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            Articles in this issue include:

Administrivia: Seeking "RADIO-WATCHERS"                  (Airwaves Moderator)
Car Stereo Question                    ([e-mail])
Re: CKLW is all    talk?  Ne                (Charles W. Reti)
Re: CKLW is all    talk? Ne                (Stan Jones)
Re: Larry King                        (Mark Malson)
Re: Imus update                        (Paul M. Mucha)
who r u                            ("Chris    Gay" )
Re: Talk Radio,    Pulpit of the ultra-right?        (William A. Goldsmith)
Re: Larry King                        (Scott P. Toenniessen)
WLUP-AM    changes    call letters to    WMVP            (Oliver    Tse)
NYC RATINGS SUMMER 93                    (testnet)
New York Summer    Arbitrons                (slutsky)
Re: FM/Ozone                        (John Higdon)
Re: Rebuttal/ Talk radio: Pulpit of the    ultra-right    ("A.J. Janschewitz" )
The Conspiracy Conspiracy (was Talk Show Hosts)        (Karim Alim )
Re: The    Conspiracy Conspiracy (was Talk    Show Hosts)    (wdp)

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Subject:  Administrivia:  Seeking "RADIO-WATCHERS"
From: [e-mail] (Airwaves-RRB Moderator)
Organization: Internet Radio Journal

I was thinking that with the renaming of Airwaves, and the growth of
the mailinglist and readership, that I would put out the call for
readers who would like to be 'Radio Watchers"

I would like to develop a dialogue with one or two people in different
major-metro areas who wish to be 'AIRWAVES Radio-Watchers' in their
city.  You would be the one(s) to send in the quarterly arbitron
ratings for your market, pass along local radio happennings and
generally keep the list/group informed.

Now we have a couple of people who are doing this from time-to-time,
and a couple (like Mark and Scott) who do it fairly regularily.  What I would
like to put together is a team of individuals who would be responsible
for reguar features about media in their local area.  This invitation
is open to readers all across the globe.  In fact I would like to
extend a SPECAIL encouragement to people outside of North America,
since we don't hear nearly enough from them.

This project is not intended to limit or replace existing posters from
given cities.  All are welcome to post.   This idea is more to try to
create a core of reguilar posters who keep track of media in their
areas and can pass on information regarding same.

Does this sound like you?

Send me some mail and lets talk.

Bill


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Subject: Car Radio Question
From: [e-mail]
Organization: Unknown


Ok, this may have been covered at some point in the IRJ past, and there's no
doubt another forum that might offer some help on this, but I'll give Airwaves
a shot.

I'm in the market for a GOOD car radio. Not a tape player, not a cd player, notan equalizer, not booming speakers. Just a GOOD AM/FM receiver designed for a
car. The premium I'm interested in is AM reception (not that FM reception is
unimportant). I prefer an analog tuner, since AM requires finer tuning
than most digital tuners provide. I suppose some sort of antenna
booster is also a consideration. The basic thing I want is good
long-range AM reception capability (day or night, but naturally
especially at night). My car is an ordinary Toyota Corolla, and it has
a factory-installed AM/FM mono unit, standard retractable  body
antenna. I also want a receiver that isn't overly affected by the
usual  electrical pollution found in cities.

Does anyone know of (or know where I should look for information on) something
as basic as this? Most car audio stores only offer the usual trendy glitzy
stuff, with almost all of the focus being on tape/cd players and speakers. I
need reliable info, since a demo of a unit in some audio store is hardly an
effective sampling of its reception features.

Help. Please. There's GOTTA be somebody out there who knows something about
this sort of thing.
                    [e-mail]



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Subject: Re: CKLW is all talk?  Ne
From: [e-mail] (Charles W. Reti)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)


Neil Parks writes (in reply to earlier post re:CKLW:
>> Dj> I don't know what brought on the demise of their legendary top 40
>>  Dj> format, but one day they were playing the current hits, the next
>> they
>>  Dj> lost their edge.
>>
>> It may have been the "Canadian Content" law that did them in. The
>> Canadian government came up with the short-sighted idea that radio
>> stations should play a certain quota of local product whether it was
>> popular or not.
>>
>> CKLW-FM tries to sound like the old top-40 CKLW format.

