Boortz suggested that Katrina victim turn to prostitution

[hadrons]

On the October 24 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio program, Neal Boortz suggested that a victim of Hurricane Katrina currently housed in an Atlanta hotel consider prostitution. "If that's the only way she can take care of herself," Boortz posited, "it sure beats the hell out of sucking off the taxpayers." The woman was featured in an October 23 Atlanta Journal-Constitution article (http://mediamatters.org/rd?http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/1005/23metkatcrisis.html?COXnetJSessionIDbuild101=Dda8EbEVXRNCGgFIk5Xnqvx6qc06tagORTJ6oKzu7vkO4GriRsHK%21-2129471560&UrAuth=aNaNUOaNXUbTTUWUXUTUZTZU_UWU%5dU_UZUbU_UcTYWYWZV&urcm=y); Boortz repeated her first name on the air.

From the October 24 edition of Cox Radio Syndication's The Neal Boortz Show:

BOORTZ: Somebody just put a story in front of me. Let me tell you, aside from the looters, one of the things I was talking about earlier this morning was a huge article in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, which is a left-wing rag, about Hurricane Katrina evacuees in a hotel in Atlanta. Her name -- the female is Rolanda. She has a 1-year-old baby and her boyfriend, who apparently likes to lounge around on the bed without a shirt on. Well, at least that was the picture in the newspaper. And the whole story was about how worried Rolanda is that she'll be kicked out of her taxpayer-paid hotel room. She might get kicked out. I mean, it says right here, "Rolanda is worried about being evicted from the hotel. She says, 'We have a place to stay. We have food. The only worry is how long it will last.'" That's all she's worried about, the only worry. And it goes through the whole article here talking about how fed up Rolanda is with FEMA and how she spends all this time on a computer looking for more free housing. Not one mention in the entire story anywhere about the "W" word, W-O-R-K, work, job. I dare say she could walk out of that hotel and walk 100 yards in either direction on Fulton Industrial Boulevard here in Atlanta and have a job. What's that? Well, no, no, no --

ROYAL MARSHALL (Atlanta radio host and former engineer of Boortz's show): Watch out, Neal. Those people who know Fulton Industrial Boulevard think you might be suggesting something a little risqué.

BOORTZ: Well, that's true. Well, you know what? Now that you mention it --

MARSHALL: That's not the way.

BOORTZ: If that's the only way she can take care of herself, it sure beats the hell out of sucking off the taxpayers.

MARSHALL: Watch out, man. It's the same thing, technically.

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[enid602]

1. pro

Well, prostitution HAS worked out pretty well for Boortz; I can see why he might recommend it to someone else.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. That is sick and disgusting

It is sexist and demeaning. Basically, he's saying that people should break the law instead of relying on the government to help them out in a time of need. Wonder what he'd say if someone decided to mug him because they needed money and didn't want to rely on the government? Oh yeah, that wouldn't count, because that would hurt him. Bet he's the type that thinks a rape victim should "lie back and enjoy it".

[Bob3]

3. tell you what boortz - why don't you go be a hooker and

give that woman your job. You'll be good prostitute - you already know how to suck.

[tahoedenver]

7. re:

<[tell you what boortz - why don't you go be a hooker and give that woman your job. You'll be good prostitute - you already know how to suck.>]

You have a good point. Maybe he can get off his soft fat ass and get a real job and support his government through taxes instead of crying about other people when he doesn't really work himself.

[bluedawg12]

13. Have you seen this monster? Who would pay him?

Maybe pay him to get out of ones line of vision.

[tahoedenver]

21. Maybe we can set up a fat colony in Africa

I doubt the racist bigot will go because of the continent though.

[Fovea]

4. That's one

for the FCC.

[tahoedenver]

5. Let me specify

I lost my home in that fucking hurricane. I AM a victim of Katrina. However, assuming this story is true this is just ridiculous. It's been 2 months now. Time to look for work. I can't stand Neal Boortz and I don't support this woman going into prostitution but she can go to job fairs in the Atlanta area and look for work and cheap government housing. Nobody can stop her from doing that. And apparently she lives with her boyfriend. He can work as well. They can't live off the government forever. A month ago I wouldn't had said a thing but it's about time for us refugees to get our act straight and to start making a new life elsewhere because New Orleans isn't coming back any time soon.

[gratuitous]

9. And why do you think . . .

Why do you think that this woman and her boyfriend are living off the government? Because Boortz said it was so? Do you know the woman in question? Have you talked to her? What do you know about her situation, her health, the health of her 1-year-old baby?

