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Has Rush Limbaugh Finally Reached the End Of The Road?

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Friday, May 16, 2014 2:09 PM

CHRISISALL


Quote:

Originally posted by FREMDFIRMA:


*cue meglomaniacal laughter*


This looks like a job for...
SUPER-RAP!

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Friday, May 16, 2014 2:14 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


4 straight hours, huh?

Shows only last for 3 hours each day...

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Friday, May 16, 2014 2:17 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK


Seriously....

Fuck Rush.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Friday, May 16, 2014 3:05 PM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


I can't figure out what Rap's point could possibly be. No, I've never listened to Rush's show itself...but is he somehow saying all the clips we've seen of Rush AREN'T Limbaugh, that they're made up by the "left-wing media" or something? I've watched a lot of clips of him over time, and those stand quite sufficiently on their own merits to show him clearly to be someone I wouldn't be caught DEAD actually spending time listening to. He has said the horrible things he has said. How would hearing more of him change anyone's opinion? The question doesn't make any sense.


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Friday, May 16, 2014 3:26 PM

CHRISISALL


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Originally posted by AURaptor:
4 straight hours, huh?

Shows only last for 3 hours each day...

Seems longer when yer driving.

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Friday, May 16, 2014 3:34 PM

CHRISISALL


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Originally posted by Niki2:
How would hearing more of him change anyone's opinion? The question doesn't make any sense.


I think he's tryin' to make a point about Rush sometimes talkin' about ... maybe...

Y'know, I can't even theorize now that I try. More Rush is just more Rush. I mean, it was kinda funny the way he'd treat some callers, agreein' with them to a point then shooting 'em down cold for a perceived left-ish comment. The most stomach turning stuff were the sycophants (Referred to on his show as Dittoheads) that just sucked up to him like he was some sort of cool celebrity or something. It's no coincidence that Rapture sounds more than a little like him.

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Friday, May 16, 2014 4:26 PM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


Yup, that was my point. "More Rush is just more Rush." Maybe he says some things sometimes that make sense, but how does that change that he's said abominable things...MANY abominable things...?


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Friday, May 16, 2014 7:43 PM

MAGONSDAUGHTER


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Originally posted by Niki2:
I can't figure out what Rap's point could possibly be. No, I've never listened to Rush's show itself...but is he somehow saying all the clips we've seen of Rush AREN'T Limbaugh, that they're made up by the "left-wing media" or something? I've watched a lot of clips of him over time, and those stand quite sufficiently on their own merits to show him clearly to be someone I wouldn't be caught DEAD actually spending time listening to. He has said the horrible things he has said. How would hearing more of him change anyone's opinion? The question doesn't make any sense.




Yeah, because if you listen to him longer, the hateful, misogynistic, racist ranting has CONTEXT. Phew for that.

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Friday, May 16, 2014 8:09 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


Quote:

Originally posted by Niki2:

I can't figure out what Rap's point could possibly be. No, I've never listened to Rush's show itself...but is he somehow saying all the clips we've seen of Rush AREN'T Limbaugh, that they're made up by the "left-wing media" or something? I've watched a lot of clips of him over time, and those stand quite sufficiently on their own merits to show him clearly to be someone I wouldn't be caught DEAD actually spending time listening to. He has said the horrible things he has said. How would hearing more of him change anyone's opinion? The question doesn't make any sense.




It makes perfect sense, dearie, because he does NOT say " horrible things " .

But thanks for proving my point all the more. Those who hate Rush the most, have no clue of what he really says. Because they DON'T listen.

Much of what he says, the method of his humor, is tongue in cheek. Those who listen for any extended period of time,( more than 1 show ) will eventually GET his style.

That's not saying you'll AGREE with him, but you'll at least be able to decipher when he's OBVIOUSLY joking, and when he's being dead serious.

I'll admit, after 25 years, his 'act' is wearing a bit thin. Not so much his message, but he's starting to sound, even to me, like a broken record.

