Monday.....Miscellaneous.....Town Hall Meetings

I mentioned before that I do not get to listen to Rush Limbaugh very often, only when I have that day off. Today was one of those days. I turned him on about 20 minutes into the 1 o'clock hour to hear a woman call in. Rush mistakenly called her sir due to the unisex name on his screen and she responded with a contentious remark from the perceived affront, so it was obvious that she was a critical caller. She mentioned that MSNBC had reported that the rash of raucous questioning of representatives from Congress and government officials at town hall meetings around the country seemed to be staged and that people are being bussed in. What do you think about that, Rush was her question. Now, I am shaking my head, as are probably multitudes listening in. A liberal, whose party has just secured the White House because of a subservient media, celebrity culture and the absolute perfecting of questionable voter registration and protests manipulation, has the audacity, the unmitigated gall (to use a phrase I heard dozens of times from my high school freshman history teacher) to show concern for the possible impropriety of it all! Limbaugh was quiet for a few seconds before softly saying Well, I don't know if that it a true story or not from.....M S N B C.....all I can say is, if it is true... bout d..m time... that someone organizes opposition to what is going on! Now I think that I can guarantee to you that a reverberation was set off all around America with a cannonade of cheers. I'm reminded of the effect of a Toby Keith lyric where he belts out How do you like me now! Now that I'm on my way? Americans are responding to what is happening to their country and the left is becoming apoplectic. From the perspective of media studies, Rush Limbaugh is an oratorical force. It would not be a good time to highlight his show for criticism as news reports have Hugo Chavez closing 32 radio stations in Venezuela and Chavez justifying it by saying that the stations no longer belong to the bourgeoisie. There would be no conservative talk radio if the media had stayed true to its calling and not aborted honest, accurate news reporting in favor of wielding its power in an ideological campaign. I would greatly prefer a citizenry that could rely on the journalism from its news media but that is highly unlikely at the present time.