Patrick.net

End of Rush Limbaugh?

By iwog   Follow   Tue, 6 Mar 2012, 12:52pm   16,542 views   161 comments
Watch (2)   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike  

I've been reading updates on the jihad against Rush Limbaugh's advertisers and it is brutal. Blood is in the water and corporations are fleeing like roaches caught in the open when the lights turn on.

For those who forget, Dr. Laura was very quickly eliminated from television (and eventually radio) through a similar crusade about her homosexual and African American rants.

Here's a good update:

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2012/03/all-advertisers-who-are-sticking-limbaugh/49499/

Real time tracking of advertisers and cancelled contracts:

http://mediamatters.org/mobile/blog/201203050019

« First     « Previous     Viewing Comments 42-81 of 161     Next »     Last »     See most liked comments

1. iwog Follow Befriend (48) 272 threads 12,446 comments 47 male Lafayette, CA Premium

   42   8:18am Fri 9 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   You Rush Limbaugh fans DO understand we're talking about private insurance right? Uh right?? This comment: thomas.wong1986 says $3,000 a year on contraception... What are we the tax payers paying for... a Brothel ? Is totally ignorant.

2. iwog Follow Befriend (48) 272 threads 12,446 comments 47 male Lafayette, CA Premium

   43   8:21am Fri 9 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   clambo says Fluke's lies of $3000 for contraception are obvious. The obvious rebuttal is that the pill is the luxury form of contraception. She could buy a diaphram and carry it with a tube of spermicide in her purse. She could also get an IUD, they still make them. This is a direct quote from Flukes testimony. Again it illustrates how willfully ignorant the right wing is. You people are NOT qualified to pick the president and shouldn't be voting. “A friend of mine, for example, has polycystic ovarian syndrome, and she has to take prescription birth control to stop cysts from growing on her ovaries. Her prescription is technically covered by Georgetown’s insurance because it’s not intended to prevent pregnancy. “Unfortunately, under many religious institutions and insurance plans, it wouldn’t be. There would be no exception for other medical needs. And under Sen. Blunt’s amendment, Sen. Rubio’s bill or Rep. Fortenberry’s bill there’s no requirement that such an exception be made for these medical needs. Are you going to tell her to put a diaphragm on her polycystic ovarian cysts? Genius.

3. TPB Follow Befriend (1) 65 threads 1,209 comments

   44   8:37am Fri 9 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   wthrfrk80 says AngryCloud vs. AngryDan Fight!!! "Toasty!"

4. iwog Follow Befriend (48) 272 threads 12,446 comments 47 male Lafayette, CA Premium

   45   9:58am Fri 9 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Why not just admit you were wrong and your comment was ignorant? Seems like an awful lot of text to waste on covering up the fact you actually implied women should put a diaphragm on a polycystic ovarian cyst. There's no hypocrisy here, which is why you can't point out any hypocrisy. Pointing out hypocrisy takes a single sentence. Cloud says You and your friends want to portray he like she's some innocent 21 year college student Wow....where did I portray that? You're lying again. Stop it!

5. Dan8267 Follow Befriend (16) 760 threads 7,667 comments Boca Raton, FL Premium

   46   11:27am Fri 9 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike   wthrfrk80 says Vicente says Yep, the leakage when it is quoted by others is MORE than enough. The term "leakage" is especially appropriate! The term "anal leakage" is more appropriate.

6. Dan8267 Follow Befriend (16) 760 threads 7,667 comments Boca Raton, FL Premium

   47   11:29am Fri 9 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (3)   Dislike   iwog says Cloud says You and your friends want to portray he like she's some innocent 21 year college student She's not innocent? WTF did she do except testify to Congress? Since when is that a crime? Of course, this is coming from Cloud who said that all Congressional testifiers are sluts!

7. leo707 Follow Befriend (12) 10 threads 3,516 comments Oakland, CA leo707's website Premium

   48   11:43am Fri 9 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (3)   Dislike   Dan8267 says Of course, this is coming from Cloud who said that all Congressional testifiers are sluts! Come now, not all -- only the ones that cloud disagrees with are sluts.

