Dave Burke : Freelance .NET Web Developer specializing in Online Communities

7/9/2007 4:16:33 PM Permalink

You really think Dennis Miller's politics are "scary"? Maybe you should listen to the whole show, man... Miller's anything but scary - he's almost apologetic for recognizing and putting to words what the world looks like these days. If you're going to burn cycles on the non-tech world, at least listen to the other side with an open ear and malleable gray matter. Better yet, throw the iPod in the trash and pick up a copy of the book America Alone by Mark Steyn.

Or, get D's whole show in MP3 format:
http://dennismillerradio.com/programhighlights

You can manage MP3s with having to use iTunes, right?

JFK |

7/10/2007 12:34:55 PM Permalink

So then I'm curious what makes DM's politics seem scary to you? Or is that a summary that you assign to all people who think right of center, without measuring their actual positions?

Not everyone on the right is a Michael Savage or Ann Coulter. DM is the newest addition to the majority of right-leaning syndicated talk show hosts who are level headed, balanced, and who treat their left-leaning guests with respect. Try Dennis Prager or Michael Medved on for size. You do yourself a disservice by rejecting thought-though viewpoints made by well spoken, intelligent people simply because they fall into a group that you've been told since high school that it's ok to dislike and distrust.

The world changes, people change (as this post demonstrates), and at some point you've got to ask yourself if feel-good politics can really get the job done, or if you're hating the side who addresses the problem because it's too scary to recognize the implications of the problem itself.

Bah, sorry for the rant. I just spend a week back home, surrounded by a number of left-leaning friends.

JFK |