On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Sam<[email protected]> wrote: > > 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
Really. How much of a long list of journal articles do you want that shows a signficant causal relationship between cigarette smoking, lung cancer emphysema and other smoking related diseases. They go back to the early 1960's. some of them were by biologists employed by Reynolds Tobacco and other tobacco firms. > >> 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:303536 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
