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LA radio personality puts conditions on Muslim apology
AP ^
| 01/30/06
| AP
Posted on 01/30/2006 7:06:56 PM PST by Pikamax
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles radio personality said Monday he would apologize for an on-air skit that made fun of the deaths of hundreds of Muslims, but only if an Islamic civil rights group denounces terrorism and acknowledges Israel's right to exist.
The Council of American Islamic Relations demanded the apology last week after KFI 640 host Bill Handel made fun of the deaths of at least 363 Muslims during a stampede at an annual pilgrimage in Mecca.
According to CAIR, Handel imitated the people screaming and then joked that the Muslims at the pilgrimage should use a helicopter to monitor pilgrimage traffic, as is done with Los Angeles' freeway traffic.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: apology; billhandel; cair; kfi; losangeles; screwcair; talkradio
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posted on
01/30/2006 7:06:58 PM PST
by
Pikamax
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To: Pikamax
God bless him for having the guts NOT to apologize. And God bless him for having the brains for turning the tables on them. Let them squirm for once. My guess is that they will not answer, or they will not fully answer the questions.
To: Captainpaintball
It's also important that the radio station will be behind him, and not fire him.
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posted on
01/30/2006 7:11:44 PM PST
by
Panerai
To: Pikamax
GREAT move by Handel. Don't know what kind of person he is but he NAILED the proper response.
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posted on
01/30/2006 7:12:03 PM PST
by
MNJohnnie
("Good men don't wait for the polls. They stand on principle and fight."-Soul Seeker)
To: Pikamax
I'm calling bullspit on the CAIR spokesidiot's reply that they have denounced the islamos several times.
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posted on
01/30/2006 7:13:20 PM PST
by
Theresawithanh
(Always remember that you're unique. Just like everyone else.)
To: doug from upland
To: Pikamax
As much as I hate Islam, I'm at least partly with the Muslims on this particular one. The remark was tasteless. You don't make fun of the deaths of 300 people in a stampede, even if they WERE fools following a false death-cult of a religion.
To: Pikamax
FuCAIR......the muslims loose a couple hundred cattle every year in the stampedes of ramadan....the muslims don't care and neither do I. It's all part of the celebration.....
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posted on
01/30/2006 7:17:41 PM PST
by
ScreamingFist
( The RKBA doesn't apply if I have a bigger gun than your bodyguard. NRA)
To: Pikamax
I applaud Handel for his stance and KFI for backing him up by saying they don't censor their employee's. I hope no one holds their breath waiting for CAIR to meet the 3 conditions.
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posted on
01/30/2006 7:21:44 PM PST
by
jazusamo
(A Progressive is only a Socialist in a transparent disguise.)
To: Pikamax
Give 'm hell, Bill!
For folks who don't know Bill Handel is a lawyer and fairly conservative-leaning Jewish legal immigrant from Brazil where his parents went to escape the Nazis. He's the 5-9am weekday host on KFI the #1 talk station and does a Saturday "Handel on the Law" show too.
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posted on
01/30/2006 7:22:27 PM PST
by
newzjunkey
(In 2006: Reelect Arnold; Get GOP Elected in CA; Halt W's Amnesty for Illegals.)
To: Luke Skyfreeper
It was in bad taste....but his apology to their response is priceless...
12
posted on
01/30/2006 7:23:09 PM PST
by
Dallas59
((“You love life, while we love death"( Al-Qaeda & Democratic Party))
To: Luke Skyfreeper
You haven't heard Bill's show. There are *no* sacred cows.
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posted on
01/30/2006 7:23:10 PM PST
by
newzjunkey
(In 2006: Reelect Arnold; Get GOP Elected in CA; Halt W's Amnesty for Illegals.)
To: Pikamax
people who follow a false god tend to die....
exactly as happened.
To: Pikamax
"...and acknowledges Israel's right to exist."
*crickets chirping*
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posted on
01/30/2006 7:24:51 PM PST
by
Dallas59
((“You love life, while we love death"( Al-Qaeda & Democratic Party))
To: All
Handel also got one of the Southern CA congressional delegation to nominate him for a Nobel Peace Prize to show up the pro-Tookie crowd in December.
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posted on
01/30/2006 7:25:10 PM PST
by
newzjunkey
(In 2006: Reelect Arnold; Get GOP Elected in CA; Halt W's Amnesty for Illegals.)
To: MNJohnnie
He also has "Handel on The Law" program on weekends where he tells you that you have No case! I believe he's a building contractor turned attorney.
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posted on
01/30/2006 7:26:57 PM PST
by
tertiary01
(Dems ..the party that repeats history's mistakes over and over and....)
To: newzjunkey
And its a good thing to handle yourself in the morning
Give him hell Bill
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posted on
01/30/2006 7:27:06 PM PST
by
al baby
(Father of the Beeber)
To: Luke Skyfreeper
Yeah, let's just nominate them for Darwin awards and leave it at that.
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posted on
01/30/2006 7:27:12 PM PST
by
raptor29
To: Luke Skyfreeper
You don't make fun of the deaths of 300 people in a stampede, even if they WERE fools following a false death-cult of a religion. Of course you do; buncha dumbasses.
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posted on
01/30/2006 7:27:18 PM PST
by
Hank Rearden
(Never allow anyone who could only get a government "job" attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
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