Flush Rush

Posted on March 4, 2012 by myiq2xu (D)

Sixth Advertiser — Carbonite — Drops Limbaugh Despite His ‘Apology’ Because He’s Beyond The ‘Bounds Of Decency’

Moments ago, Carbonite – a company providing backup software for computers – announced that it will no longer advertise on Rush Limbaugh’s show. CEO David Friend made clear in a Facebook statement that, despite Limbaugh’s “apology” issued tonight, the company was still pulling its ads because it wants to “contribute to a more civilized public discourse”:

No one with daughters the age of Sandra Fluke, and I have two, could possibly abide the insult and abuse heaped upon this courageous and well-intentioned young lady. Mr. Limbaugh, with his highly personal attacks on Miss Fluke, overstepped any reasonable bounds of decency. Even though Mr. Limbaugh has now issued an apology, we have nonetheless decided to withdraw our advertising from his show. We hope that our action, along with the other advertisers who have already withdrawn their ads, will ultimately contribute to a more civilized public discourse.

Indeed, evidencing the point made by Friend, Limbaugh’s “apology” is riddled with offensive statements, comparing contraception to “sneakers” and implying that birth control is only a subsidy for personal sexual activity.

I don’t drink Snapple. I’ve never even tried it. Years ago Rush Limbaugh was selling it on his show and I don’t want anything to do with Disgusting Fatboy. It’s been over twenty years and still whenever I look at a bottle of Snapple I think of Rush and look away.

Rush has a right to express his opinions. I have a right to mine. I will not do business with any company that sponsors Rush Limbaugh. Of course I am kind of vague as to which companies that may be because I never listen to his show.

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55 Responses

  1. 1539days, on March 4, 2012 at 6:01 am said:

    Carbonate will lose a lot of customers.

  2. yttik, on March 4, 2012 at 7:08 am said:

    I want to believe that Rush is getting flack because he made some misogynistic comments about women, but I still have a sneaking suspicion that he’s really only getting flack because he challenged Obama. Maybe I’m a cynic, but I don’t think anybody really gives a crap about the theme of his argument or how he portrayed women.

    After the past few years of horrendous misogyny from numerous pundits that has gone unchallenged, I no longer trust that a woman’s right to basic decency and respect has anything to do with the criticism of Rush. This is like selective indignation because some of Rush’s slop, slopped over onto Obama. Suddenly we care about how women are portrayed? Yeah right.

    • JeanLouise, on March 4, 2012 at 7:55 am said:

      I don’t think it has anything to do with Obama. The other women who’ve been attacked have been public figures or the entire gender as a whole. This vicitim was one young woman who had a name and who had done no more than make a statement defending access to reproductive health care for students. After all that’s gone on recently, I think we hit a tipping point and Rush sat on it when he denigrated her so brutally.

      Most women never envision themselves as having to have an abortion but we all use or have used birth control. Many of us used it when we were single and we certainly don’t view ourselves as sluts. The GOP has jumped the shark. Personally, I don’t see them making any kind of course correction. I think they’re done for as a major party before long.

      • yttik, on March 4, 2012 at 8:13 am said:

        Of course it has everything to do with Obama. He made the call to Fluke thanking her for her work on his behalf and within a few hours dozens of fundraising letters went out.

        “This vicitim was one young woman who had a name and who had done no more than make a statement defending access to reproductive health care for students.”

        Well, she’s actually a 30 year old advocate for women’s rights and an Obama supporter who deliberately joined a Jesuit college with the stated purpose of challenging their insurance policy of not covering contraception. More power to her if this is what she chooses to advocate for, but this idea that she’s just an innocent young girl who can’t afford contraception is bogus.

        • HELENK, on March 4, 2012 at 8:36 am said:

          she will be guaranteed a job with the dems or some think tank

        • JeanLouise, on March 5, 2012 at 6:20 pm said:

          The outrage started on Wednesday as soon as Rush started his diatribe. Obama didn’t make his call to her until Friday afternoon. I received my fundraising e-mail on Thursday.

          Thirty seems young to me and it’s quite possible that she can’t afford birth control although she never referenced her own circumstances. She talked about three other women who, due to circumstances, could not afford the birth control that they needed, two of whom had medical conditions that could have been treated with hormonal birth control.

          I was an advocate for women’srights when I was seven and objected to being given only indoor chores when my brother got to do outside chores. I’m proud to be an advocate for women’s issues. I’m puzzled why you would mention that as though it makes her opinion less valuable.

          There actually are issues that go beyond Obama and this is one of them.