True of CKLW FM, even some of the old BIG 8 jocks like Tom Shannon
still play the oldies to this day. IMHO, what toppled CK in the
70's , and many other AM rockers of the day, was the rise of FM
and album rock. The fact that so many people were buying stereo
albums and not bad sounding  45rpm singles, listening to them on
"HI-FI" stereo systems instead of plastic table radios had to
have affected AM listenership. Also, the fact that many AM  music
directors refused to recognize heavy sales of a significant new
music product by refusing it airtime drove many of us to FM.
ALmost sounds like the College radio vs. mainstream FM clones
battle of the bands going on now!
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Subject: Re: CKLW is all talk? Ne
From: [e-mail] (Stan Jones)
Organization: Carleton University

In <28vb3s$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Neil Parks) writes:

> -=> Quoting [e-mail] to All <=-

> Dj> 7llm5$[e-mail]>
> Dj> Newsgroup: rec.radio.broadcasting

> Dj> I don't know what brought on the demise of their legendary top 40
> Dj> format, but one day they were playing the current hits, the next they
> Dj> lost their edge.

>It may have been the "Canadian Content" law that did them in.
>The Canadian government came up with the short-sighted idea that
>radio stations should play a certain quota of local product
>whether it was popular or not.

Actually what they found was that in the long-term, playing them made
them popular.  Just exactly what one would expect - if the groups were
good and they were - and the exact purpose of the policy.  Which is
why there is still a content policy.

>CKLW-FM tries to sound like the old top-40 CKLW format.
>
>... Open mouth, insert foot, echo internationally.
>---
> ~ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 ~






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Subject: Re: Larry King
From: kgw2![e-mail] (Mark Malson)
Organization: Xetron Corporation

In article <28vb4h$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Ellis
Bromberg) wrote:

> The local station carrying Larry King's weekday afternoon show, WDWS/
> Champaign, recently dropped it, returning to a lighter local talk show.  A
> friend at that station told me that besides unimpressive ratings, they
> also took into account listener feedback that Larry was too
> "rude" with callers. I wonder if that's a small city/Midwestern reaction
> from afternoon listeners (who may not have been familiar with King's
> previous overnight show).

IMHO...

I think King has gotten ruder (is that a word?) in recent years. Years ago,
I had enormous respect for LK and listened to him faithfully. Then he began
to grate on me and I pretty much quit listening. Now, I can't take him at
all. I don't think it's because I've gotten that much more "polite" in
that time, but I suppose it's possible.

BTW, I think his late-night successor, Jim Bohannon, is the most
rude and intolerant talk show host I've ever heard. Except maybe for
Stern. Logical replacement for King. :-(

- Mark Malson   [e-mail]


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Subject: Re: Imus update
From: [e-mail] (Paul M. Mucha)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)


Hey, I work there (weekends) and I've even stopped listening in
the morning!  I switched to our sister FM, WLTF, with Trapper
Jack and the Wake Up Club.



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Subject: who r u
From: "Chris Gay" <[e-mail]>
Organization: Unknown

Bill Pfeiffer recently suggested that we new subscribers post a little
bit of introductory information. Since I am not employed in broadcasting
there isn't much to tell, so this won't take much of my time to write,
or your time to read :-). Plus, Bill can throw this away if not
appropriate.

I'm a computer programmer with IBM. My background is in electrical
engineering, and I have always been interested in all types of radio,
both technically and "operationally". My primary interest is in ham
radio (I am KU4A), but I also keep tabs on broadcast radio (obviously)
plus shortwave (both utility communications and broadcasting).

I have had several relatives that have been in the broadcasting business
at various times. The primary broadcaster in the family was my uncle,
who passed away a couple of years ago. He was Bud Sunkel, and during his
career he was involved in all phases of radio, from station ownership to
DJ. He worked primarily in east-central Illinois and west-central
Indiana (plus a lot of other places), and I would be very pleased to
hear from anybody on this list who knew, or remembers hearing Bud.

As a kid, I dreamed about being involved in broadcasting as a career,
but it so happens that I didn't choose to follow that path.  It is fun
sometimes to think about what might have happened had I chosen
broadcasting as a career, especially how I would do things so much
better than anyone else :-).  In any event, it is interesting to read
this journal and learn how life is for those who work in broadcasting.

