In a world where the majority of the voters don't vote Rush Limbaugh does not weigh heavily on too many people's consciousness. Nobody cares. I don't.
Rush Limbaugh chimes in on e-cigs
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if you reject what a person says just because you dont "like" them you are probably just "sheeple " anyways . Listen , edjucate YOURSELF form your own opinion . Rush is just a source of info , like it or not . Main stream media , as lopsided as it is , is just a source . Read the founding fathers , read Mao , Read Oboma . How many Oboma supporters have read his bio ? How mnany have read his pamplets when running in Chicago , or run for student council ?
I'm glad Limbaugh loves his e-cig. Everybody else should too. Obama, Clinton, Romney, Hitler, all those guys should vape.
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Hitler ? Realy ? Love the way people throw Hitler in the mix just tick people off . And whom are you comparing to Hitler ? Oboma ? Rush ?
This same topic appears on the beginners forum as well. Like I said there, I don't want to see vaping to become a political football. Not anymore than it is. Maybe that's just wishful thinking. Between the lobbyists and legislators almost everything becomes a highly polarized political issue nowadays.
Rush is a political pundit and radio talk show host. He doesn't present information, not factual information, anyway. Rush presents an opinion just like Rachel Maddow presents an opinion, not information. His radio show doesn't present any sort of dialog. It is a carefully produced monologue. Every call allowed on the program is there to strengthen the Rush viewpoint: right-wing conservative.
If the E-Cig people want to promote their product by paying Rush for airtime, good luck with that. Rush alienates over half of America and a much higher percentage of Americans under the age of 35. If a product is closely associated with a political viewpoint that over half of the country finds outdated and wrong it isn't going to go very far.
Rush is a political pundit and radio talk show host. He doesn't present information, not factual information, anyway. Rush presents an opinion just like Rachel Maddow presents an opinion, not information. His radio show doesn't present any sort of dialog. It is a carefully produced monologue. Every call allowed on the program is there to strengthen the Rush viewpoint: right-wing conservative.
If the E-Cig people want to promote their product by paying Rush for airtime, good luck with that. Rush alienates over half of America and a much higher percentage of Americans under the age of 35. If a product is closely associated with a political viewpoint that over half of the country finds outdated and wrong it isn't going to go very far.
The first time I heard Limbaugh on the radio, I didn't like his style because he seemed like a self-promoting blowhard. But since he was an important voice in politics I continued to listen from time to time.
Now that he's put some distance between himself and the Republican elite, I listen to him as often as I can and read the transcripts of his shows daily. I don't always agree but he always gives me something to think about.
And now it seems he's on the side of vaping. I like him better still.
Now that he's put some distance between himself and the Republican elite, I listen to him as often as I can and read the transcripts of his shows daily. I don't always agree but he always gives me something to think about.
And now it seems he's on the side of vaping. I like him better still.
I'm emphasizing the fact that none of these people matter to me anymore than a dead dictator. I don't care about any of them. That was the point.
It always amazes me that we judge others by our own standards, opinions and beliefs. If someone else agrees with me they are OK. If they do not agree with me they are a jerk. I think this is what is at the heart of Political Correctness, the Nanny State, my way or the highway. Live and let live, is why America came to be. But it has not remained that way.
Take a lesson from this. Others have just as much right to object to Vaping as we have to want to vape. They do not have to conform to us, but neither do we have to conform to them. We all have to acknowledge that we can coexist.
Anyone starts up with me all I say is, "I have chosen to wear a red shirt today and you have chosen to wear a blue shirt today. How about that? That is diversity. That is individual freedom. That is allowing individual choice. Support that, instead of trying to stop me from living my life and I will not try to tell you how to live your life."
Take a lesson from this. Others have just as much right to object to Vaping as we have to want to vape. They do not have to conform to us, but neither do we have to conform to them. We all have to acknowledge that we can coexist.
Anyone starts up with me all I say is, "I have chosen to wear a red shirt today and you have chosen to wear a blue shirt today. How about that? That is diversity. That is individual freedom. That is allowing individual choice. Support that, instead of trying to stop me from living my life and I will not try to tell you how to live your life."
fantastic,,,,,,I couldn't agree more. All pundits are just that,,,,,,opinion machines. Including the ones I listen to,,,,
and although I happen to agree with his stance on e-cigarettes,,,,,I never thought I'd see the day I'd agree with him on ANYTHING,,,,I do wonder how much good ANYONE continuing to vape in an area when specifically asked NOT to is doing to the future of vaping.
