NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell suggests that Limbaugh would not be welcome in the league.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell suggests that Limbaugh would not be welcome in the league.
Today, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell essentially came out against Rush Limbaugh’s bid for the St. Louis Rams, saying that based on the hate radio host’s past rhetoric, Limbaugh didn’t live up to the “standard” of the League:
“I’ve said many times before, we’re all held to a high standard here,” Goodell said. Then he continued: “I would not want to see those comments coming from people who are in a responsible position in the NFL –- absolutely not.” [...]
“The comments Rush made specifically about Donovan, I disagree with very strongly,” Goodell said. “It’s a polarizing comment that we don’t think reflect accurately on the N.F.L. or our players. I obviously do not believe those comments are positive and they are divisive. That’s a negative thing for us, obviously.”
In 2003, ESPN fired Limbaugh for arguing that Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb was overrated within the sports press because the “media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well.” In recent days, NFL players and the head of the union have also spoken out against the bid, and today, Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay said he would vote against Limbaugh, calling his past comments “inappropriate, incendiary and insensitive.”
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Good. I don’t need any more reasons to hate the Rams.
October 13th, 2009 at 4:31 pmI think I hear splodey heads.
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Maybe Rush should buy a baseball team in Texas. Waco sounds good.
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Duke, your mother hates you.
October 13th, 2009 at 4:38 pmWhat?
They don’t want a racist, bigot, drug addict, abuser of underage domincan boy prostitutes owning one of their teams?
What is this world coming to, when total human scum like Rush isn’t invited?
October 13th, 2009 at 4:38 pmMr.Duke says:
hate radio host’s past rhetoric,
hate radio? nice massive, gigantic, huge, enormous, big, exaggeration.
Rush limbaugh is the king of right wing hate radio, idiot.
Unless you mis-read the story and thought TP was talking about rush’s a$$, in which case you’re mostly right, it is massive, gigantic huge enormous, big, but it’s not an exaggeration to say so, and I don’t think it’s nice, but hey if that’s what floats your boat….
October 13th, 2009 at 4:38 pmMr. Duke is funny.
October 13th, 2009 at 4:38 pmWhat’s nice about it, Dukey?
October 13th, 2009 at 4:38 pmYeah, but it’s only because he got busted taking bribes and went to prison. When he was a Congressman, she used to brag to the neighbors in her condo.
October 13th, 2009 at 4:39 pmDavid, opinions can be hateful. I think you’re a cowardly slimly low-life dirtbag. I hate you. but that’s just me opinion. idiot.
October 13th, 2009 at 4:40 pmMy belief is that Limbaugh should place a bid for McDonalds and help himself to all the free food.
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Apparently Lameblahs boss, the media, didnt agree.
October 13th, 2009 at 4:40 pmThe judge was republican-appointed, Dukey.
October 13th, 2009 at 4:42 pm“I’ve said many times before, we’re all held to a high standard here,” Goodell said.
– - Really? Then how do you explain Al Davis?
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Is david duke really going to get upset about this. In the georgia racist thread he was saying it’s no big deal if private businesses pick and choose who they serve and allow in the door. How is this any different. Rush can just go buy a a football team in Canada, or a Rugby team is So Africa. Right david?
October 13th, 2009 at 4:42 pmLimbaugh=Hate Radio, dimwit.
October 13th, 2009 at 4:43 pmLooks like Rush’s hate speach has isolated him and anyone with good sense and decency doesn’t want Lamebaugh around. It will be absolutely hilarious if the Rams are sold to someone else. Let this be a lesson to that arrogant, mysogynistic, racist, gasbag.
October 13th, 2009 at 4:43 pmUsing money to catapult ourselves above the law is a trait inherent in our party. Remember, Dukey?
October 13th, 2009 at 4:43 pmBadmoodman says:
“I’ve said many times before, we’re all held to a high standard here,” Goodell said.
– – Really? Then how do you explain Al Davis?
Grandfather Clause? Seriously, they wouldn’t let that silver sweat suit wearing freak in today, no way.
October 13th, 2009 at 4:44 pmWow, Rush Limbaugh, representative of Joe Six Pack and the common man has enough cash lying around to by his own football team. Who wudda thunk?
October 13th, 2009 at 4:44 pmRead what again?
Never read a troll post twice.
