Posted on 01/30/2006 7:47:16 AM PST by Yaelle
You have to admit he's an acquired taste. Some may find him...obnoxious.
LOL, I had forgotten he used to do that! No, he hasn't done that in years. It was kind of funny, though.
I think what impressed me the most about Bill was on 9/11. Rush wasn't due to be on that day because he was flying to an event somewhere, but after the planes hit, Rush WOULD HAVE gone on but for the fact that his plane was grounded at some weird airport where he had to literally take a cab for hours back to his studio.
The only major unaffected station was the L.A. flagship KFI, where Bill Handel had been on for 4 straight hours already doing a FANTASTIC and thorough coverage of the events. They put him on Rush. He did a MARVELOUS job, and it's not like anyone can rehearse or do show prep for 9/11. He did amazing reporting and in-depth backgrounds and got Rush on the air from his cell at one point. It was an award-deserving effort and I couldn't imagine anyone else doing that well when the chips weren't just down, they were exploded into dust.
Give the link in post 14 a listen-to. I heard it live. Way to go, Bill.
here's to thread synergy:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1567892/posts
Is he the guy with the show, "Handel on the law"? We get it syndicated here in NC. Pretty funny.
He is an acquired taste. We both grew up Jewish in the San Fernando Valley (but he's a lot older, LOL!) so I am used to his style, but even I often listen to Doug McIntyre instead in those wee hours. I can handle Bill's obnoxiousness at times and even sometimes am in the mood for it, and sometimes it seems his soul is jollier than Doug's even if he's louder on air. Both shows have made me laugh myself awake on occasion.
I like this guy already :-)
Hey, while my post seems to be much later, I don't understand why when I searched for CAIR and KFI nothing came up!
That's the guy! I sometimes laugh so hard I nearly fall out of my chair.
Remember Michael Graham.
CAIR needs to routinely discredited.
"I do think those comments were in bad taste. Laughing about individuals dying while on a holy (to them) pilgrimmage is not exactly my idea of humor. There is enough in Islam to legitimately make fun of, and war against, that we don't need to waste time with this kind of crap."
Mocking muslims self-destructing during a Lemming-esque STAMPEDE is deserved no matter the "bad taste". Let's focus on reality and the truth of the matter, and not on delusional and politically-correct retractions serving terrorist muslims. Muslim/Islamics are dangerously weird, truth is...
Never, never, never underestimate the stupidity of an Arab. They have been marrying their relatives for many generations. Ironically, the wealthier one sufffered more since this was a mechanism to concerve wealth. The genetic consequences are walking around with rags on their heads right now.
Google the genetic analysis article about the Saudi's if you have any questions.
Summary: Arabs don't just feel inferior - some are.
Just saying, if you make jokes about religious pilgrims, say, dying when a bridge collapses, you better expect some arrows, and I won't feel sorry for ya.
Huh? So if a bunch of CHRISTIAN pilgrims are on a bridge when it collapses it's funny? Or only funny if it's Muslims? Pretty shallow thinking.
I'm surprised the ACLU hasn't wrapped its tentacles around this one.
Uh--I don't think cair is THAT offended that it would comply.
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