# Neal Boortz, shut up! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 27, 2009, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neal-boortz-shut-up/504429 "2009-07-27T14:28:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neal-boortz-shut-up/504429/41 "2009-07-27T23:23:55Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Someone take him out and shoot him, please. Many have tried, all have failed. You’ll find them buried up on Reboot Hill… ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neal-boortz-shut-up/504429/42 "2009-07-27T23:26:17Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > There was an interesting piece on Bill Moyers about right-wing hate-mongers the other night, and they showed Boortz saying that stuff. > > It’s amazing how little publicity it got, compared to Ward Churchill’s “Little Eichmanns” comment about the WTC victims. > > That damn liberal media. I got the two Boortz quotes from the Moyers transcripts. Fortunatley, Boortz in not on in my market. Instead we suffer from Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, Levin, and a variety pack of local yokels. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neal-boortz-shut-up/504429/43 "2009-07-27T23:33:31Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Do cockroaches fast during the day? No, cockroaches **hide** during the day. They’re photophobic as a survival mechanism. Ever go to the kitchen for a midnight snack, turn on the light, and glimpse a few scuttling out of sight? American cockroaches, that is. I once read that when Penn and Teller used a hatful of cockroaches as a trick on a talk show, they had to use special-ordered Asian cockroaches, who could be relied on to mill about on the host’s desk a few moments without immediately running and hiding. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neal-boortz-shut-up/504429/44 "2009-07-27T23:38:56Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Would I prefer a nation of pussies or a nation of pricks? Pussies. “There are dicks, pussies and assholes . . .” ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neal-boortz-shut-up/504429/45 "2009-07-28T01:27:56Z")
> [@Nation](#): > > No thanks, go fuck a tree, youre probably good at it. Ok. Hold on. I _have_ to ask. I assume this is an insult, but is this funny to you? I mean, when you typed this, were you thinking it would get a (non-ironic) laugh? Sort of like, the way a joke might? I’m being serious. Do you think saying that someone is good at fucking trees is either humorous or insulting? In my experience, this is the sort of “humour” enjoyed by the kind of guy who wears photo-gray glasses, carried a briefcase in highschool, has dirt underneath his fingernails, maybe sweats a little too much, even when it’s cool out. ---
**Author:** ![Claire\_Beauchamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@Claire\_Beauchamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire_Beauchamp)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neal-boortz-shut-up/504429/46 "2009-07-28T01:41:30Z")
If I were the OP, I’d be pitting the boss, not Boortz. Although I encourage pitting Boortz (and Limbaugh and Coulter and Hannity, ad nauseum. And I do mean nauseum.) ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neal-boortz-shut-up/504429/47 "2009-07-28T01:54:17Z")
> [@Ca3799](#): > > Boortz in not on in my market. I’ll gladly donate my share. As a Southern\* man, I don’t need him around, anyhow. \*Adopted. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neal-boortz-shut-up/504429/48 "2009-07-28T01:57:49Z")
> [@XWalrus2](#): > > It’s Jack Chick! Here to seek revenge! I actually laughed out loud. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neal-boortz-shut-up/504429/49 "2009-07-28T01:58:18Z")
(Nope, not gonna say it. Wouldn’t be prudent.) ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neal-boortz-shut-up/504429/50 "2009-07-28T02:01:22Z")
> [@Nation](#): > > Nah, some people like to hear truths instead of whats crammed down their throats by the media. > > wild aint it? > > please continue to stand in line and worship, well, what they tell you to worship. > > sheep. > [@Nation](#): > > No thanks, go fuck a tree, youre probably good at it. > > Hey, what did CNN tell you to believe today? > HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW Is this a joke? Please tell me I’m being whooshed? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neal-boortz-shut-up/504429/51 "2009-07-28T02:24:06Z")
I slum. I go up and down the radio dial listening to them, sometimes. And I gotta wonder, who the hell is writing them the checks that they cash? It wouldn’t be impossible to believe that the free market supports 100 tighty righty _punditti_ for every one lucid lefty, I suppose. I mean, seeing as how the right outnumbers us by such huge margins just about everywhere… Aside: (You go from Ed Schultz and Stephanie Miller to Near Borax and Michael Medfly, you get the same sponsors! Sleep-number Beds and gold hustling outlets! Seems no matter what your political persuasion, or what the recent news might suggest, you should go out and buy gold! Right now, why are you sitting there when you could be buying some gold!) ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neal-boortz-shut-up/504429/52 "2009-07-28T02:29:57Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > why are you sitting there when you could be buying some gold!) Well this sleep number bed is so comfortable. And me and my wife can each have our own individual settings for maximum comfort. At this rate I’ll never be able to get up. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neal-boortz-shut-up/504429/53 "2009-07-28T02:42:23Z")
