Saturday, March 10, 2012

Probe into possible iPad thefts hits high gear

An investigation into whether former Monroe County Technical Services Administrator Lisa Druckemiller stole and re-sold roughly $6,000 worth of county Apple iPads and iPhones to co-workers and family members is about to hit full stride.
Search for new Keys college president down to nine

Florida Keys Community College's presidential search committee on Friday identified nine semi-finalists to replace President Larry Tyree, whose contract expires on June 30.

The 11-member panel, meeting on the college's Stock Island campus, whittled down a list of 19 candidates to the nine semi-finalists. There was an initial pool of 43 applicants when the March 1 deadline to apply hit.
State accepting exotic pets, no questions asked

Have a pet python or an iguana that's outgrown its cage or some other exotic animal you no longer want or can handle?

Braving rough conditions yielded great catches

This past Sunday afternoon we experienced the passing of a powerful front that reminded us all that March is here, bringing with it strong winds and cooler temperatures into the Florida Keys.
Wind is keeping anglers on the gulf side

Well, folks, March is roaring in like an angry lion. And until the wind velocity subsides toward the weekend, I do not recommend going out on your own. Certainly not on the Atlantic side. Nothing puts a damper on a day of fishing like having to call the U.S. Coast Guard for assistance.
Stuart man wins the Backcountry Fly Championship

Chris Maroney of Stuart caught a tournament record of 118 inches of redfish and snook to win the Backcountry Fly Championship that ended Feb. 26.

High revenue doesn't necessarily mean big profit

Question: We have a bookkeeper that comes in once a month and prepares an income statement. For the past several months, my husband and I are sure the statements are wrong. They keep showing we are making a nice profit, yet we never seem to have enough cash to pay off all the bills. We even have to struggle to make payroll.
What's selling in the Keys this week

For a listing of home and condo sales in the Florida Keys for the period Jan. Feb. 25 through March 3, click here:
Former Kaiyo chef opens new Islamorada bistro

The culinary rumor mill went into high gear last September when the sign in front of Chanticleer Restaurant in Islamorada was hand-painted, "Gone Fishin'." Owner chef Jean-Charles Berruet had, indeed, retired to enjoy his other passion, fishing, and turned the space over to local chef Michael Ledwith.

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Friday, March 09, 2012

McClellanville SC city hall 3/9/12

According to DiscoverSouthCarolina.com, “McClellanville is situated on the Atlantic coast, on land surrounded by Francis Marion National Forest and has traditionally derived its livelihood from the sea and coastal marshes by fishing, shrimping and oystering. In 1989 the town was devastated by the full brunt of Hurricane Hugo, which destroyed homes, fishing boats, trees and much of the picturesque character of this historic fishing village. The stronger north side of the eyewall passed directly over the village. Residents who took refuge in Lincoln High School, which had been designated as a storm shelter, were surprised to be flooded by a storm surge which threatened to drown all the refugees. Helping one another, in pitch darkness, they were all able to get into the space above the false ceilings in the building and no one was lost.”

Low tide in the McClellanville SC harbor 3/9/12

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I enjoyed my fried shrimp and red rice at Graham's restaurant McClellanville SC

Friday, March 9, 2012 I enjoyed my fried shrimp and red rice at Graham's restaurant McClellanville SC: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/2012/03/i-enjoyed-my-fried-shrimp-and-red-rice.html

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T. W. Graham & Company Restaurant and Village Meeting Place

Touring the waterfront in historic McClellanville SC 3/8/12

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Sweet grass basket weaving - Sewee Ed Ctr Awendaw SC 3/9/12

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On our way up Rte 17 stopped by Sewee Visitor & Ed Ctr in F Marion Natl Forest

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Friday, March 9, 2012

We traveled from Charleston, South Carolina to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

We left the Best Western Hotel in Charleston, South Carolina at approximately 10:45 A.M. We took Route 17 north towards Myrtle Beach South Carolina.

We traveled through the Francis Marion National Forest - http://www.fs.usda.gov/scnfs/.

