If you're in Michigan you've probably already heard about this. But here we go anyway. You may remember the name "Thayrone" (aka Terry Hughes). He hosted a show on a NPR station in Ypsilanti, Michigan until he repeatedly expressed his pro-Iraq war/pro-Bush views on the air. On April 2nd he was fired for those offenses and then refusing to run NPR news , stating "we know if you want a current assesment of what is going on, you're sure not listening to us".

He has been picked up by an Ann Arbor, Michigan station and given his own show starting this Sunday night from 7-11pm. He has been given complete creative control over his new program, won't be forced to run news, and even *gasp* has the freedom to speak in favor of GWB.

For all the bitching from the left about having their view points being shut down, quieted, censored, etc. which we have had to listen to for months now, none of them can point to an experience such as this being done to anyone on their side. NPR being a psuedo-government entity, I would be tempted to go legal on their ass if it had been me. I don't retain a lawyer for giggles you know.

But Mr. Hughes is much more "mellow" about this than I. "But don't look for any paybacks this Sunday. 'It's going to be a real strong energy show,' Hughes says, 'not a get-even show ever. I'm not looking back, this is the next evolutionary step.'

Expect the tin-foil hat crowd to go ballistic over this since the station that he know works for is a Clear Channel station.