Podcast joins the Union and demands more pay

edit Tom Paine, Brian of London and others 2008-02-25 12:32 UTC 8 comments  ·  ·  ·

editors@shirenetworknews.net - Shire Network News - Shire Network NewsEzra Levant returns to our show for the second week and talks about how the blogosphere is the real power behind the fight back against Human Rights Commissions and other transgressions of the state. He tells us about the Union he has formed to protect bloggers from malicious legal threats.

He tells us that the left should be joining the right on these issues: it is only the "soft bigotry of low expectations" that stops the left realising the people they are silently supporting are against everything they claim to stand for.

You can follow this link to part 1 and you can find Ezra Levan't own website at ezralevant.com.

Tom also mentions Warren Kinsella and his site is linked.

Other Canadian bloggers mentioned in Ezra's interview are Kate McMillan at Small Dead Animals: http://smalldeadanimals.com/
Kathy Shaidle at Five Feet of Fury: http://www.fivefeetoffury.com/

In Blog News this week we visit Israellycool Dave with Banking on the Gullible.

The story about Bob Geldof praising George Bush and bashing the media I found on Libertas, the blog of the Liberty Film Festival.

House of Dumb provided the Fisking of the BBC's pitiful coverage of Danish riots.

The sound clip of the "new" creed for the Anglican Church comes from the classic TV show Not the Nine O'clock News. You can find the video to match it here.

Meryl Yourish returns to the show with another celebrity interview. You can find her must read site yourish.com.

As mentioned in the show, Evan Sayet would like you to know that if you're in Los Angeles on March 15th, he's staging a buffet and show package featuring his unique brand of conservative comedy, called Right to Laugh.

It's at the Ha Ha Cafe, 5010 Lankershim Blvd in North Hollywood.

Doors open at two for food and schmoozing with the show itself, kicking off at around three. Food and the show are just thirty dollars (tickets sold at the door), with free parking in the Bank of America lot across the street.

And you can read more of Evan's insightful and funny work at his blog.

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Comment #1Kevin

2008-02-25 17:22:55

Did you ever apologize to Vlaams Belang for calling them racist?

Comment #2"Tom Paine"

2008-02-25 21:37:44

Depends on whether you've stopped beating your wife yet Kevin.

When we did was ask Vlaams Belang leader Filip DeWinter a series of questions, to which he gave answers.

The process is called "interviewing", look it up if you haven't run across the concept before.

Conclusions about VB's essential nature can be drawn from that interview, which we call "making up your own mind", we reccomend it highly.

Comment #3Kevin

2008-02-25 22:19:19

I promise to stop beating my wife the day you apologize to Vlaams  Belang.  I recall the exchange somewhat differently.  Correct me where I'm wrong!

 1) You asked a VB guy some questions.

2) You decided they were racist despite what he said, and kicked out the better half of your duo because he supports a group that you've stated you considered to be a bunch of racists.

Did I get that wrong? There is no doubt I could have, since I stopped listening to your podcast after that interview. Personally, I hope I AM mistaken.

Comment #4Scott

2008-02-26 00:02:42

Wow, I heard that same interview Tom conducted and came to the conclusion that the VB guy was a racist due to the racist answers he gave to Tom's questions...

...Funny how that works.

Comment #5Kevin

2008-02-26 00:31:11

I'm not sure that IS funny.  You listened to a man who said repeatedly that he wasn't racist, and decided for him that he was racist.  There's little humor in that.  Sadness?  Yeah, there's a little of that, but funny? No.

Comment #6Doug Payton

2008-02-26 13:06:59

Ask a Klansman if they're racist.  If they say "No", guess that exhonerates them, eh?

I'm not trying to compare the two's views, only that when someone says they aren't racist, that doesn't mean you're morally obligated to take their word for it.  You can indeed, as Tom notes, make up your own mind based on other words they speak and other actions they do.

Comment #7Brian of London

2008-02-26 16:44:08

Kevin,

It's a bit of odd of you to bring this up now, it's been quite a while. I'm glad so many of the Shire Network News team have taken the time to reply. Feel free to drop me a line with any further questions: brianoflondon at shirenetworknews dot net. I'd be happy to talk further.

Brian

Comment #8Kevin

2008-02-28 13:37:52

Oops!  I appear to have accidentally been banned!  Please fix that when you get a chance, Tom.  Proxy servers are a pain.

Anyway, I will not speak of this again, other than to say to Doug Payton, "You are mistaken.  Ask a clan member if he is a racist and he will quickly say 'yes I am.'  Those guys are racist, and they cherish it.  There's not that many of them, but they are stupid racists, and they know it.  Members of VB are not racist, certainly not like the KKK at least."

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