There are always two sides to every story. What is incredulous about Limbaugh's remarks are not only the content but the fact that a man who espouses to his brilliance failed to recognize same in a lesson my father taught me a long time ago - think before you speak.

Speaking of the other side this link is an example of the double standard applied by the liberal media.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGE3G5kfzps

No outrage here, just laughs, however I give Bill Maher credit when coming to the defense of Limbaugh in regards to the double standard.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/07/bill-maher-defends-rush-limbaugh-on-twitter/

Buzz,
So, what is the other side? Are you trying to say Rush was correct? Pretend Rush was talking about your daughter or your wife and if you still believe there is a rationale for his outburst, seek counseling.

Ed, read what I wrote please. If you taught English, then at lest know the content of the sentence before espousing your viewpoint. I go through this all the time with people like you who don't take the time to read and comprehend the content of the comment. Your agenda is getting int the way of your thinking.

Your question was: "Are you trying to say Rush was correct?" My second sentence reads as follows: "What is incredulous about Limbaugh's remarks are not only the content but the fact that a man who espouses to his brilliance failed to recognize same in a lesson my father taught me a long time ago - think before you speak."

INCREDULOUS - http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/incredulous

What I AM SAYING is there is a double standard. It appears it is OK for someone on the left to make similar remarks while if the same MISTAKE is made on the right, it appears to be a different story.

The next time don't make such comments - "seek, counseling", before taking the time to READ, THINK AND THEN COMMENT! You look rather foolish when you don't.

Here is another link that might assist you in the comprehension of my comment.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2012/03/04/liberal-fox-contributor-takes-left-rush-limbaugh-isn-t-only-media-mis

Yes, you need counseling. Don Imus was fired for "nappy headed hoes," Jimmy the Greek was gone after questioning the intellect of black football players, an ESPN hiree was fired after the "chink" headline, Howard Cosell was censored after saying "look at that monkey go." It's time for Limbaugh to find a non-public position and if you are in anyway supportive of him, I feel sorry for you. "the other side of the story" is not Bill Maher, but Diane Fluke; what did she do to make Limbaugh to attack her? Russ Limbaugh, the big time Viagra user, requested to see videos of her sex life. Limbaugh, the rehabilited drugee, said her parents should be ashamed. Sandra Fluke had no pedestal nor a radio program to fight back and you honestly believe Maher and Sarah Palin and all the air time she gets is the other side of the story, again I say get educated and seek counseling.

I, also don't know where there is "another side" to what Limbaugh said. Ms. Fluke is not a public figure. She is a private citizen who testified on behalf of all women and their personal medical care.
This is not the 13th century. Birth control is legal, and is a responsible action on the part of every adult.
It was not only his use of "slut" and "prostitute" that made his statement so reprehensible, but his desire to put up a video of women's private moments for all of the public to see. "The taxpayers" are not asked to fork over a dime for birth control, it is a matter of health insurance, which is part of the employment contract between an employer and employee. I'm quite sure that there would be a different story altogether is men had to have to take care of birth control, but that's another line of thinking altogether.
At one time, Rush declared that all drug abusers should receive the death penalty, yet he lost his hearing because of overuse and abuse of oxycontin. He blathers on about "Family Values" yet has been married 4 times. He is a hypocrite of the highest degree, and yet his sheeple hang on his every word. The GOP is afraid to criticize his denegrating hatespeech.
Rush Limbaugh is on embarrassment to this country, and should be taken off the air. I have contacted many of his sponsors, and I hope he loses them all.
It's the least that should be done to try and save the reputation of America, and to support our wives, mothers, sisters and daughters.

This thread begs comment. Multiple college degrees and dictionaries aside, to suggest that there are two sides to the Rush Limbaugh controversy flies in the face of decency. No man can accept Rush's comments as defensible in any way, and to look for similar transgressions from the other ideology is incredibly shallow. When I see video of Ms. Fluke testifying I see a poised young woman clearly on her way to hitting the glass ceiling. Rush simply shows himself as one of the many men in our society who are afraid of being passed by on the success ladder by a member of the "fairer sex." I can't imagine what I would be doing right now if heard my daughter talked about on national radio by a bigot the likes of Limbaugh. Todd and Sarah Palin were able to defend themselves and their family before many of us even had time to react to what was being said about them.

As for the hierarchy of the church, even when I was a church-going Catholic, I had a hard time taking seriously the pronouncements about matters of sex from those who have chosen to be life-long virgins!

Buzzy,
If seriously believe that Sarah Palin and Sandra Fluke are operating on the same plane and if you believe Maher justifies Limbaugh, I can't help you. Comparing Palin and Fluke is likle comparing oranges and orange crates; counseling can't help you. It's been a long time since I exchanged comments with you and forgot how shallow you are.

