Do you think whack job Rush Limbaugh should be allowed to own a NFL team? Do you think he'll change the name to Team Limbaugh? Require players to wear crosses? Make everybody bring a gun into the stadium?

White Van Wrote:
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> Do you think whack job Rush Limbaugh should be allowed to own a NFL team?


Nahhh. It would be too easy to defend against Limbaugh's offense. Opposing players would know exactly what is coming from the right.

Stupid.

(Edit: comment to the OP, not Meeper)

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Sure, it would help him finally get laid and better illegal drugs.
(I apologize in advance if anybody got a visual of Rush having sex.)

Reference to crosses and guns shows that OP has never listened to Limbaugh.

Moron.

I wonder how the Rams will do once Limbaugh purges it of all the "over-rated" black players. Are there any white running backs anymore?

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Rush is a convicted felon. He is not allowed to own a gun or vote.

Lawmans Wrote:
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> Rush is a convicted felon. He is not allowed to
> own a gun or vote.


Neither that nor being a moron - in the case of Dan Snyder - is a disqualification ... alas.

WashingTone-Locian Wrote:
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> I wonder how the Rams will do once Limbaugh purges
> it of all the "over-rated" black players. Are
> there any white running backs anymore?

Now that Mike Alstott is gone, I don't think there's anyone noteworthy.

But, Limbaugh is for slavery, so he may support it so long as their first name is Tom or Thomas.

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> Rush is a convicted felon. He is not allowed to
> own a gun or vote.

He is not a convicted felon. He can vote and he is now permitted to own a firearm.

But I listen to everything Rush tells me to do because I don't have a positive role model in life. I do have my priest, but he likes to touch my monkey more than I would prefer. I should go to church a little less.

Why do people even care?

Rush pleaded guilty to a drug felony. The NFL says no convicted felon can own an NFL team.

Trace Atkins Wrote:
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> Rush pleaded guilty to a drug felony. The NFL
> says no convicted felon can own an NFL team.


Sorry, Trace, no plea of guilty and no conviction. Try Google, it's better than making shit up.

Shania is the name I give myself whenever I decide to cross dress into a female and cruise for guys.

It was a deferred felony. It came off the books once he completed drunk counseling.

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WashingTone-Locian Wrote:
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> It was a deferred felony. It came off the books
> once he completed drunk counseling.

it was never on the books. it would have gone on the books had he not lived up to the terms of the settlement.

I will say that it should be a felony to be as big of an idiot Republican as Rush appears to be.

close, but no cohiba Wrote:
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> I will say that it should be a felony to be as big
> of an idiot Republican as Rush appears to be.


Just curious, why does Limbaugh "appear" to be an idiot?

close, but no cohiba Wrote:
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> WashingTone-Locian Wrote:
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> > It was a deferred felony. It came off the books
> > once he completed drunk counseling.
>
> it was never on the books. it would have gone on
> the books had he not lived up to the terms of the
> settlement.


Whatever. He's not a convicted felon regardless.

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You're right. He doesn't "appear" to be an idiot. He just is.

Rush is not an idiot. An idiot does the wrong things for a reason. Rush is just brain dead.

Rush Limbaugh isn't an idiot from the standpoint that he has figured out a way to make tens of millions of dollars a year while sitting on his ass and doing nothing particularly useful or productive. The people who listen to him are the idiots.

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> You're right.


No. I'm in the center.

You're on the left.

I hope he has a clause in his offer for enhanced structural support of the owner's box. His fat ass in there could be a danger to the loge fans. What a lawsuit that would bring.

But damn, what great video it would be.

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White Van Wrote:
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> Do you think whack job Rush Limbaugh should be
> allowed to own a NFL team? Do you think he'll
> change the name to Team Limbaugh? Require players
> to wear crosses? Make everybody bring a gun into
> the stadium?

St Louis Dittoheads

If you can’t model the past, where you know the answer pretty well, how can you model the future? - William Happer Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics Princeton University

um if he has the money - of course. Since when does someone have to be 'allowed' to buy something (dangerous materials excepted)?

The NFL allows team names like 'Redskins' you think they will block a jerk with a radio show because he is racist. Who cares anyway...

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Why is this a question? Does Obama plan on taking over the NFL and nationalizing it?

If yes then we have bigger problems; If not then who cares who buys a losing football team?

Is the NFL becoming the National Facists League?

