Limbaugh inks 400 million dollar contract!

[Easy90]

Wow!

LIMBAUGH SIGNS THROUGH 2016; $400 MILLION DEAL SHATTERS BROADCAST RECORDS

Wed Jul 02 2008 09:02:18 ET
**Exclusive**

The American broadcast industry is rocked, realigned and blasted into a new orbit, yet again, by Rush Limbaugh, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.

In what is being described as an unprecedented radio contract, Limbaugh will keep his syndicated show on-the-air and e-v-e-r-y-w-h-e-r-e through 2016 with CLEAR CHANNEL and PREMIERE RADIO.

Already host of the most lucrative hours since radio's inception, Limbaugh's total package is valued north of $400 million, according to media insiders.

The NEW YORK TIMES will claim this weekend that Limbaugh, marking 20 years this summer as a national host, has secured a 9-figure signing bonus for the new deal, newsroom sources tell DRUDGE.

MORE http://www.drudgereport.com/flashrl.htm

[December]

And most Americans have to work two jobs so they can have money to fill up the gas tank.

Wow....
This is really "Land of the Free" alright.

[Easy90]

[b]And most Americans have to work two jobs so they can have money to fill up the gas tank.

No they don't. Very few Americans need to work two jobs...

And guess what...How much a Limbaugh makes has nothing to do with what happens to any other American, other than the taxes he pays and the thousands of other people here who have a job, thanks to him! Isn't America great for being a place where someone without a college education can work for 20 years at a craft, and end up making 400,000,000 dollars doing it?

[potter]

How many people have jobs because of Limbaugh? How do he and his big mouth provide any jobs?

His success is a trubute to the incredible stupidity and gullibility of the American people.

And what's this about not having to work two jobs? Nearly every fucking family out there needs two incomes to support it.

[NIOSA]

Limbaugh is worth every penny he makes. He also gives a lot to charity & causes Harry Reid to slobber all over himself. :D

[AlanC]

Limbaugh is worth every penny he makes. He also gives a lot to charity & causes Harry Reid to slobber all over himself. :D

Excellent point.

[Easy90]

How many people have jobs because of Limbaugh? How do he and his big mouth provide any jobs?

His success is a trubute to the incredible stupidity and gullibility of the American people.

And what's this about not having to work two jobs? Nearly every fucking family out there needs two incomes to support it.

You illustrate the lack of knowledge about how the world of capitalism works...that libs are famous for.

Here's a fast example: Limbaugh makes 400,000,000 dollars. Who pays that? Advertisers... Who are they? People in big companies making products. Who works in the factories making them? People who work in factories. Who sells them? People who own stores. Who works in stores? Millions of people... Thus, my liberal ignoramus..is the engine of capitalism.

Very few people have two jobs. A lot of people are in two income families. Why? Because taxes take half the income of the average wage earner. You don't understand that. That's because you're a lib. Pity you.

[preservanation]

Rock on, Rush!

[NortheastCynic]

First: Limbaugh is a demagogue, a quasi-intellectual and a self-important prick.

That having been said. His employer chose to give him 400 large over X number of years, he agreed. That, friends, is a consensual and peaceful contract between two parties. Good for both of them; I really don't care. Listening to him will still be painful and he'll still be a self-important, quasi-intellectual prick.

-NC

[Buck Laser]

Limboob could get a gazillion dollars and I still wouldn't pay any attention to him.

[preservanation]

Limboob could get a gazillion dollars and I still wouldn't pay any attention to him.Couldn't resist posting in this thread though, could you?
Hee hee.

I guess your not paying any attention to him can start...ready?....NOW.

I'm sure you won't be back to read this, since you're not paying attention...but I just couldn't help myself.

[Buck Laser]

Couldn't resist posting in this thread though, could you?
Hee hee.

I guess your not paying any attention to him can start...ready?....NOW.

I'm sure you won't be back to read this, since you're not paying attention...but I just couldn't help myself.

Mmmm, that doesn't mean I don't pay attention to homegrown stupidity, preserv. :worship:

[preservanation]

Mmmm, that doesn't mean I don't pay attention to homegrown stupidity, preserv. :worship:Let me guess, and that's why you such a fan of the *wise and benevolent preservanation*, right?

:wink:

[suedanim]

Limbaugh is worth every penny he makes. He also gives a lot to charity & causes Harry Reid to slobber all over himself. :D

He's a blowhard, loud, showoff, way overly self-elevated gossip columnist with a microphone and he gets the big bucks cause simple minded, uneducated hordes of Republicans too illiterate to read for themselves... tune in. He's the GOP brand Jerry Springer show. He and the GOP need each other to survive. Ha!... The GOP is prolly paying him... Thats about it.

The only valid reason to listen to his dumb ass is to keep up with what bad advice he's giving the sycophants.

[ttriber]

Buck it maybe stupid to you hearing Rush, but to others it is stupid for someone to hear Al Franken and Air America.

[preservanation]

Buck it maybe stupid to you hearing Rush, but to others it is stupid for someone to hear Al Franken and Air America.Who..?
I think I heard of Mr Frankin, but Mr Air America?
Is he Captains Brother?

[suedanim]

Couldn't resist posting in this thread though, could you?
Hee hee.

I guess your not paying any attention to him can start...ready?....NOW.

I'm sure you won't be back to read this, since you're not paying attention...but I just couldn't help myself.

:lmao: Well.. I did listen to him back in the 90's...starting with the OK bombing and onward for a few years. It was actually informative listening to him and G. Gordon Liddy.. Made me an even more devout liberal.

Its important to know what the opposition is saying... what the GOP faithful are hearing and worse... believe that crap or follow their advice.

I don't listen anymore.. Read the net when necessary.

btw.. how are his plans for riots at the Democratic convention going?

One thing we can be pretty sure of though... there'll be yawns at the GOP convention. Bring your rocking chairs. The Libertarian are more relevant these days than the GOP.

:madlaugh:

[NortheastCynic]

If only that last sentence were true.

:sigh:

-NC

[apdst]

That's great news. I'm glad to see that Rush's show is so successful.

uneducated hordes of Republicans too illiterate to read for themselves

You got something against uneducated folks?

[Easy90]

First: Limbaugh is a demagogue, a quasi-intellectual and a self-important prick.

That having been said. His employer chose to give him 400 large over X number of years, he agreed. That, friends, is a consensual and peaceful contract between two parties. Good for both of them; I really don't care. Listening to him will still be painful and he'll still be a self-important, quasi-intellectual prick.

-NC

Four Hundred MILLION dollars..!!!! How much do YOU make? LOL!

He's so much smarter than anyone posting on this forum it's just hilarious!

[NortheastCynic]

Your last sentence is insanely incorrect. Limbaugh is smart enough to become popular among unintelligent people. Now, I'm not claiming that all of his listeners are idiots...Just a large portion.

How much I make is utterly irrelevant. I'm a 20 year-old college student, not many of my demographic are millionaires. To illustrate my point, Paris Hilton probably makes more money on reality shows, etc. than most people, does that make her intelligent?

Of course not.

-NC

[apdst]

Now, I'm not claiming that all of his listeners are idiots...Just a large portion.

So, anyone that doesn't agree with the Liberals is an idiot? Not a good sales pitch.

[NortheastCynic]

You're right, it wouldn't be a good sales pitch...

That's why I didn't make it.

What I said was that a large portion of his listeners are idiots.

Period.

I'm not selling anything; and certainly not liberalism.

