A talk-radio station in Houston has released a single CD to raise funds in response to Sept. 11 -- and given one reporter a chance to outdo his colleagues across the nation in the drive to display patriotic fervor. Channel 26 reporter Ned Hibberd is proud to say he sings all the backup vocals on "Bend Over Bin Laden," which KSEV-AM is selling in its fundraising drive. The money, however, isn't earmarked for victim relief. True to the station's right-wing, peacenik-reviling politics, it's intended to buy a bomb to drop on Afghanistan. The lucky winner gets two plane tickets to Boeing's Seattle factory to present a $18,000 check that covers the bomb's hefty pricetag, and to sign his or her name on the device. "Of course," KSEV host Edd Hendee said, "there might be some security concerns at the factory that would prevent us from doing that." Gee, you think?
Song for Osama
A talk-radio station in Houston has released a single CD to raise funds in response to Sept. 11 -- and given one reporter a chance to outdo his colleagues across the nation in the drive to display patriotic fervor. Channel 26 reporter Ned Hibberd is proud to say he sings all the backup vocals on "Bend Over Bin Laden," which KSEV-AM is selling in its fundraising drive. The money, however, isn't earmarked for victim relief. True to the station's right-wing, peacenik-reviling politics, it's intended to buy a bomb to drop on Afghanistan. The lucky winner gets two plane tickets to Boeing's Seattle factory to present a $18,000 check that covers the bomb's hefty pricetag, and to sign his or her name on the device. "Of course," KSEV host Edd Hendee said, "there might be some security concerns at the factory that would prevent us from doing that." Gee, you think?
