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- rblancarte, on 07/02/2009, -10/+39Enemy of the State? Of course.
But he is not encouraging a coup, certainly not a military one.
"So we've got hell breaking loose in Honduras. You know what we learned about Honduras? We learned the Obama administration tried to stop the coup. Now what was, the coup was what many of you wish would happen here, without the military."
HOWEVER, much of what else he is saying is troubling. Calling Obama a dictator for trying to force types of cars on us (he is saying this based on what) to save the planet. "Dictatorial Status Crap" - huh? Where is he getting this? A law recently passed saying that we would get price breaks to get guzzler cars off the road. But nothing forces us to take part in that deal, and nothing is forcing us to drive good for the environment cars.
Along with that, he is calling Obama a supporter of dictators, because he supported the current president Manuel Zelaya. First off, he completely is distorting facts in this case. Zelaya did seek reelection, but he did seek to have the constitution changed to allow it. Granted, this is probably an illegal action there, but nothing he did was dictatorial, and was quasi-legal in terms of going along with constitutional process. If he wasn't supported, he wouldn'tbe relected.
And Obama isn't along in his support, Zelaya is generally recognized as the president of Honduras in most of the world. So it isn't like Obama is doing anything out of the ordinary. Plus exactly what "meddling" did Obama do? Is his statement "We believe that the coup was not legal and that President Zelaya remains the President of Honduras." somehow meddling?
And he talks about Iran, Obama has spoken his peace there, talking about his concerns about the election and it's results. Given that Iran hates us with either Ahmadinejad or Mousavi in power, supporting one over the other does little, and in fact could be worse for the supported side because the un-supported side could pretty much flat out say "See they are supported by the US devils, thus they are wrong"
And finally, it is much easier to speak to and about a country that is at least in some way an ally with you. While we have had our issues with Honduras, they at least like us. Iran does not.
And as always, I will ask the following:
where was he calling Bush a dictator and bad person for supporting:
- Domestic Spying
- Invasion of a sovereign nation (Iraq)
- Torture
- Suspension of Constitutional rights to prisoners
So he can speak all he wants, Limbaugh is still a blow hard that is nothing more than a windbag that speaks hatred toward anything Democrat. - SoulGrub, on 07/03/2009, -1/+21He and his dittohead fans deserve to be ridiculed but not to be silenced. They don't even need to be ridiculed, they ridicule themselves. Just spread the message and hopefully some of them will realise how dumb they are.
- ShoggothDreams, on 07/02/2009, -13/+32There has to come a point when ALL the laws he has broken lead up to people actually DOING something against Limbaugh, instead of just whining.
- nosecohn, on 07/03/2009, -0/+17It's amazing to me how poorly the Honduras thing has been covered in the US media. Here's the deal...
Zelaya was democratically elected to serve a single five-year term. He probably wanted to run for re-election, but presidents are constitutionally limited to one term in Honduras. In fact, they're so freaked out about someone trying to pronounce himself indefinite ruler of the country that the mere suggestion of the president remaining in power beyond his term is a serious crime in Honduras. (They don't really get the whole thing about free speech being part of democracy down there.)
Well, Zelaya knew that it was illegal to suggest that he could stand for election again, so what he proposed instead was a non-binding referendum (sort of like a nationwide poll) for people to say whether or not the government should convene what we would call a constitutional convention. It's important to note that Zelaya didn't specify what potential changes to the constitution would be proposed in such a process, but it's widely speculated that one of the changes he would have suggested would be allowing a president to run for a second term.
The legislature and Supreme Court both ruled that the non-binding referendum was illegal and forbade it to take place. This set up a showdown because the army was in charge of running the election. The chief of the army refused to carry out the process, so the president dismissed him. The supreme court reinstated him and ordered that the army depose the president because he had broken the law by pushing forward the referendum.
So, in order to prevent a blatant power grab (/s) by the current president, the Supreme Court and legislature ordered the army to make a blatant power grab (not /s) by canceling the referendum, seizing the president in the middle of the night, exiling him to another country and appointing a replacement. Apparently, this is what passes for defense of constitutional democracy in Honduras.
Not only is the situation despicable, but it looks to me to have been entirely avoidable if people would have set their egos aside for just a day. However, living in Central America myself, I clearly understand how that's just a fantasy. - novenator, on 07/03/2009, -1/+12I was under the impression that "article 5 of the Honduran “Civil Participation Act” of 2006 [says] all public functionaries can perform non-binding public consultations to inquire what the population thinks about policy measures."
http://rebelreports.com/post/133319827/why-preside ...
Either way, I think the entire OAS considers this a coup and is threatening to expel Honduras from the organization. - inactive, on 07/02/2009, -7/+18The second Rush Limbaugh actually suceeds in this, is the day I throw a brick through the window of the local radio station that carries rush.
- SisyphusFragmnt, on 07/03/2009, -6/+15When is he gonna OD?
- RogueGenius, on 07/03/2009, -3/+12Rush means nothing. He's like fox news. Zero credibility. The only people still listening to him are those too stupid or to stubborn to move. They are dead enders and we can easily just wait for that dead wight to quietly die of old age.
