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02 Mar 12 - 12:09 PM (#3316149) Subject: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: SINSULL http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002369972 Rush Limbaugh's latest hypocrisy crosses the line. Here is a list of his sponsors. I will cease using Citrical to start. Burn your Sleep Number Bed. cancel your insurance - whatever it takes to shut this drug deluded asshole once and for all. |
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02 Mar 12 - 12:13 PM (#3316152) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Mrrzy yeah, i heard about this. I think there should be more slut walks. |
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02 Mar 12 - 12:18 PM (#3316156) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Becca72 Checked the list - I don't use any of these anyway. I hope she sues and I hope she wins. Not every woman on the pill uses it for birth control, dickweed. That said, my personal feeling on the matter is, if you don't have a uterus you don't get to tell me what to do with mine! |
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02 Mar 12 - 12:18 PM (#3316157) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,Chongo Chimp Where are these events happenin'? - Chongo |
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02 Mar 12 - 12:24 PM (#3316160) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Penny S. The only thing I can boycott is Oreck, which I was easing towards buying at some time. And I am spared the language of the guy, being in the UK. Is there perhaps a suitable word of the same intensity as slut for a man who prostitutes his talents in such a way? Penny |
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02 Mar 12 - 12:25 PM (#3316161) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Desert Dancer One of his sponsors (Sleep Train) has already pulled out, and others are considering it -- so let them know what you think (which is the key part of a boycott nowadays, anyway). ~ Becky in Tucson |
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02 Mar 12 - 12:43 PM (#3316177) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: VirginiaTam Perhaps he is not aware of the condition polycystic ovarian syndrome which causes women over produce androgens and reduces fertility. It is treated with oral contraceptive to counteract the symptoms. Between 1 in 10 and 1 in 20 women of childbearing age has PCOS. As many as 5 million women in the United States may be affected. It can occur in girls as young as 11 years old. Perhaps it isn't really about controlling women's reproductive system. Maybe it is about the cost to companies to treat conditions like PCOS. |
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02 Mar 12 - 01:03 PM (#3316187) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Bill D Rush is paid to be as controversial as possible. He "steps over the line" about every 3rd program... this just hit closer to home for a certain majority of the population. ☺ He needs to be censored, censured... and put out to pasture! I suspect that he survives because he has damning information on many Republicans...who are afraid to speak out against him. Even removing sponsors would only drive him to other venues on the WWW... but there he 'can' be ignored. |
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02 Mar 12 - 01:26 PM (#3316201) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Amos Hell, totally aside from medical situations, what the hell business is it of his if a healthy woman wants to have sex without the risk of conception? He is quibbling, for the sake of noise, over a fraction of a percent of the health-care budget, if that. Consider the cost of one unwanted pregnancy saved by comparison and he should be happy to shell out for contraception for women out of his own pocket. Consider, further, the costs in long-term societal burden, of a child born unwanted to a mother who did not want a long-term connection to its father. It can get pretty gruesome. The cost of contraception is a miniscule cost in comparison even without health factors being added into the calculus. |
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02 Mar 12 - 01:31 PM (#3316202) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: saulgoldie Yup. Voting does not only take place in the voting booth. We vote every time we spend or deposit a dollar. Saul |
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02 Mar 12 - 02:00 PM (#3316214) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: gnu He is not an asshole but, as said above, a money maker. Now, as for his listeners, I believe there are two main groups. First, those that listen to him because they think he is an idiot and find that somehow amusing. The second group, which I contend is the vast majority, are... any guesses? |
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02 Mar 12 - 04:55 PM (#3316277) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: SINSULL 3 sponsors have bailed on him - Sleep Number is one. Jacqui can keep her bed. Pro Flowers appears to be another. And Sleep Train. Boycott letters and emails can come from anyone. "I will never use your product as long as you enable Rush Limbaugh" will work for any of his sponsors. |
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02 Mar 12 - 05:17 PM (#3316293) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Wesley S "He needs to be censored, censured... and put out to pasture!" No - never censored - he needs to be ignored. He'll be dumped as soon as his ratings go down. |
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02 Mar 12 - 05:27 PM (#3316299) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Bobert Here's an admitted felon who was given a slap on the wrist for things that people are doing hard time for and he has audacity to stand in the pulpit and make these kinds of judgments on innocent people??? Excuse me but this guy needs a serious ass whup... Maybe a couple of them... B~ |
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02 Mar 12 - 05:32 PM (#3316302) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: jacqui.c Just got the following from Carbonite. Hello, Over the past two days we have received a tremendous amount of feedback on Rush Limbaugh's recent comments. I too am offended and very concerned about his comments. Limbaugh's remarks have us rethinking our future use of talk radio. We use more than 40 talk show hosts to help get the Carbonite message out to the public. The nature of talk radio is that from time to time listeners are offended by a host and ask that we pull our advertising. This goes for conservatives like Limbaugh and progressives like Stephanie Miller and Ed Shultz. We even get customers who demand that we pull the plug on NPR. As an advertiser, we do not have control over a show's editorial content or what they say on air. Carbonite does not endorse the opinions of the shows or their hosts. However, the outcry over Limbaugh is the worst we've ever seen. I have scheduled a face-to-face meeting next week with Limbaugh during which I will impress upon him that his comments were offensive to many of our customers and employees alike. Please know your voice has been heard and that we are taking this matter very seriously. Regards, Dave |
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02 Mar 12 - 06:17 PM (#3316316) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Wolfhound person Its even reached the news over here (UK). I'm surprised no-one has physically attacked him yet (or worse). I hope the girl sues for libel or whatever you have over there and I hope she wins big-time. Prat. Paws |
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02 Mar 12 - 06:29 PM (#3316319) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,999 "That said, my personal feeling on the matter is, if you don't have a uterus you don't get to tell me what to do with mine!" So, Sarah Palin could? |
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02 Mar 12 - 06:32 PM (#3316323) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,999 "Is there perhaps a suitable word of the same intensity as slut for a man who prostitutes his talents in such a way?" Yes. Slut! It works for both sexes. |
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02 Mar 12 - 07:16 PM (#3316351) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: kendall I'm not a violent man, but I would deck that prick in a heart beat. |
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02 Mar 12 - 07:21 PM (#3316353) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Don Firth Rush Limbaugh is an egregious waste of lard. Don Firth |
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02 Mar 12 - 07:29 PM (#3316356) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Desert Dancer Cleveland Cavaliers has suspended advertising on the show. ~ Becky in Tucson |
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02 Mar 12 - 07:57 PM (#3316366) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Ignore Rush From: Genie I can't/won't "boycott" all of Rush's sponsors because some of the ones I do patronize also sponsor shows like Thom Hartmann's, Ed Schultz's, and other progressive talk shows. Nor would I call for him to be suspended or censured - except to the extent that other radio personalities such as Don Imus and Ed Schultz were. Imus was fired for calling the Rutgers women's basketball team "nappy-headed ho's" and Ed got a temporary suspension (followed by a sincere apology) for calling Laura Ingrahm (sp?) a "slut" (meaning she was prostituting herself politically, much the way Mike Papantonio calls corporate-paid scientists "biostitutes"). Thing is, Rush's outrageous tirade against Susan Fluke does not in any way represent either his personal views nor his knowledge (or ignorance) of the facts of the matter. He's a shock jock who fancies himself a humorist and justifies spewing the most ignorant, inflammatory bile, for media attention, on those grounds. There is no way that he does not know that a) Susan Fluke did not testify to ask for birth control for herself, nor did she even mention her own sex life or lack thereof b) The amount of oral contraceptive you need does not depend on how often you have sex, c) Having sex often & using birth control does not imply more than one partner or not being married, d) Oral contraceptives are prescribed for many health issues not connected to having sex, and e) The woman Fluke testified about who lost an ovary because her employer's health insurance would not cover the oral contraceptive prescribed for ovarian cysts is a lesbian, so she would not have been using the hormonal meds to prevent pregnancy f) Health insurance companies paying for medicines is not "welfare" or "at taxpayers' expense." Rush knows all that. Plus, given that he's been married several times and recently flew to the Caribbean with a lot of Viagra in his luggage and has no children (that he acknowledges anyway), it's a safe bet that he's either shooting blanks (vasectomy?) or makes use of some form of contraception rather often. No, for him it's all about being outrageous for the ratings. I'd just like for him to be held to the same standard that other shock jocks and talking head are. |
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02 Mar 12 - 08:04 PM (#3316369) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,999 Kendall, so would I. |
