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Freedom No Longer Free

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I tuned into 98.9 Liberty on the way home today, and there it was, like a grisly, glistening shape rising from the fetid waters of capitalism: a commercial. I gritted my teeth as I listened, knowing it would be but the first of many, for surely they would group 20 such commercials together like all the other radio stations, and I would have to begin station surfing in vain, for it is well known that all radio stations synchronize their commercial marathons for maximum annoyance. But wait! What’s this I hear? The commercial ended… and the music began anew! It was not but one of many, but just a single commercial. And the music continued unabated for the remainder of my 45 minute trip home.

(For those not in the know, 98.9 Liberty is a new radio station here in Richmond that plays “anything you want” without any commercials. “Anything we want” so far seems to include only upbeat chart-topping songs, however, but that’s another story.)

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