Howrd Stern Fans

“Let's ask Stern on another ECT and we'll hose HIM. Leave him behind instead of waiting for his New York ass to catch up.”

“I'll bet he's never taken a dog into the backcountry where it doesn't belong.

LNT = LDH.”

“Steve Hiker is a geographist as well?”

“stern was hilarious up till about 18 months ago.The show nosedived after 9-11.Artie Lang sucks big time-nothing funny to say just farm animal effects.
its sad how bad stern sucks but i guess hes burnt out and hes had a long run.
I sometimes catch a listen to see if things have improved but its still lame.”

“i got hosed. I was all ready to give a HMWH plug too!”

“Sounds like you had a great Halloween story. Please share???”

“It's on the first page lizs. I've wasted so much time on this today, all for a hmwh plug, i wish this thread would just die.”

“Good for you, Buddur.
You're a G-D idiot for even acknowledging the existence of a freak like him. But to sit through a hosing from him? Even the GOODER!

I have only seen snippits of the show - he's not on local radio (good for us!), and his TV crap, if here, would be on cable/satellite... which I don't have.

Holy Mother of God...
what muddafuggin, cocksukkin, idiot dikheads are he and his.”

“whatever gojo, ya just rubbed me the wrong way.”

“I'd like you to call me a g-d idiot to my face - see you at TC2.

note- this has nothing to do with howard stern, but everything to do with an unnessecary confrontation.”

“...and to use my name, to boot!!!”

“It can't be true

I never listened to him...”

“He's kinda a cad.

I don't care for his show.”

“I think he sucks!


8\”

“The story is being blown way out of proportion. Clear Channel only carried Stern on six radio stations. He works for Infinity, which owns 120 radio stations.

Don't believe the hype.”

“I'm on hold again.......”

“What for this time? Gonna tell him how much you're going to miss him?”

“yeah :(”

“poor bear.”

“You gonna cut him a new one, Buddha Bear?”

“Buddha - Tell'em you're doing a essay paper in college entittled "When Extreme Becomes Mainstream: The Down Fall of The Howard Stern Show" and ask him for a comment for it.”

“Howard who?”

“i think howard stern's hysterical.”

“Its embarasing. That old guy talking about doing young girls.. Plus hes ugly as hell”

“Hey, Buddha! You still on hold? lol”

“Stern SUCKS!


8|”

“i used to think stern was hilarious but now its just predictable and boring. "private parts" was funny tho”

“great movie,

LOL @ tree, maybe he fell asleep while being on hold


not a fan anymore”

“Could Stern's anti-Bush rants shock the vote?
By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff, 3/18/2004

American liberals have been waiting for a perch on talk radio, a medium dominated by conservative and right-wing voices since the 1980s. And on March 31, the new Air America Radio network will give them a nascent one, as it premieres in the New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago markets. Just as "The Daily Show" brings an openly lefty spin to TV news, Air America will fly in the face of the right wing with hosts including Al Franken, Janeane Garofalo, and Marty Kaplan.


But wait a minute: Is "shock jock" Howard Stern -- stripper aficionado, champion of misfits everywhere, all-purpose radio provocateur -- already giving liberals a voice on the airwaves? And is that voice powerful enough to affect the upcoming presidential election?

Since the FCC crackdown on media "indecency" in the wake of Janet Jackson's Nipplegate incident, Stern has transformed his morning variety show into a rabidly anti-Bush talk forum. Every weekday, he has been devoting hours of his broadcast (locally on WBCN-FM, 104.1) to impassioned criticism of President Bush and support of Senator John Kerry. Railing tirelessly against the president, Stern has been attacking Bush's yoking together of church and state, the legitimacy of his National Guard service, his use of Sept. 11 imagery in his campaign ads, his stances regarding First Amendment rights, his handling of Iraq, and his stands on gay marriage and stem-cell research.

"Join me and friends of this show who are outraged," Stern said on the air last Friday. "Vote out every Republican you can find." He has also been urging his listeners to send money to Kerry's campaign, calling him "a good man" and praising his record in Vietnam as well as his later criticism of the Vietnam War.

"With all the talk of liberal talk radio," says Michael Harrison, the editor and publisher of Talkers magazine, "we're seeing emerging from the ranks of `shock jocks' one of the most potent and articulate liberal talkers we've seen in years."