October 13th, 2009 at 4:45 pmRush hasn’t changed and does not apologize for his hateful rants. He doesn’t deserve a second chance. Rush is a pompous a$$ who deserves only ridicule.
October 13th, 2009 at 4:45 pmCome on David, explain why this is different from your argument in the georgia racist thread that businesses have the right to exclude who they want? don’t be a hypocrite now. idiot.
October 13th, 2009 at 4:46 pmRush Limbaugh and Karen Ignagni should get it on. They’re both lobbyists for all things unhealthy.
October 13th, 2009 at 4:47 pmIt’s criminal Limbaugh has enough money to jointly buy an NFL franchise. Kudos to Goodell being a true businessman and knowing that it would hurt St. Louis, the Rams and the league if a racist, sexist demagogue owned a team. You’d think Rush would be more interested in the Colts: the team that wears all white.
October 13th, 2009 at 4:48 pmWords vs. deeds. hmmmmm. “OBL wanted dead or alive”. Support the soldiers but deny them the proper gear. “If someone in my administration was involved with the outing of a CIA agent they will be fired”.
Words vs. deeds indeed.
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“I’ve said many times before, we’re all held to a high standard here,” Goodell said.
– - Ummm, what about Leonard Little of those very same Rams who killed a mother while driving drunk then was founded guilty of DUI a second time several years later? What’s the standard, Commish, for getting-out-of-jail DUI arrests?
October 13th, 2009 at 4:49 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
David, why aren’t you explaining why this is different from your Georgia racist argument? Why are you running away from your own words? It shouldn’t matter whether the NFL is being hypocritical or not: according to you, it’s their choice.
October 13th, 2009 at 4:50 pmAt the very least, Rush has to start working out.
October 13th, 2009 at 4:51 pmWords vs. Deeds. Which is more important?
October 13th, 2009 at 4:51 pm—
I don’t remember Charlie Manson killing anyone…
I think somebody needs to call the Whaaambulance for Mr. Duke.
October 13th, 2009 at 4:51 pmDukey, why are you ranting at #31 as if it’s your first post of the thread?
October 13th, 2009 at 4:51 pmI hate to agree in any manner with Mr Duke, but that business with Michael Vicks creeps me out completely. I’m just glad football bores the crap out of me so I can ignore it.
October 13th, 2009 at 4:52 pmDoes this mean the other talking gopheads will now say the NFL is un-american? Be careful where you tread.
October 13th, 2009 at 4:53 pmHey, something is terrible wrong here. This is the United States, and “Rush Linbaugh” should be able to buy anything he wants, right.
How pathetic; the irony of desiring a status you can’t buy with all your money.
I am confident Rush Linbaugh will never understand the reasons the NFL doesn’t want to associate with him.
October 13th, 2009 at 4:53 pmFootball is an inherently facist, warmongering sport practiced by overpaid perpetual children aimed at keeping the masses in check by selling them performed aggression and beer. And the Bears totally rock this year with Cutler!
October 13th, 2009 at 4:53 pmBadmoodman: “What’s the standard, Commish, for getting-out-of-jail DUI arrests?”
Community service. And, in the case of the NFL, a huge dose of community service. Every team and almost every player does these things. The players who have gotten in trouble usually end up doing even more.
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Mr.Duke says:
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Today, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell essentially came out against Rush Limbaugh’s bid for the St. Louis Rams, saying that based on the hate radio host’s past rhetoric, Limbaugh didn’t live up to the “standard” of the League:
But Michael Vick gets a second chance after lying about dog fighting. Being convicted for a felon. Serving over 2 years in prison. I won’t even talk about the 78 DUI arrests committed by NFL players in the last year. Nice standards. Words vs. Deeds. Which is more important?
October 13th, 2009 at 4:54 pmHow about we talk about all the GOP studs that were arrested for DWI, ect. Or busted for cheating on their wives? Or tapping their little feets in the bath room(house)? The people on this board could go on into infinity!!
David, This is the free market. The NFL is selling a product and the public buys it. period. They made the determination that having thugs playing on the field will sell product, having a thug as a owner won’t. end of story. What is your problem?
October 13th, 2009 at 4:55 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Vick is a stain on the NFL. So are the abuses that some have committed (see Dukes rant). Maybe this is a sign they are putting their foot down by not letting a mouthpiece for division buy into the NFL. Rush is just going too far for the NFL. That’s rich.