Everyone's situation is different. If you really lost your home in Hurricane Katrina, I'm sorry for your loss. Perhaps you had more resources -- family, friends, savings, education -- than this woman had. Maybe you're not responsible for the health and well-being of a one-year-old. I don't know. But I surely don't think the remedy for you or for the woman involves another kick when you're down.

[tahoedenver]

23. re:

<[Why do you think that this woman and her boyfriend are living off the government?>]

Because they don't want to move on with their lives. And I can't blame them for it. But the Atlanta area is bigger than the New Orleans metro and the Mississippi Coast COMBINED in terms of population. There is plenty of work to be found. And New Orleans isn't coming back soon.

<[Because Boortz said it was so?>]

Let me clarify, I *AM NOT* defending this fat fuck.

<[Do you know the woman in question? Have you talked to her? What do you know about her situation, her health, the health of her 1-year-old baby?>]

I don't give a damn to be honest with you. Nobody gave a flying shit when I got thrown out of my rental house by my greedy landlord. Nobody gave a shit when I was a kid and I was thrown out on the street and had to live on food stamps till I was a teenager. I would like MY tax money in MY pocket where *I* can better utilize it to MY own benefit. I'm an anarcho-socialist, I believe in voluntary socialism. And right now, I can't afford it. I need every dollar I can get. And every dollar going to this woman out of my pocket in my opinion is a dollar wasted. I have a life to rebuild, not to rebuild a life for somebody else.

And also, I'm not sure what part of the country you're from, but in the South there are plenty of these morbidly obese people who sit around all day and exist on government assistance and help from relatives. Government assistance is there for exactly that, assistance, not existence. That man can get a job. There is plenty of work in Atlanta. He can work and she can take care of the child while they get cheap government housing. I've lived in projects before. They're not nice, but they're a roof over your head.

<[Everyone's situation is different. If you really lost your home in Hurricane Katrina, I'm sorry for your loss. Perhaps you had more resources -- family, friends, savings, education -- than this woman had.>]

I have temporary assistance but I don't know what I'm going to do as of Janurary. My cash is running out and my life as I knew it before is gone. I would appreciate having all of my money so I can use it to rebuild my life, not the life of somebody else.

<[Maybe you're not responsible for the health and well-being of a one-year-old. I don't know. But I surely don't think the remedy for you or for the woman involves another kick when you're down.>]

I'm not saying that. But it's been 2 months. These people, at the very least the man, can find a job in Atlanta and feed his family. It's not that hard. Helping somebody when they're on they're stomach is one thing, and that was a month ago, but it's time for us to move on. New Orleans isn't coming back anytime soon.

[area51]

11. "...look for work and cheap government housing."

You apparently aren't familitar w/the job market. It's extremely difficult to get a job, & we're either in a recession or a depression. Also, it's my understanding that there's a very long waiting list for what you term "cheap govt. housing".

[tahoedenver]

26. re:

<[You apparently aren't familitar w/the job market.>]

Quite the contrary, I spent the better parts of May and June looking for a fucking job and finally had to settle for one that barely payed better than minimum wage.

<[It's extremely difficult to get a job, & we're either in a recession or a depression.>]

I found one. And most employers are giving Katrina victims first dibs on the jobs. Go to a job fair if you don't believe me.


<[Also, it's my understanding that there's a very long waiting list for what you term "cheap govt. housing".>]

Not sure where you're from but I highly doubt Atlanta is in trouble of having a crunch in government housing.

[CAcyclist]

17. I don't believe you.

I don't believe you are an evacuee at all.

Cheap government housing is soooo easy to find. :sarcasm:

You need to find a place to live before you can find a place to work. Who's going to hire someone without a permanent address?

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[tahoedenver]

45. I don't care if you don't believe me

<[I don't believe you are an evacuee at all.>]

Well I am man. I'm not lying. My house is gone. My job is gone. I seriously have no idea where I'm going to go in the next year. Friends are very kindly helping me out at the moment but it can't last forever.

<[Cheap government housing is soooo easy to find. :sarcasm:>]

It is. I lived in it when I was a kid and nobody gave a damn about me then - so why should I give a damn now about these folks?

<[You need to find a place to live before you can find a place to work. Who's going to hire someone without a permanent address?>]

They hire illegals all the time to work in construction and cheap service jobs. Like I said in that other message, he's not going to get a 6 figure salary job right off the bat. You have to get training and degrees to get jobs like that. That's just the way the game works in America. That's capitalism. You don't like that you should move. Capitalism is not perfect and I don't like it but I'm a realist. No matter how much I bitch about how it screws poor people.....nobody's going to give a damn. I tried that. I ranted at church - nobody cared. I ranted at school - nobody gave a damn. The church is supposed to care for the poor but sadly most S. Baptists are just elitist hypocrites with lots of money who use church as a social club instead of as a House of God. They don't follow the footsteps of Jesus, they walk after their own lusts.