Do me a favor, Apdst, look up libertarianism, do some research on it...Have some intellectual curiosity...You'll learn that libertarianism is not liberalism.

It really isn't a difficult concept to grasp.

-NC

[NortheastCynic]

By the way, I wish I was 'intelligent' enough to fail out of Southeast Missouri State University...I'm no Limbaugh.

-NC

[Pookie]

He actually did work hard to succeed, especially in a time when conventional radio was failing. I used to be in radio as a broadcaster and engineer, and I've followed his career.
Congrats, Rush, ya done good.
Plus I was on his show once and we agreed about the topic, and he called me "one of my few favorite liberals."
I corrected him. I said, "Sir, that is one of your few favorite gun-toting liberals. There is a difference."
He laughed his ass off and went to a break, and he said he needed that laugh, and thanked me.
We hung up, and when he came back on, he said, (still chuckling) "That North Carolina gun-toting liberal has got some sense, doesn't she?"
I loved it! I actually do listen to him sometimes when I can, and sometimes he drives me up a wall, and sometimes I couldn't agree more and I'lll be yelling at the radio: "YEAH! You tell em, buddy!"
LOL!
I'm glad he's so successful.
He deserves it. He did this through painful divorces and a terrible addiction to painkillers.
I don't think I could do that.
Purrs to Rush,
Pookie

[apdst]

Do me a favor, Apdst, look up libertarianism, do some research on it

"Libertarianism", is a word to replace Liberal, because people have gotten wise to what the Liberals are up to.

By the way, I wish I was 'intelligent' enough to fail out of Southeast Missouri State University...I'm no Limbaugh.

Intelligence and education aren't synonymous.

[NortheastCynic]

"Libertarianism", is a word to replace Liberal, because people have gotten wise to what the Liberals are up to.

You really don't have a clue, do you?

Well, good, at least I know I can give up trying with you.

What a relief.

Intelligence and education aren't synonymous.Not necessarily, they are not. That said, I'll challenge anyone to find me someone who's dropped out of Southeast Missouri State University whom you believe is 'smarter than anyone on this board' [other than Limbaugh, apparently].

-NC

[apdst]

You really don't have a clue, do you?

I have twenty more years of life experience on ya sport. So, yes, I have a clue.

When you get out of your Liberal ass college and into the real world, then you can tell me about what you know.

[NortheastCynic]

And in all of those extra 20 years you haven't attempted to broaden your understanding of an ideology you don't know.

Very sad.

I would've gone with 'sonny' over 'sport'...But to each his own. ;)

-NC

[Easy90]

Your last sentence is insanely incorrect. Limbaugh is smart enough to become popular among unintelligent people. Now, I'm not claiming that all of his listeners are idiots...Just a large portion.

How much I make is utterly irrelevant. I'm a 20 year-old college student, not many of my demographic are millionaires. To illustrate my point, Paris Hilton probably makes more money on reality shows, etc. than most people, does that make her intelligent?

Of course not.

-NC

Paris doesn't "make" anything. She spends her inherited net worth. Anyone who has half a billion dollars and looks hot can have a reality show...Plus, she's not as dumb as you would have her be. But comparing her to Limbaugh is specious.

Limbaugh started off as a penniless college dropout playing records on a radio station for peanuts. He just signed a deal reportedly worth over four hundred MILLION dollars....after about twenty years doing what he does. You think he's dumb. LOL!! Kid...I pity you. With that attitude, you don't have a prayer to ever be successful.

[NortheastCynic]

Kid and sport.

You guys are good.

You pity me?

Non-sequitur much?

Perhaps you didn't hear what I've said, I've said he's 'smart enough to become popular off of idiots'. I also said, 'good for him' regarding the money.

Basic reading comprehension, Easy.

I always enjoy seeing people whom I've never met say they 'pity' me or something equally personal as if I could possibly care any less about there opinion.


And yes, Paris Hilton makes money on her own.

-NC

[Easy90]

Good luck Kid... In twenty years, you're still going to be poor, and cynical...and you won't ever know why.

[ptif219]

Its funny watching liberals falling all over themslves on this news.

I wonder if they have the same problem with Howard Sterns or Oprah on Sirrius

[NortheastCynic]

Good luck Kid... In twenty years, you're still going to be poor, and cynical...and you won't ever know why.:lmao:

Poor.
:lmao:

:madlaugh:
If you knew me you'd know how funny that is.

-NC

[Elrathin]

I don't have any problem with Rush, I have occationally listened to the windbag just to see what the opposition is saying.

It's funny that some conservatives though think he is telling the truth. Saying Rush Limbauh speaks the truth is like saying the Daily Show with John Stewart is a real news show lol.

[Pookie]

Its funny watching liberals falling all over themslves on this news.

I wonder if they have the same problem with Howard Sterns or Oprah on Sirrius

I am a liberal. How am I falling all over myself at this news?
Please explain that to me. I don't understand why you are saying that.
I am glad for him. YOU need to explain how I, a liberal, am falling all over myself.
Thank you.
Purrs,
Pookie

[suedanim]

Well... I won't claim to be a Limbaugh fan, though his shows.... in the past were entertaining. I guess they still are. But, truth is not his forte.. while extreme political bias, lieing to the public and gross exageration for the purpose of entertainment alone.... is.

I've followed this guy since the late 70's. He may be successful in his job... as an entertainer. But serious news or commentary? He's nothing but a clown... purporting to convey truth, which is probably his draw to those who like that kind of persuasion. There may have been a time when he was the coolest.. He's played out, the religious right, Ralph Reed, Newt Gingrich types.... all played out... and Limbaugh is simply a dangerous messenger today. He and Foxnews do more harm to the United States than good.

Young people today don't buy this brand of politcal manipulation. They are more like those of us from the 60's who no longer trusted government. They see the light and it doesn't look good. After all... its their generation, like ours, that has paid and continues to pay the heaviest price due to the folly of government and the press that gives cover to the government actions.

No... I have nothing against uneducated people. But... every person has a responsibility to listen to responsible people, not clowns or those who incite activity to subvert fair elections or violence. We all have a responsibility to use inner wisdom whether they read or not, to make good choices as to who to listen to. I'm just glad that there is a majority of Americans, educated and uneducated, that either chooses to not listen to Limbaugh... or rejects his message altogethor.

[suedanim]

Its funny watching liberals falling all over themslves on this news.

I wonder if they have the same problem with Howard Sterns or Oprah on Sirrius

Ha! I don't care for any of them. Can't stand Stern, never liked him AT ALL. I can recognize humor... and Limbaugh is an entertainer...but now, imo... a dangerous one.

I'm just too independant. I'll listen to Buchanan and when he starts talking crazy talk about blacks or Mexican immigrants, I call him on it, but I agree with him on other subjects. I mix and match.. but liberal... as defined by our political system... I am..and PROUD of it. I consider myself on of the true Americans.... :lmao: with a heavy lean towards Libertarianism, though I disagree with them on some social issues. I believe government SHOULD serve the people. The greatest power, wealthiest nation in history can well afford to give aid and assistance to its poorest, provide medical care for all (people should not by dying IN emergency rooms) and feed its hungry and not ON veteran should be homeless for Gods sake. We can do better by our disenfranchised... The Devils in the details... :lmao:


btw.... NW Cynic... had no idea you were so young. Kudos to you young man for all your wisdom and fortitude at holding you own with all these message board warriors.

