Limbaugh, cont.: Guess who just said wrong thing again?
Everybody's favorite potential NFL owner just opened his mouth. Again.
The thing about having blogs with open commenting from readers is it allows you to see immediately what touches a nerve. Some subjects are obvious. The three that come to mind: college football, Michael Vick and, well, college football.
Now, I can’t say I was stunned when Rush Limbaugh fans charged up the hill like torch-carrying villagers Tuesday after I outlined the reasons why he would be a nightmare as an NFL owner, amid reports he was in a group bidding to purchase the St. Louis Rams. But the venom spewed by his blind loyalists after I referenced things he had actually said and done was beyond amusing.
So attention Dittoheads: You should love this.
I was pointed to a website called MediaMatters.org, which I had never seen before. It includes an audio clip from just TODAY! In short, Limbaugh rails about the possibility of a one-cent sales tax to fight gang violence, but in the process refers to basketball as “the favorite sport of gangs.”
“My question — OK, a one-cent sales tax to fight gang violence. What do you spend the money on to fight gang violence? After-school program — don’t we already have after-school programs? Don’t we already have — what do you call it, extracurricular events? Midnight basketball — I mean, we’ve done it all. We’ve taken the favorite sport of gangs, and we put it at midnight to get them on the basketball court.”
The website did a little research and also noted this Limbaugh quote on the NBA from 2004:
“Call it the TBA, the Thug Basketball Association. … They’re going in to watch the Crips and the Bloods.”
Remarks like this obviously are going to upset NBA commissioner David Stern more than they will NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.
But I repeat what I said yesterday: Is this the kind of owner Goodell wants in the NFL?
Gotta go now. I believe I hear the villagers congregating.
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Paul's Johnson
October 7th, 2009
8:33 pm
Jeff..you are the MAN!
Wow, what a coincidence. Too funny!
Keep on keepin on!
JTK
October 7th, 2009
8:37 pm
So what’s wrong with Limbaugh’s comments? Truth hurts, huh? Your little bleeding-heart can’t handle it, Jeff? I guess we should just round up the gang members and have a sing-along.
Paul's Johnson
October 7th, 2009
8:39 pm
Jeff Schultz:
“But the venom spewed by his blind loyalists after I referenced things he had actually said and done was beyond amusing”
“So attention Dittoheads: You should love this”
Still laughing!! The sheep that were circling the pen will not be galloping.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
October 7th, 2009
8:42 pm
Gonna leave this one alone Jeff.
T-Bone
October 7th, 2009
8:50 pm
Not hard to see why he would be a nightmare…he gets paid a ton of money to say things that are polarizing, controversial, or .
When ESPN tried the Limbaugh experiment, he couldn’t keep from saying something polarizing, controversial, etc. So it is logical to think he will do that again.
It has nothing to do with politics or which side of the aisle he sides with – it is about whether shock jocks can make the transition to ‘jobs’ where the shick jock mentality is a liability.
I agree with Jeff on this – he will stick his foot in his mouth and cause trouble for the league at some point – just like any other shock jock would.
Paul's Johnson
October 7th, 2009
8:55 pm
In my previous post I meant to type “will NOW be galloping”
I’m laughing so hard I could hardly make out the keys.
ignition
October 7th, 2009
8:56 pm
Rush is an EVIL, awful, worthless, human being (if you can call him one) I hope HIM and most of his fans (when they not having sex with their cousins) take one of those “Pain Killers” have a terrible heart attack and die a slow, slow, painful death… Only to burn in HELL….
DA
October 7th, 2009
9:00 pm
Jeff, stick to cushy things like sports articles. You are not in the same mental league as Limbaugh.
It's the Sheep Thingy
October 7th, 2009
9:05 pm
Here’s a guy making millions off of the sheep; convincing them that he’s revealing “truths”. Everything’s a vast leftist conspiracy. Incredible.
