Forum Post: OCCUPY Rush Limbaugh, Fox News and Other Right Wing Hillbillies
Posted 13 years ago on Nov. 17, 2011, 6:33 p.m. EST by peaceout10
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Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and the rest o the Fox "News" team are as relevant to today's news as Court Jesters were to Medieval Kings.
Rush is a media clown, an entertainer, and his genre is more in tune with the Kardashians than with a news program. If anyone really takes his so called EIB Network or anybody like Hannity at Fox seriously, then our country is in a heep of trouble.
Go Occupy the space in front of where Rush or Fox broadcasts...They are the ones causing all the hate and disinformation in the media today. They are the ones the Corporations have in their back pocket.
The entire Occupy movement should come down to DC and camp in Anacostia Park, site of the original Bonus March Encampment in 1932. Do what the Bonus Marchers did. Set up a clean, formal encampment. I'm sure there are enough sponsors who will pay for potties and showers.
Then, every day, all those at the encampment should get up at 6:30 a.m. and march down Maryland Avenue to the Capitol and spend the day visiting their Senators and Representatives. Every day until they get something done, like a nationwide Section 8 subsidy program so that everyone pays 1/3 of their monthly income for housing.
Let's get organized, Fellow Workers!
Hey, they ain't hillbillies, and no need to go makin' an enemy of hillbillies, which is something even hillbillies know.
What about the left-wing wackos like Olbermann? Should they be occupied too?
Actually, Olbermann is not the same as Rush Limbaugh.
They both spout opinions and they aren't real newscasters. That's where the similarity ends.
Limbaugh is a hate-and-fear monger.
Well as a moderate who has voted for both Democrats and Republicans in the past, I see them both as crazies who have their sheeple followings.
Left wing wackos are not the problem. if you can't see that you're blind in one eye, and can't see out the other. Rush has been spewing his unique brand of divisive hatred for over 30 years. Olbermann has only been on the Air a few years! Comparing Rush to Keith is like comparing a degenerate Drug Dealer to a Pharmacist!
Then Obermann is a crooked Pharmacist. Listen, both sides are not for the people. They are for entertainment purposes only to sell advertising. Get it in your head people. Do your own research and take what these extremists say and divide it by half.
Sorry, no sale! There is a difference betwen the degenerate liars on Fox News, and the folks like Keith Olbermann, (Who by the way was fired by Fox News because he didn't follow the party line!) Big Ed Schultz, and Rachel Maddow who are merchants of the truth. Shoot, if it wasn't for Keith & Company, OWS wouldn't be out there in the Street!
Fox News is what the 1% give people with small minds as entertainment. But it's all pure propaganda, and the people of OWS can clearly see that! There is a difference between the simple Truth, and a complicated lie. Folks like Rush get paid Boo-Coo dollars to tell the Big Lie, and it is sad to see that some people not only buy that garbage, but also try to peddle it to their friends.
Lastly, there is a Difference between the two parties too. One is clearly on the side of the 1%, and the other is just as clearly on the side of the people. A few Democrats (And almost all of them are gone because of Tea Party victories) side with the 1%, but All the Republicans are part of the 1%. There is a difference, and not being able to see that difference leaves you hopeless. the people of OWS can clearly see that difference and that truth has set them free!
I used to work for big media. Don't be a fool. The only side that the left and right media is on is the corporations that pay their way. Watch the commercials on Obermann or Maddow. Big Oil, Big Pharma, Big Banks...They are just as guilty as Fatman Limbaugh and Sean "I have no formal education" Hannity.
So, you admit that you can't see the forest because of the trees! I am far from being a fool. You may have worked for "Big Media", but I used to work for the City manipulating Big Media! And the first thing you learn is that their sponsors may be the same Corps. but there is a difference between those who support you, and those who oppose you.
by the same token, although you may not be able to see it, there is a visible difference between the outright lies of Fox News, and the undeniable counterbalancing Truths that MSNBC & Current TV put out.
While Fox News is undoubtedly pure Republican Entertainment, The others are actual News programs. There is a difference, and when you see that, you will have a come to Jesus moment.
