Liberal Talk Radio on Life Support

According to the RadioEqualizer blog. . .

"Air America Radio's acting CEO has been ordered to either cut millions from the bloated network's budget or condemn the left- wing talk radio experiment to the ash heap of history, the Radio Equalizer has exclusively learned."

My Deep Thoughts:
As you may know, Air America was going to be the answer to liberal frustration about the percieved influence of conservative talk radio (Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingram, Dennis Prager, Michael Medved, Glenn Beck, etc., etc.)

Of course, every attempt at liberal talk radio has failed miserably because these attempts have been built upon a deeply flawed assumption: Namely, that millions of listeners tune into Rush and Sean each week becuase they want to be told what to think.

In reality, we tune in because Rush and Shaun are voicing ? often in an entertaining or validating way ? what we already think.

Before Talk Radio fueled a resurgance of AM, if you were of a conservative bent, you never had your values or views validated through the media. Liberals dominated ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, NPR and CNN. On the contrary, your views were constantly attacked, mocked or, at minimum, ignored.

With the exception of Fox News Channel, that continues to be the case today.

Thus, liberal Americans don't need talk radio because they get their biases validated everytime they turn on the television ? and not just through the MSM news, but also through chat shows hosts like Oprah and The View; through comics like David Letterman and Jon Stewart; and through most television dramas and comedys.

The Left's Commitment to Free Speech

Today National Review's Rich Lowry was live-blogging as Sen. John McCain attempted to deliver a commencement address at the liberal New School University. Read part of Lowry's eyewitness account below and bring it to mind the next time you hear some preening, self-righteous leftist going on about how conservatives don't care about free speech or freedom of expression....

McCain delivers a beautiful prose poem to America, national service, and civil debate (congrats Mark Salter, as ever), and gets derided for it, of course.

He says after the reconciliation, he and his friend ?worked together for shared ideals.? A shout: ?We don't share your ideals!? As McCain closes there is a mix of boos and applause, and a few people even stand to clap.

"What's Holland Reading These Days?"

Gosh, thanks for asking. Well, let's see...I usually have several books going at once. I'm currently reading:

Honor: A History by James Bowman--which is providing amazing insights into the Arab/Musilim mindset. It is also, surprisingly, helping me see some of the Old Testament biblical accounts in a new light.

In Our Hands: A Plan to Replace the Welfare State by Charles Murray?Obviously, given the title, this book isn't everyone's cup of tea. (What? You don't occasionally get a powerful hankerin' for a good page-turner on welfare reform?) But if you've ever noticed how well-intentioned government attempts to help people tend to make matters worse and wondered if there was a more effective alternative... Well, here you go.

The Bible by God. Much better than The Da Vinci Code.

Just ordered from Amazon:
Sisomo: The Future on Screen by Kevin Roberts because a little blurb I saw in Fast Company piqued my interest.

Starting to Succumb to the Global Warming Hysteria Fever?

Take this web site and call me in the morning.

Let Us Pray

Today is the National Day of Prayer here in the U.S. of A. To mark they day, I post a prayer spoken by Pastor Joe Wright to open a session of the Kansas State Legislature on November 30, 1998.

Paul Harvey aired the prayer on "The Rest of the Story," bringing it to national attention and launching millions of forwarded emails. This is the prayer:

"Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask Your forgiveness and to seek Your direction and guidance.
"We know Your Word says "Woe unto those who call evil good," but that's exactly what we've done.
"We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values.
We confess that:
"We have ridiculed the absolute truth of Your Word and called it pluralism.
"We have worshiped other gods and called it multi-culturalism.
"We have endorsed perversion and called it an alternative lifestyle.
"We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.
"We have neglected the needy and called it self-preservation.
"We rewarded laziness and called it welfare.
"We have killed our unborn children and called it a choice.
"We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable.
"We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self-esteem.
"We have abused power and called it political savvy.
"We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition.
"We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression.
"We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment.
"Search us, O God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and set us free. Guide and bless these men and women who have been sent to direct us to the center of Your will.
"I ask it in the name of Your Son, the living Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen."

Uno de Mayo

It's boycott a gringo day. I'm a gringo, the day's half over, and I haven't been boycotted once.

I will not be disrespected like this. I demand to be boycotted!