Thanks Charles!

BDS in full bloom

mugged liberal = new conservative

Rove, you magnificent bastard!

All muggers are right wing! How do you think the vast right wing conspiracy is funded?

Seriously, was the dog OK?

Tinfoil Jogging Suit?

didnt she try and talk to the person?

you mean talikg doesnt work?

what are we going to do now?

/liberal idiot (that's being redundant)

That's just terrible. I'm sorry to hear that. I hope she wasn't hurt badly and also that her attacker(s)(?) are swiftly brought to justice.

Normally I would suggest violence against muggers, but that would be suggesting violence.

Having lived in Brooklyn for nearly 2 years, I can assuredly say I never left the apartment without at least $5 mug money. Never had need of it fortunately, but since when did a mugger need bling and nice clothes to pick a target?

I guess Nanny Bloomberg doesn't consider mugging as serious as smoking or eating transfats.

Randi Rhodes is still on the air?

wow, I hope she's OK or 11 people nationwide are going to miss her show

I'm sure the mugger, if he had been properly engaged in 'dialog' would have seen the error of his ways, and stopped enriching uranium mugging people.

re: #4 karmic_inquisitor

All muggers are right wing! How do you think the vast right wing conspiracy is funded?

Don't give out our secrets.

“Is this an attempt by the right wing hate machine to silence one of our own,” he asked. “Are we threatening them. Are they afraid that we’re winning. Are they trying to silence intimidate us.”

Did aliens build the pyramids?

This kind of reporting has always irritated me. You're the reporter asshole, you tell me. At least they left off the question marks.

“Is this an attempt by the right wing hate machine to silence one of our own,” he asked. “Are we threatening them. Are they afraid that we’re winning. Are they trying to silence intimidate us.”

Egotistic and narcissistic, pure pathology.

Was she beaten with an ugly stick again?

Mugging a woman without a purse. That's dumber that being an on-air personality for Air America.

So not only the dead but the battered must also serve the revolution at all times.

Hillary and Schmur will be proposing some sort of legislation to right this horrible wrong.

Too bad she wasn't packing any heat. On another note, what sort of dog was she walking that it didn't try to protect it's owner?

Is she the whiney one on Air America?

/sarc off

What if the mugger happened to be a PETA activist who was trying to liberate the dog?

Just as valid as any Air America scenario, and rich in edgy satirical nuance to boot...

Rhodes was mugged? Okay, I'm sorry to hear that. Am I going to jump to conclusions that someone specifically targeted her because of who she was, and not because she was a target of opportunity by some thug in the street?

Nope. I'll await a police investigation to see who they pick up for the crime.

I suspect that if the police do catch the mugger, they'll find that he (and invariably it will be a he) will have a long and distinguished criminal record that shows just how silly the revolving door justice system is - despite the closure of loopholes that keep NYC residents safer than they've ever been.

re: #21 tnarey

Too bad she wasn't packing any heat. On another note, what sort of dog was she walking that it didn't try to protect it's owner?

An intelligent one?

re: #21 tnarey

Poodles are notoriously vicious

/

I've heard that a conservative is a liberal that's been mugged. I guess we'll see.

This is of course not funny. She has serious injuries including knocked out teeth.
But to deduce that the "Right Wing " Is trying to silence her because they are winning is absurd. Winning what? They can't hold sponsors, miss payroll and hardly anyone listens.
I had them on a couple of months ago in the car. The host was somebody named Stephanie Miller and she had a couple of guy sidekicks with her.
Within about twenty minutes they wished dead at least three people that they don't like(Conservatives). I had to find a new station.

These people are so self absorbed. They think that she was so influential that the "right wing hate machine" had her mugged...or some "wingnut" attacked her? Come on now...stop smoking so much pot and come back to earth...

It was probably just some degenerate that needed money that mugged her...that person should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, but a hate crime?

“Is this an attempt by the right wing hate machine to silence one of our own,” he asked. “Are we threatening them. Are they afraid that we’re winning. Are they trying to silence intimidate us.”

Only in your dreams, nutboy. Face facts: Air America is irrelevant, and Randy got mugged by a goon. Growing up might me a good thing too.

Since Brooklyn has been overrun by conservative muggers, I saw this one coming.

/

The story said she lost some teeth. Ive listened a few times and disagreed with everything that came out of her mouth, but dam! Beating up an unarmed woman, knocking out her teeth?

WTF?! Beating someone with words, cool. Actually beating someone? Who ever did this should rot in jail.

Wow.

I've never seen someone try to feel sooo important before - a mugger in New York! Why, it can't be! It's a "progressive" paradise, with no weapons!

Surely, the right must have flown up some dirty Texan to do this deed! It's the only explanation! I bet Karl Rove did it, you know, just to shut me up. After all, untold tens of millions listen to me every day...

I'm sorry she got mugged and all, but her response is to die for...

“Is this an attempt by the right wing hate machine to silence one of our own,” he asked. “Are we threatening them. Are they afraid that we’re winning. Are they trying to silence intimidate us.”

Oh, please. Spare the conspiracy.

If anybody on the left was going to be pistol whipped into silence by the right-wing hate machine, Keith Olbermann would have never made it off the set of ESPN with a full set of Mr. Ed teeth.

Rhetorical L³ question of the day: Was this a hate crime?

Why no, I think this was probably a crime about love...

OT (already?) -

Hypocrisy, thy name is Hillary

GOP targeting Clinton on phone-call snooping

Republicans plan to seize on an allegation from the 1992 presidential campaign to tarnish Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) on the red-hot issue of government surveillance.

Government surveillance will be at the forefront of the political debate this fall as congressional Democrats and President Bush square off over legislation allowing electronic spying on U.S. soil without a warrant.

Republicans are focusing on an allegation in a recent book by two Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters, which suggests Clinton listened to a secretly recorded conversation between political opponents.

In their book about Clinton’s rise to power, Her Way, Don Van Natta Jr., an investigative reporter at The New York Times, and Jeff Gerth, who spent 30 years as an investigative reporter at the paper, wrote: “Hillary’s defense activities ranged from the inspirational to the microscopic to the down and dirty. She received memos about the status of various press inquiries; she vetted senior campaign aides; and she listened to a secretly recorded audiotape of a phone conversation of Clinton critics plotting their next attack.

“The tape contained discussions of another woman who might surface with allegations about an affair with Bill,” Gerth and Van Natta wrote in reference to Clinton’s husband, former President Bill Clinton. “Bill’s supporters monitored frequencies used by cell phones, and the tape was made during one of those monitoring sessions.”

A GOP official said, “Hillary Clinton’s campaign hypocrisy continues to know no bounds. It is rather unbelievable that Clinton would listen in to conversations being conducted by political opponents, but refuse to allow our intelligence agencies to listen in to conversations being conducted by terrorists as they plot and plan to kill us. Team Clinton can expect to see and hear this over and over again over the course of the next year.”...

sorry to hear this type thing happening to anyone.
ot: to be so self involved as to think everything that happens around you is directed at you is called paranoia isnt it?

I wish Randi a speedy recovery.
I hope the catch the thug ASAP.

re: #34 goodbye_natalie

“Is this an attempt by the right wing hate machine to silence one of our own,” he asked. “Are we threatening them. Are they afraid that we’re winning. Are they trying to silence intimidate us.”

Oh, please. Spare the conspiracy.

If anybody on the left was going to be pistol whipped into silence by the right-wing hate machine, Keith Olbermann would have never made it off the set of ESPN with a full set of Mr. Ed teeth.

Rhetorical L³ question of the day: Was this a hate crime?

Why no, I think this was probably a crime about love...

yaaahaha!...too funny

I would have stopped the mugging. Her pathetic logic on the radio is one of the strongest arguments for we conservatives. She is a glittering jewel of collosal ignorance. Keep her around. We need her. She is a Yugo amongst Lexi (plural of Lexus?)

Not sure why I said Brooklyn.

Anyway, 39th and Park is in close proximity to Grand Central, and you have plenty of human debris around there. It goes without saying that she's a victim of a random attack, but only the el cubos could come up with such a lame story like this.

re: #5 crashnburn

Article says that she lost a couple of teeth, but was not hospitalized. ;)

Well, no one deserves to be beat like this, I hope she gets to feeling better soon and I am sorry this has happened.

