and it was painful to watch.

When he announced he was going on the Al Sharpton radio show later today to make nice they should have run a big crawl under him saying THE SHARK WAS JUMPED AND THE OLD MAN HAS OFFICIALLY LEFT THE BUILDING. A word of advice to Mr. Don, no matter how bad your transgressions never cuddle up to those who feed on miss steps. You will not find forgiveness. Also remember if you are far enough to the LEFT you can say any dang thing and walk away without a scratch. Want proof? Check out Jesse Jackson and the lovely way he described a major city as having a large Jewish population! Then magnify the JESSE persona a few hundred times and you have the Reverend Al Sharpton.

Does the I Man have any options? Sure, shut up and go back to doing your show. Apologizing to the likes of Al and Jesse will only throw high test on the flames. Remember Jimmy The Greek? I Man you don’t want to be Jimmy The Greek, duck and cover for a few weeks at your ranch till CNN decides if you are still left wing enough to be forgiven and then pop back up!





GLOBAL WARMING took it in the shorts this Easter in Rockford. It was so cold we had to take flowers out to Daddy’s grave Easter morning rather than on the Friday before and this year the only ones that would hang in for the entire day were pansies! I love the new report from MIT that says yep it is getting warmer and yep it has in the past and will in the future. I am sure it won’t make the main stream media but it sure is fun to e mail to all my liberal buds who think AGORE running will be bigger than what was celebrated at sunrise Sunday morning!




THE NEW BAND!
Children of the 50s and 60s I am here to tell you the new band “The Mountain Folk Reunion” that played Saturday evening at Music Row is a must see. From this humble tired old writer's point of view I can honestly say they are better looking than the Rolling Stones, sing better than The Association and Bread combined and unlike the Dixie Chickens looked to be playing their own instruments! They have an open invitation to post any and all of their future performances right here along with their softened and air brushed photographs!


A giant welcome back to the staff and as always your comments and posts will never be edited. Feel free to jump in!

THANKS for those who came to the first play out of The Mountain Folk Reunion Band!

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THIS Saturday at 8 PM for the virgin performance of The Mountain Folk Reunion band.

WHERE: Music Row

WHERE AGAIN? Music Row in Maryville is located on East Lamar Alexander Parkway (US Highway 321) just 1.8 miles past Blount Memorial Hospital heading towards Townsend, TN. On the RIGHT side of the road and is in the former IGA store.

WHAT TIME AGAIN? The Mountain Folk Reunion band will go on stage at 8 P.M. for a full half hour. The band will be in a practice room between 7:30 and 8 and everyone is invited to drop by to bother them as they warm up!

WHO? The Mountain Folk Reunion Band! Four fine looking elder statesmen of the late 50s and 60s folk scene whose day jobs include computers, newspaper reporting, cooking, and slumlord!

WHAT KIND OF MUSIC? The band’s name gives you a major clue. Tunes on April 7th will include… “This Little Light Of Mine”, “Sloop John B”, “It Takes A Worried Man To Sing A Worried Song”, “Georgia Stockade”, and many more you will remember from your days of campfires and porch picking.

WHO ARE THESE BOYS? Bobby, Kelly, Vern and Walker are all eligible for AARP but as of last night could still drive, eat both hard and soft food and be trusted to come home before dark.

HOW MUCH IS IT? This historic first play out concert is absolutely free and it don’t cost nothing either!

STILL thinking about the mountains! Great time to visit although the dogwoods are not out yet. Back to the report later this week.