It happens. Look at David Letterman. Dude use to be spry , funny and generally entertaining. Now ? He's a bitter, confused and angry old guy. It's sad to see him carry on like this. He should just bail now, and forget about making it to 2015.

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Yeah, because if you listen to him longer, the hateful, misogynistic, racist ranting has CONTEXT. Phew for that.


MD - you've listened to him exactly never, right ? He's exactly none of those things you listed.

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Friday, May 16, 2014 8:24 PM

CHRISISALL


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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Much of what he says, the method of his humor, is tongue in cheek.

Sadistic crap wrapped in florid prose.
Thank you, AUNiska.

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Friday, May 16, 2014 9:02 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


Quote:

Originally posted by chrisisall:
Quote:

Originally posted by AURaptor:
Much of what he says, the method of his humor, is tongue in cheek.

Sadistic crap wrapped in florid prose.
Thank you, AUNiska.



And yet it's just gossip, people talking, in which YOU engage.

Pretty sure this thread demonstrates how Rush has NOT reached the end of the road.





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Friday, May 16, 2014 9:20 PM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


Yup, Chris, Magons. Pathetic attempt to make Limbaugh something he's not. He says what he says, end of story. His audience takes him perfectly seriously, except those who try to pretend "he's just joshin'", because to admit he's serious would be too embarrassing.

We can't know what Limbaugh actually BELIEVES; he says the things he does to pander to his audience, to make money. The fact that he's willing to say them, knowing how many take him seriously and that he's giving voice to what THEY believe, just makes him even lower.


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Friday, May 16, 2014 9:21 PM

CHRISISALL


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Originally posted by AURaptor:

Pretty sure this thread demonstrates how Rush has NOT reached the end of the road.

His reputation with sponsors... not so solid.


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Friday, May 16, 2014 9:34 PM

CHRISISALL


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Originally posted by Niki2:
We can't know what Limbaugh actually BELIEVES

Here's a telling semi-interview where William Shatner unintentionally (or intentionally-?) exposes the boy inside the 'man':


The most 'human' side of Rush you will ever see IMO.

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Friday, May 16, 2014 10:03 PM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


That was interesting, Chris, and totally puts the lie to the idea that Limbaugh just says what he says "tongue in cheek".

--"We believe that people, if left alone, will be free to pursue their excellence to the degree they wish." What kind of idiot would actually believe something like that, given reality, given all of human history?

--"Healthcare reform is based totally on regulating as many aspects of life as possible."

--Rich can afford healthcare just like they can afford a bungalow on the beach. "What's the difference? You're assuming there's some morally superior aspect to healthcare than there is to a house on the beach." That about does it for me; that's Limbaugh to a "T".

The rest was about Limbaugh's deafness. I was uncomfortable listening to Shatner talking about the tinnitis. I had a cherry bomb explode in my hand when I was a teenager, have a high-pitched tone in my left ear, have never heard silence since that day. Too close to home.


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Friday, May 16, 2014 10:09 PM

MAGONSDAUGHTER


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Originally posted by AURaptor:
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MD - you've listened to him exactly never, right ? He's exactly none of those things you listed.



I don't have to listen to hours of Abubakar Shekau to know he's a hate fueled lunatic

I dont have listen to hours of Rush to know that he's an provocateur for the extreme righties in the US.



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Friday, May 16, 2014 10:11 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


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Originally posted by Niki2:

That was interesting, Chris, and totally puts the lie to the idea that Limbaugh just says what he says "tongue in cheek".

--"We believe that people, if left alone, will be free to pursue their excellence to the degree they wish." What kind of idiot would actually believe something like that, given reality, given all of human history?



I would. So would our founding fathers. Lots of folks would, Niki.

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--"Healthcare reform is based totally on regulating as many aspects of life as possible."




Yep. It absolutely is.

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--Rich can afford healthcare just like they can afford a bungalow on the beach. "What's the difference? You're assuming there's some morally superior aspect to healthcare than there is to a house on the beach." That about does it for me; that's Limbaugh to a "T".