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02 Mar 12 - 08:25 PM (#3316383) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Bobert Okay... Seems that Kendall, brucie and I are all on record of thinkin' that Rush needs a an ass whuppin' and he's got the right folks to deliver said whup... That's 3 whuppins... Anyone else want in??? Okay he is a fat toad so yer gonna have to bring yer big boots but, hey... B~ |
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02 Mar 12 - 09:24 PM (#3316405) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: SINSULL FYI: Citracal is made by Mission Laboratories, part of the Bayer family of products. Excedrin is looking good, ladies. Bobert et al, Don't waste your energy on that buffoon. Hit him in his pocketbook. I don't want any of you in trouble with the law over this worthless piece of excrement. SINS, the voice of Reason (heh heh) |
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02 Mar 12 - 09:39 PM (#3316419) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Charley Noble Yes, this is a slur that stings. Russ is certainly a troll of all things indigenous to the slime pond. He should still be drawn and quartered, if anyone can figure out how to do the fractions. I'd settle for approximations. Charley Noble |
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02 Mar 12 - 10:29 PM (#3316443) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: ChanteyLass Boycott Limbaugh's sponsors? I'm in! |
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02 Mar 12 - 10:41 PM (#3316451) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Rapparee Gee, I wish that it was possible that he would have to defend his comments with his life...in a duel. With swords. I'd be happy to cut him into many tiny pieces. No, I agree that he is not an asshole. An asshole has a very useful function. |
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02 Mar 12 - 11:17 PM (#3316470) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,999 A line I heard years ago: he was begat on a duchess by a head waiter. I agree that nailing his sponsors is good, but equally I'd call the radio stations and tell them that they will be losing you (whoever you are) as a listener. I'll say one thing as a dad: talk like that about my daughters and you got major problems, and trust me, the law will be the least of them. In fact, you'll be real happy to see a cop or two. I'd ask one thing because I don't know: what does the FCC actually do? Has America gone so far downhill that garbage is on its radio (and presumably TV) shows? How did this happen? The anger from both Bekka and Penny (who seemed so angry they didn't know whether to poop, wind their watches or steal third) is real, and I hope if I was a woman I'd feel the same. This guy has gotta go, but as important is that he cannot be replaced by another like him. It is my understanding that the first amendment was meant to protect one's right to address or redress a grievance in public while protecting the individual who grieves. It never had the intent to allow this type of hatred to be foisted on the public and in doing so allow a wrong to be perpetrated. A wrong HAS been perpetrated, and Rush Limbaugh is guilty of doing just that. He is disgusting and so much beneath contempt that his name should disappear. Along with his diatribe and his ilk. I hope he has, by saying what he did, awakened America to the deadly disease it has within. There is NO time left for complacency. Speak as you can or will, but for fuck sake, speak! |
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03 Mar 12 - 12:37 AM (#3316488) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: John P I think there's a level of danger here that's not been talked about. Rush, not so long ago, proved he had the power to get apologies from very high ranking Republican elected officials. Now he is attacking someone who testified before Congress. How many liberals will think twice about testifying in the future, and how many Republicans will tell him "no"? Congress should convict him of witness tampering. |
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03 Mar 12 - 02:09 AM (#3316507) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: michaelr President Obama called Sandra Fluke to "express his disappointment that she has been the subject of inappropriate personal attacks" and to thank her for speaking out on an issue of public policy. Limbaugh is a turd you scrape from your sole on the curb and walk on. |
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03 Mar 12 - 03:38 AM (#3316523) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Penny S. Limbaugh is a turd you scrape from your sole on the curb and walk on Trouble with that analogy is that your shoe still stinks. Mind you, I'm not sure where that extension of the analogy leads. Penny |
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03 Mar 12 - 07:34 AM (#3316565) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Elmore Beyond the totally unacceptable language emanating from that foul man, I can't believe we're talking about the issue of contraception in the year 2012. |
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03 Mar 12 - 08:06 AM (#3316570) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Richard Bridge The lunatic right believe that women should be slaves to men - kinder, kuche und kirche - and bred to death. |
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03 Mar 12 - 08:45 AM (#3316581) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Bobert The Republicans just can't help themselves... They are addicted to the Taliban... B~ |
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03 Mar 12 - 09:01 AM (#3316588) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: kendall Rush is a humorist? I resent that. He's about as funny as Mother's day in an orphanage. |
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03 Mar 12 - 09:19 AM (#3316596) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: catspaw49 I spent last night on emails and petitions but what I really want is to see this fat fuck laying in a ditch, face down in a mound of shit with a 24 inch dildo shoved up his ass...........sideways.............then ask the dickhead for an apology and a huge donation to several women's health organizations. If he refuses, get a bigger dildo............ Spaw |
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03 Mar 12 - 09:59 AM (#3316609) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Midchuck I agree with the Outlawed Raparee. (Hey, I made a poem!) In a civilized society, the guy would receive multiple challenges to duels. If he accepted them, he would be killed in one of them. If he refused them, he would be shunned and ignored by all respectable people. Peter. |
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03 Mar 12 - 10:09 AM (#3316613) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: jacqui.c Spaw - I love you! |
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03 Mar 12 - 10:55 AM (#3316630) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,David E. Wow. There's no lynching like a liberal lynching is there? Go ahead, throw stones at me for saying that as well, but really people, you're getting played by the media. Shake it off and have a don't let it ruin your weekend okay? David E. |
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03 Mar 12 - 10:59 AM (#3316632) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,999 Spaw's got it wrong: Rush IS a dildo, pecker head and general all-'round fuck face. IMO. YMMV. |
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03 Mar 12 - 11:06 AM (#3316635) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: EBarnacle In a recent movie shoot, I was asked to carry a protest sign and curse out Al Pacino. The best I came up with, appropriate to our subject was: You're lower than pond scum--at least that gives off oxygen. That said, he is entitled to say what he says and we are entitled to take what legal actions we wish. Rap, I'll join you and if, [the diety we don't name] forbid, you lose, I will take up the blade in your honor. |
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03 Mar 12 - 11:06 AM (#3316636) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: EBarnacle In a recent movie shoot, I was asked to carry a protest sign and curse out Al Pacino. The best I came up with, appropriate to our subject was: You're lower than pond scum--at least that gives off oxygen. That said, he is entitled to say what he says and we are entitled to take what legal actions we wish. Rap, I'll join you and if, [the diety we don't name] forbid, you lose, I will take up the blade in your honor. |
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03 Mar 12 - 12:13 PM (#3316671) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Ebbie Well, I've now read Ms Fluke's entire testimony before Congress. She evidently spoke in the name of having been" a past-president of Georgetown Law Students for Reproductive Justice or LSRJ." Unless Limbaugh has staff that feed him selected cuts of her testimony- and he never bothered to read or hear her entire presentation, he knows full well that she never even spoke of herself or her sex life. Nor did she even mention sex life on campus. Her testimony was of health issues impacted by the cost of non-insured medicine that happen also to be used for birth control. http://www.whatthefolly.com/2012/02/23/transcript-sandra-fluke-testifies-on-why-women-should-be-allowed-access-to-contraception- Here is Limbaugh's response to the first aftermath: Oh, is that... Well, that's touching. Obama just called Sandra Fluke to make sure she was all right? Awwww. (kissing sound) That is so compassionate! What a great guy. The president called her to make sure she's okay. What is she 30 years old? Thirty years old, a student at Georgetown Law, who admits to having so much sex that she can't afford it anymore. And thus, a new welfare entitlement must be created so that society will pay for it. You know, somebody asked me, "Why are you so insulting?" Me? Can anybody understand that a whole lot of us are insulted by this? Here we are, we're minding our business one day. We're bothering nobody. We can't anyway! We can't inspect your kids' lunch box. We can't raise your taxes. We can't send your kids off to war. We can't make you buy a certain kind of car. We can't do anything. And all of a sudden we're told that people who want to have sex without consequence, sex with no responsibility, and we have pay for it! We're told we have to pay for it -- and if we object, that somehow we're Neanderthal. Just out of nowhere this comes up. Now, that, to me, is insulting. (And later:) RUSH: Well, I say this really with the absence of all ego: What this is about now is getting me. What this is about is silencing me, removing my voice as a credible critic. This is not even about contraception or any of that anymore. Because you raise another good point. The assumption in this is that every woman in this country is angered by what I said. Every woman in this country. CALLER: We're not! RUSH: Of course not. http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2012/03/02/the_democrats_are_desperate_obama_calls_sandra_fluke_the_30_year_old_victim The man is beyond despicable. I suspect his current career is not going to survive this. |
