Imus corrected Dietl's slur against Arabs: "It's, uh, 'camel humpers' "
SUMMARY: On Imus in the Morning, Richard "Bo" Dietl asked: "Why doesn't Fredo [President Bush] get on his Air Force One, fly over to Riyadh, get those little hamel humpers over there, sit 'em down, and say, 'Look, we got our F-16s --' " Don Imus interrupted Dietl and said: "It's, uh, 'camel humpers.' "
While discussing the rising price of gasoline on the May 12 edition of ABC Radio Networks' Imus in the Morning, frequent guest of the show Richard "Bo" Dietl said that "there should be a congressional investigation ... into all these former presidents," before asking: "What kind of money is being influxitated [sic] into their libaries [sic]? I'm talking about this guy sitting across from me, Bill Clinton. They have hundreds of millions of dollars that were pumped in there from these Aba Daba Doos over there in the Middle East, controlling the oil. Right now in the Middle East, you've got Saudi Arabia, who's got their finger. Why doesn't Fredo [President Bush] get on his Air Force One, fly over to Riyadh, get those little hamel humpers over there, sit 'em down, and say, 'Look, we got our F-16s --' " Host Don Imus interrupted Dietl and said: "It's, uh, 'camel humpers.' "
As Media Matters for America noted, on the February 11 edition of Imus in the Morning, Dietl said he was "pissed off" because the FBI is expending too many resources prosecuting mob criminals while ignoring the northern border of the United States and then stated: "Now, what bothers me is our borders up near Canada are opened up. It looks like the pilgrimage in to Mecca, the amount of 'Aba Dabba Doos' that are coming in from Canada in to the United States." On the August 7, 2007, edition of Fox News' Your World With Neil Cavuto, Dietl stated: "[I]f I see two guys that look like Aba Daba Doo and Aba Daba Dah, I'm gonna pull 'em over, and I wanna find out what you're doing." Dietl and host Neil Cavuto were discussing the arrest of two college students from Kuwait and Egypt who were allegedly found with pipe bombs in their car near a Navy base in South Carolina. On the March 14, 2007, edition of Your World, Dietl stated that instead of flying, six Muslim imams who were removed from a US Airways flight at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport in 2006 should "call their cousin up there, Ali Baba Boo, and go by cab."
From the May 12 edition of ABC Radio Networks' Imus in the Morning:
DIETL: Well, I got real a problem with the president, the former president. You know, this weekend, I go to gas up my car, my M6, the BMW. Uses a lot of gas, we all agree with that. It's 510 horsepower.
IMUS: Sure.
DIETL: Four dollars and fifty cents for the high test now. Now, I did a little investigation through the whole -- you know, through the whole weekend there to find out really where it lies. And I got a problem with President Bush the father, my friend. I got a problem with this guy sitting across from me, Bill Clinton, and Fredo over here. We all -- Fredo, the president, the current, sitting president, with those stupid faces that he makes. There was tornadoes in the Midwest, and he's making a press conference with his wife sitting there. He's making these stupid --
IMUS: This is your guy.
DIETL: He's -- nobody's my guy.
IMUS: No, he was your guy --
DIETL: Nobody's my guy.
IMUS: No, no. He was your guy when he ran.
DIETL: Here's what I call out to the Senate majority --
IMUS: I did not vote for him. You did.
DIETL: Senate majority --
IMUS: Did you vote for him? Did you vote for him?
DIETL: Yes. Yes, I did.
IMUS: OK.
DIETL: People make mistakes.
IMUS: Well, yeah. You made a big mistake. You voted for him twice.
DIETL: Well, I made a few big mistakes when I didn't invest my money into oil and gold.
IMUS: True.
DIETL: OK. But my point is, there should be a congressional investigation. One, into all these former presidents. What kind of money is being influxitated [sic] into their libaries [sic]? I'm talking about this guy sitting across from me, Bill Clinton. They have hundreds of millions of dollars that were pumped in there from these Aba Daba Doos over there in the Middle East, controlling the oil. Right now in the Middle East, you've got Saudi Arabia, who's got their finger. Why doesn't Fredo get on his Air Force One, fly over to Riyadh, get those little hamel [sic] humpers over there, sit 'em down, and say, "Look, we got our F-16s --"
IMUS: It's, uh, "camel humpers."
