Well, gentle people - I had planned to beg off this week and take a break, as long as there were no Breaking News developments in Freeperville.
Am I stupid, or what?
Let's jump right in.
Before we get to the paramoid ravings of Freeperdom about gangs of Obama hit squads roaming the coutryside to shoot frozen virus darts into fringe right-wing commentators, we need to address something else first - misogyny.
Right-wing nutworld has always been a stronghold of misogyny, and I wasn't particularly surprised when a right-wing nutjob (whose previous claim to fame was getting caught with non-prescribed Viagra on his way back from the Dominican republic) got all "sluts-R-us" on an uppity female who dared to speak up for contraception as a part of healthcare. Didn't surprise me a bit.
This, however, did :
Obama phones woman called 'slut' by Limbaugh
Politico ^ | 3/2/12 | JENNIFER EPSTEINPosted on Friday, March 02, 2012 1:39:13 PM by ColdOne
The young woman who was called a "slut" by Rush Limbaugh got a call Friday from President Obama who voiced support for her pro-birth control advocacy.
"He encouraged me and supported me and thanked me for speaking out about the concerns of American women," Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke said on MSNBC's "Andrea Mitchell Reports." She got the call from Obama while in a green room waiting to appear on the show.
"What was really personal for me was that he said to tell my parents that they should be proud and that meant a lot because Rush Limbaugh questioned whether or not my family would be proud of me," Fluke said. "So I just appreciated that very much."
Soon after she appeared on TV, Fluke also thanked Obama on her Twitter account. "Thank you @BARACKOBAMA for your call and words of support. It means so much to me and millions of women! #WeWillNotBeSilenced," she wrote.
To: ColdOneIf she’s still having issues getting contraception, she should try oral sex. It’s proven to make teeth whiter.
7 posted on Friday, March 02, 2012 1:42:56 PM by InsidiousMongo..To: ColdOneLooking for some, I guress. Georgetown women are apparently easy.
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To: KartographerAfter Michelle found out about the call she told the Zero “You called that slut? I’m going to cut your nuts off!”.
8 posted on Friday, March 02, 2012 1:43:59 PM by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)..To: ImJustAnotherOkieI'm wondering the same.Michelle: BARACK! You called that white ho?
18 posted on Friday, March 02, 2012 1:48:35 PM by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
To: ILS21RShe’ll probably move to San Fran and go for Pelosi’s seat...er chair.Pull Fluke from her chair and it will make a suction sound.
13 posted on Friday, March 02, 2012 1:46:48 PM by dragonblustar (Allah Ain't So Akbar!)
In Memoriam: Andrew Breitbart (1969-2012)
Breibart.com ^ | 3/1/12 | Larry Solov
Posted on Thursday, March 01, 2012 8:00:33 AM by ImJustAnotherOkie
Andrew passed away unexpectedly from natural causes shortly after midnight this morning in Los Angeles.
We have lost a husband, a father, a son, a brother, a dear friend, a patriot and a happy warrior.
"Who's gonna sign my paychecks now???"
Andrew lived boldly, so that we more timid souls would dare to live freely and fully, and fight for the fragile liberty he showed us how to love.
Andrew recently wrote a new conclusion to his book, Righteous Indignation:
I love my job. I love fighting for what I believe in. I love having fun while doing it. I love reporting stories that the Complex refuses to report. I love fighting back, I love finding allies, and—famously—I enjoy making enemies.
Three years ago, I was mostly a behind-the-scenes guy who linked to stuff on a very popular website. I always wondered what it would be like to enter the public realm to fight for what I believe in. I’ve lost friends, perhaps dozens. But I’ve gained hundreds, thousands—who knows?—of allies. At the end of the day, I can look at myself in the mirror, and I sleep very well at night.
1 posted on Thursday, March 01, 2012 8:00:36 AM by ImJustAnotherOkie
To: dforest—It is true, he died of a massive heart attack.—
Hmmm. Reminds me of that old TV show, The Invaders...
95 posted on Thursday, March 01, 2012 8:20:16 AM by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
To: ImJustAnotherOkieWe’ve lost an incredibly important piece from our side of the chess board.
33 posted on Thursday, March 01, 2012 8:09:30 AM by Excellence (9/11 was an act of faith.)
To: rman04554I am almost thinking the same. If he is dead this is horribly suspicious and not unexpected from O. Especially after him claiming to have tapes of O.
52 posted on Thursday, March 01, 2012 8:12:28 AM by Wright Wing
Michael Savage: Was Breitbart Assassinated?
World Net Daily ^ | 3-1-12
Posted on Friday, March 02, 2012 12:30:19 AM by ReformationFan
Noting that the cause of Andrew Breitbart’s unexpected death yesterday was being examined by the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office, talk-radio host Michael Savage raised the question of whether the conservative media powerhouse – who recently announced he had videos that could politically damage President Obama – was murdered.
