Whitehouse.gov petition to take Limbaugh OFF Armed Forced Radio! LINK FIXED

[csziggy]

Last edited Sun Mar 4, 2012, 02:49 PM - Edit history (2)

Sec. Panetta, Get Rush Limbaugh Off Armed Forces Radio NOW! No tax money for abusive, divisive, insulting language.

It is not bad enough that he provides partisan blather, that he demeans our President.

He has regularly demeaned women.

His remarks this week were well beyond the pale of what should be broadcast to our military and their families, supported with our tax dollars.

We have a moral objection to our tax dollars being used for such a purpose.

You should move immediately to cancel any further broadcast through government facilities of his venom.

There is no excuse for the US Government, in any capacity, giving this man an audience.

It is an insult to the honorable men and women who serve this nation.
http://wh.gov/X1O

[think]

1. K&R and signed nt

[movonne]

2. I can't get in...it says I don't have permission to enter...what that

all about???

[WillyT]

4. Me Neither... 'Access Denied'

[Motown_Johnny]

5. you may need to create an account

[cynatnite]

8. This what the page showed when I tried...

You don't have permission to access "http://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/sec-panetta-get-rush-limbaugh-armed-forces-radio-now-no-tax-money-abusive-divisive-insulting/p439GWMm" on this server.

Reference #18.8bd17941.1330883665.ba33590

[Motown_Johnny]

12. ProSense has the link in post #10

[cynatnite]

3. Access denied...

[GP6971]

6. Same here n/t

[The Backlash Cometh]

7. This is big.

[Sparkly]

9. Take out the "s" after "www"

It will pop back in, but you'll get to the site.

[cynatnite]

11. That worked! Thanks! n/t

[ProSense]

10. Here's the link:

Sec. Panetta, Get Rush Limbaugh Off Armed Forces Radio NOW! No tax money for abusive, divisive, insulting language.
http://wh.gov/X1O


Sign WH Petition to Get Rush Off Armed Forces Radio
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/04/1070858/-Petition-to-Get-Rush-Off-Armed-Forces-Radio

[Motown_Johnny]

15. ^^^^^^^^^ There is the link !

[Laurian]

23. I was able to sign using your link.

I did have to create an account, but that was easy to do with the instructions provided at the link.

[Ilsa]

28. DONE, WITH YOUR LINK!!

I love this petition. I've heard that obnoxious gasbag attempt to defame military women going back to the early 1990's. He should have been pulled decades ago.

[csziggy]

33. Thank you - I'll update in the OP!

[ohheckyeah]

53. still not working for me n/t

[MelissaB]

13. Done!

:kick:

[frylock]

14. bad link..

https://www.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/sec-panetta-get-rush-limbaugh-armed-forces-radio-now-no-tax-money-abusive-divisive-insulting/p439GWMm

[shcrane71]

27. Thank You, that link worked for me.

[MannyGoldstein]

16. Never happen, sorry

This president has the overarching goal of showing Republicans that he's a good guy, a man they can do business with.

[Dollface]

17. Here is another petition, or is this the same one?

http://www.change.org/petitions/united-states-secretary-of-defense-remove-rush-limbaugh-from-the-armed-forces-radio-and-television-service

[Maine-ah]

18. access denied

[alittlelark]

26. Same here

[Ilsa]

31. http://wh.gov/X1O is the link. nt

[Ilsa]

29. Try this one:

http://wh.gov/X1O

[Maine-ah]

32. thanks!

[peacebird]

89. I am signed but it wont let me sign....

Says they are under construction and to check back later?

[IDemo]

19. That first line needs an edit

It is bad enough that he provides partisan blather, that he demeans our President.

[madokie]

20. Says I don't have permission to go there on this server

does google have something to do with this server by any chance. I have them blocked from setting any cookies on my machine and will not be changing that.

Went to the other link and they for some reason need my mailing address. My town and zip code is all they get so the heck with them.
I doubt it will have any affect anyway.

[csziggy]

40. You do have to have an account at WhiteHouse.gov

And go through a process to authenticate your email address. Once that is done you can adjust your settings to not get email from them

[Rosa Luxemburg]

21. He should be removed like Imus

[obxhead]

22. K&R

[warrior1]

24. done

[The Doctor.]

