Air America begging me for money,what a hoot!!

... Just an example of the challenges Air America faces.

Chrissee wrote:

... Just an example of the challenges Air America faces.

Yes, many challenges ahead.

"Mr. Ticomaya, Esq." would be fine.

My favorite though is:




BTW The Quake is celebrating its FIRST birthday. Just an example of the challenges Air America faces.

DontTreadOnMe wrote:

Diane wrote:

I just don't like yellers yelling through the microphone at me. ... I have such a distaste for the right wing radio talk shows that I can't abide hearing it from the left.

exactly. hyping up the facts is unhelpful. especially when the facts speak for themselves. how can i take a hysteric like randi rhodes seriously when she behaves like rush limbaugh in drag ? (uuugh... that's an unattractive mental image.)

Why can't you say she sounds like a female version of Rush Limbaugh? Hysterical? Men always say that about women who speak their mind. Two strikes in one post.

Chrissee wrote:

DontTreadOnMe wrote:

Diane wrote:

I just don't like yellers yelling through the microphone at me. ... I have such a distaste for the right wing radio talk shows that I can't abide hearing it from the left.

exactly. hyping up the facts is unhelpful. especially when the facts speak for themselves. how can i take a hysteric like randi rhodes seriously when she behaves like rush limbaugh in drag ? (uuugh... that's an unattractive mental image.)

Why can't you say she sounds like a female version of Rush Limbaugh? Hysterical? Men always say that about women who speak their mind. Two strikes in one post.

well, i guess you can choose to find a way to be offended if you want. but none was intended.

either way, i said that i think randi rhodes is "a hysteric", not a hysterical woman. i consider james dobson and sean hannity to be hysterics as well.

hysteric is not a gender specific term.

The root of the word hysteric is derived from the Greek word for uterus. It certainly was a gender specific term in the past, and still has this connotation for many now.

This might be the reason for the offense.

hys·ter·ic (h-strk)
n.
1. A person suffering from hysteria.
2. hysterics (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
a. A fit of uncontrollable laughing or crying.
b. An attack of hysteria.

adj.
Hysterical.
[From Latin hystericus, hysterical, from Greek husterikos, from huster, womb (from the former idea that disturbances in the womb caused hysteria).]

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

The root of the word hysteric is derived from the Greek word for uterus. It certainly was a gender specific term in the past, and still has this connotation for many now.

This might be the reason for the offense.

ebrown_p wrote:

The root of the word hysteric is derived from the Greek word for uterus. It certainly was a gender specific term in the past, and still has this connotation for many now.

This might be the reason for the offense.

Ahh, that must be it. DTOM, you have offended Chrissee because of your poor choice of word, which -- etymologically speaking -- carries a historically perceived negative connotation ... at least with Chrissee. Please do be careful in the future.

Air America Radio files for Ch. 11
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

October 13, 2006, 10:44 AM EDT


Air America Radio, a liberal talk and news radio network, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, a network official told the AP.

The network had denied rumors just a month ago that it would file for bankruptcy, but on Friday Air America said negotiations with a creditor from the company's early days had broken down.

The network will stay on the air while it resolves issues with its creditors, spokeswoman Jaime Horn told the Associated Press. A formal announcement was expected to be made later Friday.

ebrown_p wrote:

The root of the word hysteric is derived from the Greek word for uterus. It certainly was a gender specific term in the past, and still has this connotation for many now.

This might be the reason for the offense.

Ahh, that must be it. DTOM, you have offended Chrissee because of your poor choice of word, which -- etymologically speaking -- carries a historically perceived negative connotation ... at least with Chrissee. Please do be careful in the future.