On his top-rated show today, Savage played an audio clip of Breitbart telling an audience at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington last month that he had obtained videos that shed light on Obama’s ties to radicals in the early 1980s who helped propel him to the presidency.
“Maybe my overly active imagination kicked into overdrive,” Savage told his listeners of his decision to raise the question. “But you heard what Breitbart said – he has videos … we’re going to vet the president.”
1 posted on Friday, March 02, 2012 12:30:26 AM by ReformationFan
To: ReformationFanWhat can cause a sudden cardiac arrest? A gas, slow poison?
To: ReformationFanNo. Let’s not get stupid here.
To: Dallas59Certain drugs that are not commonly tested for in toxicology tests will mimic the symptoms of a heart attack.
To: ReformationFanin his recent speech he talked about having dinner with Bill Ayers who’s a great cook. Maybe the food had poison
To: Dallas59A simple syringe filled with air. Used a lot by the mob and other friendly people.
34 posted on Friday, March 02, 2012 12:53:33 AM by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.~Admiral Yamamoto)
To: Bullishanother happy coincindence for the kenyan, eh? Kinda like Granny dying the day before the election
90 posted on Friday, March 02, 2012 5:04:22 AM by silverleaf (Funny how all the people who are for abortion are already born)
To: Dallas59American contract killer Richard Kuklinski
Famous for working for the Black Mafia..
would kill with a small mist of a cyanide solution to bare skin. Unless there is a specific test for cyanide, the autopsy would always list the cause of death as heart failure. It can be done in broad daylight, without anyone observing what actually happened ...
To: Sarah Barracuda...”a sudden death like this needs to be looked into”...
And, by people who do not have strong political motives.
I am surprised that only hours after Andrew died, the major media, FOX included, so quickly picked up the words, “died of natural causes,” before anything could be determined for certain. One has to wonder...
To: Dallas59135 posted on Friday, March 02, 2012 7:26:08 AM by BigSkyFreeper (You have entered an invalid birthday)
To: ShadowstrikeCharles Bronson (The Mechanic) making Keenan Wynn have a heart attack comes to mind.
To: ReformationFanI remember many years ago listening to G Gordon Liddy on his old radio show,and while discussing the death of J Edgar Hoover with a caller,the G Man said that the Gov possessed drugs which,when applied to a persons household items or toiletries,would produce a heart attack within 72 hrs.
To: WashingtonSourceWhy doesn’t someone like Bill Ayers die suddenly of natural causes?
Because none of us has the murderous heart nor the know-how to do up one of those little poisonous tree-frog darts as are found in Kenya
You seem to be mixing up South America and Africa.
I blame home schooling.
and mysteriously, more recently, on Pennsylvania Avenue.
RIP, Andrew. You will not be forgotten. I'm devastated by this news. A major blow to conservativism. It's very suspicious.
33 posted on Thursday, March 01, 2012 10:59:37 AM by LibWhacker
Report: Bomb Squad Responding To Rush Limbaugh's House
WPBF 25 News ^ | 3/1/2012
Posted on Thursday, March 01, 2012 5:38:42 PM by Heartlander2
Bomb squad on way to Rush Limbaugh's home.
1 posted on Thursday, March 01, 2012 5:38:45 PM by Heartlander2..To: Heartlander2Breitbart “heart attack”, then this, huh.....
M’kay...
..To: gaijinLets give em the war they want.
5 posted on Thursday, March 01, 2012 5:40:33 PM by securityman
To: Heartlander2My initial response to the official reason for Briebart's passing was to accept it without question.Maybe that wasn't so wise.
To: Heartlander2I suspect some well-funded lefty group like Anonymous is behind Breitbart and this.
22 posted on Thursday, March 01, 2012 5:46:13 PM by Retired Greyhound (.)
To: Heartlander2Some slut properly sent it.
23 posted on Thursday, March 01, 2012 5:46:33 PM by The Iceman Cometh (Proud Teabagging Barbarian Terrorist Hobbit Son-of-a-Bitch!)
To: Heartlander2Rush committed the political equivalent of the “unforgivable sin”: he went after the left’s crotch — which is all they really care about. They have slaughtered some 50 million babies since Roe v Wade — all in the name of protecting women’s right to do what they want with their own crotches.
36 posted on Thursday, March 01, 2012 5:53:01 PM by CaribCarter
To: Heartlander2Well thanks for airing his address you commie libtard media scum.
37 posted on Thursday, March 01, 2012 5:53:11 PM by taillightchaser (Third party=four more years of marxism)
To: securitymanI still maintain the best precious metal investments are in copper, lead, brass, and blued steel.
To: unixfox; mardi59“They really want to shut us up, but if it’s war they want, it’s was they will get!!!!
Yep, they are just BEGGING for it. And they shall recieve. “
Amen. Starting to get a little p!ssed.
76 posted on Thursday, March 01, 2012 6:13:06 PM by APatientMan (Pick a side)
To: mardi59It’s pretty screwed up when we can honestly believe that lefties would go all out and declare war in this manner. Sign of the times.
Sign of a looney, you mean.
We’re at a breaking point, never seen things so bad. Heck of a guy that 0bummer is. Heck of a guy.
97 posted on Thursday, March 01, 2012 6:24:50 PM by APatientMan (Pick a side)
To: Retired GreyhoundThere is poison that can be frozen into the shape of a dart and fired from a gun.
To: onemiddleamericanHopefully the Bomb Squad are Rush fans.
119 posted on Thursday, March 01, 2012 6:33:15 PM by savagesusie (Right Reason According to Nature = Just Law)
To: Heartlander2The most effective weapon against fear is anger. Remember this.
140 posted on Thursday, March 01, 2012 6:48:30 PM by reasonisfaith (Or, more accurately---reason serves faith. See W.L. Craig, R. Zacharias, Erwin Lutzer, and others.)
To: EBHSounds like “they” are warning some folks. “Don’t be like Brietbart.”
138 posted on Thursday, March 01, 2012 6:48:22 PM by Terry Mross (Difference between a conservative / liberal-obvious. Difference between a rep and a dem? None)
To: LibertyLAFrom an updated story, on the Palm Beach Daily News website:
At a press conference at the Limbaugh property, Palm Beach Police spokesman Fred Hess said the package appears to not be dangerous or hazardous. He said it was delivered late this afternoon and was X-rayed, as is all mail sent to the Limbaughs’ home. When Limbaugh’s staff saw what appeared to be wires in the package through the X-ray, they called police.
The package was sent by a man in Pennsylvania as a “business opportunity” for Limbaugh, Hess said. The man was not identified, but when authorities called him he apologized, Hess said.
The package contained an electronic placque commemorating the assassinations of Abraham Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth. No further details about the plaque were immediately available.
156 posted on Thursday, March 01, 2012 6:56:50 PM by onemiddleamerican (FUBO and all your terrorist buddies)
To: Heartlander2Mark Levin spoke to Rush, he and wife are fine, no more to be said.
Limbaugh apologizes to law student for insult
AP ^ | 03/03/2012 | By PHILIP ELLIOTT
Posted on Saturday, March 03, 2012 7:03:01 PM by redreno
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh apologized Saturday to a Georgetown University law student he had branded a "slut" and "prostitute" after fellow Republicans as well as Democrats criticized him and several advertisers left his program.
To: redrenoRush is a coward.
..To: redrenoI cannot believe this. Apologize for what?7 posted on Saturday, March 03, 2012 7:12:16 PM by Logical me
To: TSgtAll evil needs to prevail is for good men to do nothing.
We sat on our asses and did nothing.
No wonder the left is winning. :(
14 posted on Saturday, March 03, 2012 4:19:56 PM by Tzimisce (Never forget that the American Revolution began when the British tried to disarm the colonists.)..To: TzimisceWe sat on our asses and did nothing.Oh, come on, you spent several hours on FR discussing it.
30 posted on Saturday, March 03, 2012 4:23:20 PM by rabidralph
To: TSgtJust WOW!
Looks like Rush really has jumped the shark after all.
36 posted on Saturday, March 03, 2012 4:24:30 PM by PSYCHO-FREEP (If you come to a fork in the road, take it........).."You know, at parties, people always ask, "Where were you when Kennedy was shot?" Well, I don't have an alibi!"To: TSgtWonder if his wife made him do this.
What a slut!To: TSgtThat IS that. When even Rush Libaugh surrenders to the PC crowd, we are truly, duly doomed as a nation.
53 posted on Saturday, March 03, 2012 4:28:30 PM by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This mean Liberals and/or Libertarians (Same Thing) NO LIBS.))..To: mountn manFluke is a socialist/marxist/communist/fascist/revolutionary/islamic sympathizer PLANT. Mother Pelosi and Father Oboma were her handlers...and Saul Alinsky and his tactics are their god.We're at war! We MUST keep fighting these slimes until we destroy every last one of them.
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor??
To: hitchwolfAs far as I’m concerned he probably lost 10% of his listening audience. I always felt that he would lead us into the attack. I should’ve taken him at his word that he is simply an entertainer.
To: redrenoRush, broken defeated old man by the venomous radical dominant left-wing media.
Toast.
That leaves only Mark Levin and the bullseye moves onto him.
