Congratulations Mark!!!!
Posted on 01/05/2009 12:58:08 PM PST by wcdukenfield
Heck, Hannity is halfway between Levin and Rush, and I can handle him better, but only if nothing else is on.
Rush defines a great listening experience. He has a pleasant voice, is truly funny, and doesn't shout/whine your ear off, all while espousing conservative points quite well. He has a good eye for stand-ins on his show, too.
As for his animal rights position, I can only imagine he takes anything personally in regards to pets after his experience with “Sprite.” It's happened to others who would otherwise be called “conservative.” I can handle that, although it is a dangerous position for people who pride themselves on being intellectually consistent.
Congratulations Mark!!!!
We have a responsibility to be good stewards, and that includes not abusing animals. However, they certainly don’t have rights. I am sure Levin doesn’t think so either.
Apparently you haven't noticed the pattern?
Congrats to TGO! :) =^..^=
I don’t know much of anything about Levin and have never listened to his show — but I would just point out that there is a big difference between saying animals have basic rights not to be abused and maltreated, and putting them “above humans” etc.
I don’t know where Levin comes down on it, but just b/c he thinks dogs may have a “right” not to be horribly mistreated (and certain forms of animal abuse are criminal acts in many locales around the country) is not the same as saying dogs have rights “above humans”......
I know he wrote a touching book about a dog he had for a time, befriending him, then having passed on.
Hi TOL! Happy 2009! Time to renovate the Lounge and make it BIGGER!
And, no, he is NOT an animal rights activist, lol.
Good grief, obviously some just do not listen.
On my weekly drives from the Cleveland area back home to Michigan, I get to catch an hour or so of the show on Sirius.
Mark...Levin...is...ON!
I going to have to! LOL!
If the Ford family moved the team out of Detroit tomorrow, do you think for 1 second the fans would come crawling back on their hands and knees, like they did here, for an expansion team or another team?? PROBABLY NOT.
But for me it comes down to this. Because of that covering over Detroit’s stadium, no matter how bad the sports teams are, they get to host Super Bowls and Final Fours and major golf tournmanents. Meanwhile, Cleveland and their open air stadium gets to have the women’s Final Four, the US Skating Championships, and something called the AST Dew Tour.
But the way the fans, after having no football here for 3 years to be told to buy PSL’s or not get a team back, then go ahead and do it is utterly astonishing.
I don’t think it’s any contest. I’ll take my old Browns back in a heartbeat.....
Smart move by ABC. Levin is gonna be an interesting observer of the Obama regime.
He is a talented and insightful commentator. And nobody...but nobody...gives legal analyses as clearly, succinctly, and persuasively as he does.
The only beef I still have with him was when he had Schmuckie Schumer on during the Dubai Ports deal. The friendliness was nauseating.
That’s great news. I’m usually busy when his show airs, but I enjoy listening to him at work on my iPod. If any of you are unable to get the 3rd hour of the show, go to http://www.marklevinshow.com/ to download the show.
Levin is a constitutional lawyer and author. Unfortunately, he saw no reason to spend even one segment on the BC issue, a potential constitutional crisis.
I said goodbye to the whole lot of them because of the failure to give this issue even an ounce of discussion. I believe many people have turned them off over the past few years as you see a completely rudderless republican party.
I believe we are stewards of animals, but if someone wants to raise dogs for their own food, they should be able to do so.
Animal protection laws are only a bit over 100 years old anywhere in this country. I have no problems with shaming someone who doesn’t do what people might want, but I have a great problem with laws saying someone can’t do something to an animal they own.
If rats, mice, squirrels, crows, etc. are considered animals and are legal to kill, then other animals one may have dominion over can be killed, too. If we can slaughter chickens and cattle for food, we should be able to do the same to other animals, too. There is no “polite” way to kill an animal - death is death - so the method should not be of legal consequence.
Too many “conservatives” do not come from a farming background and don’t have to deal with issues of animal care or protection as I did. As a result, liberal thinking has pervaded many Republicans’ minds on these issues, without people understanding what happens once one animal has protection while selectively not protecting another—it leads to a discrepancy that only liberals will fight for that will ultimately outlaw having pets (it is “wrong” to unnaturally restrict an animal) or eating meat (it is “wrong” to kill an animals for the greedy purpose of having food) as we don’t do these things to ourselves or other special animals.
Animal protection is a noble endeavor, but it should not be done via government.
We codify punishment where once we shamed behavior. This has allowed liberalism to make laws to embody what they believe to be “moral” behaviors. Once “morals” become relative, only those who control the laws will be our moral enforcers.
‘Liberals crying’ cue.
CONGRATULATIONS, MARK! You are THE GREAT ONE, for sure. Capitalism and the Constitution all the way.
I have to agree, his voice is terrible. I've listened to his show a number of times, and he argues far too emotionally for my taste.
OTOH, he's quite popular so it obviously works...
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