How dare you, St. Louis can support an NFL team, in fact they are fantastic fans. Any team is going to get into trouble with the fans when they fall as far as the Rams have the last 4 years, but they will come back and when they start showing signs of life the fans will be back. They are 0-4 lost 34 of last 37 games, and they are still sold our for this sunday.

NFL belongs in St. Louis. It is a great sports city.

now only if matt holiday could catch

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THere's been more backlash from NFL players than I first anticipated. But it's all nice and fine, until a player actually leaves 4 Mill on the table to play in houston over st. louis.

Guess which athletes will be boycotting their sport next?


















The Miss America Organization Announces Rush Limbaugh as a National Judge for the 2010 Miss America Pageant

so will "parking a car ok after taking a fistfull of painkillers" satisfy the talent competition now?

Maybe we could get the worlds biggest celebrity to judge, president maobama...

maybe doing lines of blow will now be in the competition

OH!!! HAHAHAH... wow, I didn't think anyone would be able to retread this ol' gem... but just like Leno, it came right on time.

try the veal. I dont know what qualifies Limbaugh to do this but I guess controversy is fun.

More on topic: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4551010

Guess this is more of a problem than we assumed. The entire NFL union coming out against Limbaugh? priceless.

In an e-mail to the union's executive committee on Saturday specifically addressing Limbaugh's bid, Smith said, "I've spoken to the Commissioner [Roger Goodell] and I understand that this ownership consideration is in the early stages. But sport in America is at its best when it unifies, gives all of us reason to cheer, and when it transcends. Our sport does exactly that when it [i]overcomes division and rejects discrimination and hatred."

but hating and discriminating against Rush is OK.

Leftists pretend to "celebrate diversity", but only up to the point where one disagrees with them. Democrats pretend to be tolerant of differences, but only the superficial differences of race or ethnicity, and are completely intolerant of any different ideas, beliefs, or values that truly make us individuals. If anyone disagrees with leftist ideology, they will be destroyed. In the name of tolerance

You mean like attacking an admitted addict and accusing him of being nothing more than an addict for the rest of his life regardless of how long he's been clean?

Why would they do that?

It shows their hypocrisy so clearly.

yeah, kinda more about Limbaugh's hypocrisy...they will never let him forget it because of all the ridiculous, pompous, alarmist crap he spewed about drugs and what should happen to people who do them and then he did them about as hard as you can and escaped with a fine......

http://www.counterpunch.org/papa05022006.html

Unlike you, I have listened to his show for over 10 years, he was not close to what you are hoping he is.

And he showed real class with his admission and taking a month off to get clean, and he has shown nothing but class about the issue since.

But when the left wants to hate...there is no fact too big to ignore

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No, he was accused of saying a long time ago that drug users should be locked up, as in heroin addics etc.

Then when he went deaf and had the implants, plus back problems he got subscribed oxycotin he got hooked.

His housekeeper tied to blackmail him, he paid $10K, then they came back for more, so he outed them, and he went to a recovery house for 30 days and kicked them and found out the reasons for his addiction.

The DA for his Florida county agreed to give his 'dealers' immunity for his testimony about Rush's addiction. the story was a complete fabrication, (that they sold him 10,000 oxycotin at a time). They had submitted a story to the National Inquirer, but the NI refused to run the story unless there was a criminal investigation. So thats when they went to the DA

The National Inquirerer said the story was bogus....

So the DA goes shopping, accuses Rush of doctor shopping because he saw 3 doctors; his back doc, his hearing doc, and the hearing doc who covered when his regular doc was on vacation. Demands to see all of Rush's private medical records, which even the ACLU defended Rush on for it's invasion of privacy.

The DA had to drop the suit, after being the first prosecuter in history to give immunty to a dealer to 'catch' the user. And tried to make it allowable for a prosecuter with no evidence, to look at the private medical records of a citizen to 'see if there is anything wrong going on'.

And now Rush can be discounted on everything he says because he got hooked on the most addictive perscribed medicine there is. And he used to be fat.

FYP

For the record, there are plenty of things to take issue with Rush over, besides his addiction. Addiction is a disease.. and he may not have had much sympathy for it before he actually had to deal with it, but I doubt his position w/r/t drug addicts is the same now as it once was before. I think it's a shitty thing to hold over him as a serious criticism, particularly when the things to criticize him over are so fertile.


