Rush Limbaugh Attacks Black Katrina victims and praises Whites as the Floods hit.

[Swamp Rat]

Rush Limbaugh Attacks Black Katrina victims and praises Whites as the Floods hit.
By: John Amato on Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 at 4:30 PM - PDT



(snip)

Limbaugh: I want to know. I look at Iowa, I look at Illinois—I want to see the murders. I want to see the looting. I want to see all the stuff that happened in New Orleans. I see devastation in Iowa and Illinois that dwarfs what happened in New Orleans. I see people working together. I see people trying to save their property…I don’t see a bunch of people running around waving guns at helicopters, I don’t see a bunch of people running shooting cops. I don’t see a bunch of people raping people on the street. I don’t see a bunch of people doing everything they can…whining and moaning—where’s FEMA, where’s BUSH. I see the heartland of America. When I look at Iowa and when I look at Illinois, I see the backbone of America.

(snip)

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/06/17/rush-limbaugh-attacks-black-katrina-victims-and-praises-whites-as-the-floods-hit
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[ColbertWatcher]

1. That bastard needs to be fired. n/t

[Swamp Rat]

2. AND exiled to another PLANET!

:grr:

[ColbertWatcher]

4. We don't need that poison in the rest of the universe.

We can keep him here, maybe send him to Gitmo?

[Swamp Rat]

7. There are giant billboards of him all over New Orleans.

He put those up after they got rid of the only station that played Air America, which now plays Limbaugh, Hannity, etc. all day and all night.

He wants black people in New Orleans to be humiliated for the rest of their lives, if not dead.

Creatures like him do not deserve to live on Earth.

[ColbertWatcher]

10. WTF!?

Limbaugh in New Orleans?

As if that city hasn't suffered enough.

Damn.

[Enthusiast]

28. He is simply pointing out

Blacks = bad

Whites = good

Just another of Limbaugh's many charms. Some of his racist remarks are a little more subtle than this one.

[SeattleGirl]

3. He is beyond disgusting.

And beneath contempt.

Not enough curse words in the world to hurl at that useless piece of protoplasm.

:nuke: :grr: :nuke: :grr: :nuke: :grr: :nuke: :grr: :nuke:

[ColbertWatcher]

5. He perfectly represents republican values. n/t

[Swamp Rat]

6. I am biting my tongue.

After hurricane Katrina, we lost our only progressive radio station, which now plays Limbaugh and Hannity all day long.

Also, there are numerous giant billboards of Rush Limbaugh all over New Orleans of him smirking at us.

It is fucking surreal... He did that on purpose to psychologically harm African Americans.... and everyone else here who loathes him... unfuckingbelievable.

:nuke:

[SeattleGirl]

8. Oh my God.

That is totally fucking SICK!

I am hoping that when Obama gets elected (as well as more Dems in Congress and in state houses) that we can really push back against this disgusting dreck.

P.S. A BIG :hug: to you, my friend.

[Swamp Rat]

9. abraço

:hug:

Something needs to be done about this. :mad:

[SeattleGirl]

12. I keep thinking, as goes the leader, so goes the country.

Bush is also a hateful pile of dreck, so that gives "permission" for the other hateful piles to ooze out from under their rocks.

My fiercest hope is that with Obama in office, those of us who do not live our lives in a hateful way will have increasing power.

I just can't take too much more of what we've lived with for the past 7 years. :cry:

[wvbygod]

43. What do you suggest be done?

The 1st amendment gives even the biggest bigots freedom of speech. We are free to speak out
against those that offend us. What more action do you have in mind?

[Richard Steele]

11. Limbaugh needs to suck a candy bar out of my ass and choke on it.

He's a vile, despicable excuse for a human being.

[MissHoneychurch]

13. That is just sick

really really sick .... makes me wanna drive my fingernails into his eyes .... :puke:

If you are looking for pure evil ... don't look no further. Rush Limbaugh is the perfect example.

[SeattleGirl]

14. Hey, MissHC

You said it!

(And hope you are doing well. :loveya: )

[MissHoneychurch]

15. Hey gf

:hug:

I am doing fine. Hope you do too :loveya:

[Swamp Rat]

16. Wie gehts MissHoneychurch?

:hi:

Let's send Lazer Kitty to zap his fat ugly face.

[MissHoneychurch]

17. Hello Swamp Rat

:hi:

I am doing fine. How about you?

I am more the willing to help Lazer kitty :mad:

Just thinking about these words make me mad as hell.

[SeattleGirl]

18. Hehe!

I like Lazer Kitty!

pew pew pew to yew, Limpballs!