We stopped at the Sewee Visitor and Environmental Education Center - http://www.fws.gov/seweecenter/

While researching the Marion National Forest, I came across a fascinating newspaper article, “Francis Marion has hidden cameras, Forest Service says devices used for law enforcement,” BY TONY BARTELME, The Post and Courier, Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/mar/16/francis-marion-has-hidden-cameras/

We then visited and explored McClellanville, South Carolina

Friday, March 9, 2012 I enjoyed my fried shrimp and red rice at Graham's restaurant McClellanville SC: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/2012/03/i-enjoyed-my-fried-shrimp-and-red-rice.html T. W. Graham & Company Restaurant and Village Meeting Place Labels: Food, Food shrimp, Food rice, US st South Carolina, US st South Carolina 2012 March, Restaurants, http://www.townofmcclellanville-sc.net/ http://www.townofmcclellanville-sc.net/business.html

McClellanville SC city hall 3/9/12 Labels: Dayhoff Daily Photoblog, Dayhoff photos, Governance City Hall photographs, US st South Carolina, US st South Carolina 2012 March, http://www.townofmcclellanville-sc.net/ According to DiscoverSouthCarolina.com, “McClellanville is situated on the Atlantic coast, on land surrounded by Francis Marion National Forest and has traditionally derived its livelihood from the sea and coastal marshes by fishing, shrimping and oystering. In 1989 the town was devastated by the full brunt of Hurricane Hugo, which destroyed homes, fishing boats, trees and much of the picturesque character of this historic fishing village. The stronger north side of the eyewall passed directly over the village. Residents who took refuge in Lincoln High School, which had been designated as a storm shelter, were surprised to be flooded by a storm surge which threatened to drown all the refugees. Helping one another, in pitch darkness, they were all able to get into the space above the false ceilings in the building and no one was lost.” http://www.discoversouthcarolina.com/cities/159

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The Peace Movement Needs Kucinich, With or Without Congress and more from TruthOut