8. socal2 Follow Befriend 233 comments

   49   12:43pm Fri 9 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Dan8267 says iwog says Cloud says You and your friends want to portray he like she's some innocent 21 year college student She's not innocent? WTF did she do except testify to Congress? Since when is that a crime? It's not a crime to be an activist and speak at congressional hearings. Neither is calling a person a slut a crime last I checked. People are free to think Rush is a douche and not advertise or listen to his show. But we need one set of rules that applies to everyone if we are all of a sudden going to go apeshit and try to enforce some sort of civility police on free expression with boycotts and intimidation.

9. clambo Follow Befriend (5) 1,070 comments Santa Cruz, CA

   50   1:28pm Fri 9 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   Fluke said lies about $3000 for contraception. She may have known someone who has PAID this amount but the lie is that contraception COSTS $3000 for three years. This is bullshit. NOW. If the point of the hormone was a medical problem, then this was always covered by every and any health plan since this is using the pills to treat a medical problem NOT for contraception. The medical uses of hormones are varied and many, but the cost of contraception is NOT $3000 unless you choose to pay this much. You can say eating in restaurants costs $250 per person. This is not true, it is possible to PAY this much in a handful of restaurants in the USA. You can also prove that it costs just $3 to eat in a restaurant, if that is fast food and the dollar menu. "Eating out costs $250" is therefore a LIE because it does not cost that much unless you choose to pay that much.

10. Dan8267 Follow Befriend (16) 760 threads 7,667 comments Boca Raton, FL Premium

    51   1:30pm Fri 9 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   leoj707 says Dan8267 says Of course, this is coming from Cloud who said that all Congressional testifiers are sluts! Come now, not all -- only the ones that cloud disagrees with are sluts. I stand corrected.

11. Dan8267 Follow Befriend (16) 760 threads 7,667 comments Boca Raton, FL Premium

    52   1:31pm Fri 9 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   socal2 says Neither is calling a person a slut a crime last I checked. I don't think anyone has asked for Rush to be brought up on charges. People have only asked for his sponsors to pull their ads from his show.

12. Dan8267 Follow Befriend (16) 760 threads 7,667 comments Boca Raton, FL Premium

    53   1:44pm Fri 9 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   socal2 says But we need one set of rules that applies to everyone if we are all of a sudden going to go apeshit and try to enforce some sort of civility police on free expression with boycotts and intimidation. Freedom of speech means that the government cannot harm you in any way for saying something. And, of course, freedom of speech has but few exceptions (only three that I've counted): 1. Making threats of violence including death threats. 2. Falsely reporting emergencies. 3. Providing false testimony and/or libel/slandering someone. And those three exceptions are to protect other people's rights. Freedom of speech also means that the government will prevent other people from using violence or the threat of violence to stop you. It does not mean that people won't react negatively to what you say. Boycotts are a legitimate form of speech and can be used to address grievances against corporations. They are as important as our right to protest government actions. Now whether or not Rush's lame ass comments warrant boycotting is another story. Personally, I don't get why anyone even listens to his show. He went batshit crazy as soon as Clinton was elected. I used to watch his TV show back in the early 1990s. He wasn't the extreme hatemonger he is today. His show was basically a conservative equivalent of The Daily Show back then, although not nearly as funny (he did have some good jokes). But as America became more polarized and extreme, so did he. I'm not sure which is the chicken and which is the egg.

13. socal2 Follow Befriend 233 comments

    54   1:51pm Fri 9 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Dan8267 says socal2 says Neither is calling a person a slut a crime last I checked. I don't think anyone has asked for Rush to be brought up on charges. People have only asked for his sponsors to pull their ads from his show. Gloria Allred has. http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/glorida-allred-seeking-ways-to-prosecute-limbaugh

14. socal2 Follow Befriend 233 comments

    55   1:53pm Fri 9 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Dan8267 says socal2 says Neither is calling a person a slut a crime last I checked. I don't think anyone has asked for Rush to be brought up on charges. People have only asked for his sponsors to pull their ads from his show. So has Steny Hoyer. http://www.examiner.com/conservative-in-spokane/rep-steny-hoyer-sandra-fluke-should-sue-rush-limbaugh

