Day: November 17, 2009

America’s Loudest Xenophobe

That would be Lou Dobbs, former CNN anchor, in case there was a moment of doubt, recently announced his departure from CNN and the brand that he helped build, at least according to him.

I have heard a lot of rumbling about his departure in the last week or so…..everyone seems to have an opinion on what and why he left is employment.

The AP is reporting:

“Not at all,” he said in a weekend interview. “I don’t know if people will believe it, but we had a very amicable parting on the best of terms. I spent 29 years there building that company, and I wish everyone there nothing but the best, and they have reciprocated with me.”

It’s hard to know whether the abruptness or the lack of rancor surrounding the exit was more noteworthy. Dobbs’ outspokenness had made him a political target — so much so that there were parties celebrating the departure over the weekend — and an uncomfortable contradiction to what CNN says it wants to be.

Dobbs said he plans to take time deciding what he wants to do, beyond his daily radio show. He promised to reach out to groups who criticized him, most prominently because he advocated stern measures to halt illegal immigration. A petition campaign seeking his ouster took root in recent months after Dobbs gave attention on his show to questions about President Barack Obama’s place of birth.

So I guess that ends the story…it was all so amicable for both sides….right?

Wrong again!

And now for the rest of the story from chattahbox.com:

Apparently the parting of the ways between the Xenophobic host of Lou Dobbs Tonight and CNN was not so amicable after all. The New York Post is reporting today, citing an unnamed source, that Dobbs walked away with a $8 million severance package, after completing just half of his $12 million contract.

Since Klein and Dobbs have been enemies for awhile now….so it was a profitable move for both parties….Dobbs makes his cash and CNN rids itself of a xenophobe that breathes hate at every turn….maybe this will help CNN return to its place as a leader in cable news….(I doubt it, but it is a thought)….

I Have Questions

Daily Agitator

And would like some answers to them…..simple easy understandable answers….please NO talking points or press releases or whatever….just plain simple answers…..

For years I have listened to the pundits and sycophants tell me certain things….but seldom do they explain themselves so that people, all people can understand their reasoning.

Okay, dudes here is your chance to be the hero…..

1–Same sex marriage…..years decades I have been told that if people of the same sex marry then it would destroy the sanctity of the institution of marriage……How?  How will the institution be destroyed?

2–People on the Right when they are opposing certain issues they seem to always say that it is destroying our freedom…whether it is health care or the environment or……just which freedoms would I lose if we pass, say health reform?  Just which freedoms are we in danger of losing?

3–At a recent rally in Washington a representative of the people, one Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, called for a revolution……pause here for thought…..a revolution on the right to oppose the majority in Congress….think about that…..what would we say if Bill Ayers got up in front of thousands and called for a revolution against elected officials?

4–Why do politicians stand on the Constitution in their opposition and have NO idea what the document says?

5–Should elected officials be forced to take the “citizenship” test to be sure that they understand the Constitution or at least prove that they graduated the 6th grade or even took a Civics class?

6–My last question is for the rock band U2 and MTV–in a recent concert in Berlin to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall, why would you think it a good idea to erect a wall to keep people out?  Is that not what the original Wall was doing?

Questions….questions …and few answers……