Clueless Voters, Criminal Officials


Here's another of the delightful Harvard Law School grads who chill protected speech. It appears that neither the constitutional law professor Hussein Obama (Don't listen to Rush LImbaugh), nor Cadillac Deval ever read the US Constitution. Or they think it only applies to them and those who agree with them. Two African American politicians whose ancestors were denied basic rights are now denying rights to white males. How ironic that these two black Harvard lawyer politicians now retaliate and abuse their power violating the Constitution in the name of political correctness. What a great way to destroy the US and the freedoms of the past. How long will the clueless voters elect these crooked lawyers?

http://bostonherald.com/news/politics/view/2009_06_05_Gov__Deval_Patrick_no_fan_of_Jay_Severin_s:_Rips_station_for_letting_Severin_back_on_air/srvc=home&position=1

or

http://tinyurl.com/pzoowy

Gov. Deval Patrick no fan of Jay Severin’s
Rips station for letting Severin back on air
By Jessica Heslam
Boston Herald
Friday, June 5, 2009

Love Speech is Like Hate Speech


Hate speech is protected speech. The concept of free expression is to protect speech you hate not speech you love. Small intolerant minds can't comprehend this. If WTKK is all hate speech that includes Mr. Broody and Margery Eagan. "the rebbe" says "Hate speech sells." Obama (typical white person), Eric Holder (white people are cowards) and Sotomayor (Latina women are wiser than white males) sell competing brands. Corporations do not defend and support protected speech. What is it when they tell people "Our mush reduces cholesterol and will get you a date with Megan Fox?" Finucane and Globe's staff mislead readers. Jay objects to illegal aliens, not Mexicans. Liberals make no distinction due to foggy minds focused on undermining rule of law. Obama says he supports that but he appoints tax cheats and Eric Holder who shows his animosity to law. Obama's supporters showed their love speech for George Bush for 8 years. Obama deserves at least as much in return.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/05/talk_show_host.html

or

http://tinyurl.com/nr9c94

Talk show host Severin to return to air, despite comments on Mexicans
May 30, 2009 01:45 PM
By Martin Finucane
Boston Globe Staff

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http://bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1175762

or

http://tinyurl.com/n29lys

Jay Severin to return to airwaves Tuesday
By Jessica Heslam
Boston Herald
Saturday, May 30, 2009 - Updated 6h ago

Protected Speech

[Posted May 8, 2009 as a comment on Phoenix online. But it was deleted.]
[An edited version of this letter was published in the May 22, 2009 edition of the Boston Phoenix (see link below.]

Phoenix editors object to Jay Severin calling illegal aliens "the world's lowest of primitives." WTKK's Michelle McPhee and a great many police officers refer to criminals who are citizens as "dirt bags," and "scum bags." These are not human characteristics. Why no objection? Why is the Phoenix silent on allowing Bill Ayers an admitted bomber to speak at Brandeis? Why is his speech protected more than Severin's?

Phoenix editors say Severin's speech should be "unacceptable," while citing no standard. Calling illegal aliens "primitives" does not "deny the basic humanity of Mexicans." Severin insults illegal aliens as a special form of humans, unlike being a "dirt bag." Eric Holder insulted white Americans. Why is the Phoenix silent?

The editors affirmed "Severin's constitutional right to say what he said" suggesting that just because he can, does not mean he should say it.

The editors say, "his on-air presence does nothing to enrich or elevate public debate" with no supporting evidence. Why not compare Severin to Ayers or Rev. Jeremiah Wright?

Just because the Phoenix editors can write editorials, does not mean that they should.

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[Edited version published at this link. Third letter from the top.]

http://thephoenix.com/Boston/News/83883-Fascism-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder/

or

http://tinyurl.com/oz8kg2

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[Comment posted May 9, 2009 on Phoenix online.]

Phoenix editors lament dehumanizing hate speech toward illegal aliens. Severin's comments are derogatory not dehumanizing. If dehumanizing speech is an evil to be denounced, why are the editors silent about dehumanizing speech toward persons with disabilities? Police, journalists, medical professionals, and court employees regularly dehumanize persons with disabilities calling them diseases. Why is saying a person is a "paraplegic" or a "schizophrenic" OK with the Phoenix editors? If a major concern of the Phoenix is hate speech and equal rights, why do the editors ignore widespread abuses of persons with disabilities? Is there bigotry at the Phoenix?