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03 Mar 12 - 12:39 PM (#3316682) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: SINSULL I agree that Limbaugh has the right of free speech. I too have some rights and am exercising them. By the way, the sponsors who pulled ads have only done so "temporarily". My boycott is permanent. As I have never set foot in a Walmart or Denny's, I can say that I will keep my word. I also will not have Sally Hanson's products in my home. Does it help? It helps me sleep at night. Limbaugh is a buffoon and I have up until now ignored his nonsense. Attacking a Congressional witness as a slut and prostitute crosses a line as did the Palin "cunt" comment. Both show a reprehensible contempt for women. This latest slur following on the Komen Foundation booboo is bringing out the the Feminazi in me and finally younger women who take their current freedom and lifestyle for granted. Good on Rush! |
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03 Mar 12 - 12:40 PM (#3316684) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Wesley S Sad to say but I'm betting that Rush is going to laugh all the way to the bank on this one. |
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03 Mar 12 - 12:51 PM (#3316691) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Bobert Well, if nothing else, we have Rush to thank for the upcoming slaughter of Republicans in November... Thanks, Bad Rash, and keep up the good work on behalf of the American Taliban... B~ |
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03 Mar 12 - 01:14 PM (#3316707) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: kendall The first amendment doesn't cover slander. |
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03 Mar 12 - 01:23 PM (#3316714) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: jacqui.c Problem is there are a lot of folk out there who seem to take as gospel everything this guy says. They don't bother to find out for themselves whether he's telling the truth and that will colour the way that they vote come November. The good thing about this is that he may have helped to wake a sleeping giant - women who might otherwise not take too much interest on what is going on in politics. I hope so. |
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03 Mar 12 - 01:25 PM (#3316716) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,Dani Problem is, he probably can't get any himself, and it makes him cranky. No, we shouldn't censor. Boycotts are great if they make people pay attention. But I think he's digging his very own hole, and we should just stand by and watch, with glee. Dani |
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03 Mar 12 - 02:07 PM (#3316726) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: frogprince Have all of you seen the miraculouse image of Saint Rush that I dicovered a year or so ago? |
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03 Mar 12 - 02:37 PM (#3316746) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: ChanteyLass Great! This time I hit Home instead of Submit! I stayed up well into the early morning signing petitions and sending emails about this. I agree that it is also time for younger women to stand up for their rights along with those of us who are beyond their own child-bearing years. |
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03 Mar 12 - 02:48 PM (#3316748) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: open mike background info? i did not see any info about the incident that sparked this boycott, and in looking for more i found these: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/03/rachel-maddow-rush-limbaugh-birth-control-sandra-fluke_n_1318354.html?ref=media http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Elections/Vox-News/2012/0303/Will-Sandra-Fluke-sue-Rush-Limbaugh-for-calling-her-a-slut |
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03 Mar 12 - 03:11 PM (#3316759) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: gnu Well, slander and/or libel suits are her option. He put words in her mouth that certainly would be considered same in a court of law. I say "libel" because it was broadcast which is the same as in writing. IMO. |
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03 Mar 12 - 03:40 PM (#3316781) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,TIA I have written to Rush to beg him to keep this up. Bobert is correct. The Republicans can't win without the young and women. Rush - keep spewing your lunatic misogynistic crap, please! |
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03 Mar 12 - 06:41 PM (#3316838) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: SINSULL Have to agree. Rush is a buffoon. But his foolishness keeps Santorum's and Romney's statements on birth control on the front page. Jacqui calls them The Society To Re-elect Obama. And while they foam at the mouth, Obama is the fatherly figure who cares for and protects the afflicted with a simple phone call. Occasionally I love politics. Meaantime, Snowe's scathing assessment of her colleagues adds fuel to the fire. Life is good. SINS |
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03 Mar 12 - 06:45 PM (#3316840) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: SINSULL An Apology: Share this on: Digg del.icio.us MySpace StumbleUpon Share Comments (Add comment) Permalink TRENDING: Limbaugh apologizes for 'slut' comment Posted by CNN Political Unit (CNN) - Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh apologized Saturday for calling Sandra Fluke a "slut" after the Georgetown law student advocated for contraception coverage in a Democratic hearing this week. "My choice of words was not the best, and in the attempt to be humorous, I created a national stir," Limbaugh said in a statement on his website. "I sincerely apologize to Ms. Fluke for the insulting word choices." Guess the boycotted sponsors put their foot down. Better and better... |
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03 Mar 12 - 07:10 PM (#3316847) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Maryrrf I am outraged by Limbaugh's verbal vomit, but I hope he keeps it up. He has drawn attention to the underlying attitude towards women that is behind these efforts by conservative Republicans to limit contraception and abortion rights. He may have gotten a few laughs from the band of cretins that listen to his program, but he has provoked a strong backlash that will help the Democrats. |
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03 Mar 12 - 07:19 PM (#3316852) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: gnu His apology means nothing to him or to anyone with two clues. I hope the "stir" continues and he is taken down for his spew. Otherwise, his audience of backward no-mind twits will continue to listen to his sordid verbal garbage and hate. |
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03 Mar 12 - 07:20 PM (#3316853) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Desert Dancer The NY Times says that at least six sponsors pulled out. (ThinkProgress has at least five.) In the NY Times: Mr. Limbaugh published the apology on his Web site Saturday afternoon. Thursday's comments included this: So Miss Fluke, and the rest of you Feminazis, here's the deal. If we are going to pay for your contraceptives, and thus pay for you to have sex. We want something for it. We want you post the videos online so we can all watch. On Friday, he continued on the theme. This of course in addition to his having his facts entirely mixed up. ~ Becky in Tucson |
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03 Mar 12 - 07:21 PM (#3316855) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Bobert First of all, this apology is no more real than TV wrestling... 2nd, if it were real it would have come before Bad Rash had all those sponsors pull the plug and not afterwards... 3rd, not to fear... Bad Rash will strike again and again... People don't change... They get more so... B~ |
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03 Mar 12 - 07:27 PM (#3316857) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,999 Boycott the radio stations that broadcast him. |
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03 Mar 12 - 07:33 PM (#3316860) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Bobert We already do, brucie... I doubt if any progressive listens to any of theses stations... I mean, there's a reason why the call letters are WACO... B;~) |
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03 Mar 12 - 07:34 PM (#3316862) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Jim Dixon A more effective route might be to complain to your local radio station that carries Rush Limbaugh's show. Several years ago I emailed my local talk-radio station to complain about Dr. Laura Schlessinger. (I used to listen to her regularly in my car while I drove to work, although I usually disagreed with her and didn't like her.) I got a reply from the program manager. It was very brief, and I can't remember exactly what it said, but I got the impression it was not a "canned" response, but personally and individually written. He thanked me for my opinion and sort of implied that a lot of people were telling him the same thing. A few weeks later, they canceled her show. (I mean, her show continued to be produced and syndicated, but my local talk-radio station no longer carried it.) I can't remember what they replaced her with; it might have been something equally obnoxious, but I considered it a victory nonetheless. Whatever you say, I think it's helpful to give the impression (I assume your ethics don't allow you to outright lie) that you generally like talk-radio and would be a regular listener if only they replaced Rush Limbaugh with something more decent and credible. It might be helpful to praise some other program that's carried by the same station—or, if you can't do that in good conscience—praise a show that's carried by some other station such as NPR. You definitely don't want to give the impression that you wouldn't listen to their station no matter what they do, because then they have no incentive to try to please you. |
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03 Mar 12 - 07:44 PM (#3316864) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,Ebor_Fiddler Do not insult Sir Geoffrey Boycott by assaciating his name with this foreign pratt! Boycott bats on water! |
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03 Mar 12 - 07:48 PM (#3316869) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Jim Dixon Rush's own web site makes it very easy to figure out which station to complain to: http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/stations |
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03 Mar 12 - 08:17 PM (#3316883) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Charley Noble "My choice of words was not the best, and in the attempt to be humorous, I created a national stir," Limbaugh said in a statement on his website. "I sincerely apologize to Ms. Fluke for the insulting word choices." Well, Rush, that's a start. So, tell us, who are you screwing around with, and do you avail yourself and your partner (man, woman or beast) any protection? I hope you do. More little Rush Limbaughs are not needed on this planet. Charley Noble |
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03 Mar 12 - 08:26 PM (#3316889) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Bobert Bad Rash humorous??? That's not why he people tune in and listen to this guy... They tune in and listen to him to get their daily dose of right winged propaganda... They are addicted to it and to him... B~ |
