The Rush Limbaugh Thread

[Ben Urich]

Because he won't stumble madly into the deportation cage after a brick.

jag

Yeah, but he might die if you throw it right.

 

[comicgirl]

In the news this morning, they reported that Limbaugh did issue an apology for that shiznit he spewed.

No, he did not

He said and I quote, "So, I will bigly, hugely admit that I was wrong, and will apologize to Michael J Fox, if I am wrong in characterizing his behavior on this commercial as an act." Then of course Limbaugh turned around and started attacking him again.

 

[Morg]

Yeah, but he might die if you throw it right.

If you aim at his head you will

 

[Spider-Bite]

Last night O'Reily commented on Fox's ad. He doesn't like it. He thinks that people should be allowed to oppose the research without being made to feel bad or feel like the bad guy.

tough ****! If your going to take a political position you better be prepared to take responsiblity and live with it. They can go ahead and try and make me feel guilty for supporting embryonic stem cell research, because it wont work. You have the right to pretend it's a human, that it's a soul, but they don't have the right to expect real life human beings to suffer and die for their religious belief. It's inhumane. It's taliban, and yes it is evil. People can take an evil postion without realizing it's evil. and some might say oh you can disagree without calling somebody evil just because they don't share your opinion, but that's a cop out.

Expecting human beings to die becuase they think an embryo is a human being is absurd. Last night people on the news were even complaining about eggs being sold and experimented on for medical research. What next? are we not going to be allowed to masterbate anymore? semen are not humans and neither are eggs or even embryos.

Fox is suffering horribly. My sister could die without a moments notice. I support hope and I support cures.

 

[tzarinna]

Poor Michael,the man wants his body back.
I wonder how many death threats Limbaugh receives a day.

Add me. Teddy!

 

[terry78]

He better watch himself before Doc Brown leaves his ass stranded in the Napoleonic wars era.

 

[blind_fury]

Marty McFly > ******ed Squirrel > stale lump of s**t > Rush Limbaugh

 

[KenK]

And the thing about it is, Fox had been hiding his disease since what, the late 80s/early 90s'? And in retrospect, things we all figured were unique mannerisms whever we saw him in a movie or on television, were most likely symptoms of the disease manifesting themselves all along. He's always had those jittery gestures and nervous body languge, so his announcement about having Parkinson's was a shock. And it's definitely more noticable in recent years, especially in certain interviews he's done. And being such a major advocate for stem cell research, why wouldn't he be in a politicians ad, if one of their platforms was in regards to funding stem cell research?

Not that his opinions ever mattered to me, but Rush Limbaugh shouldn't be throwing any stones in that glass house of his. His indiscretions are will documented.

 

[GREEN =w= DAY]

Rush Limbaugh is a total ass bag!

 

[Darth Elektra]

Limbaugh sucks!

 

[SLVRSR4]

I can't believe that J would start acting so wildly all of a sudden to get attention for his imaginary disease

 

[SoulManX]

He better watch himself before Doc Brown leaves his ass stranded in the Napoleonic wars era.

Nice Quotet:

 

[blind_fury]

At least when Micheal J Fox pretended to be sick he was trying to cure millions of sick people. Rush Limbaugh pretends to be sick to get oxycontin prescriptions.

 

[MaskedManJRK]

Will someone shoot Limbaugh's fat, pill-addicted ass? Please? For humanity's sake?

 

[Anita18]

Last night O'Reily commented on Fox's ad. He doesn't like it. He thinks that people should be allowed to oppose the research without being made to feel bad or feel like the bad guy.

Mmm, and you think that the anti-stem cell and anti-abortion people could take O'Reilly's advice, instead of bombarding us with images of dead babies?

 

[War Lord]

This Neurologist, more or less, agrees with Rush.

http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/....html?id=9eeae5c9-c9ff-4eab-8ef1-907ae94b1326

Limbaugh not far off on Fox, neurologist says

Published: Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Michael J. Fox in an advertisement for a Democratic Senate candidate who supports embryonic stem cell research.

Re: Oct. 28 editorial cartoon, showing Rush Limbaugh shouting into a radio microphone, with a technician saying, "He must be off his meds."

There is no doubt that the U.S. radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh's direct style and his own past medication issues make him an inviting target. And although he was, in all probability, technically inaccurate in accusing Michael J. Fox of "acting" in his recent political TV ad supporting a Democratic senatorial candidate, Mr. Limbaugh may have been very close to the mark.