[NIOSA]

He's a blowhard, loud, showoff, way overly self-elevated gossip columnist with a microphone and he gets the big bucks cause simple minded, uneducated hordes of Republicans too illiterate to read for themselves... tune in. He's the GOP brand Jerry Springer show. He and the GOP need each other to survive. Ha!... The GOP is prolly paying him... Thats about it.

The only valid reason to listen to his dumb ass is to keep up with what bad advice he's giving the sycophants.

Feel better now?
He "gets the big bucks" because he is listened to more than any other talk show host on the radio.
Say, How's Franken & Girofollo doin now-a-days? :madlaugh:

[GhostintheMachine]

So sad that people buy into his bs.

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1895

Who says Rush Limbaugh is abusive to minorities? He champions various minority interests: multi-millionaires, bankers, owners of private planes and yachts, drug companies. It's only those other "minorities"--women, workers, the poor, racial minorities, gays--that he has no use for. Here's a sampling:

"One of the things I want to do before I die is conduct the Homeless Olympics... [Events would include] the 10-meter Shopping Cart Relay, the Dumpster Dig, and the Hop, Skip and Trip." (L.A. Times, 1/20/91)

On NAFTA: "If we are going to start rewarding no skills and stupid people--I'm serious, let the unskilled jobs, let the kinds of jobs that take absolutely no knowledge whatsoever to do--let stupid and unskilled Mexicans do that work." (Radio show quoted in FRQ, Fall/93)

Speculating on why a Mexican national won the New York marathon: "An immigration agent chased him for the last 10 miles." (USA Weekend, 1/26/92)

This is asinine! A Caesar Chavez Day in California? Wasn't he convicted of a crime?" (Quotedin FRQ, Winter/94)

"Kurt Cobain was, ladies and gentleman, I just--he was a worthless shred of human debris..." (TV show, 4/11/94)

"When a gay person turns his back on you, it is anything but an insult ; it's an invitation." (Quoted in FRQ, Summer/94)

"Feminism was established to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream." (Quoted in FRQ, Summer/93)

"Militant feminists are pro-choice because it's their ultimate avenue of power over men.... It is their attempt to impose their will on the rest of society, particularly on men." (Ought to Be, p.53)

"Why is it that whenever a corporation fires workers it is never speculated that the workers might have deserved it?" (Ought to Be, p.275)

[ptif219]

I am a liberal. How am I falling all over myself at this news?
Please explain that to me. I don't understand why you are saying that.
I am glad for him. YOU need to explain how I, a liberal, am falling all over myself.
Thank you.
Purrs,
Pookie

So a general term means you.thats like saying christian means you are talking directly to me.

Try checking some of the news shows.

[ptif219]

Well... I won't claim to be a Limbaugh fan, though his shows.... in the past were entertaining. I guess they still are. But, truth is not his forte.. while extreme political bias, lieing to the public and gross exageration for the purpose of entertainment alone.... is.

I've followed this guy since the late 70's. He may be successful in his job... as an entertainer. But serious news or commentary? He's nothing but a clown... purporting to convey truth, which is probably his draw to those who like that kind of persuasion. There may have been a time when he was the coolest.. He's played out, the religious right, Ralph Reed, Newt Gingrich types.... all played out... and Limbaugh is simply a dangerous messenger today. He and Foxnews do more harm to the United States than good.

Young people today don't buy this brand of politcal manipulation. They are more like those of us from the 60's who no longer trusted government. They see the light and it doesn't look good. After all... its their generation, like ours, that has paid and continues to pay the heaviest price due to the folly of government and the press that gives cover to the government actions.

No... I have nothing against uneducated people. But... every person has a responsibility to listen to responsible people, not clowns or those who incite activity to subvert fair elections or violence. We all have a responsibility to use inner wisdom whether they read or not, to make good choices as to who to listen to. I'm just glad that there is a majority of Americans, educated and uneducated, that either chooses to not listen to Limbaugh... or rejects his message altogethor.

You mean like dan rather and CBS news

[GHJ]

Good for Limbaugh! San Fran Nan will be all over the TV again calling for the "fairness doctrine" to be reinstituted.

What the libs can't product they want to destroy in others. Air America - a colossal bust. Rush Limbaugh - a colossal success.

Lesson learned: Nobody wants to listen to leftist BS on the radio.

[Pookie]

So a general term means you.thats like saying christian means you are talking directly to me.

Try checking some of the news shows.

I did. I want to know why we liberals are falling over ourselves and all. Explain to me how I am falling all over myself. If you have made exceptions, then perhaps you should be a bit clearer in your posts and stop lumping everyone together.
That gets quite tiresome here.
Purrs,
Pookie

[ptif219]

I did. I want to know why we liberals are falling over ourselves and all. Explain to me how I am falling all over myself. If you have made exceptions, then perhaps you should be a bit clearer in your posts and stop lumping everyone together.
That gets quite tiresome here.
Purrs,
Pookie

It is a general term not specific to you but I guess you must take offense to general terms.

[GhostintheMachine]

Good for Limbaugh! San Fran Nan will be all over the TV again calling for the "fairness doctrine" to be reinstituted.

What the libs can't product they want to destroy in others. Air America - a colossal bust. Rush Limbaugh - a colossal success.

Lesson learned: Nobody wants to listen to leftist BS on the radio.

Much like kids would much rather watch the crap on MTV rather than an educational show on PBS...:thumbsup:

[NortheastCynic]

btw.... NW Cynic... had no idea you were so young. Kudos to you young man for all your wisdom and fortitude at holding you own with all these message board warriors.Thanks, yep, I'm 20, started debating online at 15, so I've kind of have the ropes down...Thanks for the compliment.

-NC

[lily]

Well, when Obama gets elected, you guys will get your monies worth.

[NIOSA]

So sad that people buy into his bs.

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1895

Who says Rush Limbaugh is abusive to minorities? He champions various minority interests: multi-millionaires, bankers, owners of private planes and yachts, drug companies. It's only those other "minorities"--women, workers, the poor, racial minorities, gays--that he has no use for. Here's a sampling:

"One of the things I want to do before I die is conduct the Homeless Olympics... [Events would include] the 10-meter Shopping Cart Relay, the Dumpster Dig, and the Hop, Skip and Trip." (L.A. Times, 1/20/91)

On NAFTA: "If we are going to start rewarding no skills and stupid people--I'm serious, let the unskilled jobs, let the kinds of jobs that take absolutely no knowledge whatsoever to do--let stupid and unskilled Mexicans do that work." (Radio show quoted in FRQ, Fall/93)

Speculating on why a Mexican national won the New York marathon: "An immigration agent chased him for the last 10 miles." (USA Weekend, 1/26/92)

This is asinine! A Caesar Chavez Day in California? Wasn't he convicted of a crime?" (Quotedin FRQ, Winter/94)

"Kurt Cobain was, ladies and gentleman, I just--he was a worthless shred of human debris..." (TV show, 4/11/94)

"When a gay person turns his back on you, it is anything but an insult ; it's an invitation." (Quoted in FRQ, Summer/94)

"Feminism was established to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream." (Quoted in FRQ, Summer/93)

"Militant feminists are pro-choice because it's their ultimate avenue of power over men.... It is their attempt to impose their will on the rest of society, particularly on men." (Ought to Be, p.53)

"Why is it that whenever a corporation fires workers it is never speculated that the workers might have deserved it?" (Ought to Be, p.275)

One of the great things about free speech is....well golly gee, free speech. Of course if some have their way, "fairness doctrine", that'll be a thing of the past.
Have you heard some of the people that we pay (Jack Murtha, Dick Durbin, John Kerry) blast our military? Accuse them of being "cold blooded murderers", "akin to nazis", "running a gulag", "sneak around in the middle of the night killing women & chidren"? Heard any of that?
Maybe if people would get after the real windbags, hatemongering, arrogant, jerks, insteae of blaming a talk show host for all the worlds ills, we'd all be better off!!!
:rolleyes:

[ptif219]

Well, when Obama gets elected, you guys will get your monies worth.