    • votermom, on March 4, 2012 at 8:24 am said:

      Yeah. I agree. Rush is a misogynistic idiot for falling into the trap. I guess he just can’t resist demeaning women in the name of his tribe. Like that BM guy on HBO.

  3. 1539days, on March 4, 2012 at 7:49 am said:

    I think the smart Republicans should turn this train around. The next time one gets asked about any of this, I want to hear the following.

    We pay enough money in interest on the national debt to pay for the health care for every uninsured American. Debt matters.

    • myiq2xu, on March 4, 2012 at 9:06 am said:

      What matters more, debt or health care?

      • yttik, on March 4, 2012 at 9:18 am said:

        Well, gov debt is the reason I can no longer afford health care. Back in the day I could work for minimum wage, buy a loaf of bread for 30 cents, and pay my 28 bucks a month for health insurance and still have money left over for food and shelter. Because of the nat’l debt today, bread now cost 4 bucks and our health insurance hit 2 grand when we canceled it.

        Wages haven’t kept up with the increased cost of goods and services and the devaluation of the dollar that has been caused by the nat’l debt.

        • Three Wickets, on March 4, 2012 at 9:49 am said:

          You’re saying the national debt is the main reason for your higher health insurance premiums. Not sure about that. Higher demand for care, higher cost of care, higher cost of private insurer intermediaries, they are the main reasons for your higher premiums. Outside of speculative oil and commodities, core inflation has not been this low since the early 60s.

      • 1539days, on March 4, 2012 at 10:52 am said:

        Debt matters more. The United States would go into instant default if it decided not to pay interest on the debt.

    • Three Wickets, on March 4, 2012 at 9:36 am said:

      Private debt is much bigger and arguably matters more than public debt, and as you know the private sector continues to deleverage and sit on their savings and cash instead of making commercial investments or spending its wealth which would drive economic growth. They sit on their savings and cash and complain about the public debt becasue they’re mainly concerned about inflation and capital preservation, not about economic recovery or growth.

      The irony is that with treasury yields stuck to the floor, the real value of our public debt and the nominal cost of our public debt service have both declined precipitously. With the Fed easing as much as they have, market treasury yields and government borrowing rates should be doing the reverse and spiking up. And they are not…because even as the financial sector is back at the casinos, there is no real economic recovery. And neither the Obama party nor the Republican party are doing anything about it because they can’t see past November and their special interest groups and their monotonous predictable rhetoric. Kind of a depressing spectacle is you ask me.

      • yttik, on March 4, 2012 at 10:05 am said:

        “They sit on their savings and cash and complain about the public debt becasue they’re mainly concerned about inflation and capital preservation, not about economic recovery or growth.”

        LOL! Okay, but I promise you I’m not one of those people sitting on a pile of cash and savings and refusing to invest.

        The impact of the nat’l debt is hugely related to our increased cost of living. I don’t care about easing, treasury yields, or speculation so much as I care about the price of bread and rent. People can say inflation is at it’s lowest rate since the 60′s but I’m still now paying 5 bucks for a gallon of gas that used to cost 62 cents. Wages have not kept up.

        • Three Wickets, on March 4, 2012 at 11:06 am said:

          Wages have not kept up because corporations have rationalized and outsourced (most people work in large companies). That’s something to take issue with. But again, the core inflation rate today and since the 2008 collapse has been at historical lows…with the exception of oil and commodities where there is too much financial speculation.

  4. dario, on March 4, 2012 at 7:59 am said:

    The GOP insiders (Jeb Bush et al crowd) are out to clean the party of the Palin-TeaParty-Santorum types that were once licensed help the party. Rush is no longer useful. If he were, the GOP would have rallied to support his a$$ness.

  5. myiq2xu, on March 4, 2012 at 9:40 am said:

    Toddler Found Alone In Field 10 Miles From Family’s Home After Tornado

    Her family was killed and she’s in critical condition.

  6. DandyTiger, on March 4, 2012 at 9:48 am said:

    Obama resurrected the GOP single handedly, and the GOP jumped back in the hole and has been pulling the dirt back on top. I think they can’t help it.

  7. myiq2xu, on March 4, 2012 at 11:40 am said:

    State Senator Nina Turner (D-Cleveland) announced legislation today that would protect men in Ohio from the risks of PDE-5 inhibitors, drugs commonly used to treat symptoms of impotence. Turner’s legislation would include provisions to document that the symptoms are not psychological in nature, and would guide men to make the right decision for their bodies. Physicians would be required to obtain a second opinion from a psychological professional to verify that a patient has a true medical malady before the medication could be prescribed.