[helderheid]

47. Oh I love that

[Skidmore]

19. Well, all he needs to do is look harder.

There were people arrested for attempting to loot homes in a couple of neighborhoods immediately afterward. A woman was interviewed on one of the local channels who reported seeing a guy on a bicycle with a flashlight checking out the evacuated homes on her street and her son chased him away. There were also a couple of guys arrested who were wearing uniforms and trying to impersonate National Guard officers. People are being warned against potential scams. In every crisis, there are people who will engage in antisocial behavior.

[SeattleGirl]

20. He won't look closer. If he hears about it at all, he'll just claim they

were black looters.

:grr:

[Skittles]

21. he is a racist asshole n/t

[PfcHammer]

22. disgusting

what a degenerate bucket of pigshit :puke:

[Itchinjim]

23. Somebody should inform Rush that Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and Eastern Iowa

are very blue areas. Yep Rush, it is the Democrats who are the "backbone of America"

[sandnsea]

24. It's the assumptions made

If these guys had been in New Orleans, they'd have been called looters. Most of the crime reported has since been proven to be overblown, not that the racist boil butt gives a shit.

[JustAnotherGen]

25. What the hell is he talking about?

There weren't 'rapes' in the street. And FWIW - I thought there were COPS looting in N.O.?

Remember - he's a drug addict - doesn't make it right or Okay- but he's still a drugged up effin idiot.

[bunkerbuster1]

34. He's talking about made-up stuff racist RWers have believed since Day One.

From the moment the news about NOLA hit, racists have been rationalizing the piss-poor response to Katrina by saying that the crazy, shiftless "n*ggers* down there had it coming, and that this is what you get when people aren't self-sufficient and depend on the government.

Surely you've heard this stupid shit from racist pricks before, right? Rush's rant is in keeping with this "conservative" article of faith: that the take-away from NOLA is that black people suck, white people are self-sufficient and brave.

I saw this one coming days ago.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

26. He only sees what he's told to see

And says what he's told to. He's a nothing.

An empty hatebag who would take these tragedies, and use them to do as much harm as these storms did.

Perhaps more.

Your Swampness. Much love Holmes. :pals:

[trusty elf]

27. "I'm shrub laugh"

is a vile excuse for a human being.

:puke:

[Philosoraptor]

29. Fuck him and all his fan boys.

[fasttense]

30. Did I miss something?

Are there tens of thousands of people trapped in a stadium without food, water or basic hygiene in Illinois? Did I miss how Illinois abandoned their own citizens for a week without help in the middle of a massive flood? How could I have missed four thousand Americans dying from flooding yet again?

This must be how bush feels.

[erpowers]

31. Thinking About that this Morning

When the Today Show did there opening talking about the flooding I thought will there be a Republican saying the flooding in the Midwest was a punishment of the people living there. So, I guess I have already gotten my answer. Yes, the Republican will have a double standard on the issue. People in the Midwest are victims the people in New Orleans deserved what they got.

[bunkerbuster1]

35. Oh, I'm sure there was a Gay Pride march scheduled in one of these cities!

Probably an extra-sexy one, too. That's what made Hagee decide NOLA deserved to get whacked.

[bullwinkle428]

38. God must really need to brush up on his geography -

gay marriage was legalized in California, but He decided to carry out his punishment against us here in Iowa!!!! :rofl:

[raccoon]

44. Maybe that's why W invaded Iraq after SAUDIs hijacked the planes.

The same (il)logic, I mean.

[bunkerbuster1]

32. Interesting phrase: "a bunch of people running around waving guns at helicopters"

Used to be right-wingers always made sure to point out that in New Orleans, those crazy n*gger flood victims were SHOOTING at helicopters.

They got away with saying that for years, even though there was never a single credible source to verify that ugly tale.

Now Rush says "a bunch of people running around waving guns at helicopters."

Interesting. Apparently it takes three years for a lie to get toned down. A bit.

[KamaAina]

58. Another interesting phrase: "raping people in the street"

Not that the OxyMoron ever let puny things like facts get in his way, but this is the first I've heard of any such occurrence. The rumors that rapes were occurring in the Superdome have long since been debunked.

[Jawja]

33. I'm sure that Rush's listeners - like Rush -

cannot see the difference between the devastating power of a hurricane and "storm surge" in the middle of a hot summer versus flooding caused by over-capacity rivers. :shrug:

Rush Limbaugh is shit and his listeners are flies.

