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Saturday, March 29, 2008
Friday, March 28, 2008
I sometimes listen to XM satellite radio, and recently, I tuned in for the first time to the ABC 'News' channel on that system. As a result I listened for the first time to talkmeister Mark Levin.
I am neither naive nor uninitiated to the right-wing demoguogery of a.m. radio, still I was SHOCKED at the non-stop stream of hatred from Mr. Levin.
If it wasn't so hateful, ( ...'liberal slime', 'Democrat scum', 'The Washington Compost', 'liberals are "Public Enemas" etc. etc. ...) it would be ludicrous.
I subsequently looked up Mr Levin's website and saw that he was trumpeting his #1 rating in the New York City radio market in the 6-8pm time slot, allegedly besting another hate-merchant, Michael Savage (who now seems almost quaint by comparison)
IMO Hate-filled propagandists like Mr Levin are doing more than simply coarsening the public discourse. They are recruiting and endoctrinating and inflaming, a cadre of intolerant haters whose ultimate inpact on our democracy is unknown.
I do know this:
Human beings are capable of unspeakable atrocities against their perceived enemies once they have convinced themselves that those 'enemies' are less than human -ie. 'Filth', 'slime', 'vermin', 'scum' etc'.
Isn't it time to hold ABC responsible for the sowing of such hatred?
I am neither naive nor uninitiated to the right-wing demoguogery of a.m. radio, still I was SHOCKED at the non-stop stream of hatred from Mr. Levin.
If it wasn't so hateful, ( ...'liberal slime', 'Democrat scum', 'The Washington Compost', 'liberals are "Public Enemas" etc. etc. ...) it would be ludicrous.
I subsequently looked up Mr Levin's website and saw that he was trumpeting his #1 rating in the New York City radio market in the 6-8pm time slot, allegedly besting another hate-merchant, Michael Savage (who now seems almost quaint by comparison)
IMO Hate-filled propagandists like Mr Levin are doing more than simply coarsening the public discourse. They are recruiting and endoctrinating and inflaming, a cadre of intolerant haters whose ultimate inpact on our democracy is unknown.
I do know this:
Human beings are capable of unspeakable atrocities against their perceived enemies once they have convinced themselves that those 'enemies' are less than human -ie. 'Filth', 'slime', 'vermin', 'scum' etc'.
Isn't it time to hold ABC responsible for the sowing of such hatred?
'Villa'
It's time,
I've learned enough,
I'm going from the world awhile
to my imagined Villa,
I cannot wait to see it,
Queen Ann's lace,
and careless daisies,
will smile as I pass,
On a hill,
happy ruminants,
deep peace in a heaven of grass.
I've learned enough,
I'm going from the world awhile
to my imagined Villa,
I cannot wait to see it,
Queen Ann's lace,
and careless daisies,
will smile as I pass,
On a hill,
happy ruminants,
deep peace in a heaven of grass.
What am I at sixty-five?
What am I at Sixty-five?
Less than I once dreamed...more than I once feared
Habitue' of several 'Greasy Spoons'- patronized by lonely men
Respected (mostly) by my peers
Escapee from a prior life of two jobs and constant running
A helper -- a problem-solver
Free at last from certain youthful doubts and demons
Healthy (mostly) and admiring the courage of those who went before me
A loving father and brother
not without a certain restless yearning
In love with my house and garden
A 'Fool of books'
Excited by the possibilities of each new day
Still dreaming
Less than I once dreamed...more than I once feared
Habitue' of several 'Greasy Spoons'- patronized by lonely men
Respected (mostly) by my peers
Escapee from a prior life of two jobs and constant running
A helper -- a problem-solver
Free at last from certain youthful doubts and demons
Healthy (mostly) and admiring the courage of those who went before me
A loving father and brother
not without a certain restless yearning
In love with my house and garden
A 'Fool of books'
Excited by the possibilities of each new day
Still dreaming
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