The only thing we need to do about Limbowel is ignore him and not let his listeners become over-enfranchised as they were in the 90's and 2000's. - Kyan, on 07/03/2009, -1/+8Umm, they won't realise it, because in fact, they ARE dumb.
- ddiiggiitt, on 07/03/2009, -1/+8Am I worried about Rush? No. I'm worried about all of the idiots that actually believe him.
- LoveWidescreen, on 07/03/2009, -5/+11Wow. But if what Rush said was applied to GWB, you people would have been in line chanting how he's right and how Bush at the very least needs to be impeached.
- mobling, on 07/03/2009, -0/+5It's a trailer park mentality thing. Those who long for the failed policies of GWB and Dick Cheney look to an old, rich, drug addled AM radio celebrity for inspiration.
There are those who believe that 20% of the country should rule simply because they scream the loudest. The only way you can shut them up is to keep voting the right wing out of office.
Norm Coleman can well explain the taste of sour cream to his followers now. Bested by a SNL comedian. That is how pissed off Americans are. - sb66, on 07/03/2009, -0/+5Stupid people are stupid
- pyrite013, on 07/03/2009, -5/+10I'm not surprised. Glenn Beck wants another major terrorist attack on US soil so he can prove his point. Unfortunately, he admits Bin Laden probably won't cooperate. http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?vide ...
- hipnerd, on 07/03/2009, -1/+6Well, if he starts crossing the line in advocating violence against the president, there are clear laws against that, and Limbaugh shouldn't get special treatment just because he is the head of the Republican party.
- joculator, on 07/03/2009, -0/+4You recite the AM radio line very well, but it's a fact that just about the WHOLE WORLD including most of Honduras is supporting Zelaya.
If President Obama decided to support the coup the Limbaugh types would be criticizing him for making a bad decision.
Think for yourself, whydoncha. - jrm125, on 07/03/2009, -5/+9Why does anyone listen to this contemptuous *****?
- chinaman1212, on 07/03/2009, -3/+7you think that's bad you should see the ***** on digg.com.
- zacharytelschow, on 07/03/2009, -3/+7Oh, details! The fact that the military was acting on orders from their Supreme Court, proper succession rules were followed, and power was immediately restored to the new President and the Congress as required by their Constitution don't matter. An elected president was removed from power! It's a crime against democracy!
- Anomaly100, on 07/03/2009, -0/+3Anyone is more of a man than Rush Limbaugh.
- sepelester, on 07/02/2009, -7/+10Dick-taters!
- UberGeek404, on 07/03/2009, -5/+8I thought dissent was patriotic!?!
- chinaman1212, on 07/03/2009, -3/+6that sounds familiar. I'm positive there was another president that had the same problem.
- Anomaly100, on 07/03/2009, -0/+3You go ahead and pretend we haven't heard his show. I've heard his obnoxious rhetoric. Sooner or later everyone has heard it. He's a pathetic parasite. He's cashing in, while you defend this fat lump-
"If you actually listened to any of his show " - inactive, on 07/03/2009, -5/+8Oh look, how cute. The republican thugs have entered the thread... (That won't last long.)
- Shwaavay, on 07/03/2009, -3/+6But the military didn't install a new leader, the next in line for the job of President succeeded Zelaya. The entire process was non-violent, and according to their constitution.
- TexMexRex, on 07/03/2009, -1/+4Limbaugh is trying to sell advertising. Just like the rest of the media. The more attention he gets, the more he can sell advertising. Just like the rest of the media. He does not care if his viewers/listeners are conservative or not, republican or not, right wing, or not. Just like the rest of the media.
- peteypapa, on 07/03/2009, -0/+3"Except he doesn't and never said it."
You're right, he just nodded his head in agreement while the other guy said it. - mobling, on 07/03/2009, -1/+4Rush will be on at 10:00. WTF are you doing here?
- JRFanning007, on 07/03/2009, -2/+4So if Bush would have been impeached and refused to step down. You'd not ask the Congress to authorise the military to arrest him. Strange view of Democracy. Also the "olive branch" didn't work out well for our founding fathers which is why they authorised George Washington to lead a newly formed Continental Army. They were non-interventionists not naive.
- mbtria, on 07/03/2009, -3/+5Hypocritical prescription drug abuser who repeatedly said abusers of prescribed medications needed to be sent to jail unless your name is Rush. Chickenhawk who kept himself out of the military by not getting a pilonidal cyst treated. But screams "lets you and him go fight" for everyone else. Pretends to be a commentator or journalist, but can really only be accurately called an "entertainer." That is entertainment only if you like a cascade of hatred, pestilence and lies.
- portwojc, on 07/03/2009, -2/+4Another case of selective hearing.
- lostlyrics, on 07/03/2009, -0/+2leave dennis out you rabid paul troll
- mgraves81, on 07/03/2009, -1/+3@pete
Just because someone is a fountain of ideas does not mean office is meant for them. Just look at the amount sheer brilliance at both left-of and right-of center think tanks. Many many of the individuals there could "out-policy" our elected officials but choose not to pursue elected office (I can't blame them). - mdmcgee, on 07/03/2009, -5/+7Bush committed war crimes, violated international law by invading a sovereign nation, violated U.S. law by spying on Americans ( wire tapping et. al. ) and by stationing a brigade of troops on U.S. soil.