I hope she heals quickly. I hope the thug/s is/are caught.

Speaking of Air America (and Soros), see this great graphic.

"What's the frequency, Randi?"

re: #35 Ward Cleaver

Oh that's rich. Hill and Bill were the kings of unauthorized, illegal surveillance of political enemies...

OT

Speaking last week to journalists in Washington, retired General Ricardo Sanchez, former commander in Iraq, hammered the Bush administration for its poor war planning and then issued a shocking accusation against the press:

LT. GEN. RICARDO SANCHEZ (RET.), FMR. COMMANDER IN IRAQ:

What is clear to me is that you are perpetuating the corrosive partisan politics that is destroying our country and killing our service members who are at war. For some of you just like some of our politicians, the truth is of little to no value if it does not fit your own preconceived notions, biases, or agendas.

[Link: www.foxnews.com...]

YEAH!

re: #46 mad_scientist

re: #35 Ward Cleaver

Oh that's rich. Hill and Bill were the kings of unauthorized, illegal surveillance of political enemies...

Yes, and this is going to come back to haunt her. Sweeet.

Think W will bring this up? Nope. He hasn't got the killer instinct.

Is this an attempt by the right wing hate machine to silence one of our own,” he asked.

Their ratings have done a good enough job of doing that.

Well, since us righties are busy working to pay taxes and when not working are blogging or reading blogs, it is highly unlikely to be one of us. Not too mention a Republican in NYC is rarer than, well, a Republican in NYC.

Yeah, we're so threatened by a "network" that is off the air in most markets. Sure sign that you're "winning" there, ya BDS suffering dope. Gawd, talk about delusional...

It's much easier to blame the eeevil vast right wing conspiracy for such an act than it is to take a good, long, hard look at the source of criminal appeasement that [the left] has been foisting upon Americans for decades.

I hope she's OK, no one deserves that.

But I hear her airhead fans still claim she really did play the solo on "Crazy Train"...

She wishes she were important enough to be a target. Who outside of Randi Rhodes' immediate family would even recognize her on the street?

I can't think of anyone I know, and I know a lot of conservatives, who would think of doing anything like this. To anyone.

I hope she has a speedy recovery and the police catch her assailant swiftly. A woman should be able to walk the streets without fear of attack.

I'm sure it was just another radical Christian.

Anyone who hits a woman, regardless of who she may be or what her political leanings are, is lower than pond scum. I hope whomever did this is caught, prosecuted and jailed for a long, long time.

re: #35 Ward Cleaver

OT (already?) -

Hypocrisy, thy name is Hillary

GOP targeting Clinton on phone-call snooping

Republicans plan to seize on an allegation from the 1992 presidential campaign to tarnish Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) on the red-hot issue of government surveillance.

Government surveillance will be at the forefront of the political debate this fall as congressional Democrats and President Bush square off over legislation allowing electronic spying on U.S. soil without a warrant.

Republicans are focusing on an allegation in a recent book by two Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters, which suggests Clinton listened to a secretly recorded conversation between political opponents.

In their book about Clinton’s rise to power, Her Way, Don Van Natta Jr., an investigative reporter at The New York Times, and Jeff Gerth, who spent 30 years as an investigative reporter at the paper, wrote: “Hillary’s defense activities ranged from the inspirational to the microscopic to the down and dirty. She received memos about the status of various press inquiries; she vetted senior campaign aides; and she listened to a secretly recorded audiotape of a phone conversation of Clinton critics plotting their next attack.

“The tape contained discussions of another woman who might surface with allegations about an affair with Bill,” Gerth and Van Natta wrote in reference to Clinton’s husband, former President Bill Clinton. “Bill’s supporters monitored frequencies used by cell phones, and the tape was made during one of those monitoring sessions.”

A GOP official said, “Hillary Clinton’s campaign hypocrisy continues to know no bounds. It is rather unbelievable that Clinton would listen in to conversations being conducted by political opponents, but refuse to allow our intelligence agencies to listen in to conversations being conducted by terrorists as they plot and plan to kill us. Team Clinton can expect to see and hear this over and over again over the course of the next year.”...

This isn't the first time she or her inner circle have been caught at this. She's also got more Norman Hsu issues.

Those damn thugs in support of the Fairness Doctrine are obviously out and about!

Weapons, besides hot stinky breath, could have avoided this semi tragic turn of events.

Maybe the left had better pull out of New York City, obviously their situation is hopeless.

re: #1 Rogue198silence AND intimidate? oh dear

We have heard from everyone except Ms Rhodes. Why?

Mallkin Mongoloid Mafia

Ahh racism! You gotta appreciate the fall back hatred of the left.

Think she will be against conceal-carry now? Im sorry this happened to her, but there's a good chance this doesnt happen if the mugger thought she might be packing. Bad liberal policies coming home to roost.

re: #65 francisco d'anconia

Think she will be against conceal-carry now? Im sorry this happened to her, but there's a good chance this doesnt happen if the mugger thought she might be packing. Bad liberal policies coming home to roost.

Well she already has a dog!

I believe Randi was attacked by a "right-wing mugger" about as much as I believe that a "whitey racist" put that noose outside of the office of the Columbia professor last week.

re: #27 Ziggy

I've heard that a conservative is a liberal that's been mugged. I guess we'll see.

Ziggy -

What was that old ED KOCH joke about - "...then mug 'em again...?"

-S-

Sorry to hear about anyone being mugged.

I'm not particularly fond of her or her rants, but noone deserves this.

Ok, I'm a little late to the game. Why would anyone think that a right-winger beat up "The American Dream?"
Oh, that was Dusty Rhodes! Just when I thought they should put out an APB for "Nature Boy" Ric Flair!

Good news: NY Times hits five-year low.

Still room to bottom out.

re: #66 itellu3times

re: #65 francisco d'anconia

Think she will be against conceal-carry now? Im sorry this happened to her, but there's a good chance this doesnt happen if the mugger thought she might be packing. Bad liberal policies coming home to roost.

Well she already has a dog!

obviously the dog's in on it

re: #18 The Other Les

Mugging a woman without a purse. That's dumber that almost as dumb as being an on-air personality for Air America.

Fixed it.

re: #48 Ward Cleaver

No, W wont even come close to touching that story. It is a shame too...it is almost common knowledge that the Clinton's did this sort of thing and the media and other Conservatives wont touch it.

Makes you wonder if the Clinton's just have so much dirt on influential members of both parties to keep them in line and not talk about it.

Bill and Hill also used the IRS as a political weapon to attack those on the right and big money conservative donors...

BTW, you don't have to carry a purse to be mugged. A diamond ring works just fine.

Didn't this station go broke because no one listens to it? Doesn't sound too threatening to me.

If only we could erect a border wall as strong and resilient as a lib's sense of self-importance.

Funny how they ignore all of the vandalism, and firearm attacks on Republican offices throughout the land, the invasion of said offices by their own people who then assualted (in front of witnesses) people inside. Yet a random mugging (after all of THEIR violence against the right) -must- be from someone on the other side!

These people are not only crazy, they're friggin' loons! Just wait, there will be a rash of 'reprisals' for this, even though the person doing it had no connection to any political party. Of course for the left all crime is to be used for political purposes.

No doubt the mugger was driven to this crime by poverty, Republican partisan politics, tax inequality, lack of Federal Education dollars, an extended prison term, minority anger, global warming, and...oh yeah...drugs.

39th and Park is a bit of a no man's land after dark, there are few apartment buildings around there and even less people on the street, its near Grand Central which is a hang out area for street people. There are no restaurants in that area for this exact reason. Sad that she got mugged in the safest large city on the planet, but it does happen. That it has anything to do with her opinions is absurd. NYC? No one cares what you say here.

Get well soon.

Wait Wait, I got it! She left her building with her dog, walked down the street & bashed her face against a brick wall. Yeah, Yeah see she did it so her friends could bash the Right Wing. That's it, a Left Wing conspiracy.
No more nutty than some deranged right winger trying to silence somebody with no influence.
How does a mugging silence someone anyway. I mean did they guy say"Youse stay off of da air, or else"

This woman probably goes weeks without coming in contact with a Republican. Her entire universe...work, neighborhood, entertainment, etc is void of intellectual diversity. Yet somehow a Republican takes the bus to Manhattan to attack her.

