US Army Drops Rush, but Not DOD

[ProSense]

US Army Drops Rush, but Not DOD

by RoseWeaver

The White House Petition has reached it's goal. Will the DOD listen?

On March 12, 2012 ThinkProgress reported they "obtained an internal memo from Premiere Radio Networks listing 96 national companies that have “specifically asked” their advertisments not be played during the Rush Limbaugh Show."

They then released a list of 50 additional companies who have since requested all advertising be pulled from Limbaugh's show. Listed among those additional 50 just released is the United States Army.

You read that right. The US Army has pulled all advertising spots from Rush Limbaugh's show.

Why hasn't the Department of Defense yet pulled Rush's show from the American Forces Network (Armed Forces Network, or AFN)?

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Here is the list released by ThinkProgress yesterday:

21st Century Insurance • Hotels.com • Rite Aid • Ace Hardware • Honda • Robitussin • Acura • IBM • Sam Adams • Advance Auto Parts • Icy Hot • Sam’s Club • Advil (All products) • Intuit/Small Business • Schiff – Digestive Advantage • Alacer/Emergen-C • Schiff – Mega Red • Allegra (all products) • Johnson & Johnson (All Brands) • Schiff – Move Free • Kohl’s • Schiff – Sustenex • Ally Bank • La Quinta • Scotts Miracle-Gro (all products) • American Express • Lifetime • Autozone • Little Caesars • Sony • Lowe’s • State Farm • British Petroleum • Luxottica • Staples • Bullfrog Sunblock • Macy’s • Sterling/Kay Jared Jewelers • Caltrate • MasterCard • Subway • Centrum • McDonalds • Takeda Uloric • Chapstick • Midas • The Home Depot • Clorox (Pinesol/Homecare) • Napa Auto Parts • ThermaCare • Cortizone • National Realtor • Toyota • DeVry • NBC-TV • Discover Card • Office Depot • Twinings of London • Domino’s Pizza • Office Max • Tyson/Wright Brand Bacon • Exxon/Exxon Mobil • One Main Financial • Unisom • Farmers Insurance • United Healthcare • Ford • Orkin • U.S. Army • Outback • U. S. Postal Service • General Motors (All products -GM Certified Service • Chevy • Onstar • Cadillac • etc) • Preparation H • Visa • Gold Bond (all products • ProNutrients (all products) • Walgreens • Grainger • Progressive Insurance • Wal-Mart • Green Mountain Coffee • Prudential • Wells Fargo • Hallmark • Radio Shack • Wrigley • H&R Block • Rent-A-Center • Yahoo!

As proven in my last diary entry, the Department of Defense, by continuing to allow Limbaugh's show to air on AFN, especially after receiving a wealth of complaints from active duty servicewomen and servicemen, is not only actively condoning sexual harassment in direct contradiction with their "zero tolerance" policy, but they are also breaking the law, per USC Title 10, Section 136, by not enforcing the Military Equal Opportunity (MEO) policies they instituted.

Dude!

Actively condoning sexual harassment from the highest level of the Defense Department sends a clear message to many within the rank and file; that it's okay to sexually harass your military co-workers and peers, regardless of what the MEO policy says.

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/13/1074184/-US-Army-Drops-Rush-but-Not-DOD

Petition, 25,860 and counting: http://wh.gov/X1O

[ProSense]

1. Kick! n/t

[aaaaaa5a]

2. I can't "kick" this high enough!

[rhett o rick]

3. k&r

[pinboy3niner]

5. 26,051 and counting...

Meanwhile, the petition to KEEP Rush on AFN has risen to 1,320 sigs!1!!

[riderinthestorm]

6. A big K&R but I believe that petition is going to need a lot more signatures to be effective

Probably in the range of 10% of active duty military to even get anyone to listen.

Rush spouts the shit the DOD wants out there. They'll endure a LOT of heat in the short run because they KNOW they must have a voice like Rush for the long run. Until or unless a lot more military personnel object loudly, I presume he'll stay on AFR

[Kingofalldems]

7. K and R for good ol' Snuffy Smith

The TSed dittohead.

[Amonester]

9. Kick & Rec.

Now 26,103. Keep it up!

[Rhiannon12866]

10. K&R!!!