gmeyers1944
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no! I am not.evidence??
Are you saying we should now invade syria?
no! I am not.evidence??
Are you saying we should now invade syria?
Yes, because Rush is known for his honesty. That's the source I would choose in this situation.
This is WAAAAAY off topic but what if Obama is reticent to invade Syria because U.S. intelligence knows that once Assad is out Saddam's WMD will be discovered and the Bush administration will be vindicated? imma take this to conspiracy theories so join me there if you think I'm out of my mind...Evidence??
Are you saying we should now invade Syria?
The left would love nothing more than for the right to have no voice, no media, and no votes in politics, because they know what's good for us and rightwingers need to just shutup and sit down.
$75/yr?
Last I was there - which, true, it's been a while - it was $25.00/month for me *through* planned parenthood. Not everyone can use the cheapest and most generic form. But regardless: I managed - and such things would be free through WIC. (pills and appointments) - at least it was 10 yrs ago.
I was married for 37 years to a wonderful woman. We have 2 wonderful daughters who are now in their 30's. One of those has given us a wonderful granddaughter.
I said was married because my wife went home to be with the Lord last August.
Here's my issue with the health bill. The true problems of health care are a hard fix, the bill was a government power grab that is actually going to make things worse. When the medical industry was relatively new there were few regulations, so it was cheap......but not necessarily at the highest quality yet. During the 1900s regulations regarding safety were passed and as well the amount of medical enrolees that could attend by law annually. Well, the safety regs are fine but the doctor limits caused what is now a shortage, making both medical school expensive and fees insane. As well, a doctor can be sued too easily, driving up their malpractice insurance requiring them to make more money just if they want to break even.It's a complex issue, of course, as all health care is. I assumed -- quite accurately, I think -- that Obama timed this particular "initiative" to garner support from women voters, whom the GOP has so effectively alienated. As such, it's not much more than campaigning, and in that sense, the whole shooting match is irritating to me.
But the general election is only 8 months from now and EVERY sitting president in my lifetime has done similar bull****tery.
The really sad thing is we need a rational, thoughtful discussion about health care desperately and ASAP.....possibly moreso than one on the economic recovery we all also desperately need.
And it's fairly certain now, IMO, no such thing on either subject is going to happen this year.
We know more truth than people who don't listen to Rush.
Im sorry to hear that myself, sorry for your loss as well gmeyers.I am sorry for your loss, gmeyers1944. I'll remember you in my prayers.
If the WMD are in Syria, should you be in support of getting them? I'm assuming you supported Bush going into Iraq after them.This is WAAAAAY off topic but what if Obama is reticent to invade Syria because U.S. intelligence knows that once Assad is out Saddam's WMD will be discovered and the Bush administration will be vindicated? imma take this to conspiracy theories so join me there if you think I'm out of my mind...
local advertisers pay a premium to have their commercials air during rush's show, local stations pay rush( or eib) a fee to carry the show, if the locals are losing money, they quit carrying the show, if they quit carrying the show, rush's national advertisers find their investment in advertising losing some of its value(they also pay a premium to have advertisements ran on his show) rush is puting on his game face, and trying to ride this out....You are wrong, my friend. Sponsors are not dropping like flies and his show won't feel the effects of the few who have dropped in the slightest.
Perhaps some information will help you:
You might also read the comment on that site from Scott M. He kind of puts it all in perspective.
local advertisers pay a premium to have their commercials air during rush's show, local stations pay rush( or eib) a fee to carry the show, if the locals are losing money, they quit carrying the show, if they quit carrying the show, rush's national advertisers find their investment in advertising losing some of its value(they also pay a premium to have advertisements ran on his show) rush is puting on his game face, and trying to ride this out....
no wishful thinking , simple economics...i actually agree with you, i suspect that his show will go on, but their will come a point that his mouth will actually do serious harm to his program, be it with reduced revenues from advertising, or from affiliates, who will cover their own asses, dropping him for less controversial(and less expensive) programming alternativesOkay...
Do you have any evidence that any local stations are pulling his show? I haven't heard about it if it's happened.
And, frankly, I suspect there are a whole bunch of companies who would advertise during the time period that his show comes on and they would gladly take the time slot of the few who've dropped out.
Look, Rush has been around for a long time. He's said stupid stuff before...done stupid stuff. I would think that if he had a problem with getting sponsors, it would have happened by now. It hasn't and I don't see that it'll happen this time.
I do understand your desire for wishful thinking, but I don't see any reality to support it.
no wishful thinking , simple economics...i actually agree with you, i suspect that his show will go on, but their will come a point that his mouth will actually do serious harm to his program, be it with reduced revenues from advertising, or from affiliates, who will cover their own asses, dropping him for less controversial(and less expensive) programming alternatives
He's got an audience of 20 Million, advertisers know that and if they let random complaints get to them that easily they are morons. The sheer numbers talk and Rush would have to basically say he supports the reanimated corpse of Hitlerf or global leader with Mussolini in the VP position and Kruschev as the human rights overseer to lose a healthy percentage of that audience.shrug...
I think it's more likely he'll retire before anything like that happens.
Many years ago, I was an occasional listener of Limbaugh's, but as his rhetoric became ever more foolish, vitriolic and biased, I stopped. (This is likely somewhere in the 1990's.)
Since then, as some of his comments have been reported, circulated on youtube, etc., I have grown to genuinely loathe this man. I don't think he cares a damn what he says as long as his audience grows, his own revenues grow, etc. To me, he's like the Pat Robertson of politics.