15. socal2 Follow Befriend 233 comments

    56   2:02pm Fri 9 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   Dan8267 says Boycotts are a legitimate form of speech and can be used to address grievances against corporations. They are as important as our right to protest government actions. The problem I have are selective boycotts which holds one set of political views to a stricter set of conduct than others. 10X worse vulgarity is slinged at Conservatives by Liberals on any given day in our pop culture. But Liberals seem to get a pass because they are "comedians" or said to be using "satire". Kirsten Powers (a Liberal) has a pretty good laundry list of Liberal misogyny that only gathers yawns from our new found civility police. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/08/critics-of-rush-limbaugh-ignore-bill-maher-matt-taibbi-misogyny.html Face it, Rush is being selectively targeted because he is influential and is a Conservative. Rush is no different than an Ed Schultz on MSNBC. Both are fat, loudmouth white guys talking politics. How come Schultz is not being boycotted for calling Laura Ingram a "slut"?

16. Dan8267 Follow Befriend (16) 760 threads 7,667 comments Boca Raton, FL Premium

    57   2:04pm Fri 9 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   socal2 says Gloria Allred has. http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/glorida-allred-seeking-ways-to-prosecute-limbaugh Then Gloria Allred is an idiot. Calling a person a slut isn't slander. It's an opinion, not a fact. Calling a person a prostitute might be slander, but in the context Rush did not say Fluke was literally a prostitute breaking the law, which would have been slander, but rather morally equivalent to a prostitute, which is an opinion. Well, actually two opinions when you count the opinion of a prostitute's morality. So Rush's comments are clearly covered by the First Amendment. Furthermore, slander and libel are civil cases not criminal cases.

17. Dan8267 Follow Befriend (16) 760 threads 7,667 comments Boca Raton, FL Premium

    58   2:07pm Fri 9 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   socal2 says So has Steny Hoyer. http://www.examiner.com/conservative-in-spokane/rep-steny-hoyer-sandra-fluke-should-sue-rush-limbaugh Article: Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) said Fluke - the Georgetown law student who told Democrats coeds at her school are going broke buying contraception - should sue the radio talk show host. "I'd like to see her take him to court," he said on Sunday, while attending the annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee in Selma, AL. You misread this article, too. Hoyer said Fluke should sue Rush, not that Rush should be brought up on charges. Big difference. Nevertheless, any such lawsuit by Fluke would be frivolous and would likely end with her owing Rush and his lawyers money.

18. Dan8267 Follow Befriend (16) 760 threads 7,667 comments Boca Raton, FL Premium

    59   2:09pm Fri 9 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   socal2 says The problem I have are selective boycotts which holds one set of political views to a stricter set of conduct than others. All boycotts are selective and specific. That's the nature of boycotts. They wouldn't work if they were not specific.

19. Dan8267 Follow Befriend (16) 760 threads 7,667 comments Boca Raton, FL Premium

    60   2:12pm Fri 9 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   socal2 says 10X worse vulgarity is slinged at Conservatives by Liberals on any given day in our pop culture. But Liberals seem to get a pass because they are "comedians" or said to be using "satire". Kirsten Powers (a Liberal) has a pretty good laundry list of Liberal misogyny that only gathers yawns from our new found civility police. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/08/critics-of-rush-limbaugh-ignore-bill-maher-matt-taibbi-misogyny.html I'll go over the list and see which, if any, have merit. I'm one of the few people on this site who will readily call bullshit on both conservatives and liberals. See my past postings if you have any doubt. I've torn new assholes on both. Are there any other examples you'd like to add to her list? socal2 says Face it, Rush is being selectively targeted because he is influential and is a Conservative. Rush is no different than an Ed Schultz on MSNBC. Both are fat, loudmouth white guys talking politics. How come Schultz is not being boycotted for calling Laura Ingram a "slut"? I don't watch MSNBC and haven't heard of Ed Schultz, so I can't answer your question or form an opinion on Schultz. Do you have another example? Just remember the one universal law of humor: You can pick on the strong as much as you want, but you can't pick on the weak.

20. socal2 Follow Befriend 233 comments

    61   2:23pm Fri 9 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Dan8267 says Just remember the one universal law of humor: You can pick on the strong as much as you want, but you can't pick on the weak. I don't think a 30 year old activist and law student going to one of the planet's most expensive and prestigious law schools is considered "the weak". Plenty examples of liberal misogyny in the Daily Beast link. Worse, since Obama has foolishly overplayed his hand and inserted himself into this controversy (personally calling Fluke) - he now gets to explain why it is OK to take $1 million dollars from chief woman-hater Bill Maher.