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03 Mar 12 - 08:46 PM (#3316892) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: katlaughing Jim Dixon, good point and thanks for the link. I do recall calling the PD of a local one, I think it was the one that carries the Bum-Rush, and didn't get anywhere with him. He was polite, but mostly turned a deaf ear. We agreed to disagree. May be a new person or station, now, though. I'll check. The hand therapist I was going to is middle of the road, mostly liberal. He listens every Friday for a weekly *fix* of idiocy. We'd sit and laugh at the ludicrous trash mouths go on and on, but also realising there are some folks who take it for gospel. He had to keep it turned down low as the other therapists couldn't stomach it. Perhaps he'll lose his voice, literally.In the meantime boycotting is GOOD! |
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03 Mar 12 - 08:49 PM (#3316894) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: gnu Re the "humour" comment I made... apparently my comment was lost on some or in some way not considered humourous with the context of my post. It was meant to characterize his audience/followers as sick fucks in either case. I was trying to be a tad humourous. After all, in the face of absolute human garbage, one can try to make fun of the problem or shove a huge didlo up his ass as has been suggested. BTW, I am fine with shoving a dildo up his ass. The bigger, the better as he is a big asshole. As long as it's roughed up with heavy grit sandpaper first and no lube is involved. Better? |
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03 Mar 12 - 09:49 PM (#3316915) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Big Al Whittle Not about Geoffrey..... |
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03 Mar 12 - 10:39 PM (#3316938) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: JohnInKansas While I saw the new headline saying that there had been an "apology" I assumed that it was as phony as his usual stuff, and didn't bother to read it. The summaries posted above confirm my good judgement in the matter. Also, while archiving (digitizing) some older material, I came across an "Interview with Rush Limbaugh" from 1993 or 1994. While it got scanned with the rest of the publication it was in, I didn't really bother to read it, since shit hardly ever changes its smell. I suppose I could go back and look at it, but I doubt if I'll bother with anything he might have to say (although questions by the interviewers might indicate whether they knew then what kind of turd they were talking to?, and I suspect they did). I don't find anything in his list of sponsors that I'd be likely to think of using, but I'll keep the list handy just in case. (If you're going to sponsor a liar you're obviously trying to sell to people who are ready to believe lies. If, as with the Carbonite response at 02 Mar 12 - 05:32 PM, you don't care who pushes your stuff, you've already descended below my level of interest.) John |
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03 Mar 12 - 11:36 PM (#3316946) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,josepp It doesn't matter that his apology isn't sincere. Everybody knows that. What's important is that it shows he can be humbled rather than forcing everybody else to be humbled by him. Once he saw his advertisers leaving and none jumping in to take their place, he HAD to apologize. It could lead to a loss of audience for him because they won't like the fact that he apologized--especially if it was just to keep his corporate sponsors. They've always loved his complete refusal to be humbled or to admit he was wrong. To see him get down on one knee makes them wince. You know it makes him wince. This may be the small leak that sinks the big bloated ship. |
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04 Mar 12 - 02:27 AM (#3316972) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Desert Dancer Carbonite is the sixth sponsor to leave him. It looks like the second part of their initial response was key, John in Kansas. Here's what the CEO posted on Facebook, according to ThinkProgress: No one with daughters the age of Sandra Fluke, and I have two, could possibly abide the insult and abuse heaped upon this courageous and well-intentioned young lady. Mr. Limbaugh, with his highly personal attacks on Miss Fluke, overstepped any reasonable bounds of decency. Even though Mr. Limbaugh has now issued an apology, we have nonetheless decided to withdraw our advertising from his show. We hope that our action, along with the other advertisers who have already withdrawn their ads, will ultimately contribute to a more civilized public discourse. ~ Becky in Tucson |
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04 Mar 12 - 09:27 AM (#3317081) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Greg F. What's important is that it shows he can be humbled... Humbled? Get real This sick fuck (to burrow a phrase) and the sick fucks who listen to his puke will be right back at it tomorrow, if not sooner. |
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04 Mar 12 - 09:37 AM (#3317086) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: kendall Oh, how have the mighty fallen. It is so gratifying to see the great Rush Lamebrain completely "Pussy whipped." |
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04 Mar 12 - 10:15 AM (#3317098) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Charley Noble Let's hear it for "Carbonite." It's an excellent statement. Of course I haven't a clue what they make, if they actually make anything. But I'll buy some the next time I see it on the shelf. Cheerily, Charley "Carbonite" Noble |
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04 Mar 12 - 10:17 AM (#3317099) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,josepp I don't know about that, Greg F. He's losing his sponsors. Some may come back but others won't. Any new ones may sign up only on the condition that he tone it down. We may be witnessing the final days of Rush Blowhard as a relevant force in the conservative right. Much like Glenn Beck he's making himself appeal only to the hardcore haters of his audience. I have to believe followers have been falling away if his sponsors are ready to walk. He has saturated America and there's nowhere to go but down. As soon as a loudmouth/bombastic host is forced to apologize, that's usually it for him. It's a coast downhill after that. It's a show of weakness for these types and it never has the intended effect. |
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04 Mar 12 - 11:13 AM (#3317121) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Bobert Looks like the number of sponsors that Butt Rash has now lost is 6... Hey, what a coincidence... Isn't that Butt Rash's IQ??? B;~) |
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04 Mar 12 - 01:14 PM (#3317161) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,999 http://www.change.org/petitions/the-fcc-remove-rush-limbaugh-from-the-air |
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04 Mar 12 - 01:31 PM (#3317168) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,999 It's ok for non-Americans to sign that petition. I just did. FWIW. |
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04 Mar 12 - 01:43 PM (#3317174) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: jacqui.c Just signed. |
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04 Mar 12 - 02:01 PM (#3317179) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Bobert I signed and sent requests to 15 others to do so... We all own the public airwaves and we don't need this kinda stuff out there where kids can hear it... B~ |
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04 Mar 12 - 02:02 PM (#3317180) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,josepp The following image comes courtesy of "The Conservative Commune." Some online site called The Conservatory: The conservative response |
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04 Mar 12 - 02:59 PM (#3317204) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: jacqui.c I just pointed out that poster "The Conservative Response' to Kendall. His reply, which I agree with was "Mean spirited, narrow minded bastards" Typical really of this type of conservative. This is the mindset that, if they can't win a discussion using rationality, resorts to nastiness instead. |
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04 Mar 12 - 03:38 PM (#3317216) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,999 If anyone's asking me, the Conservatives are scared for once, and that's a good thing, imo. I'm hoping this gal will sue Limbaugh, because there's little doubt she'll win, and lawyers/law firms will be tripping over each other to prosecute the case on her behalf. Perhaps she could name the radio stations that broadcast his remarks in the suit for damages. That would be beautiful to see. And ol' Rush baby will be looking for a job. |
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04 Mar 12 - 03:39 PM (#3317217) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Bobert Point of clarification.... Doesn't one have to have a mind to have a mindset??? No??? B;~) |
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04 Mar 12 - 03:42 PM (#3317221) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,999 Rush Limbaugh smokes Cuban cigars. |
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04 Mar 12 - 04:16 PM (#3317229) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Desert Dancer George Will (old-school conservative) on ABC's This Week (from Talking Points Memo): "It would've been nice if they had shared that with the larger public, the Republican leaders," Will said on ABC's This Week. "Instead, Mr. Boehner comes out and says, Rush's language was inappropriate. Using a salad fork for your entree, that's inappropriate. Not this stuff. I mean, and Rick Santorum says well, what he says was absurd, but an entertainer is allowed to be absurd. No. It is the responsibility of conservatives to police the right in its excesses, just as the liberals unfailingly fail to police the excesses in their own side. And it was depressing, because what it indicates is that the Republican leaders are afraid of Rush Limbaugh. They want to bomb Iran, but they're afraid of Rush Limbaugh." It's depressing to be feeling good about George Will. Sigh. I am advised by a friend (and maybe someone mentioned it further upthread, too), that Michael Savage makes Rush Limbaugh look good. I've never heard of him; maybe like Glenn Beck is, finally, he's relegated to the outer fringes by the mainstream media, so he's off the radar. Rush somehow is making noise that breaks out of his bubble. ~ Becky in Tucson ~ Becky in Tucson |
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04 Mar 12 - 04:26 PM (#3317235) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Jeri The conservatives could go on a comedy tour after this. I honestly, and I MEAN honestly can't imagine them being serious about ANY of those candidates. They're SO un-presidential, they say idiotic things and most seem to want to destroy everything the PEOPLE have built in the USA. Everybody (rightly) blames Rush for the 'slut' comment, but it started with Santorum and the whole "not forcing others (especially women) to follow our religious rules is a violation of OUR religious freedom." |
