The petition to remove Rush Limbaugh from KNCO now has 1,000 signatures.
“Support the women in both our community and globally. This is not about conservative radio. Mr Limbaugh crossed a line and his show needs to be removed from KNCO. If you agree, please sign this petition. Thank you.”
I guess I’m not the only one who is tired of the political attacks and insults from the extreme right. If you want to debate politics, debate the issues.
KNCO is going to be forced to take notice, and I suspect this sentiment will spill over into this year’s elections — both local and national.
Despite attempts by the hard-right bloggers to denegrate them, people who are signing the petition include successful and influential citizens in our community.
In fact, I think the continued denigration is only leading to more signatures.
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And life will be better, knowing that Rush is replaced, and that people are willing to listen to other things, and still buy from our local retailers, and maybe, just maybe, even buy more! Are you a member of the “if it ain’t broke, why bother?” brigade? It’s not like I’m not ever going to buy local, but rather that I prefer they know I don’t like Rush. In fact, just bought $34 worth of stove pipe from B&C and will probably rent trencher from GnGreen in the next month. I listen to a lot of KNCO other than Rush,such as SwapShop, Clark Howard, and Kim Kommando.
I just got censored over at CABPRO, but knowling that was likely to happen, I screen shooted it just after I posted, so here it is, huge,
http://http://www.flickr.com/photos/keachie/6821211782/sizes/o/in/photostream/
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Doug,
Your comments are right on the radio button!
Thanks, Sharon, 39 views over there already, much more than I would have expected.
Doug, Outstanding job! No wonder you were censored. You “bested” them.
Call Sleeptrain and encourage them at (800) 919-2337 Press “3″ to leave comment.
Be careful what you wish for. They might replace him with Michael Savage or someone.
How about 24 hr Swap Shop?
That’s good! Or at least much better than Rush.
Just hit 1000 signatures….
Amazing as I didn’t think it would take this long!
“I guess I’m not the only one who is tired of the political attacks and insults from the extreme right. If you want to debate politics, debate the issues.”
What about the extreme left, making assassination movies about President Bush and calling him Hitler, stupid and all the name calling against Rush and other republicans, that’s ok. Hypocrites.
Thanks Kevin at Yahoo. Please sign your full name. It would add more credibility to your comment.
Yeah, “Kevin” is silly. Just like “John Gualt.”
Kevin, Apparently you are angry that the Left are fighting back. Should they just remain silent and allow the right to keep bashing? Would you allow that to happen to yourself? Didn’t think you would, talk about being hypocritical.
98 advertisers have jumped ship as well.
Kevin, Don’t know who you are referring to when you speak of the extreme left, for such a faction, that was extreme and existed in the Sixties and early Seventies to the extent where they were outrageous and made the news, is irrelevant to mainstream progessiveism. Of course, if you mean to label all those who are not conservative right-wingers as the extreme left, that’s a different story which I shall leave alone for now.
I do want to address the legitimacy, briefly, of labeling Bush as stupid. The term is valid and justified because his inability or willful dismisal of easily discernable facts about the mideast, and the historical antagonism between Sunni and Shia sects of Islam, along with the complete disdain all those countries have for our concept of democracy. These should have been sufficient red flags warning that starting a preemptive war for his stated reasons would be a failure. And so it was, costing thousands of lives of American service people and Iraqis, and of course untold billions in treasure. And all this while lowering taxes. Now that’s stupid. The proof is in the horrendous deficit he left the American people and President Obama to deal with. And the returning vets. Visualize some of those vets walking around with new legs, or injuries hidden from view, concealed deep within their psyche. These wounds and scars were avoidable: There was no need for the Iraqi war. And now that U.S. troops are gone, the daily suicide bombs “are blowing in the wind”, leaving more dead bodies as reminders of a senseless and stupid policy.
Now, Bush Sr., while I didn’t vote for him, at least was worthy of respect, IMO. Too bad none of the father rubbed off on his son.
The Rush issue is already yesterday’s news. He’s still around, still has thousands of advertisers. Sleep Train attempted to renew their sponsorship with him and was rebuffed. What the hard left doesn’t get is that the market will decide who goes and who stays, not threats and intimidation.
On a similar note, the misanthrope Bill Maher, who regularly makes hateful, disgusting comments against women whose politics he doesn’t like, recently donated a million dollars to Obama’s reelection campaign. Obama isn’t returning the money and you hand wringing hypocrites haven’t said a word.
