Alright, I'm pissed! Who are Rush's sponsers? Boycott!!

[panader0]

The "Barak the Magic Negro" thing has me infuriated. Why aren't people as upset as they were over Imus' bigotry? Obama now has Secret Service protection, thanks in part, I am sure, to the hate mongering bigotry of Rush. My girlfriend works at a radio station here in this small right wing town of retired military, and I know the station manager, and they won't remove Rush because he is so popular. Then boycott his sponsers! We here at DU know what a hypocritical, lying sack of shit Rush is. Let's get him!

[Raven]

1. I don't listen. Who are his sponsors? n/t

[rasputin1952]

2. He's got that "Adjust-a-Bed" thing...and a few others, that I ...

can't recall because I pay little attention...:shrug:

[Bitwit1234]

3. What we need to do

is this. Take one or two sponsors and then everyone every single person on this list and those we can enlist to help, send those special sponsors the message.

[DrDan]

4. GM

Had a thread regarding this last week.

GM is a sponsor for both the pigboy and for sean insanity

[DrDan]

5. oh yeah - also one of the erectile dysfunction drugs

don't remember which one - but I always thought that was funny - what better place to advertise for that particular ailment . . . . most of his listeners are obvious candidates

[rasputin1952]

10. You'd think that after that fiasco at the airport...no one would

be dumb enough to go near that...:shrug:

[MADem]

22. GM--Your tax dollars at work!! They make a bundle off the Pentagon

Follow the money...it's no wonder those assclowns are so beloved.

GM-GDLS Defense Group LLC was a joint venture owned in equal shares by General Motors and General Dynamics Land Systems until General Dynamics acquired GM Defense in 2003. They manufacture armored combat vehicles. The totals here cover the period before its acquisition by General Dynamics.

Acquired by General Dynamics in Mar 2003..... http://www.icij.com/pns/db.aspx?act=cinfo&coid=098155158

General Dynamics
Falls Church, VA
http://www.generaldynamics.com
Corporate profile on Hoovers.com

The Pentagon's number one supplier of submarines, General Dynamics is also a major supplier of naval destroyers, combat assault vehicles and a wide variety of other defense systems and services.

http://www.icij.com/pns/db.aspx?act=cinfo&coid=001381284

[BrotherBuzz]

6. I've been boycotting Snapple drinks from the late eighties....

Snapple corp, one of the early sponsors of Limpball, should still have my scathing letter on file.

[triguy46]

12. About 15 years ago, Pizza Hut

During his failed attempt to have a TV persona. Have not set foot in one since, (easy since their pizza sucks), but my kids learned and will not eat it,(or Dominos for that matter).

[sam sarrha]

13. He did have a TV persona.. that is why they fired him... RACIST.. 'negros cant be quaterbacks'

[BrotherBuzz]

21. That was his ESPN sports commentary spot - he also had a short-lived political TV program

It was really bad and funny in an odd way because the men in the audience were required to wear neckties in a failed attempt to give the crappy program some semblance of class. One didn't need to be a rocket scientist to recognize that many of the men in the audience had never worn a necktie in their life and were out of their element.

[la la]

23. I remember that!

Men in suits and ties and women with SERIESLY big hair. Pretty hilarious!

:spray:

[Sadie4629]

25. He really said that??!!

n/t

[BrotherBuzz]

16. Good on you...

My son visits corp. pizza joints so infrequently (birthday parties) that he doesn't even have any desire for them. We, exclusively, patronize the locally owned independent pizza parlor because of their superior product (and keep our money in local circulation, to boot).

Hoot, I was just informed that my wife honors my boycott of snapple™ and my twelve-year-old son has never tasted the drink.

[Cobalt-60]

34. that commercial still appears on my old tapes

TV today sucks so much that I occasionally run an old time shift tape instead.

[Fovea]

7. Think upon this and smile

Rush the magic butt cyst will not get Secret Service protection...

The thought keeps me warm at night.

[MADem]

19. Well, he's not running for President, either, but he's making hay out of the Obama thing

He's TOUTING it on his website, appealing to his moronic base:

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_050207/content/01125108.guest.html

Ha ha ha...not.

[Fovea]

37. THe curse of having a moronic base

of pathological losers is that a fair number of them are armed and not well wrapped. And Rushbo is not subtle enough not to eventually piss one of them off, and one is all it will take.

When that day comes, it will be dueling chickenhawks.

Waitin to see the feathers fly,
RealP

[Vexatious Ape]

8. Rush read an column from the LA Times

that had in it the phrase "Barak the magic negro" and as you can imagine he went to town with it. He had one of his goons make a song out of it. Rush is a lower ape and we should expect this from him, and yes it would be a great idea to boycott his sponsors.

[Raven]

9. Well, if we're going to be effective, we need the sponsors and

contact information and then we need to enlist everybody to contact them. I just went on his website and after having to be sick, could only find "Cartridge World" Google, Barnes & Noble and Lear Financial. I'm sure I've missed a great deal. Need some help with this!

[Fridays Child]

18. See my post #15. The link goes to a hyperlinked list.

Clicking on the sponsor names should take you to company contact pages.

[Rosemary2205]

24. Regarding Barnes &Noble

I can't vouch for it's authenticity but I think I remember someone on DU posting they contacted B&N and got a real reply back that they contract their internet advertising with a 3rd party and would contact them and put Rush on the blocked list.

Or was it some other company??

[triguy46]

11. Lumber Liquidators was a year or so ago. n/t

[mikeargo]

14. Not surprised

Lumber Liquidators also sponsors Howie Carr, a Limpballs wannabee in the Boston area.