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Roy Bercaw, CEO and Founder
North American Pirate Defense League

http://thephoenix.com/Boston/News/82542-Bostons-Severin-problem/

Boston's Severin problem
Is WTKK up to measuring degrees of intolerance?
EDITORIAL
May 6, 2009

Jay Does Not Insult Us


The North American Pirate Defense League is grateful that Boston talk
show hosts no longer consider us "the world's 'lowest of primitives'
and 'leeches.'" Stereotyping of Pirates is never discussed. We do not
have peg legs. We do not say ARRGH. We do not have parrots. Most of
all we do not hang at Revere Beach. Bring Jay back. He does not insult
us.

http://bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1170132

WTKK keeps controversial yakker Jay Severin off the air
By Jessica Heslam
Boston Herald
Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Don't Hurt Anyone's Feelings?


Peter Gelzinis objects to Jay Severin's hate speech and condones his suspension. Why was Bill Ayers given an academic venue for his hate speech while Jay Severin is censored? Gelzinis subscribes to the psychiatric therapeutic state where hurting feelings is the worst crime. Truth must be suppressed if it makes someone feel badly. What are the standards for protected speech under the misguided Gelzinis doctrine?

http://bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1169668

Radio big-mouth’s bigotry shows Archie Bunker mentality
By Peter Gelzinis
Boston Herald
Sunday, May 3, 2009 -

Radio Censorship

[An edited version of this letter was published in the Boston Herald on Monday May 5, 2009.]

WTKK takes a PC position notwithstanding the protections of the First Amendment. Jay says worse regularly. What is the issue now? WTKK promotes the nonsensical goal of eliminating hate. Hate is a human emotion. In order to eliminate hate you must eliminate humans. WTKK has gone off the tracks. Is WTKK management running for office? Why do they cater to special interests? The idea is protected speech should be protected. If liberal hate speech is protected why are their critics censored?

http://bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/2009_05_01_%E2%80%98Hateful%E2%80%99_tone_keeps_Jay_Severin_on_WTKK_sidelines/

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http://tinyurl.com/dd7zso

‘Hateful’ tone keeps Jay Severin on WTKK sidelines
By Jessica Heslam
Boston Herald
Friday, May 1, 2009 -

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[Version published in Boston Herald.]

http://bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view/2009_05_04_Selective_outrage/

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http://tinyurl.com/cm7ret

Selective outrage
By Roy Bercaw, Cambridge
Boston Herald
Monday, May 4, 2009

Small Minded Journalist

Small Minded Journalist

Bailey's use of the word, "inadvertent" shows his bias on the issue of
Emily Rooney not inviting Jay Severin to the Grand Opening of the new WGBH
studios. (Steve Bailey, "At home, and all alone," Boston Globe, October 5, 2007)
Few one-party Massachusetts journalists recognize the small range of views
acceptable to Rooney on her show.
Here's one. After several letters asking why she never has guests on her
show
discussing rights of persons with disabilities, she wrote to me patronizing me
as if I were a mental patient.
After several letters to the President of WGBH asking why persons with
disabilities do not enjoy equal access to the content of what is broadcast on
(taxpayer funded) WGBH, he sent me a list of 100 programs about treatment,
health care and access to treatment. One show discussed physical disability
based discrimination.
I pointed out that Rooney often has on psychiatrists who boast of new or
experimental treatments. But she never has a person who was abused contrary to
state and US law by psychiatrists. Her response was that she wanted to have
debates two sides to discuss.
I often wonder if she thinks she fooled me. I noticed that frequently she
has
one person on her show discussing a controversial issue. Often she has
politicians on to promote themselves in an election. This she sees as a debate,
a one person debate? Is Rooney fooling herself or just trying fool others? Is
that what inadvertent means?
When Rooney finally had on a woman doctor and a member of the Boston
Disability Commission I wrote again mocking her crumb on the issue. Her response
was to threaten to ban me from Boston. She said she would write to others to
notify them. Is this woman a member of the Bulger crime family?-

Roy Bercaw, Editor ENOUGH ROOM

At home, and all alone
Boston Globe
By Steve Bailey
October 5, 2007

Jay Severin, WTKK radio's libertarian loudmouth, is hurt - wounded really - and
Emily Rooney, WGBH-TV's thermally challenged queen bee, is off his show and his
station. Says Rooney: "I didn't think the punishment fit the crime."

Rooney's crime? Inadvertently leaving Severin off the invitation list for WGBH's
party last week marking the 10th anniversary of her show, "Greater Boston."
Everyone was there, even me.

"Dear Emily," Severin e-mailed Rooney on Wednesday evening just minutes before
the big event was to begin.

"As I imagine you well know, I do wish you congratulations on the most
impressive achievement of ten years on the air choreographing your own
presentation. Extraordinary.

"And please do not misconsture [sic] what I ask as mitigating in any way the
earnestness of my best wishes.