Sleeptrain has not tried to reup, a lie spread by the Right. Maher is something you pay to hear, not a use of the public airwaves. Totally different scene.
Yes, unfortunately Rush is still around and people are still stuck with him. Max, Rush is the king of hypocrites. Would you be whining if the Koch brothers gave Gingrich, Romney, or Santorum a million dollar donation? I’ll bet Rush would.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/10/rush-limbaugh-scandal-proves-contagious-for-talk-radio-advertisers.html
“Ninety-eight major advertisers—including Ford and Geico—will no longer air spots on Premiere Networks’ ‘offensive’ programs. Insiders say the loss will rock right-wing talk radio……..
…..Premiere Networks, which distributes Limbaugh as well as a host of other right-wing talkers, sent an email out to its affiliates early Friday listing 98 large corporations that have requested their ads appear only on “programs free of content that you know are deemed to be offensive or controversial (for example, Mark Levin, Rush Limbaugh, Tom Leykis, Michael Savage, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity).””
Actually Max, the market deciding who is going to be on the radio is exactly what people are encouraging right know regarding Mr. LImbaugh. This is how the markets speak. It tells radio stations that carry Rush, and advertisers, that they do not approve. That’s free speech too.
As far as Maher is concerned, I think there is a big difference between a cable subscription service and someone on the public airwaves under an FCC license. But, for the record, I agree that Maher often times goes too far, and I may even turn him off at times.
Rush will never be yesterday’s news, nor, unlike Bill Maher, will Rush ever be a funny comedian, even though Rush tries.
The lesson I see regarding Rush Limbaugh is that he is a very powerful individual and with this comes responsibility to not set a bad behavior example. He apologized for what he did, and this is the higher standard we all need to live by. The reason Rush became so powerful is because so many people loved listening to him report the rest of the story (like Paul Harvey) that the rest of the media seemed to overlook. This is the case with all famous people who have something special that appeals to people. Yes there are many people that don’t like him, but there are more that do, or he wouldn’t have risen to where he’s been.
Bonnie, I have looked at Rush’s response and I would not call what was said an apology…..
I’m sorry, but making excuses for one’s repulsive behavior is not what my parents taught me what is acceptable or right.
Bonnie, this is one of your best posts however his apology seemed insincere and hollow.
Rush will always be important to an aging and shrinking portion of the population, but to the other current 85%, he’s one big joke in very bad taste.
Bonnie, how do you feel when Rush calls people “feminazi’s”? Do you think that women (or for that matter men) that think differently than you do about some of these social issues should be compared to nazi’s?
How about when Rush says to a black caller, ““Take that bone out of your nose and call me back.”?
If this was an isolated incident it would be one thing…but guess what, I listen to Rush, on occasion, and Reagan, and Savage, and Levin…they level of hate they spew is stunning.
My other favorite is Rush referring to the President as a “halfrican American”. Is that ridiculous or what?
He is getting his due.
Right “spinning” like the old Tasmanian Devil of cartoon game. Shoe seems to fit, you think?
And so, like all of us at one time or another, Rush is experiencing something that he needs to learn. Now look back at the terrible names and things said about .President Bush. I didn’t think it was funny then, nor is it now. Something that stood out in my mind was when everyone was hacking away at Sarah Palin and her family, President Obama showed he didn’t seem to like it because his beginnings in life were similar.
Rush is not only an “entertainer” but more importantly, he’s a sociopath that feeds on the regard and money of the ignorant and intellectually vacuous. If his audience had either brains or conscience he would be broke and out of work, possibly behind bars (in Thailand most likely).
Bonnie,
Both President George W Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney should be indicted for war crimes, period. But President Obama is continuing and doing plenty illegal stuff himself and wants the same treatment when he leaves office.
Judicial Watch was started by a republican going after President Clinton but was disgusted with the Bush administration and obtained the minutes from Secret Energy Task Force Meeting with Dick Cheney through a FOIA request.
http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/8-secrets-of-cheneys-energy-task-force-come-to-light/
So is this the best you have Bonnie? The “two wrongs make a right” argument?
