Limbaugh fell for it

[zsdersw]

That's correct and I don't deny being a Conservative.

I don't call myself a big government, big spending , liberty taking, free market killing, government healthcare supporting, job killing Libertarian..... like you.

I look at the libertarian platform, look at obama's policies and you, and I laugh.

Don't lie to yourself and others come out and say what you are, radical left wing liberal.

You apparently haven't read all of my posts on P&N.

It is telling, though, that you're the first person to make such assertions about where I fall on the ideological spectrum and the positions I advocate.

Look at these recent posts of mine:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2106087&page=3
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2105777

There's others that I don't have time right now to dig up, but it's a start.

 

[Lemon law]

As someone liberal Liberal Liberal, I have a certain grudging respect for Limbaugh. Rush may be a serial murder of all principles of logic, but at least he stays informed in new and better ways to spin the ever changing facts and events in America and the larger world.

Compared to a intellectual featherweight like Sara Palin, at least Rush works hard to stay on top of his game. So does the devil himself, but its hard to admit Sara Palin is not a Rush wannabee, but is incapable of the hard work needed.

But thank you FearNoEvil for proving Rush Limbaugh is not 101% evil, not even the worse mass murderer and war criminal are not without redeeming qualities. After all, Adolph Hitler liked dogs and Beer, and I can relate to those two virtues. But enough to redeem Rush, naaaaw, its a definite no.

 

[HumblePie]

One difference here is that Limbaugh was called out by a NYT article. It wouldn't be so bad if it was their blog or huffpo. When was the last time a left wing commentator was called out like this in a NYT article? Politifact appears to be in the business of verifying this type of stuff. I'm not a Limbaugh fan, I don't listen to him and I don't like him.

Does it really matter who does the fact checking when someone has made a mistake? It's the reactions of the person that made the mistake that are telling of their character.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Wow. A slander piece of Rush by the NYT about nothing. This is news?

oooooh! You edited a wiki page and "got" him. oooooh! I would hazzard a guess the NYT was behind the whole thing.

1) Slander is a spoken defamatory statement, not a written one.

2) It's not defamatory if its true (which the NYT piece, unlike Rush's comments about Judge Vinson, is).

3) Are you seriously taking the position that Rush Limbaugh is not a newsworthy subject? He's probably among the five (and certainly among the ten) most powerful figures in American politics.

 

[Budmantom]

You apparently haven't read all of my posts on P&N.

It is telling, though, that you're the first person to make such assertions about where I fall on the ideological spectrum and the positions I advocate.

Look at these recent posts of mine:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2106087&page=3
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2105777

There's others that I don't have time right now to dig up, but it's a start.

You are correct I haven't read all your post but the ones I have read are generally pro liberal and anti Conservative, even reading your two examples you go after the Republicans.

Once again reading through the Libertarian Party Platform I don't see those values in what you are posting, for the most part it seems that the Libertarian values are Anti-Obama values.... perhaps you are confused or just too ashamed to call yourself a Liberal.

 

[Lanyap]

Does it really matter who does the fact checking when someone has made a mistake? It's the reactions of the person that made the mistake that are telling of their character.

Has he taken any action yet? I haven't found any. But if he comes out within a few days and apologizes for the mistake then everything is ok with you?

 

[HumblePie]

Has he taken any action yet? I haven't found any. But if he comes out within a few days and apologizes for the mistake then everything is ok with you?

With that one sure. I'm fine with anyone manning up to an honest mistake they've made. At least this wasn't a mistake that got someone fired like some other recent event regarding someone from foxnews.

 

[Budmantom]

With that one sure. I'm fine with anyone manning up to an honest mistake they've made. At least this wasn't a mistake that got someone fired like some other recent event regarding someone from foxnews.

Because this administration is far too busy killing jobs to talk to anyone before throwing them overboard.

 

[zinfamous]

It's downright scary how low the journalistic standards are for some of the US's major news sources. Relying solely upon a wiki page without any sort of verification-I imagine that is below the objective journalistic standards of a high school newspaper.

Limbaugh is not a major news source. he is entertainment--exactly how he has described himself.

 

[WHAMPOM]

Who's Rush???

 

[Uhtrinity]

Limbaugh is not a major news source. he is entertainment--exactly how he has described himself.

As well as Beck, Fox News (the talking head potion), but many unfortunately take it as news (as designed). Plausible denial-ability?

 

[BoomerD]

Who's Rush???

A fat, drug-addicted member of the Chicken-hawk Brigade who is a very staunch supporter of the Bush wars...yet managed to avoid actually serving in the military because of his "anal cysts."

 

[her209]

A fat, drug-addicted member of the Chicken-hawk Brigade who is a very staunch supporter of the Bush wars...yet managed to avoid actually serving in the military because of his "anal cysts."

The fat bastard had a heart attack in Hawaii, a state that requires employers to provide health care coverage for those working over 20 hours a week. Somehow, he got seen right away - and not in 6-12 hours.

 

[zinfamous]

As well as Beck, Fox News (the talking head potion), but many unfortunately take it as news (as designed). Plausible denial-ability?

yeah, i always assumed that this was their inferred fallback argument.

The disturbing reality today, though, is that O'Reilly has emerged as the most level-headed of the neo-con talking heads.

 

[Fear No Evil]

A fat, drug-addicted member of the Chicken-hawk Brigade who is a very staunch supporter of the Bush wars...yet managed to avoid actually serving in the military because of his "anal cysts."

