Comments on: Howard Stern, Man’s Best Friend

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:18:41 +0000

I clearly understand what Mr. Bawer means when he says that he missed Howard during his time in Europe. I have been in Afghanistan for almost a year now, and aside from friends and family, the one thing I miss the most, is the Opie and Anthony show. You might not know their whole story, but Howard(Mr. Libertarian ultra fee speech man) went to the heads of Viacom when he worked for them, and forced them to censor Opie and Anthony, and any other DJ who talked negatively about the Howard Stern show. He has always been deathly afraid of any competition even when it was from young DJ’s that looked up to him. He is a hypocrite in that sense, and thus can not call himself a true libertarian, nor can he ever claim to be some type of martyr for freedom of speech.

Over the past seven to eight years his show has become dull, and his level of energy has dropped beyond belief. Couple this with the fact that he doesn’t allow dissenting opinion from his staff, and you have yourself a little four hour a day totalitarian radio show.

If it is pure laughter, and a bashing of politcal correctness you seek, Opie and Anthony(along with comedian Jim Norton) offer so much more than Stern could ever dream of. I urge you Mr Bawer(by the way, “Surrender” is fascinating) to try out Sirius channel 197 or XM 202 for a month.

By: Cybergeezer

Cybergeezer — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:39:05 +0000

43. Tim:
I’ll bet you never miss a satellite!

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:33:57 +0000

Yes Cybergeezer, and Rock and roll is the music of the devil and The rap music is rotting kids brains and makeing them criminal.

By: Cybergeezer

Cybergeezer — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:35:25 +0000

This useless, gutless, clueless, big mouth punk once had a terrorist on his show that kept pulling a rip cord on his vest to emit farts in the studio; Sweeet!

By: Cybergeezer

Cybergeezer — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:31:15 +0000

Yea; You’re right; He does act like a spoiled pup that tears up the furniture and craps on the living room carpet when you leave him home alone.

By: SteveB/Colorado

SteveB/Colorado — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:58:41 +0000

#25 Tri Geek: “Clearly you have never listened to Rush…..I automatically know you are spouting the lib line….” Actually, I have listened to Rush in the past and still occasionally catch his show to see if his level of professionalism has gone up. Sadly, I’m always disappointed. Another reason to listen to & watch Bill O’Reilly, a real conservative commentator.

#30 Jake: “….and you close your post with that little nugget…..are you for real?” And your concern is……? You’re unable to rationally deal with anyone who criticizes Rush & Newt?

Tim #39: “If the GOP wants to attract younger voters, it needs to pay a lot more attention to the libertarian wing of the part and not the evangelical wing of the party.” Well put. Always good to see someone actually gets it. I’ll offer further that guys like Governor Mitch Daniels, Reps. Mike Coffman or Mark Kirk; not Newt or Rush; are the future of the party.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:42:50 +0000

I’m pretty sure most the people talking about IQ’s don’t know much about IQ scores. Genius level is considered two standard deviations out side of the mean. The mean IQ is 100, so genius level is considered 132 and up. 157 would be near Einstein levels, so I have trouble believing that score. Taking an internet test is not a reliable source of an IQ score.

Regardless, Younger people have different mores than the GOP. If the GOP wants to attract young voters, it needs to pay a lot more attention to the libertarian wing of the party and not the evangelical wing of the party.

By: Mikind

Mikind — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:40:34 +0000

Howard Stern…didn’t he steal his schtick from Alex Bennett/Ben Schwarzmann??? Alex was the best but Howard found paydirt in the gutter. Oh well.

By: hangnail

hangnail — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:19:27 +0000

#34: Will You’r way to high on the IQ. His shoe size is higher than his IQ.

By: hangnail

hangnail — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:13:52 +0000

He’s a degenerate cluck who needs to suck on an exhaust pipe!