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Coulda fooled me - he never reads facts and figures before spouting off his blatant lies.
populus vult decipi
by aggieric on Mon Mar 26, 2007 at 08:24:49 PM PDT
doesn't worry about actually researching anything, but my head was swimming in anger when I wrote this. Rush and his kind are pure evil.
by VetGrl on Mon Mar 26, 2007 at 08:36:28 PM PDT
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there's so much wrong with him that no one can list all of 'em in one try.
by aggieric on Mon Mar 26, 2007 at 08:38:56 PM PDT
why any of our corrupt and "CORPORATE FOR PROFIT" media continues with supporting our corrupt/criminal administration. I am a military mom and Cheney/Bushco corruption/fraud overseas of our tax dollars and their War Crimes has totally ruined our military, our country and our international relations. These are not religious people, worried about the Pearly Gates, as my World War I grandpa and my World War 11 dad will be standing in line behind God, to kick their asses to hell! Love, mjd
I trust Barack Obama.
by mjd in florida on Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 08:26:17 AM PDT
You expressed my and my SSG sons outrage! Rush Limbaugh is a lying, chickenhawk sack of shit and needs to be removed from the airwaves! What an ass and a danger to our "NATIONAL SECURITY" and our "FUTURE".
by mjd in florida on Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 08:32:09 AM PDT
what we are against.
by ethos on Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 12:01:40 PM PDT
I can get mean and I am fast. (All 115 lbs., 5'5" of me) I literally could and would beat the shit out of fat-assed, drug-addled Rush Limbaugh, the chickenhawk punk!
by mjd in florida on Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 05:49:35 PM PDT
by aggieric on Mon Mar 26, 2007 at 08:40:20 PM PDT
but thanks!
by VetGrl on Mon Mar 26, 2007 at 08:59:30 PM PDT
Bold and passionate. Very courageous and I hoped it helped to vent.
(i think it is 'you and i'.. use of the predicate nominative after the verb 'to be')
John McCain loves war.
by Winston Sm1th on Mon Mar 26, 2007 at 10:41:31 PM PDT
I just follow the rule I got in elementary school: Drop the "you and" and see which of "me" or "I" makes more sense.
But even if you're right, Rush is still a dumbass.
:-)
by VetGrl on Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 03:04:31 AM PDT
and rec'd.
...but that's the worst grammar rule I've ever heard :)
Wonder if Sununu's fired now.
by Republic Not Empire on Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 03:29:06 AM PDT
"you and I" in this case (implied verb follows: "than you and I are", or "than I am").
If he had said "from you and I", that would have been wrong, because it would have been the object of a preposition (correct: "from you and me", as in "from me").
The grammar rule you remember was for prepositions.
Great diary, anyway!
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain
by Donna in Rome on Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 04:24:21 AM PDT
different from you and me.
Mama, could we buy stuff made in China if we moved there? -- My six year-old son.
by leolabeth on Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 04:27:16 AM PDT
I've never really understood that "different than" usage.
I don't have time to look it up and see if it's grammatically correct or incorrect, but to me it just sounds terribly awkward.
by Donna in Rome on Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 05:49:26 AM PDT
In American usage, "different from" is preferred, "different than" is colloquial, and in British usage, the correct form is "different to."
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by PolitiCalypso on Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 07:15:56 AM PDT
I watched my Mom die of breast cancer on November 24, 1989. She'll be happy to help your sis kick Rush's fat ass.
hink
Hyperbole will be the death of us all!
by MrHinkyDink on Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 05:41:01 AM PDT
been a while since I was in school, but I think it's the implied verb that follows that's confusing the issue. The real sentence is "Political people are different than you and I are."
Great rant, btw. Love it!
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin
by WV Democrat on Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 06:02:32 AM PDT
...kicking rush's ass straight to hell playing in my head right now...it's a beautiful thing!....any idea how I might be able to upload it to Youtube?
