Lowell Green is a Big Fat Idiot
How can anyone still take this numb skull seriously? On a daily basis Lowell Green displays his intellectual cowardice and a total lack of ability to think and reason. Yet, his “Lowellies” (that’s what I call his fans) still call in to agree with him and stroke his ego, no matter what manner of fallacies and idiocy he happens to be spouting. For anyone not familiar with Lowell Green, he is Ottawa’s resident right-wing wacko, nut-job radio personality. And, a whole hell of a lot of people here absolutely love him. He does receive the odd caller who holds an opposing viewpoint, but of course, as soon as he figures out that a caller who holds an opposing viewpoint is intelligent, articulate and capable of engaging him in informed debate, it is common for him to immediately hang up on them and then usually enter into a short, yet impassioned tirade (after the caller is no longer able to respond) about how “People like that are the problem with this country!” Of course, if you happen to be a person of limited intelligence, or not very articulate, you can be sure that Lowell will keep you on the line until he tires of ripping you to shreds. Lowell Green adequately, if not consciously or intentionally, paints himself as an intellectual coward on a daily basis. Yet, the Lowellies keep calling in.
Today Lowell Green is screaming about a notion being tossed around in various corners of the Canadian government regarding suing U.S. gun manufacturers for all of the illegal handguns flowing across the border into Canada. Now, I happen to agree with Lowell Green on this point, in so much as I think it is a ridiculous idea, but I’m still stunned by the utter transparency of Mr. Green’s infantile logic, and all of the moronic Lowellies who call in to say “Yes Lowell! You’re absolutely right Lowell! Whatever you say Lowell! You are our god Lowell!”
Green is claiming that Canada has no business suing U.S. gun manufacturers because the problem is entirely our fault. He blames the problem on the fact that security at the Canadian border is far too lax and downright incompetent. Now, this may be true, but considering past observations of Lowell Green, the level of his idiocy becomes sharply apparent.
Here are my questions for Lowell Green today: Why is it, Mr. Green, that when illegal guns are smuggled from the U.S. into Canada, it’s due to the incompetence of Canada’s border security, yet, as you have previously expressed on your show, when illegal drugs are smuggled from Canada into the U.S., it is also somehow Canada’s fault? How come, as you have also previously expressed, when terrorists enter the U.S. through Canada it isn’t due to any incompetence on the part of U.S. border security, but again, is somehow Canada’s fault? Why are we responsible for illegal items entering our country from the U.S., but the U.S. isn’t responsible for illegal items entering their country from ours?
Grow up a little Mr. Green, and get your tongue out of the ass of the U.S. You aren’t going to get a reach around any time soon.
Holy crap get a life, why are you shit mouthing Lowell. He has good points and do even have a clue on how much rund raising he does? Like for one thing he co-founded the big brothers of Ottawa. My question to you pal is can anyone take your numb skull bull seriously. Why dont you grow up.
…and above we see a typical comment from a typical “Lowellie.” This is the sort of person that makes up the listenership of Lowell Green’s show. When Lowell Green runs an opinion poll on his show, and 51%, or more, of the callers agree with his opinion, and he then makes a claim that it is the opinion of the majority of the population that his views are correct, it is people such as the person commenting above that make up the pool that Mr. Green is polling.
Yes, Kory, I do know how much fund raising Lowell Green has done, and I’m aware of his community-oriented works. I commend him for those works. He deserves both thanks and appreciation for those works, and I offer it to him freely. But, that doesn’t stop him from being an idiot. This is just typical far-right, myopic, simpleton, “either it’s black or it’s white”, lunacy - If someone does some good things, we then have no right to criticize them for any bad that they’ve done.
Lowell Green is a simpleton, and an intellectual coward. He proves this almost daily on his radio show. That’s why I’m “shit-mouthing” him. And, to answer your question: Yes. But they have to have raised themselves above the state of pablum-brained philistine. Obviously, you’ve got a bit of work ahead of you to reach such a state.
Well Derek
You are certainly one troubled individual. To answer your initial question about why marijuana. Our lax enforcement of marijuana in this country in certainly a reason why it is so easy to possess and thus get across the border. Marijuana is illegal on both sides of the border, thus it should be enforced on both sides of the border. When one side of this enforcement is not doing their job, they create problems for the other side. This is what Lowell has been saying, and it shows weakness for Canada. In the United States however guns are by no means illegal. In fact in many states you can carry your firearm with you in public. The U.S.A. does not place the same limitations on its firearms as we do here in Canada. We should respect their position on firearms after all they are a democracy and it is their freedom. You don`t have to agree with it, but you must respect it . All we can do hear in Canada is respect their position and do what we can to make sure that these guns don`t enter our country. Therefore it becomes our fault since we are the ones who don`t want them, the feeling is not mutual. With the proper equipment they should not be too hard to detect at border crossings.
Lowell Green is usually right with what he says. Sometimes he does make mistakes, after all he is on the radio every weekday for three hours, mistakes will be made.
Derek, you should understand this and cut the guy some slack.
Your comment about Lowell being a coward is rather hilarious, contradictory and ridiculous. You accuse him of being an intellectual coward yet here you are the one who is calling him all sorts of names in a public forum that Lowell and most people probably never will see. Why don`t you send him an e-mail and don`t be a coward, face up to him you punk. I suggest you don`t waste your energy writing in these forums, the only person you convince is yourself; besides you need your energy to preserve the few brain cells you have left.
Oh Great! Another comment from a typical Lowellie… (”Yes Mr. Green! Whatever you say Mr. Green! You’re always right Mr. Green. You’re my God Mr. Green. May I have the pleasure of sucking your cock Mr. Green?) In typical Lowellie fashion, and in a page torn directly from Lowell Green’s “Debate Tactics 101, and Other Pork Chops”, Josh completely misses the point and proceeds to argue against his own ridiculous straw-men.
Josh, the point of that part of the post was to illustrate Lowell Green’s utter hypocrisy. Canada’s laws regarding the restriction of marijuana are far more lax than the U.S.’s. But, according to Green, when marijuana is being smuggled into the U.S., it’s Canada’s fault, and we should be ashamed, and the onus should be on us to stop the flow of marijuana into the U.S. However, the laws regarding the restriction of firearms are much more lax in the U.S. than they are in Canada. But, according to Green, when firearms are being smuggled into Canada… again IT’S CANADA’S FAULT, and the onus should be on us to stop the firearms at our borders.
I suspect that you can’t see the utter hypocrisy there, since you’ve likely been taking your daily dose of Lowell Green’s patented retard pills.