24 posted on Saturday, March 03, 2012 7:24:02 PM by Para-Ord.45
To: Uncle SlaytonThe news item fell under the radar quickly, but a suspicious package was delivered to Limbaugh's Florida home. It was explained as being a business opportunity sent by a fan. However, you have to wonder if someone did not fire a shot across the bow, to remind Limbaugh that he is not invulnerable. With his age (early 60s), his weight issues, and his past oxycondin use, an untimely demise would be considered plausible by many, if not most, people.26 posted on Saturday, March 03, 2012 7:26:48 PM by Wallace T.
To: redrenoI quit listening to him on “Bloody Thursday” when he joined forces with Fox and the GOP-e to take out Newt. I had been with him and admired him from day one. I quit listening to him on “Bloody Thursday”.
I will listen to his cartoon show on Monday, just to hear his sorry a$$ try to talk his way out of this one. Then as far as I am concerned, it’s time to stick a fork in him.....
He has all the money that any sane man would need to retire... it’s time for him to do that.
To: TSgtThe Obama Administration must’ve found pictures of Rush with some Asian boys.
95 posted on Saturday, March 03, 2012 4:38:22 PM by MuttTheHoople (Democrats- Forgetting 9/11 since 9/12/01)
To: TSgtRush sold out. He’s a scumbag. And he did it in a Saturday.
138 posted on Saturday, March 03, 2012 4:57:40 PM by Krankor (eenie meenie, chili beanie, the spirits are about to speak.)..To: Keith in Iowa; TSgtThe Alinksy tactic WORKED. On ElRushbo.
You guys couldn't be more wrong. He was the one who was able to make them look absurd. In the end, he apologized for word choice but not the criticism he used the words to make. Think just a little bit guys.
One of the first blog-based books, the anthology Special Plans examines Feith's role in misleading America into war. Buy from 
Fantastic post, Tommy -- hard to believe all this stuff happened in one week... :)
Posted by: Scott | March 05, 2012 at 06:17
I cannot tell you how much I enjoy your weekly trudge through the festering swamp of the right-wing “mind”. Your illumination of their incoherent ravings as they flail absurdly in the mire that is their community brings a little bitter joy to my political landscape. I don’t know how you steel yourself for these journeys or how you rid your self of the extreme stupid you must endure, but I suspect alcohol is involved.
Thanks
Posted by: Jack | March 05, 2012 at 07:45
It's amazing how they can turn on a dime and denounce the same person they were extolling 10 minutes before.
It never occurs to FReepers that if someone they respect (Limbaugh) disagrees with them, maybe the FReepers are wrong.
Never enters their minds.
Posted by: Razor Eddie | March 05, 2012 at 08:47
It's the way I start my week. Thanks again, Tommy.
Posted by: David Terrenoire | March 05, 2012 at 08:47
Oh. My. God.
This...internet locale, is like seeing the crash of three 757s at 1000 feet while flaming debris falls on a preschool and commercial hog farm.
Just. can't. look. away.
Posted by: left rev.; proud cheesehead | March 05, 2012 at 08:59
This may be your best work ever, you socialist/marxist/communist/fascist/revolutionary/islamic sympathizer PLANT.
Posted by: Kevin | March 05, 2012 at 10:30
So, let me see if I got this straight. Rush killed Andrew B with a poison popsicle from his super secret soviet mole assassin kit?
Posted by: presquevu | March 05, 2012 at 12:33
Thanks TommyT! Wow and that was just one week of Freep!
They really want to get their war on with us though, don't they? They'll be worse when Obama wins re-election.
Posted by: Dee Loralei | March 05, 2012 at 16:23
Thanks again, TT. I have been meaning to go through the FR birther threads since Sheriff Joe made his statement last week. From what I can tell, most of the reasonable anti-birthers (there was a former JAG lawyer and a another lawyer from Ohio) have been banned. They made the FR mortal sin of citing facts and legal precedent.
I am waiting for the eventual nomination of Mittens, just to see the immovable object (will not vote Romney) meets the irresistible force (hatred of Obama). My guess is that JimRob will just leverage the chaos for more donations.
Posted by: MarcD | March 05, 2012 at 20:17
Well, that makes about as much sense as anything the Freepi came up with.
--Kibitzer
Posted by: Kibitzer 2006 | March 06, 2012 at 00:18
Tommy--
I missed a turn and went down a different set of tunnels from the ones you took. Nonetheless, same result. Reviewing your log...
Maybe Savage’s underly active brain slipped out of gear.
A heart attack?
No, that would be a stroke.
Meaning that the heart stops? I see.
Now there’s a radical leftist idea: protecting womens’ right to do what they want with their own crotches. The mind boggles.
Please don’t stick a fork in him [Rush Limbaugh]. Tommy just finished replacing the filters.
--Kibitzer
Posted by: Kibitzer 2006 | March 06, 2012 at 00:42