Tornados kill Boy Scouts!...we must retaliate!
by suspiciousmind on Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 06:25:38 AM PDT
thanks for the correction. I updated the diary and, unlike the windbags on the other side of the political spectrum, I fessed up that I was wrong. Funny, I don't feel like less of a person for admitting it...
by VetGrl on Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 07:05:25 AM PDT
It's only "I" if Rush maintains the questionable and nowadays mostly semi-literate "different than" (which I concede he does here). If he had used the more correct "different from", then you're correct it should be followed by "you and me".
So it's really a case of one mistake compelling another, or at least one bad turn of speech deserving another. The net effect is to sound like a double muff.
Mostly the whole thing makes him sound like the community-college dropout he is.
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by Alden on Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 07:32:10 AM PDT
what's important is the beautiful diary, that is written by you.
*a hundred years from now, the future may be different because I was important in the life of a child*
by bonesy on Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 04:32:56 PM PDT
Actually, you were right that the pronoun "I" is wrong. What makes it doubly confusing is that the preposition "than" is wrong, also.
The correct statement is "Political people are different FROM you and ME."
Once you get the right preposition, the pronoun is easy.
Gore to Richardson to Edwards to ?
by creeper on Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 07:57:07 AM PDT
"Than" is, of course, not a preposition. "From" is.
That's where the whole thing goes wrong. It's horrible sentence construction to begin with.
Sorry for the confusion. Post in haste, repent at leisure.
by creeper on Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 08:03:50 AM PDT
From Dictionary.com comes this:
In informal, especially uneducated, speech and writing, than is usually treated as a preposition and followed by the objective case of the pronoun: He is younger than me. She plays better poker than him, but you play even better than her.
Emphasis mine. Couldn't resist.
by creeper on Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 08:09:38 AM PDT
William Safire and Eric Partridge (writers on language usage) both prefer using the objective case (me) after "than."
Safire said, "The hard-line Conjunctionites have been fighting this battle a long time. Give them credit: they had to go up against the poet Milton's treatment of than as a preposition -- than whom in 'Paradise Lost' -- and against Shakespeare's 'a man no mightier than thyself or me' in 'Julius Caesar.'"
from "Than Me?" NYTimes, 16 April 1995, Section 7, p.16.
by Brooke In Seattle on Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 10:25:16 AM PDT
And a shot of Vodka.
Awesome diary
I miss Jeff Buckley.
by exiledfromTN on Mon Mar 26, 2007 at 09:37:25 PM PDT
...my mom died of breast cancer...and she was at work at her job the day before she died.
The doctors gave her weeks, perhaps a month or two on the outside...but she told them, "I am going to make it to my daughter's college graduation." Which was 5 months away and 3000 miles across the country.
She used to joke to me, "I have to be there! You're not 'finished' yet!" Meaning finished as in, being a full-grown competent human being.
(Unfortunately I doubt I am that yet, and she died 23 years ago...)
ANYWAY, my mom DID make it to my graduation. Then, she was totally tumor-free and a MIRACLE for a year before she went into remission and went quickly (but painfully.)
She DID work the day before she died, and her last (coherent) words were, "I don't know what your father will do about clean shirts for tomorrow..."
What I'm saying here is, the miracle of her survival was partly due to her setting a goal that mattered to her, and living passionately. And no, she didn't turn to God. She was an agnostic who nevertheless taught me that there were pieces of truth in ALL religions and that they should always be respected, if not necessarily agreed with.
Rush Limbaugh is amazing. How that man can look in the mirror (and I'm not referring to his ugliness!) is beyond me. In my opinion, God (which I do believe in) tried to give him a taste of his upcoming karma when Rush went deaf because of his drug use ...but obviously, that didn't shake him up enough to get him to change his ways.
He'll just have to wait for your dear sister - and my brave mother - to catch up with him on the other side.
And my Mom was an angry liberal - so man, it won't be pretty! WATCH OUT, RUSH!
God Bless you for your loss, and thanks for expressing what so many of us are feeling right now.
"There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall -- think of it, ALWAYS." - Gandhi
by hopesprings on Mon Mar 26, 2007 at 09:40:55 PM PDT
when the shit hits the fan, people do what they need to. If you're religious and it helps you, great. If not, you don't owe it to anyone to latch onto any sort of hollow beliefs that don't bring comfort to you.