Don't need Obama the do nothing congress is plenty.

[GhostintheMachine]

One of the great things about free speech is....well golly gee, free speech. Of course if some have their way, "fairness doctrine", that'll be a thing of the past.
Have you heard some of the people that we pay (Jack Murtha, Dick Durbin, John Kerry) blast our military? Accuse them of being "cold blooded murderers", "akin to nazis", "running a gulag", "sneak around in the middle of the night killing women & chidren"? Heard any of that?
Maybe if people would get after the real windbags, hatemongering, arrogant, jerks, insteae of blaming a talk show host for all the worlds ills, we'd all be better off!!!
:rolleyes:

Wait a minute, but he is one of those real windbag, hatemongering, arrogant jerks. I don't understand why anybody would want to support such a man. And yes we are allowed free speech. That doesn't change the fact that he is notorious for reporting false information and making ignorant and hateful remarks. I don't buy his hate mongering for a minute, and I can't understand why others would either.

[Alonzo]

Rush's first purchase:

http://www.mnazman.com/images/PHARMACY-010SA.jpg

[lily]

When the article said the contrat went to 2019......firs thing that came to mind was is there a drug clause?

[NIOSA]

Wait a minute, but he is one of those real windbag, hatemongering, arrogant jerks. I don't understand why anybody would want to support such a man. And yes we are allowed free speech. That doesn't change the fact that he is notorious for reporting false information and making ignorant and hateful remarks. I don't buy his hate mongering for a minute, and I can't understand why others would either.

So what? We pay the jerks I was talking about, they live off our dime, they don't get paid to slander our military. Rush is a free agent, he is working in a free market, he is NOT an elected official. Do you buy thair trash? Do you agree with Murtha, Kerry, Durbin? Were you in agreement with Harry Reid when he tried to have Rush censored?
False information? Have an example?

[ptif219]

Wait a minute, but he is one of those real windbag, hatemongering, arrogant jerks. I don't understand why anybody would want to support such a man. And yes we are allowed free speech. That doesn't change the fact that he is notorious for reporting false information and making ignorant and hateful remarks. I don't buy his hate mongering for a minute, and I can't understand why others would either.

No more then democrat politicians :madlaugh:

[GhostintheMachine]

So what? We pay the jerks I was talking about, they live off our dime, they don't get paid to slander our military. Rush is a free agent, he is working in a free market, he is NOT an elected official. Do you buy thair trash? Do you agree with Murtha, Kerry, Durbin? Were you in agreement with Harry Reid when he tried to have Rush censored?
False information? Have an example?

I haven't paid attention to their material. I wasn't talking about the Fairness Doctrine. I am simply criticizing Rush. He is full of shit and I was simply commenting that I am ashamed to see that people buy into his bs. I had a link that listed out numerous examples of his false information, see my previous post.

[GhostintheMachine]

No more then democrat politicians :madlaugh:

thank you for adding intelligence to the conversation. *insert sarcasm.*

[ptif219]

thank you for adding intelligence to the conversation. *insert sarcasm.*

As much as your rant about Rush.

Rush is more truthful then most he just leans right.

When he disagrees with Bush he lets you know.

He is not a kool aid drinker like the left wing media.

[GhostintheMachine]

As much as your rant about Rush.

Rush is more truthful then most he just leans right.

First, it is spelled "than," secondly I have looked at enough evidence to disagree with this statement.

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1895
http://mediamatters.org/items/200509120008

A bunch of emotionally charged rhetoric. Sure the left wing media has its own biases, but that doesn't make him right.

When he disagrees with Bush he lets you know.

Okay?

He is not a kool aid drinker like the left wing media

:dizzy:

[ptif219]

First, it is spelled "than," secondly I have looked at enough evidence to disagree with this statement.

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1895
http://mediamatters.org/items/200509120008

A bunch of emotionally charged rhetoric. Sure the left wing media has its own biases, but that doesn't make him right.



Okay?



:dizzy:

Real unbias left wing rags.

Mediamatters that Hillary says she helped start.

Fair is Jeff Cohen from MSNBC.

You are using things from liberal news media that hates Rush.

Seems you and your sources are bias because Rush speaks truth of the left and reveals their lies.

[Easy90]

Love to watch the lefties spew and sputter about old Rush. They always talk about how Limbaugh "lies"....but without quoting out of context, or truncating and parsing something he says...they can never quite get a handle on one of those "lies." They hate him because he literally guts libs and hangs them out t dry...and the only thing they can do about it is try to shut him up.

[Osborn F. Enready]

The Bi-Partisan corruption machine knows how to reward its best propagandists.....

No suprise Rush is at the top of the list as far as propaganda.... he has the biggest mouth and an assload of hot air to run that flapper, as well as all the connections inside the bloated beltway.

[Easy90]

The Bi-Partisan corruption machine knows how to reward its best propagandists.....

No suprise Rush is at the top of the list as far as propaganda.... he has the biggest mouth and an assload of hot air to run that flapper, as well as all the connections inside the bloated beltway.

That's a liberal way of saying...Limbaugh will never run out of material, thanks to libs being what they are.

He now makes more than all of the top five liberal media propaganda network anchors combined.

People who don't understand the free market (AKA Libs) can't fathom why he makes so much money. He wouldn't, if he wasn't so popular. He wouldn't be so popular if he were any of the things libs say about him. All they have to counteract what he says is hate speak...Essentially, Limbaugh makes his millions simply quoting libs. It's really quite funny.

[Osborn F. Enready]

Easy said:
That's a liberal way of saying...Limbaugh will never run out of material, thanks to libs being what they are.

Thats my way of saying exactly what I intended to say, which was what I said.

He is a well paid mouthpiece for partisan hacks.

Easy said:
He now makes more than all of the top five liberal media propaganda network anchors combined.

Your point? Selling out the truth, your country, your people is a profitable business....

Easy said:
People who don't understand the free market (AKA Libs) can't fathom why he makes so much money.

FREE MARKET?!?!? ROFLMAO.......

Yea, media free market.... thats what we have....

Easy said:
He wouldn't, if he wasn't so popular. He wouldn't be so popular if he were any of the things libs say about him. All they have to counteract what he says is hate speak...Essentially, Limbaugh makes his millions simply quoting libs. It's really quite funny.

Its a sad, tragic, disheartening testament to the failure of Americans to see through the partisan bullshit both sides spend millions of your dollars on to keep you a good, well kept, obedient slave to their corporate global agenda.

[Osborn F. Enready]

(edit) double post

[GHJ]

Four Hundred MILLION dollars..!!!! How much do YOU make? LOL!

He's so much smarter than anyone posting on this forum it's just hilarious!

:clapper: Only conservatives will admit that. Libs are still stuck on stupid.

[Easy90]

Thats my way of saying exactly what I intended to say, which was what I said.

He is a well paid mouthpiece for partisan hacks.

You don't get it. He's not paid by the Republican party. He's paid by radio stations that get high ratings...so they can charge advertisers a lot of money...The same radio stations would gladly air "Air America" programming if it generated an audience like Limbaugh does. It's called "free enterprise." Look it up!