Eric
October 7th, 2009
9:06 pm
I’m still trying to figure out what is wrong with what he said. The NBA is just a league of degenerate thugs (see Ron Artest, Allen Iverson, etc) and I’m sure just as many thugs watch it. I sure don’t…
Tiny Tim
October 7th, 2009
9:07 pm
Rush Limbaugh is a pussilanimous pussyfooter and a hysterical
heartofdarkness
October 7th, 2009
9:07 pm
NFL doesn’t seem to have a problem putting a gag on its owners. No problem.
Ross
October 7th, 2009
9:09 pm
I friggin despise that racist, ignorant, hypocritical pig.
Paul's Johnson
October 7th, 2009
9:12 pm
T Bone:
“I agree with Jeff on this – he will stick his foot in his mouth and cause trouble for the league at some point – just like any other shock jock would.”
You’re right on with the “shock jock” analogy. A shock jock wannabe that is on the outside looking in and wants to move from C List status to A List status by being linked to a professional sports organization.
Rush Lintball is irrelevant in society and the thought of it is making him more delusional by the day.
It’s just a matter of time before this guy steps off of the deep end.
It was quite obvious after his last foray into sports that he doesn’t have a clue about football.
Lintball is a boil on the a.. of humanity.
You morons that idolize this douc.ehole are brainwashed. Why don’t you try formulating your own thoughts for once.
Hal
October 7th, 2009
9:12 pm
Boy did Rush hit a nerve. I like some things he says and detest other things that he may say, but in this matter, he is pretty much on target. Not all players fit in this catagory (especially the older more established players) but the younger ones coming up give credence to his statement. Sorry Jeff, you got this wrong. Or is it because he said something that you did not say. But over the years Jeff, I’ve seen your left side, bleeding heart, bed wetting thought process.
C. Tampa Ironworse
October 7th, 2009
9:14 pm
Didn’t Stern put a “dress code” on his players because even HE thought they were too “Thuggy”? It hurt the relationship with sponsers, so Stern caved. I’m assuming the sponsers weren’t people that think tats/wife beater T’s/more tats/Ron Artest are awesome!!! So Jeff, like it or not, Rush might actually be right on this. Bro…get a grip. It’s a big word for big people…and you and I are not in that group.
I bet Rush HATES my bowtie.
Glenn
October 7th, 2009
9:15 pm
*yawn*
Love the hatred of Rush. People don’t hate ineffective people, so Rush must be doing something right.
Though we would love ineffective politicians. Ever notice how August is the most productive month for Congress?
Spiro Agnew
October 7th, 2009
9:16 pm
Limbaugh is a pussilanimous pussyfooter……… nattering nabobs of negativism.
ryan
October 7th, 2009
9:16 pm
So basketball is not the sport of gangs? I played a lot of basketball in high school and whenever I played pick-up ball at the park near my house there were usually a lot of gang members there. What is the criteria for being an NFL owner anyways? You have to have liberal views?
ivy
October 7th, 2009
9:16 pm
He has a valid point! I love baskeball but can see what he is talking about each time I attend a hawks game. Nothing but trouble outside and inside the arena.
Ross
October 7th, 2009
9:17 pm
It’s like saying bridge is the preferred sport of yentas. It’s just stupid. This moron doesn’t even have a college degree. He’s just a mean-spirited blowhard.
Mary Wanna
October 7th, 2009
9:17 pm
SCHUUUUUUULTZ!!! Media Matters… THAT explains it. Right there on their site “help us fight conservative misinformation.” They are nothing if not MISINFORMATION about conservatives.
Rush has a website where you can do your own research, even get a glimmer of context. Otherwise you’re going to sound like “ignition” – completely uninformed.
You’re fighting a losing battle, Schultz. Rush fights for individual liberties and minimal gov’t regulation and taxation, i.e., what this nation was based upon. The reason he is so wildly popular (and hated by the clueless) is that he built a niche exposing the liberal media bias.
