MountainMornings

Talk show shock-jocks have a problem. Though I never, ever listen to Rush Limbaugh, word on the net is that he feels invincible. After the embarrassing photo op of an all male congressional hearing about birth control (yes ladies and gentlemen, this IS the 21st Century and we have not stepped into a time machine, or have we?),
Limbaugh decides to call a female Georgetown law student, a “slut” and a “prostitute” for sitting alone and testifying on the Hill about her friend, who could not afford to pay for the birth control pill. This friend has polycystic-ovarian-syndrome, and she’s gay, so she’s not using it for contraception. She’s already had one ovary removed. And after 3 days of ranting on about this young law student who had the unmitigated gall to stand up for women everywhere, Limbaugh suggested she send him her sex tapes!? Now after losing countless advertisers, and two squeamish half-hearted apologies, this good ole boy is still talking at Clear Channel.

Is it fair to start the comparisons?
http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/05/opinion/frum-rush-limbaugh-fairness/index.html?hpt=hp_bn9

Yes, I think it’s fair. Don Imus got the boot for calling a woman’s basketball team at Rutgers “nappy-headed hoes.” It’s not a right/left issue to me. It’s common decency, it’s civility….but some things are still protected in this country and speech is one you won’t hear me complaining about. I understand Bill Maher used the “C” word about Palin, and I think that language is indefensible. However, he is on a cable channel, you can unsubscribe from HBO….radio waves are everywhere, and everyone ostensibly can listen. The Rocker would wake up to Howard Stern in the morning, and if that’s what it took to get him to school, so be it.

Here is your reality check for today:
http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/video/2012/03/06/jon-stewart-on-rush-limbaugh-hes-extremely-loud-incredibly-gross

I heard a woman say, “I tried to be a toe up kinda girl.” She was talking about knitting socks; she starts at the top and works her way down, which is the opposite way of most knitters. Most of us like people who start at the bottom and work their way up the ladder of success. We Americans will always root for the underdog, at least that’s what my Dad taught me. And this is where Limbaugh was like Imus in the Morning, they used words to bully from the top down on their radio pulpit. Shame on you. It’s time you guys got out from under our skirts!

http://teamuterati.com/from-the-front-lines