Your point? Selling out the truth, your country, your people is a profitable business....

You're making my point very well...but you don't apparently realize it. Limbaugh is providing a service that people want...and the market media outlets are willing to buy it at the market price. Major league sports and the entertainment industry does the same thing. Some people just don't get how that works... I'll put you in that category..

FREE MARKET?!?!? ROFLMAO.......Yea, media free market.... thats what we have....

See my above explaination about how that works re: the media Osborn. I don't hold it against you that you're unfamiliar with the concept. Americans aren't educated too well about how free markets work. If they don't figure it out, they have to learn it the hard way...or, as is the case demonstrated here daily...not at all.

Its a sad, tragic, disheartening testament to the failure of Americans to see through the partisan bullshit both sides spend millions of your dollars on to keep you a good, well kept, obedient slave to their corporate global agenda.

That's just socialistic rhetoric. Shows you're a kool-aid drinker.

[GHJ]

Paris doesn't "make" anything. She spends her inherited net worth. Anyone who has half a billion dollars and looks hot can have a reality show...Plus, she's not as dumb as you would have her be. But comparing her to Limbaugh is specious.

Limbaugh started off as a penniless college dropout playing records on a radio station for peanuts. He just signed a deal reportedly worth over four hundred MILLION dollars....after about twenty years doing what he does. You think he's dumb. LOL!! Kid...I pity you. With that attitude, you don't have a prayer to ever be successful.

There's a reason Rush has been successful on radio for 20 years. And a reason Dead Air America went belly up. Not one liberal has been or will ever be as successful as Rush Limbaugh. Their jealousy gets the best of them so they call him names (so typical). Personally I think they're afraid to listen to him. Their mind is made up and they don't want to be confused by the truth.

[Easy90]

Limbaugh is an entertainer, and he's selling his product. You could say he's selling his "act" and I don't think it would be unfair....but he obviously believes what he says... That just makes it easier for him to perform.

It's pure capitalism...and economically, it's good for America. His "act" provides jobs for literally thousands of well paid people involved in it (most not directly) through the process I said before. An enterprise that big spins off, or "trickles down" wealth to people who otherwise wouldn't have a job..at least doing what they do now. The failure of people to understand how that works really are terribly stunted in their understanding of how things work. That leads to all sorts of bad life decisions...and results in a very cynical outlook on America.

Politically...Limbaugh is simply a conservative. He's very attuned to the philosophy, and his craft (communication) is woefully lacking in conservative competition. That's why he's the "king" if you will....of political talk radio. He's hated by liberals so much, because he's effective at what he does. He can take a Harry Reid or Nancy Pelosi speech and do 3 hours of airtime simply discussing it, sentence by sentence. By the time he's done with it...anybody listening will be rolling off their chair laughing at their words...or fuming mad at them... Limbaugh stimulates emotions in his listeners, and that sells.

[NortheastCynic]

Thats my way of saying exactly what I intended to say, which was what I said.

He is a well paid mouthpiece for partisan hacks.



Your point? Selling out the truth, your country, your people is a profitable business....



FREE MARKET?!?!? ROFLMAO.......

Yea, media free market.... thats what we have....



Its a sad, tragic, disheartening testament to the failure of Americans to see through the partisan bullshit both sides spend millions of your dollars on to keep you a good, well kept, obedient slave to their corporate global agenda.
Os, in case you missed it...you're a socialist, apparently.
:lmao:

It's threads like these that make me sad that no one's written "Libertarianism For Dummies" yet.

Socialist.
:madlaugh:

-NC

[NIOSA]

I haven't paid attention to their material. I wasn't talking about the Fairness Doctrine. I am simply criticizing Rush. He is full of shit and I was simply commenting that I am ashamed to see that people buy into his bs. I had a link that listed out numerous examples of his false information, see my previous post.

Maybe you should pay more attention to the people that can & do directly effect your life. Maybe then you would be a little more objective when hearing others.
Fine, disagree with Rush, you certainly have the right. However, you really need to pay more attention to what people you pay, people that are supposedly working/representing you are saying & pay even more attention to what they're doing.

[Easy90]

Os, in case you missed it...you're a socialist, apparently. NortheastCynic

Here's a clue Mr. Cynic. If you spew typical 1960s anti-capitalist socialist bumper-sticker rhetoric...you run a likelihood of being called (not wrongly) a socialist. Osborn's "evil corporate global agenda" prattle is the tipoff. It's the stuff you'd expect to hear from a 25 year old grad student with a beard and a baggy of weed in his pocket...who's never had a job...owes $200,000 in student loans he'll never pay back...and drives a 15 year old Volvo with a "Greenpeace" bumper sticker on the trunk.

Libertarians claim to be in favor of free markets. One would hope that anyone who claims to be a Libertarian..would at least have a clue what a free market is. I see a lot of Anarchists who like to say they're "Libertarians." But maybe that's just unfair too...since they likely don't even know what an Anarchist is either.

[suedanim]

Limbaugh is nothing more than a hired gun. Whatever would the GOP do without him? Well... you already know he's the GOP's last hope as the loudest mud slinging operation besides Fox.. Better get him the big bucks now cause the GOP is in deep shit. Can Limbaugh pull it off for them..? I doubt it. This isn't the 80's or 90's.

btw... anybody have a list of those advertisers paying all that money?

He's a political clown and a racist, sexist pig. I don't hate him. He's too disgusting to waste that kind of energy on.

[GhostintheMachine]

Real unbias left wing rags.

Mediamatters that Hillary says she helped start.

Fair is Jeff Cohen from MSNBC.

You are using things from liberal news media that hates Rush.

Seems you and your sources are bias because Rush speaks truth of the left and reveals their lies.

That doesn't provide any sort of logical counterargument to the link I posted. The fact of the matter is that he distorts the truth and is known for making bigoted remarks.

[ptif219]

That doesn't provide any sort of logical counterargument to the link I posted. The fact of the matter is that he distorts the truth and is known for making bigoted remarks.

It shows it is bias and not truthful.They are as truthful as the Clintons and MSNBC which means you can't believe a word.

[Wndrtch]

It shows it is bias and not truthful.They are as truthful as the Clintons and MSNBC which means you can't believe a word.

They seem to forget that Rush is on the air for 3-hours a day, for 5 days. AND, he's recorded.

They try and try and try to knock him down, and they only succeed in growing his audience.

If that kind of "success" is in charge of the GWoT, the Left will have a tribute to Mecca at Ground Zero by 2012.

[GhostintheMachine]

It shows it is bias and not truthful.They are as truthful as the Clintons and MSNBC which means you can't believe a word.

Okay, since you are still circumventing the question with rhetoric, I will give you one claim and you can show my how it is not truthful.

Rush Limbaugh has gotten a lot of mileage out of his claim that volcanoes do more harm to the ozone layer than human-produced chemicals. He featured it in his best-selling book, The Way Things Ought to Be (paperback edition pp. 155-157): "Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines spewed forth more than a thousand times the amount of ozone-depleting chemicals in one eruption than all the fluorocarbons manufactured by wicked, diabolical and insensitive corporations in history.... Mankind can't possibly equal the output of even one eruption from Pinatubo, much less 4 billion years' worth of them, so how can we destroy ozone?"

Limbaugh calls concern about the ozone layer: "balderdash. Poppycock." The only people who worry about it are "environmental wackos," "dunderheaded alarmists and prophets of doom."