Harrison calls Stern's's recent crusade "historic." "Anytime you have somebody suddenly igniting political interest with an audience who has the kind of loyalty factor Stern has, it could turn an election." A large percentage of Stern's listeners -- some 8 1/2 million a week -- were leaning in favor of Bush, Harrison says. "If Stern could turn several million Bush supporters away from Bush, that has even more impact than Rush Limbaugh, who's preaching to the choir. So this is pivotal to what is shaping up to be a close election."

"On a national level, I don't know how much influence Stern could have," says Chuck Todd, editor of The Hotline, a Washington-based daily briefing on politics. "But we assume too little at our own peril when it comes to Stern and talk radio in general. . . . Does Bush really need to worry about him? If New York were a swing state, we definitely would take this more seriously. Is Stern's popularity as devoted outside of New York? We only know it is ratings-wise."

Stern is frequently dismissed, by liberals and conservatives alike, as a sexist, a racist, and a narcissist. But he is one of the most influential entertainers in America, particularly among the much-sought-after 18-to-25-year-old male demographic. His show is a critical stop for actors plugging youth-market movies, and his skits serve as the blueprint for many reality TV concepts. Last month, in an effort to borrow some of Stern's mojo, Jay Leno hired Stern sidekick "Stuttering John" Melendez to be an announcer and correspondent on "The Tonight Show."

Harrison says that Stern's audience is broader than most people realize. "They're not just 18-year-old, beer-drinking yahoos. They're 20- and 30- and 40-something professionals. They're mainstream American citizens who are well-educated and affluent and socially active and politically interested, though not politically active. But they're being motivated. Wouldn't that be amazing if millions of people vote who otherwise wouldn't, because of this issue?"

"Some people will dismiss Stern not because they don't believe he has a following, but because they believe his listeners don't vote," Todd says. "I would argue that a swing voter is just that; they swing between not voting and voting, not between the two parties. So if he brings some nonvoters to the polls, then that's a big impact."

Over the years, Stern has occasionally taken political positions. In the 1994 New York gubernatorial election, he briefly ran as the Libertarian Party candidate, before withdrawing and endorsing Republican George Pataki. "One could argue that he had an effect on that New York governor's race, that he was an impact player," Todd


says. And until recently, Stern was supportive of Bush and the decision to go to war in Iraq. But Stern has never come out so relentlessly for or against a politician, and he is best known as someone who would just as soon joke about flatulence and prostitution as take on the government. His anti-Bush push began in earnest after the FCC crackdown on "indecency" inspired Clear Channel -- which he calls "Fear Channel" -- to remove his show from six cities the week of Feb. 23. While those markets form a relatively small portion of his audience, the punitive action threw Stern for a loop. And his outrage has boiled to a head with news that Congress is currently considering a radical increase in the amount of FCC indecency fines (from a maximum of $27,500 to $500,000).

"It's over," Stern said on the air Tuesday. "When the Senate passes that bill, it's over. The show is over. . . . We can't do a radio program that's cutting edge . . . if the government keeps second-guessing everything we do."

Stern is also maintaining that Clear Channel dropped him last month not because of indecency but because of some of his Bush criticism earlier in the year. "There's a real good argument to be made that I stopped backing Bush and that's when I got kicked off Clear Channel," he said on the air earlier this month.

"When he takes that FCC persecution mantle and wraps it around his political views," says Mark Walsh, CEO of Air America, "and when he implies that it wasn't until he started to criticize this president that he really started getting nailed for `immorality' and `obscenity,' he throws gasoline on the fire.

"If he says, `I'm being stifled because I have the temerity to challenge this president,' and `Remember a year and a half ago when entertainers were chastised for questioning the war and now I'm getting nailed for the same thing,' if he starts pounding that drum, I would contend that a significant portion of his listenership will take that as gospel truth."

"He is self-aggrandizing if he thinks he's being singled out here," says Jeffrey Chester, executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy, a Washington-based advocacy organization. "Congress is engaging in this kind of witch hunt generally. I don't think they're singling out Stern for his alleged critical comments against the Bush administration."

Whether or not he is being censored for putting down Bush, the First Amendment issues at stake in his case remain incendiary. How much is America willing to let politicians determine what is "decent" and "indecent"?

"It has been this bubbling issue that unites liberals and conservatives, this free speech stuff," says Todd. "And it could pop under the right circumstances. It probably needs a linchpin, the way gay marriage got its linchpin thanks to the mayor of San Francisco suddenly issuing marriage licenses. It will need a seminal moment. Is Stern getting thrown off the air that moment for this FCC issue? I don't know."