I guess that means I'm an idiot.

I can't believe I spelled that write.

Since most NFL players are belligerent, loud-mouthed, show-boating, ego-centric drug addicts, Limbaugh should fit right in.

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If Rush buys an NFL team does that mean he can still be the leader and figure head of the Republican party?

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> If Rush buys an NFL team does that mean he can
> still be the leader and figure head of the
> Republican party?


No way.

BTW - Rush is not going to be the principal owner - he is part of a group that is setting up to buy them. He was invited in, but he is not going to end up as someone like Snyder.

For the folks that decided to start this thread based on misinformation.

If you can’t model the past, where you know the answer pretty well, how can you model the future? - William Happer Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics Princeton University

Lopter22 Wrote:
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> If Rush buys an NFL team does that mean he can
> still be the leader and figure head of the
> Republican party?

Do you mean the titular head of the GOP?

Would he be eligible for the Nobel Peace Prize even without buying the team?
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im from st. louis, a rams fan (i know but your team sucks too), liberal-sh, and hate rush limbaugh. but i think its wrong to try to stop someone from buying the team just because of his political beliefs. if it were bill clinton trying to buy the team nobody would be throwing a fit. let the man buy the team, its the only thing that will keep the team in st. louis

Should Rush own a football team? To be honest, it would affect my life very little.

Of course Rush Limbaugh should be allowed to buy and own the team. He's an alright guy, and he actually knows a lot about Football (Most notably he has an extensive knowledge of Players and overall NFL Management). You're talking about a guy here who people simply like, or dislike, due to his political views, and nothing more. He's not a Commie, a Socialist, or a Fascist, so how should his political views determine his eligibility to own a team?

Besides, the Rams are a losing proposition so far this season, so I honestly don't see what they have to lose by giving Rush a chance.

if he's paying money for the team, why not?


"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."

I love Al Sharpton's remarks. “I think the question is whether or not the NFL is going to have standards. I think, when the Players Association came out this weekend and said that they objected because he was divisive...You have to have some standard to say, but, wait a minute, this guy has offended the people that generate the money.” NFL Standards? Really? That's funny! The whole debate is ridiculous regardless of who the purchaser is.

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> I love Al Sharpton's remarks. “I think the
> question is whether or not the NFL is going to
> have standards. I think, when the Players
> Association came out this weekend and said that
> they objected because he was divisive...You have
> to have some standard to say, but, wait a minute,
> this guy has offended the people that generate the
> money.” NFL Standards? Really? That's funny! The
> whole debate is ridiculous regardless of who the
> purchaser is.


HA! Good point.

Dang ... just go to newsbusters.org to see the Limbaugh onslaught. If it weren't so pathetic, it would be almost as funny as CNN fact checking Saturday Night Live.

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Limbaugh may be a closet racist, but even closet racists have rights. Not sure what the NFL could do to stop the purchase without a major lawsuit ensuing.

Frankly, I think the NFL owners should encourage moving the team back to Los Angeles. St. Louis is a dying town that, until the Rams came along, had no tradition of a winning football team. TWA is gone. Budweiser is gone. Time to pack up the tent and leave.

St. Louis is a baseball town, anyway.

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Roger Goodall, the NFL Commish, already said yesterday that he thinks that Limbaugh's past disparaging remarks would prevent him from being approved in the first place. He gave his chances a long shot.

Does anyone else think Roger Goodall would be fun to snuggle up with?

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> to snuggle up with?


She does....



And I'm pretty sure she is fun to snuggle with, too.

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Keith Olbermann: Critics wrong to rule out Rush Limbaugh as potential owner of Rams
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/thehuddle/post/2009/10/keith-olbermann-critics-wrong-to-rule-out-rush-limbaugh-as-potential-owner-of-rams/1

Scary...

But I also think Limbaugh is going to be pushing some serious law suits soon.

If you can’t model the past, where you know the answer pretty well, how can you model the future? - William Happer Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics Princeton University

Politics and sports don't mix. Rush will not be allowed to own a team by the NFL.

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> Politics and sports don't mix. Rush will not be
> allowed to own a team by the NFL.

ORLY?

Steve Largent
JC Watts
Dan Rooney
Jack Kemp
Heath Schuler
Tom Osborne
Bill Bradley

Money talks

What I heard the comish say is "I am doubtful of his owning a team... how much more do you want to pony up to change my mind?"

