tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79724872024-03-13T07:48:58.342-04:00Air America Radio - IRCOfficial blog of Undernet IRC channel #AAR focusing on Air America and its shows.buttersquashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10763643201190182574noreply@blogger.comBlogger312125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972487.post-50481763508760580622008-03-20T22:22:00.000-04:002008-03-20T22:23:41.273-04:00JOHN MCCAIN U.S. Senator (R-Arizona) It's a game of pinball, and you're the ball. The hardest thing to do is to establish priorities. This morning we had a committee meeting on telecommunications. Now, I'm for à la carte cable. I don't see why some widow from Sun City should have to pay for ESPN if she doesn't want to. At the same time, I had to bounce over to the Armed Services Committee-PoliticalGeekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03472122019250631568noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972487.post-84977154167131462832007-11-13T21:59:00.000-05:002007-11-13T22:03:30.328-05:00And We'll All Come Praise the InfantaThis video by Zane uses the Decemberists' song "The Infanta" in combination with a deeply ironic montage to express the ambivalence many of us on the progressive left feel for the media coronation of Hillary Clinton as the next leader of the Free World.buttersquashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10763643201190182574noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972487.post-1158640924097024222006-09-19T00:38:00.000-04:002006-09-19T00:42:04.113-04:00Mike Malloy makes an announcement on AAR websiteThis post appeared on the front page of the Air America website in a Zorro-like move by Malloy.The Peter Werbe ShowWeekdays 10pm-Midnight ESTw/ host Peter WerbeHi. Malloy here. It’s Monday, September 18, 2006. Well, it’s been almost three weeks since we were fired by the really, really strange pod-people who have temporarily taken over Air America. Tonight’s program will be hosted by my good buttersquashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10763643201190182574noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972487.post-1156966964984906042006-08-30T15:41:00.000-04:002006-08-30T15:42:45.000-04:00An AAR Manager is still an Assclown, on That You Can RelyThe Fundamental Things Apply, as time goes by ....WEDNESDAY Aug. 30 2006MIKE MALLOY FIRED BY AIR AMERICA RADIOThere will be no Mike Malloy program today - or any day - on Air America Radio as we have been terminated. We are as shocked as you are. We are told its a financial decision.More details to follow as we hear them ourselves.http://www.mikemalloy.com/Marion Delgadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09493068399042656060noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972487.post-1153528996481954902006-07-21T20:31:00.000-04:002006-07-21T20:45:11.970-04:00Democracy in Crisis: An Interview With Robert F. Kennedy Jr.First of all, my dear Marion, I had reasons for waiting, because of things I don't need to go into here, so I wasn't *LAZY* - far from it, I've been working my tail feathers off :PAnyway, that being said, I'm posting it now. So unwad your panties :)This was originally posted on The Brad Blog "The Republican Party, the Republican National Committee, has been using old-fashioned, Jim Crow, Fancy Pants Elitisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17605717352630226765noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972487.post-1153122833766590792006-07-17T03:49:00.001-04:002006-07-17T03:55:13.333-04:00No good news for AAR/WLIBMaron turned down hosting his third show after 2 cancellations and a coast to coast move and a huge pay cut.Janeane is leaving Majority Report. Sam says one reason was schudule and monotony.The new owner of WLIB may kick them out - it's always been tension with the old Caribbean WLIB after midnite anywayRatings are still good, but al franken is expected to drift away within a year.of all the Marion Delgadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09493068399042656060noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972487.post-1152955212066852722006-07-15T05:17:00.000-04:002006-07-15T05:22:04.833-04:00Ixchel interviewed Robert Kennedy this weekBut she's probably too LAZY to post here about it.Besides, who knows if she even READS this blog?Magic 8-ball? / / / / THE PICTURE IS _MURKY_ Marion Delgadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09493068399042656060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972487.post-1151335517139834392006-06-26T11:24:00.000-04:002006-06-26T11:25:17.153-04:00Thom Hartmann gone this week, his father died SundayThe story of Carl by Thom HartmannCarl loved books and loved history and, after spending two years in the army as part of the American occupation forces in Japan immediately after World War II, was hoping to graduate