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Old 10-24-2006, 02:38 PM   #31
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Maybe they should ask Rush's ex-wives to see how good he is at recognizing when someone is "faking it".
Maybe he should just follow Howard Stern's example. 8th letter down
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Old 10-24-2006, 02:56 PM   #32
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Rush Limbaugh may still be a big, fat idiot, but Al Franken's radio network is in Chapter 11. :-)
My take on the failure of Air America is that liberals tend to be a pretty diverse group, and they don't tune in to the "mother ship" to get their "marching orders" the way conservatives do. I'm a liberal and I never once tuned in to Air America. I'm sure there are many more like me. That's why it failed.

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Old 10-24-2006, 03:01 PM   #33
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Technically, wouldn't the perceived (I'm not debating this either way) incompetence be attahced to the actual ruling party, not so much an ideology?
Well, we're talking public opinion here, and the ruling party at least claims to be implementing "conservative" policy. I suppose it's like religion, and some would say that they aren't "real" conservatives.
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Old 10-24-2006, 03:07 PM   #34
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My take on the failure of Air America is that liberals tend to be a pretty diverse group, and they don't tune in to the "mother ship" to get their "marching orders" the way conservatives do. I'm a liberal and I never once tuned in to Air America. I'm sure there are many more like me. That's why it failed.

Rush Limbaugh listeners pride themselves on being ditto heads. They make the perfect audience.
And being nice doesn't have the same "draw" for nice people as being nasty has for nasty people.
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Old 10-24-2006, 03:18 PM   #35
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And being nice doesn't have the same "draw" for nice people as being nasty has for nasty people.
Um...you're not really describing Air America as "nice", are you? You must be one of those liberals who never listened to it, like glatt.
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Old 10-24-2006, 09:43 PM   #36
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After watching Michael J. Fox's comercial promoting stem cell research, for which he deliberately did not take his Parkinson's meds so as to show the effects of the disease,
If he did that for the purpose of a commerical, that's pretty foolish, IMHO. The meds don't give gains to the patient, but they can slow down the inevitable progress of the disease. Going off the meds can cause irreversible damage.

Great way to prove a point.

What little I have heard about stem cell research indicate that fetal stem cell research hasn't shown any success, but that adult stem cell research has.
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Old 10-24-2006, 10:06 PM   #37
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If he did that for the purpose of a commerical, that's pretty foolish, IMHO. The meds don't give gains to the patient, but they can slow down the inevitable progress of the disease. Going off the meds can cause irreversible damage.

Great way to prove a point.

What little I have heard about stem cell research indicate that fetal stem cell research hasn't shown any success, but that adult stem cell research has.
Maybe he thought it was worth the risk to make his point.
And maybe there has been fewer gains with stem cells because they haven't had as much freedom to use them yet.
IMO, if you can get 1 inch of gain from cells that nobody is going to use anyway, do it. Don't say it's ok to send grown men and women to die for nothing when it's not ok to use some throw-away cells.
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Old 10-25-2006, 08:23 AM   #38
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Great way to prove a point.
Damn those point-making liberals and their degenerative neurological diseases.
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Old 10-25-2006, 12:29 PM   #39
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Great way to prove a point.
Yes, it sure is. If he went off his meds to make the point, then he is making a real sacrifice in hopes of helping people in the future.
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What little I have heard about stem cell research indicate that fetal stem cell research hasn't shown any success, but that adult stem cell research has.
So if it will never work, you don't have to worry about blastocysts being made for the purpose of medical treatment. But if it will work, then that argument is meaningless. Either way, the argument is worthless.
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Old 10-25-2006, 12:36 PM   #40
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And being nice doesn't have the same "draw" for nice people as being nasty has for nasty people.
There is no nice on Air America. None. I enjoy Bush bashing and I still recognize that.
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Old 10-25-2006, 01:32 PM   #41
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Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot is such a "nice" book title, after all...
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Old 10-25-2006, 04:07 PM   #42
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Poverty is not the root cause of crime.

Ronald Reagan was the greatest president of the twentieth century.
Rush Limbaugh

The last thing they want is a revitalized economy now. I'm not saying the Democrats don't want a strong economy. Don't misunderstand. They just don't want it now.

“The most beautiful thing about a tree is what you do with it after you cut it down”

“Bigot-A person who wins an argument with a liberal”

“Women were doing quite well in this country before feminism came along”

"The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get
a liquor store and practice robberies"
(radio; reported in the Flush Rush Quarterly, January 1993).

“When a gay person turns his back on you, it is anything but an insult; it's an invitation”

“They vote with their vaginas”

“If we are going to start rewarding no skills and stupid people - I'm serious, let the unskilled jobs, let the kinds of jobs that take absolutely no knowledge whatsoever to do - let stupid and unskilled Mexicans do that work”

“The culture war is between the winners and those who think they're losers who want to become winners. The losers think the only way they can become winners is by banding together all the losers and then empowering a leader of the losers to make things right for them.”

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1895

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1159


AIDS
"And one of the things that -- that the -- the
AIDS activists said regularly back then was, oh,
this is only a matter of time before it spreads to
the heterosexual community. It's only a matter of time.

And they used that as -- as one of the weapons to try
to get people like Reagan to start talking about it
from their standpoint. And of course it -- it hasn't.
It -- it didn't, and it hasn't, other than in Africa,
and in Africa it is -- it is being spread not just by
-- it -- it -- it's promiscuity that -- that -- that
spreads this, if you want to know the truth.
It's promiscuity.

