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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: YorkshireYankee Date: 26 Mar 12 - 10:46 PM Any more news/progress? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: SINSULL Date: 22 Mar 12 - 07:00 PM Thanks kat. I read about that video on line but this is the first I have seen it. LOL I nearly jumped out of my chair in anger when the Santorum bit was read. A child of rape is a blessing from god. WOW Just where does a woman go to raise this blessing without the neighbors watching carefully for the father's genes to surface? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: katlaughing Date: 22 Mar 12 - 06:45 PM I agree, Greg! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Greg F. Date: 22 Mar 12 - 06:14 PM Overall, Kat, its the GOP War On Sanity. The War On Women is only a part of it. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: katlaughing Date: 22 Mar 12 - 05:03 PM And, we women are fed up with the GOP, too: The GOP War on Women! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: SINSULL Date: 22 Mar 12 - 01:36 PM I believe that Limbaugh's gaff hit a sore spot created by the Komen fiasco. Women's rights supporters were wide awake and angry when he put his foot in it. Komen is still reeling, even postponing two major fund raisers out of concern for their ability to pull in donations: Komen update: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/22/us/calls-grow-for-leader-of-susan-g-komen-for-the-cure-to-resign.html?_r=1&src=recg This wake up call not the liberal media is fueling the still ongoing controversy. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: SINSULL Date: 21 Mar 12 - 07:02 PM Another post swallowed by the void. ah well |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Wesley S Date: 21 Mar 12 - 02:47 PM OK - I give up. Who writes Bristol Palin's blog?? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: jacqui.c Date: 21 Mar 12 - 02:26 PM I agree with Saul - the Palin case bears no resemblance to Fluke's. Ms Fluke stood up to explain the reasons why women, including her peers, might need to use the contraceptive pill. She was not speaking purely for herself and was not, so far as can be seen, looking for self-promotion. Bristol Palin writes a self serving blog, which puts her out in the public arena and therefore, as with all public figures, open to comment and derision. She cannot help but be aware of the possible result of this activity, given who her mother is and the publicity surrounding her illegitimate child and her love life. Comparing the two is apples and oranges. Old saying - if you can't stand the heat, stay out the kitchen. Maybe Ms Palin should keep a lower profile if she doesn't like the negatives. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Greg F. Date: 21 Mar 12 - 02:19 PM Naow, c'mon Bruce! Ya know that there Libral Media is out there ev'ry day relentlessly persecuting the poor, poor TeaPublicans. Just ask Santorum. Or Dick Nixon, if you have a Ouija Board. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,999 Date: 21 Mar 12 - 12:40 PM What liberal media, Greg? Two papers and a TV show? My gawd, what is America coming to? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: saulgoldie Date: 21 Mar 12 - 12:29 PM Let's be clear. Maher is a *comedian.* He knows it and he acknowledges it. He does not run from it; he embraces it. (Oooh, oooh! Clever use of the semicolon! *Save the semicolon!*) Perhaps Limbaugh alludes to his being an *entertainer* sometimes--I do not know, as I have never heard it--but he *pretends* to be a legitimate pundit. And his dittohead legions take him as such. Because of their markedly different roles, the two are quite reasonably held to different standards. Also, as has been pointed out before, Fluke is a *private citizen* rising to what she felt was her civic duty. And the Palins are shameless self-promoters who profit from the attention, and are entitled to whatever people want to say about them. No, Limgaughberger's comments are definitely part of the "Republican war on women," consciously, intentionally. And they hurt us all. Mahers comments are just part of the comedic/satirical landscape and fall harmlessly with all the other comedic lines. Saul |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Greg F. Date: 21 Mar 12 - 12:07 PM Poor, Poor, Pitiful Palin. Only those who embrace the paranoid delusion of the "liberal media" would see these cases as "equivalent". |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: beardedbruce Date: 21 Mar 12 - 11:45 AM SINSULL, "By the way, women on the right and left are boycotting Limbaugh. They see it as a woman's issue. Trying to claim that liberals are behind it is a joke. Who do you see on the right coming to Limbaugh's defense?" I do not defend Limbaugh because he was wrong, as I said. Why is it that ONLY women ( and men) on the right saw Maher's comments as a woman's issue, from the response to those comments then and now?? Who do YOU see on the LEFT coming out AGAINST Maher? Trying to claim that it is not political bias is the joke. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: SINSULL Date: 21 Mar 12 - 08:46 AM So why not head a boycott of Maher's show? By the way, women on the right and left are boycotting Limbaugh. They see it as a woman's issue. Trying to claim that liberals are behind it is a joke. Who do you see on the right coming to Limbaugh's defense? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: beardedbruce Date: 21 Mar 12 - 08:39 AM Point is the loud silence when those who support the Left act in a manner that , when acted by the Right are cause for loud concern. Such as this, or calling Iraq a "war for oil" and Libya not. Or claiming that Bush should be impeached for actions that when done by Obama are just fine. If one has different rules for what one's own side does than for what the opposition does, there is a basic flaw. If one reverses the sides, and the results seem fair when they were not before, you were wrong is at least one case, if not both |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: SINSULL Date: 21 Mar 12 - 08:35 AM The boycotts continue. Meantime, Hannity is getting a spot in Limbaugh's time slot on competing stations. Maybe they smell blood. Bruce, Earlier in this thread I stated that the "c" remark was as offensive to ALL women as L's "slut, etc. The difference to me is that Fluke is a private person appearing before Congress. The Palins are public figures who have appeared on TV shows, magazine covers, etc and made their personal lives public fodder for comedians, gossip columns and talk show hosts. Bristol Palin's on again off again engagement and public airing of her personal problems left her wide open to jokes. No presidential apology is necessary. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,999 Date: 21 Mar 12 - 08:30 AM "Rush was wrong. So was Maher." What's your point, BB? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Richard Bridge Date: 21 Mar 12 - 08:07 AM I think that Maher was correct in stating that fascist loons are trying to assert a false equivalency. Is there any news how Sandra Fluke's libel claim is coming along? I know there are fules claiming that US libel law disentitles her to protection but I don't believe them, and the benchmarks they try to set for factual assertion and allegations of unchastity are not in the least persuasive. Perhaps I should look up whether Fluke has a claim in the UK since Limbaugh's statements about her were clearly republished (and likely to be republished) here. We have clamped down a bit in recent years on forum-shopping but I wonder if we have closed the door on such a claim as this would be. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: beardedbruce Date: 21 Mar 12 - 07:41 AM Rush was wrong. So was Maher. "Bristol Palin Sets Perfect Catch-22 for President Obama By L. Vincent Poupard | Yahoo! Contributor Network – 14 hrs ago COMMENTARY | Bristol Palin believes President Barack Obama should call her to apologize for the comments made about her by Bill Maher just as he called Sandra Fluke about the comments made about the law student by Rush Limbaugh, according to ABC News. Palin has blogged about how the cases are similar, but the president is not calling her since she is a Republican and Maher made a $1 million contribution to the Democrat-run super PAC. As a political scientist, I have to applaud Palin for setting up a perfect catch-22 for the president. Palin used her blog to point out how President Obama has not made statements about what was said about her by Maher but condemned Limbaugh for what he said about Fluke. She pointed out how the president made comments condemning the media during the last election for going after her but has stayed silent on this issue. She has taken herself from being mentioned in this controversy to being a player in it. Due to Palin's blog, the ball is in President Obama's court. If he calls her, it will appear to be due to the pressure by the right to treat her the same way he treated Fluke. The former vice-presidential candidate's daughter made a statement in her blog about the president being the president of all Americans and not just Democrats. If the president does not call her, it will solidify the thought he let Maher get away with the comments made due to the donation and the comedian's political leanings. It will show a double standard of how it is OK for a public figure to say anything he or she wants as long as he or she is a liberal and makes contributions toward the Democrat reelection funds. We might see the buddings of a political career in the young Palin. She was able to send a challenge and set a trap at the same time for President Obama. While many politicians try to do this on a daily basis, few can be as successful as the young reality star could be. Bristol wins no matter what happens. http://news.yahoo.com/bristol-palin-sets-perfect-catch-22-president-obama-203800257.html |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: ChanteyLass Date: 15 Mar 12 - 11:39 PM It is no surprise to me that the Providence (RI) Journal, or ProJo, has not been carrying the Doonesbury strips. I've followed them online at GoComics.com. But today, Thursday, someone "made a mistake" and today's strip was in its regular spot on the comic page! Also there was a mention of the "mistake" in the Corrections column in another section. My friends and I are speculating that it was done deliberately by someone, but if so I hope the powers at ProJo never find out who did it. Also, we think many readers were unaware that the strip had been replaced. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: saulgoldie Date: 15 Mar 12 - 03:02 PM Wasn't quite sure which thread to post this to. It's Rush. It's Santorum. It's lunatic right. Anyway...I hope you don't die laughing from some of the posts in the thread like I almost did! War on Women Saul |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: jacqui.c Date: 15 Mar 12 - 09:41 AM I'm wondering where my copy of "Handmaid's Tale" is I've been thinking the same thing for a while now. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Penny S. Date: 14 Mar 12 - 04:53 PM I have to admit to an odd reaction when I turned my Guardian to the quick crossword, under which Doonesbury resides, on Monday. A touch of dropped jaw. And as for Tuesday! (I wouldn't have got that without the Mudcat!) Penny |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: katlaughing Date: 14 Mar 12 - 03:59 PM Penny, thanks for the links. Doonesbury is always so on! Stupid papers! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Penny S. Date: 14 Mar 12 - 02:33 PM Bit of a tangent here, but I gather a number of USA papers have dropped the Doonesbury strip this week. No outcry before they did it. Day One Day Two Day Three I'm wondering where my copy of "Handmaid's Tale" is. Penny |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: jacqui.c Date: 14 Mar 12 - 09:21 AM Signed and sent to my facebook page. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: ChanteyLass Date: 13 Mar 12 - 10:27 PM Thanks for the link, Kat. I signed. I sign a lot of Credo's petitions but don't remember seeing that one in my Inbox. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: SINSULL Date: 13 Mar 12 - 07:25 PM Do they really think that in two weeks we will have forgotten or moved on? heh heh. Wonder how many french fries make up a national advertiser. Bet ole rush is crawling around the back seat of his car trying to find some. Better and better... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: katlaughing Date: 13 Mar 12 - 06:12 PM New updated petition HERE |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Desert Dancer Date: 13 Mar 12 - 03:39 PM Yes, interesting. Today's news: Limbaugh's show's distributor, Premiere Networks, is suspending for two weeks some of the national advertising that would appear on the show (the ads that come up from the affiliate stations, rather than those that are contracted through Premiere, if I'm understanding the process correctly). ThinkProgress, The Atlantic Wire ~ Becky in Tucson |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: jacqui.c Date: 13 Mar 12 - 09:02 AM Interesting article. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: SINSULL Date: 12 Mar 12 - 10:12 AM Here's and interesting tidbit. Maybe we need to start requesting Huckabee. http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/03/11/david-frum-mike-huckabee-brings-on-rush-limbaugh-s-decline.html |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: katlaughing Date: 09 Mar 12 - 11:24 PM I wrote to the head of the FCC. Thanks for the link, Bruce. Love hearing about that dead air; though I hope it wasn't an engineer's fault. My Rog would never have allowed dead air on his station as long as he was chief engineer, but then they never carried that kind of ilk, either. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: ChanteyLass Date: 09 Mar 12 - 10:47 PM Yes, I heard about that. I would prefer silence to Limbaugh or ads, and I agree it doesn't sound sustainable. But it isn't over while he is still on the air at all. I wonder what is going on between him and the network. I haven't yet gone to my e-mail Inbox today, but I'm guessing their will be many more petitions/letters to sign. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Desert Dancer Date: 09 Mar 12 - 01:19 PM Rush Limbaugh Show Includes Over 5 Minutes Of Dead Air As Advertiser Exodus Continues There were four separate instances during this afternoon's broadcast on WABC 770 AM in New York City where the network fell silent. During the lead in to the show, two and a half minutes of silence was broken up by a single, solitary ad before Limbaugh hit the air. Then, towards the end of the first hour of Limbaugh's three hour program, a public service announcement was followed by an additional minute of silence before Limbaugh returned. Another minute of dead air came in hour two, and a fifth minute in hour three followed that. A spokesperson for WABC wouldn't say whether the silence was caused due to a technical glitch or Limbaugh's fleeing sponsors. Doesn't sound sustainable to me! (in NYC, at least) ~ Becky in Tucson |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Don Firth Date: 08 Mar 12 - 04:00 PM Any day now! Don Firth |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,999 Date: 08 Mar 12 - 03:25 PM Until such time as the FCC is brought into line this shit will continue to happen. Flush Rush and there'll be another turd in the same toilet bowl within hours. That's no reason NOT to flush Rush, but as LH mentioned, he's been doing the same stuff for decades, and he has an audience. Make the Cuban-cigar smoking asshole a thing of the past, but there will still be cigar rollers and radio stations to pay for his ilk. Will his downfall be a Fluke? I hope so. But I think you Americans take stuff too lightly. Break his fucking legs. If anyone said that about my daughters, there is NO question that that is what I'd do. I mean NO question. I know that you may think I'm a bad person. Fine by me. But WTFU! You have let this happen. And it's still happening. Is that a surprise to anyone? Oh, the members of the FCC are as follows: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission Get in touch and say what you think. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,TIA Date: 08 Mar 12 - 12:17 PM Desert Dancer is correct...he cannot hide it. Here is the disgusting compilation: 70 sexist smears |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: SINSULL Date: 08 Mar 12 - 12:05 PM Yesterday, the manager of the local station claimed that he had heard of a petition to dump Limbaugh but hadn't seen it and probably never would. Apparently these petitions come and go but never make it to the station. They didn't have Jacqui before. LOL http://www.pressherald.com/news/Petition-calls-on-WGAN-to-drop-Limbaugh.html 5700 signatures in about 2 days. Not bad. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Desert Dancer Date: 08 Mar 12 - 12:00 PM Photoshopping history: Rush has scrubbed his website of much of the transcript record of his insults. Of course, other sites still have clips of video or audio. ~ Becky in Tucson |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: SINSULL Date: 08 Mar 12 - 10:02 AM An interesting tidbit from the Wall Street Journal which may explain why Clear Channel is hanging on to Limbaugh, their cash cow: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204276304577263432206437496.html?mod=WSJ_article_forsub |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: jacqui.c Date: 08 Mar 12 - 09:14 AM We're just off to be there when a petition is handed in to our local radio station asking that Limbaugh be taken off the air. As of last evening there were over 5000 signatures gathered in a matter of a couple of days. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Bobert Date: 08 Mar 12 - 07:49 AM Don hit the nail on the head... We don't need to provide the pulpit... Let Butt Rash have his own cable network... Maybe they could call it the Potty Mouth Network... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,TIA Date: 08 Mar 12 - 07:12 AM I cannot watch this the whole way through because I get too pissed off. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OAF9s6n5cBY#! The 70 sexist smears. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Ebbie Date: 08 Mar 12 - 02:32 AM There have always been a lot of asses in Missouri. And by accident they might get it right. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: JohnInKansas Date: 08 Mar 12 - 02:04 AM The State of Missouri has just admitted Limbaugh to be honored by inclusion in it's "Hall of Famous Missourians." Although there are objections, the one and only person authorized to name persons for the hall has said it will be done and the contract for his bust has apparently been signed. John |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,999 Date: 07 Mar 12 - 10:49 PM The problem with argument is understanding. My right to swing my arm stops at the end of your nose. I was once sworn to protect that right. I have never swore off that right. Nor will I ever. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,tia Date: 07 Mar 12 - 10:29 PM A boycott IS capitalism made flesh. Isn't that what the righties want? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Donuel Date: 07 Mar 12 - 10:04 PM COnsider it kised Bobert. Boycot is fine but I prefer to link as many reactionary Republicans to LImbaugh as possible. For example Vagina Govenor Bob Ultrasound should be linked to Rush in Pictures and video for the rest of his careening career. Republican Seaturtle McConnel should also be be seen embracing the LImbaugh till his dieing day. For all the decades in which Republicans have loved the Limbaugh Feminazi remarks, they should now be inextricably bound to Rush with rope tied with a dozen Gordian knots. In fact one should say (and Limbaugh) anytime they mention any Republican by name. |