I can't for the life of me get how this guy has stayed on the air as long as he has, given some of the things he has said. But geeze louise, even the lookalike Glenn Beck had to claim God was punishing Haiti with an earthquake because the US is moving further towards civil rights for gay people before he got tossed.
So here's my little, curious question: WTF was the big fat deal about Rush calling a grown woman a "slut"? I just don't understand how this one relatively inoffensive (for him) remark could be resulting in all the blowback he's getting. (Don't misunderstand me; I revel in his downfall; I just don't understand it.)
Did someone demonize the word "slut" while I was sleeping? Who is this woman, that can testify before Congress but bursts into tears and needs therapy because Rush insulted her? God damn, some of you young liberal women (and men) today would never have made it in the Feminist Movement of the 1970's, I can tell you.
Sometimes, I think modern liberals take pride in behaving like a bunch of emo first graders. This kinda reminds me of all the transparently stupid hand-wringing that went on when Obama had Bin Laden killed. I'm sorry...how in the hell could that POSSIBLY have been a bad thing?
Seriously, people? "Slut" is where we liberals have chosen to draw the line in the sand today?
Susan B. Anthony must be rolling over in her grave.
He's got an audience of 20 Million, advertisers know that and if they let random complaints get to them that easily they are morons.
You do realize that of the three things piglips said, slut was the tamest? Let's just start with the word prostitute. That is slanderous in my view. Last time I checked, that is against the law. And then there's his comments about her sex tapes.
And besides, she's a college student. He needs to resort to that? I, for one, love this. Karma is a bitch.
He's got an audience of 20 Million, advertisers know that and if they let random complaints get to them that easily they are morons. The sheer numbers talk and Rush would have to basically say he supports the reanimated corpse of Hitlerf or global leader with Mussolini in the VP position and Kruschev as the human rights overseer to lose a healthy percentage of that audience.
I'm not surprised that you're entertained by negative things, since you generally add so little around here it makes perfect sense.
Wasn't nearly this much controversy when Ed Shultz called Laura Ingram a slut on live TV.Many years ago, I was an occasional listener of Limbaugh's, but as his rhetoric became ever more foolish, vitriolic and biased, I stopped. (This is likely somewhere in the 1990's.)
Since then, as some of his comments have been reported, circulated on youtube, etc., I have grown to genuinely loathe this man. I don't think he cares a damn what he says as long as his audience grows, his own revenues grow, etc. To me, he's like the Pat Robertson of politics.
I can't for the life of me get how this guy has stayed on the air as long as he has, given some of the things he has said. But geeze louise, even the lookalike Glenn Beck had to claim God was punishing Haiti with an earthquake because the US is moving further towards civil rights for gay people before he got tossed.
So here's my little, curious question: WTF was the big fat deal about Rush calling a grown woman a "slut"? I just don't understand how this one relatively inoffensive (for him) remark could be resulting in all the blowback he's getting. (Don't misunderstand me; I revel in his downfall; I just don't understand it.)
Did someone demonize the word "slut" while I was sleeping? Who is this woman, that can testify before Congress but bursts into tears and needs therapy because Rush insulted her? God damn, some of you young liberal women (and men) today would never have made it in the Feminist Movement of the 1970's, I can tell you.
Sometimes, I think modern liberals take pride in behaving like a bunch of emo first graders. This kinda reminds me of all the transparently stupid hand-wringing that went on when Obama had Bin Laden killed. I'm sorry...how in the hell could that POSSIBLY have been a bad thing?
Seriously, people? "Slut" is where we liberals have chosen to draw the line in the sand today?
Susan B. Anthony must be rolling over in her grave.
Many years ago, I was an occasional listener of Limbaugh's, but as his rhetoric became ever more foolish, vitriolic and biased, I stopped. (This is likely somewhere in the 1990's.)
Since then, as some of his comments have been reported, circulated on youtube, etc., I have grown to genuinely loathe this man. I don't think he cares a damn what he says as long as his audience grows, his own revenues grow, etc.
The same deal applies with Pat Robertson, if your only exposure to him are the cherry-picked, out of context comments, then he might not look so good - but if you actually do independent research or watch a full episode of his show instead of just a 30 second soundbite on Media Matters, etc - then there's not much to be offended about at all.To me, he's like the Pat Robertson of politics.
Wasn't nearly this much controversy when Ed Shultz called Laura Ingram as slut on live TV.
Point taken. Though where's all the liberal outrage over the comments made by Bill Maher and his guests over Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann, etc? Ex, calling them a "Milf", joking on live TV about wanting to rape Michelle Bachmann? No outrage there, looks like the outrage isn't a matter of what's being said, just a matter of whether or not the one saying it is a conservative.The only difference I can see between the two is that Laura Ingraham is a pundit and a political personality. With that being said, I would have fired him (though after looking it appears he was suspended).
No one would back him up, but then again I don't think he would say something of that level anyway. My point was that he has a rock solid audience that advertisers need to pay attention to before pulling ad dollars. Knee jerk reactions are fine in regional and mid-sized markets, even smaller syndication contracts. Rush owns EIB and the only way he would lose his gig is if he couldn't get a syndication deal or lost the bulk of his markets, of course that was before satellite and streaming so even that isn't a given.If he did say that, someone here would back him up. Then he'd apologize, then say he was only joking.
The guy has a track record. Saying that this one word is fatal is like blaming that last cigarette for a person's lung cancer, and not the fact that they've smoked 2 packs a day for 30 years. Besides which, the same advertisers who are "pulling out" now will be back when this blows over and nobody's paying attention anymore.