Thursday 08 March 2012

Public-Sector Banks: From Black Sheep to Global Leaders
Ellen Brown, Truthout: "Public-sector banking is a concept that is relatively unknown in the United States. Only one state - North Dakota - owns its own bank. North Dakota is also the only state to escape the credit crisis of 2008, and has sported a budget surplus every year since, but skeptics write this off to coincidence or other factors. The common perception is that government bureaucrats are bad business people. To determine whether government-owned banks are assets or liabilities, then, we need to look farther afield."
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On International Women's Day, Celebrate Feminist Victories of 2011
Christine Ahn, Women's Media Center: "On International Women's Day, we have a lot to celebrate. Rarely are feminist victories recognized by the mainstream media, or even for that matter, by our very own women's movements. So the Global Fund for Women decided it was time to honor some significant wins that women's groups have achieved around the world, from the courtroom to the court of public opinion. In the past year, women's organizing has led to significant progress in securing bodily rights, delivering justice to rape survivors, cementing gender equality into law, and ending violence."
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Wisconsin Judge Halts "Extremely Broad and Largely Needless" Voter ID Law
Brendan Fischer, PRWatch: "A Wisconsin judge has issued a temporary injunction against Wisconsin's new voter ID law, calling it 'the single most restrictive voter eligibility law in the United States.' Wisconsin's voter ID law, like many others introduced in 2011 and 2012, is based on an American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) model bill."
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The Peace Movement Needs Kucinich, With or Without Congress
David Swanson, War Is a Crime: "If Congressman Dennis Kucinich becomes simply Dennis Kucinich sans the 'Congressman' his value to the peace movement need not diminish. I admit it's been nice having someone in Congress who would say and do what he would. There have been and remain other relatively strong voices for peace, but none as strong as Kucinich's. His resolutions have forced the debates. His bills have changed the conversation. His questioning of witnesses has afflicted the comfortable while seeking to comfort the afflicted. Perhaps Congressman Norman Solomon will pick up the baton. Time will tell."
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Chicago Kicks Out G8, Prepares for NATO
Rosa Trakhtensky and Nick Burt, Occupied Chicago Tribune: "It's not you, it's me, said the White House in announcing their plan to move May's G8 summit from Chicago to Camp David. They needed their space, they explained, 'to facilitate a free-flowing discussion with our close G-8 partners.' But in reality, we all knew: It was us."
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Bill Quigley | Occupying Corporations: How to Cut Corporate Power
Bill Quigley, Truthout: "Corporations are obviously not people. But Romney is correct in the sense that corporations have hijacked most of the rights of people while evading the responsibilities. An important part of the social justice agenda is democratizing corporations. This means we must radically change the laws so people can be in charge of corporations. We must strip them of corporate personhood and cut them down to size so democracy can work. People are taking action so democracy can regulate the size, scope and actions of corporations."
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Number of US Hate Groups Is Rising, Report Says
Kim Severson, The New York Times News Service: "Fed by antagonism toward President Obama, resentment toward changing racial demographics and the economic rift between rich and poor, the number of so-called hate groups and antigovernment organizations in the nation has continued to grow, according to a report released Wednesday by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The center, which has kept track of such groups for 30 years, recorded 1,018 hate groups operating last year."
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Jim Hightower | Remembering the Lyrical Populism of Woody Guthrie
Jim Hightower, Truthout: "Where's Woody when we need him? In these times of tinkle-down economics - with the money powers thinking that they're the top dogs and that the rest of us are just a bunch of fire hydrants - we need for the hard-hitting (yet uplifting) musical stories, social commentaries and inspired lyrical populism of Woody Guthrie."
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Scott Walker Turns to Millionaires to Defeat the Recall, and More
In today's On the News segment: A new SuperPAC sprung up in the Badger State this week calling itself the "Defeat the Recall" campaign; killing off the EPA means killing American jobs; Obama is taking a tougher stance against the oil barons; Wall Street's favorite, Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown, has opened up a sizable lead against middle-class champion Elizabeth Warren; and more.
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Not Even a Fig Leaf: The Blatant Self-Dealing of Chairman McKeon
Dina Rasor, Truthout: "In past years, it has not been surprising that the chairmen of the House of Representatives of the Armed Services Committee have taken many large campaign contributions from defense contractors. It has happened through many sessions of Congress and included both Republican and Democratic chairmen. So, an article on the current chairman of the Armed Services Committee taking campaign contributions from defense contractors would seem to be an obvious and redundant read. However, Chairman Howard 'Buck' McKeon (R-California) has taken self-dealing to new heights and is having those same contractors contribute to his wife's campaign for the California legislature."
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Coming to a Bankster's Mansion Driveway Near You: Occupy Our Homes
Amy Dean, Truthout: "As one of the more promising offshoots of the Occupy movement, Occupy Our Homes - the grassroots effort to prevent evictions and foreclosures - has continued to organize throughout the winter.... For this installment, I spoke with a West Coast activist who is both a leader in anti-foreclosure activism in Los Angeles and a participant in national coalitions organizing around this issue. Amy Schur is executive director of the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE)."
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Obama Unveils "Clean" Vehicle Initiative
Tim Funk, Jim Morrill and Celeste Smith, McClatchy Newspapers: "Mixing politics with policy, President Barack Obama returned to North Carolina on Wednesday to step up his wooing of this key election-year swing state and to propose new federal incentives to spur 'clean energy' vehicles."
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Ann Jones | Playing the Game in Afghanistan
Ann Jones, TomDispatch.com: "In short, Afghan history is a sobering antidote to the relentless optimism of the American military. Modern Afghan history indicates that no Afghan National Army of any size or set of skills has ever warded off a single foreign enemy or done a lick of good for any Afghan ruler. As for those Afghan guys who whipped the British three times and the Soviet's Red Army, they were mostly freelancers, attached to the improvised militias of assorted warlords, fighting voluntarily against invaders who had occupied their country."
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Forced Ultrasound, "Informed Consent," and Women's Health in Texas: The Sad State of the State
Andrea Grimes, RH Reality Check: "Last month, when news spread that Virginia legislators were considering a forced trans-vaginal ultrasound bill, the uproar was loud, clear and immediate: women would never stand for this invasive and unnecessary law. Politicos and pop-culture icons alike spoke out against the Republican-led legislation. What kind of world are we living in, reasonable people wondered, when 'informed consent' is tantamount to state-sanctioned rape?"
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Widow of Anthony Shadid, on Her Husband's Life and Posthumous Memoir, "House of Stone"
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now!: "We speak with Nada Bakri, the widow of Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Anthony Shadid, about her husband's passion for covering the Middle East and his posthumous memoir. 'House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East' chronicles Shadid's rebuilding of his family's ancestral home in Lebanon."
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Limbaugh May Get Fitting New Sponsors: Web Sites That Arrange Adulterous Relationships and Match Sugar Daddies With Younger Women
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: "Considering that, as BuzzFlash noted yesterday, Limbaugh's fourth wife is more than 25 years his junior and a beautiful blonde, the sugar daddy web site may finally be just the right fit as a sponsor. As for his audience, Amanda Marcotte finds Ashley Madison's making bucks off arranging adulterous encounters appropriate for Limbaugh's male following in that 'some companies tacitly acknowledge that central defining characteristics of their customers is that they're jerks.'"
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Springtime for Occupy: Movement's Plans for Coming Weeks and MonthsRead the Article at ABC News