When Rush got busted for pain killers, he took complete responsibility. Of course, most libs reserve their compassion for their own kind. Anyone else with a drug problem is a hero.
Watch the libs on this blog follow the lib recipe. Ridicule, lie, villify. When and if Rush turns the Rams around, whatsay then Mr. Impartial?
C. Tampa Ironworse
October 7th, 2009
9:17 pm
Perosnally, I’m more angry that they let Jennifer Lopez be an owner. Her last CD is WAY more offensive than anything Rush has said.
Schultzisanidiot
October 7th, 2009
9:17 pm
Keep this up Jeff! Won’t be long until you and everyone at AJC is out of a job because of liberal crap like this.
Fo.Co.GT
October 7th, 2009
9:18 pm
i dont get whats wrong with anything he said?
C. Tampa Ironworse
October 7th, 2009
9:18 pm
I just called Rush to ask him what he thought of your article, JS. He said “your momma” then hung up. I thought that was kinda rude…
Ross
October 7th, 2009
9:18 pm
Peggy – he probably has Vicodin-d**k
ryan
October 7th, 2009
9:19 pm
The dude’s brilliant, he makes $50 million per year, he’s the most successful member of the media EVER, and basically created talk radio. You don’t have to like him but he is far from insignificant or a .failure
IC Atlanta
October 7th, 2009
9:19 pm
Ignition speaks for all liberals – wishing death on anyone with an opposing view. Why is that post allowed on the AJC site? Talk about out of control and offensive.
Jeff I encourage you to stick to sports and not some polarizing comment made by Rush Limbaugh.
C. Tampa Ironworse
October 7th, 2009
9:20 pm
I bet Rush could have gotten Chicago the Olympics…Bowtie power!!!
Ross
October 7th, 2009
9:20 pm
Yeah Ryan – shows you where the country’s at mentally and morally. All hail the great white hypocrite!
JDW
October 7th, 2009
9:21 pm
I am still not sure whether Rush is a symptom or a cause of what ails this nation. For sure he is part of the problem and would certainly be a detriment to the NFL or any other reasonable organization.
DAVID
October 7th, 2009
9:21 pm
LIBERALs have absolutely no sense of humor.,,,NONE…ZERO…NADA
JDW
October 7th, 2009
9:22 pm
BTW Ryan at 9:19…he may or may not be brilliant but he is damn sure a parasite.
DAVID
October 7th, 2009
9:22 pm
JDW………Guy…you are a WUSP….
Ross
October 7th, 2009
9:23 pm
DAVID – How many wingnuts does it take to screw in a light bulb? Two, but you gotta get them into the light bulb. And they can’t have Oxy-d**k.
SOUTHERN ATL
October 7th, 2009
9:24 pm
Too funny!!
Mary Wanna
October 7th, 2009
9:25 pm
Hey Ross – explain “hypocrite.” Rush has a consistent message based upon principle and logic. It never changes. Too much gov’t and emotional libs worshipping the elite: bad. Equal opportunity for all Americans, and exceptionalism via freedom: good.
Have any of you Rush haters ever listened for more than an hour?
Eric
October 7th, 2009
9:25 pm
Actually Rush didn’t say the wrong thing again, I think it’s very clear to anyone that the man is a “Racist”.
Ross
October 7th, 2009
9:26 pm
OK I’ll explain “hypocrite” – for example, when a drug addled fat-a$$ says “Jail all drug addicts”! That good enough for you? You need more help?
IlliniBrave
October 7th, 2009
9:27 pm
Uh… guess I missed something, because the quotes you cited seem accurate, if not politically incorrect, to me. BTW, you might be surprised at the reaction (or non-reaction) you would get from many of those supposedly “offended” by this remark. Several of my black friends despise the NBA simply because it carries with it an image of urban (and gang) culture that they do not want to be associated with.