[TheWatcher]

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[Marr]

35. Anarcho-Socialism is not a moderate position.

[tahoedenver]

42. I know

But I oppose abortion in most cases and I want government benefits to be curbed. I want my own money, I don't want to give it to a krankhead or to a large corporation who doesn't need it. I suppose you could call those "conservative views." I'm very liberal when it comes to socialism but as my friend said, it's not for every one. I'm libratarian. I just don't like when people(the govt.) takes my money without my permission and gives it to somebody who never is going to give me or society anything back in return. That's all.

I believe in individual socialism. Socialism by choice, not by government laws and force. And I like to help people who are really in need, not those who sit in hotels all day watching TV on my dime.

[Marr]

43. How do you feel about the government spending your money

on corporate wars? That eats up a hell of alot more money than social programs, and it gives less than nothing back to society.

[tahoedenver]

44. Did you not read my message Mr. Marr?

"....I don't want to give it to a krankhead or to a large corporation who doesn't need it...."

No, I don't want Halliburton stealing my fucking money either. I want to use MY money to fix MY car and help ME get a better job and place to live in the coming months. And to pay for MY little brother's medicine and food instead of hotel costs for these people who've been doing it for 2 months. And BTW, many restaurants will hire you out of a hotel. Especially if you're a Katrina victim. Those jobs are high in demand for Americans because "we won't take them." Why else would they risk fines for hiring illegals? Don't tell me they won't hire a Katrina victim. Somebody will. And that man can flip burgers or do something. Hell, they hire illegal aliens at construction jobs all the time and they shouldn't even be here stealing our jobs and giving some greedy company owner a nice pay break. I'm sorry but this man isn't going to get a white collar job right off the bat in Atlanta just because he's a Katrina victim. You need training for that. But he can get a job working construction or some other service job.

Translation, when I have money to help out other people, I gladly will. But right now I want my own money. And I want the freedom to choose who I help with my personal socialism. That's anarcho-socialism. Freedom to choose who to help. It's about freedom, unlike what we have now. Not blind government machinery taking my money and giving it to complete strangers when I can definitely find a better use for it at the moment.

[Zhade]

29. Ironic that your avatar is the Christian cross.

For someone who allegedly follows the biblical parables of Jesus, that's a real lack of sympathy you've got. I thought Christians were all about taking care of the less fortunate - or so I've been told.

Your words sure don't seem to fit that ideal.

[tahoedenver]

31. RE:

<[For someone who allegedly follows the biblical parables of Jesus, that's a real lack of sympathy you've got.>]

There are little children right now in Africa with bellies pumped up with fluid due to malnutrition and drinking polluted water. There are people in my family who are like this woman. Overweight and on welfare. I know this type of person. Trust me, they can work. And her boyfriend doesn't seem to want to work either, that just disturbs me.

<[I thought Christians were all about taking care of the less fortunate - or so I've been told.>]

They are. But Proverbs also says if a man doesn't work neither shall he eat. That guy can get a part time job somewhere in the Atlanta area and at the very least feed his family and pay his rent at low-cost government housing or in a trailer.

<[Your words sure don't seem to fit that ideal.>]

Actually they do. All throughout the bible it speaks of making your own field. It's one thing to help somebody when they're down. These people would have been more than justified in claiming that state even a few weeks ago. However, it's been 2 months and they still haven't taken even a part-time job at a gas station or something like that. That's laziness. That's where I worked before the hurricane. And nobody gave a damn.

[Richard Steele]

39. Quote: "I know this type of person. Trust me...."

No.

Not even a little bit.

[tahoedenver]

41. whatever man

A certain relative who I won't specify lives in a trailer and uses food stamps in exchange for meth. She doesn't work although she could. Gets a disability check due to a minor injury that I've had myself twice and I'm half her age. It's these kinds of people that I'm talking about.

[bluedawg12]

6. This RW ugly toilet mouth, Limpbag clone

with the waddling ugly f*cking jiggling jowls whould be fired.

No one should be the ho's that he is!

[Chi-Town Exile]

8. Boortz is a FUCKHEAD!

I hate that stupid son-of-a-bitch.

