I noticed LT, in his PAM post on the Cigar Board, mentioned listening to the Michael Savage "Savage Nation" show. Monday, on my way home from a small afternoon business trip, I listened and decided I needed to call in. I know very little about Michael Savage but heard something I didn't agree with. He had just opened by telling the audience how enraged he is over the Islamic 9/11 celebrations in London. He was criticizing Tony Blair for not doing something about it. Then he went on to criticize Laura Bush for asking parents to turn off their televisions on 9/11 and instead light a candle or in some way signify the day with their children without the images on t.v. Well, I'm just as mad as the next guy about 9/11, but after Savage cut a guy short that called in to disagree about our children's exposure to all this, I had to call in. I respectfully told him I shared his disgust, but that I agreed with the first lady that our children (I've got 3 daughters 8 & under) don't need to see the graphic images over and over. He told me he disagreed, that our children need to see the face of the enemy. He did, however, say he respected my choices as a parent. But I told him my children saw it all last year - we discussed it, agonized over it, and prayed about it - and I didn't see the need in their seeing the awful images again. Hey, I won't shield my kids from the truth, but I'm also not taking them to R-rated movies just yet either. Unfortunately, my radio lost the signal just as my call started and I have no idea what his final response was to me after I was cut off.
Hey, I'm in agreement we as a nation tend to "sugar-coat" things too much (I'd put a bullet in bin Laden's head if I had the chance!), but do you think Savage was a little too "savage" about the issue? My kids understand what happened even though I'm not showing them people leaping off buildings. And about the Muslims celebrating - that REALLY makes me mad, but I don't think we can just go in and make them stop. Now if they're plotting terrorism, I say "Go get the bastards." Am I missing something here? What's the story on Michael Savage?