DIETL: "We got our F-16s guarding you against Iran. We saved you from Saddam Hussein. We're going to move all our troops out of here and leave you to defend your own country." 'Cause you know what? They couldn't do it. 'Cause all they do is pick their nose and eat their boogies, and that's the end of it. That's all they do.
BERNARD McGUIRK (executive producer): Hey, oh.
DIETL: I've been there.
IMUS: Hey, calm down here a minute. We're trying to have breakfast.
DIETL: All right. 'Cause this aggravates me. We protect Saudi Arabia.
IMUS: [unintelligible] to be eating your boogers. [unintelligible]
DIETL: Saudi Arabia controls the oil flow.
IMUS: That is disgusting.
DIETL: And right now, people are starving.
IMUS: Why are you hollering?
DIETL: Families can't put their kids into their SUVs and take them to school because the gas is so expensive.
IMUS: Here's what's happening now. People's houses are being foreclosed on.
DIETL: Right.
IMUS: So they put their furniture in storage. Then they can't pay the storage bill, so they're losing that.
DIETL: Right. Now, America that listens to you, Don, and everyone's ears are out there today. I want people to realize and understand, these former presidents and the current president now have a relationship with Saudi Arabia that they should go over there to -- President Bush, my friend there, the cowboy, should hop on his plane and go over there, sit down with the ministers and say, "Here's the way it's going to be. We're pulling out all our men over there protecting you."
You go now -- you go to the next stop, Dubai. Do you know what's going on in Dubai now? Twenty-five percent of the cranes in the world are in Dubai. You got Philippine workers dying two a day, construction workers are dying two a day. They can't put up a building fast enough. They got three buildings programmed that'll be double the size of the former World Trade Center. They're building islands. They're building man-made islands.
You know what is there? I'll tell you what's there. A bunch of hookers from Russia and all over there.
IMUS: Yeah, well --
DIETL: It's a playground for --
IMUS: I wouldn't bring that up if I were you.
DIETL: It's a playground for all these people who are pumping all the oil out of the ground, making all this money. Our Americans dying defending them over in Iraq, and they stand around there [imitates ululation]. They go running around, hopping on their private planes, hopping on their camels.
The Congress should be getting involved with this. Where is the senators and where is the congressmen to step up and step on Saudi Arabia and stop with my fuel pump? 'Cause I got people that can't drive their cars.
And I ran for Congress back in '86. I wish I would've won. 'Cause I would be there in Congress slapping people around, saying, "How much money? You want to take a trip over to Saudi Arabia?"
IMUS: You would've made -- you'd have made Vito -- what's that guy's name, Bernie?
DIETL: I like Vito Fossella.
McGUIRK: Fossella.
IMUS: You would've made Vito Fossella look like a Boy Scout.
DIETL: Guy made a little mistake. Guy made a little mistake. We all make little mistakes in our lives.
Let's be honest..."Hamel Humper" IS extremely offensive.
It's a small point but characterizing the current state of affairs as a disagreement with the Wahhabi's is like saying we have a "disagreement" with Osama bin Laden. Yeah I disagree with him that he should kill anyone who disagrees with him.
ps. However I agree with your contention that we shouldn't stereotype Arabs in the derogatory way Imus does. I say yank him again.
ANOTHERAMERICAN SAYS: ”…characterizing the current state of affairs as a disagreement with the Wahhabi's is like saying we have a "disagreement" with Osama bin Laden. Yeah I disagree with him that he should kill anyone who disagrees with him.”
But I think you meant to say something like this:
“… characterizing the current state of affairs as a disagreement with the Wahhabi's is like saying we have a "disagreement" with Osama bin Laden’s gang. Yeah I disagree with him that they should kill anyone who disagrees with them.” ---- This way you’re not lumping in all Arabs in with Bin Laden, which is also stereotyping, only without the slur.