[a kennedy]

36. JUST STFU limpballs

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :puke: :grr: :thumbsdown:

[Sheets of Easter]

37. Die in a fire, you racist, pill-popping piece of shit.

[izzybeans]

39. I think this confirms Bill Hick's thesis on Rush Limbaugh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg2_MntkMzg

[crikkett]

40. I wish I hadn't visited this thread.

Why does anyone even listen to Limbaugh?

[Indigo Blue]

41. Has he seen Blackwater threatening Iowans with deadly weapons, keeping them out of their homes?

Has he seen Iowans' homes boarded up, locked down? Has he seen the government take days to respond to the flooding there? Has he seen a stadium full of people, living in filth, no food, no water, no plumbing in Iowa? Has he seen the Red Cross prevented from providing assistance to Iowans? Has he seen Iowans prevented by deadly force from leaving the flooded areas? Has he seen any of this http://thinkprogress.org/katrina-timeline/ in Iowa?

That man is hateful.

[tabasco]

42. This is broadcast on AFN to our troops, many of whom are black.

Revolting and disgusting racism from a scumbag pedophile.

Please write to your reps and senators to have this shitheel removed from AFN. Use the above statement as a reason.

http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/

[bvar22]

45. White People "find".....

[tabasco]

46. Verrrrry interesting.

[helderheid]

48. I remember that.

:mad:

[NashVegas]

49. How Many Iowans Were Stuck In Sports Facilities With No Sanitation for Three Days?

And how many of them were stuck there because they live in poverty and had no where to go, no way to get there?

[EFerrari]

50. I heard a WJ caller repeating this cr@p this morning. n/t

[DailyGrind51]

51. In Illinois, the floods occurred in rural down-state areas

with nothing to loot! What were they going to do, break into an empty barn or tool shed?

[lpbk2713]

52. Dipshit lying hatemonger that he is, he's pandering to his ignorant shittoheads.

He knows his shittohead listeners get off on this sort of foolishness and it only increases his ratings with the few listeners he has left. He really has nothing to lose and everything to gain.... He owns the EIB (Everything Is Bullshit) Network and his BushCo Regime pals own the FCC, so he certainly won't be fired or reprimanded. He's actually in a desperate situation. He needs to turn the tide before November and it looks beyond any doubt that it just won't happen. And it's his desperation that makes me laugh.

[smokey nj]

53. Bookmarking just in case I see anyone complain about grave dancing when THIS bloviating wet fart

finally kicks.

[EFerrari]

54. When bin Reilly slimed San Francisco, our Board of Supervisors

fought back. Is there anyone in your City government you can call or write.

I hate that man.

[KamaAina]

59. Though it is no longer "my" City government,

I'd suggest Councilmember Shelley Midura, author of this wonderful diatribe against Bush**:

http://ashleymorris.typepad.com/ashley_morris_the_blog/2007/08/look-to-the-fut.html

An open letter to President George W. Bush:


August 28, 2007

Dear Mr. President:

Thank you for visiting New Orleans for the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the worst federal levee-failure disaster in United States history followed by the worst federal disaster response in United States history. We’re also grateful for the $116 billion federal allocation for the Gulf Coast. That $116 billion has served you well, as your spokesmen often cite it as an indicator of your dedication to our recovery. But, it hasn’t served us as well -- it’s not enough, it’s been given grudgingly, and only after our elected officials have had to fight for it. So I feel I must correct the record about you and your administration’s dedication to our recovery and implore you to take action to make things better.

Indeed, you have allocated $116 billion for the Gulf Coast, but that number is misleading. According to the Brookings Institute's most recent Katrina Index report, at least $75 billion of it was for immediate post-storm relief. Thus only 35% of the total federal dollars allocated is for actual recovery and reconstruction. And of that recovery and reconstruction allocation, only 42% has actually been spent. In fact, while your administration touts "$116 billion" as the amount you have sent to the entire area affected by Katrina and the levee failures, the actual long term recovery dollar amount is only $14.6 billion. This amount is a mere 12% of the entire federal allocation of dollars, billions of which went to corporations such as Halliburton for immediate post-storm cleanup work, instead of to local businesses. Contrast that to the $20.9 billion on infrastructure for Iraq that the Wall Street Journal reported in May 2006 that you have spent, and it’s an astonishing 42% more than you have spent on infrastructure for the post-Katrina Gulf region. The American citizens of the Gulf region do not understand why the federal obligation to rebuilding Iraq is greater than it is for America's Gulf coast, and more specifically for New Orleans.

