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Radio talk show host calls for murder of anti-war activist
By Nick Langewis | Uncategorized | Sunday, 15 June 2008

Michael Reagan, radio talk show host and son of late president Ronald Reagan, could be investigated by the FBI after he called for the execution of Mark Dice, anti-war activist and founder of media watchdog group The Resistance, on the air.

On the June 10th edition of his nationally syndicated Radio America show, Reagan called Dice and others in the “9/11 Truth” movement “traitors” after learning that they were sending letters, declassified documents and DVDs to troops in Iraq that they say point to government involvement in the attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001.

The effort is part of The Resistance’s “Operation Inform the Soldiers.”

“I don’t want the soldiers who are risking their lives in Iraq to be used as pawns in the creation of the New World Order,” Dice said in a recent press release. “I personally know U.S. Marines who believe 9/11 was an inside job, and they tell me that many Marines suspect that this is the case but are afraid to speak up out of fear of punishment.”

“We ought to find the people who are doing this,” Reagan said, “take ‘em out, and shoot ‘em. Really. Just find the people who are sending those letters…to demoralize our troops…they are traitors to this and shoot them. You have a problem with that? Deal with it. But anybody who would do that doesn’t deserve to live. You call them traitors–that’s what they are–and you shoot ‘em dead. I’ll pay for the bullet.”

“How about you take Mark Dice out,” Reagan continued, “and put him in the middle of the firing range? Tie him to a post, don’t blindfold him, and let it rip and have some fun with Mark Dice.....”

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What an Asshole. He should be arrested. But alas he is doing the bidding of murderers so nothing will probably happen to this punk ass neo-con.

What an Asshole. He should be arrested. But alas he is doing the bidding of murderers so nothing will probably happen to this punk ass neo-con.

Yes, he should definitely be arrested and his show pulled.

Just an FYI, it's a misnomer to call The Resistance an anti-war group and leave it at that. They were in the news last week for trying to say Starbucks' new logo is slutty: "spread like a prostitute... The company might as well call themselves Slutbucks".

He'a something of an Alex Jones knockoff: lots of anti-government screeds and 9/11 inside jobber wingnuttia and the natrually-attendent Israel/Talmud/Judaism hate. He's also another of these far right post-tribbers, who believes hate crime laws oppress Christians. http://www.theresistancemanifesto.com/

But Reagan should have his broadcasting license revoked for this. Totally unacceptable.

I'm surprised Reagan would take Bush's penis out of his mouth long enough to say anything....

It is sad to think that people would advocate murder. However, free speech is free speech. We have a choice not to listen.... we can always turn the dial.

You don't feel there is a line that should not be crossed?

What if the intended victims were Jews or blacks or women?

What if I had a radio show and said that I wanted your (mentioned by name) children murdered? That would be acceptable as free speech?

I think that when society start trying to tell people what is exceptable speech and what is not, then we no longer live in a free country. You open up a can a worms that you might not be able to close. One day, you are ok with given up your freedom, to use your example because someone says we should kill the women or blacks.... the next day, they tell you can't read agnostic literature, you can only read the bible. The bar gets raised higher and higher.... Words are not crimes. Actually going through with the thought, is when it becomes a crime.

What Reagan said was disgusting and terrible.... but it shouldn't be a crime to say it.

Ok, but try yelling fire in a crowded theater and see where that lands ya.

It is sad to think that people would advocate murder. However, free speech is free speech. We have a choice not to listen.... we can always turn the dial.

“We ought to find the people who are doing this,” Reagan said, “take ‘em out, and shoot ‘em. Really. Just find the people who are sending those letters…to demoralize our troops…they are traitors to this and shoot them.

June 19, 2008
Michael Reagan

For reporting that is an embarrassment to the profession of journalism, and for being beholden to corporate paymasters rather than the citizens of America.

Sadly ironic that we just finished interviewing Rory O'Connor about his new book on right-wing radio hate mongers when we heard a murderous rant by Michael Reagan played and condemned on the Randi Rhodes show.

As we listened to the Reagan audio on Randi's program this week, we were reminded that all of this right-wing talk of killing, hate, and violence is being broadcast on the public airwaves and enriching the wealthy purveyors of on-air demagoguery. And remember, there are corporations who make a profit from these destructive words, as well as advertisers who support the degrading of the most basic of civilized standards.

We read that just recently Reagan said that an individual who was writing soldiers about his concerns about 9/11 should be shot:

"We ought to find the people who are doing this, take them out and shoot them. Really. You take them out, they are traitors to this country, and shoot them. You have a problem with that? Deal with it. You shoot them. You call them traitors, that's what they are, and you shoot them dead. I'll pay for the bullets. How about you take Mark Dice out and put him in the middle of a firing range. Tie him to a post, don't blindfold him, let it rip and have some fun with Mark Dice."

Then a YouTube posting of a Michael Reagan broadcast from a couple of years back finally got noticed for what it was: genocidal threats against Muslim babies and mothers, because some Middle Eastern mother named her child "Hezbollah."

"You know what I would get them for a first birthday, I would put a grenade up their butts and light it. Happy birthday. Bye-Bye." He went on to say, "What's wrong with killing the mothers and the babies?" It only gets more macabre and defiantly homicidal from there.

Since the radio program was simulcast on cable, you can see Reagan as he is spouting this S.S. diatribe -- and he is smirking for the cameras. These "shock jocks" -- radio storm troopers of the right -- know that outrageous comments get attention and publicity, and ultimately bigger checks for their bank accounts. But they and their radio company owners and their corporate sponsors are violating fundamental decency.

It is difficult and frustrating to try and fathom how we have arrived at this point in our society when the public airwaves are filled with such vile filth and violent calls for murder -- all so readily tolerated on the right-wing dial.

Michael Reagan is not just the BuzzFlash Media Putz of the Week. He is a contemptible human being who puts our nation's integrity and moral standards to shame.

Sorry to correct you, Rhodie, but it is not Bush's penis in Michael Reagan's mouth, but that wrinkled, dessicated penis of his dead father to which he continues to apply the breath of life.

[color="#000000"]I thought broadcasting licenses were no longer necessary under the Shrub regime.

I don't know whether or not this is common knowledge, but Michael Reagan is adopted - note that Ronald Reagan's biological children turned out fine - quite outstanding and on our side in fact. I don't mean to speak disparagingly of adoptees because I am one. But I shutter to think of what Michael Reagan was actually spawned from. When I was 24 years old I found my biological parents, and have spent time with them. So I know first hand that heredity is a significant factor in shaping who we are, right down to our core values - some of the similarities between me and my biological parents are uncanny.

He was born in California to Irene Flaugher, a single woman from Kentucky[1] who became pregnant through an affair with an army corporal named John Bourgholtzer (died 1993), and was adopted by Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman shortly after his birth.

Freedom of speech is a wonderful institution, but it is hard to stay true in practice. I find myself getting offended and having that knee jerk reaction to censor. In the conversational setting, it is easy to be principled.

I am usually all about regulation to protect the public for abuse. However, I disagree with regulating thought, even if it is broadcast on public airways. This is one area where I think that the market can decide the fate of such broadcasters. I still think that people should use their voice to disagree, boycott and email your opinion to the network.... freedom of speech is a two way street. I just don't think government should ever regulate thought period.

Sorry to correct you, Rhodie, but it is not Bush's penis in Michael Reagan's mouth, but that wrinkled, dessicated penis of his dead father to which he continues to apply the breath of life.