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Judge Blocks Report on UC Davis Pepper-Spraying AttackRead the Article at The San Francisco Chronicle

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Dennis Kucinich Isn't Going Graciously

Rosie Gray: Dennis Kucinich Isn't Going Graciously: http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/dennis-kucinich-isnt-going-graciously

Dennis Kucinich said today that he has no plans to endorse his former friend and the winner of Ohio's 9th Congressional District seat, Marcy Kaptur.

"I haven't done that and I'm not sure I will," he said. "The problem is in politics if someone runs a gutter-level campaign, you're just expected to say it's OK and you move on. Marcy's been my friend for 30 years and I have to tell you, it was pretty surprising to me the kind of campaign that was run, it was more worthy of Karl Rove than Marcy Kaptur." ... http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/dennis-kucinich-isnt-going-graciously

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Thursday, March 08, 2012

A spring frog checks out the warm weather

CNSNews: Obama Supported Higher Gas Prices in 2008, but Now? ‘I Want to Get Gas Prices Lower’

Obama Supported Higher Gas Prices in 2008, but Now? ‘I Want to Get Gas Prices Lower’

By Fred Lucas March 7, 2012 Subscribe to Fred Lucas's posts

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-supported-higher-gas-prices-2008-now-i-want-get-gas-prices-lower

(CNSNews.com) – President Barack Obama mocked a suggestion that he wants higher gasoline prices during an election year, although as a candidate in 2008 he suggested that higher prices might be desirable if there was a “gradual adjustment.”

During a news conference Tuesday, Fox News reporter Ed Henry asked Obama, “Your critics on Capitol Hill will say that you want gas prices to go higher because you have said before that will wean the American people off fossil fuels on to renewable fuels. How do you respond to that?”

Obama dismissed the question as ridiculous: …

[…]http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-supported-higher-gas-prices-2008-now-i-want-get-gas-prices-lower

On June 10, 2008 in an interview with CNBC’s John Harwood, then-candidate Barack Obama said, “Well, I think that we have been slow to move in a better direction when it comes to energy usage. And the president, frankly, hasn't had an energy policy. And as a consequence, we've been consuming energy as if it's infinite. We now know that our demand is badly outstripping supply with China and India growing as rapidly as they are.” … http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-supported-higher-gas-prices-2008-now-i-want-get-gas-prices-lower

Update - Related: http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=5018 Wednesday, April 4, 2012 Four is the loneliest number Kevin E. Dayhoff: After former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s likely primary victories in Tuesday’s contests in Maryland, Washington, DC, and Wisconsin, look for establishment Republicans to start looking for a running mate and the establishment media to focus its attention on getting President Barack Obama re-elected… http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=5018

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Wednesday, March 07, 2012

Washington Post: Breaking News: Kucinich loses Ohio Democratic primary to Marcy Kaptur

Washington Post: Breaking News: Kucinich loses Democratic primary, potentially ending career

Wednesday, March 7, 2012 12:41:08 AM

Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich, the two-time presidential candidate and icon of the antiwar left, suffered a potentially career-ending defeat Tuesday as he lost the Democratic primary to a veteran incumbent. A GOP-drawn congressional map pitted Kucinich against Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), who won the nomination.

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Washington Post: Breaking News: Kucinich loses Ohio Democratic primary to Marcy Kaptur

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Kevin Dayhoff - TheTentacle.com: The kerfuffle was no fluke

TheTentacle.com: http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=4959

March 7, 2012

The kerfuffle was no fluke

Kevin E. Dayhoff

Rush Limbaugh and conservatives could not have looked more like total and complete idiots in the recent national discussions over the private lives of individual Americans than if the liberal media and Democrats had written the script for this Kabuki circular firing squad.

Mr. Limbaugh’s utterly stupid attack on Sandra Fluke, whom Caroline May described in the Daily Caller last Saturday as “the beleaguered third-year Georgetown University Law Center student