Is Obama a chicken-hawk too for not serving? Or is that different? Is Obama a drug addict too because he tried drugs or is that different? Is Obama a staunch supporter of Bush's wars too or is that different?

 

[Fear No Evil]

The fat bastard had a heart attack in Hawaii, a state that requires employers to provide health care coverage for those working over 20 hours a week. Somehow, he got seen right away - and not in 6-12 hours.

He paid cash, he has no insurance. He probably paid LESS for the service than he would have it he had insurance too. But Obama care is going to bring down costs and provide better service!!!! :hmm:

 

[soundforbjt]

Is Obama a drug addict too because he tried drugs or is that different?

Yes. addicted to drugs is way different than just trying them.

I tried pot a couple of times, guess I'm the same as a heroin addict.

 

[Fear No Evil]

Yes. addicted to drugs is way different than just trying them.

I tried pot a couple of times, guess I'm the same as a addict.

Its funny though how the left doesn't bring up the drug addictions of most celebrities when they speak on political issues. Just like the left says the right shouldn't be able to preach about family values when they don't hold themselves up to the same standards I don't see how the left can say being addicted to drugs is a bad thing when many on the left think they should be legalized and decriminalized. Make up your mind, are drugs bad or not?

 

[CallMeJoe]

Its funny though how the left doesn't bring up the drug addictions of most celebrities when they speak on political issues. Just like the left says the right shouldn't be able to preach about family values when they don't hold themselves up to the same standards I don't see how the left can say being addicted to drugs is a bad thing when many on the left think they should be legalized and decriminalized. Make up your mind, are drugs bad or not?

Rush Limbaugh, before his own drug conviction:

What this says to me is that too many whites are getting away with drug use. Too many whites are getting away with drug sales. Too many whites are getting away with trafficking in this stuff. The answer to this disparity is not to start letting people out of jail because we're not putting others in jail who are breaking the law. The answer is to go out and find the ones who are getting away with it, convict them and send them up the river, too.

It's not the drug use, it's the hypocrisy.

 

[BoomerD]

Its funny though how the left doesn't bring up the drug addictions of most celebrities when they speak on political issues. Just like the left says the right shouldn't be able to preach about family values when they don't hold themselves up to the same standards I don't see how the left can say being addicted to drugs is a bad thing when many on the left think they should be legalized and decriminalized. Make up your mind, are drugs bad or not?

Most folks on the left don't preach about family values...but we do make fun of those who do...then proceed to live in ways that are anything but "family values friendly." Same thing about drug abuse. Many on the left think pot should be legalized, but when the #1 Republican talking head comes out and says, "What this says to me is that too many whites are getting away with drug use. Too many whites are getting away with drug sales. Too many whites are getting away with trafficking in this stuff. The answer to this disparity is not to start letting people out of jail because we're not putting others in jail who are breaking the law. The answer is to go out and find the ones who are getting away with it, convict them and send them up the river, too. ", that gives us lots of ammunition to make fun of yet another Republican hypocrite...

Which is it? Are drugs good, or are they bad, or are they only bad when someone else is doing them?

 

[NeoV]

give me a friggin brake Fern - this guy has MILLIONS of faithful listeners, and what he says on his show, like it or not, is taken as gospel by those millions

you can't say when Dan Rather does it ( a story which in all likelyhood was/is at least very close to the actual events) it's evil and malicious, but when Rush does it, because he isn't a news anchor or a 60 minutes reporter - it doesn't matter.

This is just another sad example of the GOP's talking heads - Hannity - Rush - Coulter - grasping at anything to bolster their delusional view of the world, truth/caution thrown to the wind

 

[her209]

He paid cash, he has no insurance. He probably paid LESS for the service than he would have it he had insurance too. But Obama care is going to bring down costs and provide better service!!!! :hmm:

Sounds like he got serviced fine despite Hawaii's "socialized medicine".

 

[ahenkel]

Bill Hicks on Limbaugh still absolutely perfect still even 15+ years later

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F7Q7BkAbCk

 

[hal2kilo]

Bill Hicks on Limbaugh still absolutely perfect still even 15+ years later

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F7Q7BkAbCk

How dare he steal my advatar lol.

 

[zsdersw]

You are correct I haven't read all your post but the ones I have read are generally pro liberal and anti Conservative, even reading your two examples you go after the Republicans.

How is this pro-liberal and anti-conservative:

I would've rather they give the money directly to small businesses to pay for them to increase the number of employees by a certain percentage (maybe 10-20%?). Small businesses would need to apply for this money.

Additional money should be given directly to every citizen, say, $500 each, as a direct stimulus, and *not* have it be taxable. Whether people spend it directly, pay down debt, or put it in the bank, the end result is the same: they'll be a bit more confident to buy things.

In the other thread I never mentioned anything about supporting liberal candidates and opposing conservative ones. I said devotion to party is bad. This isn't anti-conservative and pro-liberal.

Then there's also my post (#19) in this thread: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2106036

How is attacking the nanny state pro-liberal and anti-conservative?

Once again reading through the Libertarian Party Platform I don't see those values in what you are posting, for the most part it seems that the Libertarian values are Anti-Obama values.... perhaps you are confused or just too ashamed to call yourself a Liberal.

You remain decidedly ignorant of my values. Read all of my posts on P&N and then you'll be informed. Otherwise you're just another ignorant fool.