It's all about ratings pal. If CNN and MSNBC don't create a over the top counter on the left to refute the over the top musings of right wing BS at Fox, then nobody would watch. There is no truth. Just a bunch of fat cat exec's laughing at all of this in-fighting all the way to the bank
One is News. The other is Propaganda for the rich. There is a difference!
All of these divisive media people need to be outed...including Obermann...He's th
All of these divisive media people need to be outed...including Obermann...He's just as bad...although sort of out of the big media picture as of late.
I'm surprised this guy Mooks didn't try and throw NPR up in the air.
I love when people attack other news outlets like other news outlets distort and lie at any level even comparable to Fox News. Is MSNBC left leaning, hell yes, do they lie, distort, and even spread hate and bigotry and demonize American citizens the way that Fox News does on a massive scale? Fuck no.
Listen, all media exists to create revenue by selling ads. The quickest road to that is being controversial. People love conflict. We see it on these fake reality shows as well as on the right and left media. Rachel Maddow is just as guilty as Sean Hannity. The two extremes are indeed Rush and Obermann...I don't believe anyone on any of these shows.
Saying Rachel Maddow is just as guilty as Sean Hannity is pretty ignorant, whatever point you're trying to make.
At no point in time has Keith Olberman said "we need to string up the conservatives" yet Rush Limbaugh says "we need to sting up the liberals"
So your comparison is a fascists extremists, Rush, to a guy who obviously doesn't like conservatives, Olberman.
They are apart of the problem of dividing the people. I will agree to that. But comparing them to sick tyrants like Rush is a bit too far.
Obermann is very, very confrontational and just as mean spirited as Rush...Rush just incites his followers more because of who they are.
But - crucial point - Olbermann doesn't make up lies. I do think he is counter-productively confrontational, although that approach, if you think about, has been extremely productive for the other side. But I can disagree with someone's strategy without completely losing my ability to distinguish that from true malevolence such as Rush, Fox et. al.
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Occupy all media clowns right and left....but especially that hater...Rush Dimbulb
Hey Hey Ho Ho The Repelican Party has Got To Go!
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Rather than simply bashing them... Wouldn't it be better to point out articles, or statements that are false? Show the folks that love them examples for your accusations.
Children, like those tools, only thrive off of our attention. The best thing we can do is to simply ignore them...
Rush knows there's a sucker born every minute and he is successful at capitalizing on it. He actually makes the Republican Party look stupid. Rush and Sara Palin helped get Obama elected.
Rush is a Slick Willie con man. Back in the 1800's, he would be one of those guys hawking Snake Oil to make money. Instead, he is the Snake, promoting Big Oil to make money.
Rush should have a disclaimer on his program that says" This show is for entertainment purposes only. Its views are not the opinions of this station or even Rush himself".
So should the occupy movement
Do you ever listen to him?
Yes, at least twice a week if not more. I also listen to MSNBC, CNN and others. It's an interesting Sociology experiment this country is facing right now. Being educated about the plethora of viewpoints is key to change. I like the mantra...Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
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you're quoting michael corleone who was quoting his father.
Who was quoting Caesar I believe.
Who was quoting local Mafia chieftain, Don Ciccio.
don't like what they are reporting?
If someone reported I had flowers growing out of my Left wing lilly asshole it wouldn't bother me one bit. seeing as how I do NOT.
do FOX and Rush and "Hillbillys" say things that are true?
One thing to note people. I created tis headline to get attention. I created a conflict in the headline and am getting responses. That's how the media works. Both the right and left media are guilty of this.
That said, conflict is OK...It's Unresolved conflict that starts wars and creates tension. The media on both sides will never resolve their conflicts with each other, because if they do, they lose their revenue stream and a very gullible audience.
What hate and bigotry is Fox spreading that MSNBC and CNN are not? If you think that FOX is the only major media outlet that is the spreading disinformation you are incredibly naive.
Read my comment above.
Indeed, CNN is as sold to the administration as Fox is. CNN says what the state department wants to hear, while Fox says it while claiming the others aren't also saying it.
watching news...everyone is protesting about everything right now. interesting times.