October 13th, 2009 at 4:55 pmWho did Rush tell to kill?
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October 13th, 2009 at 4:56 pmWho said he told anyone to. Your argument was word versus deeds. All I did was blow your argument out of the water.
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Yo, Roger!
You just spanked Limpballs as hard as the Vikings did the Rams on Sunday.
October 13th, 2009 at 4:57 pmLivin’ high and above the law is not a democratic-endorsed trait. I’ve noticed my party is “tough-on-crime” as it pertains to people with personal traits they don’t like (i.e. skin color); otherwise, we’re always looking for ways the well-off can get off the hook.
October 13th, 2009 at 4:57 pmIt’s great that the commish recognizes that all the bad of a bigot owning a team outweighs the lure of money. It’s also great that the fatdumfck isn’t so privileged and here’s a group likely to exclude him.
October 13th, 2009 at 4:57 pmDUI should mean an automatic 5 years in prison. No excuses. Slap on the wrist is on deterrent.
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October 13th, 2009 at 4:57 pmWhat should intentionally cutting corners of environmental laws bring upon the business owners who choose to?
Bobwurst: “Football is an inherently facist, warmongering sport practiced by overpaid perpetual children aimed at keeping the masses in check by selling them performed aggression and beer.”
Maybe, but it’s also a very complicated and intense meeting of two of the cosmos’ most fundamental things – chaos and order. Every play is a meeting of fundamental order (offense) against the forces of chaos (defense).
October 13th, 2009 at 4:58 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
How many years should John McCain have done?
October 13th, 2009 at 4:59 pmFirst, John Edwards is no longer in politics. He is a one-term senator.
Second, does my party have a mandatory sentence for everything?
October 13th, 2009 at 4:59 pmI think Goodell heard enough from the players union that if you all Ruch to own the Rams they won’t have any talent willing to play there and the Rams would end up leaving St. Louis.
October 13th, 2009 at 4:59 pmI wonder if five years would have fixed Dick Cheney…
October 13th, 2009 at 4:59 pmMr. Limbaugh’s Roost? Meet Chickens
Chickens? Meet Mr. Limbaugh’s Roost
October 13th, 2009 at 5:00 pmYour analogy makes no sense.
October 13th, 2009 at 5:00 pm—
So are you claiming his words are deeds or that his words are worse than the deeds?
What’s the minimum sentence for someone smuggling drugs into the country? Do you really want that type of person running an NFL franchise?
October 13th, 2009 at 5:00 pmMr.Duke says:
DUI should mean an automatic 5 years in prison. No excuses. Slap on the wrist is on deterrent.
I’ll add: It’s always life after George Bush, isn’t it?
October 13th, 2009 at 5:01 pmmakete: “How about we talk about all the GOP studs that were arrested for DWI, ect. Or busted for cheating on their wives? Or tapping their little feets in the bath room(house)? The people on this board could go on into infinity!!”
I tried to post a list of Republican perverts in response to a conservative’s point about morals yesterday and the list of offenses was so vile, all I got was a “your comment is awaiting moderation.”
October 13th, 2009 at 5:01 pmdavid duke won’t support his own arguments. He is a coward or a moral relativist.
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dbadass, are you talking about when Cheney shot that guy in the face and they waited so long to inform the police because Cheney had been mixing alcohol, drugs, driving and firearms all in one?
October 13th, 2009 at 5:02 pmDukey: Are you wanted for something?
October 13th, 2009 at 5:02 pmJust imagine if GW Bush were held to Mr. Duke’s standards…
A million Iraqis would probably still be alive today.
20,000 amputees would still have their legs.
Over 4,000 American Mothers might still be happy people today.
October 13th, 2009 at 5:03 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Mr. Duke: “???? Nobody is overpaid.”
You’re not an NFL fan, are you, Mr. Duke. If you were, you would know that on virtually every team there are indeed guys who are getting overpaid.
October 13th, 2009 at 5:04 pmNinerFan says:
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makete: “How about we talk about all the GOP studs that were arrested for DWI, ect. Or busted for cheating on their wives? Or tapping their little feets in the bath room(house)? The people on this board could go on into infinity!!”
I tried to post a list of Republican perverts in response to a conservative’s point about morals yesterday and the list of offenses was so vile, all I got was a “your comment is awaiting moderation.”
