Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!feed.news.tiscali.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: "John W." Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Initial impressions from the Japanese premier of Fahrenheit 9/11 Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 20:02:18 -0500 Lines: 32 Message-ID: <4121591A.70006@yahoo.com> References: <7bc0i0db6sct29bfsn9ddn8lrmgifgvpna@4ax.com> <21i0i0limt9a0bg6g99i66tq0eco8mbcg6@4ax.com> <73fde4f0.0408160649.9fe8883@posting.google.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de +oPHk5nTMht0FExOpB/GFwrVdgvlyRJtpRF2/zgRJLtzkU5D6V User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win 9x 4.90; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20021120 Netscape/7.01 X-Accept-Language: ja,en Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:16492 Michael Cash wrote: > On 16 Aug 2004 07:49:22 -0700, worthj1970@yahoo.com (John W.) brought > down from the Mount tablets inscribed: > > > >>As for why Limbaugh is perceived as a nut, in my view it's that he is >>completely incapable of seeing the other side of issues. Also, it's >>incredibly hypocritical for him to constantly speak with great >>loathing about drug abuse and drug abusers. Liddy is about as far that >>right a person as I can listen to. > > > As a regular listener, I have been bewildered by people talking about > his "constantly" railing against drug abusers on the show. You see, I > have no recollection of ever hearing the subject mentioned. People who > don't listen to the show often bring this up, presumably just > repeating either what they have heard others say or relying on the > accuracy of what they assume is common knowledge. The last mention of > that sort of thing, as far as I know, was in 1995, hardly qualifying > as "constantly". > I've heard him speak on it, usually in reference to the ills of society. > Did the man have a drug problem? No doubt about it. > Personally I think he toned down because GW had a drug problem. At least that's the rumor; don't know if I've ever read anything factual about that topic. Personally don't care. I dislike GW for other reasons. John W.