Is America Coming Apart?

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

Unless it's the misinformation that his listeners want to hear.

Hmmmmm....this never happens on say oh CNN

[August]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

Unless it's the misinformation that his listeners want to hear.

Or there is more truth in what he's saying than his political opponents will admit...

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by August

Or there is more truth in what he's saying than his political opponents will admit...

Good point

[Fr8monkey]

MAKING ENDS MEET


Limbaugh: On the official poverty line: "$14,400 for a family of four. That's not so bad" (radio, Nov. 9, 1993).
A few months earlier, Limbaugh was talking about how tough it was to live on more than 10 times that: "I know families that make $180,000 a year and they don't consider themselves rich. Why, it costs them $20,000 a year to send their kids to school" (radio, Aug. 3, 1993).


One is a lie... Guess which one?

A POOR EXCUSE


Limbaugh: "All of these rich guys--like the Kennedy family and Perot--pretending to live just like we do and pretending to understand our trials and tribulations and pretending to represent us, and they get away with this" (TV, Nov. 18, 1993). Versus Limbaugh: Limbaugh's income was an estimated $25 million over the last two years (Forbes, Sept. 26, 1994).


Pandering???


Other quotes:
"I don't give a hoot that [Columbus] gave some Indians a disease that they didn't have immunity against" (Ought to Be, p. 45). [racist]

"The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies" (radio; reported in the Flush Rush Quarterly, January 1993). [racist and inflamitory]

[AVGWarhawk]

And this means what to me? I do not listen to Rush. Last time I listen to Rush was well over 13 years ago. Last I heard he was getting over a drug addiction or some crap. At any rate, again, if all these are lies then these that say them will face charges and or lose there job eventually.

[Onkel Neal]

Everything Seemingly Is Spinning Out of Control

• "Vick Signing Means No Eagles Picks From New Jersey Camel"--headline, Associated Press, Sept. 10
• "Isabella Rossellini Emulates Fish Fornication at the ROM"--headline, Toronto Life, Sept. 10
• "Hollywood Undead Very Much Alive"--headline, Indianapolis Star, Sept. 11
• "Outbreak at Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck Caused by Sewage in Oysters"--headline, Times (London), Sept. 11
• "Phil Collins May Never Play Drums Again"--headline, Daily Telegraph (London), Sept. 10

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by Fr8monkey

A POOR EXCUSE


Limbaugh: "All of these rich guys--like the Kennedy family and Perot--pretending to live just like we do and pretending to understand our trials and tribulations and pretending to represent us, and they get away with this" (TV, Nov. 18, 1993). Versus Limbaugh: Limbaugh's income was an estimated $25 million over the last two years (Forbes, Sept. 26, 1994).

Cmon bring up the drug thing too you know you want to.

The difference is that Mr. Limbaugh does not 'pretend to live like us' nor does he even attempt to promote that pretense. Quite the opposite.

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Everything Seemingly Is Spinning Out of Control

• "Vick Signing Means No Eagles Picks From New Jersey Camel"--headline, Associated Press, Sept. 10
• "Isabella Rossellini Emulates Fish Fornication at the ROM"--headline, Toronto Life, Sept. 10
• "Hollywood Undead Very Much Alive"--headline, Indianapolis Star, Sept. 11
• "Outbreak at Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck Caused by Sewage in Oysters"--headline, Times (London), Sept. 11
• "Phil Collins May Never Play Drums Again"--headline, Daily Telegraph (London), Sept. 10

LOL

Leave it to Neal to bring reason to a debate !

[MothBalls]

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

all one must do is look at virtually every poll out there

you see polling figures like...

49% YES
51% NO

50% FOR IT
50% AGAINST IT

48% ORANGES
52% APPLES

55% HALF FULL
45% HALF EMPTY

I can solve this.

Starting next month I want all democrats to start relocating to the west coast. I want all republicans to start moving to the east coast. Exception being southerners, you just stand fast because we're going to sell you to Mexico and pay off all our debts.

[August]

Originally Posted by MothBalls

Exception being southerners, you just stand fast because we're going to sell you to Mexico and pay off all our debts.

Won't work. The check would bounce so high it would go into high earth orbit. A better plan would be to invade Mexico and sell it to the Chinese.

[magic452]

The Chinese won't buy Mexico because they already own a good part of the US.

Magic

[JU_88]

Meh,
Its healthy that people have opposing views be them politlal religious or what ever, thats what 'freedom' is all about and it stops some people from going over board.

Me thinks its the extremists that always wreck everything because they they REFUSE to listen to what they dont want to hear.
You gotta have balance and people have to keep abit of an open mind.

Two opposing camps of extremists can produce civil war (look at 1930s Spain or present day Israel)
One nation of united extremist also yeild VERY bad results (nazi germany anyone?)

War only unites people in the worst way possible.... though hatred.
When people gather in angry mobs, personal moralilty and reasoning just flies out the window.
Nobody wants that s**t.

I say sure; be Liberal/Conservative, capitalist/communist, be christian/muslim, or whatever floats yout boat.....just dont become a sheep
But Saldly, sheepism seems to be a part of human mentailty.

Hey if im anti-extremist does that me an extremist??
Anyways...

[magic452]

An anti-extremist extremist. Sounds like you will just self destruct.

You are right thou, we are getting to the point that there is no middle ground and 24 hour news just seems to add to the problem.

Magic

In a word ............NO. America is comming together. We came apart upto and including Nov. 4, 2008. Now we come together! To fight for, and save our country.


Anyone who follows the news knows it.

'Magnitude of rally took authorities by surprise'...
Largest protest against President Obama since he took office...

[CaptainHaplo]

What you are seeing is not a split in america. Instead your seeing those independant minded people standing and watching, seeing the extremism on BOTH sides, and shaking their head. Independants are by far the largest "block" - and as their name suggests, they have varying views. But overall, they represent the center when taken as a whole - and the media is not interested in centrists. They want and need extremism as it "sells" better.