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Biden: Coal and Corn Syrup Are More Dangerous Than Terrorism
The Rush Limbaugh Show ^ | September 13, 2007 | Rush Limbaugh

Posted on 09/13/2007 8:30:16 PM PDT by indcons

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RUSH: We've talked about the congressman, shared the piece with you from Michael O'Shea and the AmericanThinker.com. They're gutless. They don't have beliefs. They don't keep promises. They don't stick to things and so forth. We've discussed all aspects of their arrogance today; their conceit; their elitism; and they're nuts. There was an online forum with the Democrat presidential candidates moderated by Bill Maher. Senator Biden got this question from Bill Maher: "Senator Biden, forgetting about the upcoming Iowa caucus for just a moment, which would you honestly say is more likely to contribute to the death of your average American: a terrorist strike or high fructose corn syrup and air that has too much coal in it?"

BIDEN: Air that has too much coal in it, corn syrup next, then a terrorist attack. But that is not in any way to diminish the fact that a terrorist attack is real, but hundreds of thousands of people die and their lives are shortened because of coal plants, coal-fired plants, and because of corn syrup.

RUSH: Do you believe this? Hundreds of thousands of people die and their lives are shortened because of coal plants? I told you all about seeing this giant, giant cargo ship of coal on Long Island Sound heading in. It was so big they couldn't get it to shore, and had to have tenders come out and take the coal in. The coal was, by the way, not from America. Senator, you want to try firing these power plants with something else, you tell us what it is. This is just pandering of the first order.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Delaware
KEYWORDS: 2007; biden; coal; cornsyrup; democrat; democrats; dhimmicrats; energy; joebiden; littlejoe; rushlimbaugh; terrorism
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To: jiggyboy

I’ve never tried Karo with Coal but it sounds bad to me.


21 posted on 09/13/2007 8:46:44 PM PDT by eyedigress
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To: fortunecookie

Coal and corn syrup are what substitutes for Biden’s brains.


22 posted on 09/13/2007 8:46:57 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Are there any men left in Washington? Or are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
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To: jiggyboy

Rush has farts that are more substantial than you.


23 posted on 09/13/2007 8:48:30 PM PDT by Defiant ("Expectorate" has Specter in it.)
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To: indcons

Inside the minds of the left—I swear I did mess with these polls...

Who is the greater threat to Democracy?
Terrorists. 8 votes - 7 %
Media consolidation. 48 votes - 44 %
George W. Bush 51 votes - 47 %
Other 1 vote - 0 %

http://www.dailykos.com/poll/1157782990_XNdxZQxh

Worst President?
Bush - Worst of the 3 136 votes - 20 %
Bush - Worst Ever 434 votes - 64 %
Chirac - Worst of the 3 4 votes - 0 %
Chirac - Worst Ever 0 votes - 0 %
Ahmadinejad - Worst of the 3 76 votes - 11 %
Ahmadinejad - Worst Ever 12 votes - 1 %
Nah. They’re okay. 10 votes - 1 %

http://www.dailykos.com/poll/1134131717_nIULybgt

Who does Bush and the Neocons best compare too in History?
Adolph Hitler and the Nazis 24 votes - 41 %
Idi Amin or any other Sub-Saharan Dictator 2 votes - 3 %
Soviet Union 2 votes - 3 %
A combination of the above 15 votes - 25 %
A Banana Republic 11 votes - 18 %
Modern Sweden 1 vote - 1 %
Vatican City 1 vote - 1 %
Calvin’s Geneva 2 votes - 3 %

http://www.dailykos.com/poll/1144613447_OiEuAVfN

What’s the most pressing issue of our times?
Global warming/climate change 18 votes - 31 %
Population growth/over-population 5 votes - 8 %
Decreasing availability of fresh water 2 votes - 3 %
Big Oil effectively controlling U.S. Government 8 votes - 14 %
The threat to society from gay marriage 1 vote - 1 %
Build a wall to seal the US southern Border 0 votes - 0 %
Terrorism from Islamic Fundamentalist extremists 0 votes - 0 %
Teaching evolution in schools 1 vote - 1 %
Janet Jackson’s fleetingly exposed breast on TV 2 votes - 3 %
Bill Clinton lying about a BJ a decade ago 2 votes - 3 %
Collapse of US heath care system 0 votes - 0 %
Crude lyrics in rap music 1 vote - 1 %
Can’t pick just one 14 votes - 24 %
Other (comment please) 2 votes - 3 %
Don’t bother me, I’ve got a tree to plant!! 1 vote - 1 %

http://www.dailykos.com/poll/1183237694_AjKQUxTF

Do you support the principles of Israeli-Palestinian peace stated by former President Jimmy Carter and Representative Dennis Kucinich?
Yes 66 votes - 72 %
No. They are too favorable to the Palestinians. 12 votes - 13 %
No. They are too favorable to Israel. 10 votes - 10 %
No. Some other reason. (please explain) 3 votes - 3 %

