I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
What's the fuss? The innocent have nothing to fear from a private extended pat-down in the Gropernor's office...
Jumpin' Jeehosaphat! Who would have figured that the Nat'l Enquirer would have some real journalistic cojones.
...and what ABOUT that anthrax killer? (Sorry, my tin foil is showing).
--ventura county, ca
If only Philly's mayor had such presence of mind.
These are allegations, and it is the Enquirer.
Enquirer's batting 1.000. Der Gropenfuehrer is going down...
Schadenfreude³
What did the Enquirer say about Marvin Bush and the babysitter who was run over by her own car?
Maybe Joe Scarborough knows a good 'mechanic'.
Just asking.
There seems to be some confusion. The passage Atrios quotes is in reference to Rush, not Ahnold.
It's probably just a test to see how many posters actually read the articles.
Actually the woman in question was a FedEx employee who was coming over to Arnold's to pick up a shipment he was putting together for Rush.
See how it all ties together?
Yeah! Rush. You peoples is so stupid. Yes you. Not me.
Damn. wasted my perfectly good joke, too!
Arnold is the Gropenfuhrer.
Rush is the Gropenpopper.
Tom Delay is the Gropenexterminator. (I eagerly await his exposure by the Enquirer.)
No wonder Wilma turned him in. What a scummy scumbag.
I wonder how Mrs. Limbaugh is doing? The wives are always the last to know. We may not have to worry about the legal system by the time she's done with him.
"I wonder how Mrs. Limbaugh is doing? The wives are always the last to know."
I'm not sure how you would hide the fact that you're taking 50 OCs a day.
Woah, back up a bit! Rush is married!?
...hide from your wife, that is...
I'm not sure how you would hide the fact that you're taking 50 OCs a day.
From what I've heard, it's easy.
Let the lawsuits begin.
Damn, what has The Enquirer printed concerning the Plame scandal?
Hokey smokes! It is about Rush!
Another groper for the brownshirts to defend... thank you, God!
-dave
Eeeewwww.
Genuine Reporting At Slate!
http://slate.msn.com/id/2089674/
i didn't see who that was about. was she talking about clinton?
i'm sure you find her more believable than ms willey and mrs broaddrick. why's that? hmm.
a man needs a maid
hey: why don't you do some real journalism, gene, and run all the skanky enquirer stories about bill and hill? double dare you.
Elvis Limbaugh.
On the floor by the toilet.
Jammies around knees.
Oh dear.
it's official: the dean crowd now considers the national enquirer a solid source.
Curses!
The Clenis defense!
Guess we should all go home now.......
curses: the double standard. guess you can blow me, now, chunky.
i'm a hard-core liberal and a huge fan of atrios... and i'm really disappointed to see the national enquirer cited on this website.
too bad rush isnt a sitting Demo Prez. Then he could assert all sorts of executive privilege, hire terry lenzner, and send Fox and NewsMax after his accusers.
She was right about him being a pill- popping, junky rat turd, wasn't she Neighbor?
Arnold is the Gropenfuhrer.
Rush is the Gropenpopper.
Shit, yeah, I get all the gropers confused. I probably couldn't even tell the difference between them in a line up.
a man needs a maid
But Neil Young probably got his own drugs. He just needed someone to fix his meals and go away...
where are you now when rush needs you, David Talbot? Oh, yeah - fending off all your creditors and playing accounting games.
She was right about him being a pill- popping, junky rat turd, wasn't she Neighbor?
AMJ
Gennifer Flowers was right, too and so was Lina Tripp, lamebrain. Hmm
You know, I'm sad the state of American Journalism has fallen so low that the National Inquierer is now scooping the NYT, WaPo or Anyone. That's what's sad.
The left has gone beyond the double standard and moved right on in to the triple standard. Plus, it will use any trick it can, including citing National Enquirer articles. WHat a disgusting bunch. So long.
Where is Bill Benett when you need him!
Oh yea, Vegas....
Yeah, it sucks when the Enquirer (who as you so aptly noted broke Flowers story while your side cheered) turns and bites ~your~ heroes in the ass doesn't it, Neighbor?
Good Grief! Rusty is groping the maid, too?
The National Enquirer will soon have more credibility than Faux News!