from college and teach history, perhaps even at the university level if he could hang on to the GI Bill and his day job in a camera store long enough to get his Ph.D. It was 1950, Marion Delgadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09493068399042656060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972487.post-1143872542259766902006-04-01T01:21:00.000-05:002006-04-01T01:22:22.276-05:00GO CLIPS!At some point march madness will finally be over and perhaps we can hear maron.keep your digits superimposed.Marion Delgadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09493068399042656060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972487.post-1140821820034346372006-02-24T17:57:00.000-05:002006-02-24T17:57:00.113-05:00Back to the Future with Marc MaronGeniuses, Philosopher Kings and Queens, Working Class Heroes, Progressive Utopians with no sense of humor, Lurking Conservatives-Marc Maron's Fire Truck Productions and Air America Radio are proud to announce the impending birth of The Marc Maron Show, by C-Section, Tuesday February 28th at 10:00PM on KTLK AM 1150 in Los Angeles California.Those present at the birth will be comedian Jeff Ross andMarion Delgadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09493068399042656060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972487.post-1140729458379157342006-02-23T16:15:00.000-05:002006-02-23T16:17:38.396-05:00Abramoff is an appropriate man of our timesI think if you're gonna support terrorism in South Africa, support it in the Occupied Territories, and in general be a gangster - dress like one, talk like one, and bump off witnesses like one. Don't pretend to be just another CEO.Black is the new black, and invest in violin cases in Bush's America.Marion Delgadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09493068399042656060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972487.post-1140423155513908332006-02-20T03:12:00.000-05:002006-02-20T03:12:35.546-05:00Still Alive#AAR IRC undernet channel is still going strong, as is Air America Radio. Please join us, especially between the hours of 4pm and 10pm PST (7pm to 1am EST).We have dozens and dozens of chatters but more are always welcome.Marion Delgadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09493068399042656060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972487.post-1138666849459594552006-01-30T19:20:00.000-05:002006-01-30T19:20:49.526-05:00Following up on the FilibusterIt was done too late and everyone started too late. The saddest part is that without agitation we would have had no filibuster and zero votes. We got a little over half the Democrats to vote against cloture.If there's a next time - say Ginsberg has to resign - we need to start the agitation the instant she announces. And go from there.Marion Delgadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09493068399042656060noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972487.post-1138652415251489812006-01-30T15:20:00.000-05:002006-01-30T15:20:15.806-05:00Filibuster for the Filibuster draws AAR-itesThom Hartmann, Sam Seder, Mike Malloy and others from the world of liberal and progressive talk radio appeared on a round-the-clock marathon for the filibuster.It rocked.Marion Delgadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09493068399042656060noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972487.post-1136439831721539912006-01-05T00:43:00.000-05:002006-01-05T00:43:51.800-05:00Left Behinds: Ten Worst Americans?Left Behinds: Ten Worst Americans?Marion Delgadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09493068399042656060noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972487.post-1134733578273279452005-12-16T06:39:00.000-05:002006-01-06T12:21:27.306-05:00FAREWELL GENIUSES, PHILOSOPHER KINGS AND QUEENS, WORKING CLASS HEROES, PROGRESSIVE UTOPIANS WITH NO SENSE OF HUMOR, AND YOU LURKING CONSERVATIVESYOU MANIACS. YOU BLEW IT UP. DAMN YOU. GOD DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL.Marion Delgadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09493068399042656060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972487.post-1133516100236317072005-12-02T04:06:00.000-05:002005-12-02T04:37:46.673-05:00The Enronization of Labor: Why NAFTA is a failure and illegal immigrants are an issueWhen power was seen as a quasi-service that the government should guarantee but which would benefit from having some market constraints on abuse, things hummed along quite smoothly. As most countries found out, that infrastructure of electrification was the basis for much of our productivity and innovation.Once Enron, a company that did nothing but legalistic and predatory capitalism, never Marion Delgadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09493068399042656060noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972487.post-1133455777750800872005-12-01T11:49:00.000-05:002005-12-01T11:49:37.770-05:00National