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1. #1
   On October 16th, 2009 at 10:45 am, chapoutier said:

   If nothing else, I learned the origin of the term “blackball.” Interesting.

2. #2
   On October 16th, 2009 at 10:47 am, WarTip said:

   As difficult as it may be to believe, as long as it is a liberal bashing, attacking or belittling conservatives it is deemed to be okay. As long as it is “their side” restricting rights it is a great thing. What they fail to realize is the historical context and they will never see the hypocrisy or its cost until it is far too late to do anything about it.

3. #3
   On October 16th, 2009 at 10:52 am, ThunderHawkk said:

   Well, that’s because liberal are too stupid to know what they are doing.

   They’re STUPID! Anita Dunn? Mao?

   Doesn’t anyone in this administration look up to, oh, I don’t know, George Washington? Someone like that?

   I guess they are all too cool for that.

4. #4
   On October 16th, 2009 at 10:53 am, Drained Brain said:

   The final lines of an excellent WSJ editorial, Leveling Limbaugh, bear repeating:

   It is no secret that this country’s politics has become intense across the ideological spectrum. Rush Limbaugh lets his listeners blow off steam and then get on with the rest of their day. But if the people who claim to worry about such things want to see a truly angry right develop in this country, they should continue to remain silent while the left tries to drive Rush Limbaugh and others out of American political life. If that happens, the NFL by comparison will look like an afternoon tea.

5. #5
   On October 16th, 2009 at 10:53 am, b-cat said:

   The government is at war with the citizens. The political left is at war with constitutional principles and common decency.

   That a successful business man was denied access to his dreams in America is a sure sign that our society is completely sick. He was denied purely for his political philosophy.

   Is there anything in the NFL rulebook about discrimination? Race, creed, color, national origin, that kind of thing?

6. #6
   On October 16th, 2009 at 10:53 am, Jet Jaguar said:

   I wonder if this kind of public demonization was how it began for the Jews in Hitler’s Germany.

7. #7
   On October 16th, 2009 at 10:54 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

   That was fine column by DW. They have declared war against conservatives. The gauntlet has been thrown down. Time to “nut up or shut up!” The zombie apocolypse is upon us!

8. #8
   On October 16th, 2009 at 10:54 am, chapoutier said:

   Is there anything in the NFL rulebook about discrimination?

   The NFL hadn’t done a thing, at least not yet. The group he was in decided to drop him

9. #9
   On October 16th, 2009 at 10:54 am, willie peter said:

   I have a feeling that the treatment of Rush by the Left just might be the tipping point.

   There is a backlash coming.

10. #10
    On October 16th, 2009 at 11:03 am, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

    The NFL commish basically said Limbaugh wouldn’t be welcome.

    But calm, reasonable political talker Keith Olbermann is a host on the marquee football game each week.

11. #11
    On October 16th, 2009 at 11:05 am, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

    HuffPo has apparently dropped all the fictitious quotes about medals for James Earl Ray, but the damage is done, and the fake quote will show up in search engines for pinheads to use for ever…

12. #12
    On October 16th, 2009 at 11:06 am, rowsdower said:

    Diana West brings up the Keith Olbermann issue. If the NFL is actually serious about avoiding ‘divisiveness’, I suggest contacting their offices at 216-450-2000 to demand that a truly divisive , vitriol filled figure, Keith Olbermann, be removed from NBC Sunday night NFL broadcasts.
    He has a much more visible association with the NFL product than any owner would have.
    After all , according to the NFL it is all about avoiding divisiveness.
    That number again is 216-450-2000. 8:30am to 7pm Eastern Time.

13. #13
    On October 16th, 2009 at 11:09 am, b-cat said:

    The NFL hadn’t done a thing, at least not yet. The group he was in decided to drop him

    True, but they were under considerable pressure to do so.

14. #14
    On October 16th, 2009 at 11:15 am, TooMuchTime said:

    Hey. Olberman trashed a conservative. He deserves a Nobel Peace Prize!

