He's Got Me

OH NO!!! Kate. How could you PO such a loving,tolerant,understanding,empathic,socialist,leftard,commie as Johnny?? Heh. Keep up the great work.

Congratulations on your irritation of this lefty.

mr himpe....

'don't you know you fool
you never can win
use your mentality
wake up to Reality'

John is a troll.

Wow, just looking at him makes me want to have his baby...

John even hoping for a response, I'm not gonna b yr frd.

But Kyla, aren't ALL women now instantaneously impregnated by THE ONE, Chairman O? So this Hippie, er Himpie (what kind of lame name is that anyway?) is small potatoes.

Johnny wants traffic, eh?

Geez Kate, next thing you know Bill O'Reilly will be craving your sites traffic!!

Ah, I get crap comments like that, too.

This tells me I'm doing something right, annoying Lefitsts so much they have to come on and say stuff that reminds me of dumb, nasty things kids say to one another in junior high school.

Just like the moronic crap the Left spewed against Sarah Palin, for no reason other than she annoys Leftists just by being herself.

Being yourself and annoying Leftists because of it is good, whereas if Leftists think you're the coolest thing in the world, well, that's not a good thing and is an indication that something's probably wrong with you. Boy, now I wonder what could be so terribly wrong with the new Leftist President, who the Left obviously thinks is some kind of demigod?

So... the more crap I get from Leftists, the more I know I'm on the right track! :)

"He's also a huge geek...and is now the Program Director for both News Talk 980 Regina and News Talk 650 Saskatoon"

Which would explain why I've stopped listening to CKOM.

Whenever I go to the Newstalk Radio web site I always pass over whatever this guy has to say. He's just another leftie barometer for me. If he disagrees with my point-of-view - well - that's validation enough for me.

Looks like he needs to work off more than stress at the gym...

He takes nice photos though. His facebook page is public for the creeping

What I don't get is that they run around professing the evils of large corporations and "consumerism", then turn around and can't resist buying anything with an Apple logo on it. Someone brought up 'doublethink' yesterday...

I love seeing him get a good ass kicking in the comment section of his blog, it's always pretty funny.

It's nice of him to also put down one someone who sends many many listeners to newstalk650 every month.

Looks like we are losing the last non left leaning radio station in SK. Other than Gormley they are all lefties.

The only thing worse than having your pants pulled down in public is having it done to you by a girl!

Just ask Wornout Kantsellit. Can you imagine the 'Eureka' moment he felt when Kate sent him the photo of her 'tatoo'? No more trolling public toilets with his trusty Kodak Brownie he thought. He could now go 'legit' or so he thought.....only to have it all come crashing down with one clean yank on his Levis!

It was a great day when the collective blogosphere gathered round laughing and pointing at his pasty white bare ass and beet red face!

I think John should tighten his belt a notch or two.

Definitely a face for radio.

And when a leftard like uselessnov calls it idiocy,you know you ARE DEFINITELY on the right course.On lesson I learned fairly early...if the left or the Useless Nations approves it,you automatically know it is rotten.

Now his facebook access is restricted.

Well Now, I wonder if John's Parole Officer knows he has access to a Computer ?
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Sounds like little Johnny is jealous, big sister got a nice cookie and all he got was that face.

Kate has the ammo that I just gave her, if she chooses to pull the trigger....can't believe the guy didn't own his own domain name when it was available.

I'm always up for healthy discussion and debate of issues, but personal attacks (like those lobbed by some of the commenters) never look good on a person.

I've replied on my blog if you want to read. In short -- I have no problems with Kate's politics. I just think the level of discourse associated with this blog leaves me feeling saddened about how Kate uses her power (and she has quite a bit) as a blogger.

SDA is sometimes interesting, but often petty and cheap-shot-ish. There has to be a better way to communicate. And if not, why bother?

- John

Himpe...when the left stops cheapshoting,and acting like 6-7th graders in the playground,then maybe we righties will.So if YOU are so tolerant,why is your sight on facebook now restricted???Ummmm???

Newsflash for you and other whingers: Getting more crap is directly proportional to your idiocy.

Posted by: ulianov at January 23, 2009 1:52 PM

--See? Another Leftist troll giving me crap. Toldya. Yep. Definitely on the right track here. :)

So I was told. I've been er... bracing myself for the traffic deluge.

By the way - have you ever listened as closely to the tone and language used by some of your "news" readers at Rawlco when the subject is political? Does it ever occur to some of you that many in your listening audience notice when you leave half the story out?

Do you have any understanding how that erodes trust? If you can't get the simple things right (and Rawlco is one of the worst offenders in this), then why should anyone bother with you?

Unlike a media outlet, this blog has never purported to be an unbiased or balanced source for news.