Ewww! No wonder the housekeeper quit!
Just saw a doctor on CNN describing the withdrawal problems Rush might experience....nausea, vomitting, accelerated heartbeat, etc.
How apropos, I've experienced the exact same symptoms listening to his shit.
Neil Young's "A Man Needs a Maid" is an old favorite. But I doubt that Neil had Rush in mind when he wrote it.
Let's not forget Afghan kids are happy too Davis was recalled. 
OT, Regarding the California election:
I was poking around http://vote2003.ss.ca.gov/Returns/ and came across these images. They look benign and obviously appear to be generated from some test done on the state's reporting software, but could someone more versed in statistics and these kinds of software programs please look them over and tell us what's up with the shifting amounts and slightly skewed percentages. Thanks.
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Regarding how did he hide it from his wife:
I don't have the reference (maybe it was in the original Enquirer article), but I remember hearing that he stashed them under the mattress. I also remember someone commenting that that was smart, as she would never get near there.
Someone might also suggest that it would be easy to pull the wool over the eyes of someone with judgment and eyesight poor enough to allow her to marry Rush Limbaugh.
Ugh. I'm trying to fight off the Schadenfreude, but it's so hard not to be gleeful at the plight of this horrible hypocrite. Anyone else here conflicted?
Fuck the goddamn enquirer.
OT: Daily Howler is going on sabbatical soon--and may not return.
Bummer.
http://www.dailyhowler.com/dh101.../
dh101003.shtml
The National Enquirer actually has a very good record for accuracy. With all the sleaze they print, they have to double & triple-check everything much more than mainstream papers. They may have lousy ethics, but if they print it it's probably true.
s/n:r
I just snorted a mountain of Schadenfreude and I'm ready to let some 'Pubes "say hello to my little friend."
Honestly, I want to feel sympathy but I just can't. This guy has spouted so much bad shit that he deserves whatever happens to him. Part of me feels bad but I think I can subdue it with a lot of beer - which is legal.
I can understand how Somerby could be totally burned out. The last three years have caused massive outrage. Total, unfreakingbelievable outrage. This isn't about blowjobs. This is serious, criminal, traitorous stuff.
He needs a vacation. He'll be back.
\_/
You know who peed in this?
Speaking of Schadenfreude:
Schadenfreude is a hilarious Chicago Public Radio sketch comedy show.
Not NPR-Garrison Kiellor-Car Talk- Wait Wait Don't Tell Me- Ha ha funny, but whiz yourself laughing funny.
Drop WBEZ a few bucks, willya?
Jordan, you're an idiot.
From the other thread:
"From freeperland:
Same thing happened to my dad many years ago after he suffered a back injury.
Pills dang near killed him before he fought them off.
----
I couldn't believe it when you posted this. But Drudge has the same thing.
Damn...the RATS must be dancing in the streets"
What is really pathetic about this post is that it shows that the Freepers really care what Liberals think about them.
I'm eagerly awaiting Rush's IN-depth reporting on the comparitive effects of Oxycontin in the treatment of anal cysts , as opposed to other rectal complaints he might soon suffer from.
"Pills dang near killed him before he fought them off."
God bless the 2nd Amendment. If I hadn't had my gun, I would'nt be here today.
Profoundly OT
But I just found this gem at the Freeper site (this is NOT satire):
We are privileged to be living in this grand period of our national life. April 9th AD2003 shall be remembered in future history as "V-I Day" and hallowed as such along with the other illustrious days of victory in our generation, some indubitably still forthcoming, when the great fascist and communist powers of the world were vanquished by the powers of good and freedom; ever spearheaded by our valiant Anglo-American alliance. Along with this astounding victory, arguably the greatest feat of arms since Cortes, comes the well deserved vindication of our President, George W. Bush, his administration, and the overwhelming silent majority of the American Citizenry which supported Operation Iraqi Freedom. While the liberal left, especially in the celebrity contingent were all too quick to condemn the operation and prejudicate toward failure and dishonor, it comes today as no surprise that none of these has anything to say for themselves. This is also the case, I grieve to say, in this campus where dissidents and protestors have been blatantly outspoken against the operation, often anonymously using graffiti like street thugs and cowards. Do I dare to wonder whom among these piteous souls shall have the testicular fortitude to account for their former actions? In any event they shall bear the burden of shame and the mark of cowardice for the rest of their lives. On this subject I commend the words of George Orwell who said; "Wherever men are at peace or in their beds, it is only because rough men stand ready to do violent acts on their behalf "
This "piteous soul" has the "testicular fortitude" to say: BULLSHIT!
