Howard Stern gets owned

**4matic** · 09-14-2006, 10:04 PM

CNBC reporter Melissa Francis did a story on how Sirius stock has tanked since adding Howard and traffic to the Howard Stern Website is down 71%. Well Howard goes off on her and says shes a hack with a degree from a two bit college. Howard got owned. So funny. So right. Stern is a dope:

http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/...ers/P49501.asp

Francis earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Harvard University where she also served as executive editor of the Harvard College Economist Magazine.

**Chainsaw_Willie** · 09-14-2006, 10:13 PM

Howard's played out. You can only do the same shtick for so long before no one cares anymore.

**4matic** · 09-14-2006, 10:16 PM

Originally Posted by Chainsaw_Willie

Howard's played out. You can only do the same shtick for so long before no one cares anymore.

His response was so pathetic. A prrofanity laced tirade. People pay to hear that?

**cj001f** · 09-14-2006, 10:17 PM

Originally Posted by Chainsaw_Willie

Howard's played out. You can only do the same shtick for so long before no one cares anymore.

He's done the same schtick for what 20 years? People are stupid.

**rideit** · 09-14-2006, 10:38 PM

I am not getting the video (audio?) from the link...help?

Yeah, economics degree from Harvard....two bit hack!!!

**MeatPuppet** · 09-14-2006, 10:45 PM

Originally Posted by cj001f

He's done the same schtick for what 20 years? People are stupid.

A lot of people have is bad taste, a few are stupid. The stupid ones are paying to hear him.

**The AD** · 09-14-2006, 10:48 PM

I don't have Sirius and I miss Howard. It might be more or less the same shtick, but it's still funny.

**cj001f** · 09-14-2006, 10:50 PM

Originally Posted by MeatPuppet

A lot of people have is bad taste, a few are stupid. The stupid ones are paying to hear him.

Heh. Very, very true.

**upallnight** · 09-14-2006, 11:46 PM

Originally Posted by rideit

Yeah, economics degree from Harvard....two bit hack!!!

i don't know her from adam, but i know that the presence of a degree from an institution is not an indicator of whether one is an idiot.

money (at least in the school i attended) covered up for much stupidity.

**rideit** · 09-14-2006, 11:48 PM

Good and Valid point.
Taken.

Look at our 'bumbler in chief'.

But does that make Stern right?
She seems like a straight shooter, analytically.

**upallnight** · 09-14-2006, 11:50 PM

i grew up on the east coast, and it was always funny to hear stern saying the same stuff that he did so many years ago. it was almost comforting to tune in once a year or so -- kind of like an old friend that you have nothing recent in common with, but you can relive 'the old days' every once in a while.

**upallnight** · 09-14-2006, 11:52 PM

stern cares about making money for stern. it's pretty simple. props to him for getting his. bottom line is that those satellite radio companies need more of a draw than one man can provide.

that's the trouble with long-term contracts. maybe sirius should have given him a one-year deal with incentives tied to subscribership or stock price....but there's no way he'd have taken that.

what happens when you sign the athlete to a 10-year deal and he stops performing after 2? same thing...

**upallnight** · 09-14-2006, 11:53 PM

Originally Posted by rideit

Good and Valid point.
Taken.

Look at our 'bumbler in chief'.

i may not like him, bu ti think he's smarter than he lets on. he knows how to work it. no one gets to that level by being a complete idiot. he played the 'everyman' role to a T against some much "smarter" opponents.

now, cheney on the other hand....he's a total mastermind. evil, perhaps, but he's wicked smart.

**Ski Monkey** · 09-14-2006, 11:54 PM

I didn't listen to this, but I heard another report the other day that was talking about how Sirius numbers are up quite a bit since Howard moved and they attributed it largely to his move.

**upallnight** · 09-15-2006, 12:26 AM

i think the movement of the stock price can be somewhat independent of the subscriber base.

sirius gambled that stern would bring subscribers and, presumably, the stock price would soar. (if we believe they are good corporate citizens.)

maybe what happened is the market said, "fine. subscribers will soar, but you paid too much per subscriber and we don't like your long-term prospects."

if you believe that sirius may not be a good corporate citizen, then perhaps the officers just wanted volatility so they could make cash for themselves.