I have read about a ton of muggings happening in that city where they target joggers who have an Ipod. They claim she was in a jogging suit with no purse, but I wonder if she had an Ipod.

I think I will wait more for the facts before making a judgment on this.

re: #71 JammieWearingFool
That's not the half of it JWF:[Link: finance.google.com...]
click on "max" at the top of the chart. This is a 10 year low...

It would be priceless if we find out she was mugged by an illegal immigrant.

I've had to outrun muggers twice in my life, once in Philly and once in Nawlins, and not once did it dawn on me to impune any sort of political motive in the attacks. For some reason I assumed they wanted my wallet, brief case, watch, etc.

These people are scary. I wonder if whatever they mean by "when the Republicans are finally put in their place" isn't exactly going to be much different than a mugging...

NRO had a good story on Lyndon Johnson bugging Goldwaters offices in 1964. If Goldwater had a really good idea was about to make a speach on it, Johnson would come out with the same thing a couple of days before.

MSM yawns (of course it was 43 years ago).

Maybe it was a fellow city dweller who'd just been forced to step over one too many puddles of piss or piles of shit.

Libs desperate for attention.

Speaking of attention whores (me...)

BTW, last Friday morning at Storm 2K web blog I opened a thread to discuss the tornado outbreak that was going to start tomorrow in Oklahoma.

Please visit for the latest info.

I also have the latest on this dangerous tornado outbreak posted on the morning dead thread.

One thing's for sure. It wasn't an Air America listener.

Your kidding me! This incident is a reaction to her show?! I can't believe the hate and especially the blatant racism towards Filipinos. What is wrong with these people? My father was mugged at gunpoint in New York in the pre-Guiliani days. He was the star of a soap opera at the time and it made the press. No one for a minute thought it had anything to do with that. It was just a criminal act. Its wrong for anyone to be victimized. It doesn't matter who you are. Do these nut cases think that the criminals care? I hope that the woman is ok. It must have been terrifying, but these idiots must think that liberals are immune from crime.

re: #85 Jack Burton

It would be priceless if we find out she was mugged by an a recidivist illegal immigrant.

Fixed that for you.

Since, without any evidence whatsoever, 'right-wingers' are blamed, can we start a counter-arguement that it was a drug deal gone bad? Makes more sense than what I saw on the Talking Radio site.

“Is this an attempt by the right wing hate machine to silence one of our own,” he asked. “Are we threatening them. Are they afraid that we’re winning. Are they trying to silence intimidate us.”

Is this a blatant and craven attempt by Jon Elliot to use the pain and horror of Randy's assault to whip up listeners? How does Randy feel about this? If I were Randy I'd take another look at who she's hanging with.

Idiotarian Elliot shrieked: “...Are they trying to silence intimidate us.”

Clearly a case of psychological projection;

Unhinged: the mugshot collection

/Leftist, heal thyself

Pat

No doubt the mugger was driven to this crime by poverty, Republican partisan politics, tax inequality, lack of Federal Education dollars, an extended prison term, minority anger, global warming, and...oh yeah...drugs.

But sad thing is, that is barely satire now.

I love her guitar work with Black Sabbath. :P I have never even listened to Air America. Today is the first time I've even heard of Randi Rhodes. When I had my car broke into years ago in Houston, of course my first thought was it had to have been a liberal trying to shut me up. It didn't have anything to do with the radar detector I forgot to lock up in the glove box and had left in plain sight.
/sarcasm

Did the mugger ask what the frequency was?

One thing's for sure. It wasn't an Air America listener.

All 7 of them have alibies.

Could have been an illegal alien.

“Is this an attempt by the right wing hate machine to silence one of our own,” he asked. “Are we threatening them. Are they afraid that we’re winning. Are they trying to silence intimidate us.”

WTF?
Just how crazy does a lib have to get before you can get them a 72-hour detention?

NYC (Brooklyn) was the only place on the planet where the Wicked Bitch turned to me and asked if I had a gun in the truck.

I can't believe anyone would take advantage of a violent personal attack against one of their own members in order to score political points, but after considering the philosophy of the group in question maybe it's not so difficult to believe after all.

These people are seriously deranged.

That being said, I hope that Rhandi gets some much needed rest and recovers from this. I may not agree with her political POV, but I truly hate to see anyone suffer an unprovoked violent attack.

re: #64 billhedrick

Mallkin Mongoloid Mafia

Ahh racism! You gotta appreciate the fall back hatred of the left.

Filipino is not a race - islam is!
/

In the book the Gulag Archipelago, there is a part where the autheror describes when party bosses and high ranking party members get tossed in to the conman camp.
the party bosses would always show up in nice jackets , warm boots extra cloths only to be robbed or beaten and robbed and "oh ha" the irony when they would yell out comrades , please stop I have dedicated my life to helping your class! The author describes the destruction of the soul of these exbosses when they would figure out that the gulag prison guards operated with the criminals in plundering the new “better off” arrivals. ... there is some thing simulator here, I am not comparing NYC to a gulag.

Here we have a class warrior getting apparently mugged. Its striking to me how inconceivable it is for them to accept that she was just a victim of random mugged. It has to be a vast right wing hate attack.
Maybe it was some right wing loony who will give a black eye to talk radio but I think we should give the story 24 hours let the cops do there work and hopefully catch this criminal before he hurts any one else. but if its not ... oh my will she be able to continue the struggle for class warfare ?

You would think progressive liberals would have learned about rushing to judgment by now, for example Mutha betrayal of the marines or the duke lacrosse players or the over reaction to the so called jenna six , and don't froget Phil Donahue statements “ we all know the dc sniper is a right wing white guy”

let me get this straight...
liberal leaders appoint liberal judges to give lenient sentences so the criminals are are the street... and it's the 'right-wing- machine's' fault...

oh.. thats rich...
-granite

- i didn't know air-america was still on the air?

re: #101 Dave the...

One thing's for sure. It wasn't an Air America listener.

All 7 of them have alibies.

Seven? Did they open up a new station?

re: #91 pegcity

And who's gonna do it, you fucking liberal pussies, you can't fight, and you dont have any guns, so fuck you.

ROTFLMAO!

/wipes tears...

Christians Assaulted In Iran... Let's Blame Air America!

I question the timing. Muhahahaha!

Probably just a publicity stunt like Morton Downey writing all over his face in the mirror

re: #96 Ginn

“Is this an attempt by the right wing hate machine to silence one of our own,” he asked. “Are we threatening them. Are they afraid that we’re winning. Are they trying to silence intimidate us.”

Is this a blatant and craven attempt by Jon Elliot to use the pain and horror of Randy's assault to whip up listeners? How does Randy feel about this? If I were Randy I'd take another look at who she's hanging with.

Fixed it.

Also, was Randy wearing a blue sweatsuit? a "Franken '08" pin? How could this ubersmart criminal know by looking at her whether she was "liberal" and therefore worthy of assault? Would he have passed her over if it'd been Laura Ingraham?

Elliot is an idiot. This is a stretch for normal-thinking humans. However, for someone who represents troofers, this is nothing but par for the minigolf course.

Oh, BTW, I can't believe the ignorance of some of those dolts saying it must have been a right winger because she had no valuables on her. First, ever hear of "pockets," ya morons? Second, she is a not unattractive (physically at least) woman jogging near Central Park at night and some creep punches her in the mouth. Now what other motive besides robbery could a scumbag have for doing that? Hint: Knocked out people are easier to drag into the park, and there are things other than money that scumbags take from women (and men).

PS Thank God that did not happen, but it appears to me to be a FAR more likely scenario.

re: #28 opnion

This is of course not funny. She has serious injuries including knocked out teeth.
But to deduce that the "Right Wing " Is trying to silence her because they are winning is absurd. Winning what? They can't hold sponsors, miss payroll and hardly anyone listens.
I had them on a couple of months ago in the car. The host was somebody named Stephanie Miller and she had a couple of guy sidekicks with her.
Within about twenty minutes they wished dead at least three people that they don't like(Conservatives). I had to find a new station.

This is almost certainly typical of people on the right, we don't listen to Air America. It isn't entertaining, or informative.

Why would we go out of our way to mug someone we are throughly indifferent to?

I like how they suggest that because she didn't have a purse, it wasn't a mugging and therefore was a conservative trying to silence her.

