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I don't care if they're ten-year-old products of genetic engineering. If they're old enough to raise a weapon against our troops, I don't intend to send our troops anywhere to be targets; they're warriors.

I'm sure that's how the idf feels about those stone throwing Palestinians who think that they can bottle out of being treated as armed combatants with this bullshit excuse that they're underaged.

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Really? How would you describe China, then?

Or India.

Good point. India have a nuclear programme and are gearing up their space programme quite handily, so they have a pretty decent claim by now.

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At the top of the list was when he said Michael J Fox was faking or exaggerating the symptoms of Parkinson's. I have met Michael J Fox. He isn't faking it. I am sure he wished he was.

Part of this backlash against Rush is cumulative; he has been behaving like this for years.

As long as Michael J. has the correct insurance and it doesn't cost tax payers, anything. Right?

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Rush didn't mention that Fox is undoubtedly paying for his own health care when he was savaging him, but good point.

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ORIGINAL: Iamsemisweet
At the top of the list was when he said Michael J Fox was faking or exaggerating the symptoms of Parkinson's. I have met Michael J Fox. He isn't faking it. I am sure he wished he was.

Part of this backlash against Rush is cumulative; he has been behaving like this for years.

As long as Michael J. has the correct insurance and it doesn't cost tax payers, anything. Right?

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ORIGINAL: vincentML
Not yet. China has one Carrier . . .which they purchased initially as scrap metal from the Ukraine [pls don't ask; i don't know] We have eleven carrier groups. As I said . . not yet, but I'm keeping score

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Limbaugh's other screwup

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But I know that many of you are spending a lot of time -- God bless you -- on the Web doing what you can to express your support for the program. And judging from the reaction of my own brother, who sends me a note last night, "You really lost 28 sponsors?" No, we have not lost 28 sponsors. "Well, how can they say it?" Because they lie and because they don't understand how it works, and that's what I want to try and explain. In fact, folks, we have three brand-new sponsors that will be starting in the next two weeks. Now, obviously, I'm not gonna tell you who they are today, but we've got three brand-new, full-fledged sponsors starting in the next two weeks.

Two of the sponsors who have canceled have asked to return. We are being very careful about that. Not gonna give you any names here. One of them is practically begging to come back. Everything is fine on the business side. Everything's cool. There is not a thing to worry about. What you're seeing on television about this program and sponsors and advertisers is just incorrect. And let me try to explain how this works. Let's take the claim that we've lost 28 sponsors. Sponsors on this program are both local and national. We deal with the national sponsors on this program. We have 600-plus stations. They sell their own commercials. We don't have anything to do with those sponsors. We don't get paid by those sponsors. We have no idea who those sponsors are.

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ORIGINAL: DaddySatyr
I don't care if they're ten-year-old products of genetic engineering. If they're old enough to raise a weapon against our troops, I don't intend to send our troops anywhere to be targets; they're warriors.

I'm sure that's how the idf feels about those stone throwing Palestinians who think that they can bottle out of being treated as armed combatants with this bullshit excuse that they're underaged.

There's a bit of a difference between a kid with a rock and one with an AK-47.

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Rush didn't mention that Fox is undoubtedly paying for his own health care when he was savaging him, but good point.

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ORIGINAL: Iamsemisweet
At the top of the list was when he said Michael J Fox was faking or exaggerating the symptoms of Parkinson's. I have met Michael J Fox. He isn't faking it. I am sure he wished he was.

Part of this backlash against Rush is cumulative; he has been behaving like this for years.

As long as Michael J. has the correct insurance and it doesn't cost tax payers, anything. Right?

Yeah, I just figured since that was your reaction to my mention of my condition, you would feel the same way about Michael J.

I have to give you kudos for consistency

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I would have thought, since you present yourself as a a true libertarian, your expectation would be that your condition should not be a financial burden to others. Or are you only a libertarian when your own situation is not involved?

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Oh good grief.