http://www.dailykos.com/poll/1181793930_BICCtfQc

Should the U.S. start talking to Hamas?
Yes 51 votes - 70 %
No 20 votes - 27 %
Not Sure 1 vote - 1 %

http://www.dailykos.com/poll/1166461957_UmjVknVb

Should the U.S. Fund Hamas?
Yes 77 votes - 72 %
No 29 votes - 27 %

http://www.dailykos.com/poll/1140477100_YgxHyZId

Do you think comparing Bush to Hitler is reasonable?
Yes 108 votes - 73 %
No 31 votes - 21 %
He’s more like Czar Peter III of Russia 7 votes - 4 %

http://www.dailykos.com/poll/1135844937_neOQNBcn

What is the greatest threat to Iraqi stability?
The US occupation 20 votes - 83 %
Sectarian violence 1 vote - 4 %
Foreign terrorists 0 votes - 0 %
Local militias 2 votes - 8 %
The Iraqi Interior Ministry 0 votes - 0 %
Influence of Iran 0 votes - 0 %
Other (please comment) 1 vote - 4 %

http://www.dailykos.com/poll/1143224629_NsmvPken

Which is the biggest threat to America?
Christofascists (O’Reilly, Rush, Hannity, Bush, etc...) 21 votes - 42 %
Islamofascists 4 votes - 8 %
Mostly christofascists, but islamofascists also 11 votes - 22 %
mostly islamofascists, but christofascists also 3 votes - 6 %
RW orthofascist zionazis 0 votes - 0 %
“The left” 4 votes - 8 %
sponge bob square pants 4 votes - 8 %
telletubbies 2 votes - 4 %
roe v wade 1 vote - 2 %
the teaching of evolution 0 votes - 0 %
gay rights 0 votes - 0 %

http://www.dailykos.com/poll/1179369615_quNFpkEO

Who Are YOU Most Afraid Of?
George W. Bush 15 votes - 3 %
Dick Cheney 55 votes - 14 %
Alberto Gonzales 0 votes - 0 %
All Three Above 191 votes - 50 %
Osama bin Laden 9 votes - 2 %
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 14 votes - 3 %
Rupurt Murdoch 31 votes - 8 %
Bill O’Reilly 4 votes - 1 %
Those crazy 6 votes - 1 %
Chinese toothpaste manufacturers 10 votes - 2 %
None of the above. I ain’t afeared a’ no one 42 votes - 11 %

http://www.dailykos.com/poll/1186861354_hkWHaPsx

Villain of the Year
George Bush 74 votes - 84 %
Saddam Hussein 3 votes - 3 %
Osama Bin Laden 1 vote - 1 %
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 5 votes - 5 %
Kim Jong IL 0 votes - 0 %
Donald Rumsfeld 3 votes - 3 %
Other 2 votes - 2 %

http://www.dailykos.com/poll/1167405558_vURLvzOj

Are you tired of Israel/AIPAC influence on our government?
Yes 398 votes - 95 %
No 15 votes - 3 %
Not Sure 4 votes - 0 %

http://www.dailykos.com/poll/1173742982_wOtGoAvM

The entity responsible for the death of (Lebanese PM Rafik) Hariri is?
United States 5 votes - 16 %
Israel 2 votes - 6 %
U.S. and Israel 14 votes - 46 %
Syria 4 votes - 13 %
Jihadist groups 1 vote - 3 %
Jordan 0 votes - 0 %
Russia 0 votes - 0 %
China 0 votes - 0 %
France 0 votes - 0 %
France and the U.S. and Israel 2 votes - 6 %
Druze 0 votes - 0 %
Lebanese freedom fighters 2 votes - 6 %

http://www.dailykos.com/poll/1109740696_WjJGytuJ

Iraqi Insurgents Are?
All Bad Guys 0 votes - 0 %
Evil Doers 0 votes - 0 %
Iraqi Freedom Fighters 10 votes - 66 %
In the wrong place at the wrong time 5 votes - 33 %
http://www.dailykos.com/poll/1132234476_LNgqQSQF

Is the government lying about this “attack” planned on Fort Dix?
Yes, it’s to divert attention away from the disaster in Kansas 9 votes - 21 %
Maybe, there might be some threat there, but likely the government blew it out of proportion 26 votes - 61 %
No, it was legit, and soldiers’ lives were in danger 7 votes - 16 %

http://www.dailykos.com/poll/1178661948_cQAPHjHP


24 posted on 09/13/2007 8:49:10 PM PDT by camerakid400
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To: Vigilanteman
Coal and corn syrup are what substitutes for Biden’s brains.

No wonder he knows they're dangerous!! (What passes these days for intelligence...)