Eddy,
Been there. Done that. :-)
" I say yank him again. "
He should have just called them " f-in whores" and there wouldn't be any problem, right?
I like the way the left seems to think they have full and complete control over everyone's job. Particularily the ones they disagree with.
Hell, it's you righties who wouldn't even allow a school kid with a Kerry sticker in his wallet to attend a Bush rally in 2004. Well, the teacher who took them to see Bush who will have the last laugh. He's running for Congress and will eat his opponents lunch.
"Repubs with their whisper campaigns and social intimidation that seek to control all aspects of our culture."
Sorry ROUNDHOUSE, you have it completely backwards. It's the LEFT that wants to control speech, shut down media outlets and silence talk show hosts. That's what MMfA is all about - CONTROL. Check the button above called Take Action and see where it takes you: MMfA advocates censorship of Rush, O'Rielly, Matthews, Beck, Hannity and all the rest. Well what about the millions of us out there that AGREE with them? Should we be 'stopped'?
Who would have thought that it would be the left that would become Big Brother from 1984.
You cons are punks. You've been ruining lives and careers for decades with your us vs. them worldview. Jesus Christ are you so stupid that you think this eliminationist rhetoric against liberals has no effect on workaday liberals?
A vote for a Democrat is a vote for the terrorists.
Defeatists.
Cut and run.
Rat poison in a Supreme Court Justice's salad.
Screw the violent conservative worldview.Luckily for you we liberals are willing to let it go and invite you into the decision making process. Lucky for you, we are not you.
Roundhouse,
You're response is typically leftist. Filled with venom and hatred and disgust for fellow human beings. You don't even see the fascist you've become. God help us if your people take over.No wonder you dorks elected Bush twice. But just the same, I forgive you your ignorance and look forward to lefties working with you righties to create a more perfect union.
Flippin' idiot. Don't you ever call me a fascist again you snivelling little punk.
"I also find it amusing that you hyperventilate over my terse language just about the time you get your a** handed to you with examples of Republican hate speech against liberals."
I don't think he hyperventilated over your language. It may have been his laughter at your amuzing threats. Funny how your hypocritical "fascist" arse can get all bent out of shape when you defend your right to say whatever hatefullness you want to say while claiming the right to prevent others from saying what they say.
What you "handed" him was absolute examples of why liberalism is considered the most dangerous mentallity against freedom since nazi-ism.
Bye, bye phil. Have a swell day.
"I'm angry not hateful" ----> "Don't you ever call me a fascist again you snivelling little punk."
Sure sounds pretty hateful to me. But, you can make excuses for it all you want ... typical liberal hypocrit.
Typical conservative cognitive dissonance.
You sure you want to stick up for these merchants of hate speech? Y'all can say what ya want, it is a free country. But you better realize that Limbaugh is an authoritarian pig who has called for the very kind of social intimidation I was talking about. That is unless you don't think inviting citizens to riot is not a form social intimidation. I'm betting you don't. That's what makes you so ignorant.
Nice reply. Very typical liberal. And you accuse conservatives of 'hate-speech? You should be ashamed at how you talk to a fellow human.
I feel so sorry for you. I'm saddened that our society has been so desensitized to the ritual humiliation of liberals that you feel absolved of any transgression in our correspondence. I'm saddened that you are so blinded by your partisan rage that you're not even cognizant of your own enmity.
"You called me a fascist and you have the nerve to grouse about civility to me?" ROUNDHOUSE...
Let's get this straight, RoundHouse.
My calling you a fascist was in response to you calling me a punk and stupid and suggested I go live in Idaho with the rest of the 'cons'.
You then shot back with three hate-filled responses calling me: a dork, ignorant, flippin' idiot and a 'sniveling little punk. And I'm the one who's not being civil. What is this...in Junior High?
You harbor a lot of hate. You should see someone about that.
