on a rant here!
To answer a couple comments about comparing Rush to Bill Maher! First I can't stand Bill Maher! The guy is just an angry whiner.
The big difference between Rush and Maher is that Rush's audience is much much larger the Bill Maher's. I'm sure I have said a few things that piss people off but no one listens. No one listens to Maher either and he SAYS he is an entertainer. Rush is a nationally syndicated talk show reaching with 20 million mostly ignorant lemmings listening to his every word AND, more importantly, agree with his flat earth blathering, Maher is on HBO where you pay to listen to him, with less then 500,000. People that listen to Maher are there for entertainment only.
Oddly the only people sticking up for Rush . . . .seriously, who is sticking up for this meat head, not the conservatives who are running away from him. The guy is just a big stinking piece of shit that makes $50 million a year.
When 35 advertisers run away from this drug addict you have to believe he has finally taken one step over the line.
The bottom line is that Rush was whining about how HE should not have to pay for woman to have sex using contraceptives! Well, then I should not have to pay for wars created by Republicans (who have started every major war in American history).
BTW - truth in advertising - I was pro war in Iraq along with 90% of Americans at the time (oh, you might have a different memory but at that time 90% of Americans were gung ho on bombing SOMEONE). I just did not know that the Republicans would be so stupid and attack like dainty little girls trying not to get hurt.
Oddly, when Bush and his monkeys finally got some balls and created The SURGE things started to happen. The surge worked and Obama was dead wrong.
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As for the primaries! WOW - chalk one up for the left. Romney is the 2012 version of John Kerry and last night was a big nail in the GOP coffin. The right are just not that excited over any of their candidates.
A poll was conducted a few days ago. If you take out the the base of both parties (the true lunatics) the question was "which party is better at energizing the voters". The HUGE winner were the Democrats. The surprising part was that most Republicans thought the Democrats were better. 65% of independent voters were voting left, and woman were way way on the left side.
Romney, Mr Milk Toast and Santorum, Mr. Nutjob just are not creating a lot of excitement in the GOP. Some news not getting a lot of air play is that the GOP primaries are getting something like 13% less votes that last time. That's a pretty big deal!
I've placed bets on the last 7 presidential races and I'm 6-1 so far with the only loss being Gore vs. "W" which I SHOULD have won as Gore won the popular vote by 500,000. Right now Obama is a huge 9/25 favorite (or -278 if you prefer). I got my $10 in at -100 the day after he was elected a few years ago which was a even bet (bet 100 to win 100).
OH - Wisconsin - Santorum will win in Wisconsin, every poll has Santorum winning by a lot. However, remember, Wisconsin is ranked absolutely dead last in contributing to the GOP money-wise (The Walker effect). So all 500 republican voters will vote for Santorum.
OH - latest Walker recall polls out and are somewhat surprising.
Kathleen Falk (who DJ worked for and we know her) is doing well, here are the latest candidates! I did not think she would do this well being from Madison.
Falk 48%
Walker 47%
Vineout 44% **
Walker 46%
I might vote for Walker if Vineout is running as she supports the Pharmacist conscious bill. Any politician that takes a vow to NEVER do something loses my vote.
LaFollette 45%
Walker 46%
Barrett 49%
Walker 46%
David Obey 45%
Walker 47%
Peter Barca 46%
Walker 48%
Jon Erpenbach 44%
Walker 47%
Ron Kind 46%** again - Walker might be better then Kind (corporate whore).
Walker 45%
Russ Feingold 52%
Walker 45%
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Voter ID. What is the big freaking deal here. I have no problem with voter ID. Seriously, you are saying a person voting does not have to have any ID except a letter with his name on it? All Americans should have an ID. When you get hit by a car it would be nice to know who you are. It's common sense. When Republicans say it's to stop voter fraud, well, who commits more voter fraud, the left or, as proven in Wisconsin the right! It seems to me that the right in Wisconsin will do ANYTHING to get their way so I believe voter ID protects the left against the right!
It's almost like the GOP is saying "protect us against ourselves".
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And the good news is my computer fix it guy is being charged with theft!
OK - ENOUGH!!!!
Maybe not so fast on the millions:
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I've always been suspicious of the claimed numbers. Totally agree with Uygur here: "Until 2007 radio had the worst rating system ever invented." Radio "popularity" has always been more about the money behind it--manufactured fame-- rather than an organic demand for a certain type of programming.
radio numbers are hard to get.
ReplyDeleteI WAS going to apologize for my post as it was a little "R" rated but then, no - if ANYBODY can show me anything Maher has said that is even close to an attack on one woman - I would love to hear it.
Rush Limbough has to be embarrassing to the Right!
What is the excuse of MSNBC for the disgusting names they have called Republican women? They are a so-called "news" program. Bill Maher is listened to and his comments are showed on MSNBC, with the news reporters laughing and agreeing. Obama is taking one million dollars from Maher, who called Sarah Palin a "c--t"! Where is Obamas apology for that? Obama is all worried about some 30 year old Georgetown Univ. students feelings being hurt by Rush, what about Sarah Palins feelings, and other Republican women. Oh, that doesn't matter, it is supposed to be fun! Double standard, through and through!!
ReplyDeleteWell - seems you are alone in your disgust as the "right" did nothing. Odd how the bias right media seemed to miss that one - even FOX news missed it.
ReplyDeleteAnd again, Maher is a comedian, not a news person. I guess news organizations, even FOX can tell the difference.
BTW - MSNBC is as much news as FOX, they even tell you that, they are the anti-fox.
"some 30 year old Georgetown Univ. students feelings being hurt by Rush"
you are a woman right? You do understand what he called you don't you?
But what about the solar flare??? Any news on that? It does seem brighter today- haha!
ReplyDeleteSolar Flairs are just another liberal myth.
ReplyDeleteShould my feelings be hurt by the comments of Bill Maher? Or should I just laugh them off? I guess it is alright to go around calling women c--ts! Just so long you are a Democrat calling a Republican woman that.
ReplyDeleteIt's OK if you are a public figure who pays people $100,000 a year to protect them they can handle it them selves. But of it is your daughter and a national syndicated drug addict tells 20 million people you are a whore and wants sex tapes that is different. You have zero defense.
ReplyDeleteIf you can not see the difference in the two you are either ignorant of just blind.
Seems you are in a very very small minority. Why didn't the neo-cons go after Maher anyway? Because 99% of the populating can see the difference.
As a woman I feel insulted by Maher. Just once I would like to hear a Democrat say that what Maher called Sarah Palin and other Republican women was vulgar and disgusting. I am a Republican and I will say what Rush said was vulgar and disgusting. So you say that when you are a public figure it is alright to be called names? So does that mean it will be alright if Michelle Obama was called vulgar names? Or Hillary Clinton? Can Michelle Obama be called the same names as Sarah Palin? You are saying that is OK? I find that very hard to believe.
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