I don't nkow about you, but I never see people jogging with their purses, but I do often think that they have ID and perhaps a credit card on them.

no answer will be suffient for them. The Conservatives Did It! and no matter what the investigation ACTUALLY shows, it is a coverup.

Because, after all, she was so famous that she had to be silenced... pfft.

(I suggest that this 'conservatives did it' bit is being pushed forward to get people to stop thinking about the mugging... after all, what is better support for pro-concealed carry thought than someone famous being beaten and mugged, unable to defend themselves?)

Thom Hartmann found bullet holes in his car recently.

Of course he's probably one of those liberals that lives in a seedy neighborhood, because he finds the sound of gunshots makes it "vibrant" and "edgy".

OT - Does anyone have an update on that
Holy Land Foundation trial? What happened with that Juror who woudn't vote or take part in the discussions or whatever.
Anyone?
Bueler?
CHARLES?!

Just look at the tone, and contrast it to the tone in the kososphere. Uniformly, people are genuinely sorry for the victim. There is no gloating, and there is no snide implicit assumption of responsibility accompanied by pro-forma disavowals.

A pedestrian getting mugged in NYC doesn't come to much as proof of a vast right wing conspiracy.

I hope it doesn't come to anything as intimidation. Bless them, Air America is exercising the American right of free speech. Red State America stands ready to defend your rights.

No /sarc. Seriously.

Where's the police report for this? Are there any actual news accounts?

If the cops happen to catch the thug, the crack team of Air America interrogators questioning the accused:

(1) Have you ever voted for a Republican?
(2) Have you ever worked for Diebold, the electronic voting machine distributor?
(3) Were you anywhere near the vicinity of Dade county in November 2000 or in the state of Ohio in November of 2004?
(4) Have you ever listened to Rush Limbaugh? Do you know him to be a hater of soldiers?
(5) Have you ever watched FOX news?
(6) Did you vote for Rudy Giuliani as mayor? Would you consider voting for Rudy Giuliani as President?
(7) Do you like Bill Clinton? Was Monica Lewinsky scandal just about sex?
(8) Do you believe Hillary Clinton the most qualified Democratic candidate?
(9) Do you believe George Bush to be a draft dodger and coward?
(10) Is the war in Iraq a mistake? How about Afghanistan?
(11) Do you seriously believe 9/11 to have been conducted by Muslims? Is it probable that 9/11 was an inside job?
(12) Do you not think Al Franken a very worthy candidate?
(13) Do you sympathize with Cindy Sheehan?
(14) Would you approve or disapprove of our current Democratic Congress and the outstanding way they conduct their day to day operations on the floor?
(15) Do you understand there is a vast right-wing conspiracy?
(16) Do you think Christians are evil?
(17) Do you not think Palestinians are the good guys?
(18) Do you not think the war in Iraq unjust and only a war for to enrich Halliburton?
(19) Do you really, really think there is a God?
(20) Last, have you ever visited LGF on the internet?

Here's what politically-motivated assault looks like;

Iraq War Vet Gets Spat On by Anti-War Protester

re: #118 realwest

OT - Does anyone have an update on that
Holy Land Foundation trial? What happened with that Juror who woudn't vote or take part in the discussions or whatever.
Anyone?
Bueler?
CHARLES?!

There's no news yet. Not a good sign.

Rhodes was probably beaten up by some nutball in the Mallkin Mongoloid Mafia... thats the type of viscous rabid people they are..

Ah! The party of tolerance and diversity strikes again! But because Michelle is a minority on the "wrong" side of the political tracks, that makes using a racial slur against her A-OK.

re: #82 Dave the...

NYC elected four Republican mayors in a row, believe me, she knows Republicans. Or at least neo-cons.

Didn't Air America go bankrupt like ten times already? Where is it still on the air?

Wow! What an example of the lunacy of these folks. There's not one iota of evidence presented by anyone to suggest a right thinker perpetrated this crime, and they come to this conclusion. Wow! I mean Wow!

re: #106 loup-garou

I love your nic.

re: #127 Beagle

Sorosia

"i didn't know air-america was still on the air?"

If you paid me $1,000 for each radio host on air-america, I would not be able to pay for a cup of coffee.

Mac... they said you escaped. I knew you wouldn't leave without me. I was waiting for you. Now we can make it, Mac; I feel big as a damn mountain.

re: #124 Charles WOW, it's been like, what - two weeks or so since the jury said they couldn't reach a verdict because one juror refused to vote? And in that time frame, the Judge hasn't either seated an alternate or declared a mistrial or anything?
Not Good is an understatement Charles.

re: #127 Beagle

that's the real story... that some unarmed lady got beaten up in nyc by some scummy thug isn't news to me..

That Air America is still broadcasting... that's the shocker

Rhoads also reported that the assailant shot at her. She produced a photo of the bullets used against her.

Maybe it was one of those super- secret government dragonflies with the large mandibles. Jack Bauer could be using a remote control in his bunker under the Washington Monument.

They need a reason to prosecute us.
Exactly like the muslims, if they have not a real reason, they will invent one.

Typical marxofascism.

re: #122 buzzsawmonkey

The first time I was mugged, I reacted with astonishment and confusion; a nice middle-class suburban boy, I was totally unprepared for the fact that people actually did things like this, and could randomly choose to do them to me. That slow realization/reaction time almost got me killed.

People who have lived their lives in a bubble are often slow to wrap their minds around certain unpleasant realities which can come at them suddenly and randomly. It is no surprise that Rhodes, and/or her supporters, would seek to plane this to fit their existing ordered reality, rather than expand their minds to understand that the world is full of unpleasant randomness--such as 9/11, Katrina, and, yes, street muggings.

No one as yet has ever tried to mug me. As I tell my mother, "Don't worry. I'm the most dangerous thing on the streets."
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

re: #120 JammieWearingFool

Where's the police report for this? Are there any actual news accounts?

I haven't found any. Many claims CBS or ABC reported it, but nothing found on-line. Kinda weird...

Whatever happened, I hope she's ok. I coudn't dis-agree more with her political POV, but no one I know wants to see things like this happen.

re: #40 JammieWearingFool

Some good Pubs around there too...

re: #124 Charles

re: #118 realwest

OT - Does anyone have an update on that
Holy Land Foundation trial? What happened with that Juror who woudn't vote or take part in the discussions or whatever.
Anyone?
Bueler?
CHARLES?!

There's no news yet. Not a good sign.

Yep. Not a good sign.

Let us know when something happens?

If you paid me $1,000 for each radio host on air-america, I would not be able to pay for a cup of coffee.

I think I can name them all. Let's see, there is that one that hates President Bush...

This has all the trappings of a mossad executed conspiracy

Are they afraid that we’re winning.

In the arena of talk radio? Hahahahahahahahahhaha!

What I find amazing is the over inflated sence of importance and paranoia in their theory. She is SOOO dangerous to the evil Bush administration that, of course, she has to be silenced!

re: #121 goodbye_natalie

LOL!
Of course, if it's an illegal or somebody in a peta t-shirt we'll never hear anything about it again.

I was held up at gunpoint working in a Bronx deli around late 1976/early 1977.

I retroactively blame mini-Mayor Abe Beame and Jimmy Carter.

This is what kind of cowards on the right are, mugging a woman

Uh... I'm a woman. I've been mugged. And it was by a person I'm 99.9% certain has never and would never vote for a Republican in their life.

Reality Check: Here's what politically-motivated assault looks like;

In the photo below, three-year-old Sophia Parlock cries while sitting on her father's shoulders. Her Bush-Cheney sign was grabbed by Democratic thugs and ripped to pieces, reducing the child to tears.

/Leftist bedwetters, heal thyselves

re: #113 cosmo

re: #96 Ginn

“Is this an attempt by the right wing hate machine to silence one of our own,” he asked. “Are we threatening them. Are they afraid that we’re winning. Are they trying to silence intimidate us.”

Is this a blatant and craven attempt by Jon Elliot to use the pain and horror of Randy's assault to whip up listeners? How does Randy feel about this? If I were Randy I'd take another look at who she's hanging with.

Fixed it.

Also, was Randy wearing a blue sweatsuit? a "Franken '08" pin? How could this ubersmart criminal know by looking at her whether she was "liberal" and therefore worthy of assault? Would he have passed her over if it'd been Laura Ingraham?

