And it’s too weak for words. The Radio Equalizer has a few questions.
This is what happens when you rely on taxpayers’ money to get your awful radio outlet off the ground instead of competing and meeting the market’s demands (like conservative talk radio), a symptom of a tragic disease known as America-Utopia Socialism Delirium.
It doesn’t occur to these infected folks that if there were a demand for their product, they wouldn’t need to divert government funds from poor black kids in New York. Advertisers would be more than willing to fill their coffers.
But, alas, the we-care-so-much-about-you-black-folks flakes are on the dole, too.
Related: Air America Allegedly Stole Money From Poor Black Kids in New York
(Hat tip: Michelle Malkin)
Also see Robin Hood and Air America.
America-Utopia Socialism Delirium. I love it! That says it all about the goofy entitlement mentality of the left.
Comment by RedBeard — 07.29.05 @ 9:10 am
Leftists have been stealing black children’s futures for decades. What’s a few extra bucks?
Comment by Insomniac — 07.29.05 @ 9:39 am
To be quite honest, I am not surprised. But I’ll wait and see what happens before I pile on.
Comment by xanadu1015 — 07.29.05 @ 9:44 am
The MSM gave Air America tons of free publicity when it was launched. Now silence on this scandal. That says a lot about the MSM’s objectivity.
Comment by Evon — 07.29.05 @ 10:02 am
From (Dead) Air America’s official statement:
“… The company that had run AIR AMERICA RADIO till then no longer had anything to do with the network … PIQUANT had no involvement whatsoever with funds from GLORIA WISE BOYS &GIRLS CLUB … PIQUANT is not being investigated by the City, which is nvestigating a transaction that took place before PIQUANT existed.”
Well, well, well … according to these bozos, a corporate buyout or takeover completely absolves an organization of any wrongdoing. How interesting.
Can you imagine the outcry from Jackson, Sharpton, Bond, Mfume, et al if J. P. Morgan Chase Bank had tried to use this sorry logic to excuse themselves from their impending slavery reparations shakedown?
Yet the “Black Leadership” has nothing to say when Air America takes hundreds of thousands of dollars from poor inner-city minority kids.
Ahhh … the sweet smell of hypocrisy.
Comment by Mike — 07.29.05 @ 10:09 am
More Air America
Still more in the continuing saga of Air America (and its unethical use of funds meant for other charitable purposes)… They’ve issued a statement in their defense…and it’s essentially torn apart HERE. LaShawn Barber points out that, if there was…
Trackback by Conservative Outpost — 07.29.05 @ 11:45 am
We will submit to the taking of money from our wallets to the “free” press (Air America)…
You see here people. This is what socialism leads to.
Socialism (defined as the government choosing who gets what resources) leads to taking from anyone who has any money (target anyone successful) and giving that to anyone who the government thinks should get the money (give to those lazy non-thinking non-compete in the market place people).
Capitalism (defined as the people choosing who gets what resources) would have Air America compete in the market place.
Of course there should be a safety-net and support for the non-able bodied. This isn’t part of the discussion.
Comment by Baklava — 07.29.05 @ 12:06 pm
Lunch: 7/29/2005
# phin cat-blogs. Sort of.
# Beth (MY VRWC) has an answer for Helen Thomas.
# SondraK says Jennifer Wilbanks is toast.
# Michelle Malkin sees one side of the discussion silenced.
# Life of Rubin knows why the shuttle is having problems.
# La Shawn…
Trackback by basil's blog — 07.29.05 @ 12:53 pm
La Shawn:
There is something fundamental missing from this story.
Air America didn’t steal tax money from “poof Black kids”. These “poor Black kids” and their families have no more right to this money than Air America does. This money doesn’t have “poor Black kids” name on it.
In fact, Air America may be doing some of these “poor Black kids” a favor - their parents may have to turn off their soap operas and go to work.
This money has been stolen from taxpayers, not “poor Black kids”.
Comment by Frank Zavisca — 07.29.05 @ 1:20 pm
Al Franken got paid how???
If you have not been following the story of how Air America sayed on the air by apparently using money meant for children and the elderly well, where have you been?
I admit when the story first broke, I figured it would be yet another story wherein t…
Trackback by The Anchoress — 07.29.05 @ 3:40 pm
Liberals have no qualms about many things.
From making money on Rove bashing to selling shirts with the “n word” prominently displayed.
First link was cited by Malkin earlier this week. The second link is new and may be of special interest for distribution to The Conservative Brotherhood.
Why is it so easy for a Republican like me to be so sensitive to these issues?
Comment by Aaron's cc: — 07.29.05 @ 8:28 pm
Oh… you don’t do URLs. Look at today’s (Friday’s) latest post going back through Tuesday.
This week I’ve also been ripping Hewitt and Lileks some orifices concerning making Mecca holier than any place on earth by saying that that’s the only target off the table for consideration.
I do URLs now, Aaron, but without anchor tags, like this: http://aarons.cc/ - Admin
Comment by Aaron's cc: — 07.29.05 @ 8:32 pm
The MSM is too occupied with Rove-mania to track down real criminals, like Air America.
Comment by Mwalimu Daudi — 07.29.05 @ 11:58 pm
Amazing how the Old Media are really trying to hush this one up…..
Comment by Michele — 07.30.05 @ 12:59 am
I often find that Michelle Malkin takes the easy way out when attempting to decipher difficult intellectual topics. I wrote a column this week that examines her work from that perspective. It might interest you. http://www.ruminationsonamerica.blogspot.com
Comment by Rita J. King — 07.30.05 @ 12:01 pm
Frank Savisca said, “Air America didn’t steal tax money from “poof Black kidsâ€. These “poor Black kids†and their families have no more right to this money than Air America does. This money doesn’t have “poor Black kids†name on it.”
I agree with what you are saying, but I think it is the hypocricy of the left that is being pointed out. They constantly use that type of language to describe conservatives/Republicans. Throwing their language back at them is just a touch of irony.
Comment by Independent — 07.30.05 @ 3:42 pm
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