Then you come along and try to act like MMFA or liberals are the ones who have been waging this culture war since the early seventies. You act as if it has been liberals who have been trained, through violent rhetoric on the radio and slithering prosperity theology in the churches, to fear and disdain the liberal half of America. It's your willingness to ignore the truth that makes me mad.
Sorry you can't appreciate my reasons and sorry if you take offense.
" I do reserve alot of anger over the way the conservative Republicans, who for six years of political dominance and decades of cultural dominance, have so screwed our country that it will take years to get back on the right track."
Umm, democrats are ruling the political picture now. And, have been for a couple years. WHAT have they done to correct anything?? What "promises" have they kept that got them into office?? Wait, you're still whining about not having control even though democrats rule the house AND senate. IMHO, I'm glad conservatives are taking back the "cultural dominance" that you liberals so freely whine you don't have enough of. How many of you whine about animals being mistreated then in the next breath demand unborn humans be disposed of for the simple reason of not wanting them?!? Talk about liberal hypocrisy at it's most dangerous. Take your time answering any of those questions, sweety.
I'm talking about a conservative movement that has taken over thirty years to play to its conclusion and you're going back two years? Please, that's insane.
You cons learned in the late sixties that if you could only persuade people to accept the conservative assumptions about how the world ought to be that pushing the conservative political agenda would follow with relative ease. So the conservatives
stole the American ideal of liberalism and perverted it, they painted liberals as venal creatures worthy of fear. Seeds of distrust made us an enemy instead of a partner in the work of forming a more perfect union. Y'all sold folks on the lie that conservatism would set them free if only those damn libs would let us.
In every aspect of government and public instition you placed yes men in position to forward the strict father worldview on hard working Americans.
But. Whatever. The history is there if you care to study the life of Paul Weyrich or Richard Viguery.
The point is, it took conservative more than three decades to bring us to this moment and if in your quick fix, short term thinking believe that the damage can be repaired in less than one congressional term...you're crazy.
"So the conservatives stole the American ideal of liberalism and perverted it, they painted liberals as venal creatures worthy of fear"
No, the pervertion of liberalism was well earned all on your own. You didn't need ANY help from conservatives: on demand abortion, judges that follow political ideals instead of law, focused restriction of religion, forced federally taught immorality. I could go on, but I'm sure you feel all these items are well intended for the betterment of mankind and don't see any faults in a one of them. And that would be why liberalism has gotten so off-track from it's true intentions. You can't mix socialism with representative democracy without one of them being the main ideal. You prefer socialism, many others do not.
Conservatives stole nothing. Liberalism perveted itself from within by seeking to change our national political process and you became that "venal creature" all on your own.
As an example, why don't you give me your views on the 'ethical treatment of animals' and equate that reasoning towards your views on abortion rights.
There's your tell. Your plea of desperation. You are not a good faith actor, you can't even discuss political worldviews without radically misrepresenting the core beliefs of your opponent. And you say, out of one side of your mouth, that liberalism was poisoned from within, yet from the other side of your mouth in classic conservative fashion you poison liberalism from without.
Phony.
"Seeds of distrust made us an enemy instead of a partner in the work of forming a more perfect union. Y'all sold folks on the lie that conservatism would set them free"
Your "more perfect union" included slavery, racism. The people who worked towards removing those ideals from this "perfect union" weren't liberals. So, if you're going to BLAME conservatives for perverting your ideals of what this perfect union should have stayed, then I'll say; you're welcome, but we've got more work to do.
As if all those people arguing for slavery weren't state's rights conservatives every last one. As if the segregationists weren't get gubmint off my back conservatives. Whatever, Phil. Just because the history of your party is sometimes heinous doesn't mean I think you are heinous (phony yes) or that the rest of the GOPers are heinous. I understand the right has had a mindf**k performed on them by some very power hunger authoritarians.
And I find it amusing that when I invoked the language of our founding fathers, you couldn't resist twisting it to make it appear that the notion of forming a more perfect union is a static propsition, stuck at the beginning when slavery was practiced. You know damn well that forming a more perfect union is about progressing and that liberals have been there to push us in a more humane direction. From child labor restrictions to civil rights; liberals have always been the people first movement. But sure, Phil, it wasn't cons who set out to destroy the positive perceptions of liberals amongst mainstream Americans for the sake of mere political victory.