October 13th, 2009 at 5:05 pmLOL!!!!!
Mr. Duke is a one hideous personal view, if you ask me.
October 13th, 2009 at 5:05 pmTo say nobody is overpaid is saying the only two people that matter is the payor and the payee. While I agree that if a person is willing to pay outrageous amounts to someone is up to them, I can still say they are overpaid.
Just like someone can say Obama doesn’t deserve the Nobel Peace Prize even though he was awarded it by the committee that decides it.
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Evidently, Mr. Duke voted in the last two elections for a guy he thinks should have gone to prison for five years.
Go figure.
October 13th, 2009 at 5:05 pmGlad to see them taking this stance. Think of how ridiculous and demoralizing it would be to :
1) Have any players with extra melanin in their skin working hard to make Rush look good, even while he is on the air explaining his racist views.
October 13th, 2009 at 5:06 pm2) Have the metro area of St. Louis (with many people of color) being represented by Rush views.
3) Have St. Louis attempt any sort of civic campaign and/or attempt to court business while it is associated with Rush.
Gee David Duke, you’ll pull a two word phrase out of one of my posts to respond to
But you aren’t able to defend a central flaw in your own argument, one where you are contradicting yourself with the hour on a different thread. Why is that? Are you stupid or just a pussy?
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racists can only go so far in public life.
in america you can acquire alot of dollars but still have no sense.
and that’s not sweat running down his big, puffy face. it’s poison. he’s poison.
irrelevance is just a dose away.
October 13th, 2009 at 5:07 pmMoney can’t buy me love, can’t buy me love,…nor a Rams franchise…
muhuwahahah!!!
October 13th, 2009 at 5:07 pmMr. Duke: “Newsflash: I never wanted war in Iraq. I want our troops out of Afghanistan right now. Sorry, to tell ya.”
Sure, Mr. Duke. We know. You were one of the 3 to 6 percent of people who called themselves conservative and yet didn’t support the war.
Kinda reminds me of 1979. Even though Nixon won in ‘72 in a complete route, you couldn’t find a conservative who had voted for him.
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Limpballs doesn’t care about being an owner, he just wants easier access to the NFL’s team “doctors” and their narcotics.
Can’t find any good maids these days to do your drug running, huh, El Drugbo?
October 13th, 2009 at 5:07 pmMr.Duke says:
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DUI should mean an automatic 5 years in prison. No excuses. Slap on the wrist is no deterrent.
This is my personal view. Do I expect it to happen. No. But, it is needed in MY view
October 13th, 2009 at 5:08 pmHow about public drunkedness?
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Inform me, tough guy
October 13th, 2009 at 5:09 pm–
Charlie Manson never killed anyone. He just used words and those are less important than deeds….
If someone dies that persona will either be charged with manslaughter or murder. You’re using an invalid case-study.
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Mr. Duke, apparently you are not familiar with market economics. Mr. Goodell knows that a chastised player who has properly been redeemed in the eyes of the paying public will fit back into the money machine which Mr. Goodell oversees with no disruption to profits. That’s just business, dipshit.
Mr. Goodell rightly knows that Limbaugh will cause severe disruptions to the money machine in the form of player and fan protests. Again, just business.
I guess its harder to make the argument that the Limpnuts nation is a vast place given the bitter pill that Mr. Limbaugh was forced to swallow.
It’s pretty ironic that Rusty Analcyst loves football given that he has almost single-handedly reduced politics into a rah-rah-my-side-is-better football game.
October 13th, 2009 at 5:10 pmDoes this mean we won’t be seeing the St Louis Lynch Mob on the NFL roster anytime soon?
October 13th, 2009 at 5:10 pm*person
October 13th, 2009 at 5:11 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
I’ve been asking you through out this thread to reconcile your argument here that it’s unfair for the NFL to exclude rush from their business, and the argument you made in the georgia racist bar owner thread that it’s ok for businesses to serve who they want and ignore who they want. either you’re too stupid to understand that you’re contradicting yourself, or you’re too much of a pussy to admit that your arguments are situationally based and have no grounding in logic or reason, or both. Your choice. idiot.
October 13th, 2009 at 5:11 pmYours Truly has been a Libertarian for 17 years.