[Fridays Child]

15. Here's a link to a list...

...that was posted at another forum, recently:

http://unfilterednewsnetwork.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=16806

Edited to add that, if the list isaccurate, I'm ashamed Barnes & Noble, a blue company, would advertise with that pig.

[rasputin1952]

29. So...I look at the list and realize I don't use any of them...

but the wood floor thing isn't on the list, neither is adjust-a-bed, unless they go under something else...:shrug:

I did hear Limbaugh say his "sleep # is 75"; must be easy for him to remember that, as that is also his IQ, and in micrometers, his penis size...:D

[Fridays Child]

30. Neither do I, but we can still contact them, right?

You're right that some sponsors are missing from the list but it's a good place to start. The day that Rush Limbaugh can no longer make money from his vile spew will be a good day, indeed. :hi:

[rasputin1952]

31. They've got to have an www. addy out there somewhere...

and what is Lear Finacial, never heard of that one...HQ'ed in the Bahama's????

:D

[MADem]

17. His sponsors--the corporate WAR machine.

Hey, that Rush business happened a MONTH BEFORE the three word Imus incident. A month before.

And there's a reason why no one is bugging old Rush...he's a fair haired boy.

See, all of those sponsors, from Proctor and Gamble, to General Electric, to Staples, to Nextel, to AT and T...all those big businesses have PENTAGON contracts in the billions. Yes, with a B.

And Rushie supports the war...no point in making waves about his little "insult"--heck, he's on the "right" team from the view of the sponsors!!

The reason Imus got fired wasn't because of "outrage" alone. If there's no microphone to scream into to express outrage, if there's no talking head interviewing those who were offended, if there's no round-the-clock media coverage of the "offense"--well, there's no "offense" then, is there?

And interestingly enough, in the Imus case, the corporate sponsors had no interest in hearing from those who were insulted before they made their decision. The Rutgers team specifically said they did NOT want Imus to lose his job, but those guys didn't wait to hear what THEY thought--they wanted that guy gone. He was spending too much time calling Cheney a war criminal, using the "IMPEACH" word, and demanding Gonzo be fired to suit them! He HAD to go!!!

[Faygo Kid]

20. Barnes & Noble, believe it or not. Check his website. Boycott B&N.

Barnes & Noble has had the banner on Limpball's website for a long time. I wrote them outraged that they would be a principal sponsor of such an anti-intellectual site, but of course never heard back. I don't shop there because of it. I consider their sponsorship shocking and unacceptable.

[Sadie4629]

26. Um . . .

That vile song parody was a result of a newspaper column. And I heard it was written by a liberal journalist. (Not sure if that's right.) Anyway, I think because it was based on a newspaper column I think the Pill Popper can get away with it. He'll just point a sausage-like finger at the journalist.

If it is a lib/Dem journo, why oh why would he do that without thinking about the fodder it gives jerks like Pill Popper and the others.

[ncabot22]

33. David Ehrenstein

is the writer of the article. He used to post a lot on another website I used to visit but hasn't in recent months. Yes, he is quite liberal and pretty intelligent. Unfortunately, he shouldn't have used the wording because we now have this situation.

If memory serves, I think Spike Lee used the term first in one of his movies. I think the film was "Bamboozled". I'm not sure, though. I will try to find out for sure.


edited for wording/clarity

[Snarkoleptic]

27. I was hopping mad when I saw Barnes and Noble had a banner

This is when I left the ranks of the lurkers and became a DU member.
Below is a link to my first thread...boycott B&N.
I was a bit surprised at the 'no' replies and overall lack of mobilization.
Maybe I'm an idealist, but if you feed pigboy, you're part of the problem...IMHO.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x829962

[wildbilln864]

28. Man that piece of shit is on the local radio here every ...

fucking weekday here in SC! And Neal fuckin Boortz!? How the hell did he ever get a show? WBT radio really sucks IMHO!

[KharmaTrain]

32. He Out There Due To The Lack Of Radio Sponsors

Most stations that carry this asshat's diatribes make little to no money. But they sure save! Instead of having to pay a local body, it's cheaper to hook into a satellite. Radio has dug itself into a major hole that is almost identical to the airline bankruptcies of the early 90s...and the Clear Channels and EIBs are the cause and soon will be its dinosaurs.

The reason the Imus noise got big was his show is seen nationally on TV...Rushbo knows to stay far away from that medium...and he was top rated morning show in the #1 market...a lot different than being the alternative to reading the local obits and school lunch menu.

[Xenotime]

35. He should be fired like Imus.

GET HIM OFF THE RADIO NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Cleita]

36. We tried this at DU a few years back and did manage to

get a couple of his sponsors to dump him. As soon as the heat was off, they were back. The way to get rid of Rush is to turn him off and to lobby the dittoheads to turn him off. If his audience dies, so will his show. It's a big order I know but it's the only way.

[MADem]

38. IIRC, one of them was Red Lobster.

I wrote to them, and they wrote back. They basically told me to go fuck myself, though not in so many words. It was a letter along the lines of "We advertise in a lot of places to reach a wide customer base. If you don't like it, well, sorry to lose you as a customer, but don't let the door hit ya!"

You're right about taking away his audience. Best way to do it is with alternative programming that has a greater appeal. Nothing high-falutin' though. Nothing political. Something Howard Stern-ish, frankly. Outrageous; up against the censors wall.

They don't want to hear about the pllight of the poor, or Darfur, or ANYTHING that matters, because they are stupid twits who are selfish and don't give a shit about anyone else. They either want to get riled about slights to their selfish selves (which Rush does--the little man fighting injustice theme) or they want to laugh at stupid jokes and naughty comments about boobies and butts. I say find a couple of apolitical assholes to tell idiotic jokes and do moronic humor and put them smack dab against him. Something fast paced, funny, with lots of musical cuts that keeps the show bouncing along...