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Dear Mr. President from Rush Limbaugh
This "letter" highlights most of America's concerns and frustrations with Obama and is delivered in a reasonable tone without drama.
Obama won't understand.
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That Rush is the biggest, most silver tongued, spinmeister ever.
Rush talks about folks that earn over $250k. Come on ....nobody "earns" over $250k; they pick the pockets of the hard-working unwary.
Rush is a propoganda tool for the top 20 percent and runaway Capitalism, plain and simple.
I think a lot of folks buy into it because, nowadays, they really believe there is also free money at casinos. Money that wasn't lost by somebody first. Don't want to threaten taxes on these "future earnings" either, now do we? The attitude is, "Hey, it might be me that gets rich!" Shame for being so ignorant.
This country was built by people that worked hard for their money; not money that worked hard for money. But Rush essentially wants to protect just those that ride the rowboat for free ...without rowing.
Prez gets lemons and tries to make a lemonade business after the previous worst business management in history. Can't have that. McCain would have done the same thing without healthcare. Guess that's why McCain never made it, being a true patriot and all. How unAmerican Rush is.
Rush is simply helping drive the middleclass to bankruptcy. Rush will be out of work, too, when the upper echelon doesn't need the mouthpiece anymore.
Rush story:
Hell Freezes Over
When right-wing talker Rush Limbaugh praised the U.S. health care system as "just dandy" based on his experiences in a Hawaii hospital, chances are he didn't quite know his words were diametrically opposed to his politics.
"The treatment I received here was the best that the world has to offer," he said of services rendered at Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu.
Hawaii, however, is the closest thing the United States has to socialized medicine; a point that has not gone unnoticed by the Service Employees International Union.
We're thrilled to hear that Limbaugh appreciates Hawaii's exemplary health care system.
Here's why:
1. Hawaii is a shining example of progressive health care reform. In fact, Hawaii is so forward-thinking that the Senate bill excludes Hawaii from some of its provisions, because Hawaii's requirements on employers go farther than the federal legislation.
Since 1974, Hawaii has required all employers to provide quality health care benefits to any employee who works 20 hours a week or more. Because of Hawaii's increased coverage, reports the New York Times, "hospital and insurance executives in Hawaii say they have been able to innovate efficiencies. For instance, the state's top three medical providers are adopting electronic medical records -- years ahead of most mainland counterparts."
One reporter noted "the medical system in Hawaii is as close to socialized medicine as there is in the United States, and, much of the Democrats reform bill is based in the Hawaii system."
2. Limbaugh stayed at Queen's Medical Center, where nursing staff are represented by the Hawaii Nurses' Association (read: a labor union). The nurses at Queen's are protected by their contract, which adheres to the ANA's safe-staffing principles guaranteeing appropriate staffing levels for any patient care unit.In fact, Hawaii has one of the greatest percentages of organized workers of any state and also had the highest percentage of organized RNs. All private-sector acute care hospital RNs are organized, with just two known exceptions. We're guessing this might have something to do with why Limbaugh found the Hawaii hospital staff's work so "confidence-inspiring."
The group mocks the right-wing host's unknowing double-standard with a headline that reads, "Hell Freezes Over: Rush Limbaugh Loves Union Hospitals and Socialized Medicine".
Limbaugh, 58, who has millions of faithful listeners, declined to take questions, saying he did not want to get into a political discussion in a hospital setting, despite his loaded comments about the health care system.[/i]
RANT ON
Looks like money can buy happiness if you are a rich corporate power in the health industry. More and more gullible Americans are buying into the premise that ObamaCare just isn't good for us and we should just leave this abominable overpriced system alone.
I recently had occasion to see the amount of the overpriced healthcare benefit I receive from my corporate employer. The figure, good to the last year or so, is $1400 a month. To put it in perspective, my federal withholding, which RUNS THE ENTIRE REST OF THE COUNTRY, is less than that amount. Either the federal government is an incredible bargain, or healthcare is overpriced just a tad.
I wonder if my CEO sits on the insurance company board and their CEO sits on ours? And if they have prefered stock in each other? Freeloaders.
Too bad they don't just give me the cash, which I sweat-earned by the way, instead of standing between me and my doctor. Whose plan was it to put employers and the "benevolent" US Chamber of Commerce in charge of this runaway Capitalist system, anyway? I would much rather have a government guy between me and my doctor. Beside being the incredible bargain I mentioned above, the government guy works for me and he works comparatively cheap and if I don't like him, I can fire him.
Whoever took over, what was once an honest Republican Party, ought to be strung up. Pretty soon we'll be like Mexico. No unions, no middleclass, no socialism, everything in private hands. Somebody elses hands, the top 1 percent.
The gullible masses are their own worst enemy and they are taking me with them. RANT OFF
Rush just dribbles this crap out because his ratings tanked after putting his foot in his mouth over Haiti.
Reason people voted for Bush:
He's just a guy I'd like to sit down and have a beer with.
Reason people voted for McCain:
Palin is so hot, maybe we'll get us one of them "Basic Instinct" moments while she's addressing us on something.
