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April 18, 2009
Rush Is Wrong - 28
Why is Rush Limbaugh against hunting? I can accept that Rush Limbaugh isn't a hunter, but his apparent alliance with the most insidious of anti-hunting groups makes me wonder if he needs to check his prescription medicine. So why is this golden-voiced partisan climbing- no, leaping- in bed with arguably the most dangerous anti-hunting group in the country, the Humane Society of the United States? Maybe Rush had a particularly good experience with pet adoption and (wrongly) wants to credit the Humane Society for operating a local animal shelter. Or maybe he bought their malarkey about being the voice for helpless animals, including his beloved cat Punkin'. One radio spot that's getting plenty of airtime is his fawning description of the Humane Society's somewhat marginal role in clamping down on dog fighting. (For the record, the Humane Society doesn't have a monopoly on wanting to rid the nation of dog fighting.) Whatever his motivation, Rush's embrace of the Humane Society of the United States is shortsighted and dangerous to those of us who love to hunt and fish. Apparently no one told Rush that the HSUS wants to end hunting in America, aims to give animals the same legal protections afforded to humans and lobbies to end traditional agricultural methods that could ruin rural communities across the world. The Humane Society has bankrolled every major piece of legislation, lawsuit or ballot issue that would restrict the rights of Americans to hunt. They have tried to ban the hunting of America's number one game bird, the mourning dove. The Humane Society successfully lobbied for cancellation of New Jersey's black bear hunt. The group continues its fight against the Families Afield initiative to get more youth involved in hunting and outdoor activities. The group is suing the federal government to reinstate Endangered Species protection to western gray wolves. Maybe Rush sees something in the Humane Society that the rest of us have missed. Let's give him the chance to explain himself. I encourage all hunters, fisherman and trappers around the nation to call Rush's radio show and get his perspective. Call his toll-free line at 1-800-282-2882 from noon to 3 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on weekdays or email Rush at elrushbo@eibnet.com. Or you can mail a letter to: The Rush Limbaugh Show 1270 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 Rush is too smart, too experienced and too clued in to the issues of America outside the Big Apple or the Beltway to be duped by the Humane Society. Call him up and see what he has to say for himself, and more importantly, why America's hunters and outdoorsmen should still listen to his show. |
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Comments (28)
HAHA. He can try all he wants it will never happen. At least in canada where i live. And if it does happen big deal its not gonna stop me. All the power to you, ya fat cigar sucking maniac. I hope he reads that haha. What a guy
Rush is leader of the fanatical conservative wing...not progressive conservatives. His self-serving views and political grandstanding may sit well with those enamored by his radio antics....but he means nothing to me. As a matter of fact his "I hope he fails" views are close to treason.
Don't give him any more space in your great magazine.
Lordoflys,
What part of I hope Obama's socialism fails is treason. Obama disregards the Constitution he has sworn to protect, preserve and defend. He doesn't believe the Second Amendment means what it says. That is treason. Saying that you hope those who would "fundamentally change" this country succeed is treason. That is what Obama intends to do and we are in a downward spiral into a world you won't like unless you thought the USSR was a nice place to live between 1930-1991. His idea of the Constitution is not what most Americans believe it to be. I hope Obama's policies fail if it means we lose more freedom, if it means we get taxed more to support illegal aliens and single mothers to have more babies and to fund abortions. If you bothered to look at the societal decay that has increased since LBJ's "Great Society" you might have a clue what dire straits this country has ended.
I am a patriot, sir, and I have seen what other countries have had to endure under tyrannical dictatorships. I see that we are as close as we have ever been to giving up all that our founding fathers bled and died to give their descendants. And this generation,like Esau, has sold their birthright for a mess of pottage. Rush is not perfect, but he is no traitor. The traitors are those who support the principle Obama stands for that are antithetical to all of our American principles.
If you look at the platform of the modern day democratic party from an historical perspective you would see that they are completely in sync with the German Nazi party of the 1930' as far as their social programs, straight down the line.
Now who's the traitor?
Another comment, Why was it not treason when people were running around saying bush must be stopped at all costs? That was pretty much ALL of the democratic leadership. And there were people stating they wished someone would take Bush out, was that not treason? If stating one's hopes for the country isn't covered under the first amendment, then you progressive conservatism is no different than the liberal fascism we have seen so much of over the last 8 years. Your statement about Rush's statement being treason are right out of Saul Alinsky's book for "Community Organizers" to isolate and demonize one's opponents. We still have free speech in this country at least until the democrats figure out it's slowing down their totalitarian statism.