Syndicated columnist Thomas Sowell (New York Post, 1/14/94) used the volcano theory as Exhibit A to illustrate Limbaugh's "very well-informed and savvy understanding of the political issues of our time." "While far more pretentious people have been joining the chorus of hysteria over 'global warming,'" Sowell wrote, "Limbaugh pointed out in his [first] book that one of the high readings of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere came right after a volcanic eruption--and volcanoes can put more gases into the atmosphere than the entire human race."

The alert reader will notice that Sowell has mixed up global warming and the ozone layer, two different problems. Still, Sowell concluded of Limbaugh, "It is obvious that the man has done his homework--and done it well."

Ted Koppel must have thought so, too, when he invited Limbaugh to be on Nightline (2/4/92) as an environmental "expert," opposite then-Sen. Al Gore. "If you listen to what Senator Gore said," Limbaugh proclaimed, "it is man-made products which are causing the ozone depletion, yet Mount Pinatubo has put 570 times the amount of chlorine into the atmosphere in one eruption than all of man-made chlorofluorocarbons in one year."

On his radio show, his syndicated TV show, and in two best-selling books, Limbaugh has advanced the idea that volcanoes are the real ozone culprits. This theory, like so many of Limbaugh's claims, has only one problem: Limbaugh doesn't know what he's talking about.

A Mountain of Distortion

"Chlorine from natural sources is soluble, and so it gets rained out of the lower atmosphere," the journal Science explained (6/11/93). "CFCs, in contrast, are insoluble and inert and thus make it to the stratosphere to release their chlorine."

Science also noted that chlorine found in the stratosphere-- where it can eat away at Earth's protective ozone layer--is always found with other byproducts of CFCs, and not with the byproducts of natural chlorine sources.

"Ozone depletion is real, as certain as Neil Armstrong's landing on the moon," Dr. Sherwood Rowland, an atmospheric chemist at the University of California at Irvine, told Extra!. "Natural causes of ozone depletion are not significant."

But Limbaugh didn't rely on atmospheric scientists for his information about the ozone layer--he dismissed them as the "agenda-oriented scientific community." Instead, he turned to Dixy Lee Ray, a former Washington State governor and Atomic Energy Commission chair, who wrote Trashing the Planet--"the most footnoted, documented book I have ever read," Limbaugh says.

If you check Ray's footnotes, you'll find that the main source for the volcano theory is Rogelio Maduro, the associate editor of 21st Century Science & Technology, a magazine published by the Lyndon LaRouche network. Maduro is evidently not part of the "agenda-oriented scientific community"--even though he does have a bachelor's degree in geology.

The volcano theorists can't even keep their stories straight. In his book, Limbaugh claims that the 1991 Pinatubo eruption put 1000 times as much chlorine into the atmosphere as industry has ever produced through CFCs; yet on Nightline, Pinatubo is alleged to have produced 570 times the equivalent of one year's worth of CFCs. Both can't be right. It turns out neither are.

The figure 570 apparently derives from Ray's book--but she said it was Mount Augustine, an Alaskan volcano that erupted in 1976, that put out 570 times as much chlorine as one year's worth of CFCs. Ray's source is a 1980 Science magazine article--but that piece was actually talking about the chlorine produced by a gigantic eruption that occurred 700,000 years ago in California (Science, 6/11/93).

[Easy90]

Ah...so you hate him because of his opinion that volcanoes do more to change the climate than man? I would have thought you hate him because he makes fools of your political icons. Interesting.

Here's the thing. Having such an opinion (right or wrong) and expressing it publicly isn't "lying!" You may disagree and be right....or wrong...but an opinion isn't a lie.

Next...?

[GhostintheMachine]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=zaieYO5XW7Q

[GhostintheMachine]

Ah...so you hate him because of his opinion that volcanoes do more to change the climate than man? I would have thought you hate him because he makes fools of your political icons. Interesting.

opinions don't hold weight in science. Sorry. My icons? Like calling them magic negroes? I think that is called racism.


http://youtube.com/watch?v=8-Bao4VUQmI&feature=related

[Easy90]

opinions don't hold weight in science. Sorry. My icons? Like calling them magic negroes? I think that is called racism.


http://youtube.com/watch?v=8-Bao4VUQmI&feature=related

I see you have an insufficient command of the English language to hold an intelligent discussion. Sorry to bother you.

[ptif219]

Okay, since you are still circumventing the question with rhetoric, I will give you one claim and you can show my how it is not truthful.

Rush Limbaugh has gotten a lot of mileage out of his claim that volcanoes do more harm to the ozone layer than human-produced chemicals. He featured it in his best-selling book, The Way Things Ought to Be (paperback edition pp. 155-157): "Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines spewed forth more than a thousand times the amount of ozone-depleting chemicals in one eruption than all the fluorocarbons manufactured by wicked, diabolical and insensitive corporations in history.... Mankind can't possibly equal the output of even one eruption from Pinatubo, much less 4 billion years' worth of them, so how can we destroy ozone?"

Limbaugh calls concern about the ozone layer: "balderdash. Poppycock." The only people who worry about it are "environmental wackos," "dunderheaded alarmists and prophets of doom."

Syndicated columnist Thomas Sowell (New York Post, 1/14/94) used the volcano theory as Exhibit A to illustrate Limbaugh's "very well-informed and savvy understanding of the political issues of our time." "While far more pretentious people have been joining the chorus of hysteria over 'global warming,'" Sowell wrote, "Limbaugh pointed out in his [first] book that one of the high readings of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere came right after a volcanic eruption--and volcanoes can put more gases into the atmosphere than the entire human race."

The alert reader will notice that Sowell has mixed up global warming and the ozone layer, two different problems. Still, Sowell concluded of Limbaugh, "It is obvious that the man has done his homework--and done it well."

Ted Koppel must have thought so, too, when he invited Limbaugh to be on Nightline (2/4/92) as an environmental "expert," opposite then-Sen. Al Gore. "If you listen to what Senator Gore said," Limbaugh proclaimed, "it is man-made products which are causing the ozone depletion, yet Mount Pinatubo has put 570 times the amount of chlorine into the atmosphere in one eruption than all of man-made chlorofluorocarbons in one year."

On his radio show, his syndicated TV show, and in two best-selling books, Limbaugh has advanced the idea that volcanoes are the real ozone culprits. This theory, like so many of Limbaugh's claims, has only one problem: Limbaugh doesn't know what he's talking about.

A Mountain of Distortion

"Chlorine from natural sources is soluble, and so it gets rained out of the lower atmosphere," the journal Science explained (6/11/93). "CFCs, in contrast, are insoluble and inert and thus make it to the stratosphere to release their chlorine."

Science also noted that chlorine found in the stratosphere-- where it can eat away at Earth's protective ozone layer--is always found with other byproducts of CFCs, and not with the byproducts of natural chlorine sources.

"Ozone depletion is real, as certain as Neil Armstrong's landing on the moon," Dr. Sherwood Rowland, an atmospheric chemist at the University of California at Irvine, told Extra!. "Natural causes of ozone depletion are not significant."

But Limbaugh didn't rely on atmospheric scientists for his information about the ozone layer--he dismissed them as the "agenda-oriented scientific community." Instead, he turned to Dixy Lee Ray, a former Washington State governor and Atomic Energy Commission chair, who wrote Trashing the Planet--"the most footnoted, documented book I have ever read," Limbaugh says.

