Rush Clears Up Show's Sponsorship

[lazypadawan.livejournal.com]

Media Matters has been bragging about getting 30 or so companies to "drop" their sponsorship of Rush Limbaugh's radio show over his comments about Sandy "It's Pronounced Fluck!" Fluke and the MSM has been wetting itself with the prospect of hushing Rush forever. I've even sent some angry grams at a couple of the so-called boycotting companies since I had been a customer. Here, Rush says, "Not so fast."

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2012/03/07/clearing_up_misinformation_on_our_sponsors

Actually, I'm not sure which is worse, withdrawing sponsorship out of intimidation or pretending to withdraw sponsorship just to score brownie points with leftists who don't care about women, but do want to shut up an effective voice for conservatism during an election year.

Comments

[pat-t.livejournal.com]

Isn't it ridiculous how fast these sponsors have bailed? I'm very disappointed in Carbonite since I really like how it works and had just renewed for 3 years.

[darth-eldritch.livejournal.com]

it is their money and if they don't want to sponsor Rush anymore, it's the free market, right?

That's how capitalism works. If enough customers or potential customers express disappointment in the behavior of a sponsored individual, the sponsoring companies will act in the way to protect their profit flow. A very sound business practice.

[darth-eldritch.livejournal.com]

I don't have a problem with it, I'm agreeing with your statement. It's how business works in the real world, whether we like it or not.

[darth-eldritch.livejournal.com]

:)

Thanks! Wouldn't that be awesome!

[kharmii.livejournal.com]

And let us not act so disappointed in sponsors, it is their money and if they don't want to sponsor Rush anymore, it's the free market, right? There are bigger things to get up in arms over.

Did you even read the transcript? It's the left who are up in arms over Rush losing 30 sponsors out of 18,000. Rush is cool about it and seems to think it's no big deal.

[kimana83.livejournal.com]

It isn't a matter of how much sex she is having at her Catholic university; it has to do with her demanding that the government force a Catholic institution to cover birth control and morning after pills - things they have religious objections to. That said, she stated in her testimony - not on "some site" - that it costs over $3,000 to pay for birth control for the entirety of law school, when at a pharmacy just down the street from her law school, you can get it for $9/month - totaling $342 over three years law school. So either she's having a ton of sex and taking extra pills to cover it, or... I don't know what else.

At any rate, I am more offended by a liberal telling Christian institutions that they have to pay for birth control and morning after pills, especially while Obama is cutting military health benefits, than I am about a stupid joke made by an entertainer. But if we are going to talk about offensive entertainers, what do you think about Louis C.K. headlining the White House Correspondents dinner? Do you know some of the things Louis C.K. has said about Sarah Palin and other conservative women?

P.S. Rush agrees with you about his sponsors. It's the free market and he has plenty more sponsors lined up to take their place.

[shaolin.livejournal.com]

Actually, it seems as though Georgetown covers the pill for medical reasons (http://www.buzzfeed.com/mckaycoppins/in-the-georgetown-health-care-plan-space-for-exce).

[jessm78.livejournal.com]

I am on birth control not because I have sex, but also because I have PMDD. It would be nice for religious institutions to at least consider it on a case by case basis. I was a horribly different miserable person before Implanon treated my PMDD. I do still have issues with it, but it wasn't anywhere as bad as it was. They don't have to carry it, but it would be nice if they again did consider it a case by case basis.

Just wanna say I am in the same boat. I'm on birth control for bad PMS issues. Not sure if they're so severe to be classified PMDD, but they are pretty bad and being on birth control has helped them some. And I feel the same way, though I see the comment below yours mentions the pill is covered for medical reasons. That's good to know. :) I mean, I'm Catholic but if you have problems like this, what are you supposed to do - suffer? I've tried other remedies and they don't seem to help much (although St. John's Wort helps me a little, too).

[jessm78.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

Yeah, it would be really helpful. One of my friends sent me an article that described PMDD very well (can't remember where I saw it) and suspected that was my problem. But my doctor seemed to think it was just severe PMS. I have an appt in a few weeks - have a new doctor since I moved after getting married - I'll definitely ask about it when I go!

[neemarita.livejournal.com]

I think the church is okay with BC for medical reasons. I know someone who is uber-traditional (Latin Mass and all) and she is on the pill for medical reasons.

I'm glad it's helping you. It never helped me but made me feel worse! I'm so jealous, haha.

[neemarita.livejournal.com]

That scares me! I did NFP, actually, for almost two years. Worked great because of my super regular cycles until I was stupid, thought I wanted to have a kid because I can't get a job, and now I'm pregnant and miserable. Haha. Wish I was still on the pill actually just because I'd be happy and not pregnant!

[jessm78.livejournal.com]

That's good to know. Last year before I got married my hubby and I had to go to pre-Cana, and this one woman is telling us to stay off the pill, basically trying to scare us telling us we'll end up with an embolism if we don't. She didn't say anything about the medical benefits.