Elliot is an idiot. This is a stretch for normal-thinking humans. However, for someone who represents troofers, this is nothing but par for the minigolf course.

Thanks for the fix, Cosmo.

Elliot is more than an idiot. He's crass and craven and just used Randy's assault to whip up... the one listener. Which would be him. In his echo chamber.

Huh. I didn't know that Air America was still on the air.

The idea that the VRWC would authorize such as attack is ridiculous. Why silence something that is so impotent?

What I find amazing is the over inflated sence of importance and paranoia in their theory. She is SOOO dangerous to the evil Bush administration that, of course, she has to be silenced!

That's actually true and funny. I've heard from more then one Bush hating liberal, when I ask them to name one civil liberty they have lost, replied "well, I'm sure my phone is bugged".

Ohhh, egos of some people.

A terrible thing for anyone to endure. I hope she makes a full recovery.

Actually, I'm beginning to wonder if this might be a hoax. Nothing definitive, but there are some pieces of the story that aren't fitting together...

Remember: when anything bad happens in the world, it is the result of a right wing conspiracy. This includes muggings, expired parking meters, sunburn, and the Krakatoa explosion.

I'd also be interested in hearing about the race/ethnicity of the alleged mugger to see how much nascent liberal racism we can ferret out. Did she think he was a secret GOP operative because he was a white guy?

re: #149 Sharmuta

Uh... I'm a woman.

I knew it!

re: #140 Yankee Division Son

re: #120 JammieWearingFool

Where's the police report for this? Are there any actual news accounts?

I haven't found any. Many claims CBS or ABC reported it, but nothing found on-line. Kinda weird...

Whatever happened, I hope she's ok. I coudn't dis-agree more with her political POV, but no one I know wants to see things like this happen.

Maybe it's the same guy who mugged old danny-boy. Didn't that guy hear G-D or maybe it was Gore in his head?

All single women should own a dog...a big dog invested in her protection.

Or buy a gun.

Pointing out that Rhodes was wearing a jogging suit and displayed no purse or jewelry, Elliott speculated that “this does not appear to me to be a standard grab the money and run mugging.”

Mugger asks for money; victim doesn't have any; mugger gets pissed and assaults victim. Seems pretty standard to me - especially in a big city.

I don't suppose it will occur to Elliott or Rhodes that the leftist policies they support - entitlement programs; gun control; lax law enforcement - are as much to blame as anything else.

“Is this an attempt by the right wing hate machine to silence one of our own,” he asked. “Are we threatening them. Are they afraid that we’re winning. Are they trying to silence intimidate us.”

LMAO.

re: #133 realwest

re: #124 Charles WOW, it's been like, what - two weeks or so since the jury said they couldn't reach a verdict because one juror refused to vote? And in that time frame, the Judge hasn't either seated an alternate or declared a mistrial or anything?
Not Good is an understatement Charles.

The DMN is reporting that they may be heading for a mistrial, although delibrations appear to be continuing. All it takes is one juror to find reasonable doubt for the defense team to have done their job. Long deliberations favor the defense.

"#93 Manzita: It must have been terrifying, but these idiots must think that liberals are immune from crime."

Good point. It demonstrates the same infected mindset that makes liberals think they are immune to terrorist acts, sharia law, beheadings, and other beneficiaries of their spineless appeasements.

BTW - I'm already scheduled for my Concealed Carry class this weekend!

Sorry to hear of the alleged mugging. (Seriously).

Mayor Bloomberg and the City Council will now pass a resolution censuring the mugger. Furthermore, there will be a NYC mugging tax levied, effective immediately. All muggers must first register with the city. Liberal muggers will only have to show 2 forms of ID ... but Conservative muggers must have a complete background check done through the FBI...Conservative muggers will also have to wear an electronic ankle bracelet at all times, since they commit most muggings.
/Sarc

I'm guessing it was Kenneth, reporting back with the frequency.

Cannot find a news account on this anywhere.

Of course, being irrelevant, Rhodes isn't exactly newsworthy.

Until I see an account of a police report or some credible source to back this up, I'm getting rather suspicious.

re: #151 Ginn

There's lots of room between those ears.

I hear Randi Rhodes' show a few months ago and was completely disgusted.

re: #161 lawhawk

re: #133 realwest

re: #124 Charles WOW, it's been like, what - two weeks or so since the jury said they couldn't reach a verdict because one juror refused to vote? And in that time frame, the Judge hasn't either seated an alternate or declared a mistrial or anything?
Not Good is an understatement Charles.

The DMN is reporting that they may be heading for a mistrial, although delibrations appear to be continuing. All it takes is one juror to find reasonable doubt for the defense team to have done their job. Long deliberations favor the defense.

The food must be damn good were ever they are deliberating. We should find out and all eat there.

re: #162 Benthoven

Good luck! What do you plan on carrying?

why can't it just be your average mugger? were there some details or specifics about the mugger that is creating the speculation that this person was a conservative/republican? did the perpetrator say something to rhodes as he was mugging her that would lead her to believe the attack was politically motivated?

i'm not being sarcastic or rhetorical; seriously wondering about the details of the attack on rhodes.

re: #159 rorschach

All single women should own a dog...a big dog invested in her protection.

Or buy a gun.

A dog that understands the command "sic nuts!" That provides the sort of "deterrent" that works on your average male assailant.

re: #117 Ward Cleaver

Thom Hartmann found bullet holes in his car recently.

Of course he's probably one of those liberals that lives in a seedy neighborhood, because he finds the sound of gunshots makes it "vibrant" and "edgy".

Ah, the beauty of multi-culturalism!

re: #126 Right Brain

Well, the Mayors weren't really Republicans...

re: #167 insanity police

A few times she's 'joked' about assassinating the President.

Malkin did a piece on her.

Re: Randi Rhodes - if she was mugged and visciously beaten, I feel terrible for her. Seriously. And I'm NOT saying she wasn't mugged, but it does seem strange that on the corner of 39th and Park Avenue (there's a high rise office building there that I used to work at about 20 years ago and last visited 3 years ago) and with her dog with her, she got mugged for no money - just viciously beaten.
Is this in the MSM anywhere (and NO, Air America isn't the MSM, nor is Drudge) and does anyone have a copy of the police report or hospital report on how she's doing?
If in fact she didn't have money with her and if her dog didn't do anything (maybe one of those little ankle biter type dogs) then I DO question the reason for this assault. I don't believe it was a right wing nutjob (but we really can't rule that out; there are some out there) but there's something just not right about this story. Since she had no money and, at least according to Air America was wearing a jogging suit (and she put her keys where?) then this wasn't a "mugging" this was a pure, unadulterated, brutal ASSAULT and I hope she's cooperating with the police and the perp gets caught today!

What's the frequency, Randi?

When I had my car stolen some years back, I had to go down to the spot and claim it. My lilly white hide was the only thing lite in the surrounding 5 square miles.

It never occurred to me to first determine how the thieves voted in the last election.

re: #167 insanity police

I hear Randi Rhodes' show a few months ago and was completely disgusted.

Yep, I checked it out as oppo-research. Vile. I was unsure if she actually believed her own crap or was just spewing in the hopes of hypnotizing people.

re: #90 Ed Mahmoud's Sock Puppet

Libs desperate for attention.

Speaking of attention whores (me...)

BTW, last Friday morning at Storm 2K web blog I opened a thread to discuss the tornado outbreak that was going to start tomorrow in Oklahoma.

Please visit for the latest info.

I also have the latest on this dangerous tornado outbreak posted on the morning dead thread.

Can we have flashing magenta back?

re: #36 trailortrash

sorry to hear this type thing happening to anyone.
ot: to be so self involved as to think everything that happens around you is directed at you is called paranoia isnt it?

Or just being totally self-absorbed.

Facts and reality are simply things that need to be beaten out of the way.

Only to be replaced by the troof like "9/11 was an inside job", "The CIA killed Paul Wellstone", "Bush is Hitler", and "There is no terrorist threat".

I thought Randi Rhodes died a while back, and Ozzie had to get a new guitarist?

Oh, there's a liberal talking head named Randi Rhodes too? Never heard of her. Air America - I thought they went out of business. I wish someone would tell me these things! How am I supposed to know and care about a syndicated network that has less than 50 listeners?!

