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

[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

[kharmii.livejournal.com]

You are right on with the new things in our food! I think that high fructose corn syrup should be considered a poison and not allowed in our food, because study after study comes out proving it causes anything from fatty liver disease in children to the diabetes epidemic. It's not going to happen though, because corn syrup is a big business, and there are too many hands in too many pockets. All the crap in mass-produced food definitely doesn't help.

Hope you get some relief from your illness someday.

[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.