This is a late April Fools joke right? Rush in bed with the Humane Society? Wow...this country really is going to
$&@#!
I'm afraid I don't listen to Mr. Limbaugh very much, but I agree it's foolish to credit HSUS as the sole champion of ending dogfighting. Most people in the United States find it a cruel sport and on the subject I tend to agree. I disagree with boosting the HSUS, I'd sooner boost the local humane society.
RUSH LIMBAUGH is entitled to his own opinions as I am my own.YES his rantings can grate aganist us over the radio,but what RUSH does do is give us facts and truths,THE key to listening to RUSH is not listening to how he says someting but what it is he's saying,sometimes the truth is more than what we read or hear through the media.SO listen carefully ,were all entitled to our own opinion, but not our own facts. wtg BO at least we agree on somethings.
you people who don't agree with Rush who say they love to hunt and fish better get a clue, RUSH IS RIGHT!!! with out your guns you will not be able to hunt, Rush is one of the BIGGEST pro 2nd amendment supporters on the rightwing conservative side of talk radio, he stands up for the second amendment all the time as i would know being a 24/7 member, i think i may just quit buying the outdoor life magazines for posting this crazy Rush is wrong article... being a Class III weapons dealer i find Rush very TRUTHFUL in his info, and the garbage on him and the humane society??? WTF, obviously who ever posted doesn't listen to his take on the peta and the animal rights kook fringe. he completely disagree's with them!!! hey cananda you with the first post we will all be very glad to see you stay in canada with your opinion and your SOCIALIZED HEALTH CARE, something RUSH opposes!!!
This point has been made in several other posts concerning different topics, but to paraphrase Benjamin Franklin "Gentleman, we must all hang together or we will all hang separately." Saul Alinsky would be very happy to see us arguing and fighting over any topic. Anyone who values the First Amendment or the Second, the Third, etc must be aware that they are ALL under attack. The First and Second are the Keystones to our Constitution. If they are altered or removed, then the rest of the document is just window dressing to a doll house.
I don’t give a hoot in Hades if you don’t like Rush, but the MSM fears and loathes him. The democrats who want your guns are very afraid of him because he has a voice. Rather than attacking him try to call him and discuss it civilly, you know unlike anything the democrats do, no name calling just talking civilly.
If you disagree with Rush, okay, that is your right. To castigate someone who has done gun owners more service than anyone else in the 20th century is short sighted and gives the other side more ammo. More ammo to separate you from what you think is important.
So many people say the “I’ll give up my guns, when they pry them from my cold, dead fingers.” because it sounds good. Truth is most of the people in the US will turn belly up when the laws are changed. Many people say “Even if all others forsake you, I will never leave nor forsake you.” Oh sorry, that was Peter, talking to Christ on the night he betrayed Him.
History shows that when the government comes to get what they want, be it guns or your taxes, there is some resistance, but after one or two well publicized “examples” the rest of the populace decides it is not worth the risk and turn belly up because unless a man really has the stomach for true conflict, he will not want to see his wife and kids lose everything he has worked gone while he may be either dead or rotting in a Federal Prison. Look at All of the Eastern Bloc nations under Soviet domination. Germany is another nation that comes to mind.
We cannot afford to bicker among ourselves by attacking someone who is not against us. Remember the enemy of my enemy is not my enemy, but the friend of my enemy IS my enemy. Disregarding these precepts will speed us on our way to lose what freedom we still have and be just like Canada, an emasculated eunuch who follows the rest of the European Eunuchs who are pretending to lead the world. France is a very good example. They stand up and say a lot but do not have the balls (course not, no eunuch has ANY balls) to actually do anything. Hence the pirate problem around the Horn of Africa.
We cannot afford to get caught up in Political Correctness, looking for any individual in our midst, who may have caused us discomfort, and then imitate a school of sharks in a feeding frenzy and devour our own, particularly a conservative which divides us, making us an easier target.
Remember Martin Niemoller’s quote “…they came first for the Communists, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist; And then they came for the trade unionists, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist;
And then they came for the Jews, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew; And then . . . they came for me . . . And by that time there was no one left to speak up."
well said Bo, i couldn't of said it any better, but let me sum it up for those who don't understand what you said... RUSH IS RIGHT.