October 13th, 2009 at 5:12 pm— So are you people cracked or what? Bob Barr= Libertarian? Get real! Oh and after 17 years does it bum you out that these people never get elected to anything? Now as a libertarian should I be free to drive if I have been drinking so long as I don’t pose a threat to anyone else? Don’t you think this federal mandated 0.08 thing is like so big government?
Now if Gasbag’s crime were dog killing, he’d be fine.
Standards? Uh huh.
October 13th, 2009 at 5:12 pmCome on david, man up or shut up.
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How about public drunkedness?
DUI,, “driving under influence” jeez, your dumb.
October 13th, 2009 at 5:14 pmI know what that means dikbreath, I asked you a question.
Glad that the NFL commissioner spoke out against El Rushbo’s bid to buy the Rams. The gas bag of radio should take his investment adventures elsewhere where it suits him like with the drug companies.
October 13th, 2009 at 5:14 pmCrazy Cat Lady says:
Now if Gasbag’s crime were dog killing, he’d be fine.
Standards? Uh huh.
No, gasbag’s crime is that he is an a$$hole who insulted one of the NFL’s star players and other players don’t like him.
October 13th, 2009 at 5:14 pmso we have to wait for you to kill or maim someone otherwise DUI is no big deal. Jeez. Insanity.
So we should turn our entire legal system into a preemptive jailhouse based on what you think. The preemptive stuff worked well for Iraq. Sure did.
Your emotional appeals are flawed.
October 13th, 2009 at 5:15 pmYeh, people with higher standards want to deport drug addicts from america not let them own football franchises.
October 13th, 2009 at 5:15 pmRush Linbaugh is viewed as a liability by NFL standards?
October 13th, 2009 at 5:15 pmDoesn’t say much for Linbaugh, considering the NFL standards.
What goes around, comes around, Rush my man!
Come on David Duke, I informed you. Are you really this much of a pussy?
October 13th, 2009 at 5:16 pmMr. Duke,
Why is every one of your comments screaming?
October 13th, 2009 at 5:16 pmSadly, we read you loud and clear.
But hey, thats the free and private market for ya. Dont want Rush at your golf club, fine. Lock him out, Im sure Limbaughs golf club lets everyone join.
October 13th, 2009 at 5:17 pmDavid Duke supports a racist’s right to discriminate, but he doesn’t support other people’s right to discriminate against racists. Do I have your argument right David Duke?
October 13th, 2009 at 5:18 pmI know this is a softball question, but yes, he is.
October 13th, 2009 at 5:18 pmDavid Duke has run away it seems. He is a pussy.
October 13th, 2009 at 5:18 pmMr. Duke: “Yours Truly has been a Libertarian for 17 years. I want zero US troops stationed around the world. Sorry.”
But I notice you didn’t deny voting for Bush twice. You voted for a guy that you thought should have done five years in prison. Twice!
And, by the way, 16 years into your stint as a libertarian, the entire premise of libertarian philosophy was laid bare and shown to be a complete fantasy. The idea of completely unregulated capitalism has been shown to be a disaster at least twice. Maybe it’s time you libertarians put down the dogma and learn the lesson.
October 13th, 2009 at 5:19 pmNote, the troll starts ranting about DUI when an organization puts out a statement he considers to be to the left of his batshit thinkspeak, an organization chock full of black players.
But we’ll have to wait for him to agree that GW Bush should have been held to his 5-year mandatory sentence or some other republican, monied, white, well-connected fella.
October 13th, 2009 at 5:20 pmbobwurst,
I know that. Sorry, I’ll be clearer. Michael Vick should not be allowed in the NFL for killing dogs.
Gasbag Rush shouldn’t either.
October 13th, 2009 at 5:20 pmOh jeez, please dont get the using a female body part as symbol of cowardice crowd going.
/fleasrealfast
October 13th, 2009 at 5:21 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Sorry cat lady, I got chum lust from smelling david duke’s blood in the water and I bit you. I don’t know what I think about Vick in the NFL, I don’t support what he did in any fashion, but he did go to jail and serve his time. The league is filled with repellent people, (and I do watch football. I’m just glad that they are smart enough to keep rush out. He is a whole nother level of repellent…Right down to the stench of rotting flesh in the folds of his fat.
