The Right Wing Noise Machine Gets Squeaky Over Foley

"There's a scene in National Lampoon's Animal House that seems to reflect the mood of the rightwing noise machine over the Foley scandal."D-Day: War's over, man. Wormer dropped the big one.Bluto: Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over...

We Need to Throw Out all our Rights -- That way, the Terrorist's can't Get Them

"I'm not going to go into Rush Limbaugh's entire 9/11 wankfest. It's pretty much exactly what you'd expect -- 90% partisan horsecrap, 5% shameless opportunism, 3% bluster, and the final 2% is made up of the phrases 'ladies and gentleman' and 'my frie-e-e-nds'. In...

Rush Limbaugh on Poverty, Obesity, and Killing Cows to get Butter

"I always make it a point to make a swing through Media Matters at least once a day. It's great because you can find out what crazy stuff the rightwing media has been saying without actually sitting through their lousy shows. So it was that I came across this posting about...

Rush Is Right

"NewsFilter: Limbaugh arrested for possible drug possession. And a few more links so I don't get accused of a single-link post. Oh wait, it's not on that Drudge link."

"Adopt a Soldier!": Buy a Rush Limbaugh Subscrition?

On Friday, Limbaugh announced his "Adopt a Soldier Program". This involves soliciting money from listeners to pay for subscriptions to the Limbaugh letter and Rush 24/7 that will be "given" to the soldiers. Each listener can "adopt" as many...

Is Rush Limbaugh a Journalist?

The perception among a growing number of Americans is that Rush Limbaugh is as much a journalist as Bob Woodward. According to a survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center released yesterday: