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Here's some context to Dean's statement.

I believe Red Stripe is by far the superior beer campaign. Hooray effective ad!

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Jun 8, 2005 -> 08:12 PM) Ah, dead girlfriend/boyfriend songs – practically a genre unto themselves in the late 50s/Early 60s. Teen Angel. Leader of the Pack. Deadman's Curve. What others am I missing? Who Killed Bambi?

Wasn't Sinead O'Connor ordained too?

Love grows where my Rosemary goes and nobody knows but me.

I go swimming at Sandy Hook.

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Jun 8, 2005 -> 03:41 PM) Yep. I think that comments like that divide the party even more than it is--I also think that it pushes away moderates (hell, I'm not even a moderate and it pissed me off). Perhaps Dean's time would be better spent trying to get Christians/religious people to vote for him instead of ragging on the republicans and their constituents. Forget about the other party and get youself in order.... That's what he's doing. Dean is speaking to his base and raising money. That's his job - he says it, so the candidates who need that vote doesn't have to. Sort of like when Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell blamed the gays for 9/11.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jun 8, 2005 -> 11:33 AM) It is funny to hear everyone jump on people who discredit certian media for their views, but as soon as a "conservative" columnist gets mentioned, everyone comes out to discredit them. Irony. I don't discredit what he says. But saying that a paper is going to report a story is not the same as reporting a story.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jun 8, 2005 -> 11:18 AM) If anyone is going to put another Republican in office it is Howard Dean. The dope that he is, he is giving them a tangible target for half of their paranoias. Kinda sad, that they have to rely on bashing people who AREN'T in office to protect people who are.

Saying "The New York Times is going to report a story that says..." is breaking a story about a paper breaking a story. It's not really breaking the story, it's more meta-breakage.

Every time I want my ants to leave, I just start playing my rock n roll music loudly. They just gather up my uncles and head out. Works every time.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Jun 6, 2005 -> 09:12 PM) OK, guilty secret: I do love that song. It's a nautical thing I guess. I much preferred "Billy Don't Be A Hero" by Bo Donaldson and the Heywards.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jun 7, 2005 -> 04:42 PM) Look, GWB, contrary to "stupid people's opinions", is a pretty smart guy. So is Kerry. Kerry is a gifted speaker, Bush is not. It doesn't make him stupid. Texsox said it. The most qualified candidates will not run because every single *PRIVATE* mistake a person has ever made in life will be cast out of the closet and out there for everyone to see, and frankly it's bull s***. None of them are dumb. I think Kerry, however, had a better grasp of some of the international relations concepts that the Bush administration didn't seem to know existed this time last year. I hated when people on my side of the fence talked about how much of an idiot Bush was - his bumpkin accent and mispronunciations are all an act anyway. Listen to him speak in 1998. Then today and you'll see what I mean.

The GOP sent out mailers in October reminding people that if John Kerry was elected, the bible would suddenly be banned so that they could make room for gay marriage. I thought that was kinda funny.

The price of instate schools in Michigan rose substantially - near 15% between 2000 and 2004.

When your message fails, blame the people who deliver the message. Makes sense to me.

John Edwards is done.

Every crime is a hate crime. Motivation is not a crime although it can and should play into the severity of a sentence. Hate crime legislation is a bad idea and takes away your right to think freely.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Jun 4, 2005 -> 04:32 AM) Currently listening to the new Coldplay CD X and Y. Weren't they supposed to break up after "Rush of Blood to the Head" because the album was "that good?"

So I finished "Travelling Mercies" by Anne LaMotte. It's a pretty decent read I'd have to say - it's a book of memoirs divided into mostly short stories... like most books in this format, I've found about half the stories phenomenal, a quarter of them pretty decent and the rest seemingly filler. It's a book about her personal journey to faith - from being an atheist to attending a presbyterian church in the S.F. area and along the lines kicking her drug, drinking and bulimia habit and becoming a mother as well. It's an interesting book, worth the read if you enjoy her columns on Salon. With that book being done, "A People's History of the United States" has been promoted to my book I'm reading from bathroom reading. It's a lot heavier of a read.

And it will for about a year and then everyone will get over it. You can have a variety format that works, but you need to have the personality behind it that will make it work. Jack is really nothing more than a classic rock/hits format with a few extra songs added along the edges. I hate it.

QUOTE(SoxFan562004 @ Jun 5, 2005 -> 12:42 AM) The one flaw that these radio stations are making with the selling point of "It's like listening to your I-Pod on shuffle" is that I put the music on my I-Pod, while some suck bag suit from NY put the music on the radio station. Yeah, I love my I-Pod, and get a kick putting it on shuffle and seeing what song pops up, but that's because I PUT THE GOD DAMN SONGS ON THERE!!! Which means I like all the songs on my I-Pod. I'm not going to listen to a radio station just for the wacky factor that might occur if they play the New Kids on the Block followed by Hall and Oates... both bands suck, I don't want to listen to them ever. Q-101 did basically the same thing with a 20 year time span and limiting it self to one basic genre of music. Those S.O.Bs also pulled Loveline off the air, but thank God WCKG is picking it up... I've missed Adam and Dr. Drew for the last couple of months Except Q-101 didn't do the same thing, they broadened their playlist, changed their clocks and stopped playing their top three or four songs 40 times a week and only play them 25 or 30 times a week. They've also shifted their audience older and seems like they are going for listeners 25-34 who remember the alternative format when it just started and sounded a lot like Q-101 does now. If they could just get an afternoon show with talent, they might actually have something there. And I love the "on shuffle" phrasing. Much better than variety, free flight or music mix.

Just so you know, Oldies will be back as the second signal on 104.3 when they finish upgrading their transmitter to HD. it will be WJMK-FM 104.3 Channel 2. CBS-FM the same I imagine. You can still stream Oldies Chicago online. With WNEW-FM performing SO poorly in NYC, why arent they doing Jack there?

Howard Dean is there to raise money. Not to get elected. Him throwing flames like that only helps his base. That is who he plays to. Not moderates and not conservatives.

If Nine FM couldnt get any results with three signals.... how is Jack gonna work? This is such a mistake, on so many levels. CBS-FM and Oldies 104.3 are absolute legendary radio stations... Check out WRLL 1690 for your Oldies fix now. Plus Uncle Lar's still on in morning drive. Real Oldies just got a new lease on life.