ESPN's Racist is Sal Paolantonio, not Rush - Bernard Chapin - MensNewsDaily.com

ESPN's Racist is Sal Paolantonio, not Rush - Bernard Chapin - MensNewsDaily.com: "October 4, 2003 Although not a dittohead or even someone who has ever listened to the entire "Rush Limbaugh Show," I cannot pass up the opportunity to comment on our nation's latest publicized affirmation of it's political correctness."

CNN.com - Discovery may spur cheap solar power - Oct. 2, 2003

CNN.com - Discovery may spur cheap solar power - Oct. 2, 2003: "AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -- A major European chip maker said this week it had discovered new ways to produce solar cells which will generate electricity twenty times cheaper than today's solar panels"

Rush, a racist?

Racism is defined by the act of treating an individual of a particular race in a certain way simply because of their race. For example: Treating a polish person as dumb because you think all polish people are dumb, is raciest. The act of putting people of a given race in any niche is raciest. For example: Saying all oriental students get better grades than black students because one is oriental and the other black, is raciest. But if you say that some people "think" that way you are not making a raciest statement. Saying someone is raciest does not make you raciest, you may be wrong but you are not raciest. What Rush said was that the liberals in sports casting treat blacks differently because they want the blacks to succeed and that may be clouding their judgment. That is not a raciest statement. But Rush was living in a liberal environment, the media, and he was not welcomed there. It is no surprise that they would lock on to the first thing they could find to get rid of him. I agree with Rush, I think the media treats blacks differently simply because they are black and because of that fact the media itself, is raciest. For example: You might hear a report that a bank robber was a white man but if the bank robber was black the reporter will likely not identify the man as black but will just say the robber was a man. The media is so afraid of further hurting the black race that they give up their journalistic integrity to report the news. Rush pointed that out and they retaliated by calling him raciest. And that, my friends, proves that the media is itself the one that is raciest.

"I think what we've had here is a little social concern in the NFL. The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well," Limbaugh said on Sunday's show. "There is a little hope invested in McNabb, and he got a lot of credit for the performance of this team that he didn't deserve. The defense carried this team."

There is no racial comment here. I've listened to Rush on a regular basis for fourteen years. I know him better than I know most people. He is not racist, he doesn't make racist comments. Those in the media know this yet they now say he is racist. They lie. The question is why do they say that he is? What are their motives? What do they hope to gain? That is the real question.

I put some quotes from Rush on the Not Safe For Democrats site.

ESPN.com: Limbaugh resigns from ESPN's NFL pregame show

News release
October 1, 2003
Peggy Andersen Senior Volunteer
Greek Peak Sports for the Disabled Program

Looking for a few good … people. The Greek Peak Sports for the Disabled program is looking for volunteers and participants for the 2003-2004 snow sports season. Our activities include downhill skiing, snowboarding, and mono-skiing.

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We welcome persons wishing to teach adaptive sports. Training begins in November, 2003. The program begins on January 4, 2004, offering morning and afternoon sessions.

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Over the years I've grown to wonder if there was some way to measure a individual's political leanings. It's not a simple left or right thing. Often you will hear people say things like I'm such and such liberal but such and such conservative. Confusing to say the least. I've considered making up some kind of questionnaire that would do this but never got beyond that. Today I stumbled across this site which kind of does what I was thinking about. It's a harmless fun thing to try out.