15. #15
    On October 16th, 2009 at 11:21 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    We meatbags must unite! (lipstick optional)

16. #16
    On October 16th, 2009 at 11:22 am, DBNinKY said:

    Diana West:
    

    Get that? Olbermann calls an accomplished and best-selling conservative author, commentator, blogger, wife and mother (who also happens to be beautiful) a “big mashed-up bag of meat with lipstick,” but such dehumanizing venom doesn’t count as controversial, or even lightly strain his NBC-NFL connection. Why, at this rate, he could end up on a box of Wheaties. His comments certainly don’t rate as “divisive” or “inappropriate” – two of the coded charges leveled at Rush Limbaugh’s “public remarks” by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay that got Limbaugh’s blackball rolling in the first place.

    NBC needs to apologize for Olbermann’s words, and the NFL should demand his removal from Sunday night football broadcasts.

    Not only did he attempt to dehumanize MM, almost inviting the scorn of his followers to be unleashed against her, the “mashed up” part of his statement seems to unnecessarily connotate violence.

17. #17
    On October 16th, 2009 at 11:25 am, Flyoverman said:

    But if the people who claim to worry about such things want to see a truly angry right develop in this country, they should continue to remain silent while the left tries to drive Rush Limbaugh and others out of American political life.

    I confess that I am already there. This is now an all out ideological war with no quarter asked for and none given. It is time for ideological bayonets and entrenching tools.

    We need to do what we need to do without compromise or remorse.

18. #18
    On October 16th, 2009 at 11:25 am, plymouthacclaim said:

    And that is what is most disturbing about this story. Conservatism in our time has been publicly defined as extremism. Which means, for conservatives, it’s time for some intensive historical revisionism of our own.

    I kinda wonder what she meant by that.

19. #19
    On October 16th, 2009 at 11:48 am, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

    OT but very important

    Obama Poised to Cede US Sovereignty in Copenhagen, Claims British Lord Monckton

    At [the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference in] Copenhagen, this December, weeks away, a treaty will be signed. Your president will sign it. Most of the third world countries will sign it, because they think they’re going to get money out of it. Most of the left-wing regime from the European Union will rubber stamp it. Virtually nobody won’t sign it.

    I read that treaty. And what it says is this, that a world government is going to be created. The word “government” actually appears as the first of three purposes of the new entity. The second purpose is the transfer of wealth from the countries of the West to third world countries, in satisfication of what is called, coyly, “climate debt” – because we’ve been burning CO2 and they haven’t. We’ve been screwing up the climate and they haven’t. And the third purpose of this new entity, this government, is enforcement.

    How many of you think that the word “election” or “democracy” or “vote” or “ballot” occurs anywhere in the 200 pages of that treaty? Quite right, it doesn’t appear once. So, at last, the communists who piled out of the Berlin Wall and into the environmental movement, who took over Greenpeace so that my friends who funded it left within a year, because [the communists] captured it – Now the apotheosis as at hand. They are about to impose a communist world government on the world. You have a president who has very strong sympathies with that point of view. He’s going to sign it. He’ll sign anything. He’s a Nobel Peace Prize [winner]; of course he’ll sign it.

    [laughter]

    And the trouble is this; if that treaty is signed, if your Constitution says that it takes precedence over your Constitution (sic), and you can’t resign from that treaty unless you get agreement from all the other state parties – And because you’ll be the biggest paying country, they’re not going to let you out of it.
    So, thank you, America. You were the beacon of freedom to the world. It is a privilege merely to stand on this soil of freedom while it is still free. But, in the next few weeks, unless you stop it, your president will sign your freedom, your democracy, and your humanity away forever. And neither you nor any subsequent government you may elect will have any power whatsoever to take it back. That is how serious it is. I’ve read the treaty. I’ve seen this stuff about [world] government and climate debt and enforcement. They are going to do this to you whether you like it or not.

20. #20
    On October 16th, 2009 at 11:53 am, zyzzyg said:

    Yep, Keith Olberman has generated controversy in certain quarters with his comments. I suspect Diana West raise this point as one of consistentcy.

    Hmmmm, consistentcy.

    I have questions – Can a person’s politics be separated from the individual? Is an attack on an individual an attack on an entire philosophy? Is black balling an individual, black balling an entire philosophy? Is any single individual representative of an entire philosophy? What if an individual disagrees with one element of a philosophy and is taken to task for it, is that an attack on the entire philosophy . . . the individual?

21. #21
    On October 16th, 2009 at 11:55 am, TigerLady said:

    Jet Jaguar said:
    I wonder if this kind of public demonization was how it began for the Jews in Hitler’s Germany.

