Re: Conservatives go to...

[Charlie Profit]

I should have read the whole post...begining with the first thread, to begin with. Keep your Political rants off the board. (You can discuss on the "Off the Air" board. When politics are discussed HERE, it MUST pertain to radio. While there was a small attempt to bring it back to radio, it was lame.

Any questions? Email me...

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[2001]

> I should have read the whole post...begining with the first
> thread, to begin with. Keep your Political rants off the
> board. (You can discuss on the "Off the Air" board. When
> politics are discussed HERE, it MUST pertain to radio. While
> there was a small attempt to bring it back to radio, it was
> lame.
>
> Any questions? Email me...
>

Okay, Cab, I hear ya! But have you have to admit, that very first post on that thread you deleted was, in fact, a political statement disguised as a "news/talk radio" post.--And that's what got me started! At least if I say something politcal on this board (which I know I shouldn't do), I don't do it in a sly/sneaky sort-of-way.

Cab, you have your own show, yes? Can I ask you: don't you just hate it when you get a caller who calls in and says he wants to talk about subject "a"...but instead, in a crafty/conniving way he starts talking about subject "b" instead? I know a lot of talk show hosts get mad at callers who tell their screener they want to talk about whatever the host is talking about, and so the screener puts them on hold, and when the caller finally gets on the air, he starts off mentioning what the host has been saying....but then he begins to tip-toe his way into another subject altogether so as to make his own political statement. Like the guy who calls up to talk about, say, social security, and then somehow he winds up mentioning the war in Iraq! The two subjects don't go together, but you'll often times hear callers try to make some sort of "tortured justification" for trying to tie those two subjects together (or any other two completely different subjects, for that matter). And then the talk show host gets so frustrated that he ends up zapping the caller in mid-sentence!! You may or may not have a screener where you are, but I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. I know that I get frustrated whenever I read posts on this board that are disingenuous in nature (like the first post on that now-deleted thread), and then I start taking that poster to task. (My bad!)


Well, anyway.......Thanks for listening, Cab!

[gr8oldies]

Speaking of that, there's a guy who frequently gets in on Mike McConnell's weekend show plugging a web site saying the CIA murdered John Lennon..despite the best screening attempts.


> > I should have read the whole post...begining with the
> first
> > thread, to begin with. Keep your Political rants off the
> > board. (You can discuss on the "Off the Air" board. When
> > politics are discussed HERE, it MUST pertain to radio.
> While
> > there was a small attempt to bring it back to radio, it
> was
> > lame.
> >
> > Any questions? Email me...
> >
>
> Okay, Cab, I hear ya! But have you have to admit, that very
> first post on that thread you deleted was, in fact, a
> political statement disguised as a "news/talk radio"
> post.--And that's what got me started! At least if I say
> something politcal on this board (which I know I shouldn't
> do), I don't do it in a sly/sneaky sort-of-way.
>
> Cab, you have your own show, yes? Can I ask you: don't you
> just hate it when you get a caller who calls in and says he
> wants to talk about subject "a"...but instead, in a
> crafty/conniving way he starts talking about subject "b"
> instead? I know a lot of talk show hosts get mad at callers
> who tell their screener they want to talk about whatever the
> host is talking about, and so the screener puts them on
> hold, and when the caller finally gets on the air, he starts
> off mentioning what the host has been saying....but then he
> begins to tip-toe his way into another subject altogether so
> as to make his own political statement. Like the guy who
> calls up to talk about, say, social security, and then
> somehow he winds up mentioning the war in Iraq! The two
> subjects don't go together, but you'll often times hear
> callers try to make some sort of "tortured justification"
> for trying to tie those two subjects together (or any other
> two completely different subjects, for that matter). And
> then the talk show host gets so frustrated that he ends up
> zapping the caller in mid-sentence!! You may or may not have
> a screener where you are, but I'm sure you know what I'm
> talking about. I know that I get frustrated whenever I read
> posts on this board that are disingenuous in nature (like
> the first post on that now-deleted thread), and then I start
> taking that poster to task. (My bad!)
>
>
> Well, anyway.......Thanks for listening, Cab!
>

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I'll get back to you when I think of a cute quote

[Charlie Profit]

> Okay, Cab, I hear ya! But have you have to admit, that very
> first post on that thread you deleted was, in fact, a
> political statement disguised as a "news/talk radio"
> post

Yes, I agree that's why I finally deleted it.


> Cab, you have your own show, yes?

Currently on haitus...looking for a new home...


> Can I ask you: don't you
> just hate it when you get a caller who calls in and says he
> wants to talk about subject "a"...but instead, in a
> crafty/conniving way he starts talking about subject "b"
> instead? I know a lot of talk show hosts get mad at callers
> who tell their screener they want to talk about whatever the
> host is talking about, and so the screener puts them on
> hold, and when the caller finally gets on the air, he starts
> off mentioning what the host has been saying....but then he
> begins to tip-toe his way into another subject altogether so
> as to make his own political statement. Like the guy who
> calls up to talk about, say, social security, and then
> somehow he winds up mentioning the war in Iraq! The two
> subjects don't go together, but you'll often times hear
> callers try to make some sort of "tortured justification"
> for trying to tie those two subjects together (or any other
> two completely different subjects, for that matter). And
> then the talk show host gets so frustrated that he ends up
> zapping the caller in mid-sentence!!

Yep, but it's thenature of the biz.

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[johndavis]

> Speaking of that, there's a guy who frequently gets in on
> Mike McConnell's weekend show plugging a web site saying the
> CIA murdered John Lennon..despite the best screening
> attempts.

That guy has been calling KGO for years.  Last time I heard him he'd run his voice through a harmonizer to sound like a woman to get past the screener.

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[gr8oldies]

Sounds like a guy with way too much time on his hands!

> > Speaking of that, there's a guy who frequently gets in on
> > Mike McConnell's weekend show plugging a web site saying
> the
> > CIA murdered John Lennon..despite the best screening
> > attempts.
>
> That guy has been calling KGO for years.  Last time I heard
> him he'd run his voice through a harmonizer to sound like a
> woman to get past the screener.
>

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I'll get back to you when I think of a cute quote

[houstonradiogeek]

Next thing you'll know some other whacko will start calling with proof that Paul McCartney died in 1966 and has been impersonated by a look/sound alike since...

> Sounds like a guy with way too much time on his hands!
>
> > > Speaking of that, there's a guy who frequently gets in
> on
> > > Mike McConnell's weekend show plugging a web site saying
>
> > the
> > > CIA murdered John Lennon..despite the best screening
> > > attempts.
> >
> > That guy has been calling KGO for years.  Last time I
> heard
> > him he'd run his voice through a harmonizer to sound like
> a
> > woman to get past the screener.
> >
>

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