If you can’t model the past, where you know the answer pretty well, how can you model the future? - William Happer Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics Princeton University

Damn. That didn't take long. Poor Rushbo.

Now he'll probably sue for "discrimination". Priceless!

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4559454&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines

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The NFL is a liberal, yet racist, organization.

Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are heroes. The should be honored mid-field at the next Stupor Bowl.

The NFL is a liberal organization? LOL, that's a doozy, all right!

And actually, protesting the ownership aspirations of a racist would technically be called anti-racism, correct?

Jackson and Sharpton have nothing to do with the NFL, but they sure do dislike El Rushbo...no wonder. Here's a few Rushbo rants, just for you:

"I mean, let’s face it, we didn’t have slavery in this country for over 100 years because it was a bad thing. Quite the opposite: slavery built the South. I’m not saying we should bring it back; I’m just saying it had its merits. For one thing, the streets were safer after dark."

"You know who deserves a posthumous Medal of Honor? James Earl Ray [the confessed assassin of Martin Luther King]. We miss you, James. Godspeed."

"Have you ever noticed how all composite pictures of wanted criminals resemble Jesse Jackson?"

"Look, let me put it to you this way: the NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons. There, I said it."

"Take that bone out of your nose and call me back"(to an African American female caller)."

"I think the media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well. They’re interested in black coaches and black quarterbacks doing well. I think there’s a little hope invested in McNabb and he got a lot of credit for the performance of his team that he really didn’t deserve."

Umm, is it any wonder Jackson and McNabb had a few things to say about Rushbo in the NFL? And you forgot that ESPN fired his fat ass, right?

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Night Train Lane Wrote:
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> The NFL is a liberal, yet racist, organization.
>
> Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are heroes. The
> should be honored mid-field at the next Stupor
> Bowl.


Rush Limbaugh did this to himself. He claimed Donovan McNabb was an overrated QB because he was black and that the media wanted to see a black QB succeed.

Here are McNabb's stats...

TD-INT 196-91
Passing yards 29,399
QB Rating 85.8



Here are Matt Hasselbeck's...

TD-INT 154-96
Passing yards 24,079
Touchdowns 154
Record 59-40


And Jake Delhomme's

TD-INT 115-76
Passing yards 17,877
QB Rating 85.1


Are Hasselbeck and Delhomme overrated because they are white?

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WashingTone-Locian Wrote:
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> Rush Limbaugh did this to himself. He claimed
> Donovan McNabb was an overrated QB because he was
> black and that the media wanted to see a black QB
> succeed.
>
> Here are McNabb's stats...
>
> TD-INT 196-91
> Passing yards 29,399
> QB Rating 85.8
>
>
>
> Here are Matt Hasselbeck's...
>
> TD-INT 154-96
> Passing yards 24,079
> Touchdowns 154
> Record 59-40
>
>
> And Jake Delhomme's
>
> TD-INT 115-76
> Passing yards 17,877
> QB Rating 85.1
>
>
> Are Hasselbeck and Delhomme overrated because they
> are white?


Your numbers (I assume they are accurate) are not relevant to Limbaugh's statement made at the time, i.e., prior to McNabb's, Hasselbeck's and Delhomme's subsequent performance. Heck, some people predict - year after year - that the Redskins are going to the Super Bowl. And year after year they are wrong. Limbaugh was wrong, not necessarily a racist because of his forecast.

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> Your numbers (I assume they are accurate) are not
> relevant to Limbaugh's statement made at the time,
> i.e., prior to McNabb's, Hasselbeck's and
> Delhomme's subsequent performance. Heck, some
> people predict - year after year - that the
> Redskins are going to the Super Bowl. And year
> after year they are wrong. Limbaugh was wrong,
> not necessarily a racist because of his forecast.


Limbaugh made his comments in 2003. In 2003, Donovan McNabb was a four-time Pro Bowl QB, had 87 TDs compared to 49 Ints and had led the team to three consecutive NFC Championship games. The comments were racist then and are racist now.

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McNabb is on his way to the hall of fame the way he's been playing.

WashingTone-Locian Wrote:
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> Limbaugh made his comments in 2003. In 2003,
> Donovan McNabb was a four-time Pro Bowl QB, had 87
> TDs compared to 49 Ints and had led the team to
> three consecutive NFC Championship games. The
> comments were racist then and are racist now.