Look Neighbor ... don't be a dick ... we don't give a fuck if Rush is a pill-popping druggie who can't control his habit. We don't care why he started.
We care that Rush has REPEATEDLY shown no mercy to those similarly addicted, and we care that he REPEATEDLY mocks rehab programs as ineffective vs. jail time for even minor drug convictions (despite just admitting today to having GONE TO REHAB TWICE FOR THIS). He richly deserves all of this shit, not because he's on "their" side, but by his own actions.
The fact that he is one of your whores just makes it sweeter ...
Gee, w00t, you're in danger of acquiring more than one dimension!
Don't let the old w00t disappear. It's a classic!
Well, she was probably wearing an underwire bra, so Rush could say that, yes, technically she was wearing a wire .
I poop on freepers.
It is what they want.
It is what I do.
And, they LOVE it.
Freepers live to be pooped on.
It is their nature.
OK, that was me.
Just wanted to come clean.
But I still poop on freepers every chance that I get.
It is my nature.
what rush deserves does not matter; the golden rule is that we treat others the way we want to be treated, regardless of how they would have us treated, so it should be our policy that he gets the same treatment atrios would if he happened to fall prey.
i am certainly no rush apologist, but i do think that having him sent to jail might not be the answer when all we ever talk about is how superior treatment is to jail. we can show ourselves to be better than rush and his ilk by extending them the compassion they refuse us.
it is a funny situation though...
Given his dumping on drug users (esp. after his own non-successes with rehab), Rush deserves no mercy. Hopefully, the other patients
in group therapy will convey sentiments much like ours. As for the wife...all that business about denial and enabling isn't just a cliche. Spouses are usually the last to figure this out. She probably wanted to know as little as possible about those "pain pills". She may just be a mercinary bitch who doesn't care as long as there's money. Yes, he should rot in jail, but it won't happen unless there's a Dem in the woodpile or a real died in the wool take-no-excuses conservative. He should have a cellmate named Khaliq, whose best friend, Rolando, is a chubby chaser.
I find the humour in Rush being a hypocritical slug of the nth degree-
As much as I want to be a "big" person right now, I would rather see him reap what he has sown.
The karma wheel just might run over you, and mangle your ass, if you choose to take that ride- as our friend Rush did.
Americans: "Rush, you are nothing but a no good, dirty, hillbilly heroin, oxycontin gulping drug addict."
Rush: "What was that?"
Sorry, I couldn't help myself.
The funny thing about our wishing bad karma on Rush is that we are creating more bad karma for ourselves by doing it.
So I don't. I hope he gets help, gets clean, and learns something from it. I am positive that his listeners aren't going to change their views from his failure, but he's always been smarter than the most of them. Maybe he'll get wisdom and share some of it with his listeners.
Oh Jeebus...
Trash magazine goes after trash talk show host. A match made in heaven, no doubt.
I still hope Kahliq & Rolando have a chance to make him their bitch. After Buffy and Biff tear him a new asshole in "group".
Has others noticed that Rushie is screaming like a stuck pig lately????
Rushie says, "I tried to kick this drugie-drugie habit of my twice but this time it's third time is going to be 'for real'"--as if Rush has every been "for real" once in his entire hyped-up life.
I guess he's thinking, "if I hadn't been on drugs and made that off-handed, stupid comment (in other words, if Rushie had had his facilities about him?), I would still be gainfully employed by ESPN".
Sometimes there is justice in world.
Sidhe (and others)
I'm sure glad I'm not a Buddhist. The only kinds of karma I believe in are instant and externally-induced.
When evil men do damage to the things you hold dear, you can either fight them or let them get away with it.
If you're going to fight, fight to win. If the b*st*rds are down, kick them until they can't stand back up.
It is a mistake to show mercy to those who have none themselves.