Chris Gay
Lexington KY
[e-mail]


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Subject: Re: Talk Radio, Pulpit of the ultra-right?
From: [e-mail] (William A. Goldsmith)
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)

>
At the conclusion of her very thoughtful, and thought-provoking, post, RIOTGIRL
writes:

>    It's ironic that talk radio hosts claim to have special access to
>or else made it very hard for the host to keep from laughing.  The record
>is a testament to the ambivalence of the interactive talk radio technology:
>what usually makes for solid-looking, above-board, uncontradicted and
>seamless propaganda can be turned on its ear by a few clever and persistent
>technological activists.  Too bad these prank callers will probably be re-
>stricted to pranking established programs, and will never make it to a posi
>the other side of the supposedly democratic talk radio process--pranksters
>rarely usurp petty tyrants on the radio.
>
I would like to challenge the assumption that the only way to get on the air
with an alternative approach is to "usurp" an existing position. Leave the
petty tirants alone (or continue to creatively hassle them :-) ) and find an
alternative way to get your ideas heard. If you're talented, bright, willing
to work *very* hard, and (here's the key) if you are able to strike a chord
with the public that translates into ratings and $$$ for the station you're
working for - then you are on the road to being able to deal with the right-
wingers and demagouges on a level playing field.

The impact and influence of Rush Limbaugh and his ilk can never be counter-
balanced by prank calls and local public radio programs. What this country
badly needs is a voice from the left that is articulate, entertaining, and
persuasive enough to draw a nationwide audience equal to Limbaugh's.





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Subject: Re: Larry King
From: [e-mail] (Scott P. Toenniessen)
Organization: UB

In article <28vb4h$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Ellis Bromberg) writes:
>The local station carrying Larry King's weekday afternoon show, WDWS/
>Champaign, recently dropped it, returning to a lighter local talk show.  A
>friend at that station told me that besides unimpressive ratings, they
>also took into account listener feedback that Larry was too
>"rude" with callers.  I wonder if that's a small city/Midwestern reaction
>from afternoon listeners (who may not have been familiar with King's
>previous overnight show).  Have stations been dropping/moving King in other
>markets, and what's the local reaction to his afternoon show in your neck of
>the woods?
>
>

WBEN in Buffalo also dropped Larry King.  I think his act goes over better
late at night.  Also, they wanted more local talk during the day.
King was on WBEN since darn near day one of his late night show (if not
since day 1).  Jim Bohanen (sic?) replaced him and is still on.

Larry was picked up by a 1,000 watt daytimer (WWWS 1400AM) that primarily
has a satellite fed business format (formerly heard on WWKB 1520).

Another problem Larry has in this market on WWWS and had on WBEN is that
both stations tape delay him and run him in the morning.  On WBEN after
morning drive, I think WWWS is running him during morning drive.  This
prevents locals from participating.  I think his show normally runs
at around 4pm.  Is this correct?  I would think the bigger stations in
a market would want this drive slot local.  Maybe another problem for the
former King.

                    Scott


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Subject: WLUP-AM changes call letters to WMVP
From: [e-mail] (Oliver Tse)
Organization: Cornell University

Michael Hiestand wrote in his column on _USA_Today_ on
October 8:

"Chicago now becomes the first city with two
all-sports radio stations as WLUP renames itself
WMVP, joining all-sports WSCR."

WMVP AM 1000 is a 50000-watt class A (formerly class I-B)
station with a directional transmitter (null direction
is to the west as KOMO-Seattle is also on 1000 kHz).

(Aside:  WSCR 820 is a class D day-time only station.)