AIDS DayGood Morning,Today is National AIDS Awareness day. Wear your ribbons or tell a friend to get tested, or get tested yourself. It's not just an illness in Africa. Evidently a lot of young gay men think now that it's an "older" gay man's disease. The fact is, it's still a problem in this country, especially among young black women. Anyway, educate yourself at the link above and spread the word, not Fancy Pants Elitisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17605717352630226765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972487.post-1132022107762982722005-11-14T21:29:00.000-05:002005-11-18T22:31:40.723-05:00A Belated Save Maron Pleahttp://www.petitiononline.com/mmms3214/petition.htmlThis is bulls__t.If you haven't done so lately, listen to Marc and Mark even if you have to podcast it (search via iTunes) or go to www.airamericaplace.com. Do it today.You'll be surprised just how good the show is.Danny Goldberg is losing Teen Spirit.I didn't post on this blog much about Lizz for various reasons, one being that she was keeping Marion Delgadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09493068399042656060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972487.post-1128380394917794892005-10-03T18:59:00.000-04:002005-10-03T18:59:54.926-04:00Thom Hartmann guesting Majority Report Nowtune in - Thom's doing Rosh Hashannah duty while Janeane lives the high life in Hollywood.Marion Delgadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09493068399042656060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972487.post-1124436545775285632005-08-19T03:29:00.000-04:002005-08-20T02:12:34.953-04:00Those Annoying Bruce Berman AdsTHE ADTwo out-of-work porn actors are having a heated dialog:OOWPA#1/"Employee": You can take this job and ... OOWPA#2/"Boss": YEAH YEAH I KNOW -- TAKE THIS JOB AND SHOVE IT RIGHT???! WHADDDAYAGONNADOBOB? STADDABIDNIZ? HUH? HUH? OOWPA#1: Yeah, uh OOWPA#2: YOUGODDABIDNIZ PLAN? CANTRAISEMONEYWIDOUTABIDNIZPLANBOB!OOWPA#1: Yeah, uh OOWPA#2: WHADDDAYAKNOWABOUDSTADDINABIDNIZBOB? Marion Delgadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09493068399042656060noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972487.post-1123645989149489222005-08-09T23:53:00.000-04:002005-08-13T00:14:55.036-04:00White Rose Society Fundraising Pitch started FridayBefore there was, e.g., AirAmericaPlace.com, there was white Rose Society.orgBen Burch, Mike Malloy's Elgin, IL Bureau Chief, has been archiving liberal radio on the web for years, mostly by himself. Ben also beat the bushes for Radiopower.org when they had a fund raising drive.He has more shows archived than even airamericaplace.com does.The White Rose Society - Donations Page: Please Donate to Marion Delgadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09493068399042656060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972487.post-1123321564975418442005-08-06T05:46:00.000-04:002005-08-06T05:56:04.750-04:00Volunteer to help The Ayn Rand Institute: Not so fast!OTHER METHODS OF CONTRIBUTING TO ARIA variety of available arrangements and techniques can allow donors to give more at the same or lower cost to them—or to simply add ease and convenience to the process.In addition, there are several non-financial ways to contribute that you may not have considered.If you would like more information about any of the methods described below, click on the e-mail Marion Delgadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09493068399042656060noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972487.post-1122697005220635982005-07-30T00:16:00.000-04:002005-07-30T00:18:02.933-04:00Salon Table Talk - By the Book: The Gospel According to the Shooter's BibleSalon Table Talk - By the Book: The Gospel According to the Shooter's Bible: "From The Bartender's Bible, the Gospel of Rick, XII-XIV, XX, and XXIIRick XII-XVXII1. And so it came to pass upon one of those sweltering Jerusalem nights where the horseflies cluster under your caftan and the sweat pours down your body until your tunic resembles that of an old and unfirm man with no control of his Marion Delgadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09493068399042656060noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972487.post-1122243932042018552005-07-24T18:25:00.000-04:002005-07-24T18:48:01.046-04:00UFPJ's take on the unity issueUnited for Peace: UFPJ Fall Mobilization: New Dates and Location: At the UFPJ National Assembly in February, there was tremendous support for organizing a major anti-war demonstration this fall. More specifically, the Assembly agreed that UFPJ should organize a demonstration in New York City on September 10, which would be right before heads of state come to the United Nations for the Millennium+Marion Delgadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09493068399042656060noreply@blogger.com0