A few years ago, my family had a BAD year. In May my cousin Danny was diagnosed with cancer. At the time, I had 4 cousins all aged 12, going on 13. 3 were Jewish, and that means Bat Mitzvahs, and 2 were Danny's kids (twins). The big question was: would Danny live to see his kids' B'nai Mitzvah?
I saw Danny in October, at Bat Mitzvah #1. He looked awful. As a man in his early 50s, he looked frail and 70.
Then, in December, an unexpected tragedy occurred on the other side of the family - my dad's brother and his wife and two kids were all in the car when a semi hit them. My dad's brother and his son were killed instantly. The two girls lived. The mom was Catholic and she was raising her daughter (the 4th 13 yr old cousin of mine) Catholic as well, so the funeral was chock full of Jesus and God references. On the drive home, my parents talked about how that didn't really do anything for them. Dad's the only one in the family who is Christian and he actually does believe in god, but he doesn't go to church or anything. He gets through his grief in his own quiet way, which is what he did when he lost his brother.
The second B'nai Mitzvah was late Jan/early Feb, and everyone went. Danny was still hanging in there, looking (and no doubt feeling) worse than ever. But he lived to be there. The doctors think he willed himself to stay alive that long - just like you said about your mom. He died a little over a month later. What an awful loss.
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by OrangeClouds115 on Mon Mar 26, 2007 at 10:00:01 PM PDT
kind of lost his faith for a while after my mom died. He didn't get angry or make a show of it, but he really only went through the motions of his religion. He'd always been a doctrinarian (as opposed to my open-minded, agnostic mom), but my mom dying sucked all the self-righteousness out of him.
Then about ten years later, he got involved with the Paulists and their more "liberal" crusades. He was a big protester against the church during the Boston child sexual abuse scandals. Ultimately, he came out a much more open minded person.
That's one hopeful story, anyway....
by hopesprings on Mon Mar 26, 2007 at 10:05:39 PM PDT
definitely has his own unique views that suit him just fine. I suppose he qualifies as the Christian Left, except I bet you the last time he saw the inside of a church was either a) a funeral b) a wedding or c) a Cathedral in Europe that has nice architecture and art so tourists go visit
I'm glad your dad found something that works for him although I'm sorry to hear about all the pain he went through in order to get there.
by OrangeClouds115 on Mon Mar 26, 2007 at 10:11:37 PM PDT
same 'other side' as your brave mother and vetgrl's dear sister.
bastard.
The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted - Gandhi
by kriser on Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 06:47:10 AM PDT
Not knowing the cause, I actually felt sympathy for him when he first went deaf. He's a cruel man and I won't make that mistake again.
by eightlivesleft on Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 09:30:11 AM PDT
I can't click a box that says, "Highly recommended".
I can't stand that big mouthed slanderous bigot. Give 'im hell.
"The Constitution does not include a statute of limitations." Congressman Robert Wexler
by Arthur Wolf on Mon Mar 26, 2007 at 10:23:38 PM PDT
She just told the truth and Rush'll think it's hell.
Oh, by the way: RECOMMENDED
Someone needs to put rat poison in Justice Scalia's tiramisu.
by ProgressiVoice on Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 12:51:44 AM PDT
of fetid, putrid, rotting, stinking, decaying, crap. on a good day.
A billion here and a billion there, and soon you're talking about real money. Everett Dirksen
by Sargent Pepper on Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 05:54:34 AM PDT
You can grow flowers in decaying crap.
Sometimes analogies and metaphors fail utterly. Limbaugh is such a vile human being that -- well, there is literally nothing in nature that has the capacity to be as bad as a truly vile human. Only a human is able to consider all the options, and then choose to be smug, callous, and hate-filled, and to encourage others to be the same.
it's dark in the goth house
by McJulie on Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 08:38:12 AM PDT
by Sargent Pepper on Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 09:14:43 AM PDT
Your anger shaped good words to smack evil. Thanks!
'My head hurts.'
by dunderhead on Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 06:03:29 AM PDT
And, frankly, there's nothing to be found there anyway.
