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Quote from: Paper*Boy on April 29, 2012, 06:39:35 PM

Not until George Noory is gone.  Then there will be plenty of posts recalling his Suckage, gloating, and spiking the football.

Can't wait.

What if Wells replaces Noory?  I might even be tempted to become nostalgic!

Quote from: ZombiePoppa on April 29, 2012, 06:31:10 AM
Yeah, this Wells guy is dedicating nearly every freaking show to some righty who thinks the NWO is pulling all the strings. To sum up Skousen's interview: China's gonna nuke us in about 10-20 years and take over Japan, Australia and NZ. The NWO doesn't want Mitt Romney to be president because he's a self-made millionaire (never mind his rich daddy) and a political outsider whom they cannot blackmail while Obama is a political insider (and apparently not a self-made rich guy) who is going to take our guns away during his second administration. And socialist policies along with regulation of industry & hampering of energy corporations are what's causing America to fail.

To be totally fair, Skousen is an old talk show stand by and no stranger to C2C.  He's the nephew of Cleon Skousen, who wrote the 50s classic, "The Naked Communist" and who helped start the John Birch Society.  Mr. Bell had him on a couple of times over the years as well.  I'd be interested to hear those exchanges. 

In addition, Glenn Beck had on Joel Skousen regularly during his prime time Fox show.  The fact that Skousen is on the radio during the wee hours of Sunday morning rather than 5 PM on TV on the weekdays gives me cause for hope.

That said, Skousen is brighter than your usual right wing conspiracy theorist.  Unfortunately, no one gave him the memo after the Berlin Wall collapsed.  When you still think of hyper Capitalist China as being Communist, you probably also think that Reagan is President.  His all-encompassing fear of Communism just overtakes anything worthwhile he might have to say. 

Wells, unfortunately, loved to add to the paranoia and the two did a tinfoil hat duet.

Funniest Skousen moment: He called Mitt Romney, the son of a Governor and cabinet secretary "an outsider."  Folks in Occupy Wall Street and in the militias are "outsiders," not former hedge fund managers.

At least Alex Jones is honest enough to say that BOTH Romney and Obama are part of the elite.

I think of Hoaxland as a cheerful huckster.  I can't get too exercised about him.  I suppose more responsible operations would've banned him by now.  Doubtlessly there are thousands of people who swallow his lies.  Then again, they are the same people who don't believe Obama's AND Marco Rubio's birth certificates. 

Sure he's a liar, but at least he isn't saying that baking soda cures cancer, or really DANGEROUS shit.

Quote from: Sleepwalker on April 22, 2012, 11:40:16 AM
Typical Johnny B. Smells.  Get the audience worked up, then try to sell them freeze-dried food, radiation detectors and water filtration systems.  Liberals and Conservatives can't agree to put anything through Congress, yet these guys would have us believe people within the Clinton, Bush and Obama administrations all agree on one thing - to blow up buildings, murder Americans and impose a communist/fascist government.  Anyone remember Lyndon LaRouche?  He told the American public that Henry Kissinger and the Queen of England were partners in a vast, global drug cartel.  Lyndon would give Johnny B Smells a bit pat on the back.

Thank you!  I couldn't stand nearly *anything* about Bush and especially Cheney, but never did I think that they orchestrated 9/11 (and the messes that they created in Iraq and Afghanistan proved to me that they couldn't conspire anything out of a paper bag).  Others here really, really loathed Billy Clinton.  Yet could any one ever really explain why Bubba would single out a Federal building out West?  These guys surely did not.

Like a lot of us, McVeigh was understandably angry about government mishandling and murders at Ruby Ridge and Waco.  Only McVeigh decided to do something violent about it.  He had a motive for attacking the Murrah Building and Clinton did not.  McVeigh also had technical expertise in explosives. 

