Limbaugh: Hurricane Irma Coverage Is Liberal Media Plot to Advance 'Climate-Change Agenda'

[highplainsdem]

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Source: Daily Beast

Rush Limbaugh on Tuesday lambasted the “drive-by media” for covering Hurricane Irma’s potential devastation as a means to further its climate-change “panic.”

His theory, which he shared at length this afternoon on The Rush Limbaugh Show, is that media and retailers are in cahoots to increase viewership and profits. And to hammer home to people that climate change exists.

“There is a desire to advance this climate-change agenda,” Limbaugh said, “and hurricanes are one of the fastest [ways] to do it.”

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Limbaugh repeatedly clarified that he is not an actual meteorologist, but he does have his own system of analysis. He has been “exactly right since last Friday” in his predictions, he claimed.


Read more: http://www.thedailybeast.com/limbaugh-hurricane-irma-coverage-is-liberal-media-plot-to-advance-climate-change-agenda

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So, Rush, give us live coverage of Irma from Florida -- we'll see who's the bigger blowhard. And we'll see if you think the warnings and media coverage were really just for the reasons you claimed.


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Editing to add Charles Pierce's reaction:

Link to tweet

If Rush wants to sit out on the beach in a Speedo, waiting for Irma to come ashore, he should have at it, as long as I don't have to watch.

[tanyev]

1. Um, doesn't he live in Florida?

[harpsychord]

5. Yuuup, Palm Beach

He should do the world a favor and become a living experiment for "ignoring" Cat 5 hurricanes.

[highplainsdem]

6. Palm Beach estate.

[jmowreader]

2. Isn't Limbaugh's house in the middle of Irma's projected storm track?

This will sound terrible, but I would LOVE for Irma to flatten Mar-a-Lago and Limbaugh's house.

[milestogo]

10. Actually that sounds pretty wonderful.

[mtngirl47]

11. You're not alone--I've been hoping it would hit Mar-a-Lago!

[Gore1FL]

14. if it flattens Mar-a-Lago at least we'd know he'd make good on his $1,000,000 pledge.

He's spend it on himself, but at least it wouldn't be some weird dodge.

[Chellee]

17. That doesn't sound so terrible.

If it is, I am a terrible person, because I thought it too.

I did wish, as I'm sure you did as well, that all the employees got out of harm's way. I don't want innocents to be hurt, but I do want those buildings flat as a pancake, and no insurance payout either.

[jmowreader]

28. You can just imagine what his controller Melania is thinking right now...

She spent hours dressing and grooming for this moment alone with The Most Powerful Man in the World. Tonight, she'll turn the lights down low, give herself a final spritz of that perfume Trump loves so much, and whisper her pet nickname for him in his ear...

"Blyad'ky, did we ever get flood insurance on that alligator farm in Florida?"

[cwydro]

47. You do know they're not the only residents of that area?

Pretty damn cold-hearted.

[George II]

3. Hey bawbag (not you, Limbaugh), fly to Puerto Rico RIGHT NOW and let's see if you...

...survive. Better yet, since it's in the track of Irma, fly back the Dominican Republic along with your hundreds of Viagra pills and see if you survive.

At least you'll perish with a smile on your face.

[jmowreader]

18. Naah...that's okay

Puerto Ricans know who Limbaugh is, they're not impressed, and they have guns.

It might be good for him to learn a few new expressions, like "Chingue su madre, pendejo!"

[DoctorJoJo]

4. Have You Noticed .....

.... that these hurricanes have hit or heading toward states that were big Orange Buffoon supporters. Coincidence or divine retribution? I choose to believe the latter!

JoJo

[cwydro]

48. Plenty of Dems in Florida, dude.

Cannot believe some of the things I read here.

[hadEnuf]

7. The ditto heads can claim it's fake news while they tread water. Blub.

Assholes.

[RKP5637]

8. A flaming asshole!!! n/t

[Honeycombe8]

9. He's hard up for something to talk about, since there's a psycho in the W.H. doing nothing

doing nothing to be proud of.

[Warpy]

12. Does anybody listen to that old blowhard any more?

I'd think most of his audience had died off by now.

[titaniumsalute]

13. He'll be the first to hop on his jet and leave - big wussy

[lunasun]

15. What was Franken's book titled?

[jimlup]

16. Wow! I have to say that I don't normally wish for bad things

but I sincerely hope this idiots home in Miami is leveled. No lose of life or injury of course but the end of his house would say something. But then he wouldn't hear it as I'm sure he's insured to the gills unlike several other hard working Americans in the area so I guess there is no God Damn justice in the world!

[Progressive2020]

19. Everyone Knows

Everyone knows that Hurricane Irma is not real! It is a hoax made up by the Chinese!

[jmowreader]

20. Since we have a Limbaugh thread...well, I gotta...

[Solly Mack]

21. Years of drug use have destroyed his brain. Along with his gluttony for hate and ignorance.

Admittedly, wasn't much to damage to begin with.