"I'm no fan of Howard Stern or Rush Limbaugh and what I think is the tabloid-esque domination of radio and a great deal of television," says Chester. "But Congress is stampeding to censor a whole range of speech." Chester says it is unclear whether Kerry will indeed be Stern's "savior," and that "what Stern really should be doing is trying to get Kerry to be public and accountable on this."

One thing does seem clear, however. If Stern loses this battle, his cause will take on added vigor. "Take Stern off the air because of the government?" says Harrison. "Take a guy that's a beloved icon and turn him into a beloved martyr."


Matthew Gilbert can be reached at gilbert@globe.com.


© Copyright 2004 Globe Newspaper Company.”

“Go Stern!”

“Yup.”

“wre you listening this morning?

oprah has a guest on that gave a graphic description of the expression "toss your salad".

Oprah and all her girlfriends were hooting and hollering and giggling.


Tom Guisano wouldn't let Howard play the whole clip . . .we heard the discussion about "tossing salad" but the actuall graphic definition got dumped.

So o o o it will be interesting to see if Oprah gets fined for indeceny.


Howard's aruguement to Tom was that if Oprah can air it . . .he should be able to air the clip from her show in its entirety. If the FCC wants to fine him for it, then they will have to fine Oprah as well.

Howard's contention was that the houewives of America wouldn't sit still for their beloved icon Oprah being called indecent and fined for it.


The lawyers at Viacom wouldn't let the clip be aired in its entirety.


I thought HOward has a pretty good arguement.


Put Oprah right out front. Let's see if Michael Powell, Bush and the Christian F-ing Right have the balls to go after her.

I am so f-ing sick of the f-ing christian right's involvement in my life.

HOw ironic that there is NO god. It's all a bunch of mythology perpetuated by power hungry moralistic bedwetting f-ing morons . . .yet now they have found a voice in George _"I'm a complete f-ing moron" Bush and are impacting me.

Abortion, school prayer, gay marriage, stem cell research, the words under god in the pledge, freedom of speech, domestic spying.


Get a f-ing grip. Welcome to a brave new world.


They'll never take me alive. I am planning to die and rot in the ground with worms eating my brains. I ain't going to no stinking heaven or hell.


There is no god and they can make me think there is.”

“. . .they CAN'T make me think there is . . .



am backing away from the third cup of Green Mountain Nanckutet blend.”

“LOL!”

“Now they've done it. They've gone and pi$$ed off ... FARTMAN!”

“A champion of freedom of the press??

Maybe only if it affects you??? You wouldn't write or print or say the stuff Stern does . . .so its okay for him to take the brunt of the heat from the christian right wing??

Its okay that their sense of morality (hypocritical though it is) is imposed to drive the Sterns off the air and from the press . . .because you aren't like him . . .maybe you don't even care for him yourself, and would be glad to see him go????







There are several versions of the well-known statement attributed to the German anti-Nazi activist, Pastor Martin Niemöller

The following is said, by someone who heard him speak at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decautur GA in 1959 (or 1960), to be what he actually said:


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

In Germany they first came for the Communists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.

Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.

Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant.

Then they came for me —
and by that time no one was left to speak up.






I don't want the f-ing christians deciding for me what I can and can't hear. And I don't want their f-ing puppet in the white house.


Maybe the f-ing christian right aren't Nazi's . . .and maybe howard stern isn't Pastor Niemöller . . .

But I am damn glad someone who has 8 million listeners is speaking out instead of putting his head between his corporate knees and bending over!

F the Christian right and F george Bush”

“Lee, WTF are you talking about?”

“Lee, I'm with you on a lot of this, but I don't think Geo was being contrary to you...”

“He's talking about F-CK BUSH AND HIS BAND OF RELIGIOUS CRONIES!

I think.”

“What do Bush and his band of religious cronies (The American Taliban) have to do with Viacom censoring Stern? And what does that have to do with freedom of the press?

Guess what? We have corporate policies too. There are things we can't say and things we can't do. There are no news organizations where that is not the case. Violate company policy and you're out. The company owns the paper or the station. Bottom line.

Stern has a right to say what he wants. Viacom has a right to pull his program.

Do I agree with what Viacom did? Hell no. I don't agree with much of company policy. But there are also other realities - the marketplace for one. If I started trash talking like Howard does, my readers would show up at the door with rope. My market is different than his market.