Please do. I hate Fox news too. But I also have issues with OWS. Go figure.
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Yeah, this is the answer to the problems this country faces. Useful idiots.......
liberal OWS has zero focus. That's why 2 months on you've accomplished zero!
Clean up your own first. Obummer has caused more strife than all those you mention combined.
Yes. Hunt them down like stuffed pigs. Bend them over and make them bark like dogs. Let them know that they cannot tell lies and not have people bring them into account. Protest their homes, their mistress' homes, their golf outings. Hack their computers. Hack their security systems. Decorate their cars and their entourages.
really? and this is the problem with this movement ...
But where would anyone get the wrong idea about OWS with this kind of talk? Go protest - I'm all for picketing Fox, as long as freedom of the press is not disrupted, but is this kind of talk necessary?
Every day that passes exposes OWS for what it is: a far left wing operation created by the Democrat Party.
That's not even a remotely intelligent statement. Both parties are in deep with Mega Corps that are too greedy and too cozy with Washington.
Wrong. OWS is decidedly for bigger government, more control over our lives and socialistic, all democrat platforms.
OWS is anti-freedom and pro-statism.
No OWS is for smaller government...They don't trust politicians because they are just puppets of the Mega-Corps. We want freedom...so ironically, our agenda is more like the right, but the socially they are like the left.
I think you have your movements confused. It is the Tea Party that wants a "Smaller Government" (I still don't know what that even means. Isn't a small Government for a Small country? Shoot, Somailia has a small Government!)
I have not seen one sign carried by OWS that said we need a Small Government! Get it straight my man, OWS wants a Government of, for, and by the people! Not a Government of for and by Wall Street! It's another simple truth you apparently cannot see.
I got it right. OWS is marching for freedom from Government AND Corporations...Your are obviously on the Outside looking in some pretty foggy spectacles.
No, you got it wrong. OWS is marching for good Government, and against Corporations who own the Government. Perhaps you are in the wrong parade. Look around you. I wear glasses because I'm Myopic, but I can obviously see better than you can.
Dumb is as dumb does I guess. You just want to hear what you Want to hear.... OWS hates all corporate owned politicians. They are all corrupt. Watch 60 minutes and Steve Croft on Nancy "I can't put two words together without sounding like a fool" Pelosi and gang and their inside trading deals. This isn't about the Republican Party vs. OWS...It's about the way things are with corporations and their control of government and everything else.. Follow the money and you will see...they are all corrupt. That's what OWS is fighting for. Watch the end of theThrive Movement Movie. They support the principles of OWS.
I'm sorry. All politician are not corrupt. Some actually work for the people. On the other hand, all Conservatives are corrupt. you may not be able to see it, but it's true.
It most certainly is about the Republican Party or rather the Conservative movement (because some Dems are Conservative) VS. OWS. OWS may not have asked for that fight but that is the fight you have on your hands. By the same token, those in Government who are not in the pocket of the Corps, are on your side. There is a Difference.
While I can agree that OWS is about Corporate control of Government, that is a far cry from wanting Small Government which is a Teabaggers dream.
I am reminded of a story. During a campaign for the Governor of Puert Rico, a Farmer approached Munos Marin and told him "I would like to vote for you, but the other side is paying $100 a vote. Munoz told him, "Take their money, and vote for me!" He won.
I say that to say that just because a politician takes Corporate money to get elected, it doesn't necessarily follow that he will be corrupt. Some of them take their money, and still vote for what's right for the country. You will find no such Patriots among the Republicans. There is a difference.
I'll give you another piece of advice in an attempt to rescue you from your obvious stupidity, "If you're going to walk around with your head up your ass, you should at least dust off your Belly Button so you can see where you're going!" OK!
Calling me dumb is like calling your grand father dumb. I've been around the world three times, Sailed the Seven Seas, fought in both foreign and domestic wars, read a thousand books, written 20 books, and made love to 100 women. You have to get up very early in the morning to fool these Old eyes, and you haven't come close.
For christ sakes man! You can't even tell who's on your side, and who's not!
