Rush was honored for making big money. Nothing else he ever did would put him on any pedestal, unless ‘Most Loathed’ is a new category for awards.

?? ‘with bookended’ ??
attaturk, thinking ‘was’ might be the word you’re looking for. Early here, too.

Rush has been a good and faithful servant.

Thanks, you and the coffee are right.

The curse of instant publication, glad to be awake enough to say ‘huh’?

Sun’s always limbered up and ready to pop out of bed somewhere. Best time of day.

Good morning all,

Is that bust in the joe McCarthy wing ?

It’s also always cocktail time. All this time sense is good for is an excuse for any behavior you like.

Got a shock from the endless book tour Caro was doing for his latest on Lyndon, found out RFK worked for McCarthy and believed in his anti-commie stance. Sad.

Good morning, pups. We’ve got Brooks, Nocera and Bruni today. Bobo has a question in “The ESPN Man:” With all the fundamentals gone haywire, why is Obama staying competitive at the polls? Maybe because your entire party belongs in a lunatic asylum, Bobo? Just a thought… Mr. Nocera says we should “Make Banking Boring,” and that JPMorgan’s bad bets show why regulators need to force changes that will curb risky behavior. Mr. Bruni looks at “The Right’s Righteous Frauds” and says many of the country’s self-appointed moralists are hypocrites whose own histories tumble out the window as soon as there is a check to be cashed.

Here they are.

The coffee and tea are ready, and I’ve got a variety of bagels with cream cheese. The first time Mr. Marion in Savannah and I heard El Rushbo was years and years ago when we were driving from NYC down here for a vacation. When we ran out of decent music stations and odd local preacher nuts we heard Rush and were absolutely convinced it was a comedy show. Shows how naive we were… Have a great day.

Good morning all.

Hollande has been inaugurated so he’s taking off for Germany for his pussy whipping.

Thanks, Marion, love that Bobo wonders how his readers can keep hold on reality with all the push to defeat that. Hint: endlessly reading wingnut fantasies only strengthens the ability to see through them for those of us who don’t earn an income from same.

I can’t help but be amused.

I hope the fallout from this results in a massive letter & petition drive that forces them to move Rush’s exhibit to a “members only” section.

Boxturtle (Because you KNOW they don’t have the spine to actually take it down)

In Rush’s defense, I think he’s the most popular talk show host on radio and has been for years. That would qualify him for entrance. He’s just got so many disqualifications.

Boxturtle (I’m thinking Pete Rose should make the baseball hall of fame first)

why is Obama staying competitive at the polls?

He sucks less.

Boxturtle (Weird that both candidates are using the same strategy)

We’ll see. Merkel is dealing from a position of weakness, he’s dealing from a position of strength.

Boxturtle (of course, he may just be traveling to pick up the check)

Except Rush. There’s no excuse for his behavior at any time.

I’ve been known to enjoy a nip of Irish coffee weekend mornings before the sun comes up, when I’ve got several inches of snowfall ready to shovel or a bit of mowing to do. Helps build gumption for me. YMMV.

Most listened to. Viewership does not necessarily indicate following. His clips are constantly used at msnbc to show how completely insane the wingnuts are.

Hmph! All of these “halls of Fame” seem to use the standard of how much money the inductee has made for the fat cats. Yep, Limbaugh is a fat cat himself these days but the money he makes for himself is nothing compared to what he’s made for Clear Channel et al. Hate sells.

Behavior is ‘bad’ only if it hurts some one, I guess. A nip in the morning would not get me up and out, but mellow and inside.

This seems like standard fare for WalMart.

Good morning pups. Some good news for a change. Rebeccah Brooks was just charged (3 counts) for obstruction of justice and other crimes. So was here husband (Cameron’s BFF). Popcorn time.

There is at least one country on the globe that still has a functioning legal system.

And not just at MSNBC. But he is scary popular, you’ll notice that his advertisers are starting to slink back not that his latest footinmouth episode is over. To many listeners that are easy for a marketeer to catagorize and stupid enough to buy almost anything Rush endorses or that supports Rush.

Boxturtle (Marketeers are generally soulless)

Will this lead to featuring rattlesnake in the meat dept? One can hope.

I understand it tastes like chicken. Only gotta wear ear plugs while cooking it.

