Obamacare
Quote: KeyserSounds like you need to find new friends.
I actually haven't talked to them in years, but not because of any political reasons.
Rush is still off his rocker, though.
Quote: TigerWuI actually haven't talked to them in years, but not because of any political reasons.
Rush is still off his rocker, though.
Rush is The Master of Satire. Twenty plus years and most of his audience still hasn't figured that out.
Quote: SOOPOOIf you believe in individual responsibility, like I do, you PREPARE for a health emergency. You get a job with health insurance (sorry AP's!). You buy disability insurance to have as a safety net for YOURSELF. You buy life insurance to protect your children. You don't count on "The Government" to save you!
Having the quality/existence of your health insurance tied to your employer is a stupid system.
Large companies are able to purchase huge group policies at a steep discount, and then self employed small business owners are forced to pay out the ears for high premium high deductible garbage. "Get a real job" is a great answer if you want to kill small business & innovators.
And so many of those huge companies, the Walmart's and Amazon's, refuse to pay more than minimum wage OR provide Healthcare. The fact that anyone sees helping those people as handouts to poor people and NOT corporate welfare (which it is) blows my mind.
Quote: AZDuffmanGetting GOOD and FAST from where I sit. I rarely have to wait for care and modern medicine is pretty good.
My bro in law lives in Canada. He
waited 3 years for his first hip replacement,
then another 2.5 years for the other one.
But hey, it cost him nothing except hobbling
around on crutches for years waiting for
the surgery.
Quote: TigerWuI can't take more than 2 or 3 minutes of Rush.
I love it when Libs say this. What they
mean is, they're terrified of Rush converting
them, which he has done to untold thousands
in the last 30 years. I know they're terrified
because I've heard them say it over and
over again. And I'm afraid to tell you that,
nobody has the #1 show on radio for decades
by telling continuous lies. They soon lose
all cred (see Alex Jones), and Rush gains new
listeners all the time, not less.
Quote: EvenBobI love it when Libs say this. What they
mean is, they're terrified of Rush converting
them,
Haha! Well, when "libs" say it, maybe they ARE terrified. Fortunately I'm more of a "moderate." I just find him to be a pompous windbag.
Quote: TigerWuHaha! Well, when "libs" say it, maybe they ARE terrified. Fortunately I'm more of a "moderate." I just find him to be a pompous windbag.
That's only because you don't listen to
him. Do you actually think millions a
day would listen to a pompous windbag
for 30 years? 2 years, yeah. 5 years at
the outside. 30 years, not a chance.
Al Franken wrote a book 25 years ago
called 'Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot'.
He admitted in researching the book he
listened to not a single one of Rush's
shows. He got all his info from Libs
who never listened either. People who
listen to Rush keep listening, that's a
fact.
Quote: TigerWuHaha! Well, when "libs" say it, maybe they ARE terrified. Fortunately I'm more of a "moderate." I just find him to be a pompous windbag.
How can you find him to be that if you only listen a few minutes? Rush himself says you need to listen for about 6 weeks to make a real judgment. It took me some time when I first started listening.
Quote: TigerWuHey, wait a minute... so are you telling me that all those conservatives that can't stand watching "The View" are terrified that they'll be converted to whatever those shrill harpies believe? Is that your logic?
Conservatives do not watch "The View" because:
1. It is on at a time of day when most conservatives are at work
2. We do not want to watch those old hags
Quote: TigerWuHey, wait a minute... so are you telling me that all those conservatives that can't stand watching "The View" are terrified that they'll be converted to whatever those shrill harpies believe? Is that your logic?
Comparing the View to Rush Limbaugh
is like comparing a community college
in Omaha to Harvard. You really can't
do it.
Quote: TigerWuHey, wait a minute... so are you telling me that all those conservatives that can't stand watching "The View" are terrified that they'll be converted to whatever those shrill harpies believe? Is that your logic?
Or Ellen with her TERRIFIC slot machine.
Quote: gamerfreakOr Ellen with her TERRIFIC slot machine.
I watch Ellen whenever I can, she's
very funny. I like when she scares
people.
Quote: AZDuffmanHow can you find him to be that if you only listen a few minutes? Rush himself says you need to listen for about 6 weeks to make a real judgment. It took me some time when I first started listening.