How did Vince get access to WTL's name?

The fact that McNabb had had four Pro Bowl honors, makes Alex Karrass's point, i.e., that McNabb was then overrated.

This, from http://www.slate.com/id/2089193/:

At the time of Limbaugh’s remarks, Brad Johnson's NFL career passer rating, was 7.3 points higher than McNabb's (84.8 to 77.5), he had completed his passes at a higher rate (61.8 percent to 56.4 percent), and had averaged significantly more yards per pass (6.84 to 5.91). At that time, McNabb excelled in just one area, running, where he had gained 2,040 yards and scored 14 touchdowns to Johnson's 467 and seven. But McNabb had also been sacked more frequently than Johnson—more than once, on average, per game, which negated much of the rushing advantage.

In other words, in just about every way, Brad Johnson had been a more effective quarterback than McNabb and over a longer period, yet McNabb was the one who had been lauded as one of the game’s best quarterbacks and, accordingly, was honored with Pro Bowl awards.

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> McNabb is on his way to the hall of fame the way
> he's been playing.


Winning a Super Bowl or getting the MVP would certainly help.

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FWIW, McNabb led them to 4 consecutive NFC championships, not three.

I'd like to think he'll make the hall of fame, but it will be questionable without a ring. A superbowl win would put him in, IMO.

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> In other words, in just about every way, Brad
> Johnson had been a more effective quarterback than
> McNabb and over a longer period, yet McNabb was
> the one who had been lauded as one of the game’s
> best quarterbacks and, accordingly, was honored
> with Pro Bowl awards.


I am a Brad Johnson fan, but at the time Brad Johnson was a journeyman QB who had already played for several teams. McNabb was young and had shown a ton of potential. You could claim he was over-rated at the time, but there was nothing to indicate that it was because he was black. Rex Grossman was over-rated at one time. Was it because he was white? What about Jay Cutler? Because he's white?

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> FWIW, McNabb led them to 4 consecutive NFC
> championships, not three.
>
> I'd like to think he'll make the hall of fame, but
> it will be questionable without a ring. A
> superbowl win would put him in, IMO.


By 2003 when Limbaugh made those remarks, he had done it 3 times. I think it is five now, correct?

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>> By 2003 when Limbaugh made those remarks, he had done it 3 times. I think it is five now, correct?


Yes. Four losses (rams, bucs, panthers, cards), and one win (falcons).

Those were some heartbreaking losses, fer chrissakes.

Here's my beef with Limbaugh's remarks. If what he said was true, where is the cry for Steve McNair to be inducted into the Hall of Fame? I've heard Jeff Fisher and Eddie George say it around the time he was murdered, but I don't see anyone of any stature in the media pushing for it. McNair was a solid QB, but he had Rich Gannon's numbers, and Rich Gannon will never be in the HoF, either.

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> Here's my beef with Limbaugh's remarks. If what he
> said was true, where is the cry for Steve McNair
> to be inducted into the Hall of Fame? I've heard
> Jeff Fisher and Eddie George say it around the
> time he was murdered, but I don't see anyone of
> any stature in the media pushing for it. McNair
> was a solid QB, but he had Rich Gannon's numbers,
> and Rich Gannon will never be in the HoF, either.


But Limbaugh never said that ALL black quarterbacks are over-rated. Just one particular quarterback who had stats worse than those of Brad Johnson, yet who - as evidenced by his Pro Bowl awards, perhaps - was over-rated at the time. At the time, the Eagles' defense had great stats and carried the team, yet McNabb, with mediocre numbers got more credit for the Eagles' success than deserved.

Joe Schmidt Wrote:
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>
> But Limbaugh never said that ALL black
> quarterbacks are over-rated. Just one particular
> quarterback who had stats worse than those of Brad
> Johnson, yet who - as evidenced by his Pro Bowl
> awards, perhaps - was over-rated at the time. At
> the time, the Eagles' defense had great stats and
> carried the team, yet McNabb, with mediocre
> numbers got more credit for the Eagles' success
> than deserved.


Limbaugh said McNabb was over-rated because the media wanted to see a black QB succeed. Yet we see QBs over-rated all of the time and it has nothing to do with race. The fact that Limbaugh brought this up with absolutely no evidence that race was behind it was essentially HIM playing the race card. It was as racist as anything Al Sharpton has done.