Jokes, on the other hand , are fair game. It's not like he's ever had restraint about joking about people's personal issues.

every junky has some story about how some injury and some doctor got them hooked and its poor them. they of course are full of shit.

its also very unlikely that 30 days away at some rehab and hes all better now. nobody just quits junk like that. yes the acute widthdrawls are over in about a week but if you have had a serious habit for any length of time you feel just kind of not ok and depressed for a long time. like maybe years long.

im not meaning to sound down on him for getting hooked. but to make it sound like hes some victim and he went away for a month and its all dandy now is just bullshit. he has (maybe had by now?) the same problem that the homeless guy nodding off in the gutter has.

i guess this is all of on a rant but it just annoys me when i feel like the media (or anybody) makes some celebrities drug problem out to be different than a street junkies problem.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/...eak-with-obama/

Limbaugh was also asked to play word association when the interviewer named the following political figures:

President Obama: "Disaster"

Michelle Obama: "Garden"

Jimmy Carter: "An utter disgrace and embarrassment."

Nice try Rush, the correct answer was "peanuts". This guy cannot get anything right.

A Rush interview is on the Today show this week. So far he has been really good.

You can go to his web site to watch the interview.

Gotta love how Sharpton and Jackson are now spewing their twisted racial rants and drinking the Rush haterade on this issue. Rush is too controversial and divisive.

Yet these 2 clowns have made a damn good living shaking down folks and being divisive and controversial.

This has become a complete circus.

You don't sound like you have any knowledge or personal experience with any sort of addiction.

ESPN's Steven A Smith comments on this issue....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USKg_MP3hNs

God I love steven A.

I am just sorry that the openness and compassion for forgiveness that the NFL was cultivating in order to bring back a man who strangled dogs with his bare hands and had them fight to the death for his enjoyment is being pushed aside because Rush valued the defense of the Eagles more than the offense.

It really goes to show the overwhelming power that the entire offensive line carries in today's NFL.



BTW, I heard on Rush's show that there will soon be a lot fo retractions in major media stories because of the false reporting about Rush's comments on race etc.

Would BG have the same compassion for Nancy Pelosi if she had some sad (but ultimately irrelevant) story that led her to have a dangerous addiction to drugs? Somehow I doubt it. And Pelosi (while a horrible politician) has not spent 20 years ranting close-mindedly about the evil scourge of drug use. We always find a way to excuse the ones we love.

Fwiw, I have had serious back (disc) problems for 7 years.....I have had to be on and off very strong painkillers......and I have managed to not become an addict. So the fact that Rush had "back problems" is really not all that compelling a reason or much of an excuse to become hooked on oxycontin (which is rarely prescribed for back problems by the way.....which makes me think Rush graduated to Oxycontin from Oxycodone or Hydrocodone which are much more commonly prescribed for back pain....oxycontin is usually reserved for cancer patients in crippling agony to the best of my knowledge.)

LOL

Actual Rush quote: "the media wants a black QB to succeed"
BG hears: "I think the Eagles defense is better than the offense"

Actual Rush quote: "an NFL game is like the bloods and the crips without weapons"
BG hears: "it would be nice if there was less showboating and grandstanding by gentleman of all races in the NFL"

This is a weird response.

I think Jeep was commenting on stuff like

"every junky has some story about how some injury and some doctor got them hooked and its poor them. they of course are full of shit.

its also very unlikely that 30 days away at some rehab and hes all better now. nobody just quits junk like that."

and not specifically about Rush.

Also, just because you personally did not become addicted does not mean that nobody can become addicted in that manner. I have no idea about the validity of Rush's story, but the answer to "fwiw" is "not much."

Nah I know people who have been prescribed it for much less.

I think my post was more aimed at BG's story than anything else. And the stuff about oxycontin is pretty relevant. I have never even heard of someone legitimately prescribing that for back pain.....and I know a lot of orthopedist and pain management specialists by now. So BG's description of what happened to Rush sounds very unlikely to me.

really? that's terrible. alright, maybe I am wrong.

Well first it is irrelevant how I would react to Pelosi. Didn't they teach you nothing in lawyer school? Two wrongs don't make a right. Second Pelosi is addicted to Botox, do you see me making any comments about that? Hmmmm?

Next I was listening to Rush after some democrat representive was caught doing drugs, I can't remember which one since there have been so many politicians lately, but his response was: "I feel for the guy, I know what it is like to be living two lives and I hope he gets help"
so for you to pretend that you know Rush has been ranting for 20 years about drug users etc shows that you are completely talking from a position of make believe land. Like I said before, I've been a regular listener for 15+ years, and Rush's atitude towards drug users was almost completely unknown to me. He never made a big deal about it.

But keep getting your information from wikipedia..




I can repost the conversation, it is pretty clear what Rush was talking about. But you're right, much easier to pull lines out of context to support your hate than to look at the truth.


You might have to turn in your democrat voter card if you looked at the facts.

I guess maybe I can take a remote sense of blame for not expanding on what 'Rush's back pain was.

