Rush into things

Rush Limbaugh’s very existence offends me. I hate him as a broadcaster, as a political philosopher and (on some grounds) as a person. I hate him, and the I hate the type of person that he represents. He's not interested in pursuing truth. His primary focus is in disseminating hatred towards a particular ideology (that which is not his own). He has the air of a cocky schoolboy currently enjoying the favour of the latest school marm. He’s a brat and a tattle-tale-- the Eddie Haskel of broadcasting.

Below is Rush’s mission statement:

I love being a conservative. We conservatives are proud of our philosophy. Unlike our liberal friends, who are constantly looking for new words to conceal their true beliefs and are in a perpetual state of reinvention, we conservatives are unapologetic about our ideals.
We are confident in our principles and energetic about openly advancing them. We believe in individual liberty, limited government, capitalism, the rule of law, faith, a color-blind society and national security.
We support school choice, enterprise zones, tax cuts, welfare reform, faith-based initiatives, political speech, homeowner rights and the war on terrorism.
And at our core we embrace and celebrate the most magnificent governing document ever ratified by any nation — the U.S. Constitution. Along with the Declaration of Independence, which recognizes our God-given natural right to be free, it is the foundation on which our government is built and has enabled us to flourish as a people.
We conservatives are never stronger than when we are advancing our principles.


To the claim that his liberal friends are constantly looking for new words to conceal their true beliefs and are constantly in a state of reinvention, I have this to say: the pride you exhibit in your extremist views is misplaced. History has not looked kindly on extremists, and I would proudly declare that my goal is to be balanced. You demonstrate your growing irrelevance by clinging to extremism.

That’s not to say liberals don’t have beliefs, but the community is large and represents a diverse range of beliefs. I won’t echo them here as they are widely known, but I am proud to be aligned with a group which promotes peace, human rights, individual freedom and environmentalism.

You say you support individual liberty, yet you blindly buoy the government’s initiatives to eavesdrop on its own people. You advocate a colour-blind society, and yet you have a history of racially-insensitive comments (see Rush’s ESPN comments about Donovan McNabb). You say you support faith-based initiatives. I say you do, as long as the faith is not Muslim.

Don’t call liberals your friends, even in jest. Your rigorous evasion of balance and fairness makes me wonder why millions of people tune in every week.


Originally I started this entry as an argument against torture, which Mr. Limbaugh also advocates, as it relates to the so-called ‘war on terror.’ This turned into something bigger than that, so I’ll have to save my opinions on that for another day.