TOSS THE FAT FUCK IN THE SLAMMER AND THROW AWAY THE KEY!
Sidhe,
Like I said, I wish I was a bigger person than I am right now.
But, you know, at this moment, I believe he will walk away from this with no tangible consequences.
If he repents his evil ways, by all means, I will support him.
(Not fucking likely.)
However, as of now, I say, "Fuck you, Rush Limbaugh, you get what you deserve."
(And I hope that it is horrendous.)
Suffering that he has brought upon himself is NOT my problem.
Letting Rush off too easy would sap his moral fibre, and then where would we be? A stiff jail term will only enhance his mental acumen. I'm sure he wouldn't want any special consideration.
"That which does not kill Rush will only make him stronger?"
Neitzsche was always such a misguided sap.
I agree with RoguePlanet: "Ewwwwww!"
No wonder that part of the story was underreported. I think I need a shower now. Or two.
Boy Howdy, that Rush feller talks so nice, and he shore do have a purdy mouth......
(A Repost): I wish ill on no one. But I withold my faith, love, and charity from a handful, including this bum.
I had never paid any attention to Limbaugh, whatsoever, until that day he referred to an adolescent girl (on air) as "the family dog"- simply because her father had been elected to the presidency.
The "man" is vile.
how bout' y'all send up a couple sticks of butter or some oleo margarine with that big ol boy....we'll grese him up raht nice...
Ok, some old-school w00t!
Rush boobies!
(¤)(¤)
Well karma is Hindi, really, so it goes back way before Buddhism..
But I don't mean it as a religious tenet, I mean it in a way you can actually see. If yer a lib'ral, violating your own principles in this way undercuts your own arguments vis a vis drug rehabilitation.
For my own part, I'm content to enjoy the rich irony the universe dumped on Rush.. that's instant karma, don'tya know? He didn't have to wait a lifetime to get his comeuppance..
Sovereign Eye,
That was the one and only time I ever saw him on TV, and I remember that self satisfied smirk after he made that comment-
I remember thinking to myself what a foul, disgusting, useless idiot he was.
Sorry, but attacking children is unnacceptable.
No, I'm not sorry.
it is astonishing....
tonight, 10/10/03 - does a bushie have a tongue up gloria borger's twat?
capital report on cnbc. disputing joe kernen about the economy. asserts that the ceo's of fortune 500 companies know nothing about the economic conditions. succinctly, because they dispute the bush administration[i.e., they refuse to sing, "everythings coming up roses"], borger asserts that they are so blinded by the tough times of the last several years that their judgments are tainted.
kernen doesn't want to accept this persiflage, but he also doesn't want to get fired, so he let's the bitch get away with it.
imagine it. a c*nt who never met a payroll badmouths corporate leaders who have been making payrolls for years.
if you think that monica had a dick stiffly in her mouth, gloria borger makes monica appear to be an amateur.
oh, but gloria's blowing a republican.that makes a difference. doesn't it?
i prefer Limbausevic now.
OK, must say the stuff on 'twats & such, but most 'specially the whole genre of Prison Rape Humor, strikes me as:
a) well over the "line"
b) incredibly stale and uncreative, and
c) not funny.
That said, Mr. Talent on Loan from God deserves everything he will get (though I doubt that'll be much, in reality). He's a Hypocrite, Hatchetman and Whore of the highest order, and he deserves no more mercy than he has shown.
Mike E: Exactly what sort of "treatment" do you think Atrios would receive--from the Law, from Rush & Friends, hell, from Mr. "Beautifulday"--if he "happened to fall prey"? This is precisely the point.
The Rush wife history:
http://www.rotten.com/library/bi.../rush-limbaugh/
Editorial: Iraq/More spin, bureaucracy
Published October 11, 2003 ED1011
When the White House announced it was reorganizing its approach to reconstructing Iraq, the obvious conclusion was that President Bush now understands things aren't going well there. At every opportunity, he says they are, but they're not. On one hand, it's encouraging that he finally seems to grasp that. On the other, his prescribed solution is a monumental disappointment.
The reorganization plan calls for National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice to chair an Iraq Stabilization Group, which the White House described as a coordinator "of interagency efforts, as well as providing a support group" to the Pentagon and its chief U.S. administrator in Iraq, Paul Bremer. "Stabilization" is an interesting word for the White House to use; it implies that the situation now is unstable.