Phony.
I can only say that the block and blame strategy of the radical Republican minority has been effective. You guys have racked up a record shattering rate of filibusters in the 110th congress.
Phony.
Oh I get it. You cropped the original sentence I wrote to make it appear to mean something other than I intended. Typical slimey, candyass conservative backsliding.
Good thing is anybody with an ounce of integrity reading this will uderstand the entire sentence I wrote. It was an example of the conservative social intimidation I have been talking about from go.
You are still a snivelling punk, a dishonest one at that.
God you guys are so blind to the ritual humiliation of liberals that you feel righteous in every scurrilous attack of us and utterly victimized every time we push back. Buck-up, goodfeather, I thought you cons were the tough guys?
Well what about the millions of us out there that AGREE with them? Should we be 'stopped'?
Yes.
Foghorn,
Really? In your perfect world, all conservatives would be gone? Let's say it 100 million conservatives in the US. What would your final solution be?
Now I have to call MMFA on this. This is NOT something that needs to be considered as "news".
I also disagree. Here you have a media personality (Don Imus) who was fired for making insensitive remarks over the radio doing the same thing all over again - this time, targeting people from the Middle East, where the last time it was black women athletes.
The last time, public outrage got him fired. I'm sure this time, there will be hardly a ripple outside of MMFA.
I’ve never heard an Imus show, and I don’t know much of Dietl but this exchange illustrates my attitude also regarding people who TWICE!!! voted for George Bush 2. If they have any sense of shame, they should sit down and be quiet for the next 20 years. (present company excluded for the sake of conversation.) Glad he called him on it.
There is no correlation between Imus & Co's ignorant comments and US citizens who voted for GWB twice. Especially considering the many Americans who, as of right now, wouldn't have voted for him had they known what they know now.
The only ignorant thing here, besides Imus himself, is your statement of your thoughts of millions of Americans.
I was only referring to this part of the conversation:
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IMUS: This is your guy.
DIETL: He's -- nobody's my guy.
IMUS: No, he was your guy --
DIETL: Nobody's my guy.
IMUS: No, no. He was your guy when he ran.
DIETL: Here's what I call out to the Senate majority --
IMUS: I did not vote for him. You did.
DIETL: Senate majority --
IMUS: Did you vote for him? Did you vote for him?
DIETL: Yes. Yes, I did.
IMUS: OK.
DIETL: People make mistakes.
IMUS: Well, yeah. You made a big mistake. You voted for him twice.
I didn't mean my remarks to apply to the latter part regarding Arabs. I should have included the above quote. I considered doing so but I thought I would be understood. So I apologize to you and anyone else here who may been offended.
I disagree. You have to be pretty stupid, or just evil, to have voted for Bush twice. The first time...okay, you get a pass. But twice? Nah, you're a menace to society. I assume, Columbus, that you're one of the brain dead morons who twice voted for Bush. Or are you just evil? Honestly, this is a no brainer...you must be mentally defective if you vou twice voted for Bush.
You have to be pretty stupid, or just evil, to have voted for Bush twice.
I attribute the fact that people actually voted for Pretzelboy twice to something that Abraham Lincoln once said:
"You can fool all of the people some of the time, and you can fool some of the people all of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time."
The Pretzelboy voters are in the second group - the people who can be fooled all of the time.
What do you know now that you didn't know in 2004?
"Especially considering the many Americans who, as of right now, wouldn't have voted for him had they known what they know now."
The problem with that is that no matter what we knew about him at any time, there still wasn't anyone better to vote for. You think the country's in bad shape because of Bush!? Just think about how devistated the country would be if the other option that was available at the time (either time) had won.
He was no war hero. Scratching your butt to get some medals doesn't count as being a hero.
Nobel WHAT? Buying a prize doesn't qualify you for anything. His prize is built on as many lies as Bush/co's war for oil.