Newsflash, you idiot: It’s not LEGAL firearms that are being smuggled into Canada… It’s ILLEGAL firearms. Illegal firearms are illegal on both sides of the border, you fucking momo! Do you have a brain in your head, Josh? Or, are you just sharing Lowell Green’s? Do you think that the people that are smuggling firearms into this country are obtaining full quantity purchase and export licenses from the ATF? Do you think they’re obtaining all the necessary transport and export paperwork from the ATF and FTC, for the AK-47s, and Tek-9s. and what not that they’re smuggling up here? Grow a brain, you senseless moron.
Now, look at this ridiculous nonsense that you have spewed:
Josh said: “We should respect their position on firearms after all they are a democracy and it is their freedom.”
First of all, the U.S. is not a democracy. You *think* it is, because that’s what you’ve been told to think, and you’re too much of a brain-dead sheep to figure out for yourself that you’ve been handed a line of bullshit. But, with that aside.. sure, I agree with you in so much as we should respect their decisions regarding their own laws. I’m actually for a lessening on gun control in Canada. I happen to think that it is entirely wrong for the government to tell a law abiding citizen that he or she can not own/carry a firearm. But, why is it that we should respect their laws on gun ownership, when they don’t respect our laws on marijuana use? Or, do you think that David Murray, an assistant to the U.S. Drug Czar John P. Walters, telling us, in so many words, that the U.S. WOULD NOT ALLOW Canada to set it’s own laws regarding marijuana production, is respectful of our laws and sovereignty? Also see: http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=FOG20050807&articleId=818
Josh said: “Therefore it becomes our fault since we are the ones who don`t want them, the feeling is not mutual.”
Again, idiot, it’s illegal firearms that are being smuggled into Canada. The U.S. doesn’t want illegal firearms any more than we do. But, according to that shriveled little brain you share with Lowell Green, when illegal firearms enter Canada from the U.S., it’s Canada’s fault. When illegal marijuana enters the U.S. from Canada, it’s Canada’s fault. That is a blatant double standard.
Josh said: “Your comment about Lowell being a coward is rather hilarious, contradictory and ridiculous. You accuse him of being an intellectual coward yet here you are the one who is calling him all sorts of names in a public forum that Lowell and most people probably never will see.”
Your statement is patently absurd. This forum is completely open for anyone with an Internet connection to see and respond to. Lowell’s show is open to anyone with a radio to hear… but Lowell picks and chooses who will, or will not be heard. My comments are open to the world. It’s right here for Lowell, or anyone else, to see. I have never in my life edited a comment from anyone on this blog. Green is an intellectual coward because he has a long and consistent history of refusing to let anyone who is intelligent and informed engage him. This happens all the time on his show… do you not listen to his show? If someone who appears articulate, intelligent and informed engages him with an opinion contrary to his, he cuts them off and goes into a tirade about how wrong they are (of course, he does this after they have lost the ability to respond and defend their position.) Of course, if someone calls in with a counter opinion who appears to be less than intelligent, informed or articulate, Lowell will keep them on for great lengths, tearing them to shreds and showing the little sheep who listen to him just how ridiculous any opinion which runs contrary to his actually is.
Josh said: “Why don`t you send him an e-mail and don`t be a coward, face up to him you punk.”
Here, with your asinine assumptions, you show just how much of a mental-midget you are, you punk. What makes you think I haven’t sent him an e-mail? In fact, I’ve sent him many… and I’ve called into his show a couple of times. I got through to his show twice, both times I was cut off as soon as Lowell figured out that I was actually intelligent and informed and held a contrary opinion to his. I was cut off as soon as Lowell figured out that engaging me wasn’t going to be a cakewalk for him. When he figured out that he would have to actually debate me and wouldn’t be able to just rip through my arguments, he cut me off…. and then went on a tirade about how it was people like me who were the problem with this country. I figured out pretty quickly that calling the show was a complete waste of my time. So, I began sending him e-mails. Of the dozen or so that I’ve sent, to date, one single e-mail has been read on the air. And, that seemed to be a mistake on Green’s part - as he read it and didn’t have an answer for it. He seemed to become a little confused, made some comment like “that’s just silly” and moved on to the next e-mail.
In that e-mail I asked him one simple question: “How did people play outdoor sports before the widespread use of chemical herbicides?”
Lowell had been ranting about a pending municipal decision to ban outdoor herbicide use on public, municipally owned recreation properties. Lowell was making the claim that if you stop herbicide use, the properties will become unusable because weeds will take over. Lowell claimed that it would actually be dangerous, because if you tried to play soccer or some other sport on a sports field that wasn’t treated with chemical herbicides, the players would injure themselves tripping over weeds. So, I e-mailed him and asked him: “How did people play outdoor sports before the widespread use of chemical herbicides?” It seemed obvious from his tone, when he began to read my e-mail, that he hadn’t read it through, or fully understood the question before beginning to read it on the air. I believe he initially thought that the question, when answered, would be in support of his opinion. About half way through the reading of the question he seemed to figure it out. He finished the question hurriedly and responded with something like: “Oh, come on now! That’s just silly. Herbicides have been around for a long time.” He then quickly went on to the next e-mail, completely dismissing the question.
Josh said: “I suggest you don`t waste your energy writing in these forums, the only person you convince is yourself; besides you need your energy to preserve the few brain cells you have left.”
Considering the fact that I’ve just completely torn your comments to shreds, and exposed you as complete fucking idiot who shares half a brain with Lowell Green, I suggest that you find Mr. Green, go back to sticking his cock in your mouth, and shut the fuck up before you cause yourself any more embarrassment.
P.S. - There’s a perfect example of your tax dollars at work, people! It seems that “Josh” posted his wonderful comment from a computer located in THE HOUSE OF COMMONS! Is that what you guys do in the House all day, Josh? Do you all sit around all day listening to Lowell Green, reading and commenting on artist’s blogs, on computer systems and Internet connections paid for by the Canadian tax-payer? Turn off Lowell and get back to work!
Derek
You seem to have misunderstood what Josh said about hand guns. They are in fact only illegal in Canada, not the U.S.A. The assaul rifles you mentioned are not illegal in the U.S.A.(AK47) in semi-automatic form.The illegal guns that the news talks about is not what you think Derek. It is anything from the hand guns readily available to anyone in the U.S.A. to the semi-automatic assault rifles that you believe to be illegal but in fact are not. The ban on semi-automatic assault rifles finished in 2004. Its true that many of the guns brought across the border are smuggled in by people who stole them, but the firearms started out as legal. In many states you do not need to register a firearm or obtain a permit to purchase a firearm. This is policy in the U.S.A. I will respect their openness to firearms, I may not agree with it but I will still respect it. They are after all a democracy.