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"There was an article in my local paper last week about the local Girl Scouts pulling their cookie ad from Rush. Apparently, they had bought a block of ads from Clear Channel, some of which were on the Limbaugh show. The GS were not aware of this apparently, and chose to pull their ads from Rush and all other opinion type talk radio.

You should have heard the gnashing of teeth among the cons who decried this decision and vowed never to buy another box of Thin Mints (yum) in their lives. Whatever. In any event, if these are the type of advertisers that are being counted among those that have abandoned the show, I would agree that it is kind of ludicrous. Rush probably is too big to fail. The media will no doubt continue on its headlong race to the bottom. And I will continue to avoid talk radio of any variety. "

Check your facts. The media is stuggling, that much is true, but it's the major networks, and print newspapers that are losing advertisers because of dwindling subscription rates. Talk radio (with the notable exception of Air America) has been thriving for decades. Abraham Lincoln said: "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time." People are realizing that the mainstream media is so far into the tank for the leftist agenda and anyone who will suport it that during the 2008 elections Lou Dobbs was videotaped backstage at CNN saying "I wonder how long we can be in the tank for the Democrats and pretend we're objective?" People are increasingly turning to radio and even more to the internet to obtain news that isn't (as) biased. There will alway be a bias to news coverage, to expect otherwise would be to ask those who report on it to not have an opinion of their own. But consider for just a mament the John Edwards/Reille Hunter scandal. At first, the MSM said it was unconfirmed reports and they wouldn't report on unsubstaniated, unconfirmed stories (didn't stop them with Cain) and when it WAS confirmed, it was "old news" and not worthy to cover! People are abandoning the outlets that should be treated as communications apparatus of the DNC and starting to try to find sources that while they may gloss over some points, will at least COVER them! The growing dependence upon the internet for most people to get their news and information is THE major reason for SOPA and PIPA, NOT shutting down sites like this, or even intellectual piracy sites. It's the desire to shut down at will, without any trial or hearing, anyone they wish, who voices an opposing opinion!

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ORIGINAL: CharmCityCpl

"There was an article in my local paper last week about the local Girl Scouts pulling their cookie ad from Rush. Apparently, they had bought a block of ads from Clear Channel, some of which were on the Limbaugh show. The GS were not aware of this apparently, and chose to pull their ads from Rush and all other opinion type talk radio.

You should have heard the gnashing of teeth among the cons who decried this decision and vowed never to buy another box of Thin Mints (yum) in their lives. Whatever. In any event, if these are the type of advertisers that are being counted among those that have abandoned the show, I would agree that it is kind of ludicrous. Rush probably is too big to fail. The media will no doubt continue on its headlong race to the bottom. And I will continue to avoid talk radio of any variety. "

Check your facts. The media is stuggling, that much is true, but it's the major networks, and print newspapers that are losing advertisers because of dwindling subscription rates. Talk radio (with the notable exception of Air America) has been thriving for decades. Abraham Lincoln said: "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time." People are realizing that the mainstream media is so far into the tank for the leftist agenda and anyone who will suport it that during the 2008 elections Lou Dobbs was videotaped backstage at CNN saying "I wonder how long we can be in the tank for the Democrats and pretend we're objective?" People are increasingly turning to radio and even more to the internet to obtain news that isn't (as) biased. There will alway be a bias to news coverage, to expect otherwise would be to ask those who report on it to not have an opinion of their own. But consider for just a mament the John Edwards/Reille Hunter scandal. At first, the MSM said it was unconfirmed reports and they wouldn't report on unsubstaniated, unconfirmed stories (didn't stop them with Cain) and when it WAS confirmed, it was "old news" and not worthy to cover! People are abandoning the outlets that should be treated as communications apparatus of the DNC and starting to try to find sources that while they may gloss over some points, will at least COVER them! The growing dependence upon the internet for most people to get their news and information is THE major reason for SOPA and PIPA, NOT shutting down sites like this, or even intellectual piracy sites. It's the desire to shut down at will, without any trial or hearing, anyone they wish, who voices an opposing opinion!