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Pic Of The Moment: Limbaugh Tells Listeners That Hurricane Coverage Is A Liberal Hoax, Then Bails (Original Post) EarlG Sep 2017 OP
slimy a hole irisblue Sep 2017 #1
He already did. catbyte Sep 2017 #22
Gee traffic is going to be bad underpants Sep 2017 #2
IIRC his producers are in New York City alp227 Sep 2017 #54
I hope his studio drmeow Sep 2017 #59
Lewis Black was right! Initech Sep 2017 #3
Yes and so are his fans FakeNoose Sep 2017 #14
Yep, this is true. George Carlin is dead, piles of human DUNG rush Eliot Rosewater Sep 2017 #51
Frank Zappa is dead. Pat Robertson and Jim Bakker - still alive! Initech Sep 2017 #52
Unless I missed it, I do not see where he is saying that pangaia Sep 2017 #4
He said meteorologists are "creating fear and panic" for a "climate change agenda." SunSeeker Sep 2017 #25
Thanks sunseeker... pangaia Sep 2017 #40
You'd think they'd use his quotes instead of quotes from other media outlets about what he said. hughee99 Sep 2017 #53
Exactly. That is what confused me... pangaia Sep 2017 #55
He's evacuating? yuiyoshida Sep 2017 #5
And all of those people in Texas...... SergeStorms Sep 2017 #36
Don't do as I do, do as I say packman Sep 2017 #6
Your choice of signature gifs They_Live Sep 2017 #67
For any moron that still likes this idiot... DonaldsRump Sep 2017 #7
hell heaven05 Sep 2017 #26
wow barbtries Sep 2017 #8
Really, FakeNoose Sep 2017 #15
i really don't get it. barbtries Sep 2017 #37
Anyone stupid enough to use flush as a meterologist not fooled Sep 2017 #57
He rushed out................. raven mad Sep 2017 #9
So when his real house gets washed away from the fake storm DK504 Sep 2017 #49
Oxy Moron world wide wally Sep 2017 #10
Oxy Moran SunSeeker Sep 2017 #19
Note that he did not say he was evacuating he just daid he was leaving, AJT Sep 2017 #11
Yes, very Trumpian of him. SunSeeker Sep 2017 #20
"I'm not going to go into details.." Docreed2003 Sep 2017 #12
Well said. narnian60 Sep 2017 #18
put a tracker on him and give it to Irma chaking53 Sep 2017 #13
Every station he is on should play a public service announcement: nolabear Sep 2017 #16
Bloviating blowhard Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2017 #17
"...because of the security nature of things..." skypilot Sep 2017 #21
Limbaugh is patient zero for outrage stoking, dumb, distorted right wing media MrPurple Sep 2017 #23
K&R Gothmog Sep 2017 #24
Please Stay and do your show Rush maxrandb Sep 2017 #27
I think... rtracey Sep 2017 #28
You are too kind drmeow Sep 2017 #60
He puts his own listeners at risk IronLionZion Sep 2017 #29
This despicable jerk is past his sale by date. gademocrat7 Sep 2017 #30
On the bright side.. Amimnoch Sep 2017 #31
I have a friend who's staying spinbaby Sep 2017 #32
oh man. barbtries Sep 2017 #38
Anyone who followed this motherfucker's advice will pay dearly MrScorpio Sep 2017 #33
Get fucked Limbaugh 47of74 Sep 2017 #34
Where is he going? To his child prostitution resort? Or is that also clobbered by the fake hurricane keithbvadu2 Sep 2017 #35
Hopefully Irma...... SergeStorms Sep 2017 #39
"Pack up your Oxy in your old Kit Bag and bail, bail, bail". BHDem53 Sep 2017 #41
Limbaugh did not respond to requests for comment about where he will be going. Angry Dragon Sep 2017 #42
I knew that POS would book out of there.......... Bengus81 Sep 2017 #43
His house is in Palm Beach proper and right on the ocean. Ligyron Sep 2017 #46
Isn't his mansion nearly next door to the Ritz....... Bengus81 Sep 2017 #62
Naw, the Ritz is way south in Manalapan good 15 miles. Ligyron Sep 2017 #65
he had to evacuate. if he stayed & the power goes, pansypoo53219 Sep 2017 #44
HE's screwed either way,that's why this "security" BS was made up by him... Bengus81 Sep 2017 #63
Is he staying on Palm Beach for the storm? BainsBane Sep 2017 #45
flagrant misuse of public airways Deb Sep 2017 #47
For godssssakes, people. This poor man was inconvenienced. japple Sep 2017 #48
"blown to smithereens" Skittles Sep 2017 #50
Hypocrite!! AC_Mem Sep 2017 #56
Limbaugh is an over-stuffed loudmouth n/t apkhgp Sep 2017 #58
Is he an idiot? (Yes) Dopers_Greed Sep 2017 #61
He claimed the news networks were lying when they showed a picture of the storm Ohioboy Sep 2017 #64
When Limbaugh lands in Oz, I hope the flying monkeys get him. tclambert Sep 2017 #66

catbyte

(34,455 posts)
22. He already did.
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 12:29 PM
Sep 2017
Al Roker shames Limbaugh for dismissal of Hurricane Irma 'panic'