What I believe Josh was trying to say was that there is a distinction between the gun situation in U.S. and the Marijuana situation in Canada. Marijuana is illegal in Canada, the guns coming across the border are illegal only in Canada.
Last paragraph should read:
Marijuana is illegal in both Canada and U.S.A., while the guns are illegal only in Canada
I’m sorry Peter, but you’re completely wrong on this.
First off, again, The U.S. is NOT a democracy. It is a free republic. Just because a lot of ill-informed people like to call it a democracy, doesn’t make it so. But, that’s really beside the point…
The guns that are being smuggled into Canada ARE NOT LEGAL FIREARMS IN THE U.S.! They are ILLEGAL firearms. They are non-permitted, non-registered, firearms that were obtained through illegal means. People don’t smuggle legal firearms. (Unless they’re incredibly stupid.) Legal firearms are easily traceable. If the firearms in question are found by the A.T.F., or any other American authority, before they leave U.S. territory, they will be confiscated and the people in possession of them will be arrested and charged.
I am perfectly aware that it is possible to legally obtain such firearms in the U.S. But, the vast, vast, majority of firearms that are being smuggled into Canada are not such firearms. They are firearms that are ILLEGAL to posses in the U.S., because they have not been legally obtained. People who smuggle firearms out of the U.S. do not have a criminal/mental/military service background check performed (required in many states when purchasing firearms), then go to a licensed firearms dealer, purchase a quantity of guns to be smuggled, wait out the mandatory waiting period for delivery (required in most states) then obtain permits for, and register their firearms. Instead they STEAL them. Stealing a firearm automatically changes the status of the firearm in question to that of an ILLEGAL firearm. It is ILLEGAL for ANYONE to posses a stolen firearm in all 50 states.
I didn’t misunderstand Josh’s point. His point was put forth to support Lowell Green’s position: The U.S. is free from any responsibility to make sure that ILLEGAL firearms are not entering Canada from the U.S., while Canada is absolutely bound by a responsibility to make sure that ILLEGAL marijuana is not entering the U.S. from Canada.
This is an entirely irrational double standard.
…and by the way… It’s not illegal to possess marijuana in Ontario. It IS illegal to possess a stolen firearm in all 50 states. http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/2958.html
You think that’s bad? listen to Lowell this morning we’re laughing our heads off…He’s a redneck, a generation that’s about to disappear from the planet thank GOD.
You all can think what you want about Lowell Green. But think about this: Yesterday on his show he was ranting about how terrible it is that in this country “all cultures are given equal protections under the law.” (his words) Green seems to think that a lot of our problems would be solved if one, single culture was favored by Canadian law over all others. (HIS culture of course.) In his mind that would work out better for everyone.
Lowell has obviously thought long and hard on this one! ‘Cause, y’know - countries that have legally raised the rights of one culture above all others are always successful nations. Y’know, countries like Germany under the rule of the Third Reich, any middle-eastern countries ruled by fundamentalist Islam, etc., etc.
I agree: Lowell Green - what a big, fat idiot!
To start off…I would like to say if I ever saw Lowell Green on the street, he’s getting a big happy slap from me. I’ve been listening to that pyschotic freak on the radio for the past 2 months… my goddam co- worker loves to listen to this clown for some reason. Lowell Green obviously loves to watch little boys pee…..
There’s no point in engaging in baseless, infantile accusations (re: the little boys peeing comment) Green produces enough thoughts and verbiage of his own free will that rightfully warrant open criticism. Childish, baseless comments serve no meaningful purpose here. I would hope that you were a better person than that.
Agree with you 100%
Lowell is downright SCARY in some of his opinions at times…one recalls the furor over the cartoon caricatures of Mohammed. Lowell was going nuts over them and carried this on to the Lunch Bunch where an Ottawa U communications major was there as well.
Lowell: “Publish them! We can’t hide THE TRUTH!”
Major: “What truth? Theirs, Muslim Truth we all have different perspectives on life.”
Lowell” “THE TRUTH will set you free! The TRUTH!”
Talking in absolutes, shouting down opposition, insulting intelligent debaters, that is Lowell Green in a nutshell.
Michael Harris on the other hand…there is an intelligent and thoughtful fellow.
Hi Pete. Thank-you for taking the time to comment on my blog. Of course, we’re in agreement with regards to the nature of Lowell Green. But, probably due to my own “numbskullicity,” I can’t figure out if your comment about Mike Harris was facetious or not. I’m detecting sarcasm in that comment, but it may just be the way I’m reading it.
If you were being sarcastic, I’d be interested to know what it is exactly that you find objectionable about Mike Harris? Perhaps there is something about him that I haven’t picked up on. I happen to think he’s possibly the sole saving grace of CFRA’s opinion-talk line-up. I don’t always agree with his views, but he seems to be highly intelligent, informed and open to a discussion of differing thoughts and opinions. He seems to display the hallmark of a person of true intellect and wisdom - having the ability to temporarily entertain any idea, without necessarily subscribing to it. (A quality that would seem to be severely lacking in a number of CFRA’s other hosts - most notably Green & Council.)
Of course, if I am mistaken, and your comment about Mike Harris was serious, then you have my apologies for the error, and we are in agreement there as well.
No you misread my intentions, I truly meant that he (Harris) is a thoughtful, literate person. I listen to him daily and often call into his show. Having met the man in person several times, I can attest to his deeply human and humble nature.
Ah. My apologies for my misinterpretation - the smiley at the end of your comment about Mr. Harris gave me the impression that it was being said in a manner of sarcasm. But, It would seem that we’re in agreement regarding the character of Mr. Harris as well.
Lowell can be quite abrasive, but keep in mind that he’s entertainment. In order to get people to call in he HAS to be controversial. Have you ever listened to him when he has one of those “anything goes” days and people call in about their pets, a nice cab driver or funny grandchildren stories?
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If you think he’s bad now, you should have heard him back in the 70’s when he had a show called “Greenline”.
I don’t agree with everything he says but I agree with him on bout 50% of his topics. Likewise I agree with about 50% of things that Mike Harris says.
I’m neither right wing, nor left wing. I guess I’m in the middle which makes me the breast.
I voted for Harper because The Liberals were so corrupt. In the past I’ve voted for Chretien, Bob Rae and Ed Broadbent.
In my mind politicians are all self serving and equally corrupt (Mr. Broadbent being the notable exception).
Originally I was a HUGE fan of Mike Harris because no matter what your opinion was he’d hear you out. Have you noticed how he’s taken to shouting people down and cutting them off lately?
