Few of the quotes from the reactionary bloviators made reference to the racial statements that were the cause of the controversy, other than to worry that racism & conservatism might, somehow, be thought of as one & the same, therefore conservos must fight this w/ every ounce of their beings. (For the masochistic: Total Buffoon [& not in a good way] John Ziegler, Big Hose, & Child of the Corner Andy McCarthy.) No, 'twas merely Limbaugh's "politics" that doomed his bid.
But the real fun was the comments. (So dulled out we read almost all of them.) Virtually all the Limbaugh supporters display low-info or "special information from Fox" delusions.
This one caught our eye & ear, partly because the good doctor (Note: The typist is a doctor. It says so. Twice. We sincerely hope he is not responsible for human or animal life in a medical or any other capacity.) can at least use spell check, if not punctuate perfectly.
It appars that Paul Pelosi will be investing in a new football league, the UFL. One wonders however if the husband of the Speaker of the House of Representatives would support Rush Limbaugh who has the same right to invest in the NFL.We won't go line by line, (Just enjoy the lunacy for iutself.) but we'll point out that anyone (Paul Pelosi or otherwise) who is stupid enough & has enough money can attempt to start another American football league. Which has nothing to do w/ Limbaugh's desire to join a group of investors hoping to buy an NFL team.
False comments, innuendo, all hiding behind a phony charge of racism is apparently the political capital of the day. This nation has long been a republic based upon constitutional law and human rights. “Life. liberty and the pursuit of happiness” are inherent rights due Rush Limbaugh, sadly they have been abrogated, trampled and dismissed by those miscreants who do not believe in free speech for conservatives and small business owners.
One does not have to accept the speech of Art Rooney or for that matter any past or present owner in the NFL to acknowledge their administrative expertise and love of the game. As the old Sunday School chorus still proclaims, “Red and yellow black and white they are precious in his site [sic].” Rush Limbaugh is as precious in his existence as is Joe Biden.
True, free speech allows critics to criticize and enunciate lies that have no basis in fact, yet NFL officials. media outlets, individuals, who succumb to this type of pressure, and adopt double standards, are at best midgets of principle, or at worst dishonest and unfit for executive level administrative leadership. Rush Limbaugh, has the right to speak, be evaluated by sports fans in terms of honesty and integrity. He also has the right to be protected from scurrilous lies and attacks especially from dishonest people who merely exercise ulterior motives at the bidding of national power elites.
The NFL should have spoken to power, instead they caved and crumbled to it in quick order. This miscarriage of basic justice is a serious matter for an administration and professional league that touts diversity. Apparently their definition of diversity does include conservatives, Missourians, talk show hosts, in fact all types of principled Americans. Mr. Limbaugh, is owed and should be the beneficiary of an apology from the, NFL, the perpetrators of this personal scandalous attack, social misfits and radical bigots who spread lies and vermin all over the nation in an attempt to eliminate his rights. We are Americans, this is America, and a major abridgement of free enterprise and free speech has occurred, a dangerous combination.
Dr. Alan Phillips,
IL— Dr. Phillips
Many others felt that free speech & the free market had somehow been violated. Did Congress force a law down our throats forbidding Limbaugh from joining a potential ownership group? No. There was also the belief that the NFL, rather than the investment group, turned Limbaugh down. How the hell are these "special information from Glenn Beck" voters be reasoned w/?
At least this guy doesn't claim to be a doctor.
In the Fifties we had a political doctrine under which people in the entertainment business were denied economic opportunities because of their political opinions: McCarthyism.That's right, Mr. Excellence in Broadcasting has lost his $38 million a year job, & will never be allowed to broadcast or to invest in anything ever again. Exactly like the blacklist.
Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.
— Peter
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A tale of two marches on Washington....
One took place in the late summer of 1963, the other in the late summer of 2009. One was promoted by a preacher from Georgia named Martin Luther King, the other by a former "shock jock" from the state of Washington named Glenn Beck. Ouch! Even mentioning the two of them in the same paragraph is somehow disconcerting.
In 1963, the the people were singing, We Shall Overcome.
Forty-six years later, the chant was, We Shall Undermine.
In 1963, a vast and varied demographic of the American people - all races and religions - descended on the nation's capitol to peaceably and nonviolently protest an injustice that was occurring in certain areas of the country to people of a certain skin pigmentation.
Forty-six years later, a Convention of Pissed-Off White People - united only by the fact that they were all habitual viewers of a single cable news channel - rolled into Washington to hurl invective at an African American president for creating a mess that he had absolutely nothing to do with creating.
In 1963, the signs people held up were optimistic: "With Liberty and Justice for All."
Forty-six years later, the signs were ominous: "We Came Unarmed - THIS TIME!"
On August 28, 1963, the hearts of people who marched on the city of Washington DC were filled with love and hope.
On September 12, 2009 they were just full of shit.
Let us boil the comparisons down to their juicy essentials, shall we? Martin Luther King had a dream. Glenn Beck has a scheme.
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Roy gets a lotta trolls at the Voice.
I never thought I'd see the day where right-wingers would accuse The Left of McCarthyism.
Being a cynical sort, I am sometimes of the mind that Rush knew he would be refused (on the grounds of being a racist asshat) and went ahead anyway. Persecution!
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Were we not so lazy & melancholic (Alright, so lazy we excuse it w/ psycho-babble ...) we were going to note the inherent contradictions.
When reactionaries began screeching "class warfare" at any suggestion that the increasing wealth divide, yadayada, might not be the best thing ever, & succeeded, the barn door was opened for accusations of "racism" against people who noticed & mentioned it. Crying "McCarthyism " while Glenn Beck bawls about "self-avowed communists" in the Obama Admin. is just extra-amusing.
Not sure how they can top it short of Larry Craig accusing the Prez of being gay.
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