-8.38, -4.97 "...there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." Hamlet, Act II, Scene ii.
by thingamabob on Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 06:06:52 AM PDT
He used to say so. That's what he spent his time reading, as opposed to a lot of Bantu mumbo-jumbo.
Prosperity ripened the principle of decay; the causes of destruction multiplied with the extent of conquest... Gibbon
by Dinclusin on Mon Mar 26, 2007 at 10:19:13 PM PDT
and so have you. So have all of us.
Socrates didn't write any books, Plato wrote the books with Socrates in them. As with the Socrates in Dan Milman's books, the original character may very well have been fictional.
Real Patriots Love Freedom
by greasymadness on Mon Mar 26, 2007 at 10:34:51 PM PDT
RL is a big dumb fuck.
by Dinclusin on Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 02:08:41 AM PDT
He is the taint of humanity. I am a pacifist, but if I saw him in public, regardless of criminal consequences, I would walk up to that deluded prick, smash his head into the sidewalk, and stomp his teeth out one by one until he cried for his mama.
If the species of our animal kingdom ever had the guts to claim his pathetic corpus, I wouldn't blame vegetarians for making an exception for them.
The fact that millions of innocent Americans listen to that douche-nozzle for news is appalling enough - but now he's crossed the line. It will be a happy day for the world when his bloated, smegma-covered mug takes its last breath, and gurgles to a blurted halt.
Go find a fourth wife to cheat on, you Deity's Mistake.
by massive not passive on Mon Mar 26, 2007 at 10:48:43 PM PDT
what is it that needs to be done here?
Singer Minnie Riperton died of breast cancer in 1979
by vyllyn on Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 10:39:18 AM PDT
Why do Murdoch and David Brooks like Hillary?
by inevitibility on Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 05:12:20 AM PDT
The family values thing has to be the greatest scam ever perpetuated on the American people.
by VetGrl on Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 06:37:08 AM PDT
Excellent diary and I'm sorry for your loss.
Rush's 15 minutes of fame were over years ago. It shows the deep power of resentment that his vile harangues are still listened to in America. But resentment and bitterness fuel the right, and you captured that well in your writing.
Hillary '08.
by Athena on Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 10:27:42 AM PDT
Rush gives the talking points scripted for the middle aged white male base. He isn't just spouting off at the mouth. He is not a guy who goes off on his own. These are not his ideas, they are the script. Don't give Rush the credit for being an idea man. He is a performer.
This evil garbage attacking Elizabeth's religion is the Republican position. It is a fundamental position of the Republican Party. They attack the fundamental teachings of Christianity through their policies. They must attack Elizabeth's religion to keep their base from following John Edwards. Here's why: Matthew, chapter 25
Then the King will say to those at his right hand, `Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.' Then the righteous will answer him, `Lord, when did we see thee hungry and feed thee, or thirsty and give thee drink? And when did we see thee a stranger and welcome thee, or naked and clothe thee? And when did we see thee sick or in prison and visit thee?' And the King will answer them, `Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.' Then he will say to those at his left hand, `Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.' Then they also will answer, `Lord, when did we see thee hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to thee?' Then he will answer them, `Truly, I say to you, as you did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to me.' And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
You see, John's campaign is called populist, but it is, at its heart, a campaign based on Christian teachings. Republican philosophy is fundamentally opposite to the teachings of all the world's great religions, espousing that greed is good.
That's why the must attack the Edwards' religion.
"It's the planet, stupid."
by FishOutofWater on Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 05:50:44 AM PDT
of Rush's statement. Sooner or later someone is going to happily declare "hey, the Edwards family is part of us"
(I have not had coffee yet so I'm not sure my grammar makes sense, but you know what I mean...}
There are two kinds of people in the world, those who believe there are two kinds of people in the world and those who don't. -- Robert Benchley -5.75, -7.18
by Rogneid on Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 07:44:45 AM PDT
probably gets his scripts from the Heritage Foundation.
by ronlib on Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 04:03:07 PM PDT
is a putrid sack of hate.
This is CLASS WAR, and the other side is winning.
by Mr X on Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 05:58:28 AM PDT
wide narrow
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