When I said they've gone and pi$$ed off Fartman, I meant that Howard is fighting back. More power to him. Is he fighting my fight? No, I'm not fighting for the right to act like Howard does, or to use his language.

But in another sense, Howard is fighting for all of us. Good for him. Go get them Fartman.

And Fartman was his characterization of himself. Not something I dreamed up.”

“Geo --

I thought your use of now they've p.o.ed Fartman was 'tongue in cheek" (no salad tossing reference intended), poking fun at Howard in a condescending way.


Apparently . . .I was wrong.



Must remember not to handle guns with this little sleep and this much caffeine traveling through my system. Keyboards are tough enough.



RE: Corporate rules and governance. Yup. Treebeard has written extensively about this I think.

If Clear Channel (who pulled Stern from 6 stations) wants to set corporate policy that's "fine". "All well and good" And we have to live with it.


Well . . ..that's not good enough. In fact . . .that's B.S.

Fear Channel is bending over for the F-ng Bush and his F-ing Christian F-ing RIght F-ing Wing F-ing Morons.

Fear Channels wants the FCC to approve its right to buy more stations and lock up more of the airwaves. To keep on Bush's good side they are trying to make sure that the the right wing christian morons see that their interests are aligned.

The right wing christians morons have their corporate balls in a sling . ..and Fear Channel has made a business decision to bend over for it.


THAT IS WHY BUSH NEEDS TO BE SENT BACK TO F-ING TEXAS IN F-ING NOVEMBER. THE STRANGLEHOLD OF CENSORSHIP, HYPOCRITICAL MORALITY, IGNORANCE AND STUPIDITY THAT IS BEING TIGHTENED BY THE RIGHT WING CHRISTIANS AND THEIR STOOGE BUSH NEEDS TO BE BROKEN!!

F BUSH AND F THE RIGHT WING CHRISTIANS.”

“lee for president!”

“and my platform is pretty clear . . .”

“well at least you're not hostile....


[dives into ficus tree]

[peeks out]


man, you got issues dood, seek help....


howard stern was funny the first time i heard him....after about 3 1/2 shows he completely boered me...that's why i don't like him, he's boring. i can f-bomb with the best of um.....it's not intertaining to me personally.”

“2 days before Clearchannel yanked Howard's Show, Howard changed his endorsement from Bush to Kerry. The CEO of Fearchannel helped Bush with his intial investment with the Rangers, in which ole' George fleeced taxpayers with a 14 million profit for himself (and a last place team I might add). The stations that fearchannel broadcast howard aired in "swing" states. Allegedly, the reason he was supposedly pulled was due to a caller using the term n***er on the air, which happens every week.

This is purely political, and motivated by the right wing Christian morons (I like that term!).


"The price of liberty is less than the price of repression."

We have to fight for our liberties and the attempt to repress Americans based on flip-flopping religious morals. My new motto for this particular aspect of the failed Bush presidency is.......



"Remember the Prohibition!"”

“I don't disagree with your analysis Lee. Company policy is not always right, but it is always company policy. Whether or not we agree with their reasoning is another matter. Nothing to stop people from voting to change things.

Frankly, this is the first time I've ever heard of Howard say something that makes any sense.

BTW, there was an interesting discussion along these lines on Bill Maher's show the other night. He had a talk with the lady who was host on a Los Angeles NPR station and was fired for using the F word. Maher and George Carlin pretty much cut things down to size, and in a humorous way.

But the crux of it was, Grow up America!

All stems from Boobgate, or the equipment malfunction, as Justin so eloquently put it.”

“Actually, boobgate is the Bush Presidency, if ya really think about it.”

“Yeah, I guess I should have been more specific Buddha. There's Boobgate and there's Boobygate.”

“I was talking about Boobygate.”

“Don't even get me started on this one.


A boob. A damn boob.


European and Canadian TV and print ads show boobs all the time.


A boob.



I fail . .. absolutely fail to understand what the "S.F.R.W.C.M."s**
problem is.
I just don't get it.


Congress holding prayer session about it. Committee meetings, public hearings.


They (this is a generally non-partisan statement . .although I do believe more republicans are stupider) . . They are truly all stupid f-ing morons.


Wasting America's (MY) money, time and energy with this.

There's a damn war on. There are terrorists blowing up our allies.

The economy is in shambles.

And the S.F. Congress wants to talk about Janet Jackson's boob.



F-the right wing christians.


***S.F.R.W.C.M. Stupid, F-ing Right Wing Christian Morons.”