Assuming that 9/11 still would have happened (a big if), President Gore would probably have invaded Afghanistan with a truly international coalition and at least tried to catch bin Laden, and then would have not invaded Iraq. 4000+ American troops and 100,000+ Iraqi civilians would still be alive.
Face it, your guy has been a disaster.
"President Gore would probably have invaded Afghanistan with a truly international coalition and at least tried to catch bin Laden, and then would have not invaded Iraq. 4000+ American troops and 100,000+ Iraqi civilians would still be alive."
That was definately funny. Are you a writer for a comic strip? But, at least the 4K American troops not being dead (in Iraq anyhow) may have been correct, they would have been killed in Afghanistan---given gore's knowledge of military strategy. But, you are seriously delusional if you think those 100K Iraqi would be alive. If al queda hadn't killed them, Saddam would have.
Philib wrote:
>>That was definately funny. Are you a writer for a comic strip? But, at least the 4K American troops not being dead (in Iraq anyhow) may have been correct, they would have been killed in Afghanistan---given gore's knowledge of military strategy. But, you are seriously delusional if you think those 100K Iraqi would be alive. If al queda hadn't killed them, Saddam would have.
Yes, another rant by someone who thinks liberalism is the same as Nazism. Oh yes, we are writing a comic strip! Ha ha! What a great argument. Seriously, it boggles the mind that you would think that Gore would have handled the war worse than Bush. But it is always safe to speculate, to use a hypothetical, when a Republican failed miserably both in his justification for the war, and the war itself. Oh, and since we are dealing in hypotheticals, let me say that if McCain is elected, then 5 million Americans will die. Wow, that's easy to smear with hypotheticals! One doesn't have to have any argument at all.
It is interesting that you state that Saddam would have killed the 100k if Bush's war hadn't. First, that is unlikely. Saddam was hemmed in by sanctions and the no-fly zones, and his mass killings had happened a decade ago. But more interestingly, you are saying that Bush's actions are okay because Sadam would have done the same--stating, in effect, that Bush's policies were as bad as Saddams's worst massacres. What an endorsement for Bush!
"Saddam was hemmed in by sanctions and the no-fly zones, and his mass killings had happened a decade ago. "
Check your time-line. He was "hemmed in" since when? And, a "decade ago" was when? So, you think if we hadn't removed his capability to kill his own people he would have stopped doing it?
Glad to see the walking corpse learned something from his brief exile.
And I sure hope the NYPD has upped its standards since Dietl the Dufus left....
Can Media Matters concentrate on more important issues. Your Candidate HRC is tanking. She is toast. Get over this crap and spend time on more important subjects.
And sorry to inform you Dietl was correct. We protect those that are screwing us.
And the rest of you commenters. Grow Up. It's a Radio Show. If you don't hear it, don't see it. Don't comment on it. Turn the channel.
BCV wrote:
>>And the rest of you commenters. Grow Up. It's a Radio Show. If you don't hear it, don't see it. Don't comment on it. Turn the channel.
Wow! You realize you posted a rant that makes no sense--or do you? "If you don't hear it, don't see it?" What the hey is that supposed to mean. And if you don't want us to comment, then why did you comment? Does that mean that you need to grow up?
Oh, and HRC is not MMFA's candidate.
Live in your World and I will live in reality. You are basically a left wing liberal who needs a little assistance with possibly a psychiatrist or psycholigist.
Do you know the difference between a radio program and reality? Guess not since you have not mastered the ability to turn the channel knob on your radio or TV.
God Bless you and the site you are discussing this on.
BCVB wrote:
>>Live in your World and I will live in reality. You are basically a left wing liberal who needs a little assistance with possibly a psychiatrist or psycholigist.
I see you are substituting name calling for an argument. First you start with a rant, and then you revert to name calling. Archie Bunker lives.
When you can form a coherent argument, let me know.
BCVB wrote:
>>And sorry to inform you Dietl was correct. We protect those that are screwing us.
Oh, and sorry to inform you, but Archie Bunker is a TV show. That type of person that Archie's character represented, a racist moron who couldn't think, was not meant to be a hero. So no, Deitl is not correct.
