[ChadGore]

Liberals with their very own Great Firewall Of China

[Andy from Beaverton]

Rush's thread is open:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush_Limbaugh

 

In August 2004, Limbaugh was reported to be dating CNN television personality Daryn Kagan.

In 1996, Al Franken released a bestselling book and CD titled Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations which included harsh criticism of Limbaugh and his allegedly meager fact-finding efforts. The "Fat" portion of the title of the book was a jibe at Limbaugh's weight and in-kind payback for his alleged rudeness on the radio and TV during the time in which the book was first published.

Following Limbaugh's admission of drug addiction, his detractors reviewed prior statements by him about drug addicts as examples of hypocrisy. Several statements from the 1990s were found, in particular, on October 5, 1995:

"There's nothing good about drug use. We know it. It destroys individuals. It destroys families. Drug use destroys societies. Drug use, some might say, is destroying this country. And we have laws against selling drugs, pushing drugs, using drugs, importing drugs. And the laws are good because we know what happens to people in societies and neighborhoods which become consumed by them. And so if people are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought to be accused and they ought to be convicted and they ought to be sent up."

and in 1998:

"What is missing in the drug fight is legalization. If we want to go after drugs with the same fervor and intensity with which we go after cigarettes, let's legalize drugs. Legalize the manufacture of drugs. License the Cali cartel. Make them taxpayers, and then sue them. Sue them left and right, and then get control of the price, and generate tax revenue from it. Raise the price sky high, and fund all sorts of other wonderful social programs."

[beaver fever]

Wikipedia is just a gossip column masquerading as an Encyclopedia. I don't trust any information on that site.

[tallhappy]

Hello Feb 22 joiner.

And your point?

[Echo Talon]

whats up with that?

[Racehorse]

Staffers of Harry Reid have convinced the management of Wikipedia to remove negative information about Reid from his article, and have "protected" the article against further editing.

Doesn't seem to be true, or, at least, not completely true.  Wikipedia tagged the entry:

This page is protected from editing until disputes have been resolved. Please discuss changes on the talk page or request unprotection. (Protection is not an endorsement of the current page version.)

The page lists the main, disputed entry, followed by an alternate view of Mr. Harry Reid's life and career.

My trust in Wikipedia is mixed, at best.  Still, I confess.  I do click on their articles when Google googles them up.  Then, if it is a subject of interest to me, I'll cross reference their explanations with Britannica's, followed by articles from our library's database.

Discussion of the Harry Reid staffer's intervention . . .

Again, there is no legal issue at stake here. Yes, we have been contacted by Harry Reid's office. They have raised certain issues, which we are investigating. Both Jimbo and I were away for a few days on Wikipedia business. It is now the weekend. I will be contacting Reid's office on Tuesday (Monday being a holiday). WP:OFFICE protection is intended as a temporary measure until things can be settled. Settled means to the satisfaction of all parties involved, and not just to the satisfaction of certain editors. As a reminder to everyone, Wikipedia is not a newspaper or a political blog. It is an encyclopedia. Editing does not mean dumping information but presenting the information in a suitable manner too . . .

Interesting back and forth there.  Wikipedia strikes me as rather open about all this.

[BigSkyFreeper]

He just doesn't want it be known that his hands are dirty with Abramoff money too.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Wikipedia is for LibIdiots who need a refuge from the reality that they suck real bad.

[OldFriend]

Wikipedia has turned into The Onion.

[Wiz]

Wikipedia = neo-Stalinists' propaganda