> [@Claire\_Beauchamp](#): > > If I were the OP, I’d be pitting the boss, not Boortz. Although I encourage pitting Boortz (and Limbaugh and Coulter and Hannity, ad nauseum. And I do mean nauseum.) Boortz is significantly different from the other crowd you mention. I can’t stand any of the others (add Savage, Levin, Beck to your list), but enjoy Boortz. He has a sense of humor, which none of the others do. His opinions differ from the RWNJs in quite a few areas. Others have mentioned that he is pro-choice. He is also in favor of gay rights and drug legalization, believes in evolution, believed Terry Schiavo should be allowed to die, objects to attempts to introduce religion into schools. He put a video of Jon Stewart ripping into the birthers on his web site, so he can’t be all bad. Yes, he supports many of the other right-wing views: guns, private healthcare, the war in Iraq, low taxes, less welfare, global warming skepticism etc. I find him entertaining, even though I disagree with many of his views. And that sets him apart from the other right-wing radio talk hosts. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neal-boortz-shut-up/504429/54 "2009-07-28T02:43:57Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Aside: > > (You go from Ed Schultz and Stephanie Miller to Near Borax and Michael Medfly, you get the same sponsors! Sleep-number Beds and gold hustling outlets! Seems no matter what your political persuasion, or what the recent news might suggest, you should go out and buy gold! Right now, why are you sitting there when you could be buying some gold!) I find it funny that there are even gold commercials during the Dave Ramsey show (but he is not the salesman) when he rips gold as being a lousy investment in his show. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neal-boortz-shut-up/504429/55 "2009-07-28T03:21:57Z")
I used to listen to Boortz everyday when I could get him. The thing you have to realize is that Neal _IS_ the joke. He is a radio version of Stephen Colbert. I have heard him do bits on how Muslim patients were suing British hospitals because the beds the patients were confined to did not face east. Could anybody seriously, for one second believe that could be true. Well, maybe only the nutjobs he gives airtime to. The part he plays is that of a raving libertarian asshole. Hate him if you must, but that is what his shtick is. You aren’t supposed to agree with him, let alone believe him. On that level, I am amused by his show. SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neal-boortz-shut-up/504429/56 "2009-07-28T03:33:23Z")
Yeah, fuck him _and_ his “Copenhagen” interpretation. Yeah, that’s right – I listen with the sound off just to leave his sorry ass hanging in superpo…wait. Who? Oh. nevermind ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neal-boortz-shut-up/504429/57 "2009-07-28T04:46:44Z")
> [@Nation](#): > > Nah, some people like to hear truths instead of whats crammed down their throats by the media. > > wild aint it? > > please continue to stand in line and worship, well, what they tell you to worship. > > sheep. Proof positive that **Rand Rover** has been fucking **curlcoat** again. ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neal-boortz-shut-up/504429/58 "2009-07-28T06:07:07Z")
> [@Kolga](#): > > Jesus Christ, I thought people like you were a myth. He’s only a myth on Thaturday nights when he dresses up, the rest of the time he’s a mythter. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neal-boortz-shut-up/504429/59 "2009-07-28T06:49:31Z")
Kermit: It’s a myth! A MYTH!! Myth: Yeth? Man, I love that movie. ---
**Author:** ![VoluntaryPlan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9fc29f/32.png) [@VoluntaryPlan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VoluntaryPlan)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neal-boortz-shut-up/504429/60 "2009-07-28T07:03:58Z")
My father listens to Boortz on our shared morning commute. At a certain point, I made sure to always bring some sort of electronic device that outputs sound with me. iPod, DS, PSP, Zune, whatever it took. Anything to keep Boortz out of my ears. It’s not so much that he’s conservative as his hatefulness. I grew up muslim and there’s a lot you can honestly and legitimately knock the religion for, but what Boortz does isn’t fighting against Islam, it’s fighting against Muslims. He isn’t there to spread a message, but to stir people up in to a frenzy. It kind of worries me, because people aren’t going to see me and say “Well, he looks muslim, but he’s clearly lapsed and probably has a broken razor.” They’re going to say “Boortz says muslims are evil people, he’s a muslim, fuck that guy.” Boortz is sometimes entertaining, but he stirs up hate in the same way racists and similar hatemongers do. I hate to say it, but I think less of anyone that excuses his words on the basis that he’s “funny”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neal-boortz-shut-up/504429.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neal-boortz-shut-up/504429.md?page=4)