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04 Mar 12 - 05:01 PM (#3317247) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,999 Well said, Jeri. http://www.change.org/petitions/the-fcc-remove-rush-limbaugh-from-the-air |
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04 Mar 12 - 05:58 PM (#3317292) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: gnu Anyone can sign it! Me too! Just did. |
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04 Mar 12 - 07:24 PM (#3317325) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Don Firth Here, too! Just a thought. . . . Rush Limbaugh's automobile is Maybach 57S, which runs around $450,000 fully loaded. He also owns half a dozen similar automobiles. And five homes in the Palm Beach area. His main abode is some 24,000 square feet. He lives there with a cat and his current wife. He's been married four times (no children). He met his fourth and present wife at a celebrity golf tournament. He paid a reported $1 million to Elton John to sing at the wedding. Rush earned (?) the money for all this splendor by pandering to the hatreds and prejudices—and the ignorance—of his Right-Wing listeners. So—just who is the slut here? Don Firth |
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04 Mar 12 - 07:27 PM (#3317327) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: gnu Don... certainly not Rash. Sluts don't make that kinda money. Whores do. |
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04 Mar 12 - 07:57 PM (#3317342) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Wesley S FYI - Carbonite as I recall is a service that backs up your computer in case of failure. |
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04 Mar 12 - 08:07 PM (#3317348) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Bobert BTW, ya'll be sure to send the petition to 15 friends a day... I sent mine... Butt Rash must go... B~ |
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04 Mar 12 - 09:26 PM (#3317371) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Rapparee Not even whores make that much money. Pimps might, though. He's a pimp, selling a diseased product to those who don't know (or want to know) any better. He panders himself, in the original sense of the word, to corporate interests and the wealthy. "Rush, man, Rush's the stuff to drink For fellows who it hurts to think." |
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04 Mar 12 - 10:15 PM (#3317385) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,999 "Rush, man, Rush's the stuff to drink For fellows who it hurts to think." No offense, but it's 'whom'. AND, at risk of repeating myself, once again, encore, for a second time, say that about my kids and you go be end up in a river. NO shit! |
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04 Mar 12 - 11:45 PM (#3317407) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Desert Dancer A seventh advertiser, ProFlowers, has pulled out of the show. (btw, the Cleveland Cavaliers was not an advertiser. Track the situation here at ThinkProgress.org.) Limbaugh's "apology" was posted on his website. Think he'll say anything about it on the air tomorrow? ~ Becky in Tucson |
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05 Mar 12 - 05:03 AM (#3317452) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Penny S. I looked through the comments on his site, and the petition site. I find it hugely ironic that the members of the party he supports who want to get elected go on about how great and wonderful America is, while the admirable spirit that actually started the place can more clearly be seen in the petition supporters than the Limbaugh supporters, who, if possible, are more foul brained than he is. (Don't get me wrong here, but I think the Declaration and the Constitution are the pinnacle of the thinking that started with the British radicals from the 14th century onwards, and regard it as a great shame that it had to go across the Atlantic to happen.) (And another aside - Santorum was going on about freedom from monarchs as if George III was the only voice that counted over here, when he was already bound to follow Parliament. Which was bent. In the grip of rich magnates who paid no attention to the people. The people? What have they got to do with anything? Does that sound familiar?) Penny |
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05 Mar 12 - 08:23 AM (#3317574) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,Patsy We thought we had problems with Jeremy Clarkson shooting his mouth off here in the UK. This is digusting and puts the cause for women's health back 40 years or so. |
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05 Mar 12 - 08:30 AM (#3317578) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Penny S. Actually, Patsy, I think it may ultimately put it forward, judging by the reactions to it. Penny |
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05 Mar 12 - 09:51 AM (#3317621) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: SINSULL 7 sponsors and counting; some abandoning ship POST apology. Keep up the good work. BTW there is a cartoon in today's paper showing Limbaugh tottering on heels with hairy legs, micro mini leopard print skirt and RUSH T shirt. The balloon from his mouth states that he will say anything for money. The caption? "Who's the prostitute?" I know this is only a temporary glitch for the the blowhard. He makes too much money for his keepers to get canned. But I am enjoying the moment. |
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05 Mar 12 - 10:05 AM (#3317629) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,999 I'd go a step further and say it is society's health that was attacked by Rush Limbaugh, and the issue affects women AND men. They are not two solitudes. I do not need some bigoted loudmouth spewing his 'hatred du jour' about issues that impact women. I have daughters, and it ain't just the female of the specie that will defend its young. In as much as I think women should be royally pissed off over the things that piece of filth said, I feel that men should be also. I read a remark on a social network site and the young lady said words to the effect that "The tweeting and letters/calls to the advertisers are working. Women do have power." That view is narrow, because many men are in this fight, too. Trouble is that people used to have power, but it's been eroded by people like Limbaugh, people like Palin. Hatred is not gender-specific, imo. YMMV. |
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05 Mar 12 - 10:37 AM (#3317650) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Penny S. 999, I saw on the petition comments how many men posted as you just have, usually with reference to their family women. It was deeply gratifying. It is probably a good thing that he hasn't had any children. Imagine being his daughter. Though he might have changed if he had one? Penny |
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05 Mar 12 - 11:55 AM (#3317699) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,999 "Imagine being his daughter." Penny, I didn't take enough of anything in the 1960s to even attempt that! "Though he might have changed if he had one?" If he'd had my eldest he'd wish he'd taken up the occupation of alligator wresting instead of radio 'talk show' host. When she was about five I was helping her learn wing chun--that was her introduction to martial arts. While teaching her a thing called a round house kick I missed a block and I saw all those little stars astronomers keep looking for. Whap. I remind her of that from time to time and we still chuckle about it. She's known all her life that I will not fight her battles for her but I will help her fight any battle that comes her way. I'm not a religious man, but Matthew 25:40 says it well. "And the King will say, 'I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!' I thank you for your kind remark; coming from you it means a great deal to me. Kinda helps let me know I'm seeing this the right way. |
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05 Mar 12 - 12:30 PM (#3317718) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Wesley S I've just listened to part of Rush's show today. He's practically doubling down on the issue. He admits that the words he used were wrong and says that he regrets sinking to the level of the leftists who do this type of thing all the time. It's Obama's socialist agenda that got this issue into the media in the first place. He also regrets losing the sponsors because they made huge profits from being on his show. |
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05 Mar 12 - 12:35 PM (#3317720) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Bobert I'm getting some good responses from the first 15 friend requests... Social networking just might send Butt Rash a'packin... B~ |
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05 Mar 12 - 12:52 PM (#3317727) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Desert Dancer AOL has dropped the show. Of course the word many of the advertisers use (like AOL) is that they have "suspended" advertising. Sounds to me like they'd be happy to get back to his market as soon as they can. Also from ThinkProgress: VoteVets, a coalition of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, released a letter today from a group of female veterans calling on the American Forces Network (AFN) to drop Rush Limbaugh from its programming. but AFN is owned and operated by the Department of Defense, funded with taxpayer dollars, and accessible to troops serving overseas. Pentagon spokesman George Little says the military's network will continue to air Rush Limbaugh's radio program and is "unaware of any plans to review that decision." AFN Facebook and Twitter links given at the ThinkProgress link. ~ Becky in Tucson |
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05 Mar 12 - 01:07 PM (#3317730) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,999 I hope male vets step up to the plate on this. |
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05 Mar 12 - 01:36 PM (#3317746) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Don Firth The very existence of Rush Limbaugh raises, once again, that age-old question that has puzzled philosphers since the beginning of time: "Why are there so many more horses' asses than there are horses?" CLICKY Don Firth |
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05 Mar 12 - 01:38 PM (#3317750) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,mauvepink Boycott may have batted on water but wasn't he also arrested and found guilty for batt(er)ing his girlfriend in France back in 1996? Not a good example to stand up for is he (though I do recognise you were obviously just joking about the use of the word 'boycott')? As this thread is showing, and the actions of others elswhere, the days of some men being able to trash women and get away with it are severely numbered. Good people will no longer stand idly by and watch it happen especially when someone is in the public domain thinks they are invincible and able to get away with it. If the good folk of this thread are anything to go by then then that 'man's' future is very uncertain. Slut or whore (words initiated by men against women in the first place) are labels earned in the face of great personal cost and tragedy often. That a man would use such a term against a woman says far more about him than it does her in any circumstance. You are good people on this thread and have brought me out of silence to say something. Thanks for taking a stand :-) mauve |