Jimmy Carter
October 7th, 2009
9:27 pm
I have more respect for Rush Limbaugh than most of the people responding to this site. At least I know where I stand with Rush Limbaugh. But the people on these blogs sit behind their computers and write their racists comments then go to work the next day among other races and act like they are not prejuduce when they really despise the people they work with brcause of the color of their skin.
Fleischman in Chattanooga
October 7th, 2009
9:28 pm
the NBA IS A BUNCH OF THUGS! Tattoos, gold teeth, baby mamas, fighting, ebonics and the list goes on and on and on and on. I wouldnt pay a penny to watch those bunch of losers.
“Cue the I’m a racist comments” its the truth. out
C. Tampa Ironworse
October 7th, 2009
9:28 pm
Ross..are you still mad that you and Rachel didn’t get together and she fell in love with Joey?
Da Hood Rats
October 7th, 2009
9:29 pm
J-Shoo:
Me and my hommies dig yo article man.
We cool with you. We good.
Richard Christy
October 7th, 2009
9:29 pm
Rush’s ratings: 20 Million listeners on 632 Stations
Howard Stern (Back when he was on terrestrial radio): 19 Million listeners on 53 stations
Who is the most influential radio talent? Baba Booey to you all.
Ross
October 7th, 2009
9:29 pm
Yeah, but I got my grudge on with Sarah Palin.
Spiro Agnew
October 7th, 2009
9:30 pm
“Hatchet Man”
BnB
October 7th, 2009
9:30 pm
Rush may be “brilliant.” So was Hitler. This guy is such a hypocritical clown and the people who hang on and regurgitate his every word are….I don’t know…what do you call people who follow hypocritical clowns?
Tech says
October 7th, 2009
9:30 pm
Let’s see, we know a solider because he wears a uniform, we know a cop because he wears a badge, we know a nurse because he/she wears a smock—–I think we know a gang member when he has a crips or bloods gang tattoo (in prison font) all up and down his arm, shoulder or chest. Far be it to actually call it what they intend it to be—A note for other members to read !
Jimmy Carter
October 7th, 2009
9:30 pm
Am I missing something? I could have sworn there were white, Cuban, Russian, Czech, Puerto Rucan, Swedish, and a host of other races in the NBA besides African Americans. Why is this being made a racial issue when the NBA consists of 100’s of other nationalities. Or is this just Rush Limbaugh making another comment without thinking first?!!!!
MikeInValdosta
October 7th, 2009
9:31 pm
I coudn’t disagree with you more politically, but I do enjoy your columns. I wish you would leave your politics out of your sports columns, but I would die for your right to express yourself freely. Do you feel the same about Rush?
Elias Ess
October 7th, 2009
9:32 pm
The only good thing about Rush Limbaugh is the opiates he is using. Didn’t he lose hearing in one of his ears because of opium use?
Jimmy Carter
October 7th, 2009
9:32 pm
See what I am saying about people making ignorant racists statments. If you have a tattoo, then you are a Blood or a Crip.
WOW!
October 7th, 2009
9:33 pm
I think the majority of non-basketball players would agree with Mr. Limbaugh, however; I played basketball as a child, in high school, and in college and I have nothing to do with gangs! Now, what I do believe is that the kids from low SES are getting opportunities to go to college and the good ole boys don’t like it! GET OVER IT! You can’t keep us down…..
Ross
October 7th, 2009
9:33 pm
What gangs were Larry Bird and Mark Price in? The Gashouse Gang? How about Naval Officer 1320 SAT math major David Robinson? How about Michael Jordan? C’mon ditto-dreds, school me.
Paul's Johnson
October 7th, 2009
9:34 pm
Glenn”
“Love the hatred of Rush. People don’t hate ineffective people, so Rush must be doing something right.”
You’re right on about Rush “being ineffective”
GTPHISH
October 7th, 2009
9:34 pm
Jeff,
You are the man. Keep this in mind about rush limbaugh: there are only 2 things bigger than his ego: (1) his fat butt and (2) his headstash of hillbilly heroin.