Except that he's absolutely correct. There is no moral obligation to GIVE free healthcare to anyone. Just as it's not anyone's obligation to give everyone a free house, a nice car, a rolex watch... You can't, the gov't can't FORCE you to offer services for free. It simply cannot.

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The rest was about Limbaugh's deafness. I was uncomfortable listening to Shatner talking about the tinnitis. I had a cherry bomb explode in my hand when I was a teenager, have a high-pitched tone in my left ear, have never heard silence since that day. Too close to home.




Might explain some things.

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Friday, May 16, 2014 10:13 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


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Originally posted by Magonsdaughter:
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Originally posted by AURaptor:
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MD - you've listened to him exactly never, right ? He's exactly none of those things you listed.



I don't have to listen to hours of Abubakar Shekau to know he's a hate fueled lunatic

I dont have listen to hours of Rush to know that he's an provocateur for the extreme righties in the US.





Rush has denied exactly no one of their rights. Petty and cheap shot at comparing him to the leader of a terrorist organization ( one which Hillary and Obama refused to NAME as a terrorist organization , btw )

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Friday, May 16, 2014 10:19 PM

CHRISISALL


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Originally posted by Niki2:
totally puts the lie to the idea that Limbaugh just says what he says "tongue in cheek".


It gives you some small insight into how fundamentally broken he is though, eh? Shatner drew him out with that sympathetic tone. Limbaugh is, after all, a very sad little man.

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Friday, May 16, 2014 10:23 PM

CHRISISALL


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Originally posted by AURaptor:
he's absolutely correct. There is no moral obligation to GIVE free healthcare to anyone. Just as it's not anyone's obligation to give everyone a free house, a nice car, a rolex watch... You can't, the gov't can't FORCE you to offer services for free. It simply cannot.

Yep. A sad little man.
I'm sorry, AU.
I wish you lived in a larger world.
Seriously.

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Friday, May 16, 2014 10:34 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!



Sorry. No one has the right to force you to work for free.

It's called SLAVERY.

Had a war to get over that, if you recall.

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Friday, May 16, 2014 10:58 PM

CHRISISALL


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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Sorry. No one has the right to force you to work for free.
It's called SLAVERY.
Had a war get over that, if you recall.

Like I asked before, it'd be a kindness if you didn't post whilst drunk or over-tired.

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Friday, May 16, 2014 11:02 PM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.


But tell someone work or starve? Now THAT'S a right!



OONJERAH - We are too dumb to live and smart enough to wipe ourselves out.
"You, who live in any kind of comfort or convenience, do not know how these people can survive these things, do you? They will endure because there is no immediate escape from endurance. Some will die, the rest must live."

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Friday, May 16, 2014 11:04 PM

CHRISISALL


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Originally posted by 1kiki:
But tell someone work or starve? Now THAT'S a right!

Slavery of a more palatable kind.

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Friday, May 16, 2014 11:30 PM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.


As I think about it ... a lot of people are conditioned to think of capitalism as a natural system - like gravity, it's just how things work. But that's what people thought of slavery back then - some people were just created by god to have dominion over all. It's just the way things were meant to be.

I think rappy is one of those 'religious' capitalists, with a belief that if people don't go to work for someone else, and as a consequence of not working for a boss go hungry (maybe even starve) - it's not PEOPLE doing evil to each other - it's just nature. Yanno, the big shoulder shrug.

He will never ever see it as a human choice, as slave holders didn't see slavery as a human choice.



OONJERAH - We are too dumb to live and smart enough to wipe ourselves out.
"You, who live in any kind of comfort or convenience, do not know how these people can survive these things, do you? They will endure because there is no immediate escape from endurance. Some will die, the rest must live."

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Friday, May 16, 2014 11:45 PM

MAGONSDAUGHTER


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Originally posted by AURaptor:


Rush has denied exactly no one of their rights. Petty and cheap shot at comparing him to the leader of a terrorist organization ( one which Hillary and Obama refused to NAME as a terrorist organization , btw )



Go read my post again. I didn't compare him. I stated that you dont have to be an avid listener of Rush to understand what his views are. He's very clear, and very good at soundbytes.