As Malloy has pointed out ... Boortz cares about one thing ONLY, Boortz, he says ANYTHING to throw the red meat to his freeper fucker fan base.

This is what we are up against folks ... and they have the airwaves.

It was nice to see that Clear Channel's earnings are down, though. Heh heh heh.

[KharmaTrain]

40. Booortz Is Employed By Cox Communications

Not Cheap Channel. Even more ironic is he was claiming the Atlanta Journal-Constitution as being a "liberal rag". Hey, Neil, they're owned by the same people who sign your paycheck.

[Dr Fate]

10. Boortz's parents gave him the middle name ALDOLPH in 1945.

Pretty much sums up all ya need to know.

[OneTwentyoNine]

15. That would be Adolph--as in Hitler......n/t

[Dr Fate]

18. Who the hell names their kid ADOLPH in the year 1945???

Wouldn't that be like naming your kid "Saddam" or "Osama" now-a-days?

[JVS]

34. Swedes who wish to pay homage to Gustav Adolph, the lion of the North?

:shrug:

[Zuni]

30. actually, it would be Adolf

[JVS]

33. Adolf:Adolph as Jon:John or Olav:Olaf

Adolph is the type of spelling of the name that came into vogue in the late 19th and early 20th century as reform of German spelling rules started to take the letter "h" out of many German words (e.g Thal--> Tal, Roth-->Rot Gemuethlich--> Gemuetlich) I think Hitler was actually Adolph as a child, but realized that to be a "dynamic go-getter" type in the 20th century a modern spelling like Adolf would be better. Bertolt Brecht, similarly dropped the stodgy moniker of Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht for the flashier Bertolt.


Now as far as who the hell would give there kid the middle name of Adolf, I'd not be surprised to see that middle name handed out among people of Swedish background.

[Dr Fate]

46. Swedish or not- the were in the US- in 1945.

n/t

[bluedawg12]

12. I read the original article:

1.) First the nasty, snickering, veiled allusion to going on the street and sucking for income as opposed to "sucking off the government" is a cheap and sleazy and sly reference to prostitution.
It is mean spirited, low life, and and likely racist and classist from the man that calls himself : Mighty Whitey, The Mouth of the South.

2.) The womans boyfriend was wearing a shirt and the picture was rather sweet with the mother kissing the little girl and all three of them together. Shame on Pig-oortz.

3.) I agree that with two able bodied young adults, at least one of them should be looking for work. The article did not address this one way or the other.

4.) But if Pig-oortz wanted to say something constructive he might have made plea for either Halliburton to help repatriate NOLA victims by offering them work down there, or made a plea for local employers to contact this young family unit.

Instead Pig-oortz took the easy, sleazy, right wing formula to the usual, but often better disguised, racist, classist, and sexist, paranoid attack.

Btw- the young woman said they lost their home in Katrina, and have no car. So it might be a little hard to pull ones-self up by their boot straps in the conservative apple-pie-in the sky fantasy of " my immigrant ancestors did it." Yea, different times different places.

[OneTwentyoNine]

14. Boortz--the sound of a TURD hitting the water......

Someone else on DU came up with that ditty,just had to see it on DU once again. Boortz is a Repuke asswipe that hides behind his BS Libertarian party.

Hell...he even told Libertarians on a daily basis to VOTE for Bush in 04,so much for believing in his OWN party.

[quaoar]

16. Hey Neal, how about drug dealing

Maybe you think that woman should sell cocaine at an elementary school. That way she wouldn't be a leech on society. Work is work, right Neal?

[tahoedenver]

27. probably

Since he was probably given his job by one of his other fat white cronies who sits around all day smoking cigars and huffing down pizzas and hot dogs.

[No Exit]

22. DESPERATE to boost his show ratings!!

"Controversy, Neil! Controversy sells! Get out there and get someone really pissed at you! I won't believe you're doin' your best till you get at least one death threat a week! (otherwise, we're cancelling your lousy show...)"

[Montauk6]

28. Typical...

Family-values Wingers and their concubines... go down the line

Jeff "Uncut" Gannon

Dick Morris and his toesucking "friend"

Rush Limbaugh and his nauseatingly schoolboy infatuation with the Mayflower Madam, Sydney Biddle Barrows (remember this, folks?).

Jimmy Swaggart and Debra "Look Ma, No Razors" Murphree

[killbotfactory]

32. Let them eat... cock?

[Marr]

36. LMFAO- that is just too perfect.

[MisterP]

37. like himself?

[lies and propaganda]

38. I will self edit for amost certain deletion.

what a sorry fucking sack of shit.