And on the “halfrican American” track, local blogger Russ Steele has a post up this morning cherry picking quotes from of all places PRAVDA to imply that Sheriff Joe Arpario’s “investigation” into the Presidents birth certificate is somehow being squelched in the United States. The implication that Russ intends is that President Obama is not a ‘real American”.
Yes Curtis, the shoe fits.
http://2012nevadacounty.wordpress.com/2012/03/11/the-silence-is-deafening/
With all due respest, Bonnie M., presidential name calling didn’t start with the administration of George W. Bush. And, if you remember, a number of people in the house in the new administration under Obama wanted to bring federal charges against various members of the Bush cadre of neocons. Wisely, and quite differently than the Republican House majority that needlessly and w/o foundation attacked Clinton from day ONE, the Democratic leadership quashed the movement for the good of all. (Of course, Clinton’s exploit’s eventually provided the ammo his haters wanted, but that doesn’t alter the fact that tens upon tens of millions of dollars were spent trying to destroy him over ridiculous, hyped-up imaginary infractions. And, poor old Abe had to manage the Civil War, while being called a monkey and much worse. So, name calling, even of presidents, is as American as apple pie, and if anything, has become more civil over the years.
Bush–Dubya–deservedly so, may be the exception to the rule. Among his many programs or questionable worth–NCLB, a prime example of a disaster–he is still the the only U.S. President to launch a pre-emptive war upon another country, justifying the invasion with untruths. I won’t rehash all of Bush’s policy gaffes, but he certainly had much more bravado than wisdom.
And as for Sarah Palin: swoon after the election was over, many Republican pundits admit she would have been a disaster had she ever reached the White House. I understand, as a rule, wanting to be loyal to one’s party, but she was so clearly intellectually unfit to be in any position of power over the U.S. government, that ridiculing her for her thinking that since Alaska was close to Russia, she was able to talk intelligentlly about U.S./Russian relations (or whatever the exact statement was) is so absurd that it is scary coming from someone that could be President. And she didn’t let up. Statements like that kept pouring out of her mouth and those statments could not be allowed to stand unchallenged, nor the person uttering such statements not be pressed to explain them.
Much of what Rush, Glenn and all that bunch advocate is simply an attack on reason, expertise, science. BTW, I believe Rush’s audience is 15 million listeners, or so I read the other day. If true, it doesn’t indicate that more people like him than dislike him.
Enjoy the day!
Bonnie, I have to wonder if the 4,400 Americans who have died, the 33,200 who have been wounded and the estimated over 100,000 who have been seriously screwed up by this “illegal” war (of their families who are now left to deal with these problems) would agree with your complaints that “we’re too hard” on poor former President Bush?
Bush is considered a “war criminal” in 95% of the world, and has a arrest warrant out for him that many nations have said they will enforce if he sets foot in their country.
Now is that one of the “principles” that America should stand behind? Should we be proud of this?
We should have someone in the “Presidential position” that can handle the intelligence issue, and with as many “stupid” things that were done during the Bush Administration, obviously he was not capable of handling these duties.
I’ll always remember GWB reading to the classroom of young school children, and then sitting in the corner( not knowing “which way do I go”) as the planes plowed into the twin towers.
It was under GWB’s watch that the whole world economies collapsed, and if there are any negative things that are being said, they are well worth it when you look at the job (or in this case – lack of) that he did.
George Bush was in the wrong place at the wrong time. He will go down in history as being the worst president, unless there is a more horrible one after him. George Bush is actually a very smart guy and has a photographic memory. His problem is a bankrupt world view. I think he gets it now, which is why he is hiding in the shadows.
Michael, Agreed that Dubya was the worst president so far, but having read much abut him in addition to, like all of us, enduring his presidency for eight agonizing years, I’ve never encountered even a hint of his having a photographic memory. And, as my grandmother supposedly had one–on my mother’s side, but she couldn’t come close to over all smarts and knowledge of the world as my genteel, TX, grandmother, on my father’s side–a voracious reader, liberal and humane, vs. a totally closed minded conservative Taft Republican from western Illnois, farm country who never missed Lawerence Welk.
IMO, photographic memories enable one to retrieve pieces of info, like a computer, but not analyze or assemble those pieces into meaniful constructs. Or perform any of the higher level mental activities.
Great asset for being on Jeopardy, though.
Just curious where that bit of info comes from, as admittedly, my sources don’t include any Bush admirerers, although Woodward tries to be as neutral as possible.