Romney Would Still Do Imus's Show

Now I understand how "LOL" became internet lingo for laughing out loud - because Romney's statement on this matter is hi-fracking-larious.

Mitt didn't just come out and say he wouldn't do Imus's show. Anything for free publicity, right? That $21 million first quarter wasn't enough to justify being more selective in free press... I suppose he'd just love to do Limbaugh, Savage, Hannity and any other crazy out there.

Oh, don't worry though, Willard promised to give Mr. Imus a good, stern talking to...

Nice catch, David. That's quite the revealing story.

I was just dying to write about this as soon as I - for the first time in months - caught NBC news with Brian Williams and heard the spokesperson come on to discuss the matter. Now, with Mr. Romney's admission, I have an excuse to give my take: what an awesome precedent NBC Universal has initiated. It's well past time the crazies are thrown off the air for hate speech. First, DePetro, now hopefully CBS will follow NBC's tv-suit and throw Imus off the air for good.

LeftAhead: the New Radio Show for the Mass Blogosphere!

Lynne, Mike and I have all joined together to start a new venture in the Massachusetts netroots: a radio show and podcast. Each week, we're going to come together for a live feed that people can catch on our new joint website, LeftAhead. Though the project is in its infancy, the first show went off spectacularly! This week's LeftAhead featured discussion on the MSM/blogger divide and the upcoming ConCon. Look for continued updates on these issues and others on future shows as well as the LeftAhead website. As the shows roll by, we'll bring on guests, take callers and do our best to foster this new tool that will hopefully expand a true progressive vision that will empower our movement even more so in this great Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Grand visions or delusions of grandeur? Tune in each week to see hear. It's been a longtime in the making...

As Much as Tom Finneran is a Poopy Pants...

Doesn't this read more like an opinion hit piece than front-page material? Geez, Globe, maybe you just need an Anna Nicole headline or something? Not only does scary Tom Finneran suck, which is something almost all of us could agree to (seriously, was anyone a fan of him?), but now he was playing nice to his fellow democrat on his first day on air! Wow! What a schmuck!

I guess the Globe expected Tom to call Deval a Laguer-loving, fat lesbian or something? How shocking Deval was invited to golf instead! Who would have ever expected a former speaker of the house to want to golf with the current Governor? I mean, really?

Update: In case anyone didn't detect my sarcasm, the first sentence of my second paragraph is mocking the typical WRKO host's crazy rants. Especially with recent developments at our state crime lab, LaGuer's recent appeals shouldn't be taken lightly. If our DNA evidence is suspect, that speaks very poorly on our entire criminal justice system.

Cockroaches Can Apparently Survive Anything

Look who just got a new job (my sympathies to the normal and sane people in Providence).

According to Towleroad,

Former Boston radio host John DePetro, who has a habit of denigrating gays and lesbians, is back on the air, on a Providence, Rhode Island morning show.

There are two amazing things about this:

1. That he's actually being put back on air, even after all those fiascoes. Apparently, the radio station in Providence openly doesn't care about homophobia on their airwaves. At least WRKO pretended to care (and ultimately cared enough to fire one radio jackasockey, even if Howie's rants go unabated).

2. Such an average radio talk show host would be rehired (let's all be honest here, even for bat-crazy wingnuts, DePetro wasn't anything special).

Well, in the spirit of good will, good luck to DePetro - he's going to need it. His mouth has a way of... saying things, things that get him in trouble (which is saying a lot, considering the station he worked on). In my heart of hearts, I just know DePetro will be unemployed soon enough, so until then let's hope the signal goes haywire in the land Providence, Rhode Island.

Oh, and John, you better watch out for the Army of Lesbians in Baghdad - they're about to win the war on terrorism.