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05 Mar 12 - 05:15 PM (#3317868) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Desert Dancer KPUA AM 670 in Hilo, Hawaii, is the first radio station to drop the show. Two more advertisers out. In the category of too much information: Of course, he is not alone; there are those with no qualms about following his example, and web commenters, are of course happy to escalate. (Don't bother following the link if you don't want to be further disgusted at humanity.) Today's tacks on the topic: - Limbaugh says he was led astray by the Left's tactics. - "She's a lying fake, anyway." (I have paraphrased.) (See also the TMI link above.) Not surprisingly, Fluke also said she's not interested in an apologetic phone call from Limbaugh, saying, "I think the statements that he made on the air about me have been personal enough, so I'd rather not have a personal phone call from him." ~ Becky in Tucson |
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05 Mar 12 - 05:45 PM (#3317880) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Penny S. 999, I'm touched that you value my opinion so highly. It is very good for my soul after I had a bit of a bashing on another board. Penny |
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05 Mar 12 - 06:30 PM (#3317900) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: SINSULL My email to the Citracal people has gone unanswered and they have not withdrawn their dollars. The company is part of Bayer. The product is a calcium supplement for women. Wonder what they are thinking...doesn't matter. I am changing brands this week. Maybe generic. Meantime, the MOUTH that roared is claiming that he turns away millions of dollars in advertising revenue annually - get this - for political reasons. I thought he was a comedian? SINS |
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05 Mar 12 - 06:48 PM (#3317908) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Desert Dancer Mental health break: I am not a slut, an eloquently written blog post from a career Army woman (and wife and mother) on how government-funded birth control is of value in her life. ~ Becky in Tucson |
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05 Mar 12 - 07:06 PM (#3317913) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: YorkshireYankee There's a problem with desert Dancer's link (above), so here it is again: there are those with no qualms I had a look at Josepp's "Conservative Commune" link (of 04 Mar 12 - 02:02 PM); I can't help suspecting that the photo of Ms Fluke has been Photoshopped to make it look like she has a faint moustache (she certainly doesn't look like that in other images I've seen of her). I have a feeling that they've tried to subtly (sort of) make her look "un-feminine" and unattractive -- in order to prompt an unreasoning, gut reaction of dislike and uneasiness (without actually going so far as to draw a cartoony moustache on her, which would come across as just being childish). It shouldn't surprise me, I guess... but I do find it incredibly disturbing and unsettling that people (besides Limbaugh) are resorting to such crass, underhanded tactics. While I don't deny there are bad apples in every "basket", I also don't think that Lefty commentators get anywhere near as nasty and OTT as Limbaugh, so when he blames his comments on them and apologises for "stooping to their level", it really takes the cake... |
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05 Mar 12 - 08:00 PM (#3317932) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Charley Noble Nine sponsors have dropped the show or are in "suspended animation" at this point. The results of this protest are encouraging. Rave on, Rush, rave on!!! Charley Noble |
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05 Mar 12 - 08:08 PM (#3317933) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Bobert I'm lovin' it... Butt Rash is going down... Breaks my heart... B~ |
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05 Mar 12 - 10:29 PM (#3317976) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Bill D Up to 12 by this evening.... and a couple of radio stations |
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05 Mar 12 - 11:17 PM (#3317985) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: ChanteyLass I'm still signing petitions and sending emails to the remaining sponsors. I heard that commercials for one company that dropped him were aired today "by mistake." I guess the radio people had to fill the air with something. |
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06 Mar 12 - 12:26 AM (#3318001) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,TIA I am still writing to Rush encouraging him to "fight the good fight". the more he talks, the more the looney right wing turns off voters. Let him spew! |
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06 Mar 12 - 08:15 AM (#3318129) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Charley Noble Well, it was announced this morning that Downeast Energy, a natural gas company based here in Maine, was pulling its ad for the "talk" show at WGAN-radio. I would think that a natural gas company would appreciate Rush's periodic outbursts but I guess they think methane and propane are incompatible. Charley Noble |
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06 Mar 12 - 08:15 AM (#3318130) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: SINSULL GEICO is still advertising as of Monday. I hate that nasty little salamander with the phony Brit accent. |
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06 Mar 12 - 09:00 AM (#3318159) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,TIA Let's get him off of Armed Forces Radio. I have a former student (female) who even before this despicable tirade has said that she hates hearing him when she is overseas. Here is the email. Ebomb them! afrtops1@dma.mil |
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06 Mar 12 - 09:26 AM (#3318164) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,999 "As of this writing, LifeLock joins American Forces Radio, Hillsdale College and Lear Capital among sponsors that are apparently staying aboard. Limbaugh created a radioactive buzz when he used his national radio show to call Fluke a "slut" and a "prostitute" for testifying to Democrats in Congress that a national health program should compel employers to cover birth control for women. Pro Flowers, Quicken Loans, Sleep Train, Sleep Number, Citrix Systems Inc., Carbonite, Legal Zoom, Tax Resolution Services and AOL (The Huffington Post's parent company) have already skedaddled, according to reports. Allstate Insurance hadn't even been aware it was advertising on Limbaugh's show, according to a spokesman, but it has also stopped buying ad time." The above was updated yesterday. It is from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/05/rush-limbaugh-sponsor-lifelock_n_1321501.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009 |
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06 Mar 12 - 10:06 AM (#3318185) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: katlaughing All of you who watch Netflix can go to their Facebook page and post on their wall. There are a lot of subscribers who are going to boycott if they don't pull their ads, including me. One person said it best, "FLUSH RUSH!" |
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06 Mar 12 - 10:59 AM (#3318215) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,Chris B (Born Again Scouser) You Americans and your bloody First Amendment. Serves you right. |
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06 Mar 12 - 11:22 AM (#3318225) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Bill D *grin*... that First Amendment has certain limits about 'personal' attacks,so Rush can usually bumble along. Doesn't mean we have to PAY him when he goes WAY over the line. He can go start a web site like all the other hate-mongers. |
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06 Mar 12 - 11:56 AM (#3318243) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Desert Dancer Up to 20 advertisers out, now: "... more than a dozen [advertisers] have dropped Limbaugh's show since the announcement [of an 'apology']. The five latest are AccuQuote Life Insurance, Service Magic, PolyCom, Hadeed Carpet, and Thompson Creek." Michelle Bachman has no problem with Limbaugh. ~ Becky in Tucson |
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06 Mar 12 - 11:59 AM (#3318245) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Becca72 How about Rush go fuck himself and then no one has to worry about birth control? 999 - re Sarah Palin: yes, she does get a vote but that doesn't mean I have to agree with it. |
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06 Mar 12 - 12:44 PM (#3318264) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: katlaughing Sounds like a plan, Becca. Let's include this asshole, too: The 2012 election is shaping up to be a referendum on women, here in Colorado and nationally. Just this past weekend, Colorado Republican Senator Greg Brophy tossed his own sexist insults into the mix, defending Limbaugh for his vile comments and saying, "I don't want to buy your booze, pay for your spring break or your birth control. Call your Dad for that." Petition calling on him to apologise is HERE. |
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06 Mar 12 - 12:51 PM (#3318269) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Bobert Up to 20??? Butt Rash is going down... B~ |
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06 Mar 12 - 01:08 PM (#3318277) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Desert Dancer 6 more out since I last posted! SINSULL, Geico says, In 2004 when Rush Limbaugh's program also carried remarks that were inappropriate, we ceased all advertising on his show. We don't advertise there to this day. On occasion, a local station may mistakenly run a GEICO ad in the wrong time slot. We are directing our ad buyers to make sure that doesn't happen. John Stewart had a really good spot on it. I think he's spot on in his point that this is not unexpected for Rush, the problem being even more that candidates, elected officials, and conservative media members see nothing wrong with it. (And, after actually seeing the clip with Santorum's comment on the statement being "absurd", he's lost what few points he had on the topic with me. When you read it as I've just put it there, you can frame it as being "absurd!", with some sense of outrage. The way he actually said it was dismissive, as in "it's just a joke and that's the way he is.") ~ Becky in Tucson |
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06 Mar 12 - 01:13 PM (#3318280) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: gnu I hope the advert pulling makes it BIG time in the media. |
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06 Mar 12 - 01:47 PM (#3318298) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: SINSULL Big surprise - he is blaming it on liberals for prolonging the life of this story. Guess what - I expect it will be dragged out repeatedly right through November. Hope he's right about turning down millions of advertising dollars. He may need them. Somehow I don't see GM knocking at his door. Women buy cars even though (as RL will testify) we can't drive them. I am enjoying this. SINS |
