by The_Toecutter » Sat 25 Feb 2006, 04:20:10
Never been a fan of Rush Limberger. He's up Bush's ass pretty far, yes? I've never seen a pundit so contradictory or infantile. I believe he coined the term 'fem nazis' and 'eco nazis' to paint anyone to the left of Richard Nixon... His roly poly ass will be in for quite a surprise when/if a peak oil doomer scenario materializes.
NPR is the closest thing to non-biased you can find on the radio in the U.S., and they appear to have a bias towards the centrist viewpoint, even though a right or left viewpoint on a given issue may be more closer to the truth or even proven...
I myself could probably be called a 'center libertarian', maybe a 'green libertarian', not left or right economically, but very far liberal when it comes to social issues, and not the Hitlery Klinton kind of liberal, either, but more like pro-gun, leave my property alone, dismantle the FBI/CIA/DEA/NSA, I don't need no fucking ID, it's time to restore the constitution kind of liberal. I simply avoid listening to the radio most of the time, not much worth listening to.
Although NPR did run a pretty decent radio show called "This New Car", covering the advantages and disadvantages of alternative fueled vehicles. It's major downside was that it was too politically correct, and perpetuated some 20 year old misconceptions about vehicle capabilities(like diesel vehicles are dirty, electric vehicles are slow, ect.). It somewhat resorted to bullshit talking points, which just doesn't accurately portray their merits and disadvantages...
I remember Rush Limberger mentioning alternative fueled cars, mentioning how an electric car could only go a speedy 40 mph and would have to stop at a coal plant every 30 miles to recharge, in which case it would get horrible emissions. That guy is hopeless if he believes that EVs are that slow, EVs don't go farther than that, and if they are dirtier than gas cars even from coal(which they are often much cleaner, even from a dirty coal plant). He's constantly berated hybrids, referring to their drivers as 'eco-nazi's, outright ignoring the economic argument for them in given situations. He certainly doesn't give a rats ass about our growing dependence on finite oil resources, as if you want to reduce your impact on future generations, or attempt to live sustainably, you're just another 'eco-nazi'. He talks about how it's his choice to drive his 5,000 pound Bently 'twin turbo'(whatever the hell model it is), yet fails to mention the damages, both monetary and personal, that the exhaust causes to other people and their property, or the damages caused in obtaining its fuel from volatile nations. He should also pay for those things, should he not? But, taxpayers and individual people that may not have had any participation in contributing to that pollution foot the bill.
Whenever I think of Limbaugh, I think of a chubby, flag-waving, racist toad. Fits his character perfectly. Only he's in a cooker filled about 2/3 with water.
The unnecessary felling of a tree, perhaps the old growth of centuries, seems to me a crime little short of murder. ~Thomas Jefferson