Rush Limbaugh hospitalized with chest pain

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by als463

So sad (about Americans not knowing about Hawaii)...yet, so true. My boyfriend's brother once told me that those damn Puerto Ricans (which I am) need to go back to their own damn country. I asked him where Puerto Ricans come from and he gave me a blank look as he replied, "I don't know-Mexico." Wow-Just WOW!!!

whoa what an idiot.

This loosely ties into the transgender thread. What he said is completely dumb and wrong but it makes sense to him and those who feel as he does. Many of those people would also sport the conservative umbrella because they don't know that conservative isn't synonymous with dumb and bigoted.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by als463

I'm confused by this whole Healthcare debate because from where I stand, I've seen people on the system get healthcare, while I got NOTHING as a college student in graduate school. Is this to help us push through for healthcare for people like ME in grad school/ law school or is it to give more HANDOUTS to the same people know how to play the system. Please explain. I'm not being sarcastic-I'm being honest. I really don't know.

The whole healthcare debate is EXACTLY about people like you. People who have too much to qualify for Medicaid programs, who are full time students, who are working full time but their employers don't provide health insurance, the uninsured and underinsured. It is for the people who own a house and make $30,000 a year but can't get health insurance because they are diabetic (pre-existing condition). It is for the entrepreneur who wants to quit his/her job to start a small business but can't because their family is reliant on the health insurance the employer provides. The indigent have access to stuff. The homeless have access to stuff. These are the uninsured and underinsured. These are the people that health care reform is targeting.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by deepimpact2

Actually the story I read said it was done for the purpose of increasing the advertising for his show. Apparently he was not getting the amount of advertising that he thought was acceptable and so he pulled the stunt to get the numbers where he wanted them.

I can believe it. I have heard that he has lost some advertisers because of things he has done or said.

Would the number of advertisers really make that much of a difference, though? I thought he had a pretty sweet radio contract with a solid salary. I can't imagine that the number of advertisers would make a big difference unless he was getting a big cut of the advertising revenue.

[deepimpact2]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

Would the number of advertisers really make that much of a difference, though? I thought he had a pretty sweet radio contract with a solid salary. I can't imagine that the number of advertisers would make a big difference unless he was getting a big cut of the advertising revenue.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by deepimpact2

What I meant was that, if it's not affecting his bottom line by a large amount, I don't understand why he would do something like this as a publicity stunt. I could only see him doing it if he was losing large amounts of money.

Bar exam prep has already melted my brain, so I probably wasn't as clear as I inteded in my first post.

[Xanthus]

Rush is a fucking opinionated douchebag.

[als463]

Originally Posted by Xanthus

Rush is a fucking opinionated douchebag.

Wow! Who are you? The man was hospitalized and all you can do is tear him apart by calling him names? Why don't you just wish him dead, while you are at it? You may not agree with the things he says or does, but have some freakin' respect.

I don't care for Michael Moore, but if he was every hospitalized I would never say something so horrible. Holy S*** I am astonished that people this hateful exist!

[Psi U MC Vito]

I had no idea had something like a universal health care system.