45 Caliber Limbaugh
Oh cry, you kids take a seat, eh.
I’m guessing that was the line used by teachers at the Edison Middle school in Green Bay as they began to listen to the school PA system piping in their local WTAQ radio station for coverage of the Obama presidential inauguration.
WTAQ is the local station that carries the Rush Limbaugh radio program for the greater Green Bay area. Either unaware of this fact or for some other reason the school chose to tune to WTAQ for the coverage. Having not been in Green Bay at the time I can’t say for certain that WTAQ was the only radio station carrying the inauguration, but my guess is that they could have tuned in the festivities on just about any frequency number up and down the AM dial.
Anybody familiar with the Limbaugh program knows that he often interjects his own comments into live feeds of news coverage. He has done it on numerous occasions in the past and as could be expected did the same during the swearing in ceremony.
As the young students, faculty and administrators listened to the oath of office being administered they heard Limbaugh make the comment “There it is, folks! There it is: history in the making, with a botched oath”. From the reaction that this comment has created throughout the mainstream media it is unlikely the Republic will be able to recover.
I do not agree with El Rushbo on everything he says or all the positions he takes, but I appreciate him above all other conservative commentators for two main reasons. First, I get the humor and tongue in cheek comments. It may be a little dry or wry for some people but I get it and I enjoy it. Secondly, and for me most importantly, Limbaugh and his staff are never short of facts. The opinions Rush proposes on his show are usually backed up by a cornucopia of facts, both current and historic, that support his viewpoint. I have never heard him raise his voice in anger or create a shouting match with his intended target or with someone expressing a dissenting view.
In stark contrast I hearken back to the sad display on the O’Reilly Factor between the host and Congressman Barney Frank. The shouting match that ensued made for a comical video clip but the entire purpose of exposing Frank’s responsibility for his videotaped support of the Democrat blocking of oversight into Fannie May and Freddie Mac was lost . I firmly believe had Limbaugh conducted that interview the American people would have been given an opportunity to see the truth rather than a school yard cat fight. But it is exactly for that reason Big Barney would never agree to an on-air interview by Limbaugh.
Limbaugh’s innocuous yet factual comment regarding the glitch in the delivery of the oath of office is being widely and wildly criticized by the majority of alleged news organizations. Limbaugh is being blamed for the fact that his radio program was tuned in and turned on as if it was done by his own hand.
I would hope that WTAQ was chosen as the Edison Middle School radio station of choice out of ignorance to the fact that it was actually the Limbaugh Show on the air. My fear is that there is a deeper ulterior motive.
I shudder to think that this may actually be used as a means to further promote the latest and greatest in free speech gun laws, the Fairness Act.
The inappropriately named Fairness Act is the Democrats attempt to silence free speech by forcing media outlets to “balance” conservative speech with an equal amount of liberal counterpoints. Never mind the fact that these media outlets are private enterprises that survive solely on advertising revenue, and if liberal talk radio was profitable they would already be doing it. If you don’t believe that liberal radio is a bad business model just look at the books of Air America.
The very un “Fairness Act” is like a gun law in that it assigns blame to the product and unconstitutionally attempts to restrict it. Democrats are desperate to silence dissent and will use any means necessary to do so. As we progress further into the new era of hopes and dreams that desperation will only increase as tangible results will replace rhetoric as the unit of measure of success.
To be sure, Rush Limbaugh is a powerful force with a far reaching influence. But his reach is not far enough to turn on the radio at Edison Middle School and his power is only in the facts he reports and ideas he presents.
For the record, the oath was both historic and botched. That’s why the new president took it a second time the next day.
The outrage should not be about what was said on the Limbaugh program, but rather why these educators are so upset by him simply stating a fact.
Seems kinda silly, eh.