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Friday, May 16, 2014 11:50 PM

MAGONSDAUGHTER


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Originally posted by 1kiki:
As I think about it ... a lot of people are conditioned to think of capitalism as a natural system - like gravity, it's just how things work. But that's what people thought of slavery back then - some people were just created by god to have dominion over all. It's just the way things were meant to be.



Yep, that's true. The idea that it's all 'the way things are' and an undeniable truth That's what people certainly believed about slavery and feudalism and other systems with massive power imbalances, until of course it wasn't.....

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Friday, May 16, 2014 11:52 PM

MAGONSDAUGHTER


Quote:

Originally posted by AURaptor:

Rush has denied exactly no one of their rights.



You don't have to deny rights to spout hate filled vitriol.

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Saturday, May 17, 2014 8:40 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


Quote:

Originally posted by chrisisall:
Quote:

Originally posted by AURaptor:
Sorry. No one has the right to force you to work for free.
It's called SLAVERY.
Had a war get over that, if you recall.

Like I asked before, it'd be a kindness if you didn't post whilst drunk or over-tired.



The latter, t'was. Sadly, no cocktails for me yesterday.

But hey, that's what happens when we post in REWD, eh ?

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Saturday, May 17, 2014 8:41 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


Quote:

Originally posted by Magonsdaughter:
Quote:

Originally posted by AURaptor:

Rush has denied exactly no one of their rights.



You don't have to deny rights to spout hate filled vitriol.



No, but to compare Rush w/ some kidnapping , murdering Islamo nut job, is pretty ridiculous.

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Saturday, May 17, 2014 9:01 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


"But tell someone work or starve? Now THAT'S a right!"

"Slavery of a more palatable kind."

"I think rappy is one of those 'religious' capitalists, with a belief that if people don't go to work for someone else, and as a consequence of not working for a boss go hungry (maybe even starve) - it's not PEOPLE doing evil to each other - it's just nature. Yanno, the big shoulder shrug. He will never ever see it as a human choice, as slave holders didn't see slavery as a human choice."

"The idea that it's all 'the way things are' and an undeniable truth That's what people certainly believed about slavery and feudalism and other systems with massive power imbalances, until of course it wasn't....."

Pretty much covers it. Given how much time I now spend in the old recliner, and how I've watched about every episode of anything I ever liked, I've gone back to reading, and am eating about a book a day (thank gawd I found Paperback Swap!). Re-reading an old, favorite author from long ago, murder mysteries in Victorian era England. Back then in London, poor people lived 15-20 to a room in whole swaths of the city, and rich people got very rich off it. People died DAILY right on the streets, if you lost a job, it was the workhouse or begging; if a husband died, wife and children starved to death; medical care was unaffordable. There's much, much more; we forget just how horrible it was. But of course, it was always their fault, for being born poor. Found a new author of murder mysteries in New York, same period; it wasn't quite as bad, but nearly. In New York, crimes (except of the rich) didn't even get SOLVED unless someone offered a "reward" (bribe) to the cops.

First author wrote a second series a generation earlier. Back THEN, forget voting or working at anything but servitude; women didn't even legally OWN ANYTHING. A rich woman could marry a penniless man; he immediately became owner of all her property and funds, could kick her and their children out on the streets to starve if he wanted to, no problem. Husbands raped wives legally, locked them in rooms, girls couldn't even get an education. It's hard to read sometimes, but absolutely infuriating to remember that there are people like Rap and Rush even now (and those who don't want women to vote, etc.) who would happily go back to those times and will fight to the death to keep from moving forward.

We haven't come all that far and still have a long way to go, and they will be pulled, kicking and screaming, every step. Very sad.


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Saturday, May 17, 2014 9:09 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!



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"I think rappy is one of those 'religious' capitalists, with a belief that if people don't go to work for someone else, and as a consequence of not working for a boss go hungry (maybe even starve) - it's not PEOPLE doing evil to each other - it's just nature. Yanno, the big shoulder shrug. He will never ever see it as a human choice, as slave holders didn't see slavery as a human choice."


