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Suspension over, Jay Severin is back on WTKK

Controversial radio talk show host Jay Severin apologized to his listeners when he returned to the airwaves on Tuesday. Severin was suspended for making derogatory statements about Mexicans. Will his suspension change the tone of Severin's program?

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Hi ALL,

ST: Jay should GO, Rush next and both work in farming..

I heard all your arguments, mostly conciliatory, to a fellow news entertainer and station money maker. I was hoping Callie would toe the Progressive, Traditionalist line yet even she bended to allow Jay to have his way with the public. Pedophiles also promise profusely they won't abuse in the future.

The problem with the media is that you you don't throw out the dirty laundry that can't be cleaned and then you close your eyes and hope..

Hi Again ALL,

ST: Plight of our Boston Area Muslim Neighbors post 0911/01

This redemption of Jay, so FAST, for media money upsets me in many ways. If I was younger this turn of events would probably enrage me, yet I have watched and read piles of bad in our world done by people led by the Jay's and Rush's of this world. Bad is also done by the other side by lack of understanding of root causes that could effect a positive outcome.

Although I believe in redemption after penance, Jay got off Scott-Free after years and years and years of abusive language done unto other human beings. For plagiarism, by that one lady, each of you easily could create huge fines yet Jay gets off by saying "I'm sorry" and maybe a two week off period with pay.

When Jay was in his High Hate Days I talked to the people at the Islamic Society in Boston. Those poor people with long time USA/Boston roots were abused by people like Jay for months and years and he got a WTTK , Boston media "pinky" slap.

Where is his and his boss's extensive community service contribution time to the Muslim and to the Mexican, Puerto Ricao, , , community. I would like to see that this boy of hate from a station that earns from his hate learns.

You are entitled to wish everyone would "toe the Progressive line" or "go into farming" if they disagree with you. It is disingenuous in the extreme, however, to accuse others of "clos(ing) their eyes and hop(ing)" at the same time you play the victim card on behalf of the Boston Islamic Center, where the cast of characters has been, shall we say, "controversial" about their renunciation (or lack thereof) of objectively terrorist acts? I don't recall the Islamic community helping to pay for MY place of worship. As the saying goes, "you are entitled to your own opinion but not your own facts."

Hi aging cynic, ALL

ST: Progressive Traditionalist is my new term
Not quite a liberal (Imperial Self) that supports abortion on demand, trans and homosexual uplifting to the highest of grounds, and definitely not a Cheney Conservative that supports torture, detention without charges, wars repeating lies about WMDs.

Your 2nd sentence is an Idea Run-On. I do this all the time too, yet I do wonder what is your particular point or points. It seems like you, just like Jay, want to make American Muslims your, our and my enemies. Hopefully you are not a Christian.

Fact: Was Jay going after Muslims World Wide = Yes
I mean "Towel Heads" going after piles of people including doctors in the
USA that are Sikhs wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh
We should agree on this one hands down that Jay is a Hater...

Would this affect Muslims in the USA = Well YES, and I hope if you are
really old you will remember the Japanese and the German backlash after
Pearl. I remember Krauts, Nips, and Japs as words used against our
neighbors and enemies how about you??

UnKnown: Tell me where the Boston Islamic Center, http://www.icne.net/ actually the Islamic Center of New England " one based out of Quincy has been "controversial" in their repudiation of the 09/11 terrorism acts launched from Boston's airport. Give me the show that Jay gave you the facts rather then his abusive diatribe.

Agreement: As the saying goes, "you are entitled to your own opinion but not your own facts." So what fact or facts serve me wrong.

Veritas, Truth, not Jay, Rush, O-Reilly, Newt Spin,
Now I disliked Clinton's Spin yet this group beats Clinton hands down.

Now aging cynic, in the Globe's Idea page I was surprised to see that most of the letters were supportive of my position. I just tried to get a link for you to today's letters yet it is taking too much time, so go to a library.

My bottom line is that this Jay guy, for all of us including conservatives, should be gone so we can rebuild traditional well founded principles.

ST: Some Globe Letter Links
Courtesy of our Boston Globe's boston.com site

Hi Again Aging cynic. Hey I got lucky and found some of those articles from Sunday's Globe OnLine. I just hate it when I can't link to a news article, yet hey it happens. You still will have to go to a library (or drive a distance to a Certified Library) to see this small section, yet here goes for links from the B.Globe for two of the letters. One missing supporting WTKK pretty much said "If he makes money that's OK and everyone opposing him are just sore losers" < Hey he must not be a Christian/Muslim/Buddhist/Humanistic Secularist

Tuned Out
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/200...

Apology noted (sponsors too)
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/200...

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Suspension over, Jay Severin is back on WTKK