"However: I am very personally disappointed (although from what you have frankly
told me of WGBH's attitude toward myself, not necessarily greatly surprised) not
to have been among those from 96.9 to have been invited to the WGBH celebratory
event. After all, we are, I think, friends; and we do broadcast together here
weekly, for an audience which is very considerably larger than even your
television audience, correctr? [sic] It thus strkes [sic] me as fairly
appropriate that I might have anticipated being included - especially
considering others here at 96.9 were.

"Am I wrong and/or presumptuous to wonder why, under the circumstances, I am not
included?"

Since January, Rooney has done a weekly (paid) segment with Severin, discussing
the media. But on Friday, Rooney got a call from WTKK's program director, Grace
Blazer, telling her not to bother coming to the station. The segment was being
canceled; she cited "budgetary" issues, Rooney says. (Disclosure: I occasionally
appear on Rooney's "Beat the Press" show; I hope she was getting paid more from
WTKK than the $100 I get from WGBH.)

"I feel terrible about this. I honestly do. I literally lost sleep over it," she
says. As for Severin's snide remark about ratings or the lack thereof, Rooney
says: "I didn't understand how that was relevant to the issue."

Neither Severin nor Blazer returned my calls or e-mails.

In Severin's world, Hillary Clinton is "a lying [expletive]," Ted Kennedy is "a
fat piece of lying garbage," and Al Gore is "Al Whore." All things considered,
it's surprising the guy is asked out at all.

Jay Severin, WTKK radio's libertarian loudmouth, is hurt - wounded really - and
Emily Rooney, WGBH-TV's thermally challenged queen bee, is off his show and his
station. Says Rooney: "I didn't think the punishment fit the crime."

Rooney's crime? Inadvertently leaving Severin off the invitation list for WGBH's
party last week marking the 10th anniversary of her show, "Greater Boston."
Everyone was there, even me.

"Dear Emily," Severin e-mailed Rooney on Wednesday evening just minutes before
the big event was to begin.

"As I imagine you well know, I do wish you congratulations on the most
impressive achievement of ten years on the air choreographing your own
presentation. Extraordinary.

"And please do not misconsture [sic] what I ask as mitigating in any way the
earnestness of my best wishes.

"However: I am very personally disappointed (although from what you have frankly
told me of WGBH's attitude toward myself, not necessarily greatly surprised) not
to have been among those from 96.9 to have been invited to the WGBH celebratory
event. After all, we are, I think, friends; and we do broadcast together here
weekly, for an audience which is very considerably larger than even your
television audience, correctr? [sic] It thus strkes [sic] me as fairly
appropriate that I might have anticipated being included - especially
considering others here at 96.9 were.

"Am I wrong and/or presumptuous to wonder why, under the circumstances, I am not
included?"

Since January, Rooney has done a weekly (paid) segment with Severin, discussing
the media. But on Friday, Rooney got a call from WTKK's program director, Grace
Blazer, telling her not to bother coming to the station. The segment was being
canceled; she cited "budgetary" issues, Rooney says. (Disclosure: I occasionally
appear on Rooney's "Beat the Press" show; I hope she was getting paid more from
WTKK than the $100 I get from WGBH.)

"I feel terrible about this. I honestly do. I literally lost sleep over it," she
says. As for Severin's snide remark about ratings or the lack thereof, Rooney
says: "I didn't understand how that was relevant to the issue."

Neither Severin nor Blazer returned my calls or e-mails.

In Severin's world, Hillary Clinton is "a lying [expletive]," Ted Kennedy is "a
fat piece of lying garbage," and Al Gore is "Al Whore." All things considered,
it's surprising the guy is asked out at all.

Journalists Share Negative Bias on Disabilities

Journalists Share Negative Bias on Disabilities
Emily Rooney "said she and Severin aren’t exactly polar opposites. 'You’d be surprised.'” (Jessica Heslam, "Sparring Severin, Rooney team up," Boston Herald, January 26, 2007) Both media personalities agree that racial discrimination is worse than disability based discrimination. For conservative Severin it is a matter of spending his money to pay for equal access to persons with disabilities. For liberal Rooney it is simple bigotry. They join the Massachusetts political establishment serving wealthy and politically connected interest groups while ignoring vulnerable persons. Nothing new here.

-- Roy Bercaw, Editor
ENOUGH ROOM
Cambridge MA USA

Sparring Severin, Rooney team up
By Jessica Heslam
Boston Herald Media Reporter
Friday, January 26, 2007 - Updated: 12:44 AM EST

She’s the queen of public television - a serious, respected journalist who was the news director at WCVB Channel 5 and the former executive producer of ABC “World News Tonight.” He’s a self-described “sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll libertarian-libertine” who has called Hillary Clinton “a lying (expletive)” and says she has a “big, fat (expletive).” It’s a match made . . . for radio.
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