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06 Mar 12 - 01:48 PM (#3318299) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,999 The media are the damned problem, imo. They put these bimbos on air and let 'em do as they wish. The FCC--an old boys and girls club that's about as objective as a pervert in a porn shop--will, of course, do nothing, and the American congress is little more than a bad joke so there'll be no help there. It really comes down to letting advertisers and stations know you're pissed off. AND keeping on letting them know. Flush Rush is right. |
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06 Mar 12 - 02:28 PM (#3318321) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: JohnInKansas A report yesterday on MSNBC put the count of sponsors who've dropped out at 9. I believe AOL was the latest one included in that count. In an apparently complete quote of the "apology" Limbaugh said that it was his "normal procedure" to make absurd statements to emphasise the absurdity of things." I take that to mean that all his advocacy of Republican absurdities means that he's really a "closet Democrat" and it has been his intention to show how that Republicans (in general) are pretty absurd. Once one assumes it has all been intentional misdirection (the only way his "apology" has any meaning), maybe he's been a real success and we just didn't understand his "mission." I think more people should be aware of this admission of the new stance he has taken, so they'll understand that he really thinks the opposite of whatever he says (at least that's what he said, but maybe he meant something else). John |
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06 Mar 12 - 04:02 PM (#3318370) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: katlaughing Here is a petition to sign calling on Clear Channel to FLUSH RUSH. |
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06 Mar 12 - 04:10 PM (#3318373) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Desert Dancer Netflix is another that says they don't specifically purchase advertising on his show, just network bundles, and that they're pursuing making sure their ads are not used. You Mainiacs might be happy to learn that Downeast Energy has had WGAN pull its ads from the show. ThinkProgress puts the count of advertisers responding at 30. ~ Becky in Tucson |
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06 Mar 12 - 04:50 PM (#3318388) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,Chongo Chimp Who is callin' for all these sluts? Where are they gonna gather? And why the hell would anyone boycott such an event? - Chongo |
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06 Mar 12 - 04:54 PM (#3318390) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Greg F. Rush and his brain-dead audience will weather this just fine. Give it a couple of months - maybe just a couple of weeks - and he'll be right back at it, with his acolites cheering him on, as if this never happened. Oh, ye generation of morons. (this is not to say that Rush isn't a turd with legs, as are his supporters and apoligists.) |
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06 Mar 12 - 05:56 PM (#3318408) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,999 Well, I hope that there is a class action lawsuit brought against the FCC for allowing that type of broadcasting. It's time to take the right-wing down a few pegs. |
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06 Mar 12 - 06:15 PM (#3318414) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: gnu Greg F. - "Oh, ye generation of morons." Are you sure ya wanna say something as inane and as insulting as Rush has been... or did I misinterpret that? |
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06 Mar 12 - 06:53 PM (#3318421) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Melissa Margaret and Helen Rush saw his shadow..six more weeks of stupidity |
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06 Mar 12 - 07:17 PM (#3318428) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Bobert Butt Rash Rust going down, down, down... What will the wackos do when he's gone??? I mean, this is a serious question??? Will they, like addicts, go thru DTs and run thru the streets sceaming that there are bugs and monsters on them??? I think we need to mobilize FEMA and every state department of mental health... This ain't gonna be purdy... I mean, they'll be launching themselves off overpasses hoping to take out some Volvo driving liberal... No, this is going to be bad... Real bad!!! B~ |
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06 Mar 12 - 07:33 PM (#3318435) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: katlaughing Melissa, thanks for the link! Those two should be honorary members of the Mudcat Retirement Community! |
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06 Mar 12 - 09:46 PM (#3318464) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,Chongo Chimp "Everybody wants to have somebody to look down on..." That's a song isn't it? I'm sure I heard it somewhere? There is nothin' more fun than findin' some totally hopeless sinner and total jerk to vent all yer outrage and frustration on, make sick jokes about, etc... Rush knows that, and he does it regular...to liberals. So do all the people who freak out so bad about him doin' it. It works great goin' both ways! ;-D Ook! Ook! Me...I rave on about people bein' specists and insultin' all apes and monkeys with disgustin' specist terms like "poopflinger". Man, how I PITY them wretched people! They all oughta be sued fer every last dollar they got and hounded to their doom, I say! Send 'em all to penal servitude in Schenectady and throw away the key!!!!!!!!! Works for me. - Chongo |
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06 Mar 12 - 09:50 PM (#3318467) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,999 Maybe so, LH, but you and your persona ain't Ms Fluke. If she had been someone you love, would you feel as you do? |
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06 Mar 12 - 09:55 PM (#3318469) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: katlaughing CHongo - Kris Kristofferson - Jesus was a Capricorn |
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06 Mar 12 - 10:11 PM (#3318472) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Little Hawk I have plenty of empathy for Ms Fluke and the very unpleasant spot she's been put in by Rush, 999. I've always thought Limbaugh was a truly horrible man, and his behaviour beyond the pale. He's like a human slug. But I don't plan to spend much of my time focusing on him and the seamy stuff he does. I'm a lot more worried about things like the prospective attack on Iran, global high finance maneuvers, etc. Limbaugh is a flyspeck on the windshield of life. Bobert asked, "What will the wackos do when he's gone???" Oh, well...his particular set of wackos will do exactly as they do now when he's gone. In his absence they will find someone very similar to replace him. He's temporary...just like all USA presidents are. I'm a lot more worried about what a large consortium of multinational corporations and giant international banks and military powers will do than about what Rush Limbaugh will do. He's a noisy distraction. He likes getting lots of attention. That's his job. If his present rotten behaviour toward Ms Fluke gets him the "wrong kind of attention" and ends up damaging or destroying his career...well, I wouldn't be a bit sorry to see that happen. He's probably gambling that it will boost his career in the longrun. And I've already spent way more time talking about him than he's worth to me to talk about...so I think I'll leave it at that. |
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06 Mar 12 - 10:12 PM (#3318473) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,999 As a btw, there is NO way that the Chongo who wrote below is LH. Likely a Willy Less a Sam. |
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06 Mar 12 - 10:14 PM (#3318474) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,999 Fuck, did I read you wrong. |
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06 Mar 12 - 10:17 PM (#3318475) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Bobert No Rust and rightie America is like a ship with no rudder... They will be insane... They will exhibit mental health challenges... Serious business... B~ |
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07 Mar 12 - 08:42 AM (#3318629) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: SINSULL RSVP, another local Maine company, has pulled its ads. |
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07 Mar 12 - 12:32 PM (#3318742) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Desert Dancer More and more, including JC Penney and Capital One. The Atlantic (second link there) says that a couple of bands have banned him, too. Mitt Romney has said very little on the topic, could it be because Bain Capital is part-owner of Clear Channel? Finally, does boycotting = censorship? I don't think so. I think it's free speech all around. You're free to speak, not free to have someone who disagrees with your speech pay for it. Wouldn't those conservatives agree? ~ Becky in Tucson |
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07 Mar 12 - 02:05 PM (#3318791) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: SINSULL Supposedly losing these sponsors is like losing a few fries from the bag. And most of these are local radio station sponsors not sponsors of Limbaugh's program. He claims two new sponsors are joining him in about two weeks. Sounds like a challenge to me. |
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07 Mar 12 - 03:47 PM (#3318852) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Ebbie Little Hawk at : 06 Mar 12 - 10:11 PM - imo you are missing the mark. You focus on Limbaugh- but he is only the vehicle. Had you bothered to listen to Ms Fluke or to read the transcript of her testimony you would see the vicious malice, the outright lies, that RL spewed. Ms Fluke didn't say or even imply what he says she did so your saying "I have plenty of empathy for Ms Fluke and the very unpleasant spot she's been put in by Rush..." is misplaced. To say the least. |
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07 Mar 12 - 04:18 PM (#3318863) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Bobert The problem here is that what we have is a 55 gallon drum of hypocrisy... I mean, Don Imus said something stupid and he was gone that day... The "Greaseman" said something stupid and he was gone that day... Ed of the "Ed Show" said something stupid he was suspended that day... We ***do*** have standards that others have to follow... The airwaves, BTW, are owned by the American people... They are not private, like cable... If some cable station wants to put filthy mouthed people on, fine... But not on airwaves that are all of ours... This guy ***has*** to go and if the Republican packed FCC won't do it then this needs to be an election issue... BTW, while we are at it, ClearChannel can kiss my boney butt!!! B~ |