    “The men in our lives, including members of the General Assembly, generously devote time to fundamental female reproductive issues–the least we can do is return the favor,” Senator Turner said. “It is crucial that we take the appropriate steps to shelter vulnerable men from the potential side effects of these drugs.”

    The legislation follows the FDA’s recommendation that the evaluation of erectile dysfunction should include a determination of potential underlying causes and the identification of appropriate treatment following a complete medical assessment. Similar bills to more closely regulate reproductive health issues have been introduced in the state legislatures of Virginia, Oklahoma, Idaho, and most recently Pennsylvania.

    “When a man makes a crucial decision about his health and his body, he should be fully aware of the alternative options and the lifetime repercussions of that decision,” Senator Turner said today. Men will be more easily guided through the process of obtaining treatment for impotence so they can better understand and more effectively address their condition.

    PDE-5 inhibitors can carry serious side effects such as priapism, hearing loss, and vision loss, and can be detrimental to men with heart problems, including heart pain, abnormal heart rhythms, high or low blood pressure, or a history of stroke.

    “By implementing more intensive screenings before prescribing the medication and requiring outpatient educational services, we can do more to prevent the potential side effects linked to PDE-5 inhibitors,” Senator Turner explained. “We must advocate for the traditional family, protect the sanctity of procreation, and ensure that all men using PDE-5 inhibitors are healthy, stable, and educated about their options–including celibacy as a viable life choice. This legislation will do just that.”

    http://www.progressohio.org/blog/2012/03/senator-turner-introduces-legislation-to-protect-mens-health.html

  9. T, on March 4, 2012 at 12:12 pm said:

    So glad to see this post. From others’ posts (those spouting right wing garbage talking points in comments about sluts and paying for sex, etc.) I was starting to wonder what was going wrong here. I can remain a mostly lurking reader here.

  10. DandyTiger, on March 4, 2012 at 12:18 pm said:

    Nice tie though. :)

    • DandyTiger, on March 4, 2012 at 12:33 pm said:

      Never forget.

      And speaking of that, let’s not forget it was Rush who called Chelsea the “white house dog” during the Clinton years.

    • yttik, on March 4, 2012 at 12:49 pm said:

      I guess I shouldn’t be such a bitter clinger, but Rush doesn’t give a crap about women, he’s only apologized because he’s losing sponsors. But by the same token, Dems don’t care about women either, they only care because it’s Rush.

    • DandyTiger, on March 4, 2012 at 12:58 pm said:

      Funniest part about all this, it’s Obama campaign framing of an issue that could have been kept narrowly as a religious separation issue. Cracks me up.

  13. DandyTiger, on March 4, 2012 at 12:47 pm said:

    Hoisted up by their own petard:

    In 2011, dozens of Anonymous members who participated in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks in support of Anonymous hacktivism causes were arrested. In these DDoS attacks, supporters using the Low Orbit Ion Cannon denial-of-service (DoS) tool would voluntarily include their computer in a botnet for attacks in support of Anonymous. In the wake Anonymous member arrests this week, it is worth highlighting how Anonymous supporters have been deceived into installing Zeus botnet clients purportedly for the purpose of DoS attacks. The Zeus client does perform DoS attacks, but it doesn’t stop there. It also steals the users’ online banking credentials, webmail credentials, and cookies.

    The deception of Anonymous supporters began on January 20, 2012, the day of the FBI Megaupload raid. An attacker took a popular PasteBin guide, used by Anonymous members for downloading and using the DoS tool Slowloris, and modified it. In this modified version, the attacker changed the download link to a Trojanized version of the Slowloris tool…

  14. DandyTiger, on March 4, 2012 at 12:54 pm said:

    Law barring recording of police deemed unconstitutional (though not in general, but because the law went too far):

    A citizen’s right to record police has certainly been a contentious topic of debate recently. The First Circuit US Court of Appeals has considered whether making recordings of police with the recording device in plain sight is considered a secret recording or not, and a Miami photojournalist was arrested and had his videos of police activity deleted while he was detained.

    In this particular case, however, Judge Sacks seemed to declare Illinois’ law unconstitutional not because it’s a citizen’s right to record interactions between the police and the public, but because the law was too far-reaching.

    “The Illinois Eavesdropping Statute potentially punishes as a felony a wide array of wholly innocent conduct,” noted Judge Sacks in his opinion, according to the Sun-Times. “A parent making an audio recording of their child’s soccer game, but in doing so happens to record nearby conversations, would be in violation of the Eavesdropping Statute.”

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