October 13th, 2009 at 5:24 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
I see we failed to address any of the questions asked? Bob Barr? The historic loser nature of libertarians. The lack of individual liberty associated with a federal one size fits all indicated of driver intoxication… Are you just full of shit?
October 13th, 2009 at 5:25 pmXisithrus says:
Oh jeez, please dont get the using a female body part as symbol of cowardice crowd going.
fair enough. he’s more of an a$$hole anyway, if the old saying is correct about you are what you eat.
October 13th, 2009 at 5:26 pmYeh right, how has that free market deregulation gone? Bailing out the financials some 13 trillion in loans and guarantees Mr Duke
October 13th, 2009 at 5:26 pmYour self-serving, disingenuous bolded crap will be minimized and you will be forgotten. You haven’t made a dent, little critter. You’re a shady republican and nothing less.
October 13th, 2009 at 5:27 pmMr.Duke says:
I am the only one that believes in true freedom on the website. good night and good luck.
And yet you decry the NFL the freedom to pick and choose who they do business with…yet another contradiction…no wonder you’re running away like the coward that you are.
October 13th, 2009 at 5:28 pmBobwurst,
We’re cool. I was mostly commenting on the Commish saying they have “standards.” So dog killing is okay if you go to prison for it? Blech.
I’m glad they are taking a stand on Rush, but I agree with those who posted it’s all about money. As is most of this country now.
October 13th, 2009 at 5:33 pmGOD you are stupid Duke. I just cant believe how utterly stupid you are. You dont agree with the liberal view
October 13th, 2009 at 5:34 pmBECAUSE you are stupid, too stupid to understand reality. Tell those children who were NOT starved but rather got fed about what a failure feeding them was. As to your argument. One RUSH told you to think. It is so utterly moronic it is an embarassment. Why do we have police? I mean there is still crime. Why fire depts. We still have fires. What good are hospitals, people still get sick and injured. Only the stupidest morons imaginable would fall for such an inane argument just because RUSH said it.
I guess Mr Duke didn’t wanna talk to me about freedoms and libertarianism and words and deeds and all…
October 13th, 2009 at 5:35 pmGood onya Mr. Goodell! It would only be a matter of days, possibly minutes until he embarrassed the NFL anyway.
October 13th, 2009 at 5:36 pmMr DUKE
You are a liar and a moron. You are the only one on this website so STUPID you dont even know what freedom is. The owners have a right to protect the value of thier property and NOT selling it to a fool like Limbaugh is such protection HE has NO RIGHT to buy anything he wants to that is NOT one of our freedoms. YOU are a moron
October 13th, 2009 at 5:38 pmMr. Duke, Mr. Valentine says ‘Up Yours’!
October 13th, 2009 at 5:39 pmRUC – would that be Billy Ray? Great quote!
October 13th, 2009 at 5:40 pmBingo CCL!!
October 13th, 2009 at 5:41 pmDuke is a brainwashed moron. He reugrgitates what Rush TOLD him to think even though its so stupid no one with the sense God gave a garden slug could take it seriously
October 13th, 2009 at 5:42 pmMr. Duke: “Example: how has that war on poverty with the welfare state done since 1965? LBJ’s Great Society…Well, we still have plenty of poverty. And billions of taxpayer dollars down a sink hole.”
From 1965 on, the poverty level dropped almost every year until the early 80’s. What happened in the early 80’s? Well, the modern conservative movement, with its emphasis on libertarian values began with Reagan. In the late 70’s, in terms of spending power, our middle class had grown to the strongest point in American history. We were the largest creditor nation in the world. 30 years of modern conservative libertarian thought have ruined the middle class, driven up poverty and made us the world’s largest debtor nation.
October 13th, 2009 at 5:45 pmExactly ninerfan. By the way I am a LOOONG time Rams fan. The libertarian philosophy is very niave EXPECIALLY in its economics. They are the useful idiots for wealth and power
October 13th, 2009 at 5:47 pmEugene: “Duke is a brainwashed moron.”
Dedicated libertarians are more like monks trying to figure out how many angels can fit on a pinhead than morons. They’ve got their dogma. It’s a religion. No facts or historical information or current events can shake their belief in their philosophical dogma. And, the irony is that they almost always have a raging sense of rugged individuality, completely unaware of the fact that they are tools of corporate oligarchy.