Eric
October 7th, 2009
9:34 pm
Blogs like this show how far we have come in race relations in this country, let’s just have a race war tomorrow!!!
kbb
October 7th, 2009
9:36 pm
Funny how the Bubba’s and Rush Limbaughs of the world LOVE football which has more thugs per capita than the NBA. They always fall back on the Iversons and Artests of the world (who havent been in trouble for years/Artest never has had a off the court issue) but bask in the sport that produces Leonard Littles, Matt Jones, Mike Vick, Odell Thurmond, Rae Carruth, Plax Burress, Pacman, and countless other “thugs”. Hell even the most famous NFL player is a pill popping addict. Most of the new breed of NBA players who are under 30 are Good guys.
jltmilaftw
October 7th, 2009
9:36 pm
If you are foolish enough to believe that Media Matters is an unbiased website then you’re free to be that naive. I don’t see where you can stretch from his comments about these programs that Rush is saying the NBA players are all a bunch of thugs. That 2004 comment was probably after the brawl in Detroit when I think alot of people were making low brow (and deservably so) comments about the NBA. To their credit the NBA is substantially improved its image and reputation since those days. Again Media MAtters is an organization founded by dems. Hillary Clinton during her campaign clamed credit for being a part of its origination. So sorry Jeffy. You’re that gonna have to dig a little deeper. Isn’t that what “journalist” are supposed to do.
Jimmy Carter
October 7th, 2009
9:36 pm
Some of the ignorance on here is sad.
The Truth Hurts
October 7th, 2009
9:37 pm
Jeff, you do a disservice to many people (incl. yourself) who admire Limbaugh’s worldview, even if it conflicts with your own, when you accuse them of being “blind loyalists.” Do you think that’s fair?
I would be tempted to give the benefit of the doubt to some of the posters on here who are liberal by not insinuating or otherwise calling them “sheep,”–to Obama, to Pelosi, to whomever. Nor should it occur in reverse.
By the way, you’re teetering on the precipice of a cliff you may not want to fall over, if people do indeed forego your column–and the subsequent page impressions–because of any ‘loyalties’ you may have.
I understand that politics and sports sometimes intersect, but Limbaugh’s bid to buy the Rams can hardly be disqualified by the Moral Relativism so popular on the Left simply b/c he IS right, factually, about basketball and gangs. Surely you must know that, no? I suppose not and reasonable people can disagree, even if you’re wrong (what other sport holds the cultural appeal of the inner-city, where gangs are predominantly located–than bball?). The NBA has indeed had a problem for years with personal conduct, as did the NFL, which responded with its more stringent accountability rules.
Besides, as you well know from your experience with the money-losing AJC, business, whether it be Baskin-Robbins or the Rams, is about making money. Perhaps that would be the end result of all of this and not some political conspiracy to force the Rams to Afghanistan?
Barry LaVon
October 7th, 2009
9:37 pm
Jeff, I don’t think it matters one whit if you hate Limbaugh. Would you be as critical if it were that blowhard Olbermann? Limbaugh has the same right to buy an NFL franchise as you or I do. Now, can I borrow $120 million?
Mark
October 7th, 2009
9:37 pm
Jeff, come on, don’t let political correctness overrule common sense. How does a completely reasonable statement indict…..anyone? Do you truly think basketball isn’t a favorite sport of gang members.
Don’t answer like you think you’re *supposed* to, answer with your brain.
What about NHL, MLB and NASCAR???
