Air America Files For Bankruptcy - washingtonpost.com
Why has Air America failed? Some say it simply that liberals don't understand how to make money. But that can't be! It's backers are all very successful liberal businessmen. It is true that most liberals can't figure out how to make money, or they would not be the "party of the poor." Keeping the poor poor is very important to the liberal elites in their inherited mansions. However, it is proven that many liberals can make fortunes, so why not Air America?
I think it is because Air America is not very entertaining. I listed once for a day. I was either bored or outraged the whole time. I finally switched over to a classical music station and took a hot shower to relax me.
Liberals can be funny. Al Franken was a pretty good comedian, but his political jokes are not funny. Randi Rhodes tends to be very bitter and Jerry Springer is, well, Springer. I assume that some find him entertaining. These people all have one thing in common. They can find the worst about America and exploit it.
The successful talk radio personalities all seem to have something in common: the ability to find the greatness in people. Whether that greatness is America or elsewhere it does not matter. They will complain about bad things that some people have done, but it is the greatness that they like to talk about.
Limbaugh might have made his mark during the early Clinton administration, but he had already created a successful show years before. He did it by finding the great things in life to discuss. Did he attack Clinton? Yes. Clinton left himself open for attacks with his constant immoral and illegal activities. But Limbaugh also worked with the opposition and showed how the Republicans were doing things that were positive. It was his showcasing those positives that allowed many Americans to see things that were not in the newspapers or on the news shows. He created a revolution by doing this.
Air America was/is not creating anything positive. There was/is little or no discussion of the great things in life. Their message was/is one of disgust and anger. They vent their anger publicly over and over again. They seem to want to destroy and not to build something new. People do not want to hear that. Advertisers do not want to have their names associated with anger.
Maybe this bankruptcy will help them to recover. Maybe they will start to build a shiny new vision of the future instead of constantly venting about the one we live in. Maybe. I doubt it. Franken does not know how to build.
Has Air America even noticed that unemployment is considered to be so negligible that everyone who wants a job has one? Or that America has one of the best economies in decades? Or that, even with horrible overspending by the Republican congress, the deficit has been half paid off already? Three years ahead of schedule? These are positives. These could make the world a better place.
I think Air America had promise. It has been wasted. IF they can clean up and become a force for positive change instead of negativity they might be able to return someday. If.
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