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Rush Limbaugh selection in children’s book competition causes a stir

Superfly said:
I wouldn't want anybody who listens to his bull**** give me a review any more than anyone who hates his bull****.

Personally, I'd rather have an unbiased review, but that'd be impossible to come by when it comes to anything dealing with that hate monger.
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Your open minded, unbiased, objective opinion is noted. (cough) Thank you for sharing.
 
Superfly said:
I wouldn't want anybody who listens to his bull**** give me a review any more than anyone who hates his bull****.

Personally, I'd rather have an unbiased review, but that'd be impossible to come by when it comes to anything dealing with that hate monger.
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Hatemonger? Oh, the irony!
 
SMTA said:
He doesn't hurt me at all.

Hid blind and non-thinking Dittoheads who live and breathe his heavily skewed opinions as magically espoused 'works' are the ones who are hurt.

They are just too ignorant to understand.
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What does, "hid", mean?
 
I browsed through Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims. It was set up at B&N. It's a cute idea using time travel and a talking horse to interest kids in history. I had my 8 year old grandson in mind. The recommended age was 9-12. I know he wouldn't have any trouble reading it as he just finished the series Diary of a Wimpy Kid which I believe is for ages 9-14? And he does have an interest in history.

The Chicago Tribune wrote a lovely review on the book back in November 2013

Review: 'Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims' by Rush Limbaugh - Chicago Tribune

I just checked the Best Seller list at the NYT and the Pilgrim book is now #4. Not real sure when it was released but I remember someone saying it was #1 back in October of last year. ? The second one in the series is now #1.
 
Fiddytree said:
I'd concentrate on what means are used to move toward what ends. Both change depending on the subject matter.

Classical liberals tended view government a great deal more suspiciously in the areas where modern liberals do not now, and vice versa.
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If that's true (and not doubting you) then I might be guilty as charged because I grew up believing government must never be trusted. My father had a very responsible position, a sea captain, and he taught me that government is never on the side of the people.
 
Jerry said:
If that definition were true then liberals would have uniformly opposed Obamacare, preferring an individual tax-funded health savings plan instead. Since liberals consistently support infringements on freedom and liberty, that definition cannot be accurate.
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Wrong.
I'm as liberal as all get-out and I believe government shouldn't involve itself in business. The exception is when a whole industry shows it can't be trusted to behave responsibly- then they get regulated like children get rules. The insurance industry in the US abused the free market so blatantly that they needed to be slapped and harnessed. Serves them right.
 
Grand Mal said:
Whining, foot-stamping, finger-pointing, name-calling, that's always where it starts and where it ends with you lot.
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Wait! Have you been reading what Libbos have been posting on this thread?
 
Grand Mal said:
Wrong.
I'm as liberal as all get-out and I believe government shouldn't involve itself in business. The exception is when a whole industry shows it can't be trusted to behave responsibly- then they get regulated like children get rules. The insurance industry in the US abused the free market so blatantly that they needed to be slapped and harnessed. Serves them right.
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You believe in big government. You're nowhere close to being a Classical Liberal.
 
apdst said:
You believe in big government. You're nowhere close to being a Classical Liberal.
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You don't read well at all, do you?
 
apdst said:
Obviously, I know more about it than you, but feel free to educate us on how The Founders created The United States using Left Wing principles.
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Don't play games. I said 'liberal', not 'left wing'.
You have exactly one post to show me you're not a hack, that you're worth engaging, or you've heard the last from me.
 
Grand Mal said:
Don't play games. I said 'liberal', not 'left wing'.
You have exactly one post to show me you're not a hack, that you're worth engaging, or you've heard the last from me.
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Stop with the delusion that you're a Classical Liberal and I'll stop calling you out.
 
apdst said:
Nice try, but you dug the hole a little deeper...lol
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Yea, it was pretty weak, but what the Hell.

I reaped what I had sown, and was dodging virtual punches anyhow.

No more shoveling tonight!
 
SMTA said:
Read it again, or ask her.

It was easily understood.
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Oh I don't think I need to do that. I don't have to like or even appreciate somebody in order to write a fair review of their work, and the fact that I do like them will also not affect a fair review. The only way to know whether that reviewer gave an honest and accurate book report is to the read the book.

I can also assess when somebody allows their personal prejudices color everything they think or say. Somebody who would condemn a reviewer for their review of a book that the same somebody has never read would pretty much fall into that category I would think.
 
AlbqOwl said:
Oh I don't think I need to do that. I don't have to like or even appreciate somebody in order to write a fair review of their work, and the fact that I do like them will also not affect a fair review. The only way to know whether that reviewer gave an honest and accurate book report is to the read the book.

I can also assess when somebody allows their personal prejudices color everything they think or say. Somebody who would condemn a reviewer for their review of a book that the same somebody has never read would pretty much fall into that category I would think.
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Either way, your assessment was incorrect.
 
AlbqOwl said:
Oh I don't think I need to do that. I don't have to like or even appreciate somebody in order to write a fair review of their work, and the fact that I do like them will also not affect a fair review. The only way to know whether that reviewer gave an honest and accurate book report is to the read the book.

I can also assess when somebody allows their personal prejudices color everything they think or say. Somebody who would condemn a reviewer for their review of a book that the same somebody has never read would pretty much fall into that category I would think.
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Wise post.
 
apdst said:
You believe in big government. You're nowhere close to being a Classical Liberal.
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I don 't give a damn what you say I believe. You loser conservatives invented the name 'classical liberal' to describe what you wanna be.
 
MrVicchio said:
Translation: I haven't read his books, only listened to a snippet or two of his show and whatever colbert tells me to think about the guy!

See the truth is, yeah he's out to make money. And he's doing so hand over fist. He's doing what he loves and isn't ashamed about it. He also believes everyone has the potential, and we need to harness our own strength not rely on others to get ahead in life.

But you don't know this, because you have never listened to him.
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We'll keep this in mind next time you have something to say about Chris Matthews. You wouldn't know, because you don't watch him.

Keep drinking that Kool-Aid.
 
Grand Mal said:
I don 't give a damn what you say I believe. You loser conservatives invented the name 'classical liberal' to describe what you wanna be.
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Again, you dont seem to know your history on the subject. This is why I keep imploring you to read. Please man, theres just no excuse.
 
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