What went unsaid, but has been abundantly clear this week, is that Rice's appointment was an attempt to end the fighting between the Pentagon and the State Department over Iraq policy. As one Washington insider said, it's like when two kids are fighting over a toy and a parent comes into the room. The toy gets taken away, and things settle down.
Also clear is that this was a stinging defeat for Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. Rice referred to prior conversations about the reorganization with Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Colin Powell and CIA Director George Tenet. But Rumsfeld angrily denied having such conversations or being involved in planning the new structure. His pique is an indication of just how much he's on the outs with the White House, the State Department, and even his neocon friends, over his approach to rebuilding Iraq.
So you have a mess in Washington and in Iraq. The answer surely isn't to add another level of bureaucracy in Washington. What's needed are wiser heads, and a lot of them, from a lot of countries, on the ground in Baghdad.
That's what the Bush administration appeared to seek a week ago when it offered a new draft resolution it hoped to get endorsed by the U.N. Security Council, which would lead the way to truly internationalizing the rebuilding effort in Iraq. The new draft gave little ground on U.S. control in Iraq, however, and brought scathing responses from U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, France, Germany and Russia. Soft-spoken, usually circumspect Annan flat out said he would not risk the lives of more personnel for the marginal U.N. role outlined in the draft resolution.
With creation of the Iraq Stabilization Group just a couple of days later, the White House was thumbing its nose at the Security Council and signaling that it has given up on getting U.N. support in Iraq. The effort won't be internationalized; it will be bureaucratized.
It also will be spun and spun and spun. Rice and other senior administration officials already have embarked on a vigorous effort to get the message out that the situation in Iraq
Off Topic:
Has Atrios covered the fact Tom Delay has stopped any vote in the house on the FCC rules change bill?
I was watching Moyers earlier and discovered that Delay has killed the bill by refusing to allow it to come to the floor for a vote.
MYOB'
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"could someone more versed in statistics and these kinds of software programs please look them over and tell us what's up with the shifting amounts and slightly skewed percentages"
Test datasets run against the image generator. If you don't throw some freak results at the software, you could end up getting bitten by code written by some M$ flunky and made to look the fool when fifty million people hammer your website in an evening.
Atrios
Is it possible for you to get dancing egg's and Mr Rogers up there's comments printed in another colour so that they get the extra recognition they feel they deserve while simultaneously allowing the rest of us to just skip those posts?
'On this subject I commend the words of George Orwell who said; "Wherever men are at peace or in their beds...'
If ever there was a man who knew how to use a semicolon; it was George Orwell.
The National Enquirer actually has a very good record for accuracy. With all the sleaze they print, they have to double & triple-check everything much more than mainstream papers. They may have lousy ethics, but if they print it it's probably true.
s/n:r
YES. I BELIEVE ALL THE STUFF THEY PRINTED ABOUT THE CLINTONS, TOO.
Deep Fried nukes Rusty, go if you wanna:
http://www.whatisdeepfried.com/
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Allison: could you try be a bit less of a dumb bitch?
THE CLINTON CHRONICLES uncovers the shocking truth the controlled media and Clintons don't want you to know! Watch this video for the whole story. You won't find this anywhere else!
You'll learn everything about Clinton's alleged involvement in Whitewater, The Arkansas Development Finance Authority (ADFA), drug money in the millions smuggled from the airport in Mena, Arkansas, and money laundering with the BCCI. You'll find out the truth behind Gennifer Flowers, Paula Jones, the gangland slaying of private investigator Jerry Parks, and details of the Vince Foster "suicide."
--These are allegations, and it is the VRWC.
Other Atrios
Sorry, but this fat jerk has been all over the bj and he deserves public humuliation. All of these blowhards who set themselves up as our "guides" in the moral and ethical standards are meaningless. First Bill Bennett now the "big fat idiot". I can't wait to hear the muck they find on Tom Delay. Please let the Enquirer investigate that fool. I can be "above" all the fray but right now it is just a pleasure. I'll work on being 'a bigger" person tomorrow.