New Orleans has more challenges and fewer resources than we've ever had in my lifetime in the City of New Orleans. Yet, other than FEMA repair reimbursements, the only direct federal assistance this city has received from you has been two community disaster loans that you are demanding be paid back even though no other city government has had to pay back a these types of loans for as long as our research can determine (at least since the 70’s). These loans are being used to balance the city budget to provide basic services to citizens who need far more than the pre-Katrina basics.

Despite this obvious contradiction, your administration blames local leadership for our continued need for federal assistance. But this argument is disingenuous, Mr. President. There are a host of tasks that only you and your administration can accomplish for our recovery. These are some concrete steps you can take to make good on your 2005 Jackson Square promise:
• Completely fix the federally managed levees
• Fully fund our expertly crafted recovery plan
• Give New Orleans all that you have promised to Baghdad - schools, hospitals, infrastructure, security, and basic services
• Forgive the community disaster loans, as authorized by the new Congress
• Appoint a recovery czar who works inside the White House that reports daily and directly to you and whose sole job is the recovery of New Orleans and the rest of the region
• Restore our coast and wetlands
• Work with Congress to reform the Stafford Act
• Cut the bureaucratic red tape
In turn Mr. President, the people of New Orleans are more than willing to do our part. We have already:
• Consolidated and reformed the state levee board system.
• Consolidated and reformed our property assessment system.
• Passed sweeping ethics reform legislation.
• Created an Ethics Review Board.
• Hired an Inspector General.
• Submitted a parish-wide recovery plan.

Much has changed in New Orleans for the better since the storm, and more progress is coming. Civic activism is at an all time high. For the first time in my lifetime, there is an actual reform movement in New Orleans driven by the people. "Best Practices" has become a City Council mantra. We have a new Ethics Board. Our incoming Inspector General, Robert Cerasoli, is considered one of the elite in the Inspector General world, as is our new Recovery Director Dr. Ed Blakely in that world and our Recovery School Superintendent Paul Vallas in the realm of public education. We are attracting the cream of the crop. Young people from around the country seeking to make a difference in their lives are moving to New Orleans to teach in public schools, provide community healthcare, build housing, work for nonprofits engaged in post-Katrina work, and, in general, do whatever they can for the recovery because they all know what I am not so sure that you know, mainly that what happens in New Orleans over the next few years says something about the very heart of America itself.

Mr. President, we are in fact doing our part locally in New Orleans despite contrary comments by your administration. Our intense civic activity and government reform initiatives are serious indicators of our local commitment to do our part for the recovery. But we are drowning in federal red tape. We are being nickel and dimed to death by your Federal Emergency Management Agency. We are resource-starved at the city level. The mission here is not accomplished. What we need is Presidential leadership, not just another speech filled with empty promises. Our recovery's success, struggle, or failure will be intimately woven into your legacy, for better or worse. What Americans think about America is deeply affected by how this country rises to national challenges, none more significant than post-Katrina New Orleans. Fully restoring New Orleans to its formerly unique and permanent place in American culture is this nation's greatest domestic challenge. Your leadership of our country through this difficult time will serve as an American character lesson for future generations.


Sincerely,

Shelley Midura
New Orleans City Councilmember
District A

P.S. If I am not mistaken, Swampy's home turf falls squarely within District A.

[loyalkydem]

55. WTF

Why the hell is this man still on the air? I lost family in Katrina and it sickens me to see this racist bastard still on the air.

[ArbustoBuster]

56. Let's try to explain this to Rush the Idiot.

New Orleans: Hit by a hurricane, with massive and unexpected levee failures. Devastation extended inland for dozens of miles and for hundreds of miles along the shore. People taken to sports facility and left to die. Death toll in the thousands.

Iowa: Weeks of rain. Get five miles away from a river and the land is relatively dry and the local government is functioning normally. Death toll in the dozens.

It's a completely different scale of disaster. Not that the Midwest floods aren't devastating, but they're a different kind of disaster. Only an imbecile like Rush would compare them in this way, and I haven't even mentioned the racism inherent in what he's said. I've just noted the logical fallacies. If I went into the ethical fallacies, this would be an even longer post.

From this we have learned...

Rush Limbaugh: Hit by oxycontin addiction. Devastation extends into brain.

[countryjake]

57. I'm not a violent person, but...

(edited suggestive comment)


Back in the day, they tried to use sheets and hoods to hide their identity.
Nowadays, this country gives them radio mikes and tv shows.

[Starry Messenger]

60. And 85% of all serial killers

are older white males. Hmmm, what does he do on those little trips abroad? }(

mpk