25. OMGLMFAO! Can you say 'moron'?

Debra Johnson
about 4 hours ago


I will boycott any organization who pushes to have Rush Limbaugh taken off the air! I have notified all my friends and organizations of these ridiculous petitions as well! Just because the Sec of Defense works for a Radical Leftist President, he needs to be reminded most in the military could care less what Obama thinks and they all love Limbaugh! The one thing they do know for sure is that Democrats hate the military and especially since this nasty radical Socialist Obama came into office!

Thanks for signing Debra!

[shcrane71]

34. Seriously? She signed?!?!?!

[Initech]

38. WTF!!! Teh stupid - it burns!!

[Glimmer of Hope]

59. She forgot to mention that he is an Islamic Kenyan!

[graywarrior]

30. Signed

[ellisonz]

35. Signed.

[Kber]

36. Signed - posted to FB - e-mailed out to friends and family

Don't have a twitter account, but hopefully it will make the rounds there, too.

Thanks for posting!!

[onestepforward]

37. Done! n/t

[frogmarch]

39. Done!

Lots more sigs needed!

[thucythucy]

41. So Limbaugh gets a million dollar government subsidy

in the form of millions of taxpayer subsidized listeners for his advertisers, but he's complaining about "government funded" birth control--which of course is a distortion of the issue anyway.

A morbidly obese man making jokes about the first lady's weight. A drug abuser demanding that drug addicts be tossed in prison. And a man milking millions in government sponsored ad revenue, insulting the very idea that some aspect of health care should be subsidized (and again, that isn't even the issue--it's health insurers who provide the service, not government).

This man is a cross between Elmer Gantry and Joseph McCarthy. The perfect face of the GOP.

Oh, and I signed the petition. Spread the word--now's the time to hit this pitiful excuse where it hurts--his wallet.

[shcrane71]

44. How much does he make from his AFN contract? Do we have numbers?

[csziggy]

46. angelajean on Daily Kos asked that and didn't find the info

The American Forces Network - Are Taxpayer Dollars Funding Rush Limbaugh?

Well, it seems that money must be exchanging hands somewhere otherwise why would the American Armed Forces be listed as a sponsor? I am not sure if AFN is buying advertising or just buying the show but either way, they are spending taxpayer money to do so. And while I don't mind it being spent on political commentary in the name of equal time to both sides, I draw the line at what Limbaugh is doing. It isn't political commentary.

Guess what that means for us? It means if we want AFN to stop spending money on the Rush Limbaugh show, our voices need to be heard. Contacting AFN might help, but it could be limited. Contacting the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs via the DoD might help, but it would probably be limited. The best people to contact are those with direct connections to high offices in the DoD, your Congressman and your Senators.

<SNIP>

When a military office receives a question from a Congressman or a Senator, it triggers a special reaction... it's like the biggest, squeakiest wheel in the entire USA... it's called a Congressional Inquiry. Military folks don't like those. The more Congressman that call the DoD, the better!
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/02/1070289/-The-American-Forces-Network-Are-Taxpayer-Dollars-Funding-Rush-Limbaugh-

So we ALL need to write our congressmen and women and ask them why Rush is still allowed on AFN.

[shcrane71]

48. Thank You. I'll contact my US Representative about this.

[thucythucy]

70. I just want to point out

that it's not just direct taxpayer dollars going to Rush to either sponsor or pay for his programming.

It's the fact that his advertisers are willing to pay more to sponsor his program knowing that millions of armed forces personnel are a part of his audience. That audience is provided to him courtesy of the taxpayers. Thus, the taxpayers are boosting his ratings, thus boosting his ad revenue.

Either way you look at this, it sucks, and it needs to be changed.

[rhett o rick]

102. Are his ads included when his program is broadcast on AFN? nm

[thucythucy]

114. AFN didn't use to broadcast ads

but I believe this changed under the Bush administration. Not all ads are repeated, but I know that the University of Phoenix (private-for-profit rip-off of a school) runs ads on AFN, and there are probably others as well.

[rhett o rick]

119. Thanks. nm

[shcrane71]

132. So true. And a rather captive audience at that.

It's even more disgusting when one considers that sexual assault is so rampant in our armed forces.

