Freed Pirate Hostage Accuses Limbaugh Of 'Hate Speech' (freed hostage is a leftist)

Bostonchannel.com ^ | April 34, 2009

[Kent C]

I heard that whole sequence when it was fresh. Rush simply decided to report on the incident as if it had happened with Bush in charge and the liberal media were taking the usual bias against him.

Exactly! and it was hilarious. Funny how some can get the 'irony' of a Jon Stewart or Colbert but totally miss it on Rush.

[ChiMark]

Why! The mishandling falls on Zer0. Rush is a private citizen. He has no power over these issues.

The blame is on Zer0. He is the commander in chief. You know, the guy that has the power to do things.

Chill-out! The guy is a wimp, coward and an ingrate. How much dough was he paid by the DNC?

[cricket]

Believe Rush was playing off Liberal Media who, by their usual inane but deliberate PC sensitivities, were already ‘dumbing down’ debate re the guilt of these ‘TERRORISTS’ by euphemistically referencing them them as ‘teenagers’.

[MagnoliaB]

Rush made two true statements. If Pres. Bush had of ordered the shooting all the usual race baiters like Sharpton would have come forward screaming their usual crap that they were targeted because they were black pirates.

The only racist I see is Murphy who thinks that if you are a white man you can't use the word black to refer to anyone in any form. What an idiot.

[sergeantdave]

Bill him for the rescue. What does it cost to operate the Navy for an hour?

[newfreep]

I hate the concept of “hate” crimes - just more socialist thought police. The people who puish this have no intellectual capacity to understand what it is - an attack on free speech/thought....or they are just pure evil.

[jla]

...and the sarcasm flew right over Mr. Murphy’s head.

[jimfree]

Number 1 doesn’t listen to Limbaugh or he would have recognized the pattern.

[Waco]

Pink teenagers?

[OBXWanderer]

Chill-out! The guy is a wimp, coward and an ingrate. How much dough was he paid by the DNC?

I can't say for certain about DNC payments, but this little ingrate was on his soapbox way before this "Rush" statement. He was the one on the Nairobi dock, looking for a camera and microphone to spew into just after the Maersk Alabama tied up. When this Maersk Alabama episode first began, I remember reading reports of Captain Shane Murphy and statements from his father. Murphy may have a master's license but he was just the Chief Mate on this voyage. Probably another Frank/Kennedy lover from Massachusetts. Look for this guy to look for a book deal on the piracy, while Phillips take care of his job and his family.

[holden]

This whole article is a MSM meme amplifying the fart of a gnat (Murphy). That's the injustice of a politicized media. Kerry-types would seek bailouts (taxpayer guarantees) for the existing liberal media, so here they are giving credence to stifling the rights of otherrs' speech.

How American is this, an anti-first amendment twerp is ushered onto a stage of millions just so those millions will hear the jackass's hate speech? This purely and simply the giant, roving eye of the media finally finding someone among Whoville who actually supports the politicized media agenda of shutting down Limbaugh.

HF

[Peet]

“Murphy is a Masshole. Nothing more needs to be said.”

HEY! I resemble that remark! (OOPS, did I say that?)

[nonliberal]

Can we give him back?

[boomop1]

He best stfu and be greatful he is breathing.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Limbaugh generated controversy when he called the pirates "black teenagers."

In today's bizarre world, the truth is a "controversy".

[RoadTest]

“what an ingrate.”

Exactly! And ingratitude is a more serious problem than appears at first glance.

How much would you give to a person who didn’t like the first thing you gave him? How much do you think God wants to give to someone who in not thankful?

[anglian]

4/13/2009 Defense secretary: Killed Somali pirates were “untrained” teenagers (”No Military Solution”)
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Monday that three Somali pirates who were killed by the Navy’s Seals to end a hostage crisis were “untrained” teenagers. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2228341/posts

[RoadTest]

“We were once king of the seas like the Brits and Germans but the Union killed it.”

They killed our merchant marine TOO? Wow! They destroyed our railroads with the likes of “featherbedding” and look where our auto companies are now! And the UAW won’t give them anything.

[anglian]

That they are black is a fact Jack! Sure as hell don't see any white pirates lately. Let's play spot the white guys.Can you see any? Somalia: Abducted Canadian journalists

[anglian]

Joseph Murphy, a professor at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, said his son, second-in-command Capt. Shane Murphy, was a 2001 Massachusetts Maritime Academy graduate who recently talked to a class about the dangers of piracy.

The younger Murphy wrote on his Facebook profile that he worked in waters between Oman and Kenya.

“These waters are infested with pirates that highjack (sic) ships daily,” Murphy wrote on the page, which features a photograph of him. “I feel like it’s only a matter of time before my number gets called.”