It’s the nature of the beast. If you want ratings, you have to be abrasive.
The fact that you have a blog dedicated to Lowell shows how effective he is in getting ratings. He gets under your skin.
Remember that old Hollywood saying “Write whatever you want about me… just spell my name correctly.”
Jamie
Lowell Green once again shows his despicable cowardice today. All week Lowell has been ranting about the current conflict in Lebanon. He is, of course, of the mindset that Israel is entirely benevolent and anyone who criticizes the actions of Israel in any way is an anti-semitic, terrorist sympathizing evil-doer. So, how wonderful that today, of all days, (The day after the Qana massacre) Lowell Green chooses this day to declare his show a “war free zone” - No talking about the war! Why? Lowell says it’s because they’ve been talking about it all week, and everybody is sick of it. How convenient! Well, BULLSHIT!
Lowell has had a grand old time ranting all week on his pro-Israel stance. But, he’s too much of a yellow-bellied chicken-shit to take calls on the subject today because he knows he’ll have people calling to tear a strip off of him about the massacre and he can’t answer with his “Israel is incapable of doing any wrong” spiel and come out looking like anything less than the big fat air-bag that he is.
He’s a damned coward, and he knows it. And, if he doesn’t know it, well that’s just sad and pathetic.
Lowell Green is a despicable hypocrite. Today he was railing against a small, Ottawa area newspaper who printed a cartoon critical of Israel’s current operations in Lebanon. He called the cartoon “viscious” and said that the publishers “ought to be ashamed of themselves.” The caller he had on the line at the time said “That shouldn’t be allowed.” (referring to the printing of such material.) Hmmm…. Wasn’t Lowell Green being very loud a while back about how horrendous it was that certain people were outraged that certain newspapers printed cartoons regarding certain Muslim religious icons? Lowell Green: You’re a fucking, simple-minded hypocrite!
Later, on the same show, someone called in with an opposing viewpoint to Lowell’s. During the course of the call, the person claimed to be a “white Canadian.” Then he said something to the effect of “The problem with white people is that you guys think your lives are worth more than other people.” Lowell started shouting “What do you mean by ‘you people’? I thought you said you were white?” What’s the problem with that? Well, not more than 15 seconds earlier the caller said something along the lines of “Canada isn’t being attacked by Hizbullah.” Lowell responded by yelling: “But WE ARE attacking Canada.” So, I would ask Lowell Green: What did you mean by “But ‘WE ARE’ attacking Canada?” Lowell Green: You’re a fucking, simple-minded hypocrite!
And, to top it all off: Lowell then asked the caller if, in a war, would the caller fight on the side of Canada, or Hizbullah? The caller’s response was: “It would depend on the circumstances. If Hizbullah began attacking Canada, then of course I would defend Canada. But, if the circumstances were different, I might fight against Canada.” Well, Lowell exploded and called the caller a terrorist sympathizer. He began in on his typical, small-minded, myopic, typical conservative / neo-con “It’s either black or it’s white - you’re either with us or you’re with the terrorists.” idiocy. He then went on a tirade about the all-importance of absolute blind-patriotism and total, under any circumstances, devotion to your country of origin. So, with this in mind, and according to Lowell Green’s logic, I would suspect that he, if he were living in Germany in the 1930s / 1940s would be a Nazi sympathizer? So, which is it Lowell? Are you a liar, an idiot, or a hypocrite? Which is it? I want to know!
Anyway, I sent him this in an e-mail:
“Lowell,
If you were living in Germany in the 1930s - 1940s. Would you take the side of Germany, or the Allies? If you answer “Germany” then I’ll call you a anti-semetic, Nazi sympathizer. If you answer “The Allies” then I’ll call you a despicable hypocrite. Or, do you not have the guts to answer that question on the air? …yeah, that’s what I thought.”
He has yet to answer the question on the air. We’ll see if he does.
Derek,
Your script of Green’s show is bang on! I love listening to Lowell Green’s rants as much as I love watching Jerry Springer. Green’s show is about Lowell Green, not the Middle East or Canadian politics. At least Mr. Springer admits that he has a crappy show. It’s still fun to watch!
If Hezbollah laid down its arms and every Arab and Muslim country stopped attacking Israel directly or indirectly; and if everyone recognized the state of Israel, there would be absolute peace in the Middle East. Well then, who gets East Jerusalem? Israel?
Green’s simple solutions don’t always fit well with complex problems in the Middle East, or in Canada for that matter.
When I compare phone-in programs such as Green’s program to those of other private and public (CBC) radio stations. Green barely gives the callers a chance to talk. The other private radio stations’ shows are a little better. On the CBC, both the noon-time and Sunday’s Cross Country Checkup shows allow for the callers to have a conversation with the host and guests. How many guests appear on Green’s show daily? Weekly? Monthly? Zilch! On the CBC, the discussions are more intellectually stimulating. I don’t care if the callers and guests are left, centre, or right wingers; as long are there are thought provoking discussions.
My advice to those who oppose Green is to find another radio station in which to listen. CFRA will get the hint sooner or later to replace little Lowell.
So Derek, either you are with Lowell Green or your with Hezbollah. (Sarcasm)
For those who watch Canadian and American Idols and America’s Got Talent, the shows aren’t about the contestants; they’re about the judges and their conflicts. Who gives a hoot about the contestants?
Time for me to watch Jerry!
Hey! Y’know who’s almost as big of an idiot as Lowell Green? Daniel Proussalidis! Daniel Proussalidis has been filling in for Lowell Green on Lowell’s show as of late. Rumor has it that Lowell Green has been spending time in the hospital, undergoing a barrage of tests after he awoke one morning to find quite an impressive volume of “brown stuff” coming out of his mouth. Green is reportedly receiving the best of medical care as doctors attempt to figure out what this “brown stuff” is. He is apparently scheduled for a “hot air letting” later this very afternoon in an attempt to help alleviate his current condition. The general consensus among medical staff is just that Lowell is now too full of it, and some of his internal pressure needs to be let off.
Daniel Proussalidis is filling in this week for Lowell, and he’s doing a bang up job! It is extremely obvious that Proussalidis studied long and hard on Lowell Green’s “How to host a radio call-in show - 101″ before accepting the position. All morning he’s been hanging up on any caller with an opposing viewpoint who seeks to engage him in discussion.
Where does CFRA get these yahoos? And, how can any reasonable person listen to dimwits like Green & Proussalidis, and not walk away chuckling and shaking their heads, terrified for the sake of the average intelligence level in this society? I mean, what does it say about our society, when people like Lowell Green & Daniel Proussalidis are making decent livings for being unbelievably obtuse?