    You’re right to question this because it’s very similar to Hilter’s Germany.

    Jews were demoralized in newspaer cartoons showing them as hooked nose, swarthy, untrustworthy characters. They were depicted as greedy and lascivious. Propaganda, much like Rush is dealing with, was spread in all the medias of the day; radio, newspapers and in films. Remember Leni Reventhal?

    Check out this link which has some of the information I’ve used: http://www.thebreman.org/exhibitions/online/1000kids/propaganda.html

    Just like then, people believe what they read and see in print.

    I was watching the different news stories, one of them on O’Reilly’s show where they continue to use the picture of Rush when he was over weight. There are many updated photos of him but they continue to use the bloated one because of the effect it has on people’s sensibilities. Remember who said “Rush is a big fat idiot”?

22. #22
    On October 16th, 2009 at 11:55 am, radio relay said:

    On October 16th, 2009 at 11:25 am, plymouthacclaim said:

    I kinda wonder what she meant by that.

    Can you say “Red Guards”?

23. #23
    On October 16th, 2009 at 11:56 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

    Keith Olbermann accused Michelle Malkin of:

    total mindless, morally bankrupt, knee-jerk, fascistic hatred

    One word:

    Projection

24. #24
    On October 16th, 2009 at 11:56 am, flmom said:

    Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

    That is some scary stuff there. Thanks for posting. A couple of years back when there was talk of ratifying the Law of the Sea Treaty, I posted on this blog that I see a huge threat to the sovereignty of the USA. Flash forward to today and it seems that threat is real with our Globalist-in Chief.
    BTW Reagan refused to sign the LOST.

25. #25
    On October 16th, 2009 at 11:57 am, TigerLady said:

    sorry, I meant to type Leni Riefenstah. Nazi film maker.

26. #26
    On October 16th, 2009 at 12:03 pm, fulldroolcup said:

    Re treaty: we’ve been down this road before. Treaties cannot violate the US Constitution, because they cannot delegate or take away enumerated executive or legisltive powers and give them to outside parties, nor can they bind us to obligations specfically not allowed by the Constitution. Imagine a treaty that confers the power to declare war on the UN, for example, and takes it away from the Senate. NO WAY.

    It will be interesting see if Obama can get any treaty he signs RATIFIED. Recall that Gore signed the Kyoto treaty, but it was never even brought before the Senate, since the Senate, via the Byrd-Hegel resolution, to go pound sand by a margin on 95 to zip.

    Not saying we’re there yet, but it may take some prominent political defenistrations to get things right again.

    “Pour encourager les autres.”

27. #27
    On October 16th, 2009 at 12:26 pm, vinny said:

    not sure what she meant by “Its time for some historical revisionism of our own.” If anything, the time may be approaching for history to repeat itself.

28. #28
    On October 16th, 2009 at 12:30 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    Just like then, people believe what they read and see in print.

    Yes, that had a lot to do with how the Nazis were able to do what they did.

    The media is controlled and used to create an illusion of a “consensus of opinion” in order to pressure perfectly normal human beings to accept what would otherwise be considered unacceptable behavior.

    The Asch Experiment, by Solomon Asch, was a famous experiment, designed to test how peer pressure to conform would influence the judgment and individuality of a test subject.

    The experiment is related closely to the Stanford Prison and Milgram Experiments , in that it tries to show how perfectly normal human beings can be pressured into unusual behavior by authority figures, or by the consensus of opinion around them.

29. #29
    On October 16th, 2009 at 12:35 pm, walterc said:

    I’m thinking that if all independant and conservative NFL fans were to boycott one weekend, the league and players may get an idea of who they’re messing with.

    Of course we won’t, but it would be great if we did.

    Personally, I think most (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, Tennis, NASCAR) professional sports are mainly overpaid egos more interested in the money than the sport, so I watch college sports, minor league (AA baseball, dirt track racing, etc) and the occasional rugby, soccer or lacrosse. And womens fast pitch softball when ESPN actually airs a game.

    Those are people that actually compete for the love of the sport and not for the money.

    Frankly I don’t think anyone is worth the kind of money these people demand to play a game once a week. And I understand the relatively short career span argument, but that doesn’t mean they need to make more in a year than I will in 5 lifetimes.

