Rush Limbaugh has passed

[luthervol]

All evidence to the contrary.

You must be from the Giuliani school of evidence gathering and assessment.

 

[Carl Pickens]

You sum beach beat me to the punch by mere seconds.

Sorry bra....

 

[n_huffhines]

NBA was better back then. The competition, rivalries, and characters were really good.

I agree the characters were better. Players today mostly put on a fake persona in response to the modern media climate. It sucks. We want people to be real and then when they say something real we go crazy.

The game is so much more skilled now, except in the post. It's kinda hard to watch that old stuff. The defensive skill on the perimeter was so incredibly bad. Nobody watches those old games, they just watch highlights and see clips in documentaries, which distorts the view because you only see the good and exciting, and you remember it as much better than it was. I challenge anybody to watch a random regular-season game on youtube from 1988 and actually enjoy it.

 

[ButchPlz]

You must be from the Giuliani school of evidence gathering and assessment.

As opposed to the Democrat school of evidence gathering and assessment, which takes literal 4chan fanfiction, enters it into the official congressional record, and tries to impeach a president with it? Whew.

 

[VolStrom]

I used to listen to Neal Boortz years ago as well as Rush Limbaugh. Supposedly Neal made this comment on twitter after hearing of Rush's death.

"Standby for some of the most heartless, vicious, mean-spirited comments you have ever heard in your life coming from the tolerant compassionate left."

Sounds about like what I'm seeing on here.

 

[utvolpj]

I used to listen to Neal Boortz years ago as well as Rush Limbaugh. Supposedly Neal made this comment on twitter after hearing of Rush's death.

"Standby for some of the most heartless, vicious, mean-spirited comments you have ever heard in your life coming from the tolerant compassionate left."

Sounds about like what I'm seeing on here.

This thread contains the "most heartless, vicious, mean-spirited comments you have ever heard in your life"?

 

[05_never_again]

The warning signs were glaringly clear.

Only in hindsight.

It is not the least bit surprising that someone won the Republican nomination, and the Presidency, on the platform that Trump used. However, I just didn't think that someone would have been Donald Trump.

 

[Carl Pickens]

Rodman said if Bird were black, he'd just be another player. Isiah was asked his thoughts and he backed up Rodman.

Then everybody flipped out.

I guess that's a matter of opinion. People flipped out. Rodman's agent completely flipped out on him and forced him to apologize.

How Dennis Rodman Was Forced To Apologize To Larry Bird Over Racial Comments In 1987

NYT article from the time

The controversy began when Dennis Rodman, a Piston rookie, said in the locker room that Bird was ''very overrated'' and that he had won three straight most valuable player awards only ''because he was white.'' Moments later, Thomas, told of Rodman's remarks, said he ''had to agree with'' him. ''Larry Bird is a very, very good basketball player,'' he said. ''But if he was black he'd be just another guy.''

Thomas said he had been crushed by insinuations that his remarks revealed him to be a racist.

THOMAS EXPLAINS COMMENTS ON BIRD (Published 1987)

Bird was better than Isiah..... and there’s no questioning it.

 

[luthervol]

I will agree your comment was restrained.

My RBG comment when she died was not nearly as restrained.

I am not gonna live in a glass house.

Again, I was trying for a balance that was true to me yet not offensive to others.
Funny that @McDad liked your admission that you were not restrained and unwilling to live in a glass house while saying that my liking of an unrestrained post was despicable behavior (or something like that).

 

[BowlBrother85]

Now that I think about it, the popularity of Limbaugh should have been an indication that the Republican Party could end up with somebody like Trump as its leader.

Rush was an anti-PC bomb-thrower with lots of bugaboos in his personal life from the perspective of conservatives (married 4 times, prescription drug problems). He understood that politics was downstream from culture, and was an entertainer first and foremost.

Paul Harvey once said that he thought of Rush Limbaugh's shtick as a more articulate Archie Bunker. He didn't think it was genuine but rather a caricature of what he thought would play well to his audience. Limbaugh had a keen understanding of who was listening to his show... and why.