Lowell is the man!
I beleive that Lowell and many people like him are a dying breed. A true man with a spine, who will call a spade a spade, and tell it straight. He often does cut people off or yell at them rudely, but that’s because he’s a hard-ass, and he’s tough (mentally). That’s what tough people do, cut you off, get in your face, and yell at you. You don’t like it, too bad, tell it to a real tough guy and he’d knock you on your ass. That’s what Lowell does, he knocks people on their asses, and they come back for more. I beleive he is a realist, someone who doesn’t sugarcoat or pussy-foot around subjects. Lowell is actually an arguer, not a debater, and he’s fucking entertaining, plus it’s his show, he can cut off whoever he wants, whenever he wants. I have a feeling that Canada is in for some dark days ahead and we’re going to need people with attitudes like Lowell’s to kick some ass. Don’t hate, Lowell’s rich and famous, and has his own show, you…. well, your not really anybody, accept it. Just remember to keep tuning in faithful listener so we can keep him on the air.
Support our troops by wearing RED on FRIDAYS!!!
Dave: Lowell’s an idiot and you’re too much of an intellectual midget to see it. Why does your man “with a spine” constantly run and hide when confronted with someone who can hold his own? Lowell’s not “tough”; he’s a bully. There’s a hell of a difference there. Tough people don’t slink away and evade challenging confrontations. Lowell picks on people who can’t adequately defend themselves and refuses to fairly confront anyone who can. Lowell is spineless. I’m right here. I’m not running away from anybody. I don’t censor posts and I wont “hang-up” if you want to challenge me. If someone manages to give me an intellectual spanking, then it’s going to be right here for all the world to see. That’s a promise. I wont run from anyone - if I’m due a whoopin’ I’ll stand and take it like a man. Let’s see Lowell do the same on his show once in a while - until then, all of you pathetic Lowellies can go cry in your fucking pillows. I’ll keep criticizing where criticism is due.
Dave said: “That’s what tough people do, cut you off, get in your face, and yell at you. You don’t like it, too bad, tell it to a real tough guy and he’d knock you on your ass.”
First of all, that’s not what “tough people” do. That’s what bullies do - gutless, spineless bullies. Tough people stand toe to toe with those who bring a fair fight; without fear of possibly taking a couple of bruises. Tough people remain open to a fair challenge no matter what odds are against them. Do you know why Lowell cuts people off and hangs up on them? Because he’s absolutely terrified of getting his ass handed to him on the air. That’s why. The moment Lowell feels the upper-hand starting to swing away from him - *poof* caller gone! And, that’s your idea of “a true man with a spine”? And, hey, here I am, telling it to Lowell… and somehow I’m not too worried about getting knocked on my ass any time soon. Lowell already knows what I’ve said about him, and he could easily find me and come and knock right on my fucking front door if he wanted to - I live less than a ten minute drive from where he works, so it wouldn’t even be that much of an inconvenience for him. Still, call me crazy, but I’m not too worried about getting “knocked on my ass” any time soon.
Dave said: “Lowell is actually an arguer, not a debater”
Fucking brilliant! And this guy’s your hero, huh?
P.S. - Lowell’s not rich, (he’s upper middle class at best) and I’m probably more famous than he is - but what in the fuck does that have to do with anything? Do you judge a person’s worth by their financial situation, or social standing? Oh, hell, you must be a fucking conservative! You brainless nitwit. Go slink away and hide with Lowell you worthless fucking nobody.
Today-Lowell discussed the local Imam’s (a Muslim leader) comments and answers to Steve Madely’s questions and resolved that the Imam was not sympathetic to the west and came short of condemning terrorism. Lowell gave his listeners the idea that this Imam represents ALL Ottawa Muslims and thus All Ottawa muslims feel the same way he does–HOW ABSURD?? He also lambasted a certain lady who called in to further explain the Imam’s point of view and in typical Lowell style badgered her into submission -denying her a chance to explain anything with his barrage of accusatory remarks.
This man is dangerous. He remind me of the radio host who spread propaganda in favour of the Hutus before the Rwandan massacre. He is an unrepentant rabble rouser who of late has been hounding ALL Muslims. His rhetoric is spewing hatred and division among Canadian Christian and Muslims. He is beginning to encourage his listeners to identify all Muslims as terrorists.
He even went so far as to say that Muslims should identify their stance by wearing red on Friday and participate in a show of support for the Canadian troops on parliament hill.
This suggestion reminds me of the way despots marginalised certain races and people who did not want to identify themselves with the ruling parties and forced them to take the sides of the despots.
This man spews venom and instead of promoting unity and religious tolerance-he is supporting hatred and intolerance of Islam!
Keep in mind; Mr. Green is not the Green man you use to know. In the past he was a wonderful reporter. Today with his old age he is trying to keep on top with the ratings with his radio show. He has chosen to go the other side of the fence. Becoming a shock DJ, like Howard Stern, where everyone needs to listen even though it’s making him or her mad. It is the nature of humankind to be curious. So most of his listeners keep listening to him and you got callers calling to praise him. They are trying to get a piece of him, which what he love. Why? Cause that how he get his ratings.
When there is days no one calling to argue with him, he put western music and try to shake the bowl to make people mad to call him.
But though keep in mind that Green is a Bush lover. Anything Bush does is ok. Not cause he lived in the state for very limited time. Remember the discussion he had 2 weeks ago about Clinton how IMMORAL man he is, the bad thing he did for his country. But the moment someone calls in to say how IMMORAL Bush is, NOT going to listen and that where he would just bash and hang up. What a great reporter. Like he says, you got to love freedom of speech. (Yeah, right!)
Then he wonder why no one calling. How degrading that he has become by bashing and not respecting other people opinions just so he can have good ratings.
He should just keep doing good community work instead. Like the Red Fridays, which that was NOT his idea first of all. Give the morning show someone else; I am sure there is some new fresh faces out there that can make a good job, like the way you started years ago.
You guys are a bit childish, don’t you think?
I mean calling eachother names like that.
Lowell’s an idiot and everybody knows that. He does have some good points (sometimes). But come on, it’s not like he rules the world or anything. Let him say what he wants to say and laugh at him or agreee with him, later.
And if the citizens of Ottawa or “Lowellies” as Derek refers to them, believe Mr. Green so much and praise him for absurd comments, it only goes to show that the majority of the community are right wing sheep who can’t think for themselves.
But I have to say that I can’t say that for everyone. I’m sure some Lowell lovers don’t agree with him all of the time.