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> Joe Schmidt Wrote:
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>
> >
> > But Limbaugh never said that ALL black
> > quarterbacks are over-rated. Just one
> particular
> > quarterback who had stats worse than those of
> Brad
> > Johnson, yet who - as evidenced by his Pro Bowl
> > awards, perhaps - was over-rated at the time.
> At
> > the time, the Eagles' defense had great stats
> and
> > carried the team, yet McNabb, with mediocre
> > numbers got more credit for the Eagles' success
> > than deserved.
>
>
> Limbaugh said McNabb was over-rated because the
> media wanted to see a black QB succeed. Yet we see
> QBs over-rated all of the time and it has nothing
> to do with race. The fact that Limbaugh brought
> this up with absolutely no evidence that race was
> behind it was essentially HIM playing the race
> card. It was as racist as anything Al Sharpton has
> done.


It was no more racist than those - many friends included - who voted for Obama because of his race. That is, their votes were cast because they wanted to see a black man as a presient. The credentials of many of his Democratic primary opponents were more substantial than his and, to that extent, he was over-rated. To point this out, by the way, is not racist; it's merely an observation.

Nevermind the fact that I drive a Lincoln Navigator with a crown air freshener and gold chain license plate.

he should be able to buy whatever NFL franchise he wants. In fact he should buy the redskins so all the black players can revolt and jump ship.

I think Rushbo buying the Redskins is an incredibly good idea. We'd trade a dumbass owner with "no comment" for a dumbass owner who can't shut the fuck up.

I love it when Wilbon gets all worked up! This would accomplish the goal, in spades...(no pun intended)

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> Nevermind the fact that I drive a Lincoln
> Navigator with a crown air freshener and gold
> chain license plate.


Irrelevant.

Vince(1), we can spot ya' a mile away. Nice try, though.

Did I mention I'm incredibly ghey?

Seriously, I love sucking dick.

Really, I do.

Yours,

Yale Lary(1)

Gail Cogdill Wrote:

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>
> It was no more racist than those - many friends
> included - who voted for Obama because of his
> race. That is, their votes were cast because they
> wanted to see a black man as a presient. The
> credentials of many of his Democratic primary
> opponents were more substantial than his and, to
> that extent, he was over-rated. To point this
> out, by the way, is not racist; it's merely an
> observation.

And irrelevant to the discussion at hand since your friends weren't in the market for an NFL team nor are they a national figure.

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WashingTone-Locian Wrote:
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> Gail Cogdill Wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > It was no more racist than those - many friends
> > included - who voted for Obama because of his
> > race. That is, their votes were cast because
> they
> > wanted to see a black man as a presient. The
> > credentials of many of his Democratic primary
> > opponents were more substantial than his and,
> to
> > that extent, he was over-rated. To point this
> > out, by the way, is not racist; it's merely an
> > observation.
>
> And irrelevant to the discussion at hand since
> your friends weren't in the market for an NFL team
> nor are they a national figure.


Ha ha. ... circulus in probando ... or something

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> Here's a few Rushbo rants, just for you:
>
> "I mean, let’s face it, we didn’t have slavery in
> this country for over 100 years because it was a
> bad thing. Quite the opposite: slavery built the
> South. I’m not saying we should bring it back; I’m
> just saying it had its merits. For one thing, the
> streets were safer after dark."
>
> "You know who deserves a posthumous Medal of
> Honor? James Earl Ray . We miss you, James.
> Godspeed."
>
> "Have you ever noticed how all composite pictures
> of wanted criminals resemble Jesse Jackson?"
>
> "Look, let me put it to you this way: the NFL all
> too often looks like a game between the Bloods and
> the Crips without any weapons. There, I said it."
>
> "Take that bone out of your nose and call me
> back"(to an African American female caller)."
>
> "I think the media has been very desirous that a
> black quarterback do well. They’re interested in
> black coaches and black quarterbacks doing well.
> I think there’s a little hope invested in McNabb
> and he got a lot of credit for the performance of
> his team that he really didn’t deserve."
>
> Umm, is it any wonder Jackson and McNabb had a few
> things to say about Rushbo in the NFL? And you
> forgot that ESPN fired his fat ass, right?


You're a scream fairfax dud. You believe everything you read online?

I believe very little of what I read online, dumbass.

Except for quotes from nationally-broadcast numbnuts which have been disseminated ON HIS OWN WEBSITE. Those, I usually believe.

