Rush Limbaugh : Reports say Chest Pains/Heart Attack; Press is Inexplicibly Silent

This came before the strange news blackout on what should be a big story even if this is a mild case of anxiety. Something is up when all of the major news outlets relegate the news of the possible heart attack of a major force on the dark side to the bottom of the pile. This is being mentioned as an afterthought, and I have been in a fugue state with this story all day, wondering if I made it up. But here it is, still fresh 24 hours later...




Rush Limbaugh has reportedly been rushed to a hospital in Honolulu Hawaii with chest pains. His site reports that he is resting comfortably, but various news outlet reports differ (and its been really hard to find anything that isn't a copy of the local paper with no real information,) with early reports being that he is in critical condition with a heart attack. There will supposedly be official news tomorrow morning so stay tuned.

I don't know what to say, folks...It seems that the liberal, politically correct way is to try not to sink to the level of the likes of a cretin like Limbaugh, but apparently that's not me. I have to wonder if there is a moment for a sociopath in this advanced stage of narcissistic self involvement, where he realizes that this may be the big "it," and start to bargain with his God. I wonder about the real fear beneath the "heaven" bravado, and if he felt much pain before they started pumping him with medicines.

Tomorrow he may walk waving from the hospital with a cigar clenched in his teeth, tanned and ready for another round of golf...but right now, maybe there is a modicum of payback going on for the hate and violence that he incites; a seed of insight in that view of an end of the construct that is Rush, which touches even a tiny amount on the pain and turmoil that he as caused for countless innocent victims in the name of freedom of speech and capitalism. Maybe there will be some moment where the bluster breaks and he sees that the end is lonely, the riches fall away, and there is nothing but truth, whether you are to be a recycled part of the circle of nature, or judged in heaven, there cannot be an easy and good ending for this man.
I just hope that at some point the realization comes upon him...and that his legacy will be solely that he made money on the destruction of the struggling American society and spirit.

I don't like to be this hateful, but I, like so much of American society, have become a little hardened by what has gone on.. and Ive lost my patience for anyone who continues to deride those who are trying to chip away at the rubble pile left by the Bush-Cheney regime.

So, say a prayer to whatever god you've got; a prayer that people who go through these things are at the very least, faced with the truth of who they are and what they've done; then hes on his own and his record speaks for itself.

c/p Brilliant at Breakfast

Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Liar!

The "water carrier" Limbaugh is weakly protesting the exact syntax of his disgusting comments, meant to shut down discourse by our soldiers, and what is he doing on Armed Forces radio anyway?
As much as I don't like the tit for tat senate time waste of debating this crap, I think that we should all speak out against the brand of hate speech that Rush Limbaugh is the daddy of.
Like Dave Johnson, I too am shocked and awed at how deftly the neocon talking heads have managed to twist this thing into a Rush-as-victim scenario, all the fuckin' way up to and including the NY Times!
As Brad says this morning, the NY Times Petraeus ad wouldn't have even be seen by many people outside of NYC if not for the Right's screaming protest at the entity that put the ad up. Of course, in a fight that is really about MoveOn having balls enough to raise some money and run and ad, and Rush having the constant platform of a national radio show that spews venom at everyone who doesn't agree with him, AND which is broadcast on Armed Forces Radio, when we know that they are not exactly getting fair and balanced, much less equal coverage of both sides of the debate in America, there is no comparison.
This is not tit for tat, its about 2 groups using their free speech on their own audience, but one is much more far reaching and reaches, in fact, to the captive audience of the people that he is telling to shut up.
And what can we say about a guy like Rush who use their own free speech to try to shut others down? I don't know. Its an insidious problem that he can even get the ratings to stay on the air when he wont honestly talk to opposing side or do anything that is not carefully controlled from his cocoon.
This is something that I like about the Sam Seders and Marc Marons of the world; they welcome conservative voices because they want to try to understand them and argue with them too. Its such better radio when you have an honest debate as opposed to a producer screening your calls to make sure that only certain types of callers get through.
The thing is that when the conservative callers call in to Sam's show, (Marc is currently on the air in a new video-cast with Sam that is live on Tuesdays at 11AM EST here,)their knowledge seems to consist of the very line of crap spewed by the likes of Rush and O'Reilly, and their brethren....and the logic, information, lies, and pressure points are often what we see in the White House daily briefing room and via the "talking points" that we know are sent out to certain conservative operatives to make sure that they are all on the same message. My question has always been, what are they so freakin' afraid of? If they are right about all of this, then what is the problem with some upstarts who have different ideas? isn't that what this country was founded on anyway? If Rush and his ilk were actually as patriotic as they claim to be, they would welcome dissent and other voices.
How did the media world get to be so one sided?...Oh yeah...the fairness doctrine used to make it sort of lawful to present both sides...and not so much in separate shows and on other networks either...
I'm tired of Rush Limbaugh in his locked world telling everyone to do as he says and not as he does. I think that from what is going on in the republican party, its clear that the underbelly of that line is usually pretty sordid. And, when in doubt, its safe to say, that the gentleman doth protesteth too much.
So who is the victim here? The soldiers who have to rely on limited news sources and who might feel cowed into not speaking their minds...and us...the American public should not have to spend a minute on this crap. But apparently we do in order to remind everyone that there are two sides out there, and that THEY are not controlling the information anymore.