Quote from: Ben Shockley on April 21, 2012, 11:41:16 PM
Wells just announced that there's an attempted "Fascist-Communist" takeover of America underway.   Jeez, which is it, Johnny?  Seems upset about some imagined effort to "remove religion from American life."
Right.
They've already been after Eric Holder, that agent of the Moslem-Zionist Obama.   Has to be.   See, we know Obama is a Moslem, right?   And of course that's illegal, right?   But McVeigh was of course framed by the ZOG (Zionist Occupation Government, a la Turner Diaries), right?   So Obama the Moslem, who is continuing the crackdown and takeover, is also an agent of the Zionists.    Right?    And promoting the "Fascist-Communist" takeover.... right?
God damn!  Talk about taking the shotgun approach to getting the masses fired up about something, anything!!!

Just like the horrible pictures of the soldiers holding body parts in Afghanistan or Tiger Woods' emails to girlfriends, Wells' show was just too terrible to ignore.   

Blaming Eric Holder for covering up Oklahoma City?  I can't add anything to this conversation that any one has already written in this thread.  (I've got my own issues with the guy, but that's a different conversation).

The Numbers Lady must've been a real let down after the first hour.  She's no worse than anything on Hollywood Tonight on Network TV.

The first hour could goad someone into doing some real harm.  An unhinged person might take seriously Wells' claims that the government is waging a war against Christians, that this is a Communist-fascist government, that the US government blew up the federal building. 

There are real concerns to be had about civil liberties currently, but Wells' just stopping short of calling arms does not help.

Quote from: Harmness on April 17, 2012, 05:00:47 PM
As a reactionary, I'm offended.

OK how about saying that he's a totally INSANE reactionary?

Quote from: Eddie Coyle on April 17, 2012, 09:44:03 PM
        Stern and O&A have seen their popularity fall off a cliff since going to satellite, undeniable fact and both shows are far below their apogee. But more people hear/know them than Hartmann,Ramsey,Levin and Madison combined.

        Stern's going to be on the execrable "America's Got Talent"(sic) and Leatherface Imus is on Fox Business each morning. That exposure alone should put them in the top 10. The Joe Madison selection reeks of tokenism. Hartmann, based on content, deserves consideration, but his listenership isn't vast.

        "Talkers" takes the Rolling Stone approach to lists. Glaring omits to get noticed.

Funny, but Talkers Magazine never felt the need to be "inclusive" before.  Joe Madison has been around for over 20 years on the radio.  His profile has increased because he's now on TV a lot as a pundit.  It appears that some people here have issues with non-whites being successful.  Being the most famous African American talk show host, Madison has a guaranteed bedrock audience amongst blacks. 

I am, however, surprised that so many liberals made the top ten.  Perhaps the fact that there are so many righty talkers dilutes the ratings of the top conservative talkers.  There are some conservative talkers who shouldn't be on the radio at all, not because of their ideas, but because they are so utterly untalented.

Liberals like me have spent much time complaining about Rush and Beck, which reflects the depth of their talent and effectiveness.  They've got great voices and great presences.  A guy like Mark Levin, on the other hand, has a voice like fingernails on a blackboard.  He starts to scream nasally at inappropriate times and he's utterly lacking in humor, unlike Rush.  Even if I agreed with the guy totally, I couldn't listen to him.  And I'm sure that there are guys out there who are even less talented.

This is pretty funny!  The whole idea, I mean.

Quote from: tmock00 on April 17, 2012, 07:37:24 PM
Here are two possible solutions -   

1) I think in the "Hour of Power," everyone should have an opportunity to call into the show. Each caller who gets on the air receives 5 minutes to share their story, give out the appropriate contact info, and then sit back and wait for the donations to roll in.

2) Why not hold a raffle once a week?  George could pick a name out of a hat every Friday, go to their house on the weekend, and lay his hands on the afflicted for an immediate cure.

Does anyone recall that awful game show "Queen for a Day"?  George could be "Queen of the Radio." 

Quote from: Paper*Boy on April 16, 2012, 04:09:13 PM

The reason we keep hearing that the Bush Administration saw Freddie and Fannie's business model was broken, proposed new regulations to remedy the situation, and were stopped cold by Barney Frank and the House Financial Services Committee in Congress, is because it has the advantage of being true.