But it -- it hasn't made that jump to the heterosexual
community."
Rush Limbaugh
June 9, 2004 broadcast of The Rush Limbaugh Show

Blacks
"Why should Blacks be heard? They're 12% of the population.
Who the hell cares." -Rush Limbaugh

‘take that bone out of your nose and call me back.’
Rush Limbaugh
Source:Notable Quotables, mrc.org

Choice or Orgasms
"I think this reason why girls don't do well on multiple choice
tests goes all the way back to the Bible, all the way back to Genesis,
Adam and Eve. God said, 'All right, Eve, multiple choice or
multiple orgasms, what's it going to be?'
We all know what was chosen" (TV, Feb. 23, 1994).

Citizen Service
Citizen service is a repudiation of the principles upon which
our country was based. We are all here for ourselves." -

Condoms
"Condoms only work during the school year."

Drug Abuse
"And we have laws against selling drugs, pushing drugs,
using drugs, importing drugs. And the laws are good
because we know what happens to people in societies and
neighborhoods which become consumed by them. And so if
people are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought
to be accused and they ought to be convicted and
they ought to be sent up."

"When you strip it all away, Jerry Garcia
(former Grateful Dead guitarist) destroyed his life on
drugs. And yet he's being honored, like some godlike
figure. Our priorities are out of whack, folks."

(well ditto heads? I bet you still love this drug
addicted, law-breaking drug freek. Ever hear of 'just
say no' or how by buying drugs you are supporting
Osama?)

Earth
"The Earth's eco-system is not fragile."

Feminism
"Feminism was established so as to allow unattractive
women easier access to the mainstream of society."

Homeless
"One of the things I want to do before I die is conduct the
homeless olympics...the 10-metre shopping cart relay,
the dumpster dig, and the hop, skip, and trip."

Indians and VD
"I don't give a hoot that [Columbus] gave some Indians a
disease that they didn't have immunity against" (Ought to Be, p. 45).

Iraqi Prison Abuse
Exactly. Exactly my point! This is no different than what
happens at the Skull and Bones initiation and we're going
to ruin people's lives over it and we're going to hamper
our military effort, and then we are going to really
hammer them because they had a good time. You know, these
people are being fired at every day. I'm talking about
people having a good time, these people, you ever heard
of emotional release? You of heard of need to blow some
steam off?
Rush's Radio Show 5-4-4

Jesse Jackson
‘have you ever noticed how all composite pictures of wanted
criminals resemble Jesse Jackson?
Rush Limbaugh
Source:Notable Quotables, mrc.org

Michael J. Fox (Parkinson's disease)
"He is exaggerating the effects of the disease. He's
moving all around and shaking and it's purely an
act. . . . This is really shameless of
Michael J. Fox. Either he didn't take his medication
or he's acting. This is the only time I've ever seen
Michael J. Fox portray any of the symptoms of the
disease he has. He can barely control himself."
Rush Limbaugh
Source: Rush's Radio Show 10-24-06


Donovan McNabb
"I think what we've had here is a little social concern in the NFL.
The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well.
There is a little hope invested in McNabb, and he got a lot of credit
for the performance of this team that he didn't deserve."

Nuclear Arms Reduction
"The only way to reduce the number of nuclear weapons is to use them."

Owls
"If the owl can't adapt to the superiority of humans, screw it"
(Ought to Be, p. 162).

Sierra Club
"The Sierra Club wants to limit the number of kids you can have
to two. They are into power and controlling peoples lives."

Sexual Harassement
Sexual harassment at this work station will not be reported.
However...it will be graded!!!

Stuck
"Being stuck is a position few of us like. We want
something new but cannot let go of the old - old ideas,
beliefs, habits, even thoughts. We are out of
contact with our own genius. Sometimes we know
we are stuck; sometimes we don't. In both cases
we have to DO something."

"We have more trees in this country today than when
the Declaration of Independence was written. The wackos
will tell you that's impossible."

"There are more acres of forestland in America today
than when Columbus discovered the continent in 1492"


Rush Lies
1) Limbaugh: "Don't let the liberals deceive you into
believing that a decade of sustained growth without inflation
in America (in the '80s) resulted in a bigger gap between the
have and the have-nots. Figures compiled by the
Congressional Budget Office dispel that myth"
(Limbaugh, The Way Things Ought to Be, p. 70).
Reality: CBO numbers for after-tax incomes show that in
1980 the richest fifth of our country had eight times the
income of the poorest fifth. By 1989, the ratio was more
than 20-to-1.

2)Limbaugh: "The poorest people in America are better off
than the mainstream families of Europe" (radio, 1993).
Reality: The poorest 20 percent of Americans can purchase
an average of $5,433 worth of goods with their income.
Meanwhile, in Germany, the average person can purchase
$20,610 worth of goods; in France, $19,200;
in Britain, $16,730 (World Development Report 1994,
published by the World Bank).
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Old 10-25-2006, 04:15 PM   #43
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Nice compared to that?
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Old 10-25-2006, 06:21 PM   #44
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UT's quick and dirty and unfair media political bias guide:
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LEFT<<-------------------------center------------------------>>RIGHT
         
^    ^    ^   ^     ^    ^  ^CNN            ^Fox  ^Right talk
         
|    `NPR |   |     |    ABC               NYPost  radio
         
`AirAm    |   `NBC  `AP
          LATimes  
`CBS       WaPost
                    NYTimes 
I'd knock ABC a few ticks to the right.
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Old 10-25-2006, 06:40 PM   #45
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Damn that Liberal Media! :::shakes fists at unspecified mid-air location:::
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