Anything else?

Christ, the idiots on here.

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fairfaxdude Wrote:
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> I believe very little of what I read online,
> dumbass.
>
> Except for quotes from nationally-broadcast
> numbnuts which have been disseminated ON HIS OWN
> WEBSITE. Those, I usually believe.
>
> Anything else?
>
> Christ, the idiots on here.

Tell me about it. some morons believe Rush Limbaugh quotes that were NEVER attributed to him until a book looking to make money was released in 2006. In fact, given that it is a radio show, you'd think that audio would exist. Amazingly, nobody can come up with the audio to some of the quotes you used.

Idiot indeed.

All this is gas for the 2010 fire.

Look, NFL owners face restrictions as league insiders on what they can and cannot say publicly about NFL players, teams,and other owners. Do we honestly believe Rush could adhere to that gag rule?

We've become enslaved by a tyrannical group that hides behind their political correctness for cover and deflects all criticism and scrutiny by crying racism. If this action continues, it will only tear apart.

Limbaugh's Message Made Him Rich -- And Cost Him
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/15/AR2009101503799.html

Wilbon shows just how full of shit he is.

Quote

The free market, rather loudly, told Rush Limbaugh it wasn't interested in what he sells. Undoubtedly there are NFL owners who share Limbaugh's brand of conservatism. A few, I'm told, are so far to the right politically they think Limbaugh is liberal. But the voices that spoke up in the private club Limbaugh wanted to join shouted him down.
...

The "free market"? Hardly.

Mark Cuban touched on a part of the issue...

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Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks and a smart man on these issues, wrote in his blog that this is a bottom-line issue, that the risk of offending people runs hand-in-hand with the risk of costing the NFL money. Cuban writes: "The problem with Rush is that it's his job to take on all of life's partisan issues and problems. Not only is it his job to take on these issues and problems, it's key to his success that he be very opinionated about whichever issues he feels are important to him and/or will cause his very large audience to tune in. . . . The wrong thing said on the show, even if it's not spoken by Rush himself, about a sensitive national or world issue could turn into a Black Swan event for the NFL. . . . This isn't about free speech. It's about the NFL protecting their business. There is no reason to put it at risk. "
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But there was another undercurrent here that had a lot to do with it as well. The race card being played by the likes of Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and DeMaurice Smith. If you look at what Limbaugh said back in 2003 about McNabb, he was not wrong. While McNabb is a good quarterback, a very good quarterback, at the time his stats were not that great, and certainly there were many other quarterbacks that were better and more highly rated then he was (his biggest claim to fame that he was a good scrambler). Yet he was constantly being held up as a GREAT quarterback - and as Rush pointed out, he was overrated because of the media push to recognize a black quarterback. The Redskins had Doug Williams back in the day ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXII ) - yet you rarely hear him spoken of these days - yet he set a lot of records that year.

Were his comments out of line? Maybe - especially to a sports media that had come to an "understanding" on how to report on football. For the most part, I have to say I am happy that normally I can watch a football game and not hear them use the words black, white, etc in describing the players. But for all that, when someone makes a true statement, and not in a racist way, it seems a bit overkill to then hold him up as a racist. He didn't say McNabb shouldn't be a quarterback because he was black - he basically pointed the finger at the media for over promoting McNabb because he was black. Certainly there need to be good role models held up for the kids - especially with all the true jackasses in the NFL Players Union. With all the folks that get off for drug use, dog fighting, shooting other people and themselves - it is good to promote the success stories huh? As far as controversies and distractions - Al Davis has been an icon in that regard for years, and certainly the players provide their own varieties of embarrassment and controversy.

The only losers in this whole scenario are the folks that think they "won" another victory against racism. Limbaugh won't lose anything - he will make more money, and probably end up with more folks listening to him. All they really did was ratchet divisiveness up another notch.

If you can’t model the past, where you know the answer pretty well, how can you model the future? - William Happer Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics Princeton University



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/17/2009 12:10AM by Registered Voter.

fairfaxdude Wrote:
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> ... Here's a few Rushbo rants, just for you:
>
> "I mean, let’s face it, we didn’t have slavery in
> this country for over 100 years because it was a
> bad thing. Quite the opposite: slavery built the
> South. I’m not saying we should bring it back; I’m
> just saying it had its merits. For one thing, the
> streets were safer after dark."
>
> "You know who deserves a posthumous Medal of
> Honor? James Earl Ray . We miss you, James.
> Godspeed."
>

Limbaugh Slavery Quote Is Bogus
http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2009/10/15/limbaugh-slavery-quote-is-bogus.htm

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The earliest attributions anyone has been able to find cropped up in a series of anonymous edits to the Rush Limbaugh Wikiquote page in July 2005 -- about a year before Huberman's book came out.