Here in my local area, I recall an almost constant outpouring of accusations of racism, threatened litigation, and tons of bad press from ACORN, et. al. demanding high risk borrowers be given loans on overpriced homes they ended up not being able to afford, and the local banks caving due to that pressure. 

It becomes confusing when that is lumped with the looting by Wall Street.  Note that Wall Street didn't write themselves checks from the Treasury.  Those bills were passed by Nancy Pelosi's and Harry Reid's House and Senate, some were signed by Bush, some by Obama.  Under Obama, Fed chief Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Tim Geitner worked together to pump more money into the financial system, straight out of the Fed and bypassing the Congress.  Not to mention the Obama multi-Trillion Dollar annual deficits - I'd consider those to also be 'looting'.

I'm guessing Knapp and his guest didn't spend much time discussing any of this?

That's right.  Because you know better than someone who teaches business and law and served under President REAGAN.  Black spent plenty of time trashing Democrats, including Clinton and Gore, but not for the reasons you think.  Black criticizing Clinton and Gore for CUTTING banking regulations.  That's not part of the right wing spin, however, because Frank Luntz and his friends want you to believe that Clinton was a Communist. 

Quote from: Harmness on April 17, 2012, 05:08:40 PM
Correct.

Like you, I'm less than impressed with Knapp's "muckraking."

I guess that you could listen to Noory and Wells to reaffirm your world view.

The great thing about Bill Black is that he skewered all administrations, Democratic and Republican, that came after him.  Mr. Black served under RONALD REAGAN.  He used to be what is called a Reagan Republican.  Now he's just an independent.

Quote from: Eddie Coyle on April 17, 2012, 11:31:12 AM

           The Talkers list is an annual joke. The magazine itself lacks the depth of "Highlights" and has a circulation that could barely fill a phone booth.

               No Imus, Stern or Opie and Anthony in the top 10. Please.

Actually that sounds about right.  Imus is a "has been" since the Nappy Hoes controversy.  Opie and Anthony REALLY are on the outs since that "sex in a pew" kerfuffle.  Stern would've been up there except that he's on Satellite radio.  He never should've left terrestrial radio. 

Limbaugh prevails, since he invented political talk radio.  The lib talkers as well as the conservatives owe him.  Liberal me felt kind of bad that he might be on the outs for awhile, just like I felt bad when I initially thought that the bitchy queen in Game of Thrones was going to be poisoned by her dwarf brother.  When one has such a magnificent adversary, you really don't want him to go away.

Quote from: stevesh on April 17, 2012, 04:00:39 AM
Shedlock's appearances have become mostly a way for him to beg for money to pay for his wife's (daughter's ?) medical bills. Last night he announced a sweepstakes for that purpose. Sad and embarrassing.

So "Shitlock", a radical libertarian who bashes institutions like Medicare, Social Security and unions, goes on radio and begs for people to pay for his family's medical bills?

I thought that with those kinds of views, he'd be independently wealthy enough to take care of himself.

Actually, there are provisions in the Affordable Care Act (for as long as it stands) which Shedlock could take advantage of.  He just hates Obama so much, he won't do it.  Instead, he goes on radio and begs.  Screw him.

I'm no conservative but if I were, I'd be pretty pissed off if folks were lumping me in with lunatics like Wells.  The word for Wells is "reactionary". 

Quote from: Lansdude on April 16, 2012, 06:14:37 PM
I just found this board by googling "john b. wells" + socialism.

A lot of people hate Noory for being stupid, but he's at least open-minded.

Seems like every time I give John B. a chance he's reaffirming his conservative ideals. He's got a scientist like Krauss on talking about theoretical physics or whatever and he feels the need to dogmatically assert his religious beliefs in the face of science. He has some god-fearing libertarian on and it becomes an invitation to triumphantly rip on liberalism and mutually masturbate.

The guy lacks the ability to leave aside his own bizarre convictions and advance the conversation by making remarks and asking questions.

Not that Noory is some kind of socratic critical midwife but at least he isn't jamming each show into his premade worldview over the air. Noory is just smart enough to know he needs to hold off. Wells is a fundamentalist.