Now we have three people that can't read. This is about a double standard as applied by the media and takes at least an 8th grade reading level to comprehend that.

Ed's comment: "Fluke had no pedestal nor a radio program to fight back ..."

What's this Ed, Romper Room? - http://www.youtube.comwatch?v=vwWNh_4QAAk

It's the U.S. CONGRESS!

Oh, Ed, Google shows a total of 28,200,000 hits on the Fluke topic. Does that qualify as the pedestal you speak about?

And here is why you have no clue to what you are writing about or attempting to articulate, because you don't read, comprehend or objectively have the ability to go beyond an agenda that makes you blind and rather foolish looking.

Ed's comment: "the other side of the story" is not Bill Maher, ..."

Are you suggesting it is OK for Maher to call another woman the C word? That's OK with you? You condone that? Did you bother to click on anything and actually read it?

Ed, do you know what this is? It's called an oxymoron based on your own comments. Read your first sentence. How many others did you bring into this issue? I count three that you allude to as being terminated, and they you turn right around and say Maher has nothing to do with this. Why, because he is a liberal?

And one last thing, quote my comment where I condone what Limbaugh said. I asked you to look up the definition of INCREDULOUS - http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/incredulous

I used those words to describe Limbaugh's comments.

Buzz, I can agree with you that Rush should have known better than to share what he really thinks about women, but now that we do know, should you or anyone else be defending him with the "two wrongs make a right" shtick? Rush is a clown, and he needs to take responsibility for himself here... although I seriously doubt he will, given his history.

There's no need for anyone to argue about it. Rush is clearly in the wrong and while he may feel entitled to speak his medieval opinions anytime he feels like it**, he should be man enough to stand up and face the consequences of his bullying of women, and of this one women he targeted in particular. Yes, he's just a mindless entertainer who's primary goal each day is manufacturing these sorts of controversies to generate ratings/income from the fools who listen to him, but that shouldn't buy him a free pass and a nod from us decent folks, should it?

Ethics aside, he's in trouble for all the money he just just lost for his bosses. The market has spoken... advertisers have left him... and what speaks louder than money these days?

**(it's his show, on Bain Capital's network after all)

I always enjoy reading your blogs Mr. Veit.

You Guys really kill me,it's ok for Democratic Leaders to say derogatory things about Conservative and Republican's especially the Women and get away with it,but let a Conservitive or Republican say something less offensive and HOLLY JESUS MOTHER OF GOD !!!!!! You Guys are single minded and need some new Beltones

David, you along with some others missed the whole point of my comments. I am alluding to the double standard. Does everyone understand that?

Double standard: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_standard

Now here is an example of one in relationship to this topic.

http://americanvisionnews.com/2194/the-lefts-litany-of-hypocrisy-surfaces-after-limbaughs-slut-remarks

Stop thinking my comments are about Limbaugh. They are about another issue that as of yet, Darrell is the only one who comprehends the topic.

If I follow the logic of the majority of comments as long as I'm standing on the left, I can say what I want. In the link I listed how many of those comments ever saw the light of the main street media. Maher writes Obama a million dollar check and the president accepts it. If I can find the link that was shown on the S.O. Show last night on Fox, I'll post it and it show the hypocrisy of this entire matter.

I thought it was rather interesting that the White House cashed Maher's check while the president was speaking about his daughters growing up in a better place.

I don't know how much simpler I can make it without drawing pictures.

My goodness, you watch Fox News! How can I help you? Next thing you know you will tell the world you vote Republican. Is Adelson in the gambling business? And while we're expanding the topic, send me a list of those things you enjoy that were gien by those damn liberals

I think this effort to change the subject to the matter of "double standards" is just an expression of guilt - they know Rush was wrong (everybody knows it), but some folks see this as an opportunity to ask us to feel sorry for them/him - they want us to believe that it's an unjust world where Rush is unfairly punished, but where the people they dislike are getting away with their "name calling" - there's a liberal conspiracy afoot!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victim_playing

Elaborate excuses and playing the victim won't change what Rush did. That's dead-end thinking, it's a way of avoiding and excusing the issue, and it's not productive. Complain all you want about what this "other side" you imagine is doing, but the free market is reacting the way a free market will - dumping the garbage and spending their money on something more worthwhile than that clown...

We have a "thing" we do ih our family whenever a republican friend mentions Rush. We hold up 2 fingers. When they say "He's only an entertainer" we lower the first finger. When they say "I never listen" we lower the second. It's successful every time. Apparently nobody listens to his show! Where are his listeners? Nobody will admit to it.
Rush Limbaugh is the new porn. Everybody uses it, but nobody will admit to it.