He must have a new lady friend.
Ladies can really scramble up the male brain.
The price of freedom from any govt, is never free,nor will the belief that our fore fathers were correct when our constitution was ratified. NOW in todays modern times when that spirit has been watered down, the liberals and those that attempt to erode those beliefs have vastly underestimated the will of that spirit.Gun control debates have and will burn and smoulder but this truth is self explaining.THE right of the private citizen to bear arms shall not be infringed, WHERE there is a lot of smoke, there's always a fire. One day perhaps sooner than u think those smoking embers may blaze, and then we'll see if that spirit is still strong and alive . I know this, it won't be MY government or protector of my rights my forefathers fought for that want my arms. TEST this one and you'll find no ENUCH.
He's a "entertainer", nothing more/less. If you don't like what he's saying, CHANGE THE DAMN CHANNEL ON YOUR RADIO !
It's as easy as that.
The freedom to hunt and own firearms..also mens a fredom to choose not to do either of these wonderfull pastimes and God given rights...being a steward of wildlife..leads us to impose bag limits seasons and maybe in Rush's case he just chooses to excercise his rights in support of a agencey that dogood along with its subtle evil.
The freedom to hunt and own firearms..also mens a fredom to choose not to do either of these wonderfull pastimes and God given rights...being a steward of wildlife..leads us to impose bag limits seasons and maybe in Rush's case he just chooses to excercise his rights in support of a agencey that dogood along with its subtle evil.
Whateve happend to a voice of reason in this country? People get so worked up on these blogs and one point turns into another, then another, and then we have someone wanting to re-start the Spanish Inquisition. I give Rush credit for voicing his opinion and supporting an organization that may have opposing interests to that of many of his listeners.(Conservative gun owners/Sportsmen)That, perhaps is his only redeeming quality IMO. Other than that, the man is a consummate blow hard just like the most other way right or way left of center commentators. He is to credibility what Dick Cheney is to gun safety.
COhunter, a better analogy might have been Teddy Kennedy to traffic safety. I believe you are wrong on you analysis of Rush's credibility, but that's okay. As far as the Ted Kennedy analogy, Mary Jo Kopechne has been unavailable for comment , ever since she drowned in the back of the senator's car. At least Cheney didn't kill anybody with his accident. Nor has Rush. Can the MSM claim the same, many people have suffered the death of their rights as a reSult of the MSM.
BO- touché. Very nice touch with the Ted Kennedy analogy. We could continue this with comparisons of Nixon/Clinton/Bush Jr.and integrity, Barbara Walters with perfect diction and John Edwards with spousal devotion.....BUT, isn't this an outdoor forum? Part of the problem is that we as hunters or sporstmen and women need to find common ground here. I don't know where you hunt, but for me public lands are a major concern. Availability of ammo and guns rights are another. We can bicker about abortion and every other divisive issue as we deviate from this course, but why not relate to our common interests. Okay, maybe writing about Oxycotin Limbaugh was the wrong way to go (as well as the oxycotin reference)in order to try a decent dialogue. What do you shoot..? For me it's a 7mm-08.
Bo again- By the way, what the hell is MSM?
I shoot a .270 Remington 721 for deer, I also carry a Smith & Wesson 629 Classic Hunter .44 Mag.
MSM= Main Stream Media, like CBS, NBC, CNN, the people who are liberals but deny it, and find anything wrong about anyone who ever thought about being conservative and shout it from the rooftops even if they know it is not true, but will neglect to tell you that the guy running for president went to a church that preached racism and was good friend with Bill Ayers who tried to blow up the Pentagon35 plus years ago.
Just to be fair, let's add Fox and MSNBC to the list.The only really objective news to be found is the News Hour with Jim Lehrer (sp). I think your assertion about rancor from Liberals towards Conservatives is just a little bit one-sided. The rabid Conservatives I know are just as critical about the rabid Lefties I know. Both sides are pretty adept at slinging mud, no matter how inaccurate their aim may be.
.270 for whitetails, mulies, or both?
Only have Whitetails close to me.
I'll meet you halfway and agree with you on the MSNBC which is just a twin to NBC.