Didn't think that was relevant since the inseration throught surgery of a pair of electronic devices into his head was enough to justify pain medicine.

But the little I know of the back pain had a surgery scheduled but they were planning on going through his throat to reach the problem. since this would remotely risk his voice, he decided to not do the surgery.

The real reason I mentioned the back problem was because there were 3 doctors who he was accused of shopping for drugs, and I thought it might be relevant that he had a specialist for a specific problem.

But I'm sorry for asking you to remove your head from the sand for a second. Please return it and hope the tide doesn't catch you unaware.

those quotes seem pretty self -explanatory and I was watching ESPN when the McNabb thing happened and it was not nearly as innocent as you try to make it sounds.

and what context was the bloods and the crips thing in again? you cant justify away every crazy thing he says.

I think he should be allowed to be an owner. But it is not unreasonable for some people to be against it.

two wrong making a right is irrelevant to Pelosi's behavior.....but I was just saying your biased. And that you would not be so forgiving of this happening to a Democrat talking head. Thats not earth shattering but it's true.

another direct quote: "If people are violating the law by doing drugs," he told his radio audience in 1995, "they ought to be accused and they ought to be convicted and they ought to be sent up." Am I misconstruing this too? The guy was a hardliner against drug users (not just drug dealers for years). This isnt some nonsense off wikipedia. I am sure after he got caught up in his own drug scandal he changed his tune. I hope that conservative sand tastes like cigars.

Being a former drug addict I would be the opposit of what you think. But I am definatetly biased, I admit that.


And the problem with Rush's show is that lots of times he says things in context for reasons of 'illustrating absurdity by being absurd'. Taken out of context they can be seen as inflammatory, but you are smart enough to see that individual quotes from a guy who speaks for 15 hours a week for the last 25 years and you pull out 2-3 quotes and pretened that that defines who he is, is not remotely a reasonable way to think.

I mean would you accuse Obama of being a racist for calling a rapper "an azz"?

first, 1995 is 14 years ago... So the best quote your guys can find is from 14 years ago. you would think you could find a bunch of stuff from this decade...since I mean..this is who he is right?

So a guy who is prescribed a legal drug, and becomes addicted to it, even though his perscription is legal and his procurement of them is legal...that guy should get the same treatement under the law as a person who buys an illegal narcotic, and shoots it up his arm?

Same thing huh?


The rebuplican sand smells like McCain by the way

Eau de McCain. I like it. I really just picked the one quote I felt was not taken out of context. I agree with you that things get taken out of context all the time and sometimes Rush's sarcasm gets reported as if he said it matter of factly. I am trying to pick quotes I feel were very likely not taken out of context. As you point out he has been on the radio so long it is kind of hard to track everything he has said.

Trust me, Rush doesn't have a racist bone in his body. If you listen to his show for a few weeks straight you will be a fan. He really is a good guy who likes to tweak the left, then laugh about them getting all up in arms.

He doesn't hide who he is, you will know his position on any subject, you can disagree, but you do yourself and others a disservice to throw a blanket statement about Rush out without knowing all the facts.

Like I said before, there will be a few retractions soon since the group looking to buy the team has gotten their lawyers out and is forcing them to retract the falsehoods they have 'quoted' that have come from a leftist blogger and a wikipedia 'quote' that was never said. Look for the retractions on page e-35 bottom left corner of your local paper soon

Michael Wilbon attributed some slavery quote to Rush on PTI, then the next day retracted it, but stated that his larger point regarding Rush's racism still stands.

Well there is also the possiblity that Rush is a 'secret racist'

his sinister plan is so clear.

First buy a sports team in a league that is comprised of 75% blacks.

Then cut the pay dramatically for all black players. In fact, refuse to pay them at all. Eventualy you will have an all white team.

Then after his team goes on to win the superbowl, show the superiorness of the white man!


It's brilliant!

It's always been Rush's dream to buy and trade black people.



I don't know where I heard that one; otherwise I would give credit.

If you were a black man, and you heard a white guy was going to give a black man $40 million to play a sport for a couple years...would you be able to conclude that that white man must be a racist?

Not you per se..I mean a reasonable person... like cane everyone else here

I just thought it was a funny line; I don't actually have an opinion on the matter.

but if you did..what would it be?

I don't think his desire to own a football team has anything to do with his feelings on black people, whatever they may be.

Good thing you don't have an opinion, because that one is rife with holes...


Rife I say

I was going to make this post, b ut I decided to jerk off and nap instead, because defending the honor of rush limbaugh is pretty low down on my to do list.

I wish that there more Canadians with your work ethics.

Yes. Neither of them should be convicted of a crime.



OH YEAH? You checked them all? Even the little tiny ones in his inner ear??