Ed, you are in over your head.

As to your first question, Fox News is number one in the country. That means more people watch it than any other news coverage. Do you know anything about tracking trends, analyzing numbers and information. Ever heard of the Nielsen Ratings?

Next issue, "damn (sic) liberals" (sic) It looks like now I have to draw pictures for this group.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/141032/2010-conservatives-outnumber-moderates-liberals.aspx

What color crayon do you want me to use this time?

For those that don't know what a link is this one concerns the cover of Time and their cover story - Are American's Best Days Behind Us?

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2056723,00.html

As to your last question, Mr. Bill O'Reilly, a Harvard grad with the number one rated cable show in the country for many years, has some interesting thoughts on this matter, ones that have escaped most of those on this topic.

http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/oreilly/index.html#/v/1498517523001/wrapping-up-our-reporting-on-sandra-fluke/?playlist_id=86923

I'll save you some rhetoric by saying I would put more faith in Mr. Reilly's ability to articulate and fact search than I would you and some others Ed. Sorry, you have done absolutely no research on a majority of your statements.

And one more thing, speaking of research you would or should know, based on your comment, that I am a D, not a R. I vote on ISSUES.

David, I would strongly suggest before posting a link to support your stance on this issue, I would read it, carefully!

David quotes from your link: " ... justify abuse of others ..." How many times do I have post this before you read it, comprehend it, understand it and correlate it to this topic.

http://americanvisionnews.com/2194/the-lefts-litany-of-hypocrisy-surfaces-after-limbaughs-slut-remarks

Based on your own link, WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS IS - A LOVE FEST OF PRAISE! It is the abuse of others!

Next quote: "diverting attention away from acts of abuse by claiming that the abuse was justified ..." David, please think about what your are writing about, please. Don't play - gotcha - because if you are not adapt at it, you can look rather foolish. WHO CLAIMED LIMBAUGH'S REMARKS WERE JUSTIFIED!

This debate is about a double standard. How many times do I have to say that? Again, slowly this time - how many times do I have to say or ask where in the course of this issue have I said Limbaugh's comments were OK, or justified?

You people can't even look up the meaning of a word, the one I used in my first sentence in the opening comment I made.

From your own link again please read this portion using due diligence because this goes to the core of Mr. O'Reilly comments.

Transactional analysis, a topic from your link.

Intellectually I will not respond to the last remark regarding the finger.

At one time, watching the Christians and the Lions was the most watched spectacle in the known, civilized world. That didn't make it right.

David, I commented on our link. Your quote of, "you should THINK instead of LINK.", does that mean it is OK for you to link and not me?

I did think because it was your link that I thought about.

David, sometimes you must raise your voice when people cannot hear what you are saying.

Bart you are correct but are you familiar with the inquisitions of the Middle Ages when christian religious leaders sanctioned the executions of between 40,000 and 100,000 victims on suspicion of being witches?

Now applying the logic expressed on this topic do you conned the acts of that period by the Christians?

You just made the point I have been trying to make this whole time. Neither side is wright in doing what is wrong.

Both Limbaugh and Maher along with anyone else, either on the right, left, center or just out there, has the right to attack anyone with that kind of language.

The sad part is these guys are suppose to be bright, intelligent, successful men and to make statements like that is why I used the term - ludicrous.

Bart, this is your quote: "your stance semed to let Limbaugh off the hook."

This is part of my opening statement that I asked everyone numerous times to read: "What is incredulous about Limbaugh's remarks are not only the content but the fact that a man who espouses to his brilliance failed to recognize same in a lesson my father taught me a long time ago - think before you speak."

Now if you can garnish a - I left Limbaugh off the hook on those words then I'm missing something. Don't use the word "your stance seemed" when all you had to do was read my complete comment.

You are right, two wrongs don't make a right, the key word here being the word of your choice which is - two meaning both sides. That was the crux of my point.

This article is just more left wing nonsense. The far left loons on MSNBC are pushing this story as if women are at risk and like it deserves national attention. A big deal about very little. The important issues are side lined so that Obama Admin can avoid the real failures of the last 3 years. Don't be duped again? Wake up student stooges, union goons, and Barney Frank buffoons. Time for new leadership.

Here's a link for you... I seriously doubt that the CEOs, COOs, and Executive boards of these companies are all part of some "Librals conspiracy" or any such... they are simply making a decision to distance themselves from a hateful old radio clown.

Are these the people who are enforcing this "double standard" by not pulling their ads from the other shows? These are the culprits !!! Go get 'em !!!