I have been on the receiving end of the rancor of liberals many times and was never the one to start it. I will say that in my return presentation there have been some regretful liberals who, when realizing they couldn't win on logic, resorted to name calling and outright personal attacks on my stands. That's when I know that I have won.
They cannot stand to lose emotional arguments that do not stand up to rational discussion. Their only resort is to engage in personal attacks. I can't say I have never labeled people, it's just I try to be truthful when I do.
I could sing the praises of The Great Maha Rushbo, but Bo has already done a great job. That being said why don't COhunter and Bo exchange states (sorry Bo he probably lives in Denver.)
CO2000, Give me a break. I've already had one stroke, if I had to live there, I would really stroke out.;-) No, I am about as content as I can be where I am right now. Making that kind of move would be way to much effort for me and too much stress on these rather tired bones. That's not to say I wouldn't love to go chasing some elk or deer, whitetail or mulies, in CO sometime. I am almost never too tired or too achey for that.
CO2000,I'm not from Denver, but even if I were, what of it? How does this relate to PETA and anti hunting? If Rush is so right...what about his support of such a fanatical anti hunting organization?
COhunter, there are all things that none of us will agree on every time. The best example that I can give you is a man's wife. We love them treasure them and fight with them. I would not trade mine for a newer model (the break-in period is a killer, on me not her) But We never agree all the time. Do I dump her for that, no, we just agree to disagree. Maybe that's what we'll have to do here.
You and I are a good example, we agree on hunting and the outdoors, but probably not much else. That's cool, we'll focus on what we can get along on, OK?
BO,
agree with your views except for this one... You and I are a good example, we agree on hunting and the outdoors, but probably not much else. That's cool,
No thats not cool, COhunter claims to be a so called hunter but yet his rants sound like a left wing loon, its like this... if you are a member of a religion that opposes abortion, but yet you support killing an innocent life is that cool or WRONG??? now if you are a so called hunter who votes for liberal dems who want to ban guns, tax ammo, add additional rules and regulations to gun owners rights (H.R.45)that is also WRONG!!! i said it befor, and i'll say it again, the dipstick who wrote this article on RUSH must not ever hear him supporting the rights of AMERICANS TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS, we hunters should all be in the same damn boat, and that is PRO GUN, PRO HUNTING, PRO LIFE... YEAH WHAT RUSH AGREES WITH!!!
skinney_7,
I think it was Voltaire who said "I disagree strongly with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." I am not a screaming, pedantic, narrow-minded liberal, who when confronted with a disagreeing viewpoint start screaming, "treason!", "Racist!" or "hate speech!" .
I am cool with diversity of opinion even when I think the person is profoundly in error, and have been known to be very vocal about my opposition to the premise offered.
Even when I think that the words being spoken by my opposition are treasonous, racist, or hate speech, my view of the first amendment is they have the right to make a fool of themselves and they are just showing their true colors.
I think that COhunter has a lot of issues that I cannot understand no matter how much I ponder his points. There are some arguments that when made from a emotional point of view that defy explanation from a rational perspective.
Liberals, for all of their intellectually elite egotism, cannot present a rational explanation for their views. All of their arguments are emotional, heart wrenching, tear jerking, but intellectually empty. I take it at that. I can't change that, I can only try to pose a reasonable, rational argument for what I believe, not what I feel. Emotions should not play any part in these discussions, but they always do when talking with liberals.
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Lordoflys,
What part of I hope Obama's socialism fails is treason. Obama disregards the Constitution he has sworn to protect, preserve and defend. He doesn't believe the Second Amendment means what it says. That is treason. Saying that you hope those who would "fundamentally change" this country succeed is treason. That is what Obama intends to do and we are in a downward spiral into a world you won't like unless you thought the USSR was a nice place to live between 1930-1991. His idea of the Constitution is not what most Americans believe it to be. I hope Obama's policies fail if it means we lose more freedom, if it means we get taxed more to support illegal aliens and single mothers to have more babies and to fund abortions. If you bothered to look at the societal decay that has increased since LBJ's "Great Society" you might have a clue what dire straits this country has ended.
I am a patriot, sir, and I have seen what other countries have had to endure under tyrannical dictatorships. I see that we are as close as we have ever been to giving up all that our founding fathers bled and died to give their descendants. And this generation,like Esau, has sold their birthright for a mess of pottage. Rush is not perfect, but he is no traitor. The traitors are those who support the principle Obama stands for that are antithetical to all of our American principles.
