Rush Limbaugh

2003-10-02 Thread Louis Proyect
Rush Limbaugh, the dean of rightwing talk radio, was forced to resign as football commentator for the ESPN cable sports station (he actually got his start in broadcasting in sports) after stating on a pre-game show last Sunday: I think what we've had here is a little social concern in the NFL

Re: Rush Limbaugh

2003-10-02 Thread Carl Remick
From: Louis Proyect [EMAIL PROTECTED] The other day I was reading an interesting commentary on George W. Bush, where unfortunately I cannot remember. It stated that he has been underestimated by the left and is capable of a wolverine-like intelligence when it comes to the imperial interests of

Re: Rush Limbaugh

2003-10-02 Thread Carrol Cox
Carl Remick wrote: From: Louis Proyect [EMAIL PROTECTED] The other day I was reading an interesting commentary on George W. Bush, where unfortunately I cannot remember. It stated that he has been underestimated by the left and is capable of a wolverine-like intelligence when it comes to

Re: Rush Limbaugh

2003-10-02 Thread Devine, James
Carrol writes: I've several times on different lists raised an eyebrow as it were re the focus on GWB's intelligence. I still remember vividly how fooled everyone was in Eisenhower's administration by his genius at mimicking stupidity. I think leftists should simply stay away from estimating

Rush Limbaugh

2003-10-02 Thread Devine, James
every once and awhile, MS Outlook sends my e-mail before I'm finished (because I hit control-enter by mistake). Here's my finished message. Carrol writes: I've several times on different lists raised an eyebrow as it were re the focus on GWB's intelligence. I still remember vividly how fooled

Re: Rush Limbaugh

2003-10-02 Thread Doug Henwood
Devine, James wrote: Carrol writes: I've several times on different lists raised an eyebrow as it were re the focus on GWB's intelligence. I still remember vividly how fooled everyone was in Eisenhower's administration by his genius at mimicking stupidity. I think leftists should simply stay

Re: Rush Limbaugh

2003-10-02 Thread Bill Lear
On Thursday, October 2, 2003 at 16:13:28 (-0400) Doug Henwood writes: ... Oh come on. What's wrong with a little ad hominem, especially with such a gang of thugs? Here's a guy with every advantage in life handed to him - Andover, Yale, Harvard, inherited money and position - and he's still a

Re: Rush Limbaugh

2003-10-02 Thread Devine, James
PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Rush Limbaugh On Thursday, October 2, 2003 at 16:13:28 (-0400) Doug Henwood writes: ... Oh come on. What's wrong with a little ad hominem, especially with such a gang of thugs? Here's a guy with every advantage in life handed to him - Andover, Yale, Harvard

Re: Rush Limbaugh

2003-10-02 Thread andie nachgeborenen
] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 1:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Rush Limbaugh On Thursday, October 2, 2003 at 16:13:28 (-0400) Doug Henwood writes: ... Oh come on. What's wrong with a little ad hominem, especially with such a gang of thugs? Here's a guy

Re: Rush Limbaugh

2003-10-02 Thread Bill Lear
On Thursday, October 2, 2003 at 13:31:29 (-0700) Devine, James writes: In this case, the _ad hominem_ is quite relevant. If you want to understand the Bush team, the fact that it's centered on someone whose had every advantage in life handed to him - Andover, Yale, Harvard, inherited money and

Re: Rush Limbaugh

2003-10-02 Thread Devine, James
I wrote: In this case, the _ad hominem_ is quite relevant. If you want to understand the Bush team, the fact that it's centered on someone whose had every advantage in life handed to him - Andover, Yale, Harvard, inherited money and position - and he's still a provincial ignoramus says

Re: Rush Limbaugh

2003-10-02 Thread Michael Perelman
Limbaugh's cousin was a deputy sherrif here in Butte County. Here is a clop from Tim's defunct paper: LIMBAUGH, you'll recall, is the cousin of talk radio blowhard Rush Limbaugh, and retired from the Butte County Sheriff's Department last summer amid allegations that he was involved

Re: Rush Limbaugh

2003-10-02 Thread Carrol Cox
Doug Henwood wrote: Oh come on. What's wrong with a little ad hominem, especially with such a gang of thugs? Here's a guy with every advantage in life handed to him - Andover, Yale, Harvard, inherited money and position - and he's still a provincial ignoramus. Marx never had any problem

Re: Rush Limbaugh

2003-10-02 Thread Devine, James
From the perspective of the working class and other dominated groups, it's likely true that The crimes of the Bush administration aren't substantially different than those of the Great Liberal Humanitarian, Jimmy Carter (It's hard to make these kinds of comparisons, though.) But in terms

Re: Rush Limbaugh and Marxist Theory: Corrected

2000-01-25 Thread Paul Kneisel
Dear MP, An excellent observation bringing together two otherwise separate phenomena. Thanks! I left this off my earlier message by accident. I always enjoyed the section of Marx on the working day and where he describes the gathering of small pieces of time in order to get more work out of

Rush Limbaugh and Marxist Theory: Corrected

2000-01-22 Thread Michael Perelman
I left this off my earlier message by accident. I always enjoyed the section of Marx on the working day and where he describes the gathering of small pieces of time in order to get more work out of the employees. This piece in the New York Times describes how radio stations get rid of the