By Joe Concha - 09/06/17 04:09 PM EDT

NBC meteorologist Al Roker clashed with Rush Limbaugh on Wednesday after the conservative radio host suggested warnings about Hurricane Irma were driven by political agendas around climate change.

The longtime "Today" personality took to Twitter to slam Limbaugh in two tweets while using a #ShameOnRush hashtag in a message to his 1.7 million followers.

"Do not listen to @rushlimbaugh when he says #Irma is not a dangerous #storm and is hype. He is putting people's lives at risk," wrote the 63-year-old Roker.

"To have @rushlimbaugh suggest the warnings about #Irma are #fake or about profit and to ignore them borders on criminal. #ShameOnRush," he wrote in subsequent tweet.

......snip

http://thehill.com/media/349502-al-roker-shames-limbaugh-for-dismissal-of-hurricane-irma-panic

underpants

(182,884 posts)
2. Gee traffic is going to be bad
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 10:51 AM
Sep 2017

Oh that's right he's probably flying out. Wonder if he planned for his staff to leave.

alp227

(32,057 posts)
54. IIRC his producers are in New York City
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 08:23 PM
Sep 2017

while Rush hosts from West Palm. I remember reading his producers and call screeners worked out of his "flagship stations" in NYC (WABC from 1992-2014, since then WOR).

Edit: Confirmed, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rush_Limbaugh_Show#Show_airtime_and_format

drmeow

(5,025 posts)
59. I hope his studio
Sat Sep 9, 2017, 01:53 AM
Sep 2017

Is completely destroyed - as in condemned, find someplace else. I hope any archives of his shows are damaged by flood waters and I hope he doesnt have flood insurance. I hope that the room where he actually records his shows gets filled with raw sewage and toxic chemicals and that it gives him cancer when he goes back

Initech

(100,104 posts)
3. Lewis Black was right!
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 10:57 AM
Sep 2017

Good people die young, and pricks live forever!! Rush Limbaugh is living proof of this!

FakeNoose

(32,773 posts)
14. Yes and so are his fans
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 11:48 AM
Sep 2017

Rush Limbaugh's listeners are all old and stupid too.

The only difference is, Limbaugh is ridiculously rich, while his fans are mostly out of work, lower middle class jerks.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
4. Unless I missed it, I do not see where he is saying that
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 11:01 AM
Sep 2017

Hurricane coverage is a hoax.
What I DO see him saying is that liberals saying that climate change even exists is a hoax, and 'they' are using hurricanes as 'proof.'

Please correct me if I am wrong because I feel a little slimy about saying it.

But, just want to get it right.

otherwise Limbaugh can go fuck himself...

SunSeeker

(51,724 posts)
25. He said meteorologists are "creating fear and panic" for a "climate change agenda."
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 12:47 PM
Sep 2017

Rush Limbaugh basically said the warnings about Irma are inflated to advance a "climate change agenda":

..So there is a desire to advance this climate change agenda, and hurricanes are one of the fastest and best ways to do it. You can accomplish a lot just by creating fear and panic. You don’t need a hurricane to hit anywhere. All you need is to create the fear and panic accompanied by talk that climate change is causing hurricanes to become more frequent and bigger and more dangerous, and you create the panic, and it’s mission accomplished, agenda advanced.
http://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2017/09/06/rush-limbaugh-warnings-about-irma-inflated-to-advance-climate-change-agenda/

If he says officials are "creating fear and panic," even the dumbass morans who listen to him get what he is saying: the officials are making shit up, i.e. "creating."

hughee99

(16,113 posts)
53. You'd think they'd use his quotes instead of quotes from other media outlets about what he said.
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 07:27 PM
Sep 2017

Either way, though, Limbaugh can go fuck himself.

yuiyoshida

(41,862 posts)
5. He's evacuating?
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 11:05 AM
Sep 2017

What a Chicken shit! Common Rush, if you so firmly believe Hurricanes are a Hoax than why not stay, do your SHOW from the Beach and slather on that suntan oil and do the show from a beach chair, with your Shades on...

A Security nature? Do you think people are going to shoot at you? Yeah, that's right, you are too damn important to the Country to be put in any remote danger, but this is a sure thing right? A HOAX... are you going to let a Hoax scare you off? Those Big Dark clouds on the Horizon are nothing to worry about.. is probably cause the earth is in partial darkness from one half of the planet being in darkness of night.

Oh wait, that couldn't be right, because in your world, the planet is a flat pancake and the universe spins around it, right? You arrogant piece of Beach flotsam??

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
36. And all of those people in Texas......
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 02:18 PM
Sep 2017

aren't really rebuilding their homes, businesses, lives.....that's all a "liberal hoax" as well! Trump was in Texas and we didn't see him hang around anyplace that was devastated, flooded etc. So all that must be a "liberal hoax" too!

Damned liberals! Scaring good, solid, white, god fearing Americans with their "climate change" baloney!

 

packman

(16,296 posts)
6. Don't do as I do, do as I say
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 11:08 AM
Sep 2017

Listen to that old saying , Limbaugh ditto heads - Rushbo knows what he is talking about and the big jet you see as you look up into the darkening skies with his name on it flying north is just an illusion. You stay right there, Rush fans and ride out that liberal hurricane and fake climate change monster. (Seriously, get the fuck out).

DonaldsRump

(7,715 posts)
7. For any moron that still likes this idiot...
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 11:10 AM
Sep 2017

...this would be definitive proof about who and what this fool really is.

Then again, the phrase "preaching to the choir" comes to mind about Rush and his listeners.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
26. hell
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 12:54 PM
Sep 2017

if all 66 million+ that voted for the doofus ignoramus potus lived in s. fla. how many, on this pigs advice, do you think would stay? I say more than 90%.....are that stupid.

FakeNoose

(32,773 posts)
15. Really,
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 11:53 AM
Sep 2017

... really stupid!

And yet he has tons of fans. Amazing isn't it?
Rush Limbaugh has about $500 million the bank, and I'll bet most of his listeners don't even have $500.

This is the guy who's run the hate-campaign against Hillary for the last 25 or 30 years.

DK504

(3,847 posts)
49. So when his real house gets washed away from the fake storm
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 06:35 PM
Sep 2017

you know he will take real money from the real FEMA. What a demented foul POS.

Time to start dropping advertisers again.

AJT

(5,240 posts)
11. Note that he did not say he was evacuating he just daid he was leaving,
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 11:19 AM
Sep 2017

hinting he was leaving for security reasons. As though he'd been threatened.

SunSeeker

(51,724 posts)
20. Yes, very Trumpian of him.
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 12:21 PM
Sep 2017

Never EVER admit you're wrong, just make shit up. It is the Trump way.

Docreed2003

(16,877 posts)
12. "I'm not going to go into details.."
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 11:22 AM
Sep 2017

Why Rush? Because you're a hypocritical blow hard that can't admit they fucked up!? What, were you anticipating with you're great scientific knowledge that the storm would turn and spare you?? I'm sure that's the case because you were hoping that you could look back on Monday and say "See, I told you." Fuck you Rush and I hope you have just karma for the shit you have stirred over this storm. I'm sure you'll do just fine in whatever millionaire bungalo you've escaped to

nolabear

(41,991 posts)
16. Every station he is on should play a public service announcement:
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 11:55 AM
Sep 2017

"Don't listen to that gasbag. He left. Now YOU leave!"

Over and over and over.

MrPurple

(985 posts)
23. Limbaugh is patient zero for outrage stoking, dumb, distorted right wing media
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 12:30 PM
Sep 2017

He started before Fox News and was the first to infect AM radio. He was a pioneer in the destruction of our political discourse.

maxrandb

(15,359 posts)
27. Please Stay and do your show Rush
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 01:05 PM
Sep 2017

I am joining with all sane and rational people who say; "Please stay! Just think how wonderful your show will be broadcast from your patio at the beach".

Also, please ensure that you have a LOT of electrical equipment, tall trees and corrugated sheet metal near you.

 

rtracey

(2,062 posts)
28. I think...
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 01:18 PM
Sep 2017

I think this is similar to yelling fire in a crowded theater. This is NOT free speech, this is putting peoples lives in danger and I feel he is a menace to society. He is an arrogant fat fucker.

drmeow

(5,025 posts)
60. You are too kind
Sat Sep 9, 2017, 01:59 AM
Sep 2017

Calling him an arrogant fat fucker is an insult to arrogant fat fuckers who, as a rule, do not have the fundamental evil dead black hole where their hearts should be as Limpballs does.

