tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post6260182390946344700..comments2023-09-08T12:08:39.523-04:00Comments on WBAI: Betting on the snail?Chris Albertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12056345320709233401noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-58811713351335310442014-01-14T22:34:41.338-05:002014-01-14T22:34:41.338-05:00I recall a Monty Python sketch in which someone wa...I recall a Monty Python sketch in which someone was described as a "zany, bitter, disillusined Marxist tycoon."<br /><br />Did they know anything about Null, Reese, Reimers or any of the others in the BAI/Pacifica peanut gallery?Justine Valinottihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10852069587181432102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-38916058581323961742014-01-11T02:25:55.976-05:002014-01-11T02:25:55.976-05:00Much of what is on BAI is a Rush Limbaugh type car...Much of what is on BAI is a Rush Limbaugh type caricature of the "left" I would not call this the left at all - an embarrassment is what it is!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-32249490941010603582014-01-09T21:34:57.242-05:002014-01-09T21:34:57.242-05:00I think you describe them correctly. They may be (...I think you describe them correctly. They may be (or think they are) leftists, but only until someone comes along with an agenda that might possibly become the next internal trend. That's when the spots change in a New York minute. I think a recent instance would be Haskins, who followed the wavy black line until Hennelly drew a fork in the road and declared WBAI the voice of labor. Although he has had no positive effect on the programming, this ordained iPD from New Jersey has the title that readily sways a "radio guide's" little mind—and with a GM who traipses about in a state of semi-conscousness, a skilled Pied Piper can forge new paths with a single trill.Chris Albertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056345320709233401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-13204900137596416792014-01-09T21:16:19.636-05:002014-01-09T21:16:19.636-05:00Somehow I don't think that Reimers is either l...Somehow I don't think that Reimers is either left wing, or progressive, or that he even has any political views. He comes across like an arrogant bean counter. Null claimed that people get positions of power at BAI/Pacifica based on their left wing affiliations. What left wing? What we have at BAI/Pacifica today, with several notable exceptions, is a bunch of Lassais Faire would be entrepreneurs trying to cash in on their intellectual property, selling it to the audience in the guise of premiums, showing a lacksy-daisical/negligent attitude towards fulfilling their end of the bargain and actually sending out premiums.Brooser Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08487438364129415650noreply@blogger.com