Rush uses obscenity on radio! Demand FCC take action!

[spotbird]

This is cool, I found it at Atros.

http://atrios.blogspot.com/

FCC Action Alert!!!

1. Go to http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/menu/rush.guest.html and find your Limbaugh station.
2. Send an email to [e-mail] with your own version of the following:

On Monday, December 13 in the 2nd hour of his program (1pm EST) broadcast on , Rush Limbaugh used the vulgar, sexual term "dick" when referring to a Miss Plastic Surgery pageant. Specifically, Limbaugh said:


"LIMBAUGH: Miss Plastic Surgery. (chuckle) And – I’d – I’d – I – I don’t – I don’t know what the winner – I – and, oh, I didn’t print out both pages, so I don’t know what the – I don’t know what the winner gets. Probably a certificate to go to San Francisco to have an add-a-dick-to-me operation. "

(more)

Complaints should be directed to:

http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/complaints.html

[GRLMGC]

1. Shocking!

I'm outraged!


Outraged that he's such a damn hypocrite. Not really shocked, though.

[Politicub]

2. Oh my tender ears!

Rush is so vulgar. What about the children, Rush?! The children!!! :cry:

I must immediately report this to the FCC for the good of all fundie america!!

[MsAnthropy]

3. It's all Clinton's fault

[wicket]

4. LOL!!

:kick:

[Sanity Claws]

5. Thanks for the convenient links

I immediately sent an email and reminded the FCC that he's a drug addict who must learn that there are limits to such behavior! ;-)

[spotbird]

16. Actually I think you need to use this link.

http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/complaints.html

[madinmaryland]

6. He must be talking about Ann Coulter

:evilgrin:

[hughee99]

20. then she'll have 2... n/t

[benburch]

7. Done!

Remember the Howard Stern fines were on the basis of less than 100 complaints.

[Walt Starr]

8. Reported

Gentlemen,

I was listening to Rush Limbaugh on WLS AM 890 in Chicago on December 13 between the hours of 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM CST when Mr. Limbaugh uttered a vulgarity towhit, and I quote:

"LIMBAUGH: Miss Plastic Surgery. (chuckle) And – I’d – I’d – I – I don’t – I don’t know what the winner – I – and, oh, I didn’t print out both pages, so I don’t know what the – I don’t know what the winner gets. Probably a certificate to go to San Francisco to have an add-a-dick-to-me operation. "

As a taxpayer, I request that WLS 890 AM and the Rush Limbaugh show be appropriately fined for this obscenity uttered over the public airwaves.

Thank you,

Walter E. Starr

Aurora, IL

[spotbird]

18. There is a special link for complaints.

http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/complaints.html

[PaganPreacher]

9. I felt the same way....

every time I watch the New year's Eve celebrations on TV...
Damn that Dick Clark!

And, it gets worse....
Dick Gephardt was being interviewed by Dick Mullenax on Fox News, and they were talking about Dick Perle!

Maybe we should call Dick Tracy and see if he'll come out of retirement and take care of all these Dicks....Dick Thornburg can be the prosecutor!

Damn, now I'm doing it!



The Pagan Preacher
I don't turn the other cheek.

[Sanity Claws]

10. Dicks can be a real pain

in the ass.

[PaganPreacher]

13. I've heard that.

(coughs, looks around nervously).



The Pagan Preacher
I don't turn the other cheek.

[Richard Steele]

17. HEY! enough Dick-Bashing already!

LOL

[PaganPreacher]

23. Sorry, Dick! Didn't mean to be so hard-on you!

I'll go easier on you from now on....



The Pagan Preacher
I don't turn the other cheek.

[madinmaryland]

27. Wasn't Dick Hertz on that show!

[Mutley]

11. done!

if anyone hears of any action taken by the fcc let us know!

[spotbird]

37. You'll need to redo.

The first link isn't for complaints. Try this.

https://www.parentstv.org/ptc/fcc/fcccomplaint2.asp

[yankeedem]

12. Gee maybe we out to send this to Brent Bozell

I KNOW he'll want to rail against Rush on his fox appearances, I mean it isn't like he is a hypocrite or something...


