Comments on: Rush Limbaugh’s screener http://www.callingallwingnuts.com/2006/06/20/rush-limbaughs-screener/ Kickin' ass on the lyin' side: A never-ending battle against stupid, ugly, deceitful and corrupt right-wing water carriers... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:59:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: cjb http://www.callingallwingnuts.com/2006/06/20/rush-limbaughs-screener/#comment-6435 cjb Sun, 02 Jul 2006 10:41:50 +0000 http://www.callingallwingnuts.com/2006/06/20/rush-limbaughs-screener/#comment-6435 You really messed up on this one. This guy was doing his job and appeared courteous to you. You made out that you were worried that he might get into trouble- and then you publish the tape- without his permission- on your website. Your argument with him that you have to break the show's calling rules- in order for your web-site to get more hits was also pretty dumb. You're admitting that you have to exploit their show for your personal gain. Why not just call when you have something you think is worth saying? Using an assumed name to get past the screener is fine by me, but it's not so clever that you have to boast about it on your website and potentially get the screener into trouble. If he had gotten fired over this- what would you have thought or done? You really messed up on this one. This guy was doing his job and appeared courteous to you. You made out that you were worried that he might get into trouble- and then you publish the tape- without his permission- on your website.

Your argument with him that you have to break the show’s calling rules- in order for your web-site to get more hits was also pretty dumb. You’re admitting that you have to exploit their show for your personal gain. Why not just call when you have something you think is worth saying?

Using an assumed name to get past the screener is fine by me, but it’s not so clever that you have to boast about it on your website and potentially get the screener into trouble. If he had gotten fired over this- what would you have thought or done?

]]> By: R. Stanton Scott http://www.callingallwingnuts.com/2006/06/20/rush-limbaughs-screener/#comment-6002 R. Stanton Scott Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:36:25 +0000 http://www.callingallwingnuts.com/2006/06/20/rush-limbaughs-screener/#comment-6002 Rush Limbaugh's screeners get paid to screen calls and enforce policies. If they cannot effectively do this, they deserve to be canned. You are under no obligation to protect the incompetent. This is especially true for those who earn their living polluting public discourse with lies, name calling, and the dehumanization of their ideological opponents. These people would not hesitate to put your blog to an end, whether or not you earn your living by it. Destroying reputations is part of their ideological repertoire--see Kennedy, Kerry, and now Murtha. The man you spoke to apparently sleeps at night after listening to Limbaugh's diatribes, knowing what they are. It makes no difference whether Limbaugh means to entertain or advance an ideological agenda--he and the people who help him to distribute his bile deserve no quarter, and you should show them none. Rush Limbaugh’s screeners get paid to screen calls and enforce policies. If they cannot effectively do this, they deserve to be canned. You are under no obligation to protect the incompetent.

This is especially true for those who earn their living polluting public discourse with lies, name calling, and the dehumanization of their ideological opponents. These people would not hesitate to put your blog to an end, whether or not you earn your living by it. Destroying reputations is part of their ideological repertoire–see Kennedy, Kerry, and now Murtha.

The man you spoke to apparently sleeps at night after listening to Limbaugh’s diatribes, knowing what they are. It makes no difference whether Limbaugh means to entertain or advance an ideological agenda–he and the people who help him to distribute his bile deserve no quarter, and you should show them none.

]]> By: dragonfly http://www.callingallwingnuts.com/2006/06/20/rush-limbaughs-screener/#comment-5736 dragonfly Fri, 23 Jun 2006 05:25:27 +0000 http://www.callingallwingnuts.com/2006/06/20/rush-limbaughs-screener/#comment-5736 I felt sorry for the guy, though, as I think you did. I have a feeling Rush can be pretty scary when he's mad- it's not a good feeling getting reemed by your boss anyway-and people that work for him are not required to think like him. I thought it was decent and upstanding of you to interact with his screener, and he seemed to actually be trying to be decent with you as well. Like you said, he's in a tough position. I'll bet that is a good-paying job, maybe the best-paying one he's had, and he doesn't want to put his future at risk. I felt sorry for the guy, though, as I think you did. I have a feeling Rush can be pretty scary when he’s mad- it’s not a good feeling getting reemed by your boss anyway-and people that work for him are not required to think like him. I thought it was decent and upstanding of you to interact with his screener, and he seemed to actually be trying to be decent with you as well. Like you said, he’s in a tough position. I’ll bet that is a good-paying job, maybe the best-paying one he’s had, and he doesn’t want to put his future at risk.

]]> By: nikto http://www.callingallwingnuts.com/2006/06/20/rush-limbaughs-screener/#comment-5669 nikto Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:47:50 +0000 http://www.callingallwingnuts.com/2006/06/20/rush-limbaughs-screener/#comment-5669 I'm lovin' what you do, man. I just wish there were 5,000 more of you doing it! Keep up the great work--The righties need as much truth serum as we can force-feed 'em. Maybe, just maybe, there's an antidote for the Kool-Aid? I’m lovin’ what you do, man.

I just wish there were 5,000 more of you doing it!

Keep up the great work–The righties need
as much truth serum as we can force-feed ‘em.

Maybe, just maybe, there’s an antidote for the Kool-Aid?

]]> By: orihd http://www.callingallwingnuts.com/2006/06/20/rush-limbaughs-screener/#comment-5554 orihd Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:54:19 +0000 http://www.callingallwingnuts.com/2006/06/20/rush-limbaughs-screener/#comment-5554 the screener seemed dishonest. its hard to know for sure, but it seemed as though he only said your calling in hurt him after you mentioned that you wanted to make a compromise or something (so admitting it helped him). before that he even made the pretense of not knowing who you were. i dunno which one is true. the screener seemed dishonest. its hard to know for sure, but it seemed as though he only said your calling in hurt him after you mentioned that you wanted to make a compromise or something (so admitting it helped him). before that he even made the pretense of not knowing who you were. i dunno which one is true.

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