Hope she gets better soon. A handgun would have been a better acoutremont than the jogging suit...

re: #173 tfc3rid

Sad but true. A liberal republican is no different (and perhaps more dangerous) than a conservative demcorat.

Give me Zell Miller any day.

I coulodn't beleive my eyes when I read this. Can they honestly believe that Ms. Rhodes has so much significance in the talk arena that a conservative would to this. That is completely dellusional.

I thought AA (Air America) was defunct. These people need AA more than I thought.

I hear Randi Rhodes' show a few months ago and was completely disgusted.

I have tried Air America more then once. I don't mind hearing the oppostion. While on the road, I actually listened to call in shows on Public Radio where each caller talks about how much they hate Pres Bush. But the Air America ones are so bad...I think the difference is the one NPR affiliates, they tell half the story in attacking Republicans (so not neccesarily lying, just not telling the true story behind the event).

On Air America, they make things up.

So this is pretty funny, but expected.

Arabs say no thanks to PA.

Maybe that's why Bush and Rice are going full bore, even the people who usually think a negotiated settlement is just a meeting or two away don't think so this time. I guess Olmert is going through kabuki so he looks PC. Or that's the only spin I can put on it other than suicidal idiocy like saying Israel is sick of defeating its enemies.

Too bad that liberals' dogs aren't as vicious as they are...

re: #175 realwest

Re: Randi Rhodes - if she was mugged and visciously beaten, I feel terrible for her. Seriously. And I'm NOT saying she wasn't mugged, but it does seem strange that on the corner of 39th and Park Avenue (there's a high rise office building there that I used to work at about 20 years ago and last visited 3 years ago) and with her dog with her, she got mugged for no money - just viciously beaten.
Is this in the MSM anywhere (and NO, Air America isn't the MSM, nor is Drudge) and does anyone have a copy of the police report or hospital report on how she's doing?
If in fact she didn't have money with her and if her dog didn't do anything (maybe one of those little ankle biter type dogs) then I DO question the reason for this assault. I don't believe it was a right wing nutjob (but we really can't rule that out; there are some out there) but there's something just not right about this story. Since she had no money and, at least according to Air America was wearing a jogging suit (and she put her keys where?) then this wasn't a "mugging" this was a pure, unadulterated, brutal ASSAULT and I hope she's cooperating with the police and the perp gets caught today!

At least she wasn't viscously beaten with maple syrup.

Since a conservative is a liberal who got mugged, the poor lady and her supporters are hanging on as a last resort to the only thing that stands between her and reality and could stop her hopeless, downward slide into Republicanism. It's got to fit the narrative, right?

Wait for it...wait for it...

The reports of a presumed hate crime are unfounded.

Fact check: mugging was Sunday night, not Monday. Got one mention in the pre-dawn hours Monday, no mention since on Air America.

re: #146 phil flavin

Yes, the narcissism paranoid projection of the self-loathing Left. In a way, it's like those nutjobs who stalk celebrities: they are convinced Jodie Foster loves him, how could she NOT love him?

re: #170 kirche

why can't it just be your average mugger? were there some details or specifics about the mugger that is creating the speculation that this person was a conservative/republican? did the perpetrator say something to rhodes as he was mugging her that would lead her to believe the attack was politically motivated?

i'm not being sarcastic or rhetorical; seriously wondering about the details of the attack on rhodes.

Because it wouldn't fit the Narrative™.

I'm not being sarcastic, either. The Left has an "image" of what the Right is - one curiously mirroring their own violent rhetoric, this is the psychological projection on their part - and all the square pegs of reality must be pounded into the round holes of their politcal views.

I would not think it would be hard for the NYPD to verify the wherabouts of the 17 right-wingers in New York City at that time and date.

re: #121 goodbye_natalie

You forgot #21:

Are you aware that fire can't melt steel?

question for the week--or for any time for that matter--is there a rational biped among the dementedcrats?--answer--NO

#167 insanity polizei

"I hear Randi Rhodes' show a few months ago and was completely disgusted."

i "make myself" listen to her show now and then (ed schultz on occasion) in a personal effort to fairly listen to the other side... it's tough to listen to her. she's hateful, bitter and petty. her callers, however, are the one's who push me past my tolerance level and i change the station.

Hamas Waves The White Flag

October 16, 2007: Hamas is now willing to give up control of Gaza, and negotiate a peace deal with Fatah. Hamas is caught between its rhetoric and the reality of its situation. Hamas still calls for the destruction of Israel, but with Palestinians ruled by Fatah in the West Bank living so much better than those living under Hamas rule in Gaza, Hamas is rapidly becoming less popular. Hamas is also becoming less stable, with the more radical factions unwilling to give up control over Gaza, even if that control is threatened by an increasingly anti-Hamas population.

In northern Gaza, Israeli troops and Palestinian terrorists play a deadly game of cat and mouse. The Palestinians try and sneak to locations where they can set up Kassam rockets, set timers to automatically launch them into southern Israel, and then get away before Israeli artillery or missiles arrive. An Israeli radar spots the rockets after they launch, turns on warning sirens in any town the rockets might be headed for, and plots the launching location. This information goes to artillery units, which fire shells to destroy the Kassem launchers, or kill any Palestinians dumb enough to hang around. This sometimes includes teenage (or younger) Palestinians who try to rush in and grab the metal launchers (to sell) before the artillery hits. Sometimes the kids make it, sometimes they don't. Overhead, Israeli aircraft try to track the people involved in these launching operations, in order to determine which terrorist group is responsible. Israel still has informers in Gaza, and knows the only way to slow down, or stop, terrorist attacks is to go for the leadership and technical experts. Thus there are still raids in Gaza, to grab key terrorists, or helicopters or F-16s firing missiles at vehicles or buildings containing key terrorist personnel. In the West Bank, Fatah is actively assisting Israel in rounding up the terrorists. Many Palestinians don't like this cooperation, but even more Palestinians have accepted the fact that the seven year war ("intifada") has resulted in an Israeli victory.

Interesting point of view.

re: #192 Q-Burn

Fact check: mugging was Sunday night, not Monday. Got one mention in the pre-dawn hours Monday, no mention since on Air America.

who is the source of this story?...does the NYPD confirm it?...am I naive?

re: #196 rp1138

when that was first announced by people like Rosie, I wonder how loudly the people in Pittsburgh laughed.

re: #157 American Soldier

I knew it!

LOL! You been talking to my baby cousin?

I'm sincerely sorry to hear that this happened to her. I don't like this happening to anyone - it broke my heart to hear about it.

Hopefully she will put a stop to this absurd speculation when she returns.

(Then, my alarm will go off and jar me from my sleep.)

re: #195 hous bin pharteen

When did this happen? I can vouch it wasn't me...

I can't find any mention of this alleged attack anywhere, except on lefty blogs.

Surely there would be some verification of this somewhere ?

re: #200 albusteve

Blogs are apparently the only source for this story so far.

Careful with doubting the story. We don't want to sound like they do.

re: #206 Q-Burn

re: #200 albusteve

Blogs are apparently the only source for this story so far.

yeah right..."once upon a time..."

Air America confirmed the incident happened, but the reports it was presumed a hate crime are unfounded. It also said she'll be back on Thursday.

The wackos realize that they are under pressure and are reacting in the only way they know how. Facts and reality are simply things that need to be beaten out of the way.

Sometimes, ya just hafta stop and appreciate the irony...

re: #165 JammieWearingFool

Cannot find a news account on this anywhere.

Of course, being irrelevant, Rhodes isn't exactly newsworthy.

Until I see an account of a police report or some credible source to back this up, I'm getting rather suspicious.

___
Dan Rather is typing the police report.
Media Matters is waiting for the report, so they can blitz the world with all details.
Henry Waxman is getting ready to issue subpeonas to all Republican
muggers in NYC.
The missing teeth will be auctioned off on ebay, with the money raised to be donated to CAIR.

New level of insanity over at the dKos Randi Rhodes thread?:

Do you remember how Rwanda was started?
The radio.
by leslietfj on Tue Oct 16, 2007 at 07:53:24 AM MST

#169 LanceKates: Good luck! What do you plan on carrying?

I bought a Glock 17, legally permitted and everything. My Nevada CCW class also includes a Utah permit, which together, have reciprocal permission to carry concealed in something like 30+ states.

