The Guy James Show Blog

No use beating a dead horse.  Lets call off the fund drive and move on.  We tried.  We ended up with a grand total of $373.50.  Yes, someone actually sent 50 cents:)  I like their sense of humor. 

I’m disappointed that the Liberal community is settling back into their old apathetic ways.  We’ve got the House, the Senate and the White House so lets just relax and let Rush, Hannity, Beck, O’Reilly, Levin, and hoards of other right-wing extreamists have their way with the airwaves of America.  Many of you might not think it matters but, believe me, they will fight their way back to prominence through the media while we settle for having Keith, Rachel, Thom and (lifelong conservative until a fat paycheck was stuck under his nose) Big Eddie carry the banner. 

We’ll just keep on keeping on till the change jar is empty.  It isn’t like we didn’t give it a real try for nearly 8 years.

We set a goal of three thousand dollars for the second quarter of 2009.  Some new equipment is badly needed and we have expenses so I thought we might be able to raise the necessary funds.  So far, we’re right at $315.  I don’t know whether to feel embarrassed, humiliated or even irrelevant.  What I do know is that without the new equipment, the show can’t continue for long. 

Well, we made a little progress.  Thanks to John, Chuck, Sue, Johnny O, Sue, Eric and Bob, we’re up to $125.  We’ve a long way to go but who knows. 

If you read the fund raising post you could probably tell that I’m somewhat cynical about the Left’s real interest in establishing any kind of Liberal media presence.  They seem to want comedians or phoney’s or…….I really don’t know what. 

 Anyway, I said I’d keep you posted on the amount of money raised during this second quarter drive (read embarrassment).  Since I made that post we have received exactly nothing.  Nada, zero, zilch, bupkus, not a red cent, a thin dime or even a wooden nickle. 

 Last Thursday on the show I told everyone about how I am disappointed and disillusioned with the left and their total lack of desire to support Liberal media.  Nothing has happened to change my mind.  Perhaps the mail will come tomorrow and……….nah, who am I kidding. 

How about doing me a big favor.  I’ll bet no Liberal host has ever asked this of his audience.  If you have never contributed to the program, turn the damned show off.  If you have never donated a dime, don’t call the show.  Its time to put up or shut up. 

Donate at www.theguyjamesshow.com  Yeah, right:)

Well, its time to see if the Left is willing to support Liberal Radio.  So far, at least financially, the Left, for the most part hasn’t shown up when its time to pay the bills to keep Liberal Radio on the air and on the internet.  We earnestly hope that trend will change.

And so, we are announcing a quarterly drive to raise money to keep The Guy James Show on the internet.  We’ve been hammering away at the Right for almost 7 years now and we hope those of you who have enjoyed the show will help with the funding. 

 We need to raise $3000 for the second quarter of the year.  I’ll keep you posted on the progress.  You may contribute thru PayPal at www.theguyjamesshow.com  You can do a one time donation or subscribe for a monthly. 

Do I have any hope of raising the money?  Probably not.  I hope I’m surprised. 

Well, the 6th anniversary of “The Guy James Show” has come and gone and we are still bringing you our version of Liberal, Democratic talk.  Its been a tough fight and we’ve gained a lot of ground from the Conservative Right but we still have much work ahead of us if we are to keep our elected Democrat’s feet to the fire.  So often they vote against our wishes and they need to be reminded how and why they gained their offices in the first place.  That is our mission….to keep our audience energized and up to date on all of the latest and most important issues. 

 It takes time, lots of time to prepare a show each day and it costs money as well.  We don’t often ask for money on the program but we’ve reached a point where it is imperative that we raise some funds to pay for supplies and keeping the studio up to date.  For 6 years I’ve paid for most of those expenses out of my pocket and can no longer afford to do that.  Some of you have been faithful in contributing to the program for several years and we appreciate your generosity so very much.  But now, we need help from more of you or we will be forced to end this endeavor.  We’ve tried every way we know how to raise the necessary funds but with very little success.  For those of you who have sent advice on how to raise funds, believe me when I tell you we’ve tried it all. 

So, it pains me to tell you that unless we get some significant financial help, and soon, we will be forced to end the program sometime within the next few months.  Sometimes one has to realize when enough is enough. 

But they do know how to win elections.

 They get their base to vote, generally on a single issue that they get the electorate to focus on. The republicans turn out their voters at a much higher rate than Democrats turn out their’s.

Democrats and especially very liberal democrats have a great tendancy to expect candidates to reach ideals that even they themselves cannot live up to. Because the candidate is not ideal, does not propose to reach for every ideal they have, they do not vote - even though they know that voting is the most patriotic thing to do as an American citizen.

 The Karl Rove philosphy is attack a candidate’s strong point and take away what they count on most. This philosophy accomplished 2 things. First it inspired the single focus neocon republicans. Second it deflated the liberal democrats because it showed their candidate was less than perfect. It worked against Al Gore, it worked against John Kerry and it has worked in countless state and local race in addition to national races for senators and representatives.