[TNLib]

42. K&R!

[Demonaut]

43. done

[lunasun]

45. Pass this link around!!! We are paying taxes for RW prop to military why??????????????

[Jester Messiah]

47. Kicked, rec'd, facebook'd, and reddited.

I'm fired up! Let's make it happen!

[scardycat]

49. Went to that site now

waiting for my confirmation email from that site so I can sign it. Just checked email..got it going to go sign it!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[csziggy]

50. Also see my post above about the information on Daily Kos

And the recommendation to write your Congress people. That is important and could have a lot more impact.

[Vincardog]

51. SKR

[ohheckyeah]

52. I can't sign it either.

I have an account and I'm signed in.

[tpsbmam]

63. I had difficulty....thought I was signed in and I actually wasn't. I have problems with that site

that I don't with most. I finally closed down the site and opened up the link again, clicked sign in and the second time it worked and I was able to sign (and share on FB/tweet).

It's a frustrating site for me though -- this isn't the first time I've had a problem signing a petition.

[Arkansas Granny]

69. I had problems signing, also. I finally signed out and sign back in. That was after I

had changed my password.

[great white snark]

54. Done.

[pinboy3niner]

55. Sigs now 1,812 and rising :) nt

[Tumbulu]

56. signed- thanks for posting! (nt)

[txwhitedove]

57. Gladly done!

[TeamsterDem]

58. KRS - kicked, rated, and signed. n/t

[edhopper]

60. Everyone should post the link on their Facebook page!

Let's social network the shit out of this fucker.

[ProSense]

61. Excellent: 2,200 plus. n/t

[spanone]

62. k&r...

[Rhiannon12866]

64. K&R! And let's hope this one works!

I know I have signed these before, over the years. He should clearly be off the radio, period.

[csziggy]

73. See the other thread I put up about writing (or faxing) your congress people

A good suggestion from a poster at Daily Kos.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002383253

[KathieG]

65. Signed!

[1620rock]

66. This is nuts, I've been screwing around with this for a half an hour....

They finally sent me a password that still doesn't work. I'm done. They won't get many sigs if they cost people this much time and you still can't get in. I'm done.

[Rhiannon12866]

68. I know that I've signed these before, but I asked for a new password.

They sent me the link to change it (nothing I remembered worked), so I just created a new password and signed. Sorry you're having such an awful time. I sympathize...

[csziggy]

74. That's strange - I had to register but it didn't take very long to get going

Maybe they're getting overloaded?

See this - maybe that is a different route to use:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002383253

[Arkansas Granny]

67. Done. Up to 3,202.

There were some glitches signing in and I had to change my password, but it finally took.

[bhikkhu]

71. Its always been a mystery to me why the government subsidises talk radio

...I wouldn't listen at all but that my job involves test driving vehicles, and often talk radio is on. How many times I've heard rants against government or the president, followed by break for public service announcements paid for by the government.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

72. 3,473 - climbing fast! Thanks for posting this.

[Wait Wut]

75. Signed!!!

Thanks for the heads up and link!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

76. DONE! and posted to FB!

The more signatures, the better!

[NRaleighLiberal]

77. Signed and tweeted

[lpbk2713]

78. The Third Reich had Goebels. The GOP has Limbaugh.

Frankly I don't see a hell of a lot of difference in the two. His type of
extremism, hate and lies does not belong on Armed Forces Radio.

[progress2k12nbynd]

79. "It is an insult to the honorable men and women who serve this nation."

Unfortunately, their listening habits say otherwise. They're the ones we need to convince; they listen to the Pig in droves and by getting him removed from AFR we're actually the ones who are doing the insulting.

We need to show them how destructive he is, to EVERY listener.

[deacon]

80. A MUST k/r.

[joshcryer]

81. Wow, 20k! In just a few short hours. Amazing.

[csziggy]

82. You did what I did - read their blocks wrong. It's 5k in a few hours!

Right now it reads
Signatures needed by April 03, 2012 to reach goal of 25,000: 19,989

Total signatures on this petition: 5,011

But when I signed on I was in the 800s I think. And the petition just started today, so that's 5000 signatures in less than 24 hours!

[joshcryer]

83. Doh! How silly of me! Thanks for the correction!

Still, good work ya'll. It's speeding up.

[progressoid]

85. 5 K.

Twenty to go.

[marble falls]

84. signed/and will will recruit more signatures.