Reason people voted for Obama:
He's extremely intelligent and maybe he'll be able to get us out of the mess left behind by Bush. And he probably could if he had a nut sack the size of Cheney's or the mouth of Limbaugh!
What did he say and how much did his rating fall ?
Can't find anything on a rating drop so I'll retract that statement which should be very pleasing to some, however what was stated from the mouth that roared:
In the wake of the Haitian earthquake, Rush Limbaugh has created a tremor of his own.
The ever-controversial radio talk host is taking fire for advising people not to donate to Haitian relief through the fund set up by the White House.
If you do that, said Limbaugh, you’ll probably just end up on an Obama campaign mailing list – and a big chunk of your donation will get siphoned off by government bureaucrats.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs called Limbaugh’s assertions "really stupid"
But the heaviest flak has come from Limbaugh’s other comment that "You already give to Haitian relief – it’s called the income tax."
Sweet. There is a guy with the sensitivity and compassion of a rock yet some worship him like the second coming. Peoples youz need to start thinkin fer yurselves dag blang it.
Rush just dribbles this crap out because his ratings tanked after putting his foot in his mouth over Haiti.
Reason people voted for Bush:
He's just a guy I'd like to sit down and have a beer with.
Reason people voted for McCain:
Palin is so hot, maybe we'll get us one of them "Basic Instinct" moments while she's addressing us on something.
Reason people voted for Obama:
He's extremely intelligent and maybe he'll be able to get us out of the mess left behind by Bush. And he probably could if he had a nut sack the size of Cheney's or the mouth of Limbaugh!
A bit presumptuous there, newbie.
I was a supporter of GW in the earliest stages of his run for the nomination and supported him throughout both terms. I am grateful for his services to this country.
Yes thank god I too am a union man. It's just too bad all the greedy F**k CEO's are sending our union jobs overseas (outsourcing is the sugar coated term) where they can employ people 168 hours a week for 10 cents an hour. That is why back in the early '90's I started avoiding buying items made and China and still go out of my way to do so. I would rather pay 20% more on a product if I know it's made here in the states or Europe... how's bout you?
Yes thank god I too am a union man. It's just too bad all the greedy F**k CEO's are sending our union jobs overseas (outsourcing is the sugar coated term) where they can employ people 168 hours a week for 10 cents an hour. That is why back in the early '90's I started avoiding buying items made and China and still go out of my way to do so. I would rather pay 20% more on a product if I know it's made here in the states or Europe... how's bout you?
Why don;t you union guys put your brains to some good use, band together, start up some employee-union owned corporations and run it appropriately. Just think, you could run the private-CEO companies out of business. Why didn;t you jump on the chance to buy out GM or Mopar, then you could have kicked out the CEO's, and made the companies very profitable for a change, and give yourselves all the benefits that you think are appropriate?
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Simple math really, GM produces 6 million vehicles a year. Average sticker is say $20k.
Let's say the CEO's getting $60 mil a year, that's $10 a car...
Yep, gotta be the CEO's saliary that's killing these auto makers, not the billions going to the unions. GM probably spends more on toilet paper each year than the CEO's pay.
But that's alright keep your head in the sand, Kia's up to bat next in the gang rape.
Why don;t you union guys put your brains to some good use, band together, start up some employee-union owned corporations and run it appropriately. Just think, you could run the private-CEO companies out of business. Why didn;t you jump on the chance to buy out GM or Mopar, then you could have kicked out the CEO's, and made the companies very profitable for a change, and give yourselves all the benefits that you think are appropriate?
Well, Anthony. Thats basically what we been up to. Kicked a few bums out.
The hand-wringing is almost unbearable to watch.
And McCarthyists are coming out of the woodwork.
Cause, you know, when workers own their own business, that's Socialism.
Wes
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Last edited by Wes Tausend; 01-30-2010 at 11:47 PM..
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Wes do you think the union fat cats care anything about the working man? They are much worse than the CEO's because they truly are the bloodsuckers that live off the labors, with their only concern being for themselves. At least the CEO's want the company to make a profit so their can be jobs for the average Joe.
And where do you get the idea that the working man creates all the wealth, thats laughable, if it wasn't so pathetic a statement. Business, big and small create the wealth, and gives opportunity for the rest of us to make a living. I got to tell you Karl would be proud of you.
I belonged to the United Steelworkers union long ago when Ohio still had numerous Steel mills that employed thousands of men and women, who made very good money and great benefits. The guys that had 20 years in were able to take 13 weeks of vacation. If we were laid off we received 95% of our normal income, both are ridiculous and the companies were stupid to capitulate to the union demands.
The mills are mostly silent today and in large part due to the Unions. My first day working at the mill I was told several times by the other workers to slow done and not do so much, the foreman called me into the office and was so surprised that I had a work ethic he told me to take a break. Many time I would witness men breaking equipment so they didn't have to work, or so they could have an early quit. Not all the workers were indolent, lazy sloths but far too many were. They were over payed and unproductive, it eventually will catch up, now those jobs don't exist around here.They killed the goose that laid the golden egg. In the beginning the Unions help make the work place safer but they turned into greedy, power grabbing crooks. The CEO's have their problems but they are petty to those of the Union fat cats.