30. #30
    On October 16th, 2009 at 12:42 pm, gunslingerpatriot said:

    Go West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx!!!

    GSP

31. #31
    On October 16th, 2009 at 12:50 pm, greenfairie said:

    Wake up, it’s oppression by political correctness.

32. #32
    On October 16th, 2009 at 12:51 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    There are several comments above referring to a “war against conservatives” but only one pointing out that it is a war against American citizens. If the Tea Party movement demonstrated anything, it is that what we conservatives have been protesting about for years is now being adopted by a widening swath of ordinary working Americans, not just conservatives.

    That is why the attack on “conservatives” has escalated to such a shrill and blatantly dishonest level. The socialist “bipartisan” one-party establishment has already lost the hearts and minds of America and are desperate to cram through their programs before the 2010 elections.

    Next year’s elections will be more about dumping incumbents than voting for either party.

33. #33
    On October 16th, 2009 at 12:53 pm, spaceycakes said:

    (lipstick optional)

    Oh, it’s never optional, Rogue. It is required.

34. #34
    On October 16th, 2009 at 12:55 pm, T-Bone said:

    Who is the NFL compensation Czar? They all make way too much money.

    When an athlete is paid $20 million a year to play sports, we should tax him 90% of that pay and use it to fund healthcare for the uninsured people that wanted to spend their money on booze and gambling instead of health insurance.

35. #35
    On October 16th, 2009 at 1:15 pm, plymouthacclaim said:

    On October 16th, 2009 at 12:53 pm, spaceycakes said:
    (lipstick optional)
    Oh, it’s never optional, Rogue. It is required.

    Speak for yourself, spaceycakes.

    My wife would never let me live that down

36. #36
    On October 16th, 2009 at 1:27 pm, TigerLady said:

    The media is controlled and used to create an illusion of a “consensus of opinion” in order to pressure perfectly normal human beings to accept what would otherwise be considered unacceptable behavior.

    Just like the number of people I’ve watched on the “news” this week who say they hate Rush Limbaugh, hate that he is such a racist, but never listen to him.

    Marco Defarr made this insane statement this week and didn’t give a thought to how stupid it made him sound.

    People don’t even blink when things like this are said. They don’t question it, they just buy into the lies that are being told.

37. #37
    On October 16th, 2009 at 1:28 pm, NJ-Aviator said:

    Get that? Olbermann calls an accomplished and best-selling conservative author, commentator, blogger, wife and mother (who also happens to be beautiful) a “big mashed-up bag of meat with lipstick,” but such dehumanizing venom doesn’t count as controversial, or even lightly strain his NBC-NFL connection.

    What’s all the hatred of women coming from Olberman. And I guess you can lump in with that hatred of authoritative males like Rush.

    It seems Olberman has some issues. Maybe of some sort of “inadequacy” on his part? Either physical or psychological.

38. #38
    On October 16th, 2009 at 2:02 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    On October 16th, 2009 at 12:53 pm, spaceycakes said:
    (lipstick optional)
    Oh, it’s never optional, Rogue. It is required.

    Okay. Should I prerend my bodice also? I just know it’s going to get torn to pieces anyway.

39. #39
    On October 16th, 2009 at 2:32 pm, FirstSkirt said:

    FLYOVERMAN – Agree-we are now engaged in a full-blown idealogical war and I intend to give these socialists no quarter. I am wondering when and how it will escalate, perhaps into more than verbal sparring?

40. #40
    On October 16th, 2009 at 3:25 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Saw a story yesterday saying that Rush might have a legal case. It would be fun and interesting. As a public figure it would be more difficult, but it would be entertaining.

41. #41
    On October 16th, 2009 at 3:32 pm, thirteen28 said:

    Here’s a Facebook group you can join if you would like to express your displeasure with the NFL’s double standard regarding conservatives:

    Punt The NFL.

42. #42
    On October 16th, 2009 at 3:35 pm, spaceycakes said:

    Should I prerend my bodice also?

    I put on Chanel in ‘Vamp’ before I target-practice…

    (that’s a lip pencil, by the way)

43. #43
    On October 16th, 2009 at 3:37 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    I put on Chanel in ‘Vamp’ before I target-practice…

    Is it getting warm in here?

44. #44
    On October 16th, 2009 at 4:00 pm, fred5676 said:

    Why, at this rate, he could end up on a box of Wheaties.