Better still, be your own gorram boss !


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Saturday, May 17, 2014 12:06 PM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.


I can think of a half dozen essential reasons why this isn't a solution in a modern technological economy. Can you think of even one?



OONJERAH - We are too dumb to live and smart enough to wipe ourselves out.
"You, who live in any kind of comfort or convenience, do not know how these people can survive these things, do you? They will endure because there is no immediate escape from endurance. Some will die, the rest must live."

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Saturday, May 17, 2014 3:23 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


Yes.

Freedom.

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Saturday, May 17, 2014 3:27 PM

CHRISISALL


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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Yes.

Freedom.

You literally don't have a clue what you're talking about.

Heh heh...

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Saturday, May 17, 2014 3:36 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


Quote:

Originally posted by chrisisall:
Quote:

Originally posted by AURaptor:
Yes.

Freedom.

You literally don't have a clue what you're talking about.

Heh heh...



Such a strange word to hear in these times, I know.

Maybe someday we can return to such days of glory.

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Saturday, May 17, 2014 3:44 PM

CHRISISALL


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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Maybe someday we can return to such days of glory.

If you weren't so OTT hilarious in your ignorance, you'd be sickening. Fortunately, you amuse me.

You may live.

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Saturday, May 17, 2014 6:48 PM

MAGONSDAUGHTER


Quote:

Originally posted by Niki2:
"But tell someone work or starve? Now THAT'S a right!"

"Slavery of a more palatable kind."

"I think rappy is one of those 'religious' capitalists, with a belief that if people don't go to work for someone else, and as a consequence of not working for a boss go hungry (maybe even starve) - it's not PEOPLE doing evil to each other - it's just nature. Yanno, the big shoulder shrug. He will never ever see it as a human choice, as slave holders didn't see slavery as a human choice."

"The idea that it's all 'the way things are' and an undeniable truth That's what people certainly believed about slavery and feudalism and other systems with massive power imbalances, until of course it wasn't....."

Pretty much covers it. Given how much time I now spend in the old recliner, and how I've watched about every episode of anything I ever liked, I've gone back to reading, and am eating about a book a day (thank gawd I found Paperback Swap!). Re-reading an old, favorite author from long ago, murder mysteries in Victorian era England. Back then in London, poor people lived 15-20 to a room in whole swaths of the city, and rich people got very rich off it. People died DAILY right on the streets, if you lost a job, it was the workhouse or begging; if a husband died, wife and children starved to death; medical care was unaffordable. There's much, much more; we forget just how horrible it was. But of course, it was always their fault, for being born poor. Found a new author of murder mysteries in New York, same period; it wasn't quite as bad, but nearly. In New York, crimes (except of the rich) didn't even get SOLVED unless someone offered a "reward" (bribe) to the cops.

First author wrote a second series a generation earlier. Back THEN, forget voting or working at anything but servitude; women didn't even legally OWN ANYTHING. A rich woman could marry a penniless man; he immediately became owner of all her property and funds, could kick her and their children out on the streets to starve if he wanted to, no problem. Husbands raped wives legally, locked them in rooms, girls couldn't even get an education. It's hard to read sometimes, but absolutely infuriating to remember that there are people like Rap and Rush even now (and those who don't want women to vote, etc.) who would happily go back to those times and will fight to the death to keep from moving forward.

We haven't come all that far and still have a long way to go, and they will be pulled, kicking and screaming, every step. Very sad.




yep, all true.

New economies - I wont call them countries, because they were inhabited - tend to be naturally egalitarian, more opportunity. Like the US, we experienced that here too. Prisoners who were transported for life actually won the lottery, if they survived their journey and incarceration, because once free they lived somewhere where it was easier to get ahead than a class riddled establised economy like Great Britain. Of course lots of them ended up back in jail too.

There are those who want to hark back to the frontier economies, and I suppose that's understandable. But in reality those economies relatively quickly divided into the haves and the have nots, largely through mineral wealth or as a result of industrial revolution wealth. In America in particular you see the establishment of the mega wealthy who then started generations born into wealth and power. Not so much a level playing field.