My range time with the Glock has been VERY satisfying.

#194 spiny

yep, i hear you... i just got wind of this incident on LGF and haven't heard any other news about it and was wondering if i missed some facts/details that would support this reaction from the left.

Air America Host Mugged, 'Right Wing Hate Machine' Instantly Blamed

If there were a way to place money on it, I'd bet a large sum that the mugger wasn't conservative, much less someone who follows conservative blogs or talk radio. Much more likely that his views are more in-synch with liberal-left views.

What's more, aren't we now supposed to tell Randi that we should have compassion for the mugger, how the mugger probably has had a difficult life, was a victim of poverty, was lashing out at "the system", that we shouldn't blame him (or her?), etc.? I mean, it sounds like Air America is actually angry at the mugger, rather than having compassion for him, as they should, being the good Leftists that they are.

Update now says there may have been no crime at all.

Randi Rhodes own website says she is under the weather.

re: #207 Dave the...

Careful with doubting the story. We don't want to sound like they do.

Check the update:

UPDATE at 10/16/07 8:58:28 am:

Air America now says there was no hate crime, and although their report is unclear (like their ideology), it seems there may not even have been a mugging.

October 16 - NEW YORK - On Sunday evening, October 14, Air America host Randi Rhodes experienced an unfortunate incident hindering her from hosting her show. The reports of a presumed hate crime are unfounded. Ms. Rhodes looks forward to being back on the air on Thursday.

Hmmm...

re: #60 ATC Guy

Weapons, besides hot stinky breath, could have avoided this semi tragic turn of events.

Maybe. . .maybe not.
She may have been attacked suddenly without time to react.

re: #207 Dave the...

I don't doubt the story, just the left's conclusion.

re: #124 Charles

re: #118 realwest

OT - Does anyone have an update on that
Holy Land Foundation trial? What happened with that Juror who woudn't vote or take part in the discussions or whatever.
Anyone?
Bueler?
CHARLES?!

There's no news yet. Not a good sign.

I'm worried that the DoJ completely blew the prosecution of the case (I've read this in the local media), and that it will end in a mistrial.

re: #208 albusteve

It's not even on AllAccess.com, the leading news site of the radio industry. Which is very strange. Are you suggesting the whole thing is fabricated? I think it is being kept as quiet as possible, for whatever reason. BTW, I am an ex radio GM.

re: #213 Benthoven

Nice, I've contemplated getting a Utah NonRes permit, but it's just money I don't have right now.
my OK one will suffice. heh.

re: #216 mama winger

Update now says there may have been no crime at all.

Randi Rhodes own website says she is under the weather.

right...she coulda walked into a bar you know?

... because ALL joggers wear nice jewelry and carry handbags when they go jogging, right?

/stoopid

re: #16 jcm

“Is this an attempt by the right wing hate machine to silence one of our own,” he asked. “Are we threatening them. Are they afraid that we’re winning. Are they trying to silence intimidate us.”

Egotistic and narcissistic, pure pathology.

I concur, 100 percent.

Nobody deserves to be mugged, and I'm glad that the lady was not harmed. It could have been much worse, this being NYC and all.

As for the rest, it's purely conjecture at this point.

There are a LOT of muggers in NYC, they're a dime a dozen... most of them are substance abusers. Joggers with neck and body wallets in a park or some other out of the way locale are a prime target, a female jogger even more so.

Obviously, the cast and crew of "Air America" (aka "we") have been collectively smoking something.

re: #207 Dave the...

Careful with doubting the story. We don't want to sound like they do.

Indeed- why give them even more fodder? They're darn good at making up stuff about the right (and LGFers) as it is.

re: #221 Q-Burn

re: #208 albusteve

It's not even on AllAccess.com, the leading news site of the radio industry. Which is very strange. Are you suggesting the whole thing is fabricated? I think it is being kept as quiet as possible, for whatever reason. BTW, I am an ex radio GM.

yes

re: #199 Kenneth

Wait. Palestinian rulers behaving in an analytical, rational manner?

Zionist conspiracy.

re: #124 Charles

re: #118 realwest

OT - Does anyone have an update on that
Holy Land Foundation trial? What happened with that Juror who woudn't vote or take part in the discussions or whatever.
Anyone?
Bueler?
CHARLES?!

There's no news yet. Not a good sign.

Well, it could be 'not guilty', which would be worse.

re: #216 mama winger

Update now says there may have been no crime at all.

Randi Rhodes own website says she is under the weather.

It's beginning to sound like her injuries were the result of an accident, not even a street mugging, let alone a "right-wing hate crime".

I hope she will recover well from her injuries.

As for the lefty morons who think this was a hate crime...

Well, yeah, how obvious! - Because joggers never get mugged. And muggers never beat up their victims. And muggers who find out their target isn't carrying enough cash or jewelry to suit them never get really mad and beat that person half to death.
/do I really need a sarc tag?

The instant conviction on the part of certain L3eftists that people are willing to commit grievous bodily harm on someone who simply disagrees with their ideology speaks volumes about their own character and intentions.
These people are scary.

On the DNC website, they are saying that this event may be the last straw to "Democratic pacifism".

I think that's a threat.

re: #228 looking closely

And it would, of course, reinforce the idea that the racist, xenophobic government is picking on the poor Muslim populaiton...

re: #229 Spiny Norman

re: #216 mama winger

Update now says there may have been no crime at all.Randi Rhodes own website says she is under the weather.

It's beginning to sound like her injuries were the result of an accident, not even a street mugging, let alone a "right-wing hate crime".

So we have a story of a mugging, that is now being "finessed" into something else. . .probably because there was no mugging and this was an attempt to save face for something else that happened.

Accidents do happen, but I wonder if alcohol or drugs were involved here.

re: #232 mama winger

eh, let the hippies try. We're the ones with guns.

re: #114 MoonbatBane Um, 39th and Park Avenue is no where near Central Park. It's a commerical (office building) area and not a great place to be at night with the nearby Grand Central Station being home to a lot of less than well off citizens.

re: #232 mama winger

On the DNC website, they are saying that this event may be the last straw to "Democratic pacifism".

I think that's a threat.

If the nutroots resort to acts of violence, it will absolutely doom Hillary's coronation.

Go ahead kiddies, throw your tantrums. Please, don't let us stop ya.

If the lying Stalinists can leave an impression that Randy was hurt by an evil "right-winger" - even if it's the farthest thing from the truth - no matter - the damage is done. their little scheme worked. How Hillary clintonesque.

So now the story is that this whole thing never happened? WTF?! Was this another ill-conceived attempt at "satire?" Or a "War of The Worlds" type hoax?

A repost from the dead thread, from the DNC blog.

Why hasn't Coultergeist had her teeth knocked out?

(because real Democrats are NOT so mentally unstable)

We should just lock them all up. There's only about 11 percent of the really hostile dangerously stupid ones left.

Posted by Dawn on October 16, 2007 at 10:37 AM

re: #234 looking closely

re: #229 Spiny Norman

re: #216 mama winger

Update now says there may have been no crime at all.Randi Rhodes own website says she is under the weather.

It's beginning to sound like her injuries were the result of an accident, not even a street mugging, let alone a "right-wing hate crime".

So we have a story of a mugging, that is now being "finessed" into something else. . .probably because there was no mugging and this was an attempt to save face for something else that happened.

Accidents do happen, but I wonder if alcohol or drugs were involved here.

exactly what I'm thinking...that would actually be a very small story...

re: #235 LanceKates

re: #232 mama winger

eh, let the hippies try. We're the ones with guns.

But they're the ones with chemical weapons (i.e., body odor).

re: #229 Spiny Norman

re: #216 mama winger

Update now says there may have been no crime at all.
Randi Rhodes own website says she is under the weather.

It's beginning to sound like her injuries were the result of an accident, not even a street mugging, let alone a "right-wing hate crime".

It was a hate crime. She picked up a Right-Wing guy in a bar, everything was going great until she opened her mouth...

/tag

Is it "progressive" to advocate carrying a gun without a permit in NYC?