Thanks to Wikiquote's "History" feature, every edit ever made can be isolated and tracked. The slavery quote, for example, first appears at 5:53 a.m. on July 20, 2005.

It was followed a few minutes later by this addition:

"Was there any excrement, any shamelessness in any form, above all in cultural life, in which at least one African-American would not have been involved? As soon as one even carefully cut into such an abscess, one found, like maggots in a decaying body, often blinded by the sudden light, an African-American."

Which was followed at 6:01 a.m. by this now-familiar quote:

"You know who deserves a posthumous Medal of Honor? James Earl Ray. We miss you, James. Godspeed."

The middle quote, the one likening African Americans to maggots, deserves special attention because 1) it doesn't sound remotely Limbaughian, and 2) one doesn't have to look far to verify that the tortured prose was actually written in 1925 by Adolf Hitler (Mein Kampf, Vol. 1, p. 61), originally in reference to Jews, not African Americans.

What does that say about the credibility of the other two quotes?
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If you can’t model the past, where you know the answer pretty well, how can you model the future? - William Happer Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics Princeton University

^ Did you see that Ballentine idiot talking to Juan Williams about all of that? Juan was trying to have a legitimate discussion on Blacks in America, and Ballentine comes out of nowhere as the show is ending, and shoves in with "Get back on the Porch". Then, afterwards, this same "ignant field hand" gets on twitter and starts bragging about what he said, and at the same time he can't even properly spell or structure in the language which he claims as his first.

ThePackLeader Wrote:
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> ^ Did you see that Ballentine idiot talking to
> Juan Williams about all of that? Juan was trying
> to have a legitimate discussion on Blacks in
> America, and Ballentine comes out of nowhere as
> the show is ending, and shoves in with "Get back
> on the Porch". Then, afterwards, this same "ignant
> field hand" gets on twitter and starts bragging
> about what he said, and at the same time he can't
> even properly spell or structure in the language
> which he claims as his first.

While I don't agree with Juan Williams I highly respect his opinions because he goes on Fox and takes on these folks on a regular basis. He is certainly no conservative, and not a dork like the conservatives usually rolled out by the other networks in their attempts to show they are trying to cover both sides of an issue. He will usually make good points in defense of his opinions, and doesn't just resort to calling people racists every time he disagrees with them.

The fact that he was called an "Uncle Tom" for defending Limbaugh is pretty laughable.

If you can’t model the past, where you know the answer pretty well, how can you model the future? - William Happer Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics Princeton University

Registered Voter Wrote:
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> ThePackLeader Wrote:
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> -----
> > ^ Did you see that Ballentine idiot talking to
> > Juan Williams about all of that? Juan was
> trying
> > to have a legitimate discussion on Blacks in
> > America, and Ballentine comes out of nowhere as
> > the show is ending, and shoves in with "Get
> back
> > on the Porch". Then, afterwards, this same
> "ignant
> > field hand" gets on twitter and starts bragging
> > about what he said, and at the same time he
> can't
> > even properly spell or structure in the
> language
> > which he claims as his first.
>
> While I don't agree with Juan Williams I highly
> respect his opinions because he goes on Fox and
> takes on these folks on a regular basis. He is
> certainly no conservative, and not a dork like the
> conservatives usually rolled out by the other
> networks in their attempts to show they are trying
> to cover both sides of an issue. He will usually
> make good points in defense of his opinions, and
> doesn't just resort to calling people racists
> every time he disagrees with them.
>
> The fact that he was called an "Uncle Tom" for
> defending Limbaugh is pretty laughable.


Ballentine is the type of guy that really fosters Prejudices in the South. I've known people who were friends with all races their entire life, and most of the black folks they were close to were a lot like Juan Williams, and others. They never thought twice about race, as they never saw it as an issue. However, once they moved down South, they began to run into a bunch of Ballentine style ignorance, and it really started to shift their mindset. It's a sad reality, but I've seen it happen to quite a few good people.