21. iwog Follow Befriend (48) 272 threads 12,446 comments 47 male Lafayette, CA Premium

    62   2:31pm Fri 9 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike   socal2 says 10X worse vulgarity is slinged at Conservatives by Liberals on any given day in our pop culture. But Liberals seem to get a pass because they are "comedians" or said to be using "satire". Wow 10x worse eh? Example? No of course not...... Since when was Rush anything more than a bad comedian?

22. freak80 Follow Befriend (4) 52 threads 4,416 comments Corning, NY Premium

    63   2:36pm Fri 9 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   "Conservative" jerks like Limbaugh need to be satirized. So do "liberal" jerks. South Park usually takes up the latter cause, given the former is already a major industry.

23. ArtimusMaxtor Follow Befriend (3) 803 comments

    64   2:37pm Fri 9 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/09/world/africa/uganda-kony-profile/index.html?hpt=hp_c1 I don't believe this story. Not for 5 seconds. This country is always setting up the serve for the next invasion. No country anywhere else like it. Unless they can get there resource stealing buddies in the U.N. to go along with them. More than likely hes after someones puppet. See hes a killer, kidnapper, I'm sure he mutilates little puppies. Throws women off of rooftops and eats with his fingers. What no mass graves, forced sterilization and gas fired barbeques to cook the kiddies on? Bullshit. The guy was in the Sudan. Theres your proof right there Uncle Fester. That ought to "heat" some people up. You said it should I believe it? Fuck no. "Washington authorized up to 100 U.S. Special Operations trainers and military advisers to assist African forces searching for Kony and other leaders of the LRA" REALLY OUT OF GOOD FUCKING WILL AND PHILANTHROPY? YOU GET YOUR OWN CITIZENS SHOT UP FOR PERFECT STRANGERS RIGHT. NOTHING IT IT FOR YOU. BULLSHIT. You send some kids mother home his dead body. Because well Jesus would love all of this. Ain't it a great cause. Save it for the mind of a 11 year old. We invade anywhere at anytime for any reason and we will even provide the cover story for you is more like how it should read. Everyone that dosen't live in America is just a stupid rabid animal is what you should put on there. Its not the case of course. People are people. Maybe that guy is just tired of the puppet. One more thing this is the first time the fucking world ever heard of this guy so its all new and really one sided. I could get the CNN side I already have. CNN appeals to the disaffected people. Really pissed of people at America. Thats about the one choice they get and it ain't fucking much. "Kony's forces are believed to have abducted thousands of children to join his cause" YEP THEN HE FUCKING ARMS THEM. HE MUST REALLY STUPID. MORE LIKE THE GUY THAT MADE THIS BULLSHIT UP IS STUPID. I guess I am also supposed to buy into the fact he cuts hands off throws them in a big fucking pot and starts dancing around like a witch doctor. That keeps a pissed of guy with an AK47 in line every time. Thats the message thats supposed to have it all make "sense". Please don't print this stuff anymore. Its getting way to repetative. You people use a "method" in these stories. Its the same thing every fucking time with a few minor twists. Youv'e pulled this kind of stuff way to much. I just assume now after all the bullshit you've pulled anyone you zoom in on is just some poor fucker sitting there trying to mind his own business and eat his lunch.

24. socal2 Follow Befriend 233 comments

    65   2:38pm Fri 9 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   iwog says socal2 says 10X worse vulgarity is slinged at Conservatives by Liberals on any given day in our pop culture. But Liberals seem to get a pass because they are "comedians" or said to be using "satire". Wow 10x worse eh? Example? No of course not...... Since when was Rush anything more than a bad comedian? Iwog - I provided a link to the Daily Beast that provides examples of Bill Maher calling women c$nts, Olbermann calling Malkin a "mashed up bag of meat with lipstick" and Matt Taibbi of Rollingstone talking about putting harry balls in women's mouths. Really can't top that. Maybe it is only 8X worse? Here are the links again for you in case you missed it the first time around. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/04/rush-limbaugh-s-apology-liberal-men-need-to-follow-suit.html http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/08/critics-of-rush-limbaugh-ignore-bill-maher-matt-taibbi-misogyny.html

25. leo707 Follow Befriend (12) 10 threads 3,516 comments Oakland, CA leo707's website Premium

    66   2:50pm Fri 9 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   iwog says Since when was Rush anything more than a bad comedian? Since millions of ditto heads take his word as if it were the gospel truth.

