Rush Limbaugh, the NFL, and the death of the left wing

[lyonspotter]

Run time: 03:50 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ1qODBW3bU   Posted on YouTube: October 20, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: October 31, 2009 By DU Member: lyonspotter Views on DU: 757

 
Hmmm.

[MrModerate]

1. I think he captured the really meaningful nugget of his rant at 3:09: "Who cares?"

Precisely, who cares about (yet another) unfunny ranter who pretends to be a progressive and is really just some low-talent schmoe desperate for material.

[lyonspotter]

2. Oh, so he didn't have any legitimate points or criticisms?... NT

[MrModerate]

4. Sure he did. But the whole thing was rendered piffle by . . .

his trying to hang it off the Limbaugh thing. Limbaugh's partners dumped him as soon as they figured out that he was totally unsuitable as an owner precisely because of his day job as vicious smear artist. It took them quite awhile to shake the glittery images of his gold out of their eyes, but eventually the obvious slapped them in the face and they couldn't ignore it any longer. The NFL has plenty of controversy to contend with without actually going out and recruiting for it.

While "liberals" certainly hope for all the world's bad things to happen to Limbaugh (Go shingles! Go anal fistulas!), and "civilized" people consider him a pile of vomit, there was no great upsurge in the liberal community to deny him an NFL role. And no significant victory dances. Blogosphere palpitations don't count.

So, if your rant/humor is 1) off the mark, 2) badly produced, and 3) thunderingly unfunny, perhaps it's time to consider a new career in textile management or the hospitality industry.

[lyonspotter]

6. I'd suggest watching a few more of his videos before...

...asserting your final claim. He's got about 500.

The video is astute in pointing out that a victory against limpbah when the troops are still in Iraq/Afghanistan, the economy is in the tank, health care is in disarray, etc., is like cheering loudly that the Phillies retired the side in today's 9th inning! Small beans.

[MrModerate]

7. Life is too short to wallow in mediocrity on purpose. I'll pass, thank you.

I did look at a few more. Some were less clubfooted than others, but that's the best I can give this guy. There's nine trillion videos on YouTube. Just being angry is a waste of server space.

[lyonspotter]

8. I'm not the man's agent or anything...

...but his 'challenge to college students' video has 5 million views. That isn't mediocrity.

Like you said, there is an ocean of content on youtube, and for anyone to get 5 million views for a single politically-minded vid means something piercing is being communicated. I think you have misinterpreted his form as "anger", instead of seeing the conceptual challenge imbued in most of his videos.

Besides, given the condition of our country, to my view it is justified to be a little off put...

[pretzel4gore]

3. the guy isn't liberal

limbah-humbug has done so much damage to planet earth that, well, anything that stymies the greasy whore is ok by me. The critic here notices Sharpton and Greenwall, w/out noticing limbah humbug was on tv etc. Anyway, all anyone needs to hear from reactionary rightwing punks like limbah-humbug is the kkrak of baseball bats across their heads. 'KKKRRAAKK! Imagine how nice that would sound!

[motorcityliberal]

5. Dennis Miller jr

Holy hippo spit is that guy tried to be informative or funny with that video? I didn't know the left have such a grip on who NFL owners allow or didn't allow in their ownership ranks. The reason Rush is not a owner in the NFL isn't because Al Sharpton protested or Robert Greenwall making videos highlighting the many racist comments Rush made over the years it's the fact Rush is racist dickhead who's trying to be a owner in a league where 80% of its players happen to black and believe it or not half the population knows he's a hateful,old,drug addicted worthless piece of right wing shit and that would be bad for business.

And this freedom of speech thing I would ask the guy who's calling for Rush to be silence? As for I'm concerned the only people who take Rush at face value also believe WMD were found in Iraq, Saddam and Osama worked together, Fox News is fair and balance and Ann Coulter is a actual woman.. I also believe Rush and his numerous clones are the root cause for the GOP political ID being at 20% so if anything I want more air time for them so by the end of the year you can say there's more people in America willingly to admit they like the movie "Corky Romerano" then they would admit being a Republican.

Another point that flew over Dennis Miller jr head was the Rush and McNabb situation from a few years back if Rush thought McNabb is overrated why didn't Rush just say McNabb is overrated and list his reasons why? Rush brought in race when he said the media wants McNabb to succeeded because he's a black quarterback so Rush on ESPN is doing what he does on his show, he claim the elite(white liberals)in the media wants another unqualified person of color get ahead in life.


Lastly Dennis Miller jr isn't a liberal, one he would know no one is calling for Rush to lose his show, and two he wouldn't repeat something Michelle Malkin would squawk i.e. "selective freedom of speech" I'm suspecting when he was about to put a rap on his vid he realized he was sounding way too much like your average right wing tool so he toss in that nasty comment about Rush in..