As a neurologist with a large number of Parkinson's disease patients, my impression of the video is that Mr. Fox displayed the poorly controlled "choreo-athetotic" movements seen when advanced Parkinson's patients take their medication to turn "on" and emerge from their natural state of rigidity and rest tremor. At some point after taking a pill, a patient's voluntary movements are freed up, without much excess involuntary movement.

The issue, then, is one of timing. Indeed, a few days after his political ad came out, Mr. Fox appeared at a Democratic event in Chicago with his movements under control, a situation he called "ironic." Strangely, however, he seemed unable to appear controlled for a pre-taped TV ad a few days earlier, when the appropriate timing should have been easier, given the possibility of multiple "takes." Lest this all sound too cynical, consider that Mr. Fox admitted in his 2002 autobiography to going off his medication to appear more disabled before a 1999 Senate subcommittee appearance.

Democratic party manipulation appears to go much further. In offering Mr. Fox as a spokesman, they have clearly hoped he would cut a sympathetic figure immune from criticism, and the faux outrage at Mr. Limbaugh's comments seems to confirm this. While Mr. Fox deserves sympathy for this medical plight, he must assume full responsibility for his words and actions when he chooses to enter the political arena. By politicizing a medical issue, he is, in effect, saying that anyone who cares about new treatment hope for Parkinson's disease patients must vote for the the Democratic candidate in Missouri -- not coincidentally, a pivotal state in the upcoming election to control the U.S. Senate.

This is not only unfair, but absurd. Everyone, including Republicans, supports the many new treatments emerging for Parkinson's patients that promise far more immediate application than do stem cells. Republicans also support stem cell research when it comes from ethically sound sources, such as adult tissues and umbilical cord blood. Ironically, these forms of stem cells have had greater success to date than the embryonic-source stem cells lionized in the Michael J. Fox TV ad.

Dr. Paul Ranalli, FRCPC, Toronto.

 

[KingOfDreams]

Rush is a jackass. Pure and simple. Here's Fox's response to it all...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8lsjfjgAA8

By the way, that neurologist seems a bit conservative based on word choice, etc.

 

[cass]

Conservative based on word choice? How pathetic can you get?

 

[War Lord]

Rush is a jackass. Pure and simple. Here's Fox's response to it all...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8lsjfjgAA8

By the way, that neurologist seems a bit conservative based on word choice, etc.

Rush may not be the most sympathetic individual, but the issue was whether he was right or wrong, not whether he approached the topic in the most favourable way.

Even if the neurologist had a conservative bent, he's still a neurologist who knows full well how Parkinson's disease progresses and how people act when on and off their meds.

 

[Addendum]

Whereas, Rush is just a comedian on AM radio

 

[maxwell's demon]

Rush may not be the most sympathetic individual, but the issue was whether he was right or wrong, not whether he approached the topic in the most favourable way.

Even if the neurologist had a conservative bent, he's still a neurologist who knows full well how Parkinson's disease progresses and how people act when on and off their meds.

and whe was wrong. totally wrong in spirit and half wrong in letter. he was 75% wrong. he gets an "F". he was wrong. period. end of story.

 

[War Lord]

and whe was wrong. totally wrong in spirit and half wrong in letter. he was 75% wrong. he gets an "F". he was wrong. period. end of story.

In your opinion, Rush was wrong.

An actual neurologist disagrees with you.

 

[The Overlord]

Rush may not be the most sympathetic individual, but the issue was whether he was right or wrong, not whether he approached the topic in the most favourable way.

Even if the neurologist had a conservative bent, he's still a neurologist who knows full well how Parkinson's disease progresses and how people act when on and off their meds.

You reject the thoery of evolution and global warming because you say the scientists promoting it have a liberal bias. According to your "logic" why shouldn't people reject your expert because he has a conservative bias?

 

[maxwell's demon]

In your opinion, Rush was wrong.

An actual neurologist disagrees with you.

an actual neurologist, as i already pointed out in the other thread, made a point that is wholly immaterial.

My opinion has nothing to do with it.

 

[The Overlord]

In your opinion, Rush was wrong.

An actual neurologist disagrees with you.

So what, have the majority of neurologists said Fox was faker? Because you can always get one or two members of a scientic community who believe in things the rest don't. Some members of the mental profession have theories that are considered discreditible by the majority of the mental profession. Should we take them seriously even they are discredited?