It's nice to hear from another guy who isn't afraid of work. I can see that you have a good work ethic and I admire that and believe in it too. Guys like us end up doing all the rowing while some brothers chronically let the water move the oars for them. We also carry one, or more, management guy(s) at the tiller calling cadence, one unwed mother and off-spring, six fat stockholders that own the boat and one skinny government guy in the back to regulate it all. Wealth is created only when the boat moves, that is, when you and I sweat and row.
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Wes do you think the union fat cats care anything about the working man? They are much worse than the CEO's because they truly are the bloodsuckers that live off the labors, with their only concern being for themselves.
I've known some pretty good local union officers and some pretty bad national officers, some of them union. Maybe that saying, "power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely", is right on. I think that saying, "throwing the baby out with the bathwater", is right on too. "Separate the wheat from the chaff", is another good one.
At least the CEO's want the company to make a profit so their can be jobs for the average Joe.
I just never thought of them as being so altruistic. I know when I formed my own construction business, years and years ago, I didn't do it for the welfare of workers. I did it for the money. I saw a demand that needed to be filled, and being the opportunist that I am, I hired 12 guys to help out with labor. I gave them $6/hr starting and hoped I could make a buck an hour off each, even if I didn't help row. Then I would make $12/hour, twice what they were making, just for calling cadence and steering the boat. Furthermore, I thought that the workers would want to buy stuff with their $6 and create a new demand for some other shrewd opportunist to fill, in a healthy free enterprise system.
From that, I formed the opinion that demand, and demand alone, creates jobs and opportunity. But I could be wrong. If it is not demand, but kindness, I think GM should kindly hire a bunch of extra American workers right now because America really needs the work ...don't you?
And where do you get the idea that the working man creates all the wealth, thats laughable, if it wasn't so pathetic a statement.
Don't be so silly.
On the contrary where did you get the idea that actual work doesn't create the wealth ...a Chamber of Commerce ad? Sorry, Karl liked people that would adopt values from self-appointed authority without logical question.
Every speck of gold, every diamond, every carrot did not become wealth until somebody physically dug it from the ground. All the cadence calling, all the investment capital, all the government regulation, all the trading items back and forth, are not worth a hoot without a shovel and shoveler. But that is where we are headed as the shovels go overseas.
You will find that without labor the boat won't move and no wealth is created. Without management, the rowing won't be as efficient. Now that doesn't mean that in a boat with everybody calling cadence, that one management guy can't quit calling, sit down and write on paper, the approximate distance the boat should move according to cadence. He could call the paper a financial statement of wealth and they would all get rich. Just from management alone. Don't need no stinkin' labor. Do ya think?
Business, big and small create the wealth, and gives opportunity for the rest of us to make a living. I got to tell you Karl would be proud of you.
Tsk, tsk, tsk. See above.
I belonged to the United Steelworkers union long ago when Ohio still had numerous Steel mills that employed thousands of men and women, who made very good money and great benefits. The guys that had 20 years in were able to take 13 weeks of vacation. If we were laid off we received 95% of our normal income, both are ridiculous and the companies were stupid to capitulate to the union demands.
The mills are mostly silent today and in large part due to the Unions. My first day working at the mill I was told several times by the other workers to slow done and not do so much, the foreman called me into the office and was so surprised that I had a work ethic he told me to take a break. Many time I would witness men breaking equipment so they didn't have to work, or so they could have an early quit. Not all the workers were indolent, lazy sloths but far too many were. They were over payed and unproductive, it eventually will catch up, now those jobs don't exist around here.They killed the goose that laid the golden egg. In the beginning the Unions help make the work place safer but they turned into greedy, power grabbing crooks. The CEO's have their problems but they are petty to those of the Union fat cats.
I hope you turned all the unscrupulous graft down in a spirit of honesty. You are right, unions and workers aren't perfect. See Freds union meeting video. Neither are CEOs, corporate boards or stockholders. The problem of greed is the same everywhere, IMO. I do not see less petty or better "grades" of it. With appointed lobbyists, we've gone from runaway unionism to runaway corporatism and a lot of fal$e propoganda to make folks believe it's not true. They are both unions on opposite sides of the fence, not too consumer oriented, by the way. Figure it out.
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Yes thank god I too am a union man. It's just too bad all the greedy F**k CEO's are sending our union jobs overseas (outsourcing is the sugar coated term) where they can employ people 168 hours a week for 10 cents an hour. That is why back in the early '90's I started avoiding buying items made and China and still go out of my way to do so. I would rather pay 20% more on a product if I know it's made here in the states or Europe... how's bout you?
Unions. Ugh. And when they are gone, I will be a happy guy. Most folks (not all) I know in unions have an attitude that sounds like "I deserve a job".
Well you don't. But what you do deserve is my respect for your right to persue happiness. So when your job finally and thankfully goes overseas where someone will be GRATEFULL to do it at a more reasonable price, I will be happy to see you go and persue another way of life that doesn't make mine more expensive.
Mike
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