---
Oliver Tse                                  Phone:    [phone]
Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering  FAX:      [phone]
416 Bard Hall, Cornell University           Internet: [e-mail]
Ithaca, NY  14853-1501   USA



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Subject: NYC RATINGS SUMMER 93
From: testnet![e-mail]
Organization: Unknown

Calls    12+   Spring  Summer          Mornings  12+           Spring  Summer
_______________________________      _____________________________
WRKS Urban     5.8     5.7             WXRK Howard Stern       8.0     8.4
WHTZ Hits      3.8     4.7             WINS    News            6.8     6.7
WABC Talk      4.8     4.5             WCBS-AM News            4.9     6.3
WLTW Lite AC   5.2     4.3             WRKS Kiss Wakeup Crew   5.0     5.0
WBLS Urban     4.7     4.1             WFAN Imus               3.9     4.9
WXRK ClassicRk 4.1     4.1             WOR Ramblingw/Gambling  5.1     4.9
WPLJ Adult T40 4.0     4.0             Z-Morning Zoo/Ross B.   3.9     4.4
WCBS-FM oldies 4.8     3.9             WCBSfm Harry Harrison   4.4     3.8
WOR  Talk      3.5     3.9             WABC Guardian Angels    4.0     3.6
WQHT dance/    3.6     3.6             WPLJ Shannon/Pettengil  3.6     3.6
WCBS-AM news   3.0     3.6             WLTW                    3.8     3.3
WINS news      3.4     3.4             WADO-AM                 2.5     2.9
WPAT easy/AC   2.7     3.3             WBLS                    3.4     2.7
WFAN sports    2.8     3.1             WPAT-FM                 1.9     2.7
WQCD jazz      2.8     3.0             WNEW                    2.5     2.4
WNEW album     2.8     3.0             Ricky Ricardo-Hot 97    2.4     2.3
WMXV Mix AC    3.4     2.8             WYNY Dan Daniel         1.8     2.2
WSKQfm span.   2.1     2.3             Jim Kerr-Mix 105        3.0     2.1
WYNY country   2.1     2.3             WADO spanish            1.6     2.0
WQEW big band  1.5     1.7
WNCN classical 1.2     1.5
WLIB black     1.4     1.1
WQXR classical 1.5     1.1
WKDM spanish   0.6     1.0
WALK AC        0.9     1.0

Sir not appearing in this sketch: WMCA religious, WSKQ-AM spanish, WPAT-am
mix of easy and lite AC // FM, WWDJ religious, WEVD mix of ethnic, talk,
and nostalgia (not all at once), WBBR news, WWRV spanish relgious, WNJR
black/ethnic, WZRC Korean, WWRL black relgious, and on FM
WDRE modern, WFME religious, WNWK ethnic, and a bunch of suburban stations
that virtually never go above a 1.0


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Subject: New York Summer Arbitrons
From: [e-mail]
Organization: Unknown

New York Newsday has briefly announced the Summer 1993 Arbitron Ratings.
This is the only informatio that was given.

WRKS     5.7        Urban
WHTZ     4.7        CHR
WABC     4.5        Talk
WLTW     4.3        Soft AC
WXRK     4.1        Classic Rock
WBLS     4.1        Urban

If anyone gets a more detailed report, please post.

Bruce Slutsky
[e-mail]


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Subject: Re: FM/Ozone
From: [e-mail] (John Higdon)
Organization: Green Hills and Cows

Bolt <[e-mail]> writes:

> One of my Radio Broadcasting students recently asked the question about
> certain FM radio signals having a negative effect on the Ozone. That was
> news to me. Has anyone else any input?

EMR at FM frequencies is non-ionizing and should have absolutely no
effect on upper layer ozone levels. Of course, if the antenna is shot
and is experiencing corona discharge, it might be actually generating
ozone. But that would have no effect on "the ozone", assuming you are
talking about the "ozone layer".

Maybe they meant that if Rush Limbaugh were to appear on FM, it would
be bad for "the ozone". :-)

[Poster's Note: Oh, brother!]

--
 John Higdon        |   [phone]     |       FAX:
 [e-mail] | 10288 0 700 FOR-A-MOO | [phone]


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Subject: Re: Rebuttal/ Talk radio: Pulpit of the ultra-right
From: "A.J. Janschewitz" <[e-mail]>
Organization: Demoralization Camp

>DATE:   6 Oct 1993 21:08:53 GMT
>FROM:   Amy L. O'Toole <[e-mail]> (or is it Paul Phillips?)
>
>Right-wing talk hosts tell the TRUTH.  All you have to do is have the
>inner strength to believe it, or at least check our facts.
>We are unstoppable.  Just watch the left squirm.

The name-calling and direct appeal to the base instincts practiced by
you and your fellows are the best argument in favor of digital cable
radio. From Joe Pyne to Morton Downey Jr. to Rush Limbaugh, each one of
you has had your flash in the pan, ignited by the heat generated by
exploiting prejudice.

I was a full-time broadcaster for over twenty years. Today, still
working part-time, if you called my talk show and started in on that
monologue, you would be talking to a dial tone.

Want to talk the issues? Fine. Want to call people names? Not on my
dime, pal.

==a.j.==



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Subject: The Conspiracy Conspiracy (was Talk Show Hosts)
From: Karim Alim <[e-mail]>
Organization: Unknown

>From issue #402:

> [Moderator's Note:  Are you SURE there are no such attempts to 'brainwash'
> the population via talk radio?  There certainly is in the world of
> advertizing, some argue that news is slanted in favor of what ever ideology
> they oppose.  Leftists say that the news is right-wing slanted and
> right-wingers (now called conservatiuves) say that it is controled by the
> left.

The difference between a "sales pitch" and "brainwashing" is the IQ of the
audience.  The "real" brainwashing comes about when the dissemination of
alternative points of view is eliminated or curtailed (i.e., you can have any
flavor you want, so long as it's vanilla).  People who tire of right-wing radio
can always listen to NPR.  (grin)  People who want a neutral viewpoint can
listen to the BBC World Service.  (grin)

By the way, *I* happen to control all the media.  I have this little Windows
program.  Every time I click on the Rupert Murdoch icon, he buys another
company.  Soon I will consolidate everything into NewsCo and then *I'll* tell
you what to believe, and you'll pay me $19.95 a month to believe it.  For an
extra $4.95 a month I can eliminate your ability to think.  Just thought you'd
like to know.

> What about a conspiracy to brainwash people into denying that there
> could possibly be a conspiracy to brainwash people?   That would be a good
> place to start, NO?  If I wanted to brainwash you, the first thing I would
> attempt to instill in you is the denial of the possibility that you are being
> brainwashed.  Thereby anyone who warns you of the process that you are
> undergoing would be rejected out-of-hand by you as being ridiculous.  Bill]

(hmmm....)  We're upping your dosage to 300mg a day.

The last time I heard someone say something like that, they wore an aluminum
foil hat to protect themselves from killer CIA maser guns.  (The hat was not
properly grounded, though.)

-k.
Karim R. Alim ([e-mail])           I speak for myself.



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Subject: Re: The Conspiracy Conspiracy (was Talk Show Hosts)
From: [e-mail]
Organization: Airwaves

Karim Alim quotes me as saying....

>> [Moderator's Note:  Are you SURE there are no such attempts to 'brainwash'
>> the population via talk radio?  There certainly is in the world of
>> advertizing,
>
>The difference between a "sales pitch" and "brainwashing" is the IQ of the
>audience.

How do you figure?  Brainwashing, in it's most broad application (as I meant
it) is merely the act of strong persuasion, or manipulation, of a person's
perspective or belief structure to more closely coincide with the opinions
and perspectives of the persuader.  Sales is exactly that.  At its best,
sales is the presentation of information in a motivational format designed to
enlighten and inspire the consumer to buy a certain brand or type of
product/service.

However at the other end of the spectrum advertizing is a finely crafted black
art of manipulation of the intended target's reality.  This form of
advertizing is indistinguishable from brainwashing, other than by name.

Many commercials today spend much more time appealing to the target's fears,
ego, vanity, low self esteem and insecurities than they do on hard factual
descriptive information as to *why* their product is better.   Lines like
"Wear it and be wonderful.." connected to 25 seconds of passionate, fantasy,
love clips followed by the phallic shaped perfume bottle is a prime example.
The implication is that this product will transport you to a world of hot,
steamy, romantic bliss. Same can be said about many many ad approaches.

>The "real" brainwashing comes about when the dissemination of
>alternative points of view is eliminated or curtailed (i.e., you can have any
>flavor you want, so long as it's vanilla).