Wars, revolutions and catastrophic events, such as plagues can pull down power structures and create once again an environment where ordinary folk can get ahead, but history show us that power and capital, unchecked will consolidate and entrenched class/economic divisions occur.

Of course, if your knowledge of history is simplistic or non existent, or you've grown up buying into patriotic propaganda like American exceptionalism and manifest destiny, it's easy to look back on eras like the 50's and 60's with a dewy nostalgic eye. What a great country, right?

Yep, it was great for america. ww2 was beneficial to the US, no doubt about it. The war created a boom economy and the US came out of the shambles of destruction on top of the pile. It was the post colonial era. europe had to rebuild itself with a decimated population and a destroyed infrastructure. It also sat at the heart of the cold war, divided and anxious.

Anyway, long post nothing to do with Rush, who is a nasty old bigot who doesnt deserve any extra oxygen given to his mean little causes.

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Saturday, May 17, 2014 11:15 PM

FREMDFIRMA



Well, in respect to the whole work-or-starve thing...

You could plant some food, IF everygoddamnthinginallthefuckinworld wasn't already owned, locked down, copyrighted, patented, held by a corporation, or what have you - even if they flat stole it to begin with.

There's finding/obtaining uncontaminated seed stock, for starters, and while it is not YET a crime to possess, give Monsanto a little more time with their iron fist around our lawmakers and it will be.

Then there's finding some place to plant them that isn't polluted all to hell by some corporations excesses - not so easy when you need to hide crops to keep them from being destroyed by the local DNR which happens to be Monsanto cronies, one and all... and of course all the best hiding spots, that's where all the corps dumped all the toxins, don't ya know.

Of course, there's also the legal fiction/insanity of land ownership when most of it is just being economically sat on, left to run down into decay because actually having some level of responsibility is impossible for a corporation since they can exercise all the rights of a person, but yet there's no one to soak up the blame...

So, a rotting wreck full of rats - or a field of food ?
But oh no, can't have that, no way, no how, cause if you allow people to cut the chains which anchor them to the corporate tit, they might stop listening... they might stop OBEYING, and cannot have that, can you now ?

Since this low level non violent (so far, thankfully) warfare has been an exercise in futility for the corporate tools given that they've been playing nonstop whack-a-mole and their minions are quite amenable to bribery cause hey, who doesn't like fresh produce...
They have chosen to escalate matters.

Michigan Loses ‘Right To Farm’ This Week: A Farewell To Backyard Chickens and Beekeepers
http://www.inquisitr.com/1235774/michigan-loses-right-to-farm-this-wee
k-a-farewell-to-backyard-chickens-and-beekeepers
/

And the legal fracas isn't the least of it, cause of THIS telling little bit which exposes the REASONS for all this folderol.
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Many urban farm advocates assert that urban farming is fully protected by the RTFA. However, some advocates may not realize that in order to receive protection under the RTFA, the farming operation must be for profit or commercial in nature. Accordingly, to the extent a local ordinance pertains only to an urban landowner who is raising farm animals for pleasure or personal use only, the RTFA would not preempt the local ordinance requirements.

In other words - Corpies only, fuck you peons.

And so on and so forth.
If you can find a paperback copy, or reproduction, Niki - I highly reccommend reading some Kropotkin, starting particularly with "The Conquest of Bread", which can also be read here.

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/23428/23428-h/23428-h.htm

-Frem

TL;DR = Control the Food, Control the Future.

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Saturday, May 17, 2014 11:33 PM

CHRISISALL


You are so spot-on, Frem.

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Sunday, May 18, 2014 1:45 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


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Originally posted by chrisisall:
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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Maybe someday we can return to such days of glory.

If you weren't so OTT hilarious in your ignorance, you'd be sickening. Fortunately, you amuse me.

You may live.



Like you're doing me any favors.

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Sunday, May 18, 2014 1:47 PM

CHRISISALL


That's gloomy.

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Sunday, May 18, 2014 1:57 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


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Originally posted by chrisisall:
That's gloomy.



