So, I just read on Salon.com that Howard Stern's blaming of George Bush for his recent troubles may effect the election. We at Salon do like our imaginations don't we?
I remember when another Salon writer reviewed the movie XXX and called Vin Diesel's character a superspy with "table manners". Did this writer see the same movie I did? I would tend to go more with the "monosyllabic oaf" characterization, but then Salonners, are smarter than I am.
But I digress, so whatever Bush did and may have done to harm Howard Sterns career is going to bite him in the rump come November. Ok, I'll ask anyone who may be reading this blog. Is it true? Will Howard Sterns accusations hurt George W. Bush in the next election? Do you believe Stern? Are you mad at Bush for this reason?
I would really like to know. I do not speak for all people, I am a nerd, an oddball, and an eccentric, so I most certainly cannot claim to have my finger on the pulse of my generation, let alone America. For my part, I think it would be laughable if it were not so sad. What is happening to Howard Stern is not censorship. It is people in businesses in the radio industry making decisions about content. I love and greatly enjoy free speech myself. My right to free speech, however, does not include the right to be paid to broadcast my speech. That is a privilege, one that most radio personalities take seriously.
Howard, I'm not gonna lie. I was captivated by your radio show when I was fourteen, just learning what sex might be about. I like Robin a lot too. I also liked the movie, "Private Parts". It was romantic in that bad boy and good girl way that we good girls like so much as teenagers before they know what its all about. I'm sorry about what happened to your real life marriage. Too bad it didn't end as happily as the movie. The world keeps chugging along, and reality sets in. I'm afraid that might be happening with my generation too.
I've heard you say in an interview years ago that you believed that you were doing God's work with your radio show. People the age I was then loved that! The thought that there could be a special calling so outside of the everyday interpretation of the same. And a special calling that that had so much to do with sex, a new and powerful force surging up inside of us, which our generation, like those before, was the first ever to discover.
I have to admit, that impression that Michael Savage does of you, repeating over and over "You do oral? You do anal? You do oral?...." that's pretty funny. That is pretty much your repertoire. Keep that in mind when you think that losing your gig is part of a conspiracy, or censorship, some sort of religious or philosophical oppression. Really, you had a pretty good racket going for a good long time. Be happy.
You can blame this on George Bush calling his Big Radio friends (friends of his Big Oil Friend's no doubt, an perhaps all "banishment "as well) and telling them "Get Stern off the Air, he's dangerous!" But really, I bet the truth isn't anywhere near as exciting. As many people are turning away from mainstream sources such as broadcast news, they expect more out of their radio listening. As for the youngsters, who are the age I once was: Well, some of them are wiser than I was at that age. The outgrew you before they even got hormones. The rest.............They have the internet.
Howard, now that I have places to drive to in the morning, I took the opportunity to catch your show, the way I used to on bus trips, or days I was home from school with a headache. I usually listen to Christian radio, or the Dr Laura or something, but I was in the mood for a laugh, a thrill, something light. I had imagined that the same old feelings would come back. I wouldn't be able to change channels, I'd want to hear what you said next, I'd laugh. It wasn't the same though. It wasn't fun anymore. I can't imagine how I was once able to listen to women humiliated, and sexuality debased in that way. And, worst of all, it was boring. I was bored, weary of it. Found it easy to turn the station. I guess I grew up. I think America has too. Somebody E-mail Salon.

Here I am starting up another blog. I actually did stick with my last one longer than seems to be the average, judging from the related blogs I've seen. I felt the need to write again. This time I wanted to go in a different direction. I wanted to go more public this time. My last blog depended a lot on anonymity. I liked to be out there in cyberspace expressing my thoughts only to my screen and that of the occasional surfer who did not know anything particularly about me. That old blog was like an electronic cabin in the woods. I was a hermit.
I'd like this blog to be more for public consumption. I'd like to keep a blog that my friends can look at (so I guess I can't dis them too much in this one) I am moving to the suburbs now, and will have to put on at least a bathrobe before I walk out to get the mail. That's just the way it is, the sacrifice I have to make. The good part is, at least I hope it will be, that I will be able to ask questions and get feedback. Besides, everyone looks better in "at least a bathrobe".

Ok here goes