25 posted on 09/13/2007 8:50:14 PM PDT by fortunecookie (Finally catching up with posting...)
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To: camerakid400

sry-did NOT mess


26 posted on 09/13/2007 8:50:42 PM PDT by camerakid400
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To: indcons
What does Joe Biden know about coal?

“Why is it that Joe Biden is the first in his family ever to go a university? Why is it that my wife . . . is the first in her family to ever go to college? Is it because our fathers and mothers were not bright? . . . Is it because they didn't work hard? My ancestors who worked in the coal mines of northeast Pennsylvania and would come after 12 hours and play football for four hours? It's because they didn't have a platform on which to stand.”

Biden the plagiarist
27 posted on 09/13/2007 8:51:13 PM PDT by SteveMcKing
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To: camerakid400

The kos is expected to have these results. They are idiots.


28 posted on 09/13/2007 8:52:42 PM PDT by eyedigress
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To: indcons

The only reason this idiot gets reelected is the same reason that Ted Kennedy gets reelected … PORK.


29 posted on 09/13/2007 8:54:09 PM PDT by doc1019 (Fred Thompson '08)
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To: eyedigress

What do Biden, coal, and corn syrup have in common?

Coal and corn syrup have their place in today’s world.


30 posted on 09/13/2007 8:59:53 PM PDT by crazyshrink
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To: indcons

This idiot has been in the Senate since 1972 (the year I was born). It’s time for Biden to be put out to pasture.


31 posted on 09/13/2007 9:01:33 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Coming soon: Stupidparty.com = Republican Party news, opinions, and blogs)
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To: camerakid400
What is the greatest threat to Iraqi stability?

The US occupation 20 votes - 83 %

Sectarian violence 1 vote - 4 %

Foreign terrorists 0 votes - 0 %

Wow! can you say delusional?

32 posted on 09/13/2007 9:04:31 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: indcons
That brain must belong to someone else. Biden’s is too small to be seen with the naked eye.
33 posted on 09/13/2007 9:06:51 PM PDT by F.J. Mitchell (Yes,a small trace of racism likely does still exist, but racebaitorism is rampant .)
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To: jiggyboy
Rush the hack embarasses himself again with an illogical diatribe on a non-issue.

Huh? Please explain.

34 posted on 09/13/2007 9:10:50 PM PDT by SIDENET (I don't want to find "common ground" with a bunch of damn leftists.)
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To: Defiant

Ditto to what you said.


35 posted on 09/13/2007 9:15:27 PM PDT by Brandie (Duncan Hunter in 08')
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To: SIDENET

Here’s the “illogical” part:

Biden: Coal is most likely to contribute to the death of the average American.
Rush: Biden is nuts. I saw a big ship filled with coal from overseas.

The non-issue part is that it’s shoptalk between two libs.


36 posted on 09/13/2007 9:24:39 PM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: indcons

Coal and corn syrup could make a tremendous bomb. If the Islamists take Biden’s idea and run with it, all of lower Manhattan might get sticky. ;)


37 posted on 09/13/2007 9:25:26 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ("Wise men don't need to debate; men who need to debate are not wise." -- Tao Te Ching)
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To: indcons

Actually, he’s right. Count the number of Americans that have died as a result of terrorist attacks in recent years, including American troop casualties, and that number is probably less than the number of deaths due to coal pneumoconiosis in the same period. Plus, HFCS is very likely a contributor of excessive reactive carbonyls in our bodies, which are a major cause of diabetes. Diabetes is growing in epidemic fashion, and not coincidentally because of the exponential explosion in the amount of HFCS being used in soft drinks and many other foods.
That is not to say terrorism is not a significant threat in the U.S., but (so far, at least) it hasn’t killed nearly as many Americans as black lung disease and diabetes.


38 posted on 09/13/2007 9:26:46 PM PDT by BuckeyeForever
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To: river rat
"Biden’s hair transplants had a voracious appetite, and consumed his brains.

If you've ever seen them in person, they're really bad. You're first thought -- anyone's first thought -- is bound to be, "He's a U.S. senator, couldn't he afford a better doctor than that?"

39 posted on 09/13/2007 9:29:32 PM PDT by PUGACHEV
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To: BuckeyeForever
"Actually, he’s right...."

No he's not, because that wasn't his real point. He was using a debatable connection between coal dust, corn syrup, and mortality as a justification for federal intervention in those areas. We can choose to drink Coca Cola or not, as we like; we can choose to work in a mine or a coal fired power plant, or we may choose not to. I don't want the government making those choices for me. I have the absolute right to make the "wrong" choice of where I work or what I drink. I neither need nor want the government's "help" in making those decisions. OTOH, we have no choice if we are unlucky enough to be the victim of a terrorist. I do need, and expect, the government's help in that department.

40 posted on 09/13/2007 9:43:34 PM PDT by PUGACHEV
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