[e-mail]

[The Sushi Bandit]

14. Done!

[yankeedem]

15. Found a neat form

https://www.parentstv.org/ptc/fcc/fcccomplaint2.asp


I'm sure that since it is coming from such a family organization, it will be right on the top of the FCC's to do list.

[spotbird]

21. You're good.

Thanks.

[benburch]

26. Good catch.

Use their own astroturfing tools against them.

[sinkingfeeling]

19. Done. That was fun!! n/t

[MNBiker]

22. This turns my stomach.

We look like hypocrites when we support Howard Stern who says everything and get down on Rush for whatever. There are a lot of things that Rush has said to be angry about. But cut this phony bullshit. No wonder we can't win a debate. We try to win with chicken-shit. Do we want FCC censorship? Yes or No, Take a position and stick with it. The hardest thing about supporting free speech is supporting the speech of someone you disagree with.

[Walt Starr]

24. Oh fuck that shit

If it's good enough to be used against Stern, we can use the same shit against Limbaugh.

they made the rules. we're playing by 'em.

[Sanity Claws]

25. What's good for the goose...

By allowing one-sided enforcement out of fear of looking hypocritical, we are allowing the thieving pigs to get away with their outrageous shit.

[MADem]

29. You don't seem to see the true purpose of the complaints

Look at the subtext, here, the actual point is that the censorship is ALL BULLSHIT. And if they are gonna play that game, then what's good for the goose is good for the gander, and all that.

No one is surprised at all at Rush particularly for spewing his stupid, predictable, hateful nonsense, they're getting down on LittleMan Powell for CHERRY PICKING the titties and the swears that the rightwingers don't like. Rush is simply a convenient vehicle, because he is unable to keep his fat trap shut.

If the rightwingers start seeing their petit-gods fined and censured, they may develop a more libertarian view towards the issue, and see the merits in picking up the remote and changing the channel, rather than trying to protect "the children" through the passing of bullshit laws. If they really want to hear that hate speech, they just might start thinking that employing good old-fashioned "parental responsibility" is the way to go.

Triangulation. It works.

[snippy]

39. Exactly. Unthinking people often are willing to accept totalitarianism

until it is directed at them. Then some of them start thinking.

[Warren DeMontague]

31. But this is an asshole

Who thinks draconian anti-drug laws are fine, as long as we're talking about african americans or pot smokers at Dead shows... When it's his hillbilly heroin habit that is under scrutiny, suddenly he needs "compassion".

He has supported the rules, and if someone looks hard enough, there's probably a show or two where he supported the FCC going after H Stern.

I say, nail the bastard.

[MNBiker]

32. Just answer the Question....DO YOU SUPPORT CENSORSHIP?

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[MNBiker]

36. Thanks for that answer.....

Let me try another tact...We know Rush is getting a divorce. We couldn't hit him on that when Kerry was running for President, you know why. If I tryed it I would look like a fool. I'm trying to get people to see the light and vote like me. I can't do it if I look like a fool. I'm sure Rush can afford any fine he gets, and he will love the publicity. But go ahead and knock yourself out.

[Warren DeMontague]

40. well, the "shove it up your ass" was in jest

and said in the context of the larger topic of censorship. Nothin' personal.

I think drawing attention to the fact that Rush is a hypocrite is a worthy goal. Drawing attention to the fact that the FCC is hypocritical in their politically-based enforcement of "the rules" against some people and not others, is an even more worthy goal.

I'm not sure if you could "nail" Rush on the fact that he's getting a divorce.. I mean, Newt Gingrich served his wife divorce papers while she was in the hospital with cancer and it didn't sink his political career.. And Rush isn't a politician. He's just an asshat talking head.

I firmly believe in standing up against censorship, and I've consistently stood behind that position on this board, even when the would-be censors are coming from the so-called "left". But the FCC has made a determination that the airwaves; ie radio and tv; are subject to certain rules. Whether those rules are valid is debatable, but they are currently in place, and they have been used to go after Howard Stern, in what many see as a political campaign initiated after Stern came out strongly against Dubya. So Either a) they should remove the rules, but if they aren't going to do that, b) they should apply them equally to someone like Rush as they have to Howard.

That's all I'm sayin'.

