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Dr. Maya Rockeymoore, President, Global Policy Solutions, LLC and author of The Political Action Handbook: A How to Guide for the Hip-Hop Generation, joins us to debunk the idea of “color-blind” anti-affirmative action and why today more then ever, affirmative action is still an answer to America's need for balancing entrenched inequality .

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Average American

Jun. 21, 2008 at 09:21:37 PM

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Well I'm glad to see you are out there looking for people who are not one sided on the issues CLB...

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Why would you have a person like this on a radio show to spread her personalized style of White Hatred?

We all know that Affirmative Action is nothing more than reverse discrimination and is more guilt driven than driven out of some hope for equality when those who are more qualified but of too light a color get passed up to give a darker person a job even with when that person has lesser credentials.

Friends of Earth... Spend a little time on their site at FOE.co.uk and learn about the evil corporations and how most things are their fault. Ridiculous.

And Feldman is a Huffington Hack...

Nice to see the station staying as liberal as ever... Now you know why this site doesn't do radio on that station anymore...

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www.MoronInCharge.com

Jun. 21, 2008 at 11:01:21 PM

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Average American
Jun. 21, 2008 at 09:21:37 PM

Well I'm glad to see you are out there looking for people who are not one sided on the issues CLB...

Why would you have a person like this on a radio show to spread her personalized style of White Hatred?
We all know that Affirmative Action is...

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Oh, is that the reason why Voice is doing radio on KPHX? I thought it was because they weren't making any money, just like they weren't making any money when they put you on KFNX. The decision was economics, not ideology. It must be a deep blow to your Republican ego, but at the end of the day, you couldn't bring home the bacon.

I'm sure you would prefer a Heritage Foundation or Hoover Institute hack to spoon feed you your pablum of conservative dribble, so to each's own. I expect that you will be calling into the show to debate Dr. Rockeymoore on the white hatred of affirmative action. Please tell her that "we all know" it is nothing more than reverse discrimination. I'm looking forward to your courageously setting her straight on the matter.

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indie616

Jun. 22, 2008 at 12:19:06 PM

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[This is a reply to comment by Average American on Jun. 21, 2008 at 09:21:37 PM]

Nice to see the station staying as liberal as ever.

!!Gasp!!

You mean the 1480 KPHX, THE VALLEYS PROGRESSIVE RADIO STATION has 'stayed liberal'?

What next? 550KYFI is going to remain conservative?

Damn, where is that "fairness doctrine"?

However, AA- as you have told us, you are rich. You have business deals, consulting jobs etc.
Put up the money and get your weekend radio show. I hear that 1480 has a couple weekend spots available.

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Phaedrus

Jun. 22, 2008 at 11:11:02 PM

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point of fact -- Affirmative action requires that if 2 applicants for a job are of equal or similar skills, that an employer choose the minority one over the non minority. What the result has been is that governments and employers drafted rules awarding points, and black/ Native American/ Hispanic/ Asian, women with military service tend to get any EEOC job they apply for. The ideal, of correcting for 400 years of murder and slavery by insuring fair employment opportunity became a quota driven compliance idiocy. The bigger problem is that the conservatives, instead of trying to improve a bad system, scream reverse racism, and offer up no better, more equal, better mouse trap ideas.

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postman

Jun. 23, 2008 at 05:33:43 AM

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Phaedrus
Jun. 22, 2008 at 11:11:02 PM

point of fact -- Affirmative action requires that if 2 applicants for a job are of equal or similar skills, that an employer choose the minority one over the non minority. What the result has been is that governments and employers drafted rules awarding...

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If you want to see affirmitive action go to your local PO. Try and talk to one of the many managers who's only qualification is their gender or color of their skin. The one's who got where they are by filing EEO's.

In fact one has a license plate that has her name (name3) Know what that stands for?

Her THIRD EEO case that bought her a Vette.

AA's right

White guilt

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postman

Jun. 23, 2008 at 05:39:22 AM

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The difference is Phaedrus.

Democrats want to hold on to a failed system because they get the minority vote, They don't give a damn about the people...just their vote.

Thats why you have places like New Orleans run by corrupt LOCAL Government that just want more money thrown at the problem.

By the way with the flooding in Iowa how many people were out there shooting at the rescue helicopters?Bet it wasn't because they don't own guns.

Wait til that flood gets to Lousiana and see the news media drool then.

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Average American

Jun. 24, 2008 at 08:51:24 AM

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[This is a reply to comment by www.MoronInCharge.com on Jun. 21, 2008 at 11:01:21 PM]

www.MoronInCharge.com
Jun. 21, 2008 at 11:01:21 PM

Oh, is that the reason why Voice is doing radio on KPHX? I thought it was because they weren't making any money, just like they weren't making any money when they put you on KFNX. The decision was economics, not ideology. It...

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MIC,

Wrong, neither of the shows were ever intended to produce income. They were intended to and accomplished an increase in membership for the site.

I pretty sure I have the inside track on this topic MIC.

But you can continue to argue if you wish.

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June

Jun. 24, 2008 at 01:22:42 PM

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Average American
Jun. 24, 2008 at 08:51:24 AM

MIC,
Wrong, neither of the shows were ever intended to produce income. They were intended to and accomplished an increase in membership for the site.
I pretty sure I have the inside track on this topic MIC.
But you can continue to argue if you...

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Increase in VoA through VoZ membership? Where? Illiterates don't count, BAA Boy - unless, of course, you're using the Affirmative Action guidelnes! Ask Postman!

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Average American

Jun. 24, 2008 at 04:42:00 PM

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June,

You have no idea how many users are on this site on a regular basis. Monthly totals are far larger than the writer base.

And now that the site is national it is growing even faster.

Since there is a great disparage in the information I have access to and the info you have access to regarding the site, this is an argument we simply can not have as you are and will forever be without resources to mount an informed challenge to anything I might claim.

But have a great day.

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www.MoronInCharge.com

Jun. 24, 2008 at 07:38:13 PM

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[This is a reply to comment by Average American on Jun. 24, 2008 at 08:51:24 AM]

Bulls*** AA. I have the same inside track as you. Do you think BBB is a business that exists out of true altruism? More traffic to the site means more hits, means more exposure for their web services and more banner revenue, means $$$. What has happened to your core Republican principles AA? Do you give away your services for free?

Hard to believe AA, but the world isn't waiting with baited breath for another right-wing bloviater with too little time to do his own fact-checking, you are not the conservative messiah, and BBB could care less about putting you or me on the radio if they didn't think it would help their bottom line. Perhaps with the stuff they have in the works at present, they can eventually alter the equation and turn a profit, but it won't happen with KPHX and with the station's hourly rate. It never had anything to do with 1480s "liberal bias."

BTW, when you review the total hit counts per month, have you ever stopped to wonder just how many hits come from refreshes and poking around from one article to the next? And how many of the members have more than one IP address. I would imagine that for every active member here, there are 20-50 lurkers. That still is not a lot of unique users.

But I got to love your pompous answer to June: "I have inside access, and you don't, so go take a hike." Must be that tremendous "disparage" in information that makes you such a formidable opponent. So VONA is now 50 States -- has our membership increased 50 fold? Are you the only one who is not disappointed at the meager increase in new faces or the lack of retention?

But have a great day.

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