Years ago I would listen to him more. Plus I would read his website and transcripts of the shows. I just don't like him. I don't care what he has to say about anything. It's not even really the message that's the problem. It's his delivery. I don't like him as a person or entertainment personality.
Quote:Conservatives do not watch "The View" because:
1. It is on at a time of day when most conservatives are at work
2. We do not want to watch those old hags
Hey! I don't watch it either for those same reasons!
Quote: EvenBobI watch Ellen whenever I can, she's
very funny. I like when she scares
people.
The haunted house ones are pretty funny.
Quote: TigerWuYears ago I would listen to him more. Plus I would read his website and transcripts of the shows. I just don't like him. I don't care what he has to say about anything. It's not even really the message that's the problem. It's his delivery. I don't like him as a person or entertainment personality.
One side note on Rush, KQV, the radio station where he got his real start, goes off the air at the end of the year. So old is has just 3 call letters and a "K" east of the Mississippi.
Quote: AZDuffmanOne side note on Rush, KQV, the radio station where he got his real start, goes off the air at the end of the year. So old is has just 3 call letters and a "K" east of the Mississippi.
Wow:
"The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has traditionally listed KQV's establishment date as January 9, 1922.[4] However, station management has generally traced its history to predecessor activities beginning on November 19, 1919, although documentation for this earlier period is limited."
Quote: TigerWuYears ago I would listen to him more. Plus I would read his website and transcripts of the shows.
No you didn't, or you wouldn't say things
like 'all he does is lie'. Liars on the radio don't
have massive audiences like Rush does, it
just doesn't happen. Nobody with half a
brain listens to liars, and Rush has the biggest
radio audience in the world.
I've been listening to him since 89, and he
never lets me down. He actually thinks
before he opens his mouth, because he wants
to be around next year. His brother once said
that Rush never talks about it, but if you knew
his IQ, you wouldn't believe it, it's that high.
What you have in Rush is rare. A high IQ with
the ability to see a subject from all sides,
and a natural talent at communication. He's been
well rewarded for it.
Quote: EvenBobNo you didn't,
Oh, dang, so YOU'RE the guy that's been following me around my entire life watching my every movement and knowing exactly what I listen to?
Quote:or you wouldn't say things
like 'all he does is lie'.
I didn't say "all he does is lie." I said he lies. Among other things.
Quote:Rush has the biggest
radio audience in the world.
Haha...I don't think so.
Quote:I've been listening to him since 89, and he
never lets me down.
Well, you're quite the fanboy, aren't you?
Quote:He actually thinks
before he opens his mouth, because he wants
to be around next year.
He doesn't give a flying fig if he's around next year. He's already richer than sin.
Quote:His brother once said
that Rush never talks about it, but if you knew
his IQ, you wouldn't believe it, it's that high.
What you have in Rush is rare. A high IQ with
the ability to see a subject from all sides,
and a natural talent at communication. He's been
well rewarded for it.
Well, like I said, he's rich, so you're right, he's been well rewarded for whatever he's got going on in his little corner of the universe. Good for him. $500 million net worth. Holy smokes.
Look, man, I don't care if you like Rush. I'm not trying to change anybody's mind. I'm just telling you I gave him a chance and I don't like him. That's all. Not everybody has to like Rush.
EDIT: If you go back and look at my original comment, I even said he makes some good points and it's not the politics (in general) that I disagree with.
Quote: billryanHow is it that the people who are working so they can't watch The View can listen to Rush? What sort of job allows you to listen to talk radio but prevents you from watching tv?
There's plenty of jobs that have/allow radios but not TV.
My job now. Truck driver would be a big one. Maybe working in an office, if you have your own office. Or anywhere that would let you work with headphones.
Quote: TigerWuThere's plenty of jobs that have/allow radios but not TV.
My job now. Truck driver would be a big one. Maybe working in an office, if you have your own office. Or anywhere that would let you work with headphones.
Not just "truck driver" but most driving jobs. I started listening when my job put me in a car for 4-5 hours a day. That much time in a car and you start listening to talk radio of some sort vs. music.
Quote: EvenBobNo you didn't, or you wouldn't say things
like 'all he does is lie'.