Ronald Reagan said it best when he talked about the government was established to protect its citizens from each other and not to protect its citizens from themselves. I smoked for 14 years and I never smoked around non smokers. Before it was banned from bars I went outside and smoked. I never stood at the entrance to a public building and smoked so everyone had to walk through it to get in and out of the building. I was a firm believer that I had the right to smoke but johnny so and so also had the right to walk into a bar and not smell it. Many smokers didn't like to hear it but smoking affected more than just them and most who have quit or never smoked realize how offensive the smell really is.
That being said, vaping is no more offensive than the middle aged man or woman who bathes in perfume that is so strong it gags you from a foot away. Still this will not stop our ever so intelligent elected officials from trying to protect ourselves from it. Just like they have protected us from trans fats and extra large sodas they will not rest until they can protect us from this as well. Hopefully one day citizens will wake up and defend what little freedoms we have left and quit electing people so blindly into office before we one day are living a real life judge Dred movie.
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That being said, vaping is no more offensive than the middle aged man or woman who bathes in perfume that is so strong it gags you from a foot away. Still this will not stop our ever so intelligent elected officials from trying to protect ourselves from it. Just like they have protected us from trans fats and extra large sodas they will not rest until they can protect us from this as well. Hopefully one day citizens will wake up and defend what little freedoms we have left and quit electing people so blindly into office before we one day are living a real life judge Dred movie.
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It is not the fact that Rush Limbaugh speaks, or that Jane Fonda speaks, but the fact we can speak openly that matters. "Killing the Messanger" is a sad and pitiful attempt at censorship. So is political correctness and morality defined. When we are divided in this manner, people who hold High Office will sieze the opprotunity to divide us further for thier own power and revenues. The E-Cigarette is simply a nicotine delivery system. I personally am thankful for it's inception, it is the only method I have found to quit tobacco. Creating dissention among us will never benefit those of use who enjoy vaping. Freedom is hot your's or mine, it is ours to protect for one another.
There will only be a future for vaping if we stand up for our rights . Ignorance is bliss , catching and rampant . If someone asks you not to vale because they feel or think it is smoking THEY ARE WRONG ! You should inform them of the mistake and continue vaping . Giving into polital correctness will quickly make vaping incorrect . Giving into hysteria will quickly give credence to their cry . In today's society if you say something enough.it becomes fact , factual or not .
I find him to be both a self promoting blowhard and someone who frequently gives me something to think about!
What is wrong with self promoting blowhards, anyway? Sure he pisses people off, he has a deliberately confrontational style that is typical of many good provocateurs. You can argue his endorsement means nothing to you personally because he is polarizing, mean, fat, right wing, or a hate-monger. It is difficult to make a rational argument that the endorsement is meaningless to the vaping community with his impressive following. If 2% of his 30 million monthly listeners try ecigs, that is 600,000 added to our ranks. I find many of Rush's positions to be shallow and simplistic, but so what? Who cares what Rush talks about with the rest of his broadcast, his endorsement is news that is worthy of comment.
I cannot think of a single person on earth that I ever always agree with. I hope I never meet one. What a boring conversation that would be indeed! I wish we celebrated intellectual diversity with the same zeal we celebrate ethnic/cultural diversity.
Its a great article and I really like the part about obeace people. I've don't know anyone that quite smoking that hasn't gained weight. And in my opinion, obesity is more destructive and unhealthy. I've been using e-cigs for a few years now and haven't gained a pound. The others I've converted also have not. It's a point not at the forefront of the battle we are fighting but should be at least mentioned more often. For some of us it's a vice to relieve stress or to help us deal with other issues. Others, probably some of the very same people trying so hard to ban e-cigs are probably addicted to food, alcohol, or drugs. E-cigs in my opinion is the best invention... literally since sliced bread. Smoking has existed since 5000 BC. (per Wikipedia) Now thousands of years later we have a better option.... a much better option.
You know. I don't understand this. If children see it, they are taught that as an adult you have the freedom to make choices. And since using an e cig/PV doesn't cause anymore harm than drinking a coke, I don't see what's wrong with children seeing it.
No kidding.
I can tell you. I was in Sacramento in 1984 when Rush began his show on KFBK. It was a comedy talk show, essentially. Rush played the over-the-top Reagan type conservative, bashing poor white people living in Rio Linda, a rural white low income area outside of the city of Sacramento but within county limits. Rush was a hit, it was a scream. People couldn't get enough of his rant, especially his frequent references to his "tobacco-stained fingers". All because Rush seemed a hilarious parody of Reagan-era conservatives.
Things changed. KFBK soon discovered that the poor white or poorly educated white audience was taking Rush seriously. It all ran downhill from there. Rush was an even bigger hit if he poised himself as a serious voice.
Radio is all about who gets paid, by whom.
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