26. leo707 Follow Befriend (12) 10 threads 3,516 comments Oakland, CA leo707's website Premium

    67   2:58pm Fri 9 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Dan8267 says Then Gloria Allred is an idiot. Calling a person a slut isn't slander. It's an opinion, not a fact. Calling a person a prostitute might be slander, but in the context Rush did not say Fluke was literally a prostitute breaking the law, which would have been slander, but rather morally equivalent to a prostitute, which is an opinion. Well, actually two opinions when you count the opinion of a prostitute's morality. So Rush's comments are clearly covered by the First Amendment. Furthermore, slander and libel are civil cases not criminal cases. Gloria Allred, wants Rush prosecuted for "defamation", not "slander". I am not sure what the differences are legally. Apparently in Florida due to a law written in 1883 it is a misdemeanor to question a woman's chastity. So what Rush said could be a crime. Yes, the law may be found unconstitutional. It sure would be fun to see Rush challenge the constitutionality of the law in front of the Supreme Court.

27. iwog Follow Befriend (48) 272 threads 12,446 comments 47 male Lafayette, CA Premium

    68   3:00pm Fri 9 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (4)   Dislike   socal2 says Really can't top that. Maybe it is only 8X worse? If you think calling Sarah Palin a dumb cunt is as bad as calling a college student a "slut", "whore", and "porn star" then I can't help you. You don't have enough connection with the real world to even have this conversation. For one thing, Sarah Palin actually is a dumb cunt but that's not the important difference. The important difference is that Rush Limbaugh constructed a very narrow and deliberate attack on this woman's character in a way that was intended to be taken seriously. He actually constructed a logical argument as to why she's a whore. On the other hand, Sarah Palin was basically called a doo doo head. It's no deeper than that. It's like calling someone an asshole on the freeway. She was called a bad name. Sticks and stones and all that crap. You're not going to understand this, but trying to assassinate one's character is many times worse than anything Bill Maher did. It's not even close.

28. freak80 Follow Befriend (4) 52 threads 4,416 comments Corning, NY Premium

    69   3:10pm Fri 9 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   leoj707 says Apparently in Florida due to a law written in 1883 it is a misdemeanor to question a woman's chastity. Weird. But what if the woman in question lives out of state?

29. leo707 Follow Befriend (12) 10 threads 3,516 comments Oakland, CA leo707's website Premium

    70   3:53pm Fri 9 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   wthrfrk80 says leoj707 says Apparently in Florida due to a law written in 1883 it is a misdemeanor to question a woman's chastity. Weird. But what if the woman in question lives out of state? Interesting question, does the law care where the perpetrator is at the time of a crime or the victim? If someone standing in Georgia gets shot by someone standing in Florida what state tries the crime?

30. iwog Follow Befriend (48) 272 threads 12,446 comments 47 male Lafayette, CA Premium

    71   5:01pm Fri 9 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   They are losing millions from this. Five minutes of dead, ad-free air on Rush today http://blog.sfgate.com/nov05election/2012/03/08/five-minutes-of-dead-ad-free-air-on-rush-today-video/ While Rush said just yesterday that everything “is cool” with this business side of the show — never you mind about those dozens of advertisers who have left — there were 5 minutes of dead air on the show Thursday. And no, not intellectually dead, we’re talking stone cold silence. You know, in a place on the program where advertisements might appear. As one tally had it, 77 of the 86 ads that ran on El Rushbo’s show today were free ads, sponsored by the Ad Council. Also, The Atlantic is reporting that somehow portions of the show’s transcripts where Rush talked about expecting Georgetown University student Sandra Fluke to produce sex tapes …have been scrubbed from Rushlimbaugh.com. Yes, allegedly history is being re-written/whitewashed.