Schadenfreude
BudMan
No, a cry for justice. Big Law n' Order types who turn out to be hypocrits should get at least what they've advocated for other people. They and their media protectors are destroying any sense of fairness and decency in the country. I say give them ten to fifteen in a real prison. Thanks to them we've got more than enough prisons.
And what about taking away their right to vote. The favorite tactic to disenfranchise minority members now that jim crow technically is illegal.
Bring on the rapture!
http://www.latimes.com/news/
nati...es12oct12.story
SUNDAY REPORT
Israel Adds Subs to Its Atomic Ability
Officials confirm that the nation can now launch nuclear weapons from land, sea and air. The issue complicates efforts to rein in Iran.
By Douglas Frantz, Times Staff Writer
TEL AVIV — Israel has modified American-supplied cruise missiles to carry nuclear warheads on submarines, giving the Middle East's only nuclear power the ability to launch atomic weapons from land, air and beneath the sea, according to senior Bush administration and Israeli officials.
The previously undisclosed submarine capability bolsters Israel's deterrence in the event that Iran — an avowed enemy — develops nuclear weapons. It also complicates efforts by the United States and the United Nations to persuade Iran to abandon its suspected nuclear weapons program.
Two Bush administration officials described the missile modification and an Israeli official confirmed it. All three spoke on condition their names not be used.
The Americans said they were disclosing the information to caution Israel's enemies at a time of heightened tensions in the region and concern over Iran's alleged ambitions.
More.....
I know a married couple, both hooked on oxy contin. The husband went to hell and back, first trying to get off the oxy's cold turkey, then going into rehab for 30 days and ultimately kicking the drug. The wife refuses to admit that she's addicted, and is still on oxy contin. At the worst of their addiction, they were both getting prescriptions from their doctor, buying at least 50 oxy contins on the street at $10.00/pill. These were not wealthy people and got in financial trouble b/c of their addiction. What strikes me is that both this husband and wife said they were in a lot of pain, him back trouble (same as Rush), her facial/ear pain. Since's he's been clean, he has admitted that while he did have back problems and had surgery at one point, the pain was not nearly as bad as he let on. While he was addicted to Oxy Contin, he sort of had to keep talking about the excruciating pain he was in otherwise, he would have lost his excuse for needing the pills. Bottom line:
Rush is a puss. A drug addicted puss.
THE CLINTON CHRONICLES uncovers the shocking truth the controlled media and Clintons don't want you to know! Watch this video for the whole story. You won't find this anywhere else!
lookout b'low me | 10.11.03 - 5:48 am
OR, you could read the $40 million+ Starr/Ray report and get the real poop .. er, scoop. No indictments for Whitewater, rapes, murders, anything. That really burns you guys, doesn't enough -- enough to drive you to finding something to ease your pain? Why are you still so jealous? If left unchecked, it will just .. eat .. away .. at .. you ..
Bill Rehm and David Ehrenstien have got it right: Lying down and snivelling, "W-w-well, m-maybe I disagree," while the Right steam rolls right over us is not the way. As Gray Davis just learned. As Tony Blair is learning. And as the useless, spineless DLC jellyfish should have learned by now. We have a right to self defence.
Rush Limbaugh is a worthless piece of human garbage. If the current junta imposes martial law, and starts rounding up liberals and executing them, Rush would have mutiple orgasms. So, no, I don't think any of us sobbing over the poor dear's self-inflicted fuck-ups is a very good idea. The man is pure scum, and he deserves to suffer.
I'm detecting an interesting pattern here: Even though it's clear that the CIA is making the accusation, the VRWC persists in attacking Joe Wilson.
Even though Rush Limbaugh has admitted that the charges the Enquirer made are true, the trolls continue to attack the billy goats gruff for believing the Enquirer.
Could the Mighty Wurlitzer be breaking down?
Maybe the freepers have the noids that their stash is going to be discovered next. I'm really coming to believe that it might not be the yellow hair dye talking. The symptoms of the talking con heads look like serious drug dependency. Who makes more sense, Wm. Bennet or the late Timoth Leary? I'd say from John Fund through David Brooks and on down to Coulter they should all get mandatory drug testing.
It suddenly dawned on me: He was patting me down - groping me to see if I was wearing a wire!
Boy people can be naive. The scumbag was copping a feel.
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