Get over it. There is no perfect candidate but especially true is that the republican candidate, regardless of what they say, is the opposite of your ideal. John McSame’s many faces during the last few months on virtually every issue is a great example of say whatever you need to to win, but do not vary from the neocon philosophy when in office.

There is no maverick, there is no great compromiser (as George Bush claimed to be). There is no “I’ll just tell them to lower the prices if oil becomes to expensive (George Bush in townhall discussion with Al Gore). There is no reach across the aisle - remember the Kennedy-McCain bill that John McSame is now disavowing. There are just 2 philosophies that dictate our political parties - one party that believes in corporate welfare and individual self survival. And one party that believes that we all do better when the least among us improves their lot in life.

You have a patriotic responsibility to vote. You have a personal responsibility to talk to your neighbors for 6 houses in each direction - left, right, front and rear and make sure they are registered, make sure they vote and make sure they understand the true message of the campaign for change and the all importnat local and state elections.

The mainstream media has been remiss, or possibly just plain negligent in not pointing out tht John Sidney McCain is more like the Jr. Bush the public sees than Jr. Bush himself.  You see, McCain was for the war and for the surge before even Bush himself was for it.  Since the very beginning of our immoral, ill-advised conflict in Iraq, John Sidney McCain has been the biggest cheerleader of them all.  Don’t forget, Jr. was once a cheerleader himself.  One has the feeling that as President he would tear down the State Department building and build another parking garage for the Pentagon.  Diplomacy?  Obviously, McCain has no room for it in his world opinion. 

He wanted a massive presence of our military might to invade Iraq even before we went in.  But, despite not getting his wish with the numbers of troops, McCain stuck with Donald Rumsfeld like glue.  He constantly echoed Rumsfeld’s positive assessment of the war.  He never missed an opportunity to hail the “progress the U.S. supposedly made in Bush’s misbegotten adventure into Persia. 

Who can forget his comments from the market in central Baghdad proclaming it “was as safe as any other market place in the world”?  Of course his words came as there were hundreds of heavily armed members of the American military surrounding him along with private Blackwater mercenaries, a few military helicoptors flying overehead and an Iraqi public which had been searched and screened with metal dectectors.  Yes, it was, at that moment, VERY safe because with that kind of force present one could have been safe smack dab in the middle of the Battle of the Bulge, or maybe even Chicamunga or the Battle of Bull Run. 

 And who can forget his recent show of complete ignorance of even who we are fighting in Iraq?  The man has been to Iraq many times, supposedly studied the situation before making critical decisions on it and now we find that he hasn’t even an elementary understanding of the various military and social alliances in Iraq and Iran.  This is VERY disturbing and yet, the mass media passed it off as some kind of funny little slip of the tongue.  Incredible!

Tax cuts?  I think it can be argued that when Jr. Bush fought for tax cuts for the wealthy, he probably had no idea of the negative financial ramifications to our national budget.  It was shoot first and ask questions later type of action.  Now John McCain on the other hand, now knows full well the tremendously negative consequences those Bush tax cuts have had on our economy and yet he is willing to fight to the finish for them to be extended.  I find this to be utter indifference to the plight of the middleclass and the poor of this country.  He knows further cuts will damage the nation and is willing to pander to the rich to extend them in spite of that knowledge.

The housing crunch?  We’ve got a lame duck president gallivanting around the world on a farewell tour who knows we have a critical housing problem in America but also knows its probably too late for him to do anything about it.  MeCain, however is wanting to take the reigns of government for the next four years and is more than willing to keep the onus of the foreclosure problem almost completely on the homeowners, many of whom have been victimized by predatory lenders who pocketed massive profits from the housing boom and are now begging for federal help while the homeowners are being thrown into the streets with no help at all. 

Health care?  Does anyone know what John McCain’s health care plan is?  Anyone know what his plans for Social Security are?  Education?

I’m facinated that people are seriously considering this man for the Oval Office.  To me a decision to vote for John McCain is a vote against progress in this country.  Its a vote for the status quo and I believe the vast majority of Americans agree that the status quo just isn’t good enough at the moment.   

This has been the most unfair, biased media blitz against any candidate in our history.  PLEASE!  View the video about Hillary at this address:  http://noquarterusa.net/blog/

I am saddened and deeply offended that a fellow liberal would refer to one of our candidates as a f#$@&*g whore.  Its been argued that Ms Rhodes did it on her own time and was exercizing her right of free speech.  And, while I agree that she can say what she wants, she must also face the consequences of her vile words against Hillary Clinton.  I’m told she made the remarks at a function partly sponsored by Air America Radio.  If so, they have every right to object to her disgusting words and suspend her from her employment…..maybe even fire her. 

This political campaign has brought out the worst in many people and I believe that responsible liberal broadcasters should not throw gasoline on the fires of political passion for either candidate. 

 While it is fine to back your candidate, it is divisive and atrocious to speak such ugly words towards one of our own candidates.  Such actions taint the Party and the Liberal movement.  The other side has their Ann Coulter.  We don’t need one too.