Bush broke laws in pushing his "political ideology", Obama did not. Huge difference. - joculator, on 07/03/2009, -2/+4Yeah - go away.
- joculator, on 07/03/2009, -0/+2They're pushing the limits of free speech. I've heard people call up and claim they're ready to do something violent.
- lostlyrics, on 07/03/2009, -0/+2why so many words, (will overpower
their cliche-plowing parrots anyways)
viagrush, o'lielly and nazi-ann would be
in bughouse or jail in a civilized country. - govsucks, on 07/03/2009, -2/+4Being hated on Digg only means you're not another head of cattle in the herd Lukas. These people faint over Obama, being nothing like these collectivist borg wanna bes is not a bad thing.
- Taiyoryu, on 07/03/2009, -1/+3And it's a good thing too. The goods I buy locally or that are shipped directly to me are done so on roads I don't drive on. The people who are educated in schools that I or my family do not attend result in a more educated society and with employable skills, perhaps even by me if I run a business. If my neighbor's house catches fire, it will hopefully be put out before it reaches my home...
- Rulex, on 07/03/2009, -0/+2But I don't have to, Jon Stewart edits and delivers the best parts of the show for me.
- Anomaly100, on 07/03/2009, -0/+2You're wrong and he most assuredly did NOT disagree with it. I saw it and it made me sick. You and Beck need to go have a good cry together.
- joculator, on 07/03/2009, -0/+1I stand with democracy.
- peteypapa, on 07/03/2009, -2/+3"If haters on Digg actually listened to Rush then they would know that when he wished for failure it was specific to Obama's policies, not the well-being of the country."
Except that you can't separate the two, since Obama is the guy in charge. In other words, how can you wish that the guy calling the shots at your work ***** up and then expect the the company not feel any effect? And what if Rush's wish comes true and Obama's policies fail...now what? Sit on our hands for the next three years until the next election? Or more likely, just obstruct long enough for the mid-term elections.
Its not like Rush has any original ideas or a recovery plan of his own. Its just "what can I bitch about today?" "Oh, Obama likes mustard on his burger...ZING!" - federicoz, on 07/03/2009, -1/+2Maybe I am conspiracy nut....but, in response to "... Calling Obama a dictator for trying to force types of cars on us (he is saying this based on what) to save the planet....", let me go with:
The administration has extreme power over GM.
The administration is pushing 'green' technologies, which cost more than the traditional technologies.
People won't buy the 'green' cars because the ROI is not there in the near term.
However, if you tax the hell out of gas, and make it $5-6 a gallon...the green cars suddenly get an ROI....and they have the power to do that too.
Sure - I won't HAVE to buy one of the new GM cars, but the government is setting up a situation where it is the only viable option. And that is opposite of a free market, which Rush and Beck and all of those hate-mongers really love. - JedicodeWarrior, on 07/03/2009, -2/+3That's a single website. The Repulitards have an entire news franchise - Fix News.
- lostlyrics, on 07/06/2009, -0/+1http://digg.com/political_opinion/No_button_in_Ova ...
- JedicodeWarrior, on 07/03/2009, -1/+2... we've tried that. maybe he'll OD someday.
- inactive, on 07/03/2009, -2/+3I am most amused that even though I am so unpopular with the left wing crowd more and more of them sign up to be my fans daily. Apparently even though I write nothing they want to read, they can't bear not to read it. Sometimes I imagine that there is this whole swarm of them who follow my every word to digg me down regardless of topic and comment substance simply out of sheer hatred, and than I realize something, this is a fact.
- mgraves81, on 07/03/2009, -2/+3"In other words, how can you wish that the guy calling the shots at your work ***** up "
What if the guy calling the shots is ***** up things even worse?
That is why we have checks and balances and that is why less government interference is better when determining the outcome of the market. Obama is quickly expanding executive powers (faster than Bush did) and he is doing it over the private sector. The more power Obama obtains over the private sector, the bigger the impact of his decisions are. If comapny X is run by an assclown who doesn't know what he is doing there may be some economic fallout, but if the rest of the market is free to determine their path at their own will, there will likely be a quicker recovery. If Obama is running around telling everyone what they can and can't do, and he happens to be wrong then we are all *****.
The market/economy belongs to the people and not the government. I don't trust Obama at all when it comes to determining how corporations shout act/conduct business/etc. I can understand the government stepping in if a corporation is violating the law but beyond that they should be hands off.
This current mess was brought on by government. Yes, there were some horrible, horrible decisions made on a corporate level, but if the government hadn't done so much meddling there is no way we would be where we are today.
And regarding this comment:
"Its not like Rush has any original ideas or a recovery plan of his own. Its just "what can I bitch about today?"
This proves to me that you have never really listened to Rush. Rush provides ideas all the time about free-market principles, tax-cuts, etc. And yes he does "bitch" sometimes, but people are allowed to bitch are they not? After all it is just dissent. -
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