If you check Ray's footnotes, you'll find that the main source for the volcano theory is Rogelio Maduro, the associate editor of 21st Century Science & Technology, a magazine published by the Lyndon LaRouche network. Maduro is evidently not part of the "agenda-oriented scientific community"--even though he does have a bachelor's degree in geology.

The volcano theorists can't even keep their stories straight. In his book, Limbaugh claims that the 1991 Pinatubo eruption put 1000 times as much chlorine into the atmosphere as industry has ever produced through CFCs; yet on Nightline, Pinatubo is alleged to have produced 570 times the equivalent of one year's worth of CFCs. Both can't be right. It turns out neither are.

The figure 570 apparently derives from Ray's book--but she said it was Mount Augustine, an Alaskan volcano that erupted in 1976, that put out 570 times as much chlorine as one year's worth of CFCs. Ray's source is a 1980 Science magazine article--but that piece was actually talking about the chlorine produced by a gigantic eruption that occurred 700,000 years ago in California (Science, 6/11/93).

That is worse then Gores lies in his movie how?

Rush spoke truth.Where did he lie?

You say it goes away with rain.You mean like plants absorb Carbon Dioxide that Gore says is bad.

That is a weak argument at best with all the lies and hypocrisy of Gore out there.

[GhostintheMachine]

I see you have an insufficient command of the English language to hold an intelligent discussion. Sorry to bother you.

Yes, my insufficient command of the English language obviously impairs my ability to provide evidence that Limbaugh is both racist and distorts scientific studies to profit from people's ignorance. *insert sarcasm* The fact of the matter is nobody has provided any level of logical response to what I posted earlier. So who is detracting from the intelligence of this discussion? I would say it is the same tactics that Rush and O'Reilly uses. He who speaks the loudest wins the argument.

[4Reaganomics]

A 9 figure signing bonus

9 figures as soon as he signed the paper

America truly is in my honest perception the greatest country in the world. It is the only place where success stories like Mr. Limbaugh's can come true.

Kudos to you Rush, your hard work and understanding of the capitalist system allowed you to prosper.

I consider your success an example that I will most certainly consider throughout life

[ptif219]

Yes, my insufficient command of the English language obviously impairs my ability to provide evidence that Limbaugh is both racist and distorts scientific studies to profit from people's ignorance. *insert sarcasm* The fact of the matter is nobody has provided any level of logical response to what I posted earlier. So who is detracting from the intelligence of this discussion? I would say it is the same tactics that Rush and O'Reilly uses. He who speaks the loudest wins the argument.

Your racist assertion does not hold water.That is a false claim by libs because they have no counter to Rush revealing of the Dems lies.So now all you have is Rush parodies

[GhostintheMachine]

Your racist assertion does not hold water.That is a false claim by libs because they have no counter to Rush revealing of the Dems lies.So now all you have is Rush parodies

He aired a song that is so obviously racist. How is that a false claim?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=5_FAJUFutyw

Here's a transcript from his show, not a parody

LIMBAUGH: Yeah. This is -- you're not going to believe this, but it's very simple. And the sooner you believe it, and the sooner you let this truth permeate the boundaries you have that tell you this is just simply not possible, the better you will understand Democrats in everything. You are right. They want to get us out of Iraq, but they can't wait to get us into Darfur.

CALLER: Right.

LIMBAUGH: There are two reasons. What color is the skin of the people in Darfur?

CALLER: Uh, yeah.

LIMBAUGH: It's black. And who do the Democrats really need to keep voting for them? If they lose a significant percentage of this voting bloc, they're in trouble.

CALLER: Yes. Yes. The black population.

LIMBAUGH: Right. So you go into Darfur and you go into South Africa, you get rid of the white government there. You put sanctions on them. You stand behind Nelson Mandela -- who was bankrolled by communists for a time, had the support of certain communist leaders. You go to Ethiopia. You do the same thing.

[ptif219]

He aired a song that is so obviously racist. How is that a false claim?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=5_FAJUFutyw

Here's a transcript from his show, not a parody

LIMBAUGH: Yeah. This is -- you're not going to believe this, but it's very simple. And the sooner you believe it, and the sooner you let this truth permeate the boundaries you have that tell you this is just simply not possible, the better you will understand Democrats in everything. You are right. They want to get us out of Iraq, but they can't wait to get us into Darfur.

CALLER: Right.

LIMBAUGH: There are two reasons. What color is the skin of the people in Darfur?

CALLER: Uh, yeah.

LIMBAUGH: It's black. And who do the Democrats really need to keep voting for them? If they lose a significant percentage of this voting bloc, they're in trouble.

CALLER: Yes. Yes. The black population.

LIMBAUGH: Right. So you go into Darfur and you go into South Africa, you get rid of the white government there. You put sanctions on them. You stand behind Nelson Mandela -- who was bankrolled by communists for a time, had the support of certain communist leaders. You go to Ethiopia. You do the same thing.

So tell me where did he get the idea for that song?Does Sharpton ring a bell?

[4Reaganomics]

How is that racist? He claimed that officials in the Democratic are looking to appease the black voters.

This isn't some chimerical claim, it has been the reality for quite some time

[GhostintheMachine]

So tell me where did he get the idea for that song?Does Shapton ring a bell?

It doesnt matter where he got the idea, it is still being racist.

[ptif219]

It doesnt matter where he got the idea, it is still being racist.

It is a parody.So if a black lib says it, it is ok, but if Rush says it, it is racist.Sounds to me you are the racist.

[GhostintheMachine]

It is a parody.So if a black lib says it, it is ok, but if Rush says it, it is racist.Sounds to me you are the racist.

I didn't say that it is okay if a black lib calls somebody a "magic negro." So please do not put words into my mouth in order to come up with a personal attack. Parody or not, it offended numerous black employees.

[ptif219]

I didn't say that it is okay if a black lib calls somebody a "magic negro." So please do not put words into my mouth in order to come up with a personal attack. Parody or not, it offended numerous black employees.

Nice dodge but it come from libs so Rush did not start it.If it is racist then the libs are racist.

[GhostintheMachine]

Nice dodge but it come from libs so Rush did not start it.If it is racist then the libs are racist.

So the idea is to pin the responsibility on all liberals? Right. Let's not shy away from the fact that Rush played it on his show, so he holds equal responsibility. Just because somebody tells you to yell "fire" in a crowded room doesn't mean you aren't responsible.

[NIOSA]

opinions don't hold weight in science. Sorry. My icons? Like calling them magic negroes? I think that is called racism.


http://youtube.com/watch?v=8-Bao4VUQmI&feature=related

Why is it racism?

[ptif219]

So the idea is to pin the responsibility on all liberals? Right. Let's not shy away from the fact that Rush played it on his show, so he holds equal responsibility. Just because somebody tells you to yell "fire" in a crowded room doesn't mean you aren't responsible.

It would not be there if a lib had not said it.

This is what I mean you hate Rush because he shows what the libs are saying and doing.Rush reveals the lies of both sides but you would not admit that either.

[GhostintheMachine]

Why is it racism?


It is belittling him based upon race.

[GhostintheMachine]

It would not be there if a lib had not said it.

This is what I mean you hate Rush because he shows what the libs are saying and doing.Rush reveals the lies of both sides but you would not admit that either.

Once again you are putting words into my mouth, I never claimed that liberals did not lie either. But let's focus on Rush, that is the topic of this thread. Regardless of the fact that it is a parody on somebody else's actions, it is harmful towards African Americans. I think that this is indicative of his maturity and integrity as a radio show host who is responsibility for forming perceptions upon listeners throughout America.