[Spider Jerusalem]

86. Can we get them to take off Ed Schultz while we're at it?

Considering that partisan blather is partisan blather whichever side it's on and Schultz isn't exactly squeaky clean on any charges of misogyny (I don't care much for Laura Ingraham but calling her a "slut" is a little over the top).

As it is if AFN ditched Limbaugh they'd probably replace him with Hannity, or Neal Boortz, or someone just as odious; a better solution than just asking that they get rid of Limbaugh is that they end partisan political talk radio altogether.

[greiner3]

87. Mine was #5850

14k+ needed. Yet there is a month to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Come on you procrastinators!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[greiner3]

88. 5894 at 7:22

44 more in less than half an hour. At this rate there could be 100,000 by the deadline!

[Major Hogwash]

90. Thanks, man.

I was busier than a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest yesterday.
I didn't see this.

I appreciate this very, very much.

[ProSense]

91. More than 6,000 n/t

[Hokie]

92. I was able to register and sign

I think we might actually get the pig off AFN this time. I will keep my fingers crossed.

[66 dmhlt]

93. Proud to be Signer #138!

[edhopper]

94. Bumping

so all those starting their day can go sign.

Forget the 25,000, let's get 100,000!

[LynneSin]

95. I don't think any political talk show that favors one party over the other....

should be played on taxpayer radio stations.

That's just my 2 cents.

[Lugnut]

96. Done! n/t

[Waiting For Everyman]

97. Signer #6911 and tweeted

Thanks for posting this.

[deacon_sephiroth]

98. Yes... YEEESSSS!!!!!

I'm so sick of seeing him in the gym / chow hall / clinic.

k / r / signed / passed on to all my progressive friends and family.

Oh please make this happen, ohpleaseohpleaseohplease

[ProSense]

99. More than 7,300 n/t

[Cosmocat]

100. THANK YOU FOR THE LINK!

nm

[unapatriciated]

101. signed, sealed and waiting on delivery.

[jillan]

103. 17,000 sigs still needed! We need to get the word out.

[truebrit71]

104. Done

K&R

[think4yourself]

105. Done and FaceBooked!

Total was 7,782.

This thing is gonna blow up exponentially!

[greiner3]

106. Just about 1/3 now;

[librechik]

107. Signed and shared on Facebook n/t

[War Pigs]

108. signed it! emailed limpbow, proflowers, and clear channel too

[montanto]

109. Done. time to take out the trash.

[sarge43]

110. Done

I wished there had been a way to post a comment. I would have liked to have asked Sec Panetta if he thinks every servicewoman who uses BCPs is a slut or prostitute.

[workinclasszero]

111. This POS draft dodging piece of human debris

regularly insults and demeans both women and gays who also are serving this country in the military.

How the HELL can our tax money be paying for this pond scum to do this to our military service members??

[gademocrat7]

112. Done

[Demonaut]

113. I checked at 12.00 pm mnt stndrd and it was 8565, now 9748

[lynne]

115. Whoa. This is NOT a whitehouse.gov petition. Creator of petition is from Florida -

- per the petition itself. Scroll to bottom, Creator is signature #1, shown as PBW from Florida.

So, exactly who are we giving our email address to when we sign up? And, why are they trying to make it look like they're the White House website?

[csziggy]

120. It is legitimate - anyone can make a petition on the WhiteHouse.gov site

Try this -

Go to whitehouse.gov (I am deliberately not making this an active link - if you suspect this is not the White House site, search for that and start from the front page of what you find.)

Click on the We the People link on the right column

Click the Find a Petition and search for Rush Limbaugh

There are more than one petitions for getting Rush Limbaugh off the air, but they are all on the WhiteHouse.gov site.

If you want to make your own petition there, use the first two steps and click on Start a Petition.

[lynne]

122. Thank you. Learn something new everyday -

- I had initially gone to whitehouse.gov and searched on the front page and didn't find it. I see that the petitions are separate.

Appreciate the info.

[mvd]

116. K&R

Thanks for posting.

[R.Blue]

117. Will sign, signing, signed

Rush had it coming.

[Number23]

118. Signer 10, 247 right here

[Uncle Joe]

121. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, csziggy.

[NightOwwl]

123. Signed and shared on fb

The count went from 10,880 to 10,980 in the time it took to refresh the page!