October 7th, 2009
9:39 pm
@ “C. Tampa Ironworse, Eric and others,
Is the NBA the only sports league full of “thugs”??? Every reference of the NBA being a “league of thugs” usually mentions Ron Artest. Have there not been instances in all of the above leagues similar to Artest’s situation? Ironically, in a few of the “pure as (white) snow” league, fights are actually ENCOURAGED. They are part of the draw that fans crave. Why is it okay for two worthless backwoods stock car racers to fight or two poorly train pugilistic hockey players to scrap but not two 6ft+ black ballers??? When NBA fight, they are portrayed as animals with unchecked aggression while both MLB and NASCAR are promoted as family sports. I will guarantee you that much like Artest, if a grown man throws a beers on me, he can expect a monumental A$$whooping. No fan has the right to throw a beer on any player just as no man has the right to toss a beer on any other man in any situation. Hell, NASCAR has had a “METHHEAD” driver on their tracks racing at close to 200mph, ha! Atlanta’s own Chipper Jones fathered a child with a (brainiac) Hooters waitress while married. Yet, he’s still a pillar of society in the good old south.
Keith
October 7th, 2009
9:39 pm
So what is wrong with what he said? All he did was tell the truth. Pretty funny how when a white person says something about black people, they are called a racist, even if it is the truth.
Paul's Johnson
October 7th, 2009
9:39 pm
David:
“LIBERALs have absolutely no sense of humor.,,,NONE…ZERO…NADA”
No…it’s the fanatical right that has no sense of humor, joy, happiness, love, ability to make unbiased thoughts and decisions, sex life and driving abilities that is driving this country into disparity.
You guys suck.
IlliniBrave
October 7th, 2009
9:40 pm
Hey Jimmy C.: interesting that you would pick this moniker to post under. Why choose such an insignificant but self-important interloper?
Like the real Jimmy, your comments smack of a high-handed, condescending, attitude – more hubris than substance. And like that man, you resort to ad hominem attacks on those you disagree with. His ideas, like yours, were out of touch with America 30 years ago, and still are now. If anything, change your alias, because all it does serve to reinforce and therefore discredit the arrogant comments you make.
Jimmy Carter
October 7th, 2009
9:41 pm
KBB, while you are naming athletes that have been in trouble, dont forget to name the white athletes who have gone to jail for molesting young girls. But there was absolutlely no media coverage on them. I wonder why that was? HMMMMMM. There have been 4 of them within the past 2 years. No point in naming their names. But Ben Roethlesburger has a pending rape case doesn’t he?
Ross
October 7th, 2009
9:41 pm
Rush is such a great sports fan – he’s a waddling pile of boy-blubber with loose change from the 60s lost between his sweaty rolls – and he CHEERED when the US lost the Olympics. He CHEERED. That’s a traitorous POS if you ask me.
jltmilaftw
October 7th, 2009
9:41 pm
One thing I love about the leftist response to Rush is that one day its Rush is horrible and awlful but then the next day they say oh Rush he’s just an entertainer. These people think there are so intelligent and original when in fact they are neither.
Rush Is Right
October 7th, 2009
9:42 pm
Oh my Jeff, you need to just stick to sports, you can barely write about that intellectually so you CERTAINLY need to stay out of politics. Rush is right, I know many people who have stopped going to NBA games because of the “thuggery”. We certainly do not want our kids exposed to that kind of act. And I LOVE sitting here watching you libs trashing Rush and his dittoheads……just proves he scares you because he is so intellecually superior to your weak minds.
Mary Wanna
October 7th, 2009
9:42 pm
Misterwax is right on because he listens first hand, not because he reads lib tripe. Notice how Rush haters have no facts? Try again, Ross. You’ve got nothing.
Jimmy Carter
October 7th, 2009
9:42 pm
Illin Brave, say what you want. But I write facts that I can back up.
jltmilaftw
October 7th, 2009
9:43 pm
Ross, what funny is when leftist pretend to known anything about treason. He didn’t cheer. Stop lying.
Paul's Johnson
October 7th, 2009
9:44 pm
BnB:
“….I don’t know…what do you call people who follow hypocritical clowns?”