He is always looking for callers. That says it all.
Who wants to talk to someone peddling a book putting down anyone who votes liberal? Who wants to talk to someone who writes about pork chops?
An ignoramus of the first order Green is.
Really.
come one lowell is great when things don t go well some morning i just listen to him for a few minutes and i m laughing what he says is such nonsence that it have to make your laugh just like nick mercer
(by the way he is really good) or don cherry (by the way he is just like lowell a bit dum on the sides lol) try not to listen to hime to long 10 minutes per day at most and he s funny terry
Lowell Green is disgusting.
Lowell is a racist, ignorant, woman-hating, fat, old, white haired “good old boy”.
Have you ever noticed that whenever somebody with an obvious immigrant accent calls in, that Lowell’s telephone line magically cuts out? “Oh, we have a bad line, call me back,” Lowell tells them. It happens every time.
Lowell is a red-neck farmer who had the good fortune of being born with a horseshoe up his ass. He got lucky and landed a job in “journalism” when he got out of a pissy little college where he learned to milk cows with other dumb-ass blockhead farm types. Since he is 70+ years old, you can imagine how stringent the qualifications for “professional journalism” jobs were back then. One Nova Scotian mine disaster later, and Lowell is a “journalist”. It was luck. Luck, luck, luck.
Lowell should be leaning on the rails of the sale-barn ring selling sheep, not being broadcast to the masses. He needs to go back to the farm and chew the cud with his other red neck ignoramus.
Lowell hates his mother and has serious issues with her. He’s always preaching about how wonderful his Grandfather and Father were, but because his Mom skipped out on him, he has held a serious resentment towards her (and subsequently, other women) for his whole life. His Mom tried to kidnap him and his sister when he was a child. Can we say “attachment issues”? Obviously Lowell never had a healthy emotional connection with his own mother and he is an angry, bitter person as a result.
The only time I see Lowell in person is when he is scharfing back food in large quantities in Kanata restaurants. He’ll have a coronary attack soon, no worries. He especially likes the Maple Court Chinese all-you-can-eat in Kanata.
Lowell should retire. He is old, and senile. He has the same callers, angry old men and senile old women. The same ones call all the time.
When my mom visited me and heard his ramblings for one week, she decided it was time to vote separatist. So what he is doing is really harming the country.
CFRA has no women anchors. No women with their own daily talk show.
All they have to offer is that idiot Madeley who thinks he is so important, yet he is such an ignoramus, and Green, who needs no further comment since in my opinon he deserves no further consideration since he holds the crown as the most incompetent radio show host in North America.
As far as being rich goes, Lowell green owns a house in the islands, Barbados, or somewhere where money is easily hidden. I hear he rents the place out and do you think he reports his revenues and any money he has in the islands to Revenue Canada? I doubt it.
Lowell Green’s view on Kyoto and other environmental issues makes me ill. The fact that he prioritizes his quality of life over the very survival of the planet is contrary to any of the good deeds he does for the community. In providing for charities the fat man does not go without. Yet doing the right thing from an ecological perspective requires restraint. A virtue that Mr. Green sorely lacks! He finds support in those who love NASCAR and hate change. I half wish that his demise be the result of a pesticide accident gone awry.
Danny
Lowell Green is indeed a boor. He is sexist and racist. He is selfish and can be very difficult to get along with sometimes. However, Green is not ignorant, far from it. He knows the history of the Ottawa Valley better than any other radio personality in Ottawa. He knows where the bodies are buried and has personal experience uncovering decades of greed and b.s. at Ottawa City Hall and Parliament Hill. He has been through divorces where other greedy people literally robbed him at gunpoint. That is why he doesn’t like women and lawyers. He has run successful and not successful businesses. He is, to my knowledge, as honest as the day is long. And a devout traditionalist. This guy still stops his car for funeral processions. He is not an objective journalist, but he is very good at getting people off their game plans and ensuring disclosure. And by God he is a darn good Canadian patriot despite being born in the US.
Your a piece of crap. I bet your a global warmit too. You NDP lover. Lowell does more in one day the you will do in your life.
Lowell Green, in his global warming tirade, was questioning the scientific method the other day, agreeing with the caller that it has no more basis than religion or propaganda. (Just when you though you heard it all).
I wonder…. when Lowell is belly up on a Ottawa Hospital operating table for heart surgery (which by the looks of it, has already happened or will be happening very soon) will he question the treatment the doctor is performing because it too is based on the scientific method…. the same scentific method that has concluded global warming is real and man-made.
Everytime he opens his mouth a crock of shit pours out.
Yesterday Lowell was telling his audience how he needed to lose weight and that he was 40 pounds overweight. FORTY? FORTY? Come on. Maybe SIXTY or EIGHTY pounds overweight, Lowell.
Maybe if he stopped chowing down in all those Kanata restaurants I see him in, he might have a chance at shedding the pounds, a process he described as “impossible” after having “tried everything”. He also mentioned he can’t walk because his knees hurt. Yeah, my knees would hurt, too, if I was carrying those extra “forty” pounds around.
I don’t know why Lowell Green is allowed to spew all the hatred and innaccuracies that he does on almost a daily basis. I just heard him talking about the civil war in Lebanon. He said that the Lebanese prevent ambulances from taking the dying and injured to hospital. Then he said,”Can you imagine the outcry if Israel did such a thing?” Israel does do this. People die at checkpoints trying to get to hosptials. Babies are born at checkpoints and many do not survive. Why is this idiot allowed to deliberately mislead the Canadian public? Can we not get a petition to have him removed from the airwaves?
I think that indeed lowell green has some good points and does some good things but the only way he cn find his was out of a problem is to insult the other person. I called in to him to ask about his statement that global warming is not happening and he then proceded to tell me that i was stupid and that i should go leans something before i talked to him again
Glad to see that there have not been any postings for two months…perhaps we have all wisen up and turned off our radios for the summer, thereby avoiding listening to the desperate attempts of this poor old man to keep relevant.I gather he is up on Parliament Hill straightening out those poor guides that tell tourists we have a fixed federal election date. You should have heard him rant on about these stupid tourist guides…until he found out that he was amongst the few who did not know this fact. He said it probablyhappened while he was away…for ten days cruising the Panama Canal..yes Lowell, the PM got this ‘little item’ through first, second and third reading, then through the Senate, and then onto Royal Assent all while you were away. In the PM’s dreams he did all that so quickly.
Here is a major news story, a fundamental change in the way we have held elections since 1867, and the man who runs a talk show in Canada’s Capital City never heard of it. Idiot.
