# No Air America pit? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 6, 2005, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-air-america-pit/315847 "2005-08-06T04:12:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-air-america-pit/315847/21 "2005-08-06T13:23:02Z")
Fuck! The Filthy Liberal™ agenda has been discovered. Attention Filthy Liberals: The Heavy Flag Flaps Not at Night. Repeat: The Heavy Flag Flaps Not at Night. Further: The Local Train Stops On The Hour. Repeat: The Local Train Stops On The Hour. Keep tuned to this frequency for further instructions. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-air-america-pit/315847/22 "2005-08-06T14:06:48Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > **Sploosh!** > > You owe me a new keyboard. 😉 I didn’t say anything about him not being anymore than a toady and shill for the administration/Republican Party/right wing blogoshpere, now did I? He’s just a sharp and erudite toady/shill. > [@Binarydrone](#): > > Keep tuned to this frequency for further instructions. Is that you, Kenneth? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-air-america-pit/315847/23 "2005-08-06T14:08:26Z")
> [@lindacohen](#): > > Yup, and nary a mention of Mark Maron. Well then, educate me. Who is Mark Maron and what does he have to do with it? ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-air-america-pit/315847/24 "2005-08-06T15:03:38Z")
> [@lindacohen](#): > > Sigh, if everyone would just shutup and take their medicine life would be good, eh? Do they have a medication for right-wing partisan stupidity now? Cool! Face it - some other winger got their talking points and ran over here already. That bullshit has been summarily dispatched. Funny, though, how both you and **Moto** clung to this little turd of an outrage for a lot longer than one might find reasonable. The only novelty here is that we are in the pit, so I can tell you that you are being a fucking moron. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-air-america-pit/315847/25 "2005-08-06T15:44:49Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > Well then, educate me. Who is Mark Maron and what does he have to do with it? I think he’s on in the morning–he’s a (what do you call a guy who is on the radio but not a DJ?). He’s good looking, if memory serves. That’s enough for this Democrat! (our guys are better looking, no question!). As to the thread topic. There are none so blind and all that. (liked the bit about Moto…heh). ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-air-america-pit/315847/26 "2005-08-06T15:55:41Z")
[Marc Maron](http://shows.airamericaradio.com/ms/node/689) used to be the host of “Short Attention Span Theater” on Comedy Central. He’s mostly an actor/comedian and hotter than balls. Not someone worth getting your knickers in a twist about. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-air-america-pit/315847/27 "2005-08-06T15:58:19Z")
We understand that, as a guest, you can’t search. However, if you can’t click a link and read text, that’s something we can’t help you with. Have you considered night school? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-air-america-pit/315847/28 "2005-08-06T16:13:18Z")
> [@lindacohen](#): > > Aye, an opposing view is often disagreeable to the digestion, eh mate? What a wit! What view of yours is it exactly that I’m opposed to? ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-air-america-pit/315847/29 "2005-08-06T17:33:47Z")
> [@lindacohen](#): > > Sigh, if everyone would just shutup and take their medicine life would be good, eh? I can sure think of a few people who, if they took their meds and shut the fuck up, my life would be better. ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-air-america-pit/315847/30 "2005-08-06T18:43:35Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > So – have they paid back the money? I’m still unclear on this… According to [this](http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/26675.htm) New York Post article, no, although they have deposited $50,000 into their lawyer’s escrow account. Eliot Spitzer has opened an investigation. ---
**Author:** ![lindacohen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a698b9/32.png) [@lindacohen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindacohen)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-air-america-pit/315847/31 "2005-08-06T18:48:34Z")
> [@KSO](#): > > According to [this](http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/26675.htm) New York Post article, no, although they have deposited $50,000 into their lawyer’s escrow account. Eliot Spitzer has opened an investigation. Maybe Soros will swoop in and save the day ala America Coming Together? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-air-america-pit/315847/32 "2005-08-06T18:50:31Z")
> [@lindacohen](#): > > Maybe Soros will swoop in and save the day ala America Coming Together? Maybe you’ll make a fucking point sometime. ---