Spinning, selective facts, and playing to the audience. Truth telling is not primary on Rush Limbaugh..
Also Plenty of lying gets audiences. Jerry Springer has been going for years. People love good fiction tellers, that's a fact, National Enquirer been selling for yeas. Trumps favorite news source I think.
It's absolutely not true that people love Rush for truth. Because as I said, spinning, selective facts and playing to his audience is what sells it.
Quote: rxwine
It's absolutely not true that people love Rush for truth. Because as I said, spinning, selective facts and playing to his audience is what sells it.
Rush has his show audited for truth on a regular basis.
Liberals cannot stand how often he is proven right.
Quote: AZDuffmanNot just "truck driver" but most driving jobs. I started listening when my job put me in a car for 4-5 hours a day. That much time in a car and you start listening to talk radio of some sort vs. music.
That's funny, I never listened to Rush in
the car. It was always on my shop radio
in the barn or basement. I remember
not liking him at first, thinking he was
a fat blowhard. But he was so overwhelmingly
right on so many things that I was eventually
hooked. And he's so clever and entertaining.
I love it when he has the 'See, I told you so'
moments. When something he predicted 6
months ago or 2 years ago comes true and
he plays the clip of him saying it. The media
hates it, that's why he does it.
Quote: EvenBobAnd he's so clever and entertaining.
That is his secret, he entertains, not lectures. You learn without even realizing it. Your thinking process expands. I think I learned more how to think from him and STRATFOR than any college class.
His show is regularly audited and fact checked and scores quite high.
The people that dislike him the most are the sound byte types that have never listened to him.
Quote: KeyserThe people that dislike him the most are the sound byte types that have never listened to him.
I had a Leftie cousin years ago who told
me she never listens to Rush because
she's afraid he'll convert her and it will
be a problem for her Leftie husband.
You can't listen to him for 6 weeks, to
his whole show, without being converted.
Not possible. He explains everything far
too well.
Quote: AZDuffmanRush has his show audited for truth on a regular basis.
Liberals cannot stand how often he is proven right.
Source? I already looked and couldn't find anything.
https://www.google.com/search?ei=GxY_WuKLBozujwOY0aC4CQ&q=rush+limabaugh+has+his+show+audited+for+truth&oq=rush+limabaugh+has+his+show+audited+for+truth&gs_l=psy-ab.12...0.0.0.77643.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0....0...1..64.psy-ab..0.0.0....0._7Y58L2BzqI
Quote: EvenBobI had a Leftie cousin years ago who told
me she never listens to Rush because
she's afraid he'll convert her and it will
be a problem for her Leftie husband.
You can't listen to him for 6 weeks, to
his whole show, without being converted.
Not possible. He explains everything far
too well.
I thought you meant the band for a second and got really confused.
Rush is and has been ENORMOUSLY popular for years, and it's because he tells the truth, exposes liberals' lies and spin, and regularly gets on their nerves.
Air America. HELLO Air America!?
Quote: rxwineSource? I already looked and couldn't find anything.
https://www.google.com/search?ei=GxY_WuKLBozujwOY0aC4CQ&q=rush+limabaugh+has+his+show+audited+for+truth&oq=rush+limabaugh+has+his+show+audited+for+truth&gs_l=psy-ab.12...0.0.0.77643.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0....0...1..64.psy-ab..0.0.0....0._7Y58L2BzqI
I found it in about a minute
Do you have the audit for who is currently checking out the competition at Air America?
Quote: ams288Is he back on narcotics?
Lol. 95%+ of the population would be serving a multi year mandatory minimum prison sentence over that one. Not sure how he got completely let off the hook by his worshippers on that one.
Quote: mcallister3200Lol. 95%+ of the population would be serving a multi year mandatory minimum prison sentence over that one. Not sure how he got completely let off the hook by his worshippers on that one.
Quite simple. Because he got hooked due to severe back pain. He was not like Obama who bragged about doing coke for fun. Many of us have been in the same boat on pain and get it. He owned up to it like a man and took care of getting himself fixed up. Oh, and he did not relapse.
That is why he gets a second chance.