Because the wealthy industrialists and bankers who originally came up with the idea knew that when there is minimal government regulation, you may or may not have more personal liberty, but you will ALWAYS have more corporate influence and power.
October 13th, 2009 at 5:51 pmWell, that was fun, I haven’t played whack a troll for a long time.
October 13th, 2009 at 5:52 pmGood points, NinerFan.
Also worthy of note is that poverty rate again began declining during the Clinton era, a trend that was (again) reversed when Bush Jr. took over.
October 13th, 2009 at 5:53 pmEugeneDebs: “Exactly ninerfan. By the way I am a LOOONG time Rams fan.”
Nobody’s perfect, Eugene. But, it’s amazing how the idiocy of libertarian philosophy can even bring Niners and Rams fans together. Right on!
October 13th, 2009 at 5:53 pmLiberal policies brought us the largest middle class ever. Liberal policies gave us the highway system and rural electrification that set the stage for the most powerful economic engine ever known to man. Liberal policies brought us small business loans and the regulation to put a small brake on the monopolies and predation by great corporations. The libertarian vision would bring us economic Darwinism and have us all re-enact the Lord of the Flies
October 13th, 2009 at 5:53 pmNinerfan. I agree that they take their beliefs as religious dogma. There doesnt need to be any evidence. I like your simile of the monk arguing about the angels on the head of a pin. Howeve they have lived HERE and seen the consequence of getting their way for the last twentyfive years or so and STILL cant see the problem. For that reason I think they are morons.
October 13th, 2009 at 5:57 pmralph: “Also worthy of note is that poverty rate again began declining during the Clinton era, a trend that was (again) reversed when Bush Jr. took over.”
That’s right. Clinton did buy into a lot of the new economics, but socially, he tried to do the right thing and his tax policy was more Keynesian – he did raise the top marginal rate and that made a difference. Also, the abortion rate dropped every year under Clinton. Basically, the only smidgen of social and economic policy that made any sense in the last 30 years happened under Clinton.
October 13th, 2009 at 6:35 pmNinerFan says:
And I don’t need any more reasons to hate pro football. I was living in Baltimore when Jim Irsay’s daddy snuck the Colts out of town, literally at midnight… in a blizzard… and took them to Indianapolis. Then Baltimore, needing a team to fill the stadium they had built for Irsay, stole the Browns from Cleveland.
Football’s a sleazy business but even they don’t deserve Limbaugh.
October 13th, 2009 at 6:35 pmWhat Rush doesn’t seem to understand is that without the crazy NFL Socialist policy of revenue sharing, his beloved Rams and possibly 6 other NFL franchises would have moved to other cities or would cease to exist altogether.
October 13th, 2009 at 6:41 pmJohn: “Football’s a sleazy business but even they don’t deserve Limbaugh.”
Yes. It’s big business. My condolences on the great Baltimore Colts. You do have a Superbowl-winning team there in the Ravens though, Cleveland still has a team called the Browns and now Hoosiers have a team to root for, so it’s not all bad.
October 13th, 2009 at 6:44 pmLimpballs should invest in golf courses, the natural habitat of fat old white repiggies.
One can see bigger boobs on a golf course than in a topless bar.
October 13th, 2009 at 8:52 pmGoodell wouldn’t know high standards if he saw them.
October 13th, 2009 at 9:18 pmGoodell wouldn’t know high standards if he saw them.
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October 13th, 2009 at 9:25 pmMight you explain the experimental design which gave rise to the dataset from which you drew this conclusion?
ConservaTROLL
YOU wouldnt know the truth if it bit your nutsack. Just go kill yourself you worthless pile of dogshit
October 13th, 2009 at 10:03 pmNinerFan says:
Cleveland still has a team called the Browns
– - And someday Cleveland hopes to get a pro football team.
October 13th, 2009 at 10:21 pmconservative guy says:
Goodell wouldn’t know high standards if he saw them.
Compared to your “expertise”? LOL! Now that’s funny! LOL! ;)
October 13th, 2009 at 10:22 pm.
I’m still waiting for the NFL to STOP beating around the bush…
… (R)ush is a (R)acist.
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October 14th, 2009 at 1:17 amThank you for your sharing.!
October 17th, 2009 at 10:54 amNFL /sports have their own rules and it’s different than any other business. gögüs küçültme estetigi
October 19th, 2009 at 7:19 am