Again, from dKos:

Permit? (12+ / 0-)
Better to risk getting busted for carrying a gun without a permit than to take a horrible beating.
by Rex Manning on Tue Oct 16, 2007 at 12:44:11 AM MST

Apparently 12 of his fellow travelers agree with him. Back to the re-education camp for them.

maybe she'll start taking Krav Maga classes, best self defense system in the world (minus a gun)...oh wait, the Jooos are behind that, so tha would be out of the question.

re: #239 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

So now the story is that this whole thing never happened? WTF?! Was this another ill-conceived attempt at "satire?" Or a "War of The Worlds" type hoax?

That's it! Satire.

At least that's what the nose-pickers at Think Progress will claim their wild accusations were.

Having been mugged myself on two different occasions in that renowned crime-ridden red-state cesspool of Charlotte, NC, I learned a lot about how to not make myself a target.

From what I've been reading about that area of NYC, apparently Randi Rhodes has unfortunately picked up a few pointers as well. I feel bad for her - it's a horrible experience, and one that prompted my first gun purchases 25 years ago. Only now with my permit, I won't have an automatic ticket to jail for carrying the means of my own self-defense.

So wait... wouldn't intentionally targeting her require having even the foggiest notion of what she looks like?

I couldn't pick her out of a one-person line up.

Enh, she sounds like a typical lefty loon, but nobody deserves a random beat down.

I stress nobody deserves a random beat down.

Some beat downs are quite understandable.

Well, of course you're going to get mugged if you show this much chest.

re: #47 jcm

OT

Speaking last week to journalists in Washington, retired General Ricardo Sanchez, former commander in Iraq, hammered the Bush administration for its poor war planning and then issued a shocking accusation against the press:

LT. GEN. RICARDO SANCHEZ (RET.), FMR. COMMANDER IN IRAQ:

What is clear to me is that you are perpetuating the corrosive partisan politics that is destroying our country and killing our service members who are at war. For some of you just like some of our politicians, the truth is of little to no value if it does not fit your own preconceived notions, biases, or agendas.

[Link: www.foxnews.com...]

YEAH!

The MSM didn't like that broadside and some jackass from Newsday said the general didn't know anything about news reporting. Funny, neither does the MSM. They do know they only like Generals that Soros has bought and paid for like Batiste.

re: #232 mama winger

On the DNC website, they are saying that this event may be the last straw to "Democratic pacifism".

I think that's a threat.

Oh Please,ohpleaseohplease!

re: #179 Ed Mahmoud's Sock Puppet

re: #90 Ed Mahmoud's Sock Puppet

Libs desperate for attention.

Speaking of attention whores (me...)

BTW, last Friday morning at Storm 2K web blog I opened a thread to discuss the tornado outbreak that was going to start tomorrow in Oklahoma.

Please visit for the latest info.

I also have the latest on this dangerous tornado outbreak posted on the morning dead thread.

Can we have flashing magenta back?

Charles;
We need a poll.
1) Let Ed have colors.
2) Don't let Ed have colors.
3) Ron Paul.

I'm sorry if she was mugged; it's horrible and frightening to anyone, no matter who they are. If this is a minor accident blown out of proportion, that's a sorry thing.

But those comments are unhinged. Completely unconnected with reality.

re: #242 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

heh. true.

re: #232 mama winger

On the DNC website, they are saying that this event may be the last straw to "Democratic pacifism".

I think that's a threat.

What Democratic pacifism? I know some Vietnam vets who would dispute the existence of such a thing, having been on the receiving end of that "pacifism".

*spit*

If they're gonna start making threats, maybe they should stop for a moment and remember which side believes in the individual right to bear arms.
/reality check

re: #253 Dianna

I'm sorry if she was mugged; it's horrible and frightening to anyone, no matter who they are. If this is a minor accident blown out of proportion, that's a sorry thing.

But those comments are unhinged. Completely unconnected with reality.

she probably read the valerie plame playbook...I'm highly skeptical this event even happened

re: #161 lawhawk Yeah, usually long deliberations favor the defendant, but here we don't have a decision because for something like 3-4 weeks now ONE juror has refused to vote. And I agree it's apt to come out a mistrial, but wonder why the Judge didn't seat an alternate
(and yes they DO have them in Federal Court, at least, in case a juror becomes disabled or has a heart attack or can no longer function as a juror).
WTF's going on down there? WTH is wrong with this judge?

re: #241 albusteve

exactly what I'm thinking...that would actually be a very small story...

Well, she may have actually been assaulted, but just wasn't standing around "minding her own business", so to speak.

I could come up with conspiracy theories, a la the idiots who think this was an act of political intidimation, but rather than engage in speculation, I'll just let the facts emerge.

I don't doubt the story, I believe her (the mugging part).

The pathological need to immediately place the blame on political opponents for the crime, though, is quite another thing... completely irrational, and unbelievably narcissistic. Ditto those who are echoing the sentiment.

It's such an outrageous, pathetic assertion that it does tend to negate the amount of empathy that I have for the victim, I'm sorry to say.

Have to admit I have never heard of her.

If I am not mistaken, 99% of the politically motivated violence in this country is undertaken by progressives. Weren't there quite a few attacks on Republican offices? Weren't all of the issues with campaign signs done by the hallowed progressives? I think I recall some slashed tires?

These people need to give me a break. The first time a real American stands up to them they will be running for the ACLU and their lawyers, crying that the big bad evil conservative wants to hurt their poor widdle selves. BLECH!

Should we expect that Jon Elliot will offer an apology for saying what he did?:

“Is this an attempt by the right wing hate machine to silence one of our own,” he asked. “Are we threatening them. Are they afraid that we’re winning. Are they trying to silence intimidate us.”

Oh, nevermind, I forgot: "Being on the Left means never having to say you're sorry," as Dennis Prager has said, referring to the countless times that Leftists have been terribly wrong throughout history, but never apologize, and never learn.

Oh, and just an added bit of irony - On my way home from registering for my Concealed-Carry class, I drove up on a MUGGING IN PROGRESS right on south Las Vegas Boulevard. I screeched to a halt, and just leaned on my car horn. The muggers stopped their assault and ran, and I gave the victim a ride home.

Weird timing, eh?

After reading the update, my theory is that her dog, having been frightened by someone or something on the street, wrapped its leash around her ankles, causing her to crash down like tall timber, smashing her face into the ground or a curb and knocking out several of her teeth.

However, if she were actually mugged, I hope she'll be OK and that the authorities catch the perpetrator. I've been mugged at gunpoint and it is no laughing matter.

What to do when your a radio host of a left wing show ( that even the left wingers can't listen to )and you shit yourself on the way to work.

Of course, make up some stupid lie about mugging and blame the conservatives! Yeah, that'll work.

“Is this an attempt by the right wing hate machine to silence one of our own,” he asked. “Are we threatening them. Are they afraid that we’re winning. Are they trying to silence intimidate us.”

Just too stoopid? Follow up with this:

October 16-NEW YORK-On Sunday evening, October 14, Air America host Randi Rhodes experienced an unfortunate incident hindering her from hosting her show. The reports of a presumed hate crime are unfounded. Ms. Rhodes looks forward to being back on the air on Thursday.

Duh.

re: #252 jcm

Charles said the colors were a security risk.

re: #189 Ed Mahmoud's Sock Puppet "At least she wasn't viscously beaten with maple syrup."
What? Sorry, just don't understand that one Ed.
BTW, and OT, but is the SouthEast EVER gonna get some rain?!

Again, agreed...Regardless of her political/social/economic views or status, this act should not have happened, especially to a woman.

Sue me for being a guy, but thats how i feel.

re: #264 Clairevoyant1

I've been mugged at gunpoint and it is no laughing matter.

It is if you're the mugger with the gun.

Unless you're a mugger with a gun who runs into a citizen with a gun.

re: #259 Irish Rose

I don't doubt the story, I believe her (the mugging part).

The pathological need to immediately place the blame on political opponents for the crime, though, is quite another thing... completely irrational, and unbelievably narcissistic. Ditto those who are echoing the sentiment.

Here's a thought about that: Maybe they felt the need to say that the mugger was conservative, because that's the ONLY group that they give themselves license to unleash their fury and anger upon. If the mugger were from any other group, they'd have to express compassion and understanding for him.

An unfortunate incident? What - tangled in the dog's leash? Fell while running to avoid a taxi (I've done the running part, but not the falling part, thank goodness)?

I expect more will leak out, unless whatever happened is embarrassing, somehow. Wait - even more likely if it is embarrassing.

Of course I hope she is ok, even though I dislike her.