Quote: AZDuffmanQuite simple. Because he got hooked due to severe back pain. He was not like Obama who bragged about doing coke for fun. Many of us have been in the same boat on pain and get it. He owned up to it like a man and took care of getting himself fixed up. Oh, and he did not relapse.
That is why he gets a second chance.
Well said. Only as usual, all the truth does is frustrate the libs.
By the way, it looks like Obama is back on cocaine once again now that the drug tests are over. He tried to take all the credit for the booming economy last week, and fell flat on his face in doing so. Lots of belly-laughs have lots of people still on the floor after that whopper by the biggest liar to come down the presidential pike in centuries.
Quote: AZDuffmanI found it in about a minute
Do you have the audit for who is currently checking out the competition at Air America?
You know that whole auditing thing is a joke, right? Rush himself admits it...
"The Sullivan Group monitors the accuracy of Rush Limbaugh’s statements, estimated to be 99% correct. .....Of course, his quoting of percentages is all tongue in cheek. Rush, himself, felt compelled to advise us of this, lest we are all from Rio Linda."
That's from the page you linked to. Furthermore:
The Sullivan Group is an investment brokerage firm started by Limbaugh’s friend Tom Sullivan, who hosted a show at Limbaugh's original station KFBK in Sacramento (and now hosts a show on Fox News Radio and the Fox Business Network). The Sullivan Group, which Sullivan sold to Prudential Securities in 1986, would have no expertise in documenting opinions, and the entire reference is an inside joke by Limbaugh. There is no audit of Limbaugh's accuracy by The Sullivan Group or anyone else, and the whole idea of auditing opinions rather than facts is silly. It's simply a way of mocking his enemies and even his own audience by getting them to think there is some kind of statistical basis to his claim to being right.
"I don’t know that I could describe how this all happens, but they only audit opinions. They don’t audit whether I misspeak on a fact or something like that." -- Rush Limbaugh
And here's Rush explaining why he's not 100% accurate, saying it's because he's only giving opinions and several times he has given opinions on things that turned out to be factually incorrect.
"But they still count if they’re offered as opinions. And they’re just small, insignificant things that happened over the years. I mean my opinions have been audited since 1988....But those two things probably are largely responsible for my opinion audit being only 99%." -- Rush Limbaugh
Quote: horseWell said. Only as usual, all the truth does is frustrate the libs.
By the way, it looks like Obama is back on cocaine once again now that the drug tests are over. He tried to take all the credit for the booming economy last week, and fell flat on his face in doing so. Lots of belly-laughs have lots of people still on the floor after that whopper by the biggest liar to come down the presidential pike in centuries.
He remains the jock driving his Camaro to the high school parking lot the year after he graduated. Telling people about his 4 touchdowns in a single game.
Quote: AZDuffmanHe remains the jock driving his Camaro to the high school parking lot the year after he graduated. Telling people about his 4 touchdowns in a single game.
Only problem is, his old Camaro is now a laughingstock junker, and his 4 TD game came in a season where his team went 0-12.
Quote: horseOnly problem is, his old Camaro is now a laughingstock junker, and his 4 TD game came in a season where his team went 0-12.
https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2017/09/18/most-expensive-camaros
Perhaps it is he who is laughing.
Quote: rainmanhttps://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2017/09/18/most-expensive-camaros
Pierhaps it is he who is laughing.
No doubt there's a few special editions of every muscle car out there. But if you've ever owned a Camaro you'd know that, until last year, they've been pure junk.
Based on historical evidence, anything Obama's ever been into is pure junk.
Quote: SOOPOOSomething like 40% of all Americans have zero savings. If their house burns down and they chose not to have insurance should I build them a new one? I can assure you they chose to have an Iphone. If someone opens a restaurant with their life savings and it fails, should I buy them a new restaurant?
If you believe in individual responsibility, like I do, you PREPARE for a health emergency. You get a job with health insurance (sorry AP's!). You buy disability insurance to have as a safety net for YOURSELF. You buy life insurance to protect your children. You don't count on "The Government" to save you!
Yes we have a different philosophy.
Most low-class people cannot PREPARE for a health emergency because the cost of health care is too expensive. People have zero savings because they don't have money to save. An I-phone does not cost as much as two months of self-funded health insurance. The deductible on one of these policies is usually more expensive then the Iphone. I think you are out of touch with the economics of low earning Americans. Chances are that these people are not carrying tenant insurance or life insurance on their children either.
