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Left Trying To Get Rush Limbaugh Thrown Off Armed Forces Radio

By Rob on October 1, 2007 at 01:32 pm
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Because the left just can’t have the soldiers listening to anyone espousing ideas they haven’t approved of, I guess.

In the past there’s been a lot of controversy about which radio shows should be broadcast on Armed Forces Radio.  Should Air America be on?  Should Rush be on?  Obviously, we all have our biases as do the soldiers themselves...but I wonder why the decisions about who is and is not on Armed Forces Radio should be left to politicians and not the people who actually listen to it?

Seems to me that the military should just round up a list of all the available programming choices, put them on a ballot and let the soldiers themselves pick.  Maybe this could be done every two or three years or something like that.  Then if there’s a controversy about whether or not Rush should be on the radio, or Al Franken or somebody, the decision will be left to the troops themselves.

How can you argue with that?

Of course, liberals will hate that because I’m sure most of the troops would continue to pick people like Rush and Sean Hannity despite all this silly talk about Rush’s “phony soldiers” comments. 

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likwidshoe

Are liberals really this dumb? Come on..please tell me that this is a put-up.

Looking through their comments though, one can’t but help to conclude that yes, they are this dumb.

Liberals all of a sudden care about the troops? Not even the “dumb” soldiers “duped into fighting the Neo-Con’s imperialist war for oil” will fall for this crap. They listen to Rush everyday. They know what’s up and who their domestic enemies are.

likwidshoe on October 1, 2007 at 03:06 pm
2Hotel9

Conservative Talk, Sports Talk, Heavy Metal Rock, and Contemporary African-American Music is what the troops continue to ask for. And Internet access. The last is the one the Dems are fighting the hardest.

Una Salus Victus Nullam Sperare Salutem

2Hotel9 on October 1, 2007 at 04:57 pm
likwidshoe

...and Contemporary African-American Music...

You mean rap and hip hop.

There really aren’t too many African-Americans to begin with, much less as a significant force in any music genre.

Let’s not encourage the hyphenated bullshit. You know what I’m getting at there 2Hotel9. That crap grates on my nerves every time I see it. It’s a bit insulting as well. Someone from Jamaica, for example, is said to be an “African-American”. Bullshit.

likwidshoe on October 1, 2007 at 05:12 pm
2Hotel9

I didn’t want to do a paragraph long list. Compression is good in things other than engines and spandex. The majority wants Newstalk/SportsTalk on AFN. The rest want an ever expanding mish-mash of all kinds of music. The worst part is they could have everything. Park a satellite over the ME and hammer down on the entire electromagnetic spectrum. AFN does not have to be restricted to one channel of AM/FM/VHF broadcast.

Una Salus Victus Nullam Sperare Salutem

2Hotel9 on October 1, 2007 at 05:45 pm
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This is how the selections are/were made for armed forces radio. Under Clinton’s presidency a ballot was circulated among the military and Rush Limbaugh was added to the roster (for one hour of his three hour show). The problem is, politicians have decided that they want to tell the troops what they want to hear, and they try and pass resolutions to remove soemone the politicians don’t like - that’s an interesting way to support the troops. SOunds like a nanny state to me…

Ken on October 2, 2007 at 06:37 am
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