theclemsonkid
Member
Since this board seems to get political every now and then, I thought I would share from my blog a little chat I had with Rush Limbaugh last week...
How people like Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Rielly sleep at night is really beyond me. I typically listen to Rush when I am in the car, just to see how much right wing ******* he can spin on a variety of subjects. Normally he takes calls from his fellow right wingers, who praise his ideas, and more or less give him an over the airwaves *****. I mean I can't blame the guy I suppose... If I was a sad old man, who has a proven track record of supporting things that have more or less destroyed the country... well I guess I would want to have some of my sheep call in to make me feel a little less responsible too.
Anyways, every now and then, his show will take a call from a democrat, who will call out Rush on a number of things, as all the while Rush belittles them and their ideas and does some silly name calling. Mind you, when they actually do let a lefty on, they have pre screened them to make sure they have a third grade education, a thick southern accent, and the capacity to not make any good counter arguments.
Because of this, I decided last week to try and get on the show. Sure enough after about 25 minutes of being on hold, I got through to a screener. The guy asks me where I'm from and what I'd like to talk about. Now mind you I had to pretend to be "uneducated democrat" in order to actually get on the air. So in my best South Carolinian accent, I told him I was "Jonathan from Sumter South Carolina and I was fixin' to talk about how George Bush hadn't done nothin' for the little guy and how even a couple hundred bucks would help me out". Please hold, I'm told.
Obviously, I was hoping that the screener would catch on to the fact that I was oblivious to the economic stimulus package that will be sending every tax paying American $1,200 next month. Sure enough, he comes back and says "Sir, you are number three in line. Please hold and when you come on the air, turn your radio down."
Crap. I can't believe this is actually going to work! I mean how dumb can this screener be anyways? I say I'm from South Carolina, when I clearly am calling from an Ohio area code. Not to mention the fact that my accent was so over the top, that most 7th graders would get the feeling they were being stooped. Nope, not this guy. He was thrilled to death that he found someone that Rush could embarrass on air...
About 35 minutes and two commercial breaks later, I get on the air:
Rush: "You're on the Rush Limbaugh Show on the IEB radio network."
Me (In my normal voice, sans the accent): Hello Rush, it's an honor to talk with you. I'm Jonathan calling from Cleveland Ohio.
Rush: "Good day to you sir, what would you like to talk about this afternoon?"
Me: "Well earlier in the program, you were talking about how even at 5%, the unemployment rate is still well below the high of 11% back in the 1970's."
Rush: "That is correct. So many in the liberal media want us to believe that this is as bad as it's been, when in fact, this is the first quarter with negative job growth in President Bush's entire presidency."
Me: "Right, Right I agree. I just had a question for you Rush."
Rush: "Sure, go ahead."
Me: "You say that unemployment rates at 5% means that the job situation really isn't as bad as the liberal media makes it out to be. But how exactly can you equate the number of people who are working for far less than they are worth?
Rush: "Well what do you mean by that exactly?"
Me: "Well, myself for example. I'm a mid 20's white male from an upper middle class family with two college degrees, and it took me the better part of 10 months to find a job after graduation that pays about half of what I'm worth. Not to mention friends I graduated college from with masters degrees who are waiting tables to make ends meet.
Rush (In a suddenly defensive tone): Well with all due respect sir, I think that's not the best example to use against....
Me (Cutting In): I think it's a great example to use, because the unemployment rate doesn't have a number to tell you who is working in a job they are overqualified for, it just tells you who is working in general. So please tell me how the Bush administrations policies and tax breaks to move jobs out of this country aren't making it tough for the average guy out there like me? (Cont'd next post)
How people like Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Rielly sleep at night is really beyond me. I typically listen to Rush when I am in the car, just to see how much right wing ******* he can spin on a variety of subjects. Normally he takes calls from his fellow right wingers, who praise his ideas, and more or less give him an over the airwaves *****. I mean I can't blame the guy I suppose... If I was a sad old man, who has a proven track record of supporting things that have more or less destroyed the country... well I guess I would want to have some of my sheep call in to make me feel a little less responsible too.
Anyways, every now and then, his show will take a call from a democrat, who will call out Rush on a number of things, as all the while Rush belittles them and their ideas and does some silly name calling. Mind you, when they actually do let a lefty on, they have pre screened them to make sure they have a third grade education, a thick southern accent, and the capacity to not make any good counter arguments.
Because of this, I decided last week to try and get on the show. Sure enough after about 25 minutes of being on hold, I got through to a screener. The guy asks me where I'm from and what I'd like to talk about. Now mind you I had to pretend to be "uneducated democrat" in order to actually get on the air. So in my best South Carolinian accent, I told him I was "Jonathan from Sumter South Carolina and I was fixin' to talk about how George Bush hadn't done nothin' for the little guy and how even a couple hundred bucks would help me out". Please hold, I'm told.
Obviously, I was hoping that the screener would catch on to the fact that I was oblivious to the economic stimulus package that will be sending every tax paying American $1,200 next month. Sure enough, he comes back and says "Sir, you are number three in line. Please hold and when you come on the air, turn your radio down."
Crap. I can't believe this is actually going to work! I mean how dumb can this screener be anyways? I say I'm from South Carolina, when I clearly am calling from an Ohio area code. Not to mention the fact that my accent was so over the top, that most 7th graders would get the feeling they were being stooped. Nope, not this guy. He was thrilled to death that he found someone that Rush could embarrass on air...
About 35 minutes and two commercial breaks later, I get on the air:
Rush: "You're on the Rush Limbaugh Show on the IEB radio network."
Me (In my normal voice, sans the accent): Hello Rush, it's an honor to talk with you. I'm Jonathan calling from Cleveland Ohio.
Rush: "Good day to you sir, what would you like to talk about this afternoon?"
Me: "Well earlier in the program, you were talking about how even at 5%, the unemployment rate is still well below the high of 11% back in the 1970's."
Rush: "That is correct. So many in the liberal media want us to believe that this is as bad as it's been, when in fact, this is the first quarter with negative job growth in President Bush's entire presidency."
Me: "Right, Right I agree. I just had a question for you Rush."
Rush: "Sure, go ahead."
Me: "You say that unemployment rates at 5% means that the job situation really isn't as bad as the liberal media makes it out to be. But how exactly can you equate the number of people who are working for far less than they are worth?
Rush: "Well what do you mean by that exactly?"
Me: "Well, myself for example. I'm a mid 20's white male from an upper middle class family with two college degrees, and it took me the better part of 10 months to find a job after graduation that pays about half of what I'm worth. Not to mention friends I graduated college from with masters degrees who are waiting tables to make ends meet.
Rush (In a suddenly defensive tone): Well with all due respect sir, I think that's not the best example to use against....
Me (Cutting In): I think it's a great example to use, because the unemployment rate doesn't have a number to tell you who is working in a job they are overqualified for, it just tells you who is working in general. So please tell me how the Bush administrations policies and tax breaks to move jobs out of this country aren't making it tough for the average guy out there like me? (Cont'd next post)
