Posted on 03/03/2012 10:30:55 PM PST by Nachum
Three advertisers on Rush Limbaugh’s popular radio show Friday announced that they are pulling their ads, and other companies are expressing concern over customer outrage in the wake of the conservative host’s controversial “slut” comments this week.
“We don’t condone negative comments directed toward any group. In response, we are currently pulling our ads from Rush with Rush Limbaugh,” the company Sleep Train Mattress Centers announced on its Twitter account early Friday.
The company began tweeting at some of its followers starting around midnight, telling multiple Twitter users, “Thank you for your concern. We are currently pulling all of our ads with Rush Limbaugh.”
All of the company’s tweets announcing its decision met grateful responses from the Twitter world.
“I have to buy a frame this weekend. Now I know where to go. Thank you for refusing to support Rush’s hatred,” @djimenez9 tweeted.
“Thank you @theSleepTrain for not supporting misogyny. You’re a good egg,” said @FlightyWendy.
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rsync. It's superb for offsite backups or to another machine in the same location since it uses an algorithm to only backup what's been changed since the last run. Here's a link to the manpage.
I use the term for men AND women who act in certain ways
It figures...
I recently suffered a catastrophic data loss on my music computer through my own stupidity. Over the last month I’d been looking into using Carbonite in addition to the now 2 additional HDs I clone to.
Trust me, reauthorizing music software is a whole different mess than normal. All the companies have different copy protection/dongle etc schemes, ..just a mess.
Well, guess I look for other offsite/secure options because this is BS. Those companies were not blind to Rush and what he does/says. They reaped the ad rewards and bailed at the first hint of trouble. I hope his ‘confiscatory ad rates’ morph to ‘punitive’ when they come crawling back. And they will.
Bottom line: Rush made an un-PC but totally and dictionary accurate assertion. Anyone claiming that a woman requiring 3K in birth control for “f-buddy’ sex isn’t a slut, works for the Ministry of Truth.
Not sure people realize - not all ads air in all markets. I think there is a regional hierarchy. The smaller markets dont sell as much ad time.
Im fairly certain I wont be hearing about a NYC Lawyer’s services in po’dunk South Central, PA.
The local FM station that carries Rush has almost no local advertising at all - (I think that’s why we get so many of the parody ads during EIB) - Just the boilerplate sponsors (Carbonite...etc...)
Screw Carbon Blight
There are all sorts of back up systems to use. Mozy is one. Norton and Mcaffee also market theirs.
Personally, I don’t back up that way any more. The best way is to by a memory stick or two and copy all your files to the sticks. You control those forever. If you are really paranoid burn a cd with your important files too.
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Conservatives should in turn threaten to boycott the businesses that have pulled out or are thinking of pulling out their ads from RL ‘s show.
The liberals are able to say any vicious, vulger name they want to and NOBODY stops them, and it's not just one of them, its the whole gaggle. .
“The companies’ decisions come on the heels of Limbaugh calling a Georgetown University law student a “prostitute” and “slut” on his show Wednesday for testifying on Capitol Hill about women’s access to contraception.”
For testifying?? I don’t think it was “for testifying” that he called her a “prostitute” and “slut”.
Now you stop that.
I was all EXCITED and you went and threw some logic in.
Sheesh.
:)
Well, that certainly makes little sense since the functioning premise of his show is to criticize the opposing political party, in whole or in part.
Odd world we live in now...
Are you SIRIUS?
Well, when you sell mattresses you can't afford to alienate the slut demographic, you know!
Was going to use Carbonite but no more.
Same for buying two Sleep Comfort pillows. We were going there today but not any longer.
Quicken Loans. FRers warn against using them on a good day.
Legal Zoom. Was going to use them for a new will. Now will do it myself (I’m a paralegal as is my daughter). You can get legal forms from your state.
Pro-Flowers. WIll go to local florists who don’t use them, or pick my neighbors’ flowers. They’ve got a good crop right now. Mine come in later.
Time that we struck back and let these companies know that we are initiating a counterboycott.
According to a recent Twitter feed, Carbonite’s facebook page is ON FIRE right now. ...:)
Does anyone know what other shows,media that Carbonite advertises on?I I know, without even looking, that we will find countless other left wing venues that have not drawn even a peep from these hypocrites. They won’t be getting my money.
Tales of Rush starving or become destitute are greatly exaggerated..
He could live in extreme luxury for several lifetimes..
To: TigersEyeDid a check check around on MyPCBackup. I’m a little wary from some of what I found.
Sorry. Thought it might be useful.
Screw these intolerant fukcs
Rush already caved. Sorry to tell you that. I was disappointed, too.
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