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07 Mar 12 - 04:33 PM (#3318871) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Don Firth I don't recall who said it, but the general thrust was The First Amendment guarantees you Freedom of Speech. But it does NOT require that society furnish you a pulpit from which to speak. Nor does it require that anyone must listen. Amen! Don Firth |
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07 Mar 12 - 05:15 PM (#3318882) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,999 The First Amendment makes it unconstitutional for government to suppress speech, it does NOT guarantee free speech. |
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07 Mar 12 - 09:00 PM (#3318989) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: JohnInKansas And that part of the First Amendment was really an afterthought. It was proposed in early drafts, elsewhere, and was moved there "for convenience." When the delegates to the original convention took the Constitution home for approval, it was returned by more than half of the "states" (some technically called themselves something else) with the SPECIFIC CONDITION that their ratification was only valid on addition of the first half of the First Amendment. An early version of the "Freedom of Speech" clause, mirrored in a couple of State Constitutions, said, in effect, that "the right to PRINT anything you wish" should not be infringed. Since the newspapers were the only ones with enough money to complain, they largely ruled the warping of the original meaning into whatever it is considered to be now, so thank - or blame - them for any confusion. John |
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07 Mar 12 - 10:04 PM (#3319011) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Donuel 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. |
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07 Mar 12 - 10:29 PM (#3319018) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,tia A boycott IS capitalism made flesh. Isn't that what the righties want? |
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07 Mar 12 - 10:49 PM (#3319031) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,999 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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08 Mar 12 - 02:04 AM (#3319182) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: JohnInKansas 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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08 Mar 12 - 02:32 AM (#3319186) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Ebbie There have always been a lot of asses in Missouri. And by accident they might get it right. |
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08 Mar 12 - 07:12 AM (#3319337) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,TIA 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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08 Mar 12 - 07:49 AM (#3319429) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Bobert 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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08 Mar 12 - 09:14 AM (#3319687) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: jacqui.c 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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08 Mar 12 - 10:02 AM (#3319742) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: SINSULL 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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08 Mar 12 - 12:00 PM (#3319886) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Desert Dancer 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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08 Mar 12 - 12:05 PM (#3319891) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: SINSULL 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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08 Mar 12 - 12:17 PM (#3319903) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,TIA Desert Dancer is correct...he cannot hide it. Here is the disgusting compilation: 70 sexist smears |
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08 Mar 12 - 03:25 PM (#3320113) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,999 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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08 Mar 12 - 04:00 PM (#3320130) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Don Firth Any day now! Don Firth |
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09 Mar 12 - 01:19 PM (#3320516) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Desert Dancer 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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09 Mar 12 - 10:47 PM (#3320738) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: ChanteyLass 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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09 Mar 12 - 11:24 PM (#3320752) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: katlaughing 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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12 Mar 12 - 10:12 AM (#3321712) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: SINSULL 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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13 Mar 12 - 09:02 AM (#3322202) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: jacqui.c Interesting article. |
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13 Mar 12 - 03:39 PM (#3322371) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Desert Dancer 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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13 Mar 12 - 06:12 PM (#3322433) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: katlaughing New updated petition HERE |
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13 Mar 12 - 07:25 PM (#3322460) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: SINSULL 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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13 Mar 12 - 10:27 PM (#3322525) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: ChanteyLass 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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14 Mar 12 - 09:21 AM (#3322712) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: jacqui.c Signed and sent to my facebook page. |
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14 Mar 12 - 02:33 PM (#3322865) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Penny S. 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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14 Mar 12 - 03:59 PM (#3322890) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: katlaughing Penny, thanks for the links. Doonesbury is always so on! Stupid papers! |
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14 Mar 12 - 04:53 PM (#3322914) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Penny S. 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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15 Mar 12 - 09:41 AM (#3323162) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: jacqui.c 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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15 Mar 12 - 03:02 PM (#3323258) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: saulgoldie 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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15 Mar 12 - 11:39 PM (#3323432) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: ChanteyLass 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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21 Mar 12 - 07:41 AM (#3326213) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: beardedbruce 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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21 Mar 12 - 08:07 AM (#3326224) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Richard Bridge 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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21 Mar 12 - 08:30 AM (#3326231) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,999 "Rush was wrong. So was Maher." What's your point, BB? |
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21 Mar 12 - 08:35 AM (#3326235) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: SINSULL 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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21 Mar 12 - 08:39 AM (#3326236) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: beardedbruce 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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21 Mar 12 - 08:46 AM (#3326243) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: SINSULL 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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21 Mar 12 - 11:45 AM (#3326375) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: beardedbruce 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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21 Mar 12 - 12:07 PM (#3326393) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Greg F. 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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21 Mar 12 - 12:29 PM (#3326413) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: saulgoldie 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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21 Mar 12 - 12:40 PM (#3326425) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: GUEST,999 What liberal media, Greg? Two papers and a TV show? My gawd, what is America coming to? |
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21 Mar 12 - 02:19 PM (#3326480) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Greg F. 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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21 Mar 12 - 02:26 PM (#3326487) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: jacqui.c 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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21 Mar 12 - 02:47 PM (#3326500) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Wesley S OK - I give up. Who writes Bristol Palin's blog?? |
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21 Mar 12 - 07:02 PM (#3326649) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: SINSULL Another post swallowed by the void. ah well |
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22 Mar 12 - 01:36 PM (#3327140) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: SINSULL 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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22 Mar 12 - 05:03 PM (#3327284) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: katlaughing And, we women are fed up with the GOP, too: The GOP War on Women! |
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22 Mar 12 - 06:14 PM (#3327314) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: Greg F. Overall, Kat, its the GOP War On Sanity. The War On Women is only a part of it. |
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22 Mar 12 - 06:45 PM (#3327325) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: katlaughing I agree, Greg! |
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22 Mar 12 - 07:00 PM (#3327333) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: SINSULL 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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26 Mar 12 - 10:46 PM (#3329463) Subject: RE: BS: Calling All Sluts: Boycott From: YorkshireYankee Any more news/progress? |