**chaka** · 09-15-2006, 08:17 AM

Originally Posted by MeatPuppet

A lot of people have is bad taste, a few are stupid. The stupid ones are paying to hear him.

I think you just called me stupid

Each to their own, my friend

I wish I had a few bucks for every numbnuts I met from a "prestigious" ivy league school, I wouldn't be sitting in a cubicle right now. Sure there are top caliber folks from the high end schools but, I have met plenty that I wouldn't hire. I second UAN's comments, a fancy pedigree is only a single data point.

**4matic** · 09-15-2006, 08:41 AM

Originally Posted by Chaka

I think you just called me stupid

Each to their own, my friend

I wish I had a few bucks for every numbnuts I met from a "prestigious" ivy league school, I wouldn't be sitting in a cubicle right now. Sure there are top caliber folks from the high end schools but, I have met plenty that I wouldn't hire. I second UAN's comments, a fancy pedigree is only a single data point.

Additional data point:

"Executive editor of the Harvard College Economist Magazine"

**cj001f** · 09-15-2006, 08:57 AM

Originally Posted by 4matic

Additional data point:

"Executive editor of the Harvard College Economist Magazine"

A now defunct undergraduatestudent run publication of uncertain publishing history. Is that to bolster your argument? You are another one impressed by fancy names on the CV, aren't you?

**Barnballs** · 09-15-2006, 08:58 AM

lets not forget we're talking a BA in econ....compared to Sterns BA in communications....not really Harvard Law vs. Princeton physics...

I think crazy Alice is pretty damn funny though...

**4matic** · 09-15-2006, 09:09 AM

Originally Posted by cj001f

A now defunct undergraduatestudent run publication of uncertain publishing history. Is that to bolster your argument? You are another one impressed by fancy names on the CV, aren't you?

Touche.. Although, I do think a Harvard degree is impressive.

**steve** · 09-15-2006, 10:20 AM

Originally Posted by Chaka

I think you just called me stupid

Each to their own, my friend

I wish I had a few bucks for every numbnuts I met from a "prestigious" ivy league school, I wouldn't be sitting in a cubicle right now. Sure there are top caliber folks from the high end schools but, I have met plenty that I wouldn't hire. I second UAN's comments, a fancy pedigree is only a single data point.

maybe true, but the point he's making is that, regardless of the alumni you've come across, hah-vahd is hah-dly a "two-bit college."

/it's a two-bit university.

i switched from sirius to xm when stern came on.

**upallnight** · 09-15-2006, 10:22 AM

Originally Posted by 4matic

Touche.. Although, I do think a Harvard degree is impressive.

why? undergrad degrees are not really an indicator of intelligence or accomplishment -- or that the individual actually did any work throughout school. there are folks who are brilliant at harvard, and there are also idiots and people who were the sixth from a family to go there. similarly, there are some brilliant people at eastern indiana silt basin college, just like there are idiots there, too. it's what you make of it.

at the school i attended for undergrad, a contingent of sons of wealthy s. american business owners had a network for cheating/getting exams. they literally did nothing and just needed the stamp that they survived the 4 years -- forget aboutthe fact that they never showed up to class for a single day.

then again, they would never have to use any of their own skills for survival or pay for their education.

maybe they are the smart ones?

**cj001f** · 09-15-2006, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by steve

hah-vahd is hah-dly a "two-bit college."

the undergrad portion is Harvard College..... /pedant

and uan - you can hardly deny a strong correlation between intelligence & accomplishment with better undergrad universities.....

**chaka** · 09-15-2006, 10:45 AM

I have two friends who hold Haahhhhvahhhd degrees. They both claim that the hardest part was getting accepted. Once enrolled, they claim it was nearly impossible to fail. One went on to earn a graduate degree at a fairly prestigous state school, and claimed the environment at the state school was more intense and required more self discipline...

I'm not bagging on Harvard. Sure, its a great school and its moniker on a CV can translate directly into a higher starting salary. What is my point again? Clearly I am not Harvard material. This thread is now offically extremely boring.