31. uomo_senza_nome Follow Befriend (13) 787 threads 1,542 comments

    72   9:33pm Fri 9 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   iwog says Five minutes of dead, ad-free air on Rush today ROTFL, just saw Jon Stewart's reply. Man! Stewart is AWESOME. Specifically, I like how he said "Welcome to f-ing club. Reimburse me for the Iraq War and Oil subsidies"..;)

32. kentm Follow Befriend (1) 117 threads 971 comments

    73   9:33pm Fri 9 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   http://defendrush.org/

33. thomas.wong1986 Follow Befriend 16 threads 4,426 comments

    74   10:42pm Fri 9 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   http://defendrush.org/ Tisk Tisk Tisk... Read this first ... before you fall into the joke! http://news.yahoo.com/meet-man-behind-defendrush-org-183707863.html

34. iwog Follow Befriend (48) 272 threads 12,446 comments 47 male Lafayette, CA Premium

    75   7:28am Sat 10 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike

35. elliemae Follow Befriend (25) 413 threads 6,976 comments Saint George, UT elliemae's website

    76   10:46am Sat 10 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   Unfortunately, there are people who listen to this asshole (limbaugh). One of these days he's gonna pop a vessel during one of his rants - I'd pay to see that.

36. uomo_senza_nome Follow Befriend (13) 787 threads 1,542 comments

    77   10:49am Sat 10 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   iwog says He actually constructed a logical argument as to why she's a whore. iwog - you are exactly right. The people who are actually arguing for this guy needs to see this fact, plain and simple. Then they'll understand all this backlash he's getting. elliemae says Unfortunately, there are people who listen to this asshole (limbaugh) which is why he won't go away anytime soon.

37. thomas.wong1986 Follow Befriend 16 threads 4,426 comments

    78   1:39pm Sat 10 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   elliemae says - I'd pay to see that. And $3000 a year for a students birth control who should be studying and not screwing around.

38. thomas.wong1986 Follow Befriend 16 threads 4,426 comments

    79   2:27pm Sat 10 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   iwog says You Rush Limbaugh fans DO understand we're talking about private insurance right? Uh right?? This comment: It was about religious rights... Fluke, not a member of the clergy, was rejected from the orginal hearing, which included members of the clergy and centered around "church and state". "Lines Crossed: Separation of Church and State. Has the Obama Administration Trampled on Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Conscience?" Feb 18, 2012. http://oversight.house.gov/index.php?option=com_jcalpro&Itemid=1&extmode=view&extid=378 Nancy Pelosi and the feminist got ticked off no women were given testimony time and the topic of the discussions which they saw as "women rights and Birth Control". Clearly the two agendas are different. Darrell Issa refuses to let woman speak at hearing which the topic is 'religious freedom' to deny birth control Thu Feb 16, 2012 at 08:16 AM PST. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/02/16/1065381/-Darrell-Issa-refuses-to-let-woman-speak-at-hearing-on-religious-freedom-to-deny-birth-control "it's about the religious freedom to deny birth control coverage," So Pelosi 'stages the hearing anyway' to hear Fluke 'testimony'... "In her appearance at the Feb. 27 committee meeting, Fluke asserted that her fellow Georgetown Law students “struggled financially” to pay for contraceptives which, she told congressional Democrats “can cost a woman over $3,000″ during the course of a three-year legal eductation. John McCormack of the Weekly Standard found that generic birth-control pills are available at a pharmacy near Georgetown for $9 a month, which would make the cost of a three-year supply $324." Wouldnt that get anyonee..specially if your a tax payer... really pissed off. Are we funding insurance, education institutions or a brothel ?

39. thomas.wong1986 Follow Befriend 16 threads 4,426 comments

    80   2:44pm Sat 10 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   End of Rush Limbaugh? Just a "Fluke" event !!!

40. marcus Follow Befriend (5) 166 threads 5,053 comments

    81   3:20pm Sat 10 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   thomas.wong1986 says End of Rush Limbaugh? Just a "Fluke" event !!! You never know. The big money powerful may be looking at the recent republican clown show and decide that newscorp, and the AM radio talk shows are actually pumping up the most ignorant and hateful wing of "the GOP" so much that it's too rabidly right wing even for them. The experiment in manipulating the right has been too successful. Even the most machiavellian evil puppeteers would have ever predicted that they would so easily be able to manipullute the TPBs, the Abes and the T.Wongs of the world.

« First     « Previous comments     Next comments »     Last »