 

[luthervol]

Paul Harvey once said that he thought of Rush Limbaugh's shtick as a more articulate Archie Bunker. He didn't think it was genuine but rather a caricature of what he thought would play well to his audience. Limbaugh had a keen understanding of who was listening to his show... and why.

He knew exactly what his listeners wanted to hear and was more than happy to take it to the bank.

 

[Boston Vol]

He didn't think it was genuine but rather a caricature of what he thought would play well to his audience.

Well of course. Nearly all of the talk radio/cable news hosts are playing characters. Do you think that they actually believe half of the sh*t that they spout?

 

[allvol123]

He knew exactly what his listeners wanted to hear and was more than happy to take it to the bank.

Wow, what insight.

 

[luthervol]

I used to listen to Neal Boortz years ago as well as Rush Limbaugh. Supposedly Neal made this comment on twitter after hearing of Rush's death.

"Standby for some of the most heartless, vicious, mean-spirited comments you have ever heard in your life coming from the tolerant compassionate left."

Sounds about like what I'm seeing on here.

A favorite story:

I shot Neal in a virtual reality game at Dave and Busters in 1992 at an invitation only party celebrating his move from WGST to WSB. Afterwards I told him I had been dreaming of doing that for some time. We had both been drinking heavily. (open bar)

 

[luthervol]

Wow, what insight.

Probably more than you realize.

 

[allvol123]

Probably more than you realize.

Nope, hence my post.

 

[luthervol]

Well of course. Nearly all of the talk radio/cable news hosts are playing characters. Do you think that they actually believe half of the sh*t that they spout?

They don't, but many of their listeners think they do.

 

[luthervol]

Nope, hence my post.

Well, you wouldn't know, hence my post

 

[utvolpj]

Well of course. Nearly all of the talk radio/cable news hosts are playing characters. Do you think that they actually believe half of the sh*t that they spout?

Then can we still characterize characters as true patriots?

 

[GSD82]

I agree the characters were better. Players today mostly put on a fake persona in response to the modern media climate. It sucks. We want people to be real and then when they say something real we go crazy.

The game is so much more skilled now, except in the post. It's kinda hard to watch that old stuff. The defensive skill on the perimeter was so incredibly bad. Nobody watches those old games, they just watch highlights and see clips in documentaries, which distorts the view because you only see the good and exciting, and you remember it as much better than it was. I challenge anybody to watch a random regular-season game on youtube from 1988 and actually enjoy it.

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I would absolutely rather watch a regular season game from 1988 than now where it’s one pass or no pass and the 3 pointer flies. No bigs, no post play is boring. I just posted this in another thread

 

[CR-vol]

Only in hindsight.

It is not the least bit surprising that someone won the Republican nomination, and the Presidency, on the platform that Trump used. However, I just didn't think that someone would have been Donald Trump.

What was so bad about Trump? I've never seen an anti-Trumper elucidate any compelling argument here.

 

[McDad]

Again, I was trying for a balance that was true to me yet not offensive to others.
Funny that @McDad liked your admission that you were not restrained and unwilling to live in a glass house while saying that my liking of an unrestrained post was despicable behavior (or something like that).

 

[Nerwen Aldarion]

What was so bad about Trump? I've never seen an anti-Trumper elucidate any compelling argument here.

He tweeted mean things to mean people and didn’t immediately roll over and bow down to the establishment. They aren’t used to tasting their own medicine

 

[utvolpj]

What was so bad about Trump? I've never seen an anti-Trumper elucidate any compelling argument here.

I posted yesterday

Out of control spending and letting Fauci control the covid response. Screwed our grandkids and helped make 2020 a living hell

 

[McDad]

I agree the characters were better. Players today mostly put on a fake persona in response to the modern media climate. It sucks. We want people to be real and then when they say something real we go crazy.

The game is so much more skilled now, except in the post. It's kinda hard to watch that old stuff. The defensive skill on the perimeter was so incredibly bad. Nobody watches those old games, they just watch highlights and see clips in documentaries, which distorts the view because you only see the good and exciting, and you remember it as much better than it was. I challenge anybody to watch a random regular-season game on youtube from 1988 and actually enjoy it.

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Magic. Lakers. Showtime. That old stuff was incredible back then.