Is Franken joking...

[King_Crimson]

He's saying that Wal-Mart has bought Air America Radio!

[cheezus]

1. A commedian telling jokes?

it can't be!

[King_Crimson]

3. He's good enough at it...

that he fools ME sometimes...Imagine THAT...FOOLING ME!!! :evilgrin:

[cheezus]

19. shame on... shame on you... fool me.. um... don't get fooled again

[nini]

2. I hope so!

:puke:

[zaj]

4. yes

[Killarney]

5. It's a joke -- has to be

Walmart shows FoxNews in their stores. They want no part of AA. AA is their enemy.

[zbdent]

21. Here's a thought

Scope out Wal-Mart. Find out what TVs they are using on the overheads.

Buy a cheap remote from Target/K-Mart/whatever.

Let your imagination run wild. Just not too near the TVs, or you'll get caught.

[zaj]

6. yes

[madfloridian]

7. Take off the w and call it almart. LOL

:evilgrin:

[John_H]

8. Shit, Nader must be shitting a brick. One of the comanies he holds via

his Fidelity funds investing in a radio network that will help his opponent get elected? He's probably on the phone with his broker now....

[Kahuna]

9. From Franken's blog..

http://www.ofrankenfactor.com/

THURSDAY’S SHOW



THE FACTOR TAKES ON WAL-MART

At the end of the first hour today, we’ll tip our hats to Stephanie Herseth, who on Tuesday won South Dakota’s lone congressional seat in a special election against Republican Larry Diedrich. The seat became available when Representative Bill Janklow was forced to resign after speeding through a stop sign and killing a motorcyclist. She’s the first woman voted to national office in South Dakota in 66 years.

Then we’ll be devoting the rest of the show to the employment practices and small-town impact of the world’s largest corporation: Wal-Mart.

At the top of the second hour, Congressman George Miller (D-CA) will talk to us about what Wal-Mart’s everyday low prices mean for its employees, its competitors and for taxpayers at large. He authored a comprehensive report on the global giant’s labor practices, called Everyday Low Wages: The Hidden Price We All Pay for Wal-Mart.

Then a one-time mom-and-pop store owner, Glen Falgoux, will join us from his hometown of Donaldsonville, Louisiana, population 8,000, to tell how Wal-Mart put him out of business and dramatically altered his town. Donaldsonville was one of the first towns Wal-Mart expanded into, back in 1979, and today the commerce center of this rural Mississippi river community has relocated to one of Wal-Mart’s 3,000-plus stores two miles away from Main Street, at the edge of town.

In keeping with The Factor's worldwide reputation for fairness and balance, we’ll then hear a ringing defense of Wal-Mart’s virtues from Wall Street Journal columnist, lawyer, professor, actor, and noted conservative Ben Stein.

In the third hour, longtime Wal-Mart activist Al Norman will talk about the national grassroots movement to fight sprawl and preserve hometown America. He is the director of Sprawl-Busters, and is the author of The Case Against Wal-Mart.

Al Norman helped combat Wal-Mart in Charlevoix, Michigan, where just two weeks ago, after months of community opposition, Wal-Mart pulled the plug on its plans. We’ll be talking to Charlevoix resident Bob Hoffman, who spearheaded a community organization, This Is Our Town, to oppose Wal-Mart’s intentions in his town of 5,000.

And lastly today, from former councilman Danny Tabor we’ll hear the story of Inglewood, California, where this April against a measure that would have allowed Wal-Mart to build a 60-acre store in a union-powered community while side-stepping local and state development regulations. Wal-Mart’s defeated campaign cost the company $1 million.

We’d love to hear what you have to say about Wal-Mart; give us a ring.

[Spazito]

10. Yes, it is a joke, thank goodness!

If you go to their site you can see that Walmart stuff is to be a big part of their show. It should be good!

http://www.airamericaradio.com/bin/blogExcerpts.cfm?blogId=1&prg=3

[wryter2000]

11. He's joking

I swear, though, he got me on that one.

[Kahuna]

12. He got me too. If not for the blog, I still wouldn't know it was a joke.

:puke:

[tridim]

14. It's just like War of The Worlds

I love it! :)

[Kahuna]

16. O'Franken listens collectively: Nooooooo! Say it ain't soooooo!

:7

[onehandle]

13. Great!

They can afford to get it into Every market in the US?

They won't change the format.....will they?

;-)

[Rosco T.]

15. Wonder if WalMart will sell the DVD set of Al's TV series coming out in...

in August. (see message in the Lounge).

[West Coast Democrat]

17. Is he joking because WalMart is one of AA's biggest advertisers?

I keep hearing ads for WalMart and Sam's Club--"feel good" ads. Obviously WalMart is aware of how much lefties hate their stores.

[gauguin57]

18. that's weird ...

I haven't heard a single Wal-Mart ad ... but I listen online, do you? I hear eharmony.com, flonase, supercuts, but no wal-mart.

[West Coast Democrat]

20. I even saw another DUer post about this...

and I hear Walmart ads all the time on AA

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=1693936