Good brainwashing is more than that.  It is the art of convincing the other
person (or yourself) that what you really *want* is vanilla.  It is the
creation of illusory choice, then the proces of progressive suggestion the
goal of which is to instill a 'second nature' respose that anything but
vanilla is a bad choice.  Oftem the reasons for the choie are not clear and a
skillful persuader can convince a significant number of people to favor a
personal choice that is directly opposed to their own interests.

So instead of eliminating alternative points of view, the brainwashed masses
are convinced that the alternative views are to be voluntairly rejected out
of hand, often without more than a cursory glance.

One vehicle for this sort of thing is to catagorize large areas of thought
into one or two word 'catch-phrases'.  By concatenating large groups of
ideologies into simple (often sarcastic or pajorative) lables, the actual
content of these points of view are lost or diminished in favor of the
overriding lable.  Thereby, the brainwashed person can write off entire
ideologies at once by simply playing back a macro in his/her brain that says
"Bad Thought".  Whatever information is received from those roped-off areas
of thought is catagorized by the lable and sent to the mental equivilent of
/dev/null.

>People who tire of right-wing
>radio can always listen to NPR.  (grin)  People who want a neutral viewpoint
>can listen to the BBC World Service.  (grin)

The left-wing is as full of it  as the right wing.  I am firmly convinced
that the only place sanity can be found is to listen to all (or as many as
possible) points of view,  take the good from each and discard the rest.  I
always keep my windows and doors open.  In some things I am liberal, in
others I am very conservative.  In fact most people I know are like that.
If I disagree with you, I will determine exactly where I disagree with you
and then we can eiter discuss it or agree to disagree.  But at least I know
exactly where we disagree.  I will not file you away in a catagory of
"liberal" or 'wacko', never to be heard from (or listened to) again.

This is my main gripe with Limbaugh and some other talk-show hosts who lean
to the right.  They need to draw these lines of distinction.  To Rush, one
is either 'a liberal' or 'a conservative'.  Then he procedes to define for us
what those terms mean, and which groups of thought fall into which
catch-phrase.   He offers his audience simple 'us vs them' solutions
to very complex issues and assigns clever-yet-negative lables to those who
believe in a manner not consistant with Rush's party line.

It is not Rush's politics which I object to.  He says a lot of very good
stuff.  I do not wish to see him off the air or stiffled in any way.  What I
object to, with Rush and the new breed of Rush-clones on the air, is his
building imaginary walls between people and encouraging them to
take sides and call names instead of really discussing and learning from
one-another.  It is this 'Pavlovian, knee-jerk' effect which offends me.

Funny thing too, I believe that Rush would welcome a 'left-wing version' of
himself a lot more than a reasoned approach to a complex world which takes
into account that there is more than one 'right' answer. Put THAT guy/gal on
the air with a fun, entertaining show and see what happens.

>By the way, *I* happen to control all the media.
>I'll tell you what to believe, and you'll pay me $19.95 a month to believe
>it.  For an extra $4.95 a month I can eliminate your ability to think.  Just
>thought you'd like to know.

[Action:  Moderator places tongue firmly in cheek.]

Great, where can I sign up?  Is there a 900 number?  Wow, super, someone to
tell me what to believe, that sure is a load off of my back.  It's so
confusing, you know.  Liberal, conservative, right, left geez, sure am glad I
have your service.  Now I can relax.

>> What about a conspiracy to brainwash people into denying that there
>> could possibly be a conspiracy to brainwash people?

>
> (hmmm....)  We're upping your dosage to 300mg a day.

But I am already taking 500mg a day.  Does this mean I get 750?

> The last time I heard someone say something like that, they wore an aluminum
> foil hat to protect themselves from killer CIA maser guns.  (The hat was not
> properly grounded, though.)

Now that *IS* ridiculous!  Everyone knows that does not work.  Not with
today's CIA masers.  My hat is titanium.  I bought it from an ad I heard on
the G.Gordon Liddy show.  They told me not to be duped bu that liberal media
bias.  They told me not to be fooled into buying one of those 'foil' hats,
made in Taiwan sweatshops by communist-enslaved workers living under tyrany
and praying for the day that they can save enough to buy a Big Mac.

Excuse me while I check the ground on my hat.  Cant be too careful.

[Action:  Moderator removes toungue from cheek].

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