It exists, and has drawn the audience it has for one reason - the vacuum that has been created by media outlets, large and small, who present current events with a sneer attached, and view conservative viewpoints as "the other".

Is really CKOM?

As in Kommunist? or Kommisar or Komintern? Too funny...

Hi, Mr. Himpe.

I'd remind you of the low, low level of discourse on the part of average "progressive" folks online... they really take the cake.

I went to John's blog and wrote this:

John,

I don't quite get how you have a problem with SDA. You say that you disagree with Kate's opinions, yet, Kate rarely states her opinion. In the entire blog rarely does Kate put in more than ten words of her own on a thread and her words are almost always humorous. As you point out, Kate relies on quotes from and links to MSM stories, then people comment on the story. No big, long editorials from Kate, ever.

What Kate does do on SDA is expose news stories that don't always get covered as widely as they should. I know from personal experience that Kate was the only person willing to expose the vile M.A. Thesis written by a young Tommy Douglas. "The Problem With The Subnormal Family" in which Tommy wrote about the need to put poor people in camps and have them sterilized. No one else would expose the truth. Kate did. No opinions offered. Just the bitter truth. Is that what bothers you?

Perhaps your problem is with the comments on SDA and the fact that people who's opinions differ from your own have a forum in which to be heard?

I hope you take the time to discover what it is about SDA that really bothers you, as I am sure it can not be Kate's not existent opinions.

John Himpe:

"petty and cheap-shot-ish"

Yes, that's what I thought about the LIEberal MP Shawn Murphy, when he suggesting HANGING former PM Brian Mulroney in the House of Commons.

I think most of us plebeians would be hauled off for treason for suggesting same.

If we want lessons in decorum, it would be nice if the LIEberals would lead by example.

Cheers

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It exists, and has drawn the audience it has for one reason - the vacuum that has been created by media outlets, large and small, who present current events with a sneer attached, and view conservative viewpoints as "the other". -Kate

Hmm... that's a large part of why I, too, blog. I tell folks who question why... in a nutshell, it's because there are things that need to be said that aren't being said. Indeed, Big Media has pretty much vacated a huge area it shouldn't have, and now that the vacant area is filling up with other folks and upstart organizations, particularly online, they're scratching their heads, wondering why they're losing audience and revenue. Guess they're insane, 'cause they continue to pursue the same old Left-leaning, biased, half-the-story, one-side-mostly, drivel from which we actually derive few facts and little "news". They mistakenly believe that the People want their quasi-propaganda and are willing to pay for it. Until now, the People had virtually no choice but to watch network news and buy papers. Today it's different, and one can get all the news, facts and opinion one could ever hope for... for nothing more than the cost, if any, of an internet connection. So who, today, needs to blow fifty bucks a month on cable TV and a couple hundred or so a year on newspapers? Especially if one is sick and tired of all that biased, quasi-propaganda Left-leaning crap and simply won't pay one more cent for it!

The Big Media is like a great, big, giant blog, with headlines, some facts, lots of storytelling, lots of biased opinion (often masquerading as "reporting") and even audience comments, just like many civilian blogs. So it's no shock that blogs by ordinary citizens are gaining audience by leaps and bounds, as many of these blogs are pretty much as good a source for facts and opinion as is the Big Media. The only difference is big money versus very little money.

Wow, surprised that such a tech savvy guy like John would not own his own domain name.....www.johnhimpe.com is going to a much better place!

I just about gagged the other morning when the Newstalk 980 morning guy referred to Harper's government as "Ultra Right Wing". No bias by that station for the most part...

Ummm ... who exactly is this white dude and why do we care?

Here's something from The Himpsters blog:

You Should Take Your Advice
On January 23rd, 2009 Chris (not verified) says:
You people in the media are the worst at this. No one tries to pit one group against another like the media does.

It would do the world a lot of good if you guys would stop trying to force your views on people, and if you would stop demonizing people who do not agree with you.

Just this week, you slammed Bush for no good reason. Sure you left wingers hated him, but not everyone does.

The alternate media is a result of you folks providing misinformation and division. That is why the media is going bankrupt everywhere.

reply report spam
The media.
On January 23rd, 2009 Gavin (not verified) says:
Chris.. you are hilarious.
"You people.."
Are you suggesting all media outlets are alike?
Would you say MSNBC and FOX are the same? Just.. "the media"?
That is such a naive point of view.
Where would we be without the media.. You would have no idea what's going on in the world, or in your own community.
Don't slam the media because you don't like what's going on in the world.
Newstalk is a totally Conservative station... Have u noticed a man named.. ummm. John Gormley? lol
If Bush is being slammed, it's based on stupid things he did as President. Sorry to inform you, but the man's approval rating was 30 percent. That means 7 out of 10 people were most likely slamming Bush this week. Sometimes, if you think Bush is an idiot, it's not about being "left-wing".. it's about Bush.. being an idiot. Haha. "Misunderestimate.." Type in Bushisms on Youtube.. can you still tell me he's a smart man and great President?
Grow up aready and don't attack the media for doing their jobs.

