Posted on 04/16/2014 8:38:21 AM PDT by Biggirl
Why do you figure he is ignoring it?
Why do you figure he is ignoring it?
I agree with the FReepers who’ve indicated their concern about Rush completely ignoring the BLM event, while droning on and on about silly topics. This story is huge; the implications of this are huge, yet Rush won’t discuss it.
The fact that some FReepers are chastising those of us who’ve taken notice of Rush’s lack of show prep, and lack of desire to take on several important issues as of late, is as troubling as Rush avoiding serious topics. Rush helps bring light to important topics like the BLM fiasco. If he doesn’t engage this topic, the media can quietly let it rest. Yet some here are irritated that we are expressing legitimate concerns about what’s happening to rush’s show.
I’ve been so disappointed with Rush’s shows, I haven’t even renewed my 24/7 subscription that ran out last month.
This being said, I hope Rush is okay. Something just isn’t right...I have a bad feeling.
The bottom line here is that we have allowed the fed to rule the land for so long it is difficult to fight them
http://www.newsweek.com/us-officials-end-stand-nevada-rancher-cliven-bundy-246038
Jerks like the sierra club use Gov laws to essentially use huge swaths of lands without paying taxes.
Bundy was playing the same game in my opinion.
While I am against the Gov action here and no one deserves a gun to their head for something so convoluted, Bundy is not innocent, nor is the Gov.
Deal with the Gov at your own risk.
What really pisses me off is people on FR that want to take over private land to make them feel safe ie the Tx border.
How the hell is that right?
Well someone told me that he was supposed to keep us riled up but only so riled up. Maybe the great and powerful Oz muzzled him. Why do you think?
I am fascinated by your comment. It’s obvious for anyone listening to him for over twenty years like I have that something has put the squeeze on him regarding the land/cattle grab. With that being said I have a real problem with listening to him now. He is always saying that his audience brought him to the dance and what I wonder is how long does he think I and others like me will continue to dance with him at the party while he won’t speak about the obvious line being drawn in the sand out in Nevada.
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I honestly don't know, I am surprised though. I had been listening hoping to get his take on it.
From the Telegraph:
The US is an oligarchy, study concludes
Report by researchers from Princeton and Northwestern universities suggests that US political system serves special interest organisations, instead of voters
The US government does not represent the interests of the majority of the country's citizens, but is instead ruled by those of the rich and powerful, a new study from Princeton and Northwestern Universities has concluded.
The report, entitled Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens, used extensive policy data collected from between the years of 1981 and 2002 to empirically determine the state of the US political system.
After sifting through nearly 1,800 US policies enacted in that period and comparing them to the expressed preferences of average Americans (50th percentile of income), affluent Americans (90th percentile) and large special interests groups, researchers concluded that the United States is dominated by its economic elite.
The peer-reviewed study, which will be taught at these universities in September, says: "The central point that emerges from our research is that economic elites and organised groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on US government policy, while mass-based interest groups and average citizens have little or no independent influence."
Researchers concluded that US government policies rarely align with the the preferences of the majority of Americans, but do favour special interests and lobbying oragnisations: "When a majority of citizens disagrees with economic elites and/or with organised interests, they generally lose. Moreover, because of the strong status quo bias built into the US political system, even when fairly large majorities of Americans favour policy change, they generally do not get it."
The positions of powerful interest groups are "not substantially correlated with the preferences of average citizens", but the politics of average Americans and affluent Americans sometimes does overlap. This merely a coincidence, the report says, with the the interests of the average American being served almost exclusively when it also serves those of the richest 10 per cent.
The theory of "biased pluralism" that the Princeton and Northwestern researchers believe the US system fits holds that policy outcomes "tend to tilt towards the wishes of corporations and business and professional associations."
The study comes in the wake of McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, a controversial piece of legislation passed in The Supreme Court that abolished campaign contribution limits, and record low approval ratings for the US congress.
your suspicions are wrong
everyone on the planet disagrees with your bashing - and you can’t even consider the possibility that you might be wrong
and like a liberal, you take it to personal attacks instead of debating the point
Isn't that what YOU called me a few posts back? Where are the personal attacks? Apparently alive and well in your part of the world.
You responded but, again there is no discussion of the guts of my contention. Rush's show content has become weak and it continues to deteriorate. Answer me this, how much time has he spent on the Bundy affair?
Everyone on the planet disagrees with me?
Seems to me that if I read through the daily threads, I am not the only one bringing up Rush's descent. Did you miss those comments? Get back to me when you get a clue.
i make no claim to being above personal attacks
i can, however, argue the topic and whip you on an intellectual level OR in the gutter
no one has control of the content of rush’s show except rush - your whining about it here fixes nothing
i seriously doubt you spend every minute you are awake fighting liberals - neither does rush
didn't i tell you to spend your time making more money like rush so you can donate more? get on that wouldya
Well, when are you going to bring it on? I have yet to encounter a single argument in opposition to my contentions about the evisceration of Rush's show of content. Ever since Rush scurried back to the mike with his tail between his legs to apologize to Sandra Fluke, his show has become less and less incisive. Is there a connection there? I think so.
... your whining about it here fixes nothing
I don't know about that. Didn't he respond to criticism just last week about his pronunciation of "concomitantly?"
i seriously doubt you spend every minute you are awake fighting liberals - neither does rush
I am not asking Rush to fight liberals 24/7 as you so childish put it. All I am asking is that he return to what made him great in the past. He is gifted with three hours per day to attempt to right a floundering ship and what have we gotten: book talk, cat talk, Apple talk and NFL talk for large blocks of time to the exclusion of the important stuff like the Bundy Ranch.
i am not the one bashing rush on a rush fan thread
Sorry, but if someone posts a thread it is open to all to respond in any which way they wish. You, and your Koffee Klatch, recipe trading buddies do not get to control what is posted once the thread is posted - good or bad. Have you forgotten that Free Republic is a discussion forum? You are not into censorship are you?
I have been a Rush fan since his inaugural show in NY on WABC back in the eighties. And because of the nature of my work, I have been able to listen to him on an almost daily basis since that time. So my comments about the deterioration of his show comes as a result of listening to him for in excess of two decades.
Rush , in my estimation, reached his peak during his CPAC speech a few years back. Then came his marriage and a mellowing of show content. The Sandra Fluke affair followed and Rush embarrassed himself by rushing back to the air to apologize for stating the truth. He has been afraid of his shadow ever since.
Why has Rush ignored an issue (Bundy family vs BLM) that has raised the hackles on every conservative person's neck in this country? What is he afraid of? This is certainly not the Rush of old.
Sheesh Republic of Maine that info is impressive. I read that article about the study a couple of times to let it sink in and it makes the most sense. Explains a lot to me. Thanks for passing it along.
(forcefully) compromised? Can you elaborate?
Sorry, but if someone posts a thread it is open to all to respond in any which way they wish.
wrong - fr frequently pulls posts and threads
You are not into censorship are you?
i am not ‘censoring’ you - i am pointing out to the planet that you, at best, show bad judgment
raised the hackles on every conservative person’s neck in this country?
wrong - a few control freaks are whining that rush must discuss what they want
you seem to think i am trying to censor your posts - i am not - i am pointing out rush is very successful at what he does - and has been you years - you are not - rush is not foolish enough to abandon his talent for success and take advice from whiners that have not had his success in talk radio
seems that YOU are the one objecting to me - because i dare refute your inane whining - like a libtard, you want to silence MY dissent - only yours is allowed
listening to a talk radio for 6 trillion years does not make you an authority
‘evisceration’ - hysteria - blah blah blah
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