So let him be the balloon float in the Concealed Carry parade, but Hall of distinguished reps of a state, even MO, doesn’t do it.

Loyality check time! How much do you love Rupert, Rebeccah?

Boxturtle (How many millions is three years?)

And grasshoppers are just snack food. I feel more inclined to vegetarian tastes, thanks.

I hope they caught the right fellow. Iran is not above framing someone to set an example, especially after they’ve been embarassed.

Boxturtle (who says we don’t have a lot in common with Iran *cough* Anthrax *cough*)

At least the guy got a trial, not just long distance joystick murder.

I’ve eaten sweet & sour rattlesnake. It clearly wasn’t sweet & sour chicken, but I’d order it again.

Boxturtle (I don’t think the chicken producers are worried)

Bradley Manning is getting a trial, too.

Boxturtle (For some reason, I feel cynical about EVERYBODIES justice system this morning)

How do you know? Hasn’t happened yet.

I’m all for labeling meat whatever it takes to make it consumer friendly. With so many species available, it’s kinda silly to stick to mostly cow, pig and chicken. Also environmentally unsound.

The first time Mr. Marion in Savannah and I heard El Rushbo was years and years ago when we were driving from NYC down here for a vacation. When we ran out of decent music stations and odd local preacher nuts we heard Rush and were absolutely convinced it was a comedy show.

Two years ago, while on a long road trip, Mrs. Tiger insisted on listening to an hour of Limbaugh. What struck her, aside from Limbaugh’s repetitiveness, was the amount of commercials–almost half the time she listened. Ironically, many of the ads were public service spots placed by the Advertising Council.

Was the rattlesnake farm raised?

Touche’

You could also have said that whatever he’s getting certainly doesn’t resemble any trial anybody has ever seen before.

Boxturtle (Makes me think of pre-civil rights black on white criminal trials)

No. Shot in the head for bothering the horses. Tour guide said they were good eating, and we dared him.

Boxturtle (Didn’t mind eating that dare at all)

Tour guide had makings for sweet & sour? That’s a classy tour.

Naw. Only needed onion, bell pepper, pineapple, sugar and vinegar. There was a cook tent that traveled in front of us.

Come to think of it, we did eat pretty well. off of tin plates washed in the Creek and dried on the fire, but pretty well.

Boxturtle (Thinking I should do that again)

Did a guided “white water” rafting trip on the Salmon River in 1980 that had great food.

I’ve never run the Salmon, but the Gaulley river in W. Va. is driving distance from me and I’ve done that many times. The Overnight Gaulley feeds well.

Boxturtle (Uncompensated plug for The Rivermen)

The State of Misery has once again been shown: it’s a great place to be from.

There is a Big Bend raft trip for epicures. Must try that sometime.

Ruth, I’m surprised that you hadn’t heard about the RFK-Roy Cohn power struggle under mccarthy. Somewhat controversial, but, apparently, mccarthy backed Cohn instead of RFK, even though mccarthy was an RFK (all Kennedys) family friend. RFK was firmly anti-communist and not averse to the way mccarthy did things. I must admit that I was never a Bobby fan.

“it’s not the ‘Hall of Universally Loved Missourians.’”

If Pol Pot had been born in the Show-Me State, Steve Tilley would want a bust of him, too.

When I heard about the ceremony I ran over to the Capitol and took a dump. You could say two turds were inducted that day.

Eh? Another bloated sociopathic lying greedheaded shit-for-brains 1% gets “inducted” into somethingorother? Meh.

Figures. Funny that they had to keep it a big fat old secret, however.

I was on a roadtrip with my parents quite a while ago when El Lushbo was just beginning to get, uh, “big.” I hadn’t heard him on air, so I agreed to listen for a while.

Frankly, like Howard Stern (whom I’ve only listened to for about 3 minutes… 3 looong minutes that I’ll never get back again), I found El Lushbo incredibly boring & yes, endlessly repetitive. IMO, he said not one insightful thing. It was mostly El Lushbo bellowing the same sick schtick at his dittoheads. All racism & sexism & calling people names. Frankly listening to Stern whiiine about testicles (back in the day) was more, uh, interesting, and that’s saying a lot.

Never *got* why so many found Limpdick so “funny.” Boring is more like it.