[Iwillnevergiveup]

124. Now over 11,000

But wish it had hit 25,000 today. Gotta keep forwarding it and posting it everywhere.

[ProSense]

125. More than 11,400 n/t

[maximusveritas]

126. 11,887 and counting

[pinboy3niner]

127. 12,008 nt

[nonoxy9]

128. Nope! Still out of order...

[Iwillnevergiveup]

129. This one has worked for me

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/%21/petition/sec-panetta-get-rush-limbaugh-armed-forces-radio-now-no-tax-money-abusive-divisive-insulting/p439GWMm?utm_source=wh.gov&utm_medium=shorturl&utm_campaign=shorturl

Good luck!

[csziggy]

131. Usually what you have to do is register, get an email to authenticate your address

Go back, sign in with their given password and vote.

If that doesn't work, go to your settings, pick a new password, sign out, then sign back in with your new password, THEN vote.

[pinboy3niner]

130. Halfway there. Just passed 12,500. nt

[ProSense]

133. More than 13,200 n/t

[pinboy3niner]

134. 14,032 nt

[SunsetDreams]

135. kick

[edhopper]

136. Keep it going

Just 10,000 needed. Every American DUer should to sign this.

[ProSense]

137. Only 43 need for 15,000. n/t

[Lost-in-FL]

138. done, nt

[pinboy3niner]

139. Just passed 16,000 nt

[ProSense]

140. Kick! n/t

[ProSense]

141. Now 16,755. Keep

up the pressure. Limbaugh and his defenders are squealing.

[edhopper]

142. Over 17,000

Has EVERBODY signed?

[HopeHoops]

143. I've owned RushOffAFN.com for a while now but haven't done anything with it.

It should be live (in some form) by the end of the weekend.

[ProSense]

144. Sen. Levin Wants Limbaugh Dropped From AFN Network!

Sen. Levin Wants Limbaugh Dropped From AFN Network!
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/07/1072248/-Breaking-Sen-Levin-Wants-Limbaugh-Dropped-From-AFN-Network-

More than 17,500 signed the OP petition.

[csziggy]

145. Go Sen. Levine!

[edhopper]

146. A new day

a new chance to tell the DOD to drop Rush.
Make your voice heard.

[ProSense]

147. More than 18,000 n/t

[ProSense]

148. More than 18,500. n/t

[ProSense]

149. More than 19,000. n/t

[ProSense]

150. Now 19,500. Should

add this: Female Veterans Demand Rush Limbaugh’s Show Be Pulled From American Forces Network
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002386068

[pinboy3niner]

151. 19,600!

Just 5,400 to go.

[edhopper]

152. Almost 20,000

Come on, let's get this done!

[csziggy]

153. K&R

[lunatica]

154. signed

[julian09]

155. 20500 now

[edhopper]

156. Over 20,000!!

don't stop now!

[pinboy3niner]

157. Only 1,270 signatures to go (currently at 23,730)! nt

[csziggy]

158. Way to go!

[yortsed snacilbuper]

159. Done!

[edhopper]

160. Less than 500 away!

Let's do this!

[csziggy]

161. Check this out - it's sort of pitiful

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002418823#post1

Petition calls for Limbaugh show to stay on military radio
By Jonathan Easley - 03/13/12 08:28 AM ET

Supporters of Rush Limbaugh have initiated a counter-petition on the White House’s public petition website to keep the controversial conservative talk-radio host on the Armed Forces Network radio station, reports Military Times.

<SNIP>

The pro-Limbaugh counter-petition, which was only created on Sunday, presently has 455 of the 25,000 necessary signatures.

http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/policy-and-strategy/215657-petition-calls-on-white-house-to-keep-limbaugh-show-on-military-radio

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002418823#post1

[edhopper]

163. ROFL

You should post this on GD, give every one a good laugh.

[csziggy]

165. Someone else already posted it

It's the comparison that's sweet.

[madokie]

162. 318 more needed for us to get to 25,000

[edhopper]

164. We made it!

Over 25,000.
Let's see how the DOD responds.

I'd like to see it reach 100,000

[csziggy]

166. WooHoo!

[Aerows]

167. It has exceeded the numbers necessary!

Great job everyone and thanks csziggy for posting this.

He IS an insult to honorable men and women who serve this nation.