On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Larry C. Lyons<[email protected]> wrote: > > Here are a few things he definitely lied about and called it news: > > 1. "It has not been proven that nicotine is addictive, the same with > cigarettes causing emphysema [and other diseases]." (Radio show, > 4/29/94)
That statement was true in 1994 > 2. LIMBAUGH: On the Republicans' "Contract With America": "The New > York Times never ran anything on the contract 'til after the election. > The rest of the news media hardly talked about it at all." (TV, > 4/6/95) > > REALITY: In the 42 days between the announcement of the "Contract with > America" and the Nov. 8, 1994 election, the New York Times published > 45 articles that mentioned the contract--more than one a day. The > Nexis computer database reports that more than 1400 pieces mentioning > the contract were published before the election. WOW that's huge. I'm guessing in was in the living section but how do I check? I can't afford Nexis-Lexus. > 3. LIMBAUGH: "Banks take the risks in issuing student loans and they > are entitled to the profits." (Radio show, quoted in FRQ, Summer/93) > > REALITY: Banks take no risks in issuing student loans, which are > federally insured. Federally insured loans are, but are all student loans federally insured? Look into that and get back to me :) > 4. LIMBAUGH: Comparing the 1950s with the present: "And I might point > out that poverty and economic disparities between the lower and upper > classes were greater during the former period." (Told You So, p. 84) > > REALITY: Income inequality, as measured by the U.S. Census Bureau, > fell from the 1940s to the late 1960s, and then began rising. > Inequality surpassed the 1950 level in 1982 and rose steadily to > all-time highs in 1992. (Census Bureau's "Money Income of Households, > Families and Persons in the United States") Out of context but I'm guessing he saying people aren't starving in the streets now and most have big screens and I think all have at least one TV. > 5. LIMBAUGH: "Oh, how they relished blaming Reagan administration > policies, including the mythical reductions in HUD's budget for public > housing, for creating all of the homeless! Budget cuts? There were no > budget cuts! The budget figures show that actual construction of > public housing increased during the Reagan years." (Ought to Be, p. > 242-243) > > REALITY: In 1980, 20,900 low-income public housing units were under > construction; in 1988, 9,700, a decline of 54 percent ;Statistical > Abstracts of the U.S).In terms of 1993 dollars, the HUD budget for the > construction of new public housing was slashed from $6.3 billion in > 1980 to $683 million in 1988. "We're getting out of the housing > business. Period," a Reagan HUD official declared in 1985. http://www.ronaldreagan.com/nr_13.html Let the record show: The reduction in the HUD budget during fiscal years 1981-83 was from $34.2 billion to $16.6 billion (a little more than 50 per cent). More importantly, it was a cut in authorizations, not outlays. As Annelise Anderson explains (p. 49)(?), and an authorization merely sets a spending limit, much as a Visa or Mastercard account establishes a personal credit line. Money authorized reveals nothing about money spent. A federal agency conceivably can receive a zero-dollar authorization for a given year, and still raise its outlays by drawing upon unspent authorizations from prior years. > 6. LIMBAUGH: "There's no such thing as an implied contract." (Radio > show, quoted in FRQ, Spring/93) Can I see that in context? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:303509 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