Maybe you can explain how Archie Bunker has anything to do with MMFA wasting their time on such garbage.
BCVB wrote:
>>Maybe you can explain how Archie Bunker has anything to do with MMFA wasting their time on such garbage.
I think I already explained. Dietl is like Archie Bunker, a moron who spouts racist nonsense that makes no sense.
BCVB,
Take it from me, you cannot disagree with these people. As you can see, they will immediately reduce your comments to "racist" and spew hatred and venom at you for even hinting at a different opinion. The left has no room for anyone to questions authority. Remember the words of algore on Global Warming: "The debate is OVER".
Ironic, id'nit
Maybe you would get more reasonable reaction if you were a little more reasonable yourself. You seem to be surprised that you are getting combative responses to your combative posts. I have to wonder why you are so surprised.
DIETL: Families can't put their kids into their SUVs and take them to school because the gas is so expensive.
LMFAO...oh cry me a river
Little saying in my hood Bo, you get what you deserve
Edenscape wrote:
>>Little saying in my hood Bo, you get what you deserve
Yes, this guy Dietl sounds as unhinged as Coulter, except I half belief that Coulter just says stupid things for shock value. The US economy is suffering, so we should bomb Saudia Arabia? And it is the fault of those "xxxx" (insert extremely insulting slur here)?
Funny it gets better
DIETL: And right now, people are starving.
IMUS: Why are you hollering?
DIETL: Families can't put their kids into their SUVs and take them to school because the gas is so expensive.
IMUS: Here's what's happening now. People's houses are being foreclosed on.
DIETL: Right.
IMUS: So they put their furniture in storage. Then they can't pay the storage bill, so they're losing that.
That's what eight years of Republicans gets you...Trillions in debt and thousands dead, thanks voters
I mean really
What is Bo looking for, a free lunch? Social programs? Hot Christ next thing you know they'd be putting a black in the white house and the Russians would take over...with the terrorists, of course.
And maybe the French, cause they hate Freedom too
Freedom?
Is that what we call occupations now
I point out that oil prices have really only advanced since congress turned democratic. Congress has no cogent energy plan. The dems want a windfall profit tax on oil. That would be terrific, as it would cause oil companies to cut back on domestic production and buy more from overseas. it will not lower prices.
as for the subprime mess, well no one can outlaw greed.
I point out that oil prices have really only advanced since congress turned democratic. Congress has no cogent energy plan.
No veto proof majority means no plan gets signed by our Fearless Leader. And, oil prices have always risen during wartime. We are at war, aren't we?
The dems want a windfall profit tax on oil. That would be terrific, as it would cause oil companies to cut back on domestic production and buy more from overseas. it will not lower prices.
Are you an economist, or do you just pull these ideas out of your a**. Oil companies will continue to produce no matter what level of profits them make. They aren't selling any more oil, so why the sudden higher profits? Could it be gouging?
as for the subprime mess, well no one can outlaw greed.
How do you like your deregulation now, idiot?
"No veto proof majority means no plan gets signed by our Fearless Leader."
Still whining cause democrats can't follow through on promises given? Liberals always have an excuse at the ready, don't you? Why don't you try this one: 'I know we promised the world to you if you elected us into power several years ago, but we aren't as smart as we thought and couldn't figure out how to get anything done by ourselves.'
"They aren't selling any more oil, so why the sudden higher profits? Could it be gouging?"
You're not an economist, either, I take it?? Has the reason; 'wall street speculators' passed through that liberal mind of yours? If you stick your hand in front of your face, do you see it?? Yes, but you will blame republicans for forcing you to block your own view, and whine about not being able to watch.
Phillib wrote:
>>Still whining cause democrats can't follow through on promises given? Liberals always have an excuse at the ready, don't you? Why don't you try this one: 'I know we promised the world to you if you elected us into power several years ago, but we aren't as smart as we thought and couldn't figure out how to get anything done by ourselves.'