"EXCLUSIVE: 141 Companies Drop Advertising From Rush Limbaugh"
Walmart, Exxon, Ford, Wells Fargo ...
http://thinkprogress.org/media/2012/03/12/442673/141-companies-advertisng-rush-limbaugh/?mobile=nc

JH
Your wife, daughter, or girl friend are "sluts and prostitutes," but that doesn't matter because it appeared in the newspaper and chatted about on talk radio. Look at it as a complement. Liberals have given you minimum wage, health care, & social security. Send me a list of conservative items that have been given to the voters. Next list the Obama failures: the bailouts, Iraq, homeland security, healthcare, extending unemployment compensation, and continued payroll tax benefits are his successes so you can't include these. And remember that last attack on American soil was during the Bush II watch, "Mission Accomplished"

Ed, please tell me what the number on threat to the United States is?

Oh and by the way, the Washington Post, a rather liberal paper might answer your question concerning Obama's failures.

I used the Post because they are in the same dugout you are.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-insiders/post/obamas-failed-energy-policies/2012/03/01/gIQA3bc4kR_blog.html

Veit, Don't bring the 9/11 tragedy into this and put blame when you have no idea what your talking about. You may have an opinion that has been formed from conspiracy news agencies. I can assure you that the blame is not the issue at his time. I am burying a friend next week and this type of blame does nothing to heal the pain.

Bruce, sorry about the death of your friend and hope your wounds will heal.

It is sad when closed minds block out the ability to be objective and learn, because they cannot see beyond a label and agenda.

I have tried to engage in a dialogue, but that is tough when they won't even look up the meaning of a word that is the crux of that dialogue.

Kevin,
Funny thing, the Dundalk rec provided no winning players before 1966 when I arrived at DHS and then they provided no winning players after I departed for UMBC. How Come? At DHS, from 1966 to 1973 I count as my fun years in education, the recreation supplied players won 73 matches lost 6 and tied 5, won four county and district championships and two state championships; and went 43 matches in a row without a loss. How come no championships came after that? My UMBC experience was just as much fun--the Retrievers had no winning soccer teams since they opened in 1966 and after I showed up they went seven straight years with winning teams and during that time UMBC Soccer won two Mason-Dixon championships went to to the NCAA playoffs and still have the best soccer season UMBC ever had when in 1977 they went 15 -2. Funny thing, the coach that followed me in to UMBC had 10 straight losing seasons. If you walk the halls in the UMBC gym, you can find my picture in the UMBC Athletic Hall of Fame.

And another thing, I had an a player who showed up to academically ineligible in 1971, had that not been so DHS would have won may six more matches at the time. I'll admit that I was not an all-soccer coach, but I knew a lot about winning. Now Kevin if you wish to continue this conversation, you're in over your head

Bruce,
Sorry about your loss--but it is tough running into two guys like you and Buzzy who evidently have the correct opinions and know everything. There were no comments on the other one liners in that blog, so the only mistake I made was about the Viagra smuggler?

Ed, I don't know everything, but when you keeping asking a question and never get an answer what does that say to the message. Remember I just asked you what the number one crisis facing this country is? Now is your chance to show the substance of your stance.

You brought it up, remember.

Kevin, nicely done. It takes a good man to admit when they are mistaken. And Ed, by the way, I have admitted many times when I have been wrong. As a coach you should know that because in order to win, it's a good idea to view your opponents film.

two issues: DRUGS & HATE.

Next, the number one spreader of hate, the Viagra smuggler and "former" oxycodine user, says the Sandra Fluke debacle was a White House conspirancy. In other words President Obama tricked him into calling Ms. Fluke a "slut" and "prostitute." Both of my topic are espoused by one radio personality---that I find incredulous.

thanks KEVIN

Ed, thought you might want to read this. Truly the land of the free.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304537904577277242682364690.html?mod=WSJ_hp_mostpop_read

While I do not find him funny and do not care for him Bill Maher is a comedian. I do not think his name calling of Palin was warranted or amusing but I do not think it can be viewed the same as Rush's comments.

Rush is not a comedian. He is a political commentator and a very influential Republican speaker. So his words are viewed much more critically than Maher's were and rightly so.

Now I know some conservative commentators and aanchors like to pretend there is no difference between what they do and what some comedians do and therefore they should both be held to the same exact standards but I think most logical people can see a difference.

Also this whole debate is silly. A public person said something stupid and his fans "argue" it or more likely distract from it by pointing out what someone else did. Its like children on a playground. He did it first, no he did.

Rob, you're late to this discussion. Trouble climbing out from under that bridge?

Now its time for a beer.