**Author:** ![lindacohen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a698b9/32.png) [@lindacohen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindacohen)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-air-america-pit/315847/33 "2005-08-06T18:54:30Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > Maybe you’ll make a fucking point sometime. Hehe, well said sir. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-air-america-pit/315847/34 "2005-08-06T19:48:43Z")
[http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/8/6/112003.shtml](http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/8/6/112003.shtml) > [@](#): > > The Post said that the AG’s decision to launch a probe was driven by “Internet bloggers and Republican critics [who] began pounding Spitzer for not intervening” since the DOI investigation was revealed last month. Conclusion: a scandal for the righties by the righties from the righties. I expect the probe to show once again Cohen and the Charity were responsible. Notice that Newsmax ignores that Air america has only PR reasons why to make good on the loan that was made by Cohen. As I said before, the mess it at the feet of the charity and Cohen. Air America is dealing with the loan, we still don’t know the deal that was struck but it is very likely that ads for the center were part of the payments. Cohen is no longer present at AA, but seeing how \*\*lindacohen \*\* compared this to the Rove scandal, let us never forget that Rove and the leakers still remain in the Bush Administration. ---
**Author:** ![lindacohen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a698b9/32.png) [@lindacohen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindacohen)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-air-america-pit/315847/35 "2005-08-06T21:13:27Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > [http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/8/6/112003.shtml](http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/8/6/112003.shtml) > Conclusion: a scandal for the righties by the righties from the righties. I expect the probe to show once again Cohen and the Charity were responsible. > > Notice that Newsmax ignores that Air america has only PR reasons why to make good on the loan that was made by Cohen. > > As I said before, the mess it at the feet of the charity and Cohen. Air America is dealing with the loan, we still don’t know the deal that was struck but it is very likely that ads for the center were part of the payments. Cohen is no longer present at AA, but seeing how \*\*lindacohen \*\* compared this to the Rove scandal, let us never forget that Rove and the leakers still remain in the Bush Administration. Perchance because they didn’t actually leak anything and didn’t steal money from orphans and alzheimer’s patients? ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-air-america-pit/315847/36 "2005-08-06T21:19:49Z")
> [@lindacohen](#): > > Perchance because they didn’t actually leak anything and didn’t steal money from orphans and alzheimer’s patients? Bush isn’t that great for Alzheimer’s Patients, since his opposition to stem cell research (wanting to err on the side of his political base) is opposition to research that could lead to a cure. But he is good for orphans – especially helping them get their start. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-air-america-pit/315847/37 "2005-08-06T21:21:23Z")
I don’t remember, is suggesting that someone’s a troll against the rules or not? ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-air-america-pit/315847/38 "2005-08-06T21:24:27Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > I don’t remember, is suggesting that someone’s a troll against the rules or not? I’m wondering about the one accusing people of being akin to Argyle. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-air-america-pit/315847/39 "2005-08-06T21:35:38Z")
> [@lindacohen](#): > > Perchance because they didn’t actually leak anything and didn’t steal money from orphans and alzheimer’s patients? I don’t think Air America was in any position to leak classified information to anyone. Air America didn’t have the capacity to weaken our HUMINT defenses against weapons of mass destruction. Unlike Karl Rove, who was, did, and did. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-air-america-pit/315847/40 "2005-08-06T21:46:57Z")
> [@lindacohen](#): > > Perchance because they didn’t actually leak anything and didn’t steal money from orphans and alzheimer’s patients? This remark appears to be intentially obtuse and, um, intentially annoying. IMHO, it conflicts with the mission of this board, which is fighting ignorance. One way of separating the forthright from the dishonest is to observe how they react to new information. Regretfully, I tentatively conclude that lindacohen’s defensive posture reflects a poor character. Valerie Plame’s contacts remain threatened. Current agents face challenges when assuring foreign contacts that the US will keep their identities hidden. The investigation of Karl Rove and the 2nd leaker continues. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-air-america-pit/315847.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-air-america-pit/315847.md?page=3)