Can't stand the guy, Coast becomes right-wing rant radio on the weekends thanks to him. Give me sheepish George 7 days a week.

I really agree with you here.  I pretty much gave up on Coast2Coast when Ian cut down and Wells replaced him.  Noory has been pissing me off heavily as well, but not nearly as much as Wells has. 

Last night's interview with Knapp was absolutely TALK SHOW HEAVEN.  That was the BEST interview with Bill Black that I've ever heard, and I've heard Black a lot lately.  In fact, it was the BEST political talk show about the financial crisis that I've ever heard.

George Knapp truly is courageous for letting America hear Black's truth-telling. 

Interesting factoid:  Black, who was head of Office of Thrift Supervision during the Savings & Loan crisis of the 80s, said that Keating wanted to put a murder contract on him!

Sheriff Joe has a lot of fans in the Coast to Coast community.  I can't stand his anti-immigrant BS, but am more sympathetic than I otherwise might be due to the fact that about a decade ago, illegal immigration was really out of control.  Funny, however, Sheriff Joe never mentions that it's been OBAMA who has been cracking down on illegals, even illegally deporting Mexican-Americans!  No for all of Obama's zeal, Sheriff Joe gets into the birther biz.  Obama could scour Arizona until it's lily white and Brewer and the Sheriff STILL would hate him.

But I digress.  I really can overlook Wells' love for the Sheriff, since Snoory loves him too.  Art probably dug him too at one point.  Most conservatives who listen to radio stations which offer C2C dig him too.  When I listen to Coast, I don't expect Phil Donohue.

I DO NOT, ALSO, EXPECT SICKO HOLOCAUST DENIERS!  FUCK YOU, JOHN B. WELLS!

This thread should be called Wells Smells.  As much as Noory sucks, Wells smells.

Just listened to Wells' wackadoodle guest, this Swede Palmgren, who was bitching about how Sweden was a Marxist state, which taxed millionaires to death and took away dissenters' children.  (Never mind that ABBA did pretty well, and never even became tax exiles, not to mention Ace of Bass, and other Swedish pop groups).  One might not care for Sweden's socialism, but the state Palmgren talks about more resembles N. Korea. 

Checked his website & one a the news stories is from a Hezbollah website.  The story is about a Jewish basketball player who claims that he likes to eat his unleavened bread with the blood of Christians and Muslims! 

So much for veracity!

I loathe Red Eye Radio.  Just another bunch of self-important haters. 

John Batchelor can be great.  He's smart enough to have some general interest non-political things, like discussion with history book authors.  When he gets political, I switch (because I'm a pinko).  Unlike most conservatives, however, he doesn't feel the need to fulminate against liberals during his entire show.

Quote from: ksm32 on February 16, 2012, 09:50:07 PM
I like people who drink. I drink alot by western guilty standards and if Noory is a drinker ? than mabye I like that about him. Everybody knows Ian drinks dont they ?

Cheers.

Wow, with that pair, even a Mormon might desire that beer!

Quote from: BobGrau on January 04, 2012, 11:38:12 AM
He's never struck me as a drunk - he's not erratic enough.
If he's dabbling in anything, I'd suggest prescription painkillers - am I right in thinking that Rush or someone had a similar 'problem'?

PS If he was a decent host, I wouldn't care if he was shooting up during commercials. A drug problem is no excuse for sucking.

Maybe drugs actually make talk show hosts BETTER!  Proof:  Limbaugh - drug addict (once an addict always an addict).  Noory - not a drug addict.

I can't stand Limbaugh's politics, but you're an idiot if you can't see that he's talented.  Limbaugh will never put me to sleep.  Noory--it never fails...

I used to disparage Ian, because of his holiness and his allergy to the paranormal, but he and Knapp are the best.  Last Sunday, Punnett was magnificent.  This was quality talk radio.

Red Eye radio may be one radio show that's worse than Coast to Coast.  Of course, I'm a lefty.  Red Eye Radio makes Limbaugh sound like Karl Marx. 

As much as I'm critical about Wells and Noory, they sometimes enunciate views with which I agree.