Oh yes, another rant from Phillib, the one who thinks liberalism is as dangerous as Nazism. Let me just change a few words in your rant: "I know we promised the world to you if you elected us into power several years ago, but we Republicans aren't as smart as we thought and couldn't figure out how to get anything done by ourselves.'
Wow! That was easy! It is easy to make a point when one just rants.
Waaahhh about driving the kids to school in the SUV. Aside from the fact that he voted for Bush twice and may have to accept some of the economic circumstances we're in now, do Republican kids not know how to walk? Only time I remember getting a ride to school(ok, sometimes there was a bus) is if it was rainng really hard and my mom was going in that general direction.
I guess they really listened to Rush when he told them all to buy big gas guzzlers. I have a Repooblicken co-worker who has the same gas allowance as I do, but he insisted on buying a big-ass truck a year or so ago.I love when he comes whining to me about how he's not going anywhere because he's over his nut on the 15th of the month.He actually thinks it's not fair that he doesn't get more compensation than I do, based completely on his lack of foresight and basic stoopidity.
The other thing this jerk is complaining about is having to pump a lot of high dollar gas into his BMW M6. Please you jerk Dietl. If you're driving an M6, the last thing you should be worried about is gas prices. This is a car that has an invoice value of somewhere between $99,000 - $105,000, and he's complaining about $4 gas? What an idiot. If you can afford a $105,000 car, then you sure as heck can afford $4 gas.
And then the rest of his screed is stupid as well.
Also, to the no brained morons talking about the liberals wanting to stifle speech, and to censor speech, it just isn't true. In the case of taking action, it's not the same. It's called letting the free market decide who gets to be on the radio and TV. If we write letters to stations, and advertisers, and make them aware of what the people are saying that take their money, and if they disagree with it, that's called letting the free market reign. I thought you republicans liked it when the free market did this and all. I guess not.
Also, there is no right to having a TV show, or a radio show. There are also no laws prohibiting these a-holes from saying what they want. They could come on here, and say it. Write letters. Write a book. Author a blog. THere is no law telling them what they can, and can't say, and hence, no suppression of free speech, and or censorship. Radio and TV airwaves are paid for, and owned by us, the people of this country. Nobody has a right to them.
"Radio and TV airwaves are paid for, and owned by us, the people of this country. Nobody has a right to them."
What about the wireless internet airwaves? Are they "owned" by "us" also? If not.... why not? Don't they use the same airspace the radio and tv signals use? If so ... then why is porn allowed to be broadcast unrestricted to our children? Why aren't you whining about porn being broadcast over "our" airwaves to our children like you whine about right-wing radio hosts broadcasting their hatespeach?
The off air conversations must really be interesting,
Hopefully, they are. The on-air conversations suck.
But, they sure have YOU glued to the radio.
Personally, I've never heard the guy and would never have heard of the guy if not for mmfa. I think they've made him more popular than he could have by himself.
Haven't you guys seen the thermal videos from Iraq? They hump donkeys, not camels.
But seriously, my mother used to mail me articles from the local papers while I was away, where more than a few people in the states were arrested for molesting barnyard animals.
I respect the work of MMFA, but I wonder if there's anything to be gained from reporting on the words of Deitl? I often wonder why anyone asks him anything. Geico could have used the man in their caveman commercials and saved money on makeup artists.
Only an idiot would say this isn't news , the guy is on a very popular radio show spouting out his racism , and if he were slurring his inarticulate, racism towards JEWS , he'd be on the next plant in handcuffs to Tel Aviv . the Hypocrisy is amazing in this country and we will pay a price for dehumanizing a large group of people , if we won't speak out .
Not only is this whining, racist ignorant , he sounded as if he were DRUNK or on something and maybe he should buy a VW , if oil or gas is too high for his M6 , a car too classy for the low life .
As far as " saving Saudi Arabia " or the "nose pickers and eaters " the St. Petersburg Times PROVED that Saddam's military was not massing at the border with S. A. and Kuwait , w/ Satellite photos they obtained , a lie started by Powell to get U.S. bases in Saudi Arabia .
Dietl is SCUM .