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Air America on Brdige Collapse
The post-35W bridge collapse has had an interesting play on talk radio. I have noticed that the conservative opinion makers on the AM and FM dial have taken the tact of reporting only on the facts of the tragic incident, and have avoided getting into speculation as to the causes or the "blame game." Meanwhile, just for the heck of it, I tuned into AM950 to get a whiff of how they were handling it. The difference is night and day. Where Conservatives are treating this with great respect and solemnity, the Leftists, especially their callers, are busily politicizing the incident and looking for black helicopters.
The show on 950 that I caught a blurb of is the Ed Schultz Show. He was no where near as bad as some of his callers, one of whom asked "when is bush going to blame al-Qaeda." To his credit, Schultz stated that there is no evidence pointing to this being an act of terrorism. There was also a great deal of blaming Governor Pawlenty, Republicans, and even some placed on Ventura. It was truly whacked-out listening.
I checked out Schultz's website to see if he archived his show there as I would like to get a recording of some of the calls that were made.
I did see something I thought was interesting on a different issue. He is currently running a poll in regards to Obama's statement about invading Pakistan to go after terrorists.
Do you agree with Barack Obama's comment to hunt terrorists in Pakistan even without local permission if warranted?
Currently, 62% of those responding to the poll say "yes." In other words, 62% say they wish to violate the sovereignty of an ally (even a poor ally) in order to hunt terrorists. What an idea: commit an act of war against an ally that has nuclear weapons!
This is not to say that Schultz agrees with waging war with Pakistan, just asking his readers.
As for his handling of the bridge collapse, he may be a bit whacky, but he is no where near as nutty as some of his callers are.
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