Red Eye Radio just functions as an Obama hate machine with some trucker stuff.  I'm not thrilled with the Pres. (too conservative), but at least it's not because he's a black guy.

I sometimes listen to African American talker Joe Madison.  You have no idea how many black truckers call in.  That's not to suggest that all blacks just follow Obama blindly, but they've got to hate all of the right wing heat on Red Eye Radio. 

That's another thing I've got to like about Coast; it appears to have a more diverse listenership than many daytime radio shows do.

As bad as Jorch is, I'm rather bummed that no local affiliate of mine features C2C any more.    No Ian or Knapp. 

I guess that this is indicative of how badly ratings have been falling.  I wonder how many stations have stopped airing the show.

Quote from: FightTheFuture on December 26, 2011, 12:46:17 AM
For those, like myself, that count themselves as Ian Punnett fans, you may want to consider following him on twitter. He is very good about replying to tweets.

I really enjoyed Ian's show!  I'm definitely going to sub to his Tweets.

Quote from: stevesh on December 19, 2011, 02:15:58 PM
And let's not forget that after Reagan used the power of the presidency to obtain this miraculous potion, he contracted Alzheimer's and died. Seems an odd selling point.

Personally I blame Carnivora for the Iran-Contra Scandal.  Trust me, I know plenty of people who have NEVER taken Carnivora and have contracted Alzheimers.

Quote from: Morgus on December 26, 2011, 12:50:32 AM
Even Knapp is getting the bible thumper callers now like in the first hour tonight with open lines.
One of the callers would going on and on about end times and apocalypse from the bible.
Also that frequent caller known as Cornelius in Louisiana called in again, way too often and he always says basically the same things everytime.

George Knapp was fabulous!  I'm convinced that the man is close to genius.  I used to think that nothing intelligent could come out of Vegas.  Knapp has shown me for the East Coast snob that I am.  Knapp is the best asset that Vegas and the State of Nevada has IMHO.

I'm eager to watch his expose on mortgage fraud in Nevada:  http://www.8newsnow.com/category/224186/desert-underwater-las-vegas-foreclosure

Quote from: morphiaflow on December 22, 2011, 10:51:32 PM
on his last show, on cue, the same woman who was drooling over his voice also shared a religious story and complimented Wells on "telling the truth in a way the other Coast hosts don't" (paraphrasing)--meaning that he has a specific "Christian" agenda that he doesn't even try to hide. So--the fringe religious nuts love him, and so do the middle aged ladies because he gets their panties all moist. And in this case, both in one. Yes, folks, welcome to the future of C2C.

I'm middle aged, female, but Welles leaves me high and dry!  Guess maybe if I read my Bible he'd turn me on.

George is getting so bad it's comic.  The reason that I'm posting less is that I've accepted the fact of Jorch.  The famous economist Nourial Roubini (aka Dr. Doom), who predicted the 2008 crash, now predicted correctly that the price of gold would fall.  Accordingly, George is now hawking silver.  He even made a really corny pun for his silver commercial. 

Quote from: morphiaflow on December 18, 2011, 06:44:04 PM
I'm not sorry: JBW's absolute inability to cover any topic, talk to any guest, without referencing his own specific personal religious beliefs completely undercuts any credibility he may have. He is basically injecting his agenda into *everything*, something even Noory doesn't do to that degree. How could I listen to JBW interviewing a guest about alien contact or the age of the earth when I know that Wells is at best "humoring" the guest, since in his mind he "knows" the truth about these things and it all comes down to his specific version of Christianity? Even the Christmas legends guest the other night, who did have some interesting facts and insights, was constantly interrupted, sidetracked and downright manipulated by Wells in this manner. This is the worst of the worst, and recently listening to old Art-hosted episodes from the late 90s has only made the contrast that much more stark.

I'd find Welles' fundamentalism more convincing if he looked more squeaky clean like Mitt Romney or Pat Boone and less like my coke addict ex-boyfriend.  The fact that some in this thread have surmised that Welles smokes a bowl before he goes on the air also kind of ruins the image.  If I were a Christian conservative, I'd want Welles off my team.