And John says that we get nasty on SDA? You can not get a better example of how nasty the left gets in a discussion.

"when the Newstalk 980 morning guy referred to Harper's government as "Ultra Right Wing". "

But from their point of view on the Ultra Left Wing, the CENTER-LEFT looks that far away!

Seems to me that Himpi should be grateful for the traffic, as noted by Joe Molnar. I, for one, would have never, ever visited that twitter thingie site if Kate had not posted the link. I visit SDA because it is interesting, optimistic, informative and contains no platitudes (except in troll comments). This is Canada's premiere news site and that is probably why the twitter crowd also read sda.

Some people watch pro wrestling; I visit SDA.

Anyway, Himpe's a simpleton, so I imagine he'll provide plenty of ammunition for you guys. It's always sad when someone his age completely doesn't get it, but perhaps this exercise will teach him something :).

oh, and lol @ rob.

Good one Kate.

Make sure you behave like a dose of Poison Ivy, make him squirm

Himpe & Kirton, two pee's in a pot.

SDA is sometimes interesting, but often petty and cheap-shot-ish. There has to be a better way to communicate. And if not, why bother?

This is somehow different than taking a call, arguing with the caller, then slagging them after they hang up! These two do it regularly. Himpe was almost wetting himself over the Chosen One's coronation the other day.

These two are BAD but they don't hold a candle to Murry Wood. If you disagree with him you can't get a word in.

Makes you wonder why Gormley stays there...

These are petty cheap shots in reality:

** Warren K handing Stockwell Day a purple dinosaur

** Richard Warman insinuating that all conservatives are neo-Nazis for daring to disagree with Him

** the big inflated furore over Sarah Palin's throw-away line about seeing Russia from her house, which was obviously not meant literally

** Anything that Liz May said in the election campaign (or since then, in all probability)

** what you're now about to type

Isn't Himpe the little man that still lives with his parents? Lefty for sure!

I just turned down a "free trip for two to one of 44 destinations" around the world in exchange for a 3 month subscription to the Globe & Mail.
I told the telephone solicitor that I was not interested in supporting a Liberal cheerleading newspaper, that if the G&B were more balanced in their reporting, I might have been interested.

"Looks like we are losing the last non left leaning radio station in SK. Other than Gormley they are all lefties."

Murray Wood, who occaisionally fills in for Gormley, has been known to show momentary lapses of common sense. He has strongly defended Israel's right to self-defense and has sharply rebuked the pro-Hamas lefties who phoned in to offer their useless analysis of the Gaza conflict. However, Wood has also shown an unabashed worship of Obama and dwells far too much on the fact that the new president is African-American. He also loves to criticize Stephen Harper and has, in fact, blamed Harper for the entire coalition of the swilling fiasco.

Other than Gormley and Wood, the rest of the Rawlco crew can be written off as sheer wastes of oxygen.

Outside of Gormley, there's no point in listening to the crap on NewsTalk in Saskatchewan. It's awful funny that in almost every other medium/large radio market, the News/Talk format is the number one rated format...630 CHED in Edmonton and CJOB in Winnipeg both lead their markets by a HUGE margin. The best NewsTalk in Saskatchewan can pull in the 18+ market is 6th out of 7 stations in Saskatoon and Regina.

I wonder if it has to do with Mr. Himpe as a program director? I mean, C'MON...weekend programming sucks major Wang Chung!!! Chef Malcolm? Nice guy I'm sure but I wonder if his show has anything to do with him being married to the Legislative correspondent and "in the hotseat" sometimes host Sarah Mills. Toss in all the other paid Talk to the Experts crapola as well as fluff programming like gardening and computer dudes and you've got a station NO ONE will listen to outside of Gormley.

Himpe...you suck as a programmer. Period.

PS: Good thing Gormley came back to Saskatoon before Himpe assumed the reigns as programmer otherwise we'd be listening to Chef Malcolm from 8:30am-12:30 weekdays!

I agree with Biff...other than Gormley (and sometimes Murray Wood)...the entire Rawlco crew are utterly borrrrring.

Waste of Skin!

Did anyone notice that comments are turned off on Daphne's Newstalk blog re: the Obama inauguration?

Interesting.

Peter -

Sarah Palin never said she could see Russia from her house. That was the SNL impersonator, whatshername, now widely attributed to Palin.

Palin noted that there were places in Alaska from where you could see Russia.

But the myth lives on....