[NIOSA]

It is belittling him based upon race.

That's pretty weak, & you must admit, there is something magical about him. I mean, one day nobody had heard of him, next day, poof, there he was. Then too there's his "deep held views & principels", one day he will fight FISA to the end, next day, poof, he's for it. One day he will withdraw the troops fast, then in 16 months, now it's "in a responsible time", again, poof.
Have you checked out how he'll spend billions & billions, (854 billion, I believe) on global poverty? Now that's going to take some magic & lower the deficit at the same time, never mind free health care, free college, free, free, free.
This man must indeed have magical powers. The fact that he happens to be a Negro, (an acceptable part of language everywhere but in the US) mkaes him a "Magic Negro". Enjoy it, accept it, live with it.

[NortheastCynic]

Os, in case you missed it...you're a socialist, apparently. NortheastCynic

Here's a clue Mr. Cynic. If you spew typical 1960s anti-capitalist socialist bumper-sticker rhetoric...you run a likelihood of being called (not wrongly) a socialist. Osborn's "evil corporate global agenda" prattle is the tipoff. It's the stuff you'd expect to hear from a 25 year old grad student with a beard and a baggy of weed in his pocket...who's never had a job...owes $200,000 in student loans he'll never pay back...and drives a 15 year old Volvo with a "Greenpeace" bumper sticker on the trunk.

Libertarians claim to be in favor of free markets. One would hope that anyone who claims to be a Libertarian..would at least have a clue what a free market is. I see a lot of Anarchists who like to say they're "Libertarians." But maybe that's just unfair too...since they likely don't even know what an Anarchist is either.You do understand that corporatism is not free market capitalism, right?

Bottom line: A: it isn't and B: it would be difficult to find a member of this site who is less of a socialist than Os.

-NC

[suedanim]

That's pretty weak, & you must admit, there is something magical about him. I mean, one day nobody had heard of him, next day, poof, there he was. Then too there's his "deep held views & principels", one day he will fight FISA to the end, next day, poof, he's for it. One day he will withdraw the troops fast, then in 16 months, now it's "in a responsible time", again, poof.
Have you checked out how he'll spend billions & billions, (854 billion, I believe) on global poverty? Now that's going to take some magic & lower the deficit at the same time, never mind free health care, free college, free, free, free.
This man must indeed have magical powers. The fact that he happens to be a Negro, (an acceptable part of language everywhere but in the US) mkaes him a "Magic Negro". Enjoy it, accept it, live with it.


NO... it isn't acceptable language... ANYWHERE in the US. Its archaic, insulting and it is innappropriate. Its only used today by overt racists. :grrrr:

Your comments are objectionable in the extreme....

And... with an $10 TRILLION dollar debt created by the Bush/Cheney cabal... you have a lot of nerve even SPEAKING on economic proposals.

[4Reaganomics]

Why is it not acceptable?

It is simply Spanish for "black"

I believe Smokey Robinson outlined the hypocrisy of referring to blacks as African Americans himself

http://onemindspot.blogspot.com/2006/04/black-american-by-smokey-robinson.html

He doesn't seem to have a problem with the words black or negro. Why do you insist on muzzling people with political correctness?

[cronic]

Rush Limbaugh + 400 million dollars = overdose and more rehab?
If he was such a good guy. ( Limbaugh ). he would give Michael j. Fox some of his money for bein such a stupid uncaring asshole...( limbaugh again )

[preservanation]

I say if Barbara Streisand signed a contract, all we'd hear is "good on her".
The free market pays what the market will bare.
Welcome to America.
If you don't like it, change it...enter Obama.
Socialism here we come.

[NortheastCynic]

I don't get it either, Pres. The guy got paid...that's no reason not to like him. As I said before, good for him. Hopefully he'll do something good with all of that money.

-NC

[preservanation]

Rush works hard, loves life, speaks the truth as he sees it and donates HUGE amounts to charity, even though he doesn't have to...he wants to.
I see him living the American dream.
He sees this too and appreciates it and wants to see other people in America have the same opportunity as he to realize their dreams and do what they choose to do and what they love.
Rush sees some in this country as trying to take away that opportunity and freedom from people in the future.
I happen to agree

[apdst]

If Keith Oberman signed a deal like this, the Libs would declare a national holiday.

[preservanation]

If Keith Oberman signed a deal like this, the Libs would declare a national holiday.Polly fly Oberman's cash by plane to the Cayman Islands for him, so he could avoid paying his taxes.

[ptif219]

Once again you are putting words into my mouth, I never claimed that liberals did not lie either. But let's focus on Rush, that is the topic of this thread. Regardless of the fact that it is a parody on somebody else's actions, it is harmful towards African Americans. I think that this is indicative of his maturity and integrity as a radio show host who is responsibility for forming perceptions upon listeners throughout America.

Funny Snerdly an African American who works for Rush doesn't see it that way. Must be only libs can see it that way.So when libs do it, it is not racist when Rush does it, it is racist.Sounds hypocritical to me.

[preservanation]

Bo Snerdly Rocks...HARD!.

[NortheastCynic]

Polly fly Oberman's cash by plane to the Cayman Islands for him, so he could avoid paying his taxes.
Olbermann...Oy. Arrogant, obnoxious and sanctimonious. Can't stand the guy.

-NC

[GhostintheMachine]

Funny Snerdly an African American who works for Rush doesn't see it that way. Must be only libs can see it that way.So when libs do it, it is not racist when Rush does it, it is racist.Sounds hypocritical to me.

Did you not read what I wrote? "Once again you are putting words into my mouth, I never claimed that liberals did not lie." I never claimed when liberals do similar things they are not racist. But it seems as though you like to make up statements and pin them on me, so I give up, the maturity of this discussion has reached the same low level that Rush brings to radio.

[ptif219]

Did you not read what I wrote? "Once again you are putting words into my mouth, I never claimed that liberals did not lie." I never claimed when liberals do similar things they are not racist. But it seems as though you like to make up statements and pin them on me, so I give up, the maturity of this discussion has reached the same low level that Rush brings to radio.

Sorry you feel that way.But remember Rush would be nothing if the Liberals and Consevatives did not give him ammunition.Unlike Mathews or Oberman that never talk against the left Rush has no problem telling the people on the right when they are wrong.

[preservanation]

Sorry you feel that way.But remember Rush would be nothing if the Liberals and Consevatives did not give him ammunition.Unlike Mathews or Oberman that never talk against the left Rush has no problem telling the people on the right when they are wrong.

Absolutely!
He is a conservative first, and continuously rails against the "Blue Blood Country-Club Big Govt Republicans" who have injured the GOP, and through their greed, arrogance and their abandonment of conservatism have damaged this country.
He pointed out that Schwarzenegger was not a conservative, caught flack for it.
Points out that Bush may be a conservative on some things, but is not leading a movement, and harshly criticises him for expanding Govt and trying to play nice with Dems who do nothing but savage him in return...catches hell for it.
Rush has pointed out McCain's flaws for years and how he actually had it out for the GOP ever since 2000, gets calls reprimanding him for it.
Rush is a man of principle.

[Osborn F. Enready]

NEC said:
Os, in case you missed it...you're a socialist, apparently.


It's threads like these that make me sad that no one's written "Libertarianism For Dummies" yet.

Socialist.

Thanks for noticing. ;)

I love it when (some) people use words they don't understand.....

Didn't you know? Anyone that doesn't lick Rush's Jackboot is a socialist.... just ask him.