On The Lunch Bunch, Lowell recently said how well ‘radio’ is doing in the media world…just imagine..radio can be anywhere instantly…that is why it is growing and so successful today…wrong Lowell, wrong wrong wrong. A recent report shows radio listening decling all over. Listen to the ages of his callers..that tells it all. Ask a teen when the last time was he listened to radio and you might just get a quizzical look. However, to expect Lowell to know what a Sony Walkman is (was?) would be overly optimistic, and to ask him what an IPOD is would be a waste of time. Radio is dying, and Lowell is helping. Whenever he gets a young person on the air he badgers her with stupid quections about The St. Lawrence Seaway. If the young person does not know a great deal about the Seaway, he is badgered, told how stupid he is, and hung up on. Yes Lowell..this is the way to encourage young people to stay with radio (which they are abandoning so there will be no future for radio, unlike what Lowell thinks). Because kids don’t know a lot about the fifty year old Seaway, Lowell tells them they are idiots. Lowell….when the Seaway opened Eisenhower and Diefenbaker were there for crying out loud. Believe it or not, some things have happened to us since 1959 and most of us are not stuck there admiring what was then a remarkable feat…but the Seaway has very little effect on the life of the average person right now and was, I repeat, an amazing event…… fifty years ago.
Next thing you know he will be asking people if they think it may be possible to someday land on the moon. Whoever breaks the bad news to him will be called a lefty of course.
Now to top this off, he admitted on a show lately that he had no idea who owns and runs the Rideau Canal. That would be the body of water that lies about 500 metres from where he sits everyday with his microphone. He had no idea how the NCC and ParksCanada share parts of the responsibility for this historic landmark right here in our own city. Even the United Nations has recognized its significance, but poor old Lowell just stares at it wondering whose it is.
But then Lowell no doubt considers the UN a bunch of lefties, so it doesn’t matter.
The Rideau Canal, in Lowell’s world, is not important…but heaven help any youth who is in his sites and does not know about the glorious old lady that is The St. Lawrence Seaway.
If most of you hate Lowell so much…why the hell are you tuning in to him? If he is so obnoxious etc…then ignore it.
All your ranting here doesn’t change anything. He’s still making his money and doing his show….this is truly an insignificant no point blog. By the way…I am not a fan of his. I just think you’re very sad and infantile.
Laura..for me the point of attacking Mr. Green’s cheap shot program has to do with it being in Ottawa, when it perhaps belongs on some 100 watt station in the far north… I am very proud of Canada, and proud to live in our beautiful, historic, lively capital city. I find it unfortunate that those who live here, and worse, those who visit, might judge Canada and its capital city based on the rantings of a right wing old man desperate for callers and ratings. The fact that the afternoon show on CFRA is moderated by Mr. M. Harris, who actually does research, invites knowledgable guests, and engages callers in coversations without yelling, calling people names, and hanging up, does help offset the morning embarrasement. I just find it sad that this is the best that CFRA can offer, especially in light of the fact that they are our only news-information radio station and they abuse this situation by offering such a low common denominator program in the morning. However, I do realize that Jerry Springer has fans too.
I worked for a true blue conservative a few years ago.A true blue member of the very conservative Rideau Club in Ottawa. She thought Lowell Green was an idiot and would never she said go as low as to listen to a station like CFRA. I find CFRA entertaining so I enjoyed sparring with her. She also said if Green was being used by the conservatives, well it was it problem but that he was such a low class person, how sad that he was associated to the conservative party.
Quite true, actually, conservatives are known to be rich, cultured, high class, and members of the Rideau Club!
Of course, I have no problems with Conservatives in and of themselves. I have problems with idiotic Conservatives - just as I have problems with idiotic Liberals. But, we are each entitled to our own opinions regarding matters - political or otherwise. I’m quite leftist in my sociological leanings, and much more centrist in my fiscal ones. But, if you’re a conservative who isn’t arrogant, you’re intelligent, and have a well thought out and rational argument and reason for your conservative beliefs, then you have my respect. And, I will look upon a debate, or exchange of ideas with you as a valuable opportunity for growth and learning in myself. I’m fully aware that I don’t have all the answers, and it just might be a conservative who helps me to fill in some of the spaces that I’m missing.
However, Lowell isn’t like that. He’s arrogant and unintelligent. He holds to his opinions on nothing short of his own authority. I believe that he doesn’t even have a firm grasp on why he believes half of the stuff that he does. He looks upon an exchange with someone of opposing views as an opportunity to either convert or destroy them, whether or not he’s right or wrong in his ideas. To him, what he says is right merely because he has said so. When challenged, he runs, hides, and attempts all manner of cheap, cowardly diversionary tactics. He’s a blight. An exchange with Lowell offers no opportunity for growth or betterment. And, for this reason he is useless.
The vast majority of his listener ship listen to him for no other reason than it provides for them an effortless way of reinforcing their own narrow world-view. And, for this, his show is useless as nothing more than cheap entertainment.
Laura said: “If most of you hate Lowell so much…why the hell are you tuning in to him? If he is so obnoxious etc…then ignore it.”
…know thy enemy.
And, you see Laura, we aren’t a bunch of Lowell fans here. So, we actually understand that the only way toward expansion of intellect is to exercise effort in understanding views which oppose our own. If you think all the same things that I think, then there’s only one of us thinking. Why should I spend my time listening to what you have to say then? What would I learn from that? We already think all the same things, so how can I better myself from that?
Lowell Green is my opposite - I must strive to know him better than I know myself. Only then can I grow, and prepare.
Lowell Green est un imbécile.
Derek….if you are going to the trouble of getting to know someone better than you know yourself, I might suggest that you set your sights a little higher….raise the bar so to speak.
Pierre…nailed it mon ami!
Bill: What makes you think I don’t?
Besides, I was using Lowell as the hypothetical in the illustration. My meaning is that it is precisely because I find him so objectionable that I listen to him at all. There’s little worth or value in me understanding where someone with whom I agree is coming from.
Unlike the average Lowell Green supporter/fan, I choose not to only expose myself to thoughts, opinions and ideas that only serve to effortlessly reinforce my own preconceived world-view.
Of course Lowell Green is an imbecile… but he’s an imbecile that holds influence in this community and among many of my peers. I’d cheat myself horribly if I were to remain ignorant to his ideas.
If I didn’t have a good grasp on where Lowell Green was coming from, I wouldn’t be able to so efficiently cut his little Lowlies into tiny shards whenever I heard them regurgitating his mindless nonsense.