If you look at the platform of the modern day democratic party from an historical perspective you would see that they are completely in sync with the German Nazi party of the 1930' as far as their social programs, straight down the line.
Now who's the traitor?
Another comment, Why was it not treason when people were running around saying bush must be stopped at all costs? That was pretty much ALL of the democratic leadership. And there were people stating they wished someone would take Bush out, was that not treason? If stating one's hopes for the country isn't covered under the first amendment, then you progressive conservatism is no different than the liberal fascism we have seen so much of over the last 8 years. Your statement about Rush's statement being treason are right out of Saul Alinsky's book for "Community Organizers" to isolate and demonize one's opponents. We still have free speech in this country at least until the democrats figure out it's slowing down their totalitarian statism.
This point has been made in several other posts concerning different topics, but to paraphrase Benjamin Franklin "Gentleman, we must all hang together or we will all hang separately." Saul Alinsky would be very happy to see us arguing and fighting over any topic. Anyone who values the First Amendment or the Second, the Third, etc must be aware that they are ALL under attack. The First and Second are the Keystones to our Constitution. If they are altered or removed, then the rest of the document is just window dressing to a doll house.
I don’t give a hoot in Hades if you don’t like Rush, but the MSM fears and loathes him. The democrats who want your guns are very afraid of him because he has a voice. Rather than attacking him try to call him and discuss it civilly, you know unlike anything the democrats do, no name calling just talking civilly.
If you disagree with Rush, okay, that is your right. To castigate someone who has done gun owners more service than anyone else in the 20th century is short sighted and gives the other side more ammo. More ammo to separate you from what you think is important.
So many people say the “I’ll give up my guns, when they pry them from my cold, dead fingers.” because it sounds good. Truth is most of the people in the US will turn belly up when the laws are changed. Many people say “Even if all others forsake you, I will never leave nor forsake you.” Oh sorry, that was Peter, talking to Christ on the night he betrayed Him.
History shows that when the government comes to get what they want, be it guns or your taxes, there is some resistance, but after one or two well publicized “examples” the rest of the populace decides it is not worth the risk and turn belly up because unless a man really has the stomach for true conflict, he will not want to see his wife and kids lose everything he has worked gone while he may be either dead or rotting in a Federal Prison. Look at All of the Eastern Bloc nations under Soviet domination. Germany is another nation that comes to mind.
We cannot afford to bicker among ourselves by attacking someone who is not against us. Remember the enemy of my enemy is not my enemy, but the friend of my enemy IS my enemy. Disregarding these precepts will speed us on our way to lose what freedom we still have and be just like Canada, an emasculated eunuch who follows the rest of the European Eunuchs who are pretending to lead the world. France is a very good example. They stand up and say a lot but do not have the balls (course not, no eunuch has ANY balls) to actually do anything. Hence the pirate problem around the Horn of Africa.
We cannot afford to get caught up in Political Correctness, looking for any individual in our midst, who may have caused us discomfort, and then imitate a school of sharks in a feeding frenzy and devour our own, particularly a conservative which divides us, making us an easier target.
Remember Martin Niemoller’s quote “…they came first for the Communists, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist; And then they came for the trade unionists, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist;
And then they came for the Jews, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew; And then . . . they came for me . . . And by that time there was no one left to speak up."
This is a late April Fools joke right? Rush in bed with the Humane Society? Wow...this country really is going to
$&@#!
COhunter, a better analogy might have been Teddy Kennedy to traffic safety. I believe you are wrong on you analysis of Rush's credibility, but that's okay. As far as the Ted Kennedy analogy, Mary Jo Kopechne has been unavailable for comment , ever since she drowned in the back of the senator's car. At least Cheney didn't kill anybody with his accident. Nor has Rush. Can the MSM claim the same, many people have suffered the death of their rights as a reSult of the MSM.
RUSH LIMBAUGH is entitled to his own opinions as I am my own.YES his rantings can grate aganist us over the radio,but what RUSH does do is give us facts and truths,THE key to listening to RUSH is not listening to how he says someting but what it is he's saying,sometimes the truth is more than what we read or hear through the media.SO listen carefully ,were all entitled to our own opinion, but not our own facts. wtg BO at least we agree on somethings.
well said Bo, i couldn't of said it any better, but let me sum it up for those who don't understand what you said... RUSH IS RIGHT.
