Irony In The Eye Of One Of Rush Limbaugh's Storms
We all know the storm Rush's comments have caused this week. Since I listened to an entire hour of his show on the Fluke incident, it was easy for me to digest his point: "It is so absurd to assert that otherwise free Americans should subsidize your optional sexual activities so that you face no consequences, I will counter that with other absurd notions, like demanding you posting a video of it so others can receive something in return." Rush didn't say he wanted this. He said it because he felt is was absurd, like what Fluke was demanding.
Each Friday I go into Legalzoom.com's headquarters in Glendale to provide free legal advice to anyone who wants it on Legalzoom's Facebook page. This is a private enterprise making FREE services available to people who cannot afford to start up an account at a law firm for whatever reason. Legal Zoom sponsors this voluntarily because they are a good Corporation that cares about the community. It's done efficiently, private sector style.
This was hard to do on Friday because evidently one of Rush's enemies on the Hill encouraged people to launch a boycott against Rush's sponsors. So there we were, courtesy of a private company, supplying people, any takers, with my FREE services, relieving the public burden with private resources, voluntarily supplied. But ironically, this became very difficult because so many people were posting complaints about Rush being opposed to the government forcing Catholic institutions to provide other free services which violate their religious conscience, we were having trouble providing my free services to people with real problems, in need of real help, some urgently.
This program sponsored by Legalzoom is called "Free Joe Friday." Anyone can go to Legalzoom's facebook wall for Friday and see the juxtaposition of me trying to help people, but suffering though a maze of people trying to put a stop to it. If a "buycott" seems in order to you, use Rush's promo code, which is his first name, and let them know there are two sides to this.
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Re: Irony In The Eye Of One Of Rush Limbaugh's Storms
Thanks Mary. Again, I think with Legalzoom it was more about safety of employees and their families. Fanatics were flooding the lines with phone calls. The stuff on the Internet is traceable, yet often vile. Can you imagine what the phone calls were like? And theBomb Threat at Limbaughs? Just really bad timing.
PracticalMary
Actually we've given up boycotting as it turns out the other company can be just as bad, or worse. I have never understood why companies get involved at all and alienate 50% of their customers either way. LegalZoom could have just kept quiet-would anything have happened at all if they just ignored it? But I will say I respected them for just advertising on Rush- the biggest radio audience in the world, duh. Also I do blame corps for contributing to their own eventual downfall. Socialism is bad for business. (kudos for getting in your promo code! seriously : ) · 7 hours ago
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May '11
Re: Irony In The Eye Of One Of Rush Limbaugh's Storms
Crow's Nest: don't know.
Billy: I also think he has manipulated this event into a conservative win.
· 2 hours ago
He managed to turn an argument about religious liberty and conscience in the face of an intolerable law into one about whether or not a girl should be called a slut for being on the pill. · 14 hours ago
He called her a slut because she went before Congress on national TV and proclaimed that she needs over $3000 worth of contraceptives free from the taxpayers to support her lust. By broadcasting her sexual desires to the world she self-identified what she is. One point that Rush made was that given the dollar amounts involved for her required contraceptives, it is amazing that Ms. Fluke was able to find time to leave her bedroom to visit Congress.
Oct '11
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I am thinking...we need a poll...how many parents would be proud to hear their child speak as Ms. Fluke did in congress?
Nov '11
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Joe Escalante: Thanks Mary. Again, I think with Legalzoom it was more about safety of employees and their families. Fanatics were flooding the lines with phone calls. The stuff on the Internet is traceable, yet often vile. Can you imagine what the phone calls were like? And theBomb Threat at Limbaughs? Just really bad timing.
PracticalMary
I have never understood why companies get involved at all and alienate 50% of their customers either way. LegalZoom could have just kept quiet-would anything have happened at all if they just ignored it?
5 hours ago
Maybe this is the real story. Combine it with EJHill's post on the member feed concerning fearing for his job just for his conservative views if they were known (if I understood that part correctly). How far can we expect businesses and individuals to go? I suspect there may be a point where both will have take make defining decisions and the import of that decision won't be know until later. I'm now reading 'Garden of the Beasts'...
Apr '11
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Joe, if that's the case they should have taken the opportunity to make it perfectly clear the decision came under threat of violence. Did they do that? No. They gave into threats AND perpetuated the myth that the left achieved a victory through peaceful protest. The next time violence and intimidation is used against a person or company for political gain the cowards at Legal Zoom will be partially responsible.
I understand you're in a tough spot, but I think you are trying to hard to rationalize your association with them. Is there any way you can continue to provide your charitable legal services without the affiliation with Legal Zoom? Perhaps you and other lawyers could start a new Facebook page and ask Rush to promote it?
I just watch this nonsense, and all I can think is: What Would Andrew Do?
Jun '11
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If I was an advertiser on The Rush Limbaugh Show I wouldn't have exited so quickly. After all, his audience today will likely be the biggest ever. I'd ask to have my ad in the first break to make sure I hit 25 million listeners.
Nov '11
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'There isn't going to be any of this intimidation anymore.'
http://spectator.org/archives/2012/03/05/rally-for-rush
'And how about two of the four guys running Legal Zoom? Mr. Brian Liu is recorded as giving tens of thousands of dollars to two Obama campaign outlets, including the Obama Victory Fund 2012. Brian Lee gives his bucks to the Democratic National Committee Services Corporation. Did I mention Mark Templeton of Citrix gave Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign $2,300?'
'But I haven't felt warm and fuzzy toward GE since that day in 1962 when Dad came home and told us he had just been fired by GE and his show, "General Electric Theater," was canceled.'
Rush probably knew about all of his sponsors and made his money. A conservative doesn't judge his customers, and social contacts by their politics. Maybe it's time. What do you think, Joe? (not meant as a challenge- I'm really curious)
Edited on March 5, 2012 at 3:31pm