Thanks! Aw that sucks. I was on it before when I was 19 because I had very irregular periods (I'm talking more than once a month for 8 days apiece - I was dying). It helped for a while but it was pretty strong stuff and actually gave me bad headaches, nausea and mood swings. I went off it after a year and a half. I guess it depends on how strong they are.

[neemarita.livejournal.com]

I tried three different pills and just gave up. My doctor felt so bad for me. I had nausea, heartburn, indigestion, things I never dealt with before. Just made me feel horrific physically. They were all really low dose. I joked to my husband it was great birth control because it killed any sex drive I had!

[jacobs-muse.livejournal.com]

I had a ton of side effects from Ortho Tri-Cyclen, which I had been given for bad cramps. I was already super regular, so it didn't effect that, but the heartburn, mood swings, my boobs constantly aching, skin rashes and dryness, etc etc etc was awful. Quit after 8 months and I won't touch another one.

[farchivist.livejournal.com]

it has to do with her demanding that the government force a Catholic institution to cover birth control and morning after pills - things they have religious objections to.

Here's what I don't get and what completely floors me. Here in Georgia, we have many such Catholic institutions in the state, including several Catholic-run hospitals. We also are the seat of the archdiocese; we have an Archbishop that governs the northern half of GA.

In 1999, the GA state government passed and signed into law the exact same contraception mandate that Obama has proposed. So here in the state of GA, all Catholic institutions are required to make sure birth control and morning after pills are covered in the insurance - there are no religious exceptions allowed in the state law. The Catholic Church here in GA has NEVER challenged the law and has abided by it.

So I'm confused; why does the RCC not protest the law on the GA state level, but on the federal level? I wrote the Archdiocese about it, but they have not responded yet.

[kimana83.livejournal.com]

That's a good question. If they haven't protested it, then shame on them for not being consistent with their beliefs.

Politics-wise, though, that doesn't *really* bother me, even though I think it's dumb, because it was mandated on the state level. States have the right to do just about whatever they want with their citizens. (This is why although I dislike Romneycare, it doesn't entirely bother me politically, because it was on the state level.) The federal government does not.

[kharmii.livejournal.com]

He lost 30 sponsors out of 18,000? I loved his comparason with losing french fries at the drive-thru. I was happy with this explanation because I've never known how business works with the radio stations.

I hope the left blows a gasket over this. They wanted so badly to shut down Rush the way they've silenced so many others they've been able to play the victim card with. Rush apologized and they're still going after him because the #1 goal is to silence someone on the right. I've never heard an apology for the horrible things said about Bachmann and Palin. Time magazine even made excuses for why it totally wasn't childish to put that unfortunate picture of Bachmann on the cover of their magazine. Oh, and we never heard an apology from Wanda Sykes for saying that she hopes Limbaugh dies of cancer, and no apology from Obama for laughing.

[ellie-kay.livejournal.com]

Like commenting 11 times on a thread about Rush Limbaugh in a right-wing community?

[kharmii.livejournal.com]

IKR?! I was thinking of 'protesting too much'. I always think that when encountering a person who is extra prolific in the political comms and has a history of flipping out in every one of them. Daily. :-P

[kharmii.livejournal.com]

There's a non-sequitur..

[kharmii.livejournal.com]

Since we are on serious ott, I looked up this very imformative article on PMDD:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0004461/

It seems they are implicating an unhealthy lifestyle as a major cause of it, with the first step of treatment being healthier lifestyle changes. It was an interesting article. I consider it to be along the lines of Chronic Fatigue and fibromyalgia.....diseases of the western world.

[kharmii.livejournal.com]

I'm not accusing you of anything. I'm just saying that some of these modern diseases are likely less common among the population of people who jog and work out, and more common among the population of people who sit in front of their computers and drink too much Mt Dew. More doctors should be bringing this fact up, even if patients cry and think they are being picked on.

[athousandsmiles]

I have fibromyalgia, and know many others who have it as well as part of an overall support community. I can tell you those generalizations are far from the truth. Before I was diagnosed, I worked out at my gym every other day faithfully for years. I was an active, otherwise healthy 28 year old who suddenly felt like a 90 year old arthritic.

[athousandsmiles]

I can tell there's a history between you two, but I still felt like clarifying. So many people are still so dismissive of illnesses and conditions they don't understand.

And uh... wow!

[kharmii.livejournal.com]

Sorry to offend; I do realize people out there have real pain disorders. Unfortunately, it's something easy to fake or misdiagnose. We recently had someone get fired where I work because they tried to go on permanent disability for chronic fatique/fibromyalgia. It turned out they really had chronic laziness and would call off frequently from the day they reported for duty.

When I meet someone who sits on welfare for a 'disability' and who seems to never sleep, spewing vitriol on the political sites 24/7, I tend to go with the 'unhealthy lifestyle' assumption for the root cause of their ailments, believing that, at the very least, anti-psycotics might be more of a benefit than birth-control pills. -Not that I'm pointing the finger at anyone in particular.