The freedom to hunt and own firearms..also mens a fredom to choose not to do either of these wonderfull pastimes and God given rights...being a steward of wildlife..leads us to impose bag limits seasons and maybe in Rush's case he just chooses to excercise his rights in support of a agencey that dogood along with its subtle evil.
I shoot a .270 Remington 721 for deer, I also carry a Smith & Wesson 629 Classic Hunter .44 Mag.
MSM= Main Stream Media, like CBS, NBC, CNN, the people who are liberals but deny it, and find anything wrong about anyone who ever thought about being conservative and shout it from the rooftops even if they know it is not true, but will neglect to tell you that the guy running for president went to a church that preached racism and was good friend with Bill Ayers who tried to blow up the Pentagon35 plus years ago.
you people who don't agree with Rush who say they love to hunt and fish better get a clue, RUSH IS RIGHT!!! with out your guns you will not be able to hunt, Rush is one of the BIGGEST pro 2nd amendment supporters on the rightwing conservative side of talk radio, he stands up for the second amendment all the time as i would know being a 24/7 member, i think i may just quit buying the outdoor life magazines for posting this crazy Rush is wrong article... being a Class III weapons dealer i find Rush very TRUTHFUL in his info, and the garbage on him and the humane society??? WTF, obviously who ever posted doesn't listen to his take on the peta and the animal rights kook fringe. he completely disagree's with them!!! hey cananda you with the first post we will all be very glad to see you stay in canada with your opinion and your SOCIALIZED HEALTH CARE, something RUSH opposes!!!
The price of freedom from any govt, is never free,nor will the belief that our fore fathers were correct when our constitution was ratified. NOW in todays modern times when that spirit has been watered down, the liberals and those that attempt to erode those beliefs have vastly underestimated the will of that spirit.Gun control debates have and will burn and smoulder but this truth is self explaining.THE right of the private citizen to bear arms shall not be infringed, WHERE there is a lot of smoke, there's always a fire. One day perhaps sooner than u think those smoking embers may blaze, and then we'll see if that spirit is still strong and alive . I know this, it won't be MY government or protector of my rights my forefathers fought for that want my arms. TEST this one and you'll find no ENUCH.
Only have Whitetails close to me.
I'll meet you halfway and agree with you on the MSNBC which is just a twin to NBC.
I have been on the receiving end of the rancor of liberals many times and was never the one to start it. I will say that in my return presentation there have been some regretful liberals who, when realizing they couldn't win on logic, resorted to name calling and outright personal attacks on my stands. That's when I know that I have won.
They cannot stand to lose emotional arguments that do not stand up to rational discussion. Their only resort is to engage in personal attacks. I can't say I have never labeled people, it's just I try to be truthful when I do.
I could sing the praises of The Great Maha Rushbo, but Bo has already done a great job. That being said why don't COhunter and Bo exchange states (sorry Bo he probably lives in Denver.)
CO2000, Give me a break. I've already had one stroke, if I had to live there, I would really stroke out.;-) No, I am about as content as I can be where I am right now. Making that kind of move would be way to much effort for me and too much stress on these rather tired bones. That's not to say I wouldn't love to go chasing some elk or deer, whitetail or mulies, in CO sometime. I am almost never too tired or too achey for that.
COhunter, there are all things that none of us will agree on every time. The best example that I can give you is a man's wife. We love them treasure them and fight with them. I would not trade mine for a newer model (the break-in period is a killer, on me not her) But We never agree all the time. Do I dump her for that, no, we just agree to disagree. Maybe that's what we'll have to do here.
You and I are a good example, we agree on hunting and the outdoors, but probably not much else. That's cool, we'll focus on what we can get along on, OK?
skinney_7,
I think it was Voltaire who said "I disagree strongly with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." I am not a screaming, pedantic, narrow-minded liberal, who when confronted with a disagreeing viewpoint start screaming, "treason!", "Racist!" or "hate speech!" .
I am cool with diversity of opinion even when I think the person is profoundly in error, and have been known to be very vocal about my opposition to the premise offered.
Even when I think that the words being spoken by my opposition are treasonous, racist, or hate speech, my view of the first amendment is they have the right to make a fool of themselves and they are just showing their true colors.
