On 14 Dec 2004 15:14:03 -0800, "bpnjensen"
wrote:

I haven't listened to any of those guys on either side for awhile out
of disgust - maybe it has changed, I don't know. I do know that
something needs to close the rift in the USA, and crackpot radio isn't
going to do it.

Crackpot radio isn't going to have any effect at all. Radio is not
where people form their political or social opinions. At his highest
point, Talk Radio's most listened to personality had a 4 rating
(percentage of population). Simple aritmetic tells us that 96% of the
population was doing something else. Most of that 4% were listening
because he used to be funny or to reinforce what they already
believed.

I really wish Talk Radio had that kind of influence. I simply doesn't.
The only influence it's had on you is to make you turn it off. It's
intended at entertainment. If you make your voting decisions by
listening to Sean Hannity, you'd probably be willing to allow a
proctologist to perform brain surgery on you. A proctologist would be
the only practitioner able to locate your brain.

If it had no effect on you, I wouldn't worry about the efffect it has
on others.

Rich