Healthcare costs are too high. Too many greedy people in the profit pie. It's well known that drug providers are gouging people, which increases cost of insurance. It's well known that insurance in single-provider markets are gouging customers since they're the only game in town. It's well known that providers are breaking rules (see opioid crises). It's well known that hospitals are overpricing their services since they are the only game in town. Government will do nothing to stop them; competition does not make sense in smaller markets; large companies are working together to artificially raise prices; doctors are health care providers are also somewhat overpaid. All of these lead to massive year-over-year increases in insurance well beyond the rate of inflation for no reason that I can detect except to provide value to executives and shareholders.
And of course, employers providing this insurance are getting hit with huge costs to provide these benefits which make them much less competitive.
Obamacare was a band-aid.
Most of these advantage players fall into the same category, unless they also work like I do. It's not a stretch that those of them who claim they're "professionals" or "make a living gambling" play only table games, bet sports and/or play live poker, also ignore tax filings, and take glee in their government supplied food stamps, medicaid, and welfare payments without ever bringing these up.
Machine players can't get away with it, by virtue of the $1200 tax slip guidelines, unless they have no families, no responsibilities, and no shame to go along with their gambling habit.
Quote: EvenBobMy bro in law lives in Canada. He
waited 3 years for his first hip replacement,
then another 2.5 years for the other one.
But hey, it cost him nothing except hobbling
around on crutches for years waiting for
the surgery.
He's still alive though, right. He still owns his home, right? He didn't have to declare bankruptcy, right? My father has had multiple hip and knee replacements as well; waiting lists for him were all under a year, and in a couple of cases, much shorter because of cancellations. I am not saying that it is ideal at all.
You realize that hip replacement is covered for most people under Medicare, a government-funded insurance program paid through employment wages? Let's pretend for a moment that the government decided to end Medicare. Elderly people who needed hip replacement would have to fork over $50k to do it on their own or pay exorbinant self-funded insurance to pay for it. I suspect you would have a huge portion of the population on crutches or better yet dead from falls or living in their children's homes because hospitalizations would bankrupt them.
If it wasn't for a government-funded insurance policy (MediCare in the United States) this procedure would be out of reach for most Americans and they would be suffering for a much longer time or suffer from falls, require hospitalization (they would not be insured for that either), and die.
Government funded health insurance paid by employees already exists for the elderly. If I retired tomorrow I would be paying $547/month in monthly premiums (I don't have 30 quarters of work) for my Part A and B coverage. That's damned cheap considering my risk.
Quote: horsePeople with low incomes have only themselves to blame. Most of them are lazy sob's anyway.
Oh, boy...
Quote: AZDuffmanThat is his secret, he entertains, not lectures. You learn without even realizing it. Your thinking process expands. I think I learned more how to think from him and STRATFOR than any college class.
That explains alot.
Too bad that iHeart (the heartbeat of conservative radio) is going down the tubes. He's been removed from the top stations in major markets. And the company is over 20B in debt and with a major payment due in 2019, has no way to pay it. That's how entertaining he has been.
iHeartMedia Owners Willing to Give Up Vast Majority of the Company
Quote: horsePeople with low incomes have only themselves to blame. Most of them are lazy sob's anyway.
That's a personal insult. How many days?
Quote: horsePeople with low incomes have only themselves to blame. Most of them are lazy sob's anyway.
Most of these advantage players fall into the same category, unless they also work like I do. It's not a stretch that those of them who claim they're "professionals" or "make a living gambling" play only table games, bet sports and/or play live poker, also ignore tax filings, and take glee in their government supplied food stamps, medicaid, and welfare payments without ever bringing these up.
Machine players can't get away with it, by virtue of the $1200 tax slip guidelines, unless they have no families, no responsibilities, and no shame to go along with their gambling habit.
VP and a few other machines make up a decent part of my revenue and I have not gotten a tax slip in years. Slips or not, it doesn't change what I report by much, if anything.
I can't imagine anyone savvy enough to get food stamps, Medicaid, and welfare would be silly enough to proclaim themselves "professional gambler". Then again, people go on tv and admit to tax fraud on a daily basis.
