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Wait--you are aware that she isn't fighting religious and republican ignorance and intolerance just so she and only she can get free birth control, right?
Right?
Suuurrrre; she's quite the martyr! What an absurd comment.
If Limbaugh wants to start a war with his advertisers, the advertisers will win. There are always a lot of other radio stations that are mighty happy to give an advertiser all the air time they want.
Picking a fight with a large retail sleep center chain is particularly stupid, because everyone sleeps! We don't need a raspberry tea or Colon Cleanse, but we all like a good night's sleep in a comfortable bed.
Ditto heads can cheer Rush on, but doing so is participating in Limbaugh's death wish. He must have suicidal tendencies to speed up his eventual demise to do such a business disaster.
Rush is probably going to survive this, but come on -- you don't really believe that this is just "a few french fries", do you? His show is running over 50 percent PSAs at the moment. They are losing money everytime it's broadcast. He still has the number one rated show. I'm sure the advertisers will come back to him when the heat dies down -- but for now, the man is hurting. When you can't even run a public service annoucement from the American Heart Association without getting rebuked, you're in trouble.
In the political atmosphere of these times, no advertisers are going to come back.
Advertising on the Rush Limbaugh Show is not like drinking strychnine for a business. Once a show becomes poison, it never gets un-poisoned.
AM radio as a medium is on it's last legs. Satellite and the iPod have wounded it deeply, and conservative talk shows are now all old and stale. As soon as one major market station drops Limbaugh, he'll go down like a line of dominoes.
In the political atmosphere of these times, no advertisers are going to come back.
Advertising on the Rush Limbaugh Show is not like drinking strychnine for a business. Once a show becomes poison, it never gets un-poisoned.
AM radio as a medium is on it's last legs. Satellite and the iPod have wounded it deeply, and conservative talk shows are now all old and stale. As soon as one major market station drops Limbaugh, he'll go down like a line of dominoes.
Most of the articles I read quote radio insiders as saying that Rush will survive this and the advertisers will come back after the controvery dies down. If they were sleazy enough to advertise on Rush before, why not be sleazy enough to advertise there again?
Ok, I didn't read the whole thread. I just can't be bothered.
However - sex is essential for human beings, it is not just "recreational".
And - there are thousands upon thousands of instances where insurance covers "recreation".
Broke your leg skiing? Insurance will pay to have it set.
Crashed your Ferrari? Insurance will pay to have your spleen removed.
Drank too much Single Malt? Insurance will pay for your detox medication.
Broke your neck diving into shallow water? Insurance will pay for your spinal surgery.
Got Herpes? Insurance will pay for your Valtrex.
Tripped on the sidewalk going for a slice of pizza? Insurance will cover your broken wrist.
Unless people live in a bubble and only go about their lives doing absolutely necessary to survival activities, insurance will cover you if you get hurt in the course of a recreational pursuit.
Why sex is singled out - and sex for women only I might add - is totally beyond me.
Arbitron Data puts Rush's best estimate at 15 Million listeners a week, and yes, he is Numbero Uno, just as he himself claims.
Not so. Under Aribtron's new passive ratings system, Rush pulls in only a fraction of what the numbers once claimed.
The old Arbitron system relied on paper diaries, which were sent to those Aribtron polled. Listeners were supposed to fill in each page daily with the time listened and the particular show that was listened to.
For years, Arbitron knew this was unreliable. Respondents filled in the entire booklet in one shot, just before mailing it, and relied on what they thought they listened to, not what, or how much, they actually listened.
Their new system is an electronic device which fits in a pocket or can be placed next to a radio. It automatically detects and records the frequency of a station and how long the radio was on. If the station is changed, it's recorded, as well as how long the radio is powered up. The sensor automatically transmits it's info, just like a cell phone, to Arbitron.
Cashbox, the trade paper that creates the Top 40 lists, once used a similar paper system for establishing record sales. It was up to a store clerk to list the top-selling records during a week's period. When Cashbox came up with an electronic device that was attached to cash registers and was accurate, the same thing occurred.
Poison went from being #1 on the Top 40 to Garth Brooks in 1990, when the new Cashbox system ratings were published. #2 that week was the sound track to the Lion King. Poison went from #1 to #40 in a week.
The new system changed the entire record business in 6 months.
Similar changes in the AM radio ratings will soon happen. The Arbitron passive system is not fully in place yet, but will be by year's end or sooner.
That 15 million listeners claim seems to have come from the Limbaugh organization itself, and is an ancient claim that dates to 20 years ago. It never came from Arbitron, and where it actually originated is unknown.
Just goes to show that if a lie is left uncontested long enough, it takes on the appearance of truth. But it's still a lie.
I doubt he said anything of the sort. No one has provided a link. I'm sure it is sometihng taken completely out of context, because that is what the left always does.
But that isn't the topic of this thread, and neither is birth control.
He says: "I believe and I think that the right approach is to accept this horribly created, in the sense of rape, but nevertheless, in a very broken way, a gift of human life, and accept what God is giving to you."
The recent "controversy" fabricated by the Democrats to deflect attention from Obama and his birth control "mandate" has backfired on them big time. The attempt to turn the issue into a "Republicans War On Women" has failed, largely because women are not as stupid as they perceived them to be.
Sandra Fluke has become a household name, but unlike heroines of the past, who fought for meaningful change and equality for women, Fluke was used as a tool for the radical leftist agenda which is focused on unbridled sexual promiscuity.
Most women have better things to do, and see that there are more important issues, more important battles to be fought.
I started a thread a few days ago which spoke to this issue. Crimes against women often go without justice being served, as the perpetrators are often set free by liberal judges, only to commit more crimes against women.
Not one of the leftist women on C-D cared. So, where are the real advocates for women today? Are they all gone?
This is where the Molly Yard's of the world have brought them.
This thread was hijacked and placed in an unrelated thread. This was not about contraception or birth control. It asks, where are the real heroines of women's rights? There are more important battles to be fought, and birth control is a phony issue.
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What an absurd comment.
