Tell Us More, Mr. Limbaugh

I wonder how much BP is paying him. Or maybe it’s not BP, but rather Exxon or Shell. Or Halliburton.That is the weakest spin. But not much to work with. And his audience will soak it up. so to speakI wish the airwaves would self-clean like he pretends the oceans do.

I actually agree with him on this. The earth will recover. OUR ECONOMY MAY NOT, but for the most part, life on Earth will continue. But many Americans will be forced to make major adjustments to their lifestyles.

I love how he thinks he’s standing up for big oil but actually doing the opposite. I don’t know a prosecutor who wouldn’t love to have him as a defense witness: “Just let him keep talking, he’s doing our job for us.”

Isn’t it amusing when assholes like Limbaugh take the “long view”? They only do it when it is covenient. And yes, in the very LONG view, the Earth will be here and will be fine long after Humans are extinct. However, that’s not our concern. Our concern is how do we survive as a species on the Earth now and in the near future. And it isn’t by allowing the oil to just flow unrestrained.With poisoned waters, we can’t afford to wait a 500 years for all of this “naturally occurring” oil to be absorbed. We have an entire region that will be economically devestated (not to mention the medical issues that will crop up) for the next 3 or more generations. As Doug Adams (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Universe) was fond of saying, (paraphrasing here) ‘our concern should not be about saving the Earth, but saving ourselves as a species on Earth’.

“Our concern is how do we survive as a species on the Earth now and in the near future. And it isn’t by allowing the oil to just flow unrestrained.”Irish Girl, the right wing doesn’t care about surviving as a species. They’re waiting for the rapture, armaggeddon, end of days, etc. They seriously are. Maybe some of them don’t anxiously await it, but I really believe they don’t care too much about the consequences of human behavior because God will sort it all out in the end anyway.

Well, you know, he is right. The earth will recover. But each time we disrupt any equilibrium it is in, the greater the chance that the next equilibrium point will be in a state that is, let’s just say, less than ideal for us humans’ survival. So yes, the earth will recover…the *real* question is whether the human race can recover from a mess like this one? We need to stop breeding apathy over big crises like this…spilling oil into the ocean is about as “natural” as a volcanic eruption exploding tons of ash into the atmosphere. Yes, it is a natural substance in the earth, duh, everything on this planet is…but people need to know that life on earth is a fragile delicate balance, and we really shouldn’t be pressing our luck so much.This disease on society called apathy will be our downfall if we continue to shrug off major events like this (or conversely, blow every little d@mn thing out of proportion in the wrong way, e.g. “Obama’s Katrina”, thanks to the media…which helps further breed apathy in people because if everything is a big deal, then nothing is.)

@eljefejeff Yes, agreed. Rethugs tend to think in the short term, in general. Whether this is due to their religious focus on the “End Days” or simply because they’re focused on “I’m going to get mine while the getting is good and screw everybody else” attitude, is a moot point. Their short term and selfish thinking is destroying our country.@CompleteLunacy Good point (‘when everything is a big deal, then nothing is’). Americans are becoming benumbed by crisis so the MSM feels the need to be louder and more obnoxious about everything….making it worse. Let’s hope the pendulum starts to swing the other way.

This kind of response is one reason why I’ve always thought that “Save The Planet” and its extensions like “Protect the Polar Bears” and “Save The Whales” are the wrong slogans to use for environmentalists. Never mind the polar bears, it’s HUMANS we need to worry about. It’s easy to not care about whales that you never see, and it’s easy to use Rush’s line about how the planet will take care of itself – and it’s true that the planet will still be here even if we cover it in oil or drop nuclear bombs on it.But what about saving OURSELVES? The billion or so humans who will be displaced from their homes by rising sea levels? The farmers who find their farms in a new climate zone, one unsuitable for growing anything? The fishermen who can’t catch fish because of the oil, or because there simply aren’t any more fish? Or everyone else who eats the food that the farmers and fishermen provide?It’s easy to make fun of “tree-huggers” and brush off their message. It needs to be hammered home to ignorant assholes like Limbaugh that environmental crises also affect THEM, and every other human on the Earth. This isn’t about saving whales or bears or the planet, this is about saving the civilization of humans, even humans like Limbaugh.

Debating ideologues is great. It’s what makes us human. Everyone has a point of view, and should have a right to express themselves. Fat boy isn’t doing that. He’s spreading insane poison just to make a buck. People like him don’t help democracy they hurt it. In our republic everyone has a right to say what they want. The voices of reason must become louder than the voices of hate and lunacy.

well said armytanker