Yep.

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Monday, May 19, 2014 12:10 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK


Whether or not the answer to Niki's question is true, let's just enjoy how awesome the End of the Road really is, and reflect on how awesome it makes us feel, on any level.

Acapella Style....



BIIM 4EVR!!!!

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Originally posted by Niki2:
Rick Ungar, the senior political contributor for the conservative Forbes and regular attendee on Fox, has some tough words when it comes to Limbaugh’s relevance in the conservative movement:
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At long last, it appears that Rush Limbaugh has run out of steam. I have to acknowledge that I have sensed Rush getting by on fumes for some time now (yes, I tune into his show from time to time to enjoy his broadcasting skills if not his message). However, it was only recently that the world of Limbaugh crossed that thin red line from partially serious to total self-parody and audience deception—a line crossed from which there is often no return.

It happened on the occasion of Stephen Colbert’s appointment to fill David Letterman’s soon to be vacated chair on the CBS late-night set.

By using this occasion to create a political narrative designed to stir up his listeners, Limbaugh telegraphed to his loyal followers that he is now dependent upon feeding fully faux political nonsense that his audience instinctively—or explicitly—knows is a bunch of baloney.

To be sure, this is hardly the first time Limbaugh has fed his audience a diet of twisted information and bizarre, conspiratorial memes. However, it may well be the first time that he attempted to shove a diet down the throats of any semi-rational listeners still living in the real world made up of nonsense that even his most loyal listener could not possibly swallow.

That’s a problem for Rush.

A show like Limbaugh’s is wholly reliant on his listeners’ willingness to believe—or suspend belief—no matter how ‘out there’ their guru’s arguments may be. While it is one thing for me to sneer at much of what Limbaugh may present, it is quite another when he attempts to sell his loyal audience on stuff they already know, through personal experience, to be false and fraudulent hokum.

Upon hearing the news of Colbert’s new gig, Limbaugh pronounced— as only Limbaugh can pronounce—

“CBS has just declared war on the heartland of America. No longer is comedy going to be a covert assault on traditional American values, conservatism. Now it’s just wide out in the open. What this hire means is a redefinition of what is funny, and a redefinition of what is comedy. They’re blowing up the 11:30 format… they hired a partisan, so-called comedian, to run a comedy show.”

Not quite satisfied with his initial declaration, Limbaugh returned to the subject in a later program, commenting further on CBS’s decision to hire Colbert—

“It clearly indicates that the people making this decision have chosen to write off a portion of the country, that they don’t care if a portion of the country watches or not.”

Rush has it right on his last statement.

Indeed, the people who make decisions at television networks have chosen to write off a portion of the country—a decision that was made for them a very long time ago.

However, it has never had anything to do with making choices of audience based on anything even resembling politics and has always had everything to do with blowing off anyone older than 49 years of age because these older folks are poison to advertisers. In other words, the networks are clearly writing off those in ‘the heartland’ if they’ve reached 50 years old—just as they’ve written off folks in this demo in every other nook and cranny of America.

What Limbaugh chose to ignore in his rant is that this is a choice based on what television advertisers want—and what television advertisers want is a young television viewing audience or, to be more specific, viewers that fall between the ages of 18-49. Despite Limbaugh’s truly lame efforts to pretend otherwise, if you fall within this age group, you are welcomed to the party whether you be a progressive, conservative, independent, communist, John Bircher, or whatever other political affiliation you can conjure up.

And yet, Limbaugh—a guy who has spent his life in media—wants his audience to believe that there is some political agenda on the part of a network at work here. Never mind that early morning and late night are the two largest sources of revenue for every broadcast network. Limbaugh expects us to believe that CBS is willing to throw all that money out the window to make a political statement.

If you are a Limbaugh fan, how are you not asking yourself just how dumb this man thinks you are?

So, what does it say when a guy like Rush Limbaugh stoops to trying to build a political fire out of what is about as apolitical as chicken soup?

It says Rush is running on empty. It says he’s grown lazy. It says he’s probably trying to hold on to get though the next presidential election cycle before fading off into the sunset.