I think that COhunter has a lot of issues that I cannot understand no matter how much I ponder his points. There are some arguments that when made from a emotional point of view that defy explanation from a rational perspective.
Liberals, for all of their intellectually elite egotism, cannot present a rational explanation for their views. All of their arguments are emotional, heart wrenching, tear jerking, but intellectually empty. I take it at that. I can't change that, I can only try to pose a reasonable, rational argument for what I believe, not what I feel. Emotions should not play any part in these discussions, but they always do when talking with liberals.
I'm afraid I don't listen to Mr. Limbaugh very much, but I agree it's foolish to credit HSUS as the sole champion of ending dogfighting. Most people in the United States find it a cruel sport and on the subject I tend to agree. I disagree with boosting the HSUS, I'd sooner boost the local humane society.
The freedom to hunt and own firearms..also mens a fredom to choose not to do either of these wonderfull pastimes and God given rights...being a steward of wildlife..leads us to impose bag limits seasons and maybe in Rush's case he just chooses to excercise his rights in support of a agencey that dogood along with its subtle evil.
He's a "entertainer", nothing more/less. If you don't like what he's saying, CHANGE THE DAMN CHANNEL ON YOUR RADIO !
It's as easy as that.
BO- touché. Very nice touch with the Ted Kennedy analogy. We could continue this with comparisons of Nixon/Clinton/Bush Jr.and integrity, Barbara Walters with perfect diction and John Edwards with spousal devotion.....BUT, isn't this an outdoor forum? Part of the problem is that we as hunters or sporstmen and women need to find common ground here. I don't know where you hunt, but for me public lands are a major concern. Availability of ammo and guns rights are another. We can bicker about abortion and every other divisive issue as we deviate from this course, but why not relate to our common interests. Okay, maybe writing about Oxycotin Limbaugh was the wrong way to go (as well as the oxycotin reference)in order to try a decent dialogue. What do you shoot..? For me it's a 7mm-08.
Bo again- By the way, what the hell is MSM?
CO2000,I'm not from Denver, but even if I were, what of it? How does this relate to PETA and anti hunting? If Rush is so right...what about his support of such a fanatical anti hunting organization?
BO,
agree with your views except for this one... You and I are a good example, we agree on hunting and the outdoors, but probably not much else. That's cool,
No thats not cool, COhunter claims to be a so called hunter but yet his rants sound like a left wing loon, its like this... if you are a member of a religion that opposes abortion, but yet you support killing an innocent life is that cool or WRONG??? now if you are a so called hunter who votes for liberal dems who want to ban guns, tax ammo, add additional rules and regulations to gun owners rights (H.R.45)that is also WRONG!!! i said it befor, and i'll say it again, the dipstick who wrote this article on RUSH must not ever hear him supporting the rights of AMERICANS TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS, we hunters should all be in the same damn boat, and that is PRO GUN, PRO HUNTING, PRO LIFE... YEAH WHAT RUSH AGREES WITH!!!
He must have a new lady friend.
Ladies can really scramble up the male brain.
Just to be fair, let's add Fox and MSNBC to the list.The only really objective news to be found is the News Hour with Jim Lehrer (sp). I think your assertion about rancor from Liberals towards Conservatives is just a little bit one-sided. The rabid Conservatives I know are just as critical about the rabid Lefties I know. Both sides are pretty adept at slinging mud, no matter how inaccurate their aim may be.
.270 for whitetails, mulies, or both?
Whateve happend to a voice of reason in this country? People get so worked up on these blogs and one point turns into another, then another, and then we have someone wanting to re-start the Spanish Inquisition. I give Rush credit for voicing his opinion and supporting an organization that may have opposing interests to that of many of his listeners.(Conservative gun owners/Sportsmen)That, perhaps is his only redeeming quality IMO. Other than that, the man is a consummate blow hard just like the most other way right or way left of center commentators. He is to credibility what Dick Cheney is to gun safety.
HAHA. He can try all he wants it will never happen. At least in canada where i live. And if it does happen big deal its not gonna stop me. All the power to you, ya fat cigar sucking maniac. I hope he reads that haha. What a guy
Rush is leader of the fanatical conservative wing...not progressive conservatives. His self-serving views and political grandstanding may sit well with those enamored by his radio antics....but he means nothing to me. As a matter of fact his "I hope he fails" views are close to treason.
Don't give him any more space in your great magazine.
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