[snippy]

42. I admire your passion for meek submission to the republican party. n/t

[slor]

67. Yes...

when it is against hate-spewing, hypocritical vermin.

[spotbird]

35. Rush made the rules, he needs to play by them.

This is the government he helped to create. It isn't about our opinion, it is about a level playing field where Rush suffers the consequences of his support for evil.

[w4rma]

41. Quit your blasted whining, MNBiker. The law must apply to everyone equally

And Rush helped install these censorship laws so those laws had better darn well apply to him too.

And frankly I'm ambivilent on blue laws over public broadcasts. When Rush is limited to encrypted satalite radio then he can cuss all he wants.

[11 Bravo]

55. The law is what it is.

Are you advocating that transgressions only be enforced when committed by the left? And I feel sorry for anyone who can't appreciate the irony of a hypocritical self-styled "moralist" of a windbag getting busted for indecency. Dear Rush, consume feces and expire, you fat, junkie, bastard.

[radfringe]

28. Rush IS an obsenity

FCC hasn't done anything about him before -- why start now?

[Warren DeMontague]

30. Add a dick?

To quote the indominatable Jon Stewart,

Dude, you ARE a dick.

[noamnety]

38. Done!

While I don't personally care for censorship, I'm doing this as a personal favor for Rush. I know he opposes anything that contradicts family values, and I feel this will help him to attain his own personal goals in life. This is one of those times where I am willing to set my own preferences aside in order to help a fellow American, even if they don't share my own political views.

[spotbird]

46. That is so kind and generous of you.

People like you are what may make this country great again.

[Jo March]

66. lwfern, you are a true American with moral values

Rush will have to thank you for leading him back to the path. And, dare I speak for us all, we should all thank you as well.

:) :) :)

[snippy]

43. How do we get the Republican Nanny Government to respond publicly

to this matter? Any ideas?

[spanone]

44. Was he referring to Tucker Carlson???????

[SheepyMcSheepster]

45. i have heard him say this at least a few other times

he is an "Entertainer" you know, what he does is "comedy" so maybe you just don't "get it" /sarcasm

[slay]

47. Do NOT support censorship. Do not play their game. n/t

[spotbird]

48. Do you think this is about censorship?

Well it's not.

[slay]

49. Yes, I do. You are supporting that the word DICK should not be said on th

e radio period. Rush is just the target this time because we don't like him. Ask yourself this - should the word DICK not be allowed to be said on the radio? If so, go right ahead and complain. I myself will never support censorship just to lash out at a guy I don't like. You want to give that kind of power to the FCC, well, that's your choice isn't it.

[spotbird]

50. The position is that vulgarisms do not have a place on

the public airwaves during the day.

The Republican administration which Rush enthusiastically supported has vigorously enforced that ruling when it suits its political sensibilities, well Rush needs to play by the rules he helped to create.

Are you pretending to be obtuse, or do you really misunderstand the reason the rules should be enforced against the right as well as the left?

[slay]

51. I believe the rule itself is wrong and that people should not be censored

just because some people take offense to the word DICK. Where do you draw the line on this kind of thinking? I have a problem with the rule. I don't understand why certain words offend people. They are purely words. Different things offend different people. Rush's whole attitude is offensive to me, but I do NOT try to get him off the air, I just don't listen to him. Calling the FCC mommy to protect us cause Rush said a word that is on the "naughty list" is not just pathetic, it screams of censorship. I may not like what you say, but I'll fight for your right to say it. :)

[spotbird]

52. Calling the FCC mommy is to familiarize Rush with

the consequences of the monster he created. What don't you get?

Rush has no conscience, the only pain he feels is his own, how else will he find out what he has done?

[noamnety]

53. Censorship is not the issue

The issue, as usual, is that there's one rule for them, another rule for us.

AWOL? One rule for them, another for us.
DUI?
Illegal drugs?
Embezzlement?
Affairs?

One rule for them, another for us.

[slay]

56. Then fight the RULE, don't play their game.

I know they like to have it both ways. However either you agree that the word DICK should be allowed to be said on the radio or you don't. We should not support censorship just to get at Rush. There are legitimate reasons not to like Rush, but because he said the word DICK is not one of them IMO. I'm not going to try and "punish" Rush by supporting a FCC rule that sucks. DICK DICK DICK DICK. Go ahead, report me if you must. Keep it up and the FCC will come down on us next.