You call them mindless sheep.
jltmilaftw
October 7th, 2009
9:45 pm
Hey Jimmy…and for Ben Rothlisburger I thought someone was innocent till proven guilty. Or is just an accusation enough for you?
Here we go again
October 7th, 2009
9:45 pm
wow, “What about mlb, nhl and nascar” just owned y’all.
Mary Wanna
October 7th, 2009
9:45 pm
As long as we’re here to prop up the AJC’s page views, let’s identify hypocritical clowns: All you who voted for Obama say “BAAAAAAAAAAA.”
IlliniBrave
October 7th, 2009
9:46 pm
Jimmy C: What are your “facts”? I don’t see anything but name-calling (that by the way is what “ad hominem attacks” means) and sweeping generalizations – just like your hero, who claimed that “deep-seated racism” was behind most of the criticism of Obama.
Joe M
October 7th, 2009
9:46 pm
People, lets just move on and not comment anymore. If we continue to comment Jeff will surely take time away from sports and find more comments to post that have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with sports and we’ll all continue to follow his lead.
I guess this is really Jeff’s way of telling us all that every owner in sports is perfect, has made no mistakes, nor ever offended anyone, at anytime, in the history of their lives. To that I say, AWESOME! Had no clue we had such great owners in American professional sports.
He can call Rush a racist but we cannot label him a Liberal, interesting. Seems the proof is only in the pudding for the beholder.
Let’s just move on.
BTW, for what it’s worth, I work in a profession that focuses on gangs and it just so happens that most sports-related gang-related activity happens in…you guessed it…basketball. Of course the vast majority in the inner city, but basketball none the less.
That is why you have three times the security at high school basketball games versus any other school sanctioned sport.
Guess ole Jeffy doesn’t want to bother with any type of actual research. He just wants to use his power as a sports writer to move forward a political agenda.
Here we go again
October 7th, 2009
9:47 pm
*GASP* at some nba games they play RAP MUSIC! Hide your eyes Johnny and Suzy, we’re going to go watch a nice wholesome sport… NASCAR. Don’t forget your saint andrews cross!
Bill
October 7th, 2009
9:48 pm
Jeff there is a reason newspapers are tanking in readership on both coasts.I can’t believe you as a liberal had never heard of Media Matters.Them and Moveon should be classified as hate groups for the vile they spew on their websites.
Enjoy your majority in Congress for another 13 months.
Ross
October 7th, 2009
9:48 pm
God I wish we could have a good old fashioned rumble – me and my buddies against Rush and his Redstate dittos – we’d kick them so hard they’d be blogging from Phobos.
Limbaugh in rehab
October 7th, 2009
9:48 pm
You have been baited by an anti-Christian, anti-Southern, anti-white transplant.
tj
October 7th, 2009
9:48 pm
anybody still wondering why newspapers like the ajc are going out of business while rush increases his ratings every quarter?
here’s a story from the latimes about gang hand signals being used in the nba and nfl — http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-nflsigns16-2008jul16,0,1332501.story — come on jeff, is the latimes and david stern racist too?
MAC
October 7th, 2009
9:48 pm
Based on the comments, it appears you have it backwards: the Rush-haters are the “torch-carrying villagers” on this blog throwing the venom.
For people who actually LISTEN to his show, not get their “information” second-hand (that includes YOU Schultz), Limbaugh is a very knowledgeable and passionate pro football fan who would likely be an owner devoted to excellence in the front office and on the field and would spend the resources to make it happen. He would also be committed to keep the team in his home state of Missouri.
btw, in spite of the manufactured brouhaha on his ESPN McNabb comment, in the end he was correct in that assessment.
As far as the NBA, other than the few ubiquitous superstar personalities (Kobe, Lebron, Wade, Shaq), there’s not much there for the casual fan to get excited about. Professionalism of the players is at an all-time low. David Stern has done well to hold it up under increased mass market apathy and worse player behavior.
observor
October 7th, 2009
9:48 pm
You have to love the love how the left wing moon bat idiots have come out in mass to spread their vitriolic hate of rush…..
