Wouldn't be my choice of radio host
-Following up the follow up-
I told you she wouldn't have quit if she didn't have someplace to land. Nova M Radio Network announced that it has picked up Randi Rhodes. She'll even keep her timeslot (2-5 CT), effective monday.
For their part, Nova M could hardly be happier. A release at their website tells us that CEO John Manzo is just crazy happy; "I just can’t stop smiling - Randi is simply the biggest and the best. Randi Rhodes and [former AAR personality] Mike Malloy under one roof – talk about TALENT!"
Yikes! I hope Manzo brought a change of underwear -- sounds like he needs it. There's no info about Randi on the homepage, but check back next week and you'll probably find something.
Air America, on the other hand, tells us that "Celebrity voices will fill in for Rhodes until a replacement is named." The list of possible celebrity fill-ins -- Rosie O'Donnell, Fran Drescher, Phil Donahue and Richard Belzer.
I can see the rest, but Fran Drescher? That'd be the annoying-voiced star of the sitcom The Nanny. She looks good, but she sounds awful. It's like radio, only backwards.
Wish upon a star for lots of free time for Phil Donahue. (Denver Post)
-Headline of the day-
"Pope won't break bread with Bush."
According to the report, "The White House has scheduled a dinner next week in honor of Pope Benedict XVI's first visit to the United States, but one guest will be conspicuously absent from the proceedings: the pope himself." The report goes on to tell us that there are "no competing events listed on the pope's schedule" and that the "White House was unable to explain Benedict's absence from the dinner."
Hey Bush, I can explain it -- you just got dissed by the freakin' Pope! (Raw Story)
-That damned hippy First Amendment!-
McCain campaign staffer Ralph Peter isn't happy with a new museum in Washington, DC -- the "Newseum," dedicated to journalism and the press.
"There’s no museum in the vicinity of the National Mall dedicated to our military." he complains. "Tells you a lot about the vanity and priorities of today’s governing and informational 'elite,' doesn’t it? Ignore the blood, enshrine the ink. A Pulitzer Prize outranks a Congressional Medal of Honor."
Here's the thing, Pokey; One, you can't walk ten feet in DC without running into some sort of monument to a war or a war president. Two, the press is mentioned in the First Damned Amendment in the Damned Bill of Rights. "The ink" is enshrined in the Constitution.
Why do you hate the Consitution, Ralph? You a commie? (Think Progress)