[spotbird]

59. There is no longer a two party system.

Within a single party system fighting the rule is not possible. In fact this effort will have no effect either, but it is entertaining.

[slay]

60. Now that we can agree on.

You are probably correct. I just can't deal with the FCC, not after the way they have crucified Howard Stern. Think what you will about the man, but he does a lot for free speech. I know fighting the FCC is pointless the way thing are currently. Guess that's why Howard is headed to satellite radio.

[spotbird]

62. So will you file a complaint? nt

[slay]

64. Hahahah. No.

Thanks for asking though. Have to stand by my principles. :)

[Warren DeMontague]

54. I think drug laws are wrong. But that doesn't mean that I think

Rush Limbaugh should get a free pass for his oxycontin addiction while people sweat out 5, 10 year mandatory minimum sentences in some states for smoking a joint.

I am a little suspicious of people who decide to call the unjustness of the system into question only when it targets certain people.
Do I have a problem with the word "Dick"? Read my blog, you'll see how prissy I am about foul language. I'm hardly miss manners.


But as has been mentioned elsewhere, Rush supports the Religious Right. He supports the "culture war". He supports would-be censors like Pat Robertson and "Dr." Laura. Therefore, why should we all of a sudden be up in arms about the rules he supports, only when they start to blow back on his fat ass?

Lets have the debate about censorship.. but lets apply the rules that are currently in place to everyone- including Rush.

[slay]

57. I hear ya

I get what you are saying. It is totally unfair that "they" get away with things "we" do not get away with. I can not and will not sink to their level though. I don't want that rule enforced on me, so I will not support the rule. If you think reporting him is a good tactic, be my guest. I am just providing an alternate way of looking at the situation. :)

[sonicx]

58. The alternative is pointless. The FCC is not going to change it's policies

as the result of liberal protests and objections. We can't change the rules. The FCC is not up for election and it won't be disciplined. As long as we're under moral babysitters, the rules have to be turned around on the enablers.

playing nice is a loser's game.

[slay]

61. I have to stand up for what I think is right - definition of "loser"

depends on the context. Some might say that playing their "call the FCC and report `um" game can have no winners because the game itself is flawed. We play, we lose. It's not a game we (in general) would choose to play, therefor it is not a game we will win.

[sonicx]

63. so you are basically saying...

"there's nothing we can do, so let's whine"?

Quite frankly, i'd rather everyone be a loser, including the enablers. Let them all experience the nu-moral society they enabled by re-electing facists.

Let the rules apply to everyone, equally.

[slay]

65. I support Rush's right to say DICK on the radio. Doesn't mean I support R

ush and his bullshit politics. We must play the game our way, otherwise we will always be playing their game, not ours. My game is about free speech for all people, not just those I like.

[Warren DeMontague]

68. Exposing hypocrisy is part of the battle.

I would suggest you look at the larger picture. Your position is an ethically consistent one, but consider a similar situation with regards to "outing" a gay legislator who consistently worked to push legislation discriminatory against gays. Does doing so mean that you think being Gay is bad, and you are a homophobe? Not necessarially. What you are doing is weakening the case of the other side by exposing the hypocrisy of one of its boosters.

Likewise, this Rush situation is something of a twofer. Since Rush supports censorship, at least when it suits him in pandering to his audience of cultural conservatives, by exposing him as a hypocrite on this issue you not only weaken his moral position, but you also weaken the case for censorship itself by pointing out that the behavior that the censors aim to stifle is engaged in by everyone, including the supporters of the policy. It seems paradoxical, but by insisting on equal and fair enforcement of the rules, you point out where they are fundamentally wrong, and hasten the day when people take a more sensible approach to them.
Again, it's only because many of these kinds of rules are not enforced evenly that they remain in place. Do you think that, for example, if drug laws were enforced against rich, clean cut, well connected white kids (like a certain George Bush used to be) as they are against poor african americans or long-haired hippies, the powers that be would keep them in place, and in such extreme forms? Hell no.