I have met and talked to Lowell,.and very proud to know him!! I so love how he takes the coward weenie lefties to task,..looks like this weenie running this blog is pretty stupid and ignorant of factual evidence,.and would rather take the time running his mouth about stuff he really knows nothing about,..Lowell has had this talk show for many years for a REASON,.and your not Canadas best,.if your just a fat idiot,..like this ignorant blogger “claims”
I have be in the broadcasting industry for almost 50 years. I have been in radio, television - a senior employee of the CRTC, and have travelled the world over - giving speaches on broadcasting. Lowell has received MANY awards from his peers, prime ministers, American and foreign dignitaries and many other well researched, intelligent people. As a person deeply involved in talk radio throughout the world - yes the world not just Canada and the United States - I personally know that Lowell is usually RIGHT ON with his facts encompassing his subjects.
Of course there is an element of “piss off” the caller which is normally tongue in cheek - but all that aside, I share the view of the intelligent spectrum of worldly readers and broadcasters, that Lowell is a highly intelligent individual. Not to mention - he has raised thousands and thousands of dollars for worthy causes and local families in the Ottawa area.
Only the “lefties” who have totally runined our economy an how we DON’T deal with our fellow man - hate Lowell. God - you only have to look around you - the courts, judges, politicans and so many people WON’T take constructive action when it comes to parents who CAN’T or WON’T raise their children with boundaries or discipline, to see WHY our jails are full of minors - totally out of control with no parental upbringing. Our youth criminal act is so absurd - never having little Jonnie admit he has done something wrong - foolish political correctness that never finds fault with anything - so EVERYONE has to put up with these jerks that desparately need a firm hand - and strict guidelines to keep them within decent behaviour.
Go ahead - speak unkindly of Lowell - but YOU ARE THE ONES that have created this totally out-of-control society that we have to live in.
THANK GOD FOR LOWELL - BRINGING SOME SANITY TO THOSE WHO NEED IT THE MOST !!!!!
LOWELL - RETIRE IN THE KNOWELEDGE THAT SOME OF US APPRECIATE YOUR LONG OVER DUE - COMMON SENSE AND INTELLIGENCE
Rod in Bells Corners
(rlahay@yahoo.com)- for those who dare to speak up!
It is interesting that nobody has left a comment here for quite sometime…maybe those who think Green is a pathetic excuse for a broadcaster in Canada’s capital city have given up on him. I don’t bother with him much anymore, in fact I even boycott any company that advertises on his show. I hear him ,rarely, in the car. It is hard to listen to somebody who, during the rash of phoney emergency calls made to police from various city high schools, stated the following…he claims that the police cannot trace the calls to cell phones because cell phones that have dead batteries will still calll 9 1 1 , but cannot be traced.
Yes Lowell…phones with dead batteries can call during emergencies. If you believe that, then I will provide you with a flashlight that has dead batteries, but will of course work if it knows it to be an emergency.
Today I was listening to him once again beg for people to call, on any topice at all…beg, beg and beg some more. Nobody cares what you have to say Lowell, nobody cares about someone who cannot argue with anybody without screaming about ‘lefties’ and so on….blah blah…blah…same old stuff…no arguments or discussions or ever anyone in the studio who might disagree with or debate with him. Not a chance. CFRA should take the hint from the ratings…there is a reason why CBC gets more listeners, and a reason why the listeners he does attract are…as has been said before…grumpy old men and slightly confused sweet little old ladies. Young people…and in his case I mean people under fifty..have no interest in Green’s show and radio in this city suffers for it. Why CFRA feels the audience he attracts is desiberable to advertisers I cannot imagine.
Lowell is obviously confused (nothing out of the ordinary there) between cell phones with dead batteries, and cell phones without out paid service. A cell phone that hasn’t been activated by a service provider can indeed still dial 911. A cell phone with a dead battery can not. Unless Nokia, or some such company has, unbeknownst to me, knocked the science of physics on its ear and invented a cell phone that can magically pull energy out of the cosmic ether. Maybe Lowell Green is privy to the existence of some new-fangled, zero-point energy cell phones?
But, with that aside, cell phones are completely traceable. You don’t even need to use it in order to be traced. As long as it’s just turned on, your location can be traced. Just ask Scott Peterson! The police traced his exact location via his cell phone and he never even called anyone. The reason for this, of course, is because geographical service areas for cell phones are broken up into a number of small areas. As you pass from one area to another, your phone “handshake’s” with the antenna system of the new service cell and identifies itself to that cell. Your phone says to the system: “Hey! This is who I am, and I’m in this location now. If anyone tries to call this number, you should look in this service area to find me!”
Hell, technology even exists that can trace cell phone calls accurately enough to use them as homing beacons for surface to air missiles. That’s how the Russians killed Chechen President Dzokhar Dudayev. They intercepted a phone call he made on a cell phone from his plane, targeted the cell phone transmission, and shot his plane out of the sky.
The moral of all of this is that Lowell Green is indeed an idiot.
But, here’s a better one for you:
Yesterday Lowell was ranting to a caller about how carbon dioxide wasn’t pollution.
“Of course it is!” the caller said.
“Can you see it?” asked Lowell.
“No.” replied the caller.
“Can you smell it?” asked Lowell.
Another “No.” came the answer from the caller.
“Then it’s not pollution, is it? How can it be pollution if you can’t see it or smell it?” Lowell quipped.
So, I suppose Lowell Green, in his infinite wisdom, wouldn’t mind me filling his house up with copious amounts of carbon monoxide then? It obviously wouldn’t pollute his home’s air quality. You can’t see it or smell it - no danger then.
The man’s idiocy is legendary.
You are right. He is an idiot. His phone-in show is rigged with the same callers who agree with him. I switched to the CBC a long time ago, and I have learned so much since then, the hosts are well informed, the programs highly informative, and the CBC experience is a great one.
CFRA is for losers. Don’t believe they are poor, they are owned by BCE, and live high believe me, I know because I worked for both BCE and the federal government in my lifetime, and working for BCE was like getting the lottery, the company was so rich we had the best of everything. In the government, even pencils were controlled.
Thank god that we have the Plasco incinerator. If it wasn’t for Lowell we’d still be dumping garbage in the Carp dump. Those like vivian and derek are dulusional.
his show is rigged. It is really pathetic to hear the same callers over and over again. Anyways, I now listen to the CBC, and have actually learned a thing or two about the world, not only about dumps, and the rail system favouring the CFRA staff who live in Kanata. He never had a subject before, always the same thing, the same caller, I imagine things have not changed.
I went to MOntreal to arrange my cruise because I simply will not make any travel arrangements in any way linked to him or his family.