Rush Limbaugh ‘works’ when he can fire up his audience with red-hot ideology designed to bring out the anger of his listeners. But no entertainer succeeds when they try to stupidly pull the wool over the very listeners who have been loyal—and Limbaugh’s effort to politicize the Colbert hiring was just that. http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2014/04/15/has-rush-limbaugh-fin
ally-reached-the-end-of-the-road
/




There's more. The Heritage Foundation at the end of January ended its five-year sponsorship of Rush Limbaugh's show, for which it had paid more than $2 million in some years and more than $9.5 million overall ( http://www.politico.com/story/2014/04/tea-party-radio-network-105774.h
tml
). In 2012, FreedomWorks paid at least $1.4 million to make him an endorser.

If someone receives money from an organization like The Heritage Foundation, who pays you to promote their product (in this case a slanted political opinion), without directly telling the audience the source of funding, it may be considered ‘payola,’ which is illegal ( https://www.fcc.gov/guides/payola-rules). It’s like a business paying for positive reviews. So they paid $9,5 million, and when they realized it might be illegal, they pulled out.

Rushbo also seems to have a hard time holding onto his sponsors:
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As of April 12, 2014, some of the sponsors that haven’t been heard of in months include: Sodastream, Club Glove, Fin Electric Cigarettes, Mannheim Steamroller, Kars4Kids, Sears, Taco Bell, Jewelry Exchange, National Association of Realtors, SweetJack, New Vitality, Greenlight Financial Services, Stanley Steamer, Midas, Income At Home, Verengo Solar, Taste Of Home, Gold Bond, NFL Monday Night Football, Reagan.com, University of Iowa, and Blue Bell Ice Cream. ( http://samuel-warde.com/2013/06/and-now-a-word-from-2773-rush-limbaugh
-sponsors-goodbye
/)

Things have gotten so bad for Rush Limbaugh, that Cumulus Radio Network also complains of losing millions of dollars due to Limbaugh’s insane and erratic behavior on the air. A representative from the company even said that many companies are reluctant to invest because of Rush, and say that 49 out of 50 advertisers have ‘No-Rush’ clauses when buying air time. ( http://samuel-warde.com/2014/04/major-limbaugh-sponsors-go-silent/)




Happy Easter!



Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Thursday, March 21, 2019 7:27 PM

JAYNEZTOWN


Rush Limbaugh On New Zealand Shooting: "You Can't Immediately Discount This" False Flag Theory

https://freedomoutpost.com/rush-limbaugh-on-new-zealand-shooting-you-c
ant-immediately-discount-this-false-flag-theory
/

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Friday, March 22, 2019 12:51 AM

JEWELSTAITEFAN


Wow. There is so much Manure in this thread, it is difficult to wade through.

But I was not familiar with Coe-bare before this, and these descriptions lay out how despicable he is, quite well.

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Friday, March 22, 2019 1:02 AM

6IXSTRINGJACK


Limbaugh is the same type of shit that Maddow is. Greedy shitstains who are paid big money to sew dissent among the people, is all.

That being said, 5 years on I'd say that the answer to the OP thread title was "No", and still is.



It's kind of like that sad Countdown to Impeachment thread, huh?


I think at this point, the race is to the end. Who will go down first? Trump or Limbaugh?

I suspect the last man standing will be whoever's heart holds out the longest.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Friday, March 22, 2019 7:54 AM

REAVERFAN


Quote:

Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN:
Rush Limbaugh On New Zealand Shooting: "You Can't Immediately Discount This" False Flag Theory

https://freedomoutpost.com/rush-limbaugh-on-new-zealand-shooting-you-c
ant-immediately-discount-this-false-flag-theory/

Yes. Yes, you can.

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Friday, March 22, 2019 8:06 AM

REAVERFAN


"The idea that there is far more crazed right-wing terrorism in America than there is any other kind is nothing more than a media narrative manufactured out of whole cloth, and it’s just waiting for events like this to take place, and this is what happens, folks."

The exact opposite of the truth. Typical Limbaugh.

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