Rush slime ball will remain on the DOD radio network.

[opihimoimoi]

What message is this to the Iraqi People when they learn of the decision to continue the RL Show?

This is the man who helped ruin America with his demagoguery.

No wonder the Iraqis hate us.

[Kahuna]

1. President Kerry will take care of him.

nt

[bossfish]

22. No, he won't

Kerry won't take on the Oxymoran on AFN. He'll leave it alone. He'll have bigger fish to fry.

[Eric J in MN]

26. Of course Kerry won't personally get involved in such matters, but

Of course Kerry won't personally get involved in such matters, but when we have a Democratic administration, we can spread the word to people who will change the Armed Forces Radio content.

[Norquist Nemesis]

2. Not only that...

are the troops even able to stream now that they've taken control of the networks? During the war, it was all Faux News too.

Well, the troops aren't stupid. They'll hear Limbaugh's crap and help all of us get rid of the asshole in the White House and all of his minions.

[SoCalDem]

5. Bear this in mind..

If the recruits are young, and not extremely "curious", they hear Rush every day, and assume that he must be telling the truth, since they hear no opposing views..The programming on NPR is so innocuous, that they probably just turn it off when NPR comes on anyway..

Day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year, they hear Rush "telling them what's what", and it's not hard to see how their minds are filled with his thoughts..

If the congress (who funds this programming) were honest, they would not even HAVE opinion shows..right or left.. The programming should include basic factual news with NO opinion..and music and sports and stuff like that..

Even having "both sides" is not such a good idea, since military life demands conformity and teamwork.. Do we really need people in the same unit arguing about whether Rush or Franken has the right take on things??and then 10 minutes later they are all in a firefight having to cover each others' butts??

I have no real problem with Rush or his "show".. I just want it LABELED..just like the fundy-moms wanted CDs, movies, and tv labeled..

Rush is not entertainment, he is not news, he is not information.. he is rightwing propaganda.. If it's labeled that way, and people want to listen, at least they know upfront exactly what they are getting, and when Rush is invited to appear at a mainstream venue, he would be introduced as "rightwing propagandist, Rush Limbaugh"..I'm fine with that :)

[Redhead488]

8. Trust me, the young kids

DON'T listen to Limp Balls. His show is on during the day when they are at WORK. If there's a radio in their shop, they're listening to MUSIC. It's the older military members (and their spouses) who listen to talk radio overseas.

[SoCalDem]

11. If they are in a work area, and their CO wants Rush,

they get Rush..and it's the "subliminal" thing at work too.. It's on in the background..they hear a "tidbit" and it sticks in their minds.. they might not even remember where they heard it, but if they hear the same thing often enough, it becomes reality.

propaganda WORKS..

[Redhead488]

16. Not the case

I spent 10 years overseas...never heard Limp Balls in a work area. There may be some COs who force their troops to listen to him...I've never seen it or heard of it.

[SoCalDem]

19. then you are the lucky one ..

:hi:..

welcome to DU, btw :)

[Redhead488]

20. Thanks!!

[opihimoimoi]

9. As Usual, You got it right SoCal

I agree with the labeling thingy.

[Zorra]

3. So, why was no attempt made to prosecute him for his drug offenses?

Why is he still on the radio?

[opihimoimoi]

10. Rush got friends in the right places. The NeoCons know who to take care of

[napi21]

4. We need a LW host to get some high ratings!

If what they reported was true, that the broadcasts are based upon popularity in the US, then we have to get a popuar LW host!

I don't want the troops to have to listen to that idiot either, but I don't really want to sensor either. WE have to beat them at their own game!

[SoCalDem]

6. "popularity" is based on advertising and phone polling

corporations who own the stations, could very easily just phone poll in an area that skews a certain way, and they can contradict reality..

Millions could be listening to Franken in California (online), but if they phone poll in Orange County (Republicanville), not many could get the San bernardino channel, and they are less likely to be listening onlline too...

I called KCAA the other day to thnak them, and the person I talked to said that Randi Rhodes is their "best" show, but they cannot get advertising, because businesses are "afraid" to advertise on her show or Franken's..

[Robbien]

14. I do not know why Randi and Franken do not fight back

The FR site runs threads telling their people to call advertisers of AA and tell them they will boycott the product if they continue advertising on AA. Just last week they printed a confirmation from HP which said HP will discontinue their advertising on AA.

Why doesn't Randi doesn't tell her audience about this and let her audience know which companies say they are afraid to advertise on AA. Liberals/Progressives should call these companies and let them know they will be boycotted from the left if they continue their policy of not supporting non-GOP shows.

[charlie]

18. He wasn't installed in the lineup due to stateside popularity

The show got in on a Rush-fomented wave of dittohead complaints and petitions excoriating AFN with the usual "liberal agenda" charge. They initially alloted him a 1-hour slot, a generous slice of the daily scheduling, since at the time bases only had a single broadcast feed, but that wasn't good enough. There was a battle royale between the freeps and others who lost programming they enjoyed as AFN tried to accomodate the wingnuts, expanding Rush's programming to 2, sometimes 3, hours.

[napi21]

24. I'm only r4epeating what I heard.

Sorry I can't remember which show, but it was CNN. The guest was asked why Rush was broadcast to the military overseas. The response was the schedule is chosen by its popularity in the US.

[Bandit]

7. Who made that determination and by what standard did they use?

:shrug: Since when is it acceptable to "Politicize" the Military? The Rush Limbaugh Show is a political talk show that I doubt anyone could deny. When did it become policy to politicize the military?

[opihimoimoi]

12. Its in the best interest of the Right Wingers, thus the policy.

Part and partial of the Psyops propaganda effort going on since 1975.

[plcdude]

13. my question too

is their some place that states Rush will continue. I was listening to him on the way back from lunch (all talk radio is clear channel in my area) and he was claiming that he knew the real reasons behind the Tenet departure and alluded to his private conversations with the *. He is absolutely losing it and pretending that he has a personal confidential relationship with *. His program needs to be investigated as to its appropriateness and veracity for the armed services. I signed the petition some days ago so I wonder if there has been some reaffirmation of his "show" continuing on AFR.

[Q]

15. Republicans wouldn't stand for this for a second...

...they'd be jumping all over it if Rush were on the 'other side'...saying that it was 'unfair', unConstitutional and unAmerican to have the supposedly politically neutral armed forced subjected to partisan rhetoric. They and their armies of talking head pundits simply wouldn't allow it to happen.

[opihimoimoi]

17. SoCal had the right answer: Label the program BEFORE AIRING IT

[Wind Dancer]

21. I am so angry that this idiot is encouraged to

preach hatred and get away with it. As long as these neocons continue to rule this country through corporate media, lies, propaganda, etc., peace will never exist. As President Gore stated so eloquently:

"The president episodically poses as a healer and "uniter". If the president really has any desire to play that role, then I call upon him to condemn Rush Limbaugh - perhaps his strongest political supporter - who said that the torture in Abu Ghraib was a "brilliant maneuver" and that the photos were "good old American pornography," and that the actions portrayed were simply those of "people having a good time and needing to blow off steam."

Why didn't the mainstream media show this sound bite? I am so disgusted - there are no words.


http://www.moveonpac.org/goreremarks052604.html
Gore's speach

[galaca1]

23. Don't his listeners care about Limbaugh's past, doing illegal

drugs?

They just ignore all of this.

[LittleApple81]

25. Could somebody tell me where to find the info that it will stay on the DOD

network? I want to read it.
Thanks.