    I’d rather see him on a milk carton.

45. #45
    On October 16th, 2009 at 4:24 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    On October 16th, 2009 at 3:37 pm, Dexter Alarius said:
    Is it getting warm in here?

    (fanning flushed face) Why yes, I do believe it is. Must be that Global Warming I keep hearing about.

46. #46
    On October 16th, 2009 at 4:27 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    On October 16th, 2009 at 3:35 pm, spaceycakes said:
    Should I prerend my bodice also?
    I put on Chanel in ‘Vamp’ before I target-practice…

    Ooh! Nothing sexier than female vampires shooting guns!

    (throws a John Belushi spasm and falls out of chair)

47. #47
    On October 16th, 2009 at 5:16 pm, sbw999 said:

    On October 16th, 2009 at 4:00 pm, fred5676 said:

    Why, at this rate, he could end up on a box of Wheaties.

    I’d rather see him on a milk carton.

    What he said^^^^. Lol…precisely.

48. #48
    On October 16th, 2009 at 5:29 pm, The Ugly American said:

    Blackballing conservatism

    RACIST!!!

49. #49
    On October 16th, 2009 at 6:47 pm, zorro said:

    Correct, a must read. Excellent column.

    I still believe that every dog will have his day. And as sure as the Sun rises in the east, these race-hustlers will eventually answer for their lies and slander. I’m sure of it.

50. #50
    On October 16th, 2009 at 9:25 pm, jamesgreenidge said:

    On October 16th, 2009 at 6:47 pm, zorro said:

    Correct, a must read. Excellent column.

    I still believe that every dog will have his day. And as sure as the Sun rises in the east, these race-hustlers will eventually answer for their lies and slander. I’m sure of it.

    I’m afraid we won’t live to see it — nor our children. Between the MSM and educational system cultivating fresh liberalism under our nose, I can’t imagine the much media protected and blessed race-hustlers getting their due (at most they’ll just fade away to a new generation). Like how the War On Poverty was to’ve “eliminated” hunger and homelessness years ago. And why I’m dirt-sure Obama will be re-elected (largely thanks a sizable built-in bedrock constituency) and we should concentrate on 2016 instead of mauling another again in 2012 (and learn to swallow bitter pills and sour grapes if our fave candidate doesn’t make the nomination else dig an even deeper hole we can’t ever get out of).

    James Greenidge
    Queens NY

51. #51
    On October 17th, 2009 at 7:05 am, tyrion said:

    I’ll probably stop watching the NFL.

    When the Players Union encourages its members to take radical political positions and state them publicly, it’s time to stop watching.

    I’d stop buying american cars if the UAW encouraged its members to contact the government to lobby for bailouts of the auto companies…

52. #52
    On October 17th, 2009 at 8:37 am, skysoljr82 said:

    On October 16th, 2009 at 4:00 pm, fred5676 said:

    Why, at this rate, he could end up on a box of Wheaties.

    I’d rather see him on a milk carton.

    I thought his picture was already on iodine bottles. (mr. yuck)

53. #53
    On October 17th, 2009 at 8:57 am, jangar said:

    Why, at this rate, he could end up on a box of Wheaties.

    I’d rather see him on a milk carton.

    FBI sheet on PO wall.

    I’ll probably stop watching the NFL.

    I didn’t give them a chance. DirecTV basic package doesn’t carry a single game. Since then, my bp has lowered to normal.

54. #54
    On October 17th, 2009 at 9:03 am, jangar said:

    On October 16th, 2009 at 9:25 pm, jamesgreenidge said:

    One thing I have noticed, those who diligently study American History are usually the only ones who understand why we are where we are today. These scholars are scattered across this land, in all walks of life. We are the backbone of our country, devoted to our families and neighbors. Perhaps we are the remnant, but we are still out there.

55. #55
    On October 20th, 2009 at 3:38 pm, publiuswarmac9999 said:

    For the first time in a long time, I ignored most of the professional football games. Sure, I saw some summaries of results with great performances by Brady and Brees, but the NFL has exposed a rather ugly side to its audience – and that is the racist nature of professional football. In the past, I could have cared less who was under the helmet, but now I see that a lot of those individuals, and their coaches and ownership, are racist even though they make extraordinarily good money exercising their right in America’s free enterprise system.