How do you know this? Occupiers have no official platform ... everything I have read says that you are a movement for.............?
peaceout10: don't stereotype ok... seriously - i'm a republican who can't stand the "far right" and am more of a moderate republican. with that said - you can't just generally "bash" Fox News. Free Speech TV (FSTV) is just as bad in bashing the other party as are people like Rachel Maddow on MSNBC (who btw is very liberal and against the right).
you are showing your ignorance and i fear the other OWS protestors are just like you. emotionally responding to rhetoric and not thinking for yourself.
good luck being led around by that ring in your nose.
You have not been reading my other reply's
its us hillbillies as you call us youbetter worry about ..i know where my rifle is and its ready
I'll just note that Limbaugh is from Missouri, and Hannity is from New York. Hillbillies are from Appalachia and the Ozarks and have historically been pretty revolutionary. E.G. West Virginia and East Tennessee's counter-secession movements, the Miners' strikes in coal country, Blair Mountain, and people like Woody Guthrie.
Southeast Missouri is where Rush is from and that is basically the Ozarks. Revolutionary at what...Making moonshine?
No, no, no. Quite wrong, very wrong. Southeast Missouri is flatland. Ozarks are mostly in NW Arkansas and some in SW Missouri. Hillbillies aren't just in the Ozarks, though, the Appalachians are also so adorned. Hillbillies have historically resisted every effort to control them, which if you think about it, is what you want on your side.
I'd say Blair Mountain was pretty revolutionary, now, wouldn't you?
If you like to portray protesters that fought to unionize a dirty energy fuel buisness revolutionary.
you may do your research by listening to current politics but maybe you should start researching history...I bet you will find somethings that make you rethink this movement
It's sad , but true CNN has bad reporting on their network. Bad respnce from news media all over. Watch who sponsors CNN, Insurance, Natural gas Co, with their fracking
When you Occupy Rush be sure to bring Eggs!
He looks like more of a Waffle and large stack of pancake guy to me
awwww. i wana occupy Rush, i can just see his red screaming fat face now.
Ok, I'll get right on that too.
Good luck getting near Rush's Palm Beach mansion dim bulb.
I think it's better to ignore them other than to keep abreast of whatever nonsense the dittoheads are going to throw at you the next time you try to make a point about something.
Ignore...why? He doesn't ignore OWS. He is afraid and and on a rampage. The thing is...he probably was amongst the marchers in the 70's...doing the same thing
He just wants attention. His opinions - while always on the conservative side of center - are malleable, and he's over the top to get a reaction.
I don't disagree with that...but so many people take him seriously. It's entertainment folks. He is out to sell ads, not really impact any meaningful social change. The right wing is so gullible. I am embrarassed for them.
Ha ha. This is a prime example of how ignorant the common OWSer is towards the American population. We have lots of hillbillies down here. Come pay us a visit.
The hillbillies are already occupied, with their heads up each others asses.
The hillbillies I know would be a lot more likely to stop on the side of the road and offer a helping hand to someone in need because they understand what it means to help thy neighbor... Occupiers would prob. just occupy the car and demand the government do something about it
and what would be non human would be to do nothing when everything is on the line. the occupiers are sounding an alarm just like the tea party did. both were no violent attempts to help, just like the hillbilly down south. their hearts are in the right places.
Occupiers are for small government. i don't want to have to say this again.
Maybe you are for small government but from what I can tell occupiers are not... Do you want medicare for all? Do you want an increase in min wage? All of these require more government... Just because you do not agree with politicians doesn't mean you want less government you just want new politicians to push the agendas that fit your beliefs...
Government would be half the size it is now if they didn't have to employ staff to manage all of the lobbyists and their political agenda's. Half if not more of out legislation is written for and by lobbyists and the MegaCorps they represent. Getting rid of the lobbyists and the corrupt, multi-billion dollar campaign financing is a great start to change.
Big government does not mean that your staff is too large big government means that the government is having to much control over the power of the states and individuals... For instance, forcing states to push government agendas and denying them money if they do not comply is an example of big government... having control over our health care system is an example of big government ... but the number of employees has absolutely nothing to do with big government
now lobbying should be regulated I at least agree with you on that but shutting down businesses is not the way to fix that issue...
Less people means less government to manage.
For instance...Simplifying the tax code would not only raise more tax revenue, it would eliminate half of the 116,000 that the IRS employs. At an average of $40,000 per employee that is a savings of $2 billion a year. That's not even including the billions paid to tax attorney's on retainer when there are tax evasion cases. Simplifying the tax code helps cut down on IRS related crimes.
Make it illegal for a member of the House or Senate to make any more money than their salary pays them while serving their terms. As Steve Croft stated in his 60 minutes piece recently, members of Congress curiously get much richer after they get elected. Lobbyists, trips, insider trading deals are all a part of the corruption in Government. Tens of thousands of lobbyists converge up congresspeople and these elected officials have to hire thousands of interns and staff to manage them. Get rid of that layer and we save many more billions. In campaign financing, look at what the banks alone contributed...double that for big oil, big pharma etc.
Rank (1-100) Organization Total Contributions 4 Goldman Sachs $31,200,662 13 CitiGroup $26,628,655 28 JPMorgan Chase & Co $19,396,748 30 Morgan Stanley $18,197,408 40 Bank of America $16,569,591 52 Merrill Lynch $14,299,160 75 Freddie Mac $9,859,490 77 AIG $9,744,312 81 Prudential Financial $9,346,324
The American political system is corrupt and crippled. Change in this sector is key to implementing solutions in all other sectors. We can only generate the changes that are needed – such as economic reform, an audit of the Federal Reserve, new energy solutions, labeling of GMOs and more – if we have accountable politicians who can be expelled if they fail to meet the people’s demands.
Redirect Funds from Wasteful Government Programs to Ones That Need Funding This is key to success in other sectors as well. We need a three-stage solution strategy relies on redirecting funds, especially from the military budget, to other programs that need funding such as state schools. This is not meant to make government smaller and tolerable and function better with the transition to less government control, always in mind.
Restore the Constitution – Hold Government Officials Accountable to the Law Both Republicans and Democrats have supported legislation that undermines your rights. For example, the Patriot Act – that allowed the FBI to search phone, email, and financial records of American’s without a court order (among other violations) – was enacted under President George W. Bush and approved by both Democrats and Republicans in Congress.
Eliminate Subsidies Taxpayers pay for corporate subsidies. This gives corporations an unfair advantage over other businesses. For example, oil companies receive roughly $4 billion a year in subsidies and tax breaks, even though they are making record profits. This makes it harder for others in the energy industry to compete. Any business that is unable to compete in a truly free market would be allowed to fail without government bailouts or subsidies, while those with real virtue would succeed.
Real thoughtful post finally something real and that I agree with but this doesn't sound like an occupier response more like a tea party response ... Except your last one... Bush tax cuts are not bad when businesses have to pay 35% tax... Lower that and businesses would want to invest in America
OWS just wants things to be fair. I will disagree with yoou on the Tea Party comment. While Tea Partiers would agree on simplifying the tax code, I am not sure they want to rid the govt of lobbyists, suppress the Patriot Act, Audit teh Federal Reserve, find new alternative energy solutions and rid ourselves of our dependence on oil, redirecting our military budget and the labeling of GMO's. If anything, this is almost a Libertarian agenda OWS would be willing to support.
You should come try and help them see the light.
0bama is the hater -in-chief.
Oh, OK.... 15 MILLION listeners for Rush each week, 14 MILLION for Hannity. The continuing problem with occutards... absolutely no intelligence. This post above is a perfect example. Critical thinking is totally missing with your 1% MOB.
And 29 million watch American Idol. So?
follow the money...that's all Rush does this for...not for you or anyone else.
You hit the nail right on the head. Yes, instead of looking at the bigger picture, Rush calls these people Occutards and doesn't ever look at the middle ground.
OWS at the 25000 foot level has a point. We are being ruled by corporations that also rule our elected officials and also rule wars, pestulance and who does and doesn't eat in this world. If you don't believe that, then you need to get an education pal.
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