[athousandsmiles]

You didn't offend me. I know there are people who do exactly as you said. :-/

It is unfortunate that some people will take advantage of the system by faking ailments. It definitely happens, and it sucks for those of us who are really sick to sometimes get tarred with the same brush. I get a lot of people telling me "You look good." While it's a nice thing to hear in general, often times it comes with the unspoken, "which means you can't possibly be sick," and that bothers me. I might "look good," but there are days when I'm lucky to get out of bed before 1 PM. I have a fairly strict routine that I'm able to keep up with, but anything extra on top of that will cost me in added pain and exhaustion, which means I might not have the energy to get through my daily routine the next day.

Certainly some conditions could be attributed to unhealthy lifestyle, but I also think that over the last several generations, "new" things have become part of our lives that might also be contributing factors to some of these Western World conditions. Hormones in meat and milk, additives in food, pesticides, chemicals used to make certain products, technology etc. I don't think we really know the effects some of these things might be having on our bodies. My parents generation ate mostly the things they grew themselves and a lot less mass produced foods. They spent more time outdoors as well. I'm sure that was a much healthier way to live. As we adapt to new technologies and more conveniences, I think it's entirely possible that new illnesses will crop up for which we will find no obvious cause.

I'm not on disability, btw. I could be, and it would certainly be nice to have, but because of my illness, I actually can't work up the mental energy to start the process of applying for it. Which is kind of ironic, no? Luckily, my husband is a very good provider, and I'm able to stay home and take care of our house and kids as best I can.

Wow, my comment got long. TL;DR We're good, no worries. :D

[farchivist.livejournal.com]

I'm just saying that some of these modern diseases are likely less common among the population of people who jog and work out, and more common among the population of people who sit in front of their computers and drink too much Mt Dew.

Let's have some Biblical honesty here instead of hedging around with behind-the-back insinuations. You believe that amazements has PMDD because she acts in an unhealthy manner. Do we have this correct?

[kharmii.livejournal.com]

I believe there are a lot of illnesses popping up in modern times because of unhealthy lifestyle choices of the western world. The nursing homes used to be for elderly people; now they are full of grossely fat middle-aged people with a plethora of illnesses that could have been prevented with healthier lifestyle choices. The doctors will actually tell those people that they are going to DIE if they don't change their ways. Instead of taking the advice, the patients cry and accuse the doctors of being mean. -Just a theory, but it's the way of the future for many people who seem to be on the internet 24/7.

[dark-weezing.livejournal.com]

Disappointing about Carbonite, as I was thinking about using them. And then, we found out that their CEO is a big Obama donor, so, yeah....

http :// campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/carbonite-ceo-david-friend-donated-obama/415321

Oh, well. At least, Bill Maher actually criticized about the pullouts, so good for him.

[dark-weezing.livejournal.com]

Agreed. I'm just pointing it out to be intellectually honest. (Or that the Left better pay attention, before gloating too much.) I couldn't care less about him, and why I'll never get HBO until he's gone.

[dark-weezing.livejournal.com]

Oh, okay then. Silly me for not paying attention. Seriously, though, good for you that you are paying attenion.

I'll go ahead and take my leave before my brain fails me completely. Good night, everybody!

[dark-weezing.livejournal.com]

Because it's shifty and full of lies.

...

A more serious answer would be I didn't know you were a leftist when I initially commented. That's my fault for not being aware. I was trying to find a graceful way out, and I was a little tired when I posted, last night. Let's go with that.

[farchivist.livejournal.com]

Did you know he doesn't believe in germ theory? Aside from all the massively misogynist stuff he says, that just make me completely disregard anything he has to say.

[mosinging1986.livejournal.com]

Yargh! Now I find this out, after I JUST RENEWED a few weeks ago!

But thanks for the heads up. Looks like I have a year to find a different option.

[dark-weezing.livejournal.com]

http :// hotair.com/archives/2012/03/07/too-good-to-check-after-ripping-on-rush-limbaugh-axelrod-planning-appearance-on-bill-mahers-show/

That's perfect. AP also reminded that Axelrod also mocked Carrie Prejean, back when. Forgot about that.

[kelincihutan.livejournal.com]

Not to be forgetting this article (http://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2012/03/07/the_war_on_conservative_women/page/full/), also by Michelle.

Basically, the left feels justified in their slurs, degrading comments, and anti-feminist rhetoric towards conservative women because, to them, any conservative is an acceptable target. So calling Michelle Malkin an "Aunt Tomasina" stops being, in their mind, bigotry towards both women and people of color, and starts being a perfectly okay thing to call someone. Just...argh. The amount of rampant anti-feminism that is not simply tolerated, but encouraged by liberals all over the place--even the supposedly feminist ones--just infuriates me.