IronLionZion

(45,534 posts)
29. He puts his own listeners at risk
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 01:26 PM
Sep 2017

The GOP joins the tobacco industry and insurance industry for people who want their own supporters to die

 

Amimnoch

(4,558 posts)
31. On the bright side..
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 01:39 PM
Sep 2017

Florida, the United States of America, and humanity in general is probably better off without any of the ones that would listen to this jackass and take his advice to heart.

spinbaby

(15,090 posts)
32. I have a friend who's staying
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 01:41 PM
Sep 2017

He's less than a mile from water near Miami and has numerous health problems. He's not evacuating because his elderly mother refuses to leave because she's convinced that the hurricane panic is overblown. She's a devout Fox watcher and Limbaugh fan.

keithbvadu2

(36,923 posts)
35. Where is he going? To his child prostitution resort? Or is that also clobbered by the fake hurricane
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 02:17 PM
Sep 2017

Where is he going? To his child prostitution resort? Or is that also clobbered by the fake hurricane.

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
39. Hopefully Irma......
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 02:24 PM
Sep 2017

will blow the EIB studio into a thousand pieces. Rush would then tell his listeners the show was coming to them from an "alternative site" (for security reasons, you know!) while the EIB studio was having "scheduled maintenance". One good lie deserves another. Then another. Then another. Repeat ad nauseum.

Angry Dragon

(36,693 posts)
42. Limbaugh did not respond to requests for comment about where he will be going.
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 03:18 PM
Sep 2017

I know: He is going to part the red see(his ass checks) and once again stick his head where the sun don't shine

Bengus81

(6,933 posts)
43. I knew that POS would book out of there..........
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 03:28 PM
Sep 2017

Because of "security" reasons?!?! Bawhahahhaaaaaa!! Don't flatter yourself pillboy,most don't even know your still alive. Here HOPING once again your mansion in West Palm Beach takes a direct hit.

Bengus81

(6,933 posts)
62. Isn't his mansion nearly next door to the Ritz.......
Sat Sep 9, 2017, 08:46 AM
Sep 2017

Or what used to be the Ritz-Carlton?? I was thinking they sold that property but his house was a couple of lots over.

Ligyron

(7,639 posts)
65. Naw, the Ritz is way south in Manalapan good 15 miles.
Sat Sep 9, 2017, 11:06 AM
Sep 2017

Rush is on the north end of the island of Pam Beach a block or so from the inlet. A friend of mine (liberal and gay) sold it to him in what he admitted was one of the most politically incorrect acts of his lifetime.

It is not a huge house by Palm Beach standards but it is a great location with a nice, large (so far) beach with coastal dunes and a decent surf break in the winter. Not that Rush would attempt anything so cool and athletic. He may have also bought property where you indicated since he's got way more money than human decency.

pansypoo53219

(20,997 posts)
44. he had to evacuate. if he stayed & the power goes,
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 03:43 PM
Sep 2017

he can't spew more crap on mon. and staying & needing to run reruns means he's full of shit.

Bengus81

(6,933 posts)
63. HE's screwed either way,that's why this "security" BS was made up by him...
Sat Sep 9, 2017, 08:48 AM
Sep 2017

And his show will be coming from an "undisclosed" location. Trying to play this like the evillll tree huggin Libs have put a contract on his fat ass.

BainsBane

(53,072 posts)
45. Is he staying on Palm Beach for the storm?
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 04:08 PM
Sep 2017

I sure hope so. I don't suppose, however, it would occur to him that such irresponsible talk endangers the lives of his listeners?

japple

(9,841 posts)
48. For godssssakes, people. This poor man was inconvenienced.
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 05:45 PM
Sep 2017
"Limbaugh presented the departure as more of an inconvenience than a proper response to imminent danger.

You know, I had to cancel a bunch of stuff,” he said. “I was going to go to a private movie screening this afternoon, and I had a bunch of stuff to do tonight, and now that's all blown to smithereens.”


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/09/06/rush-limbaughs-dangerous-suggestion-that-hurricane-irma-is-fake-news/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_fix-limbaugh-1240p%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.954efd4ec82c

AC_Mem

(1,979 posts)
56. Hypocrite!!
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 09:16 PM
Sep 2017

The good thing is that his show is going DOWN. Ratings down, advertisers leaving.

tick tock tick tock

Dopers_Greed

(2,640 posts)
61. Is he an idiot? (Yes)
Sat Sep 9, 2017, 03:09 AM
Sep 2017

Putting your audience at risk of death is generally not a good way to keep listeners.

Ohioboy

(3,244 posts)
64. He claimed the news networks were lying when they showed a picture of the storm
Sat Sep 9, 2017, 10:00 AM
Sep 2017

being wider than Florida. They just showed the truth. What a moron.

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