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On November 14th OSC was a guest host on the Rusty Humphries show. I'm listening to the first hour right now. I love the guy, but then again I'm a bigot. Anyway, just an FYI for those who do want to listen.
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I'm sure that Mr. Humphries' listeners were exposed to a totally different viewpoint than what they usually hear from Mr. Humphries.
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So Kent, how did it go? Would you say our hero was a success? I've listened to him on a podcast interview and was surprised by how he sounded in real life, but how would you say he was received by the listeners? And do you think it's something he might do more of.
PS, thanks for telling us. I wish I had seen it earlier. I definitely would have listened. Did anyone from OA call in, or did anyone mention Ornery?
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I've only listened to the first hour so far (which is more like a half an hour), and he actually is a great storyteller. I really liked his commentary on Nancy Pelosi and the montage of her 8 or 10 introductions of "the next president of the United States," which have been various candidates over the years. He mentions how nervous he was in his last Rhinotimes column, but he sounded pretty good and didn't really make any mistakes. The link I provided will let you listen to the shows he did, just click on download and listen in Quicktime.
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You are right - Rusty Humphry is a bigot. A big one too (judging from the first 15 minutes I heard on ) And OSC was on the show on 11/13/07 (not the 14th.) BTW.
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"If I express moderate ideas radically people pay a little bit more attention." -OSC
In response to a comment that moderate ideas aren't sexy enough for the media. My favorite quote so far, half way through the 2nd hr.
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"White bears have no problems with global warming. They can swim!!!" (by OSC on the show - not verbatim quote)
I wish OSC tried to do that himself: - to swim between razor sharp SMALL blocks of ice (3-4 feet in diameter), which linger in your hunting area - not being able to climb to rest on any of these blocks, as they are not able to support your weight.
Maybe OSC might just say in this case - well - the pollar bears will just have to get thinner.
I can care less about polar bears, but OSC's logic continues to amaze me still (...for some reason)
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Despite the fact that I disagree with him on many issues I've come to like OSC's speaking except when he talks about Iraq. His bit on the hidden costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan was totally ridiculous. Apparently, if we didn't invade Iraq then we would be on our way to a police state where people are scared so ****less that they won't even send their kids to school (or something along those lines). Oh and can't withdraw from Iraq now because we would lose credibility (with who?). Also, can someone refresh me on how Imperialist Islamic Fascists are going to start taking over first world countries? I heard it had something to do with breeding and Europe. Sounds sticky.
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1. I don't know why it surprised me but I was happy to hear how many topics he covered in a 3 hour block (much shorter with the commercials out). It wasn't a 3 hour thing on Clinton and Obama...or even about all the democrats he's upset with.
2. He mentioned his Empire book in passing to help explain something about moderates but beyond that he didn't talk about his books. I've seen so many guests/guesthosts on programs solely to plug their book/movie/album that it was refreshing when he said that there've been a lot of callers that wanted to talk about his books but that wasn't what he was there for today.
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quote: His bit on the hidden costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan was totally ridiculous.
I thought he meant it to be a bit ridiculous (though deadpan humor) as a way of one-upping the democrats "true cost of the war". I think it would have been more successful if he had gone into greater detail of their methods to better highlight what he was getting at, though.
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quote: His bit on the hidden costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan was totally ridiculous.
I thought he meant it to be a bit ridiculous (though deadpan humor) as a way of one-upping the democrats "true cost of the war". I think it would have been more successful if he had gone into greater detail of their methods to better highlight what he was getting at, though.
There's just a lot of things we can't really know and to say we cost X much or saved Y much because Z might have happened or W might not have happened is a bit of a stretch in speculation.
How the war impacted our economy is something we probably will never fully understand. Some changes in the economy were bound to happen and economists can only make a semi-educated guess on what it would have been like without the war, for instance.
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Do I really have to listen to that annoying, REALLY IRONIC intro song with every file?
For those who don't know, that song is derived from "America... f$@# yeah!" from Team America: World Police, which is a mockery of American cowboy heavy-handed attitude.
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Tao - as a self-described Libertarian...you don't like Team America?
I absolutely LOVED that movie, which skews the polemics and propaganda on both sides of the aisle quite well. While it most certainly makes a mockery of American cowboy heavy-handedness, that movie also makes a complete mockery of outspoken Hollywood leftists, and liberals that spout out mindless, emotional-based pacifist bromides masquerading as profound, enlightened philosophy.
Parker and Stone are equal opportunity offenders...
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Daruma's correct, TA lampoons both sides, and fairly evenly. If anything, the movie makes fun of how stupid each sides stereotypes of their political opponents are. Plus some gratuitous but hilarious sex humor. I thought I was going to rupture my spleen when those two puppets were going at it.
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I didn't say I didn't love that movie. I think it explains the state of the world quite well in the movie... in a manner impossible to retype here because censoring the words would make it illegible.
But if you've seen it, you know what I'm talking about.
I'm just merely pointing out the irony of taking a song that's essentially criticizing what you're about and making it your anthem.
It's like founding the militant wing of the Salvation Army.
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The only thing that really annoyed me about the program was how he kept talking as baby Hillary.
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Don't have all the fancies on the boat. OSC I've heard of, hello, but who is Humpty Rusties? Some friend of Opera Whimpey?
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quote:Originally posted by kenmeer livermaile: "If I express moderate ideas radically people pay a little bit more attention."
I think he expresses radical ideas moderately, myself.
I've never seen him express moderate ideas radically or radical ideas moderately in his columns. Whenever he talks politics, he expresses radical ideas boringly. And whenever he decides to harp on about safe, apolitical topics (whether homework is a useful part of the learning process, or the best approach to urban design, for example), he expresses moderate ideas boringly as well.
Still, I'm sure the "express moderate ideas radically" schtick goes down well with the target audience. After all, they like to think of themselves as the last bastion of common sense and practicality in America, and the only reason everyone disagrees with them so noisily is because they don't play that queer-assed "Politically Correct" game that was just invented to keep real opinions by real people out of the public arena.
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