[edbermac]

22. Holy shit, Ann Coulter was right!

It's them damn gay/lesbian commie dope-smoking hippie libruls causing all of this!

Link to tweet

[Amaryllis]

25. See the lesbian ex-mayor's response:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029558899

[edbermac]

30. I did and I saw George Takei's response also.

"I don't think Hurricane Harvey is God's punishment for us electing an idiot president. But that is more credible than Ann Coulter."

[Amaryllis]

23. So what did he say about Harvey? All special effects created by Hollywood for the liberal media?

[George II]

24. Yes, and directed by Cecil B. DeObama.

[Amaryllis]

29. Just can't get away from that Cecil B. DeObama. He haunts Rush and Trump both. The guy really

gets around.

[sinkingfeeling]

26. Irma, please head directly to Palm Beach.

[MyOwnPeace]

35. Sorry, but that's not right.....

It's not the fault of thousands of wonderful people there that some flaming douchebag chose to build something there that was probably built by scamming many people so that he could rape the country by charging for events that he had elected to host there so that he could fatten his own fat ass and wallet.
Just sayin'............

[FlaGranny]

38. Yes, in fact, that is me and hubby living about 5 miles away from

Mar A Lago and Rush. I''m sitting here shaking in my boots in an older mobile home wondering where I will live if the hurricane hits this area. My husband and I are too darn old to put up with this crap.

Oh, and P.S. Palm Beach County is a Democratic county, as is West Palm Beach - not so much Palm Beach where all the rich folks live.

[Freethinker65]

27. Damn it. Which one of you leaked this to him?

[Doodley]

31. A dumb ass science-denier who made a fortune by talking to dumb asses.

[highplainsdem]

32. Just edited the OP to add Charles Pierce's reaction:

Link to tweet

[TomCADem]

33. Limbaugh/Jones - The Most Elaborate False Flag Operation in History?

Perhaps their sick listeners will start phoning in death threats to hurricane victims and give them the Sandy Hook hoax treatment.

[onetexan]

34. somebody put him smack in the middle of the storm and see if he still calls it a liberal media plot

what a freaking idiot

[brooklynite]

36. Drudge Report: "Hurricane Irma threatens Eastern Tennessee!!!"

[RandomAccess]

37. Hmmm. That strikes me as the kind of commentary

that could get people killed.

We'll have to wait and see, I suppose.

[mr_lebowski]

40. If you're dumb enough to take advice on hurricanes from Limbaugh over ... scientists?

And it causes you suffering and/or your demise?

What can one say other than ... you know ... Darwin.

One thing I really hope people avoid though is wishing in any way ... for Irma to hit FL ... just to spite this fat fucking idiot.

From a scientific POV, what MATTERS is the phenomenon of the biggest friggin storm we've seen in the Atlantic ... whether or not it hits US land is immaterial, that's basically pure chance, every time there is a hurricane.

[sharedvalues]

39. Limbaugh is a liar who lies to make money by scaring mainly old white people.

[modrepub]

41. Pot calling Kettle Black

Rush's whole existence is been saying things to increase his ratings and peddling his china-made EIB crap to his followers. He's not even that good as an entertainer; a real media master would have his own successful TV show. Show us your college transcripts!

[truthisfreedom]

42. He must be back on oxycontin again. Two massive hurricanes in one week? And a third one

on the way? And he thinks he can make hay out of it to prove climate change denial?

He's right. He's no meteorologist. He's just a wackjob looking for some way to spin something spinning faster than he is.

Someone should take him aside and tell him that this comedy routine is a danger to the public.

[NecklyTyler]

43. Limbaugh claims the left is politicizing Irma - as he politicizes Irma

Limbaugh projects onto people that which he does himself. Hannity uses guilt by association as his standard mode of attack. Levin constantly cherry picks quotes of deceased scholars and presents them out of context to make a point.

Such is the basis of right wing support from the uninformed population.

[underpants]

44. Caught some of this yesterday- "thenye wall is the part with high winds. It's only 20-30 miles wide"

He had a lot of it's no big deal talk. By claiming it's a big conspiracy he unwittingly is giving it credence.

[Vinca]

45. Is there any way to get Irma to target only Rush and Mar-a-Lago?

[BumRushDaShow]

46. The current path

would scrape Limpballs, Howard Stern's & Drumpf's former (now owned by a Russian) Palm Beach homes. I would expect that whole area may soon be in the evacuation zone.

Link to tweet

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Palm Beach County
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@pbcgov

@pbcgov has declared a State of Emergency effective 12:00 a.m. Wed. Sep. 6. http://ow.ly/CSnK30eWnZh #HurricaneIrma #StayAlert #BePrepared
11:00 PM - Sep 5, 2017

[dalton99a]

49. +1

[ProfessorGAC]

50. Limbaugh Is Against Profits?

Since when? It's been pretty clear for decades that profits are all that matters to him.

[shenmue]

51. He can kiss my Irish ass

[muriel_volestrangler]

52. Locking - in general, we don't hold the opinions of talking heads to be news

even if they are ridiculous. Please repost in GD. Thanks.