Hahha….You fools are such suckers, but you don’t even know it.
So sad.
Ryder
October 7th, 2009
9:49 pm
Though I’m not a supporter of Rush and some of his views, I do listen to his show and I actually do agree with what he said about the NBA. Stern is no idiot, he knows that he has to sell this sport to corporate sponsors (especially overseas) but the image of the NBA is still a “thug” league unfortunately. They see guys like Carmelo Anthony and Lebron James sporting tattoos and that image sticks with the paying public.
They see millionaire athletes like Stephon Marbury make an absolute fool of themselves on Youtube and people wonder why they aren’t as respected as stars in other sports.
Call a spade a spade, and the NBA does have an image problem that no dress code will make go away.
Mr. independant
October 7th, 2009
9:49 pm
I agree; Limbaugh is interesting to listen to, and at times funny.But he runs that mouth so much, exaggerates so much that he would cause controversy and detract from the team. He should stay with what he does best. Politics.
tim in smyrna
October 7th, 2009
9:49 pm
Ok, I’m confused. I literally can’t stand Limbaugh but this is what you quote him as saying, “We’ve taken the favorite sport of gangs, and we put it at midnight to get them on the basketball court.”
That is factually and unequivocally true. Go to any gang hangout and see what they’re wearing. Heck, go to a Hawks game and sit in the Club section sometime and tell us what you see.
Here we go again
October 7th, 2009
9:50 pm
and Joe M, what kind of “actual research” have you done that demonstrates that h.s. basketball games have “3 times” as much security as any other sanctioned sport?
wait a second, I guess I will believe that when carver high school goes up to norcross to play wesleyan, there may very well be 3 times as much security due to the paranoia of the parents.
Spiro Agnew
October 7th, 2009
9:50 pm
PEACE
Jimmy Carter
October 7th, 2009
9:50 pm
jltmilaftw – Oh, with Ben it’s innocent until proven guilty. Is that how it works?!! When it is other athletes you are ready to throw them in the fire before they even go to court. Then after they are found not guilty you still want to crucify them. See how things are turned around for your benefit?
Andrew Harris
October 7th, 2009
9:50 pm
I can’t wait till all of you left-wing journalists are unemployed…which is not far off big guy. Rush was 100% correct but that doesn’t matter to you. It is the HEADLINE that you like….what a joke you continue to be.
Careful Who You Listen To
October 7th, 2009
9:50 pm
I agree that Rush says some outragous things, and I certainly do not agree with many of his comments. However, if you think that MediaMatters.org is a resonable site to obtain reference material, then you probably would love MoveOn.org and HuffingtonPost.com. And while you are at it, you may want to stop by your local ACORN office for advice on buying a house to use for illegal purposes.
Paul's Johnson
October 7th, 2009
9:50 pm
Mary Wanna:
Wanna what?
“Rush has a consistent message based upon principle and logic”
Huh? Logic…really?
Wanna what?
Is taht a coy reference to marijuhana
IlliniBrave
October 7th, 2009
9:51 pm
Wow, this is actually getting fun here. Any chance we could up the ante by talking about families choosing not to attend WNBA games because of the makeup of the typical crowd in the stands? He-He-He…I’ll bet this gets some reaction!
Jennifer Wilbanks
October 7th, 2009
9:51 pm
Your headline states that he said something wrong. Yet I see nothing incorrect about what he said. What is it that you see that is wrong? Okay, maybe gangs would PREFER dog fighting or boxing, but in reality, it seems to me that they actually do participate in basketball more than any other sport. It’s possible that I have this wrong, Correct me, please.
Anyway, the NBA competes for eyeballs against the NFL. Mr. Limbaugh constantly promotes the NFL on his radio talk show. If his recent comments deride the NBA, it seems to me that this is EXACTLY the kind of owner that Goodell would want.