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Don't give Haitians a penny, says rightwing US shock jock (barf alert)
guardian.co.uk ^ | 1/17/2010 | Staff

Posted on 01/17/2010 6:04:08 PM PST by Red in Blue PA

Amid the rash of appeals for Haiti donations has come a call from one of the most prominent voices on the American right for people to hang on to their cash because Barack Obama might steal it.

Rush Limbaugh, the most popular radio talkshow host, who is sometimes described as the real leader of the Republican party, says Americans should not give a penny to a population struggling for survival after the earthquake.

Limbaugh agreed with a caller suspicious that the White House website was being used to direct funds to the American Red Cross. "Would you trust the money's gonna go to Haiti?" the caller asked. Limbaugh then said Obama was exploiting the disaster for political ends.

"This [the earthquake] will play right into Obama's hands," said Limbaugh. "He's humanitarian, compassionate. They'll use this to burnish their, shall we say, credibility with the black community – both light-skinned and dark-skinned black community in this country. This is made to order for them."

Limbaugh also warned Americans against donating money. "Besides, we've already donated to Haiti. It's called the US income tax," he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: charity; deceit; haiti; haitiearthquake; haitiearthquake2010; haitirelief; mediabias; medialies; redcross; rush; salvationarmy; talkradio
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To: gwilhelm56

I am stating facts.

If you are in denial, that speaks more to you than anything else.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2430711/posts


101 posted on 01/17/2010 6:34:50 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (If guns cause crime, then all of mine are defective!)
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To: hole_n_one

Beats scrawny and slow.


102 posted on 01/17/2010 6:35:06 PM PST by mamelukesabre (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
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To: Red in Blue PA
Not blasphemy but the msm would have chastised Rush if he had said nothing at all and I don't doubt that he's already donated more than these hollywood ass***** combined but we'll never hear about it.

He was right when he said that we have already donated. Where did "commander zero" get the $100,000,000 that he offered? Not from his book sales but the US taxpayer.

Who is paying for the 10,000 US Military that are supposed to be there tomorrow? The US taxpayer.

General McChrystal desperately asked for 40-80,000 troops 6 months ago but they aren't there and yet he can mobilize 10,000 top shelf 82nd Airborne and Marines to Haiti in a few days?

How much in US foreign aid have we given Haiti in the last 15 yrs. since we put a voodoo priest and drug dealer back in power?

I listened to the program and Rush said that if you want to donate to give to private charitable institutions. I guess they forgot to add that.

Will we hear about multi-millionaire rapper wycleff jean charging his own charity for Haiti rent for using his own property and then collecting a six figure salary to run it?

We heard about Pat Robertson's truthful statements but will the msm put danny glover's ridiculous statements on the front page?

103 posted on 01/17/2010 6:35:18 PM PST by Eagles6 ( Typical White Guy: Christian, Constitutionalist, Heterosexual, Redneck.)
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To: Red in Blue PA
Why don't you go to WH.gov and give them what they want. I won't!

The site is damn data farm for the left! They don't even hide it.

104 posted on 01/17/2010 6:36:07 PM PST by Cold Heat
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To: Red in Blue PA

You should know by now to listen to what Rush says, not what the media says he said.


105 posted on 01/17/2010 6:36:09 PM PST by Sawdring
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To: Red in Blue PA

No it isn’t. Rush is telling people to be wary of who you donate to. It is not christian or moral to give your money to dictators and thugs, that never give any relief to the actual people who could use it.

Further, what will cash script get anyone down there, what can they actually buy right now with it?


106 posted on 01/17/2010 6:36:30 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: Eagles6
Pat Robertson's truthful statements

Hope that you are kidding.
107 posted on 01/17/2010 6:36:55 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (If guns cause crime, then all of mine are defective!)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Not blasphemy, just false witness. That’s not one of the big ten, is it?


108 posted on 01/17/2010 6:38:11 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: Red in Blue PA

Doesn’t sound like he is asking listeners to donate from that.

If you feel like donating then do it. I won’t give a dime other than the billions in tax dollars we’ll pour down that bottomless rathole


109 posted on 01/17/2010 6:39:57 PM PST by Figment ("A communist is someone who reads Marx.An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx" R Reagan)
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To: rlmorel

**His reasoning (as I recall) was that if you put any personal information into that site, it is going to be mined for political purposes, email addresses and so on.**

Exactly, as Rush did get a rash of called, myself included, that “Turned myself in’ to Tattletale.gov or whatever that was.. I still get DNC talking points and requests for donations.

Some of us don’t have to be REMINDED everytime or Include every exclusion everytime we post something.


110 posted on 01/17/2010 6:40:27 PM PST by gwilhelm56 (OBAMA ... Orwell's 1984 was a WARNING ... NOT a TEXTBOOK!!!)
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To: Red in Blue PA
Read the numerous Freepers claiming that "haiti deserved it" and other such nonsense

First of all, let me thank you for apologizing and recognizing your error.

Second of all, it's unfortunate that such comments were made, and they should be pulled. However, I think you're missing the context of them. Haiti has been an impoverished country since its Revolution. FReepers are angry that the government is pissing away more millions to a country that have already had millions thrown at it.

111 posted on 01/17/2010 6:40:43 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Stentor

“Did you listen to the show? ‘

I think he admitted that he does not listen to Rush.
If one wants to see real Rush bashing, go visit the Stupid Topix forums, Topix.com
The neo-Marxist lefties on there make DU look conservative.
They love to put up threads on what Rush says, and, of course,
go to great measures to take all quotes out of context to make Rush look bad.

I measure the defectiveness of Rush and Sarah by the hate that the leftist spew every day on Topix.


112 posted on 01/17/2010 6:40:43 PM PST by AlexW (Now in the Philippines . Happy not to be back in the USA for now.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

The Guardian is lying. But leftists, such as the entire staff of the Manchester Guardian, have to have their demons.


113 posted on 01/17/2010 6:41:24 PM PST by popdonnelly (Yes, we disagree - no, we won't shut up - no, we won't quit.)
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To: FourPeas
The title of the article shows the Blatant Liberal Bias blatant liberal LYING MACHINE of the MSM. In this case, from the Guardian, but the same lie is echoed from the usual sources.
114 posted on 01/17/2010 6:42:49 PM PST by mbarker12474 (If thine enemy offend thee, give his childe a drum.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

No Einstein, they reported the truth about WHAT he said but missed the thuth about WHAT Professor Glover said was the cause.

Do us all a favor and let your daddy Cass know we are onto him.


115 posted on 01/17/2010 6:43:07 PM PST by mazda77 (Rubio for US Senate - West FL22nd - Dockery for Gov.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

That’s only one sentence of many he uttered on the subject. Are you a such a liberal that you have to take things out of context? And my friend, since so few people actually pay taxes on this frickin country and Obama making sure millions more wont due to losing their jobs, and so many more people living off wealth transfer via taxes, they ARE donations. Government IS the biggest charity with OUR tax money.


116 posted on 01/17/2010 6:43:09 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Yeah, since I don’t listen to Rush, I guess I am not a Conservative.

but you blindly post things he was supposed to have said? no good words to describe your idiocy


117 posted on 01/17/2010 6:44:01 PM PST by Figment ("A communist is someone who reads Marx.An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx" R Reagan)
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To: mazda77

I do see that!
Great find!


118 posted on 01/17/2010 6:46:40 PM PST by netmilsmom (I am Ilk)
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To: Red in Blue PA

poor rush, he’ll never get that Peace Prize he wants so bad.


119 posted on 01/17/2010 6:48:31 PM PST by BallyBill (WARNING:Taking me serious could cause stress related illness.)
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To: Red in Blue PA
I don't think You have anything to apologize about. You just posted a link to a story that was purposefully inaccurate. You are not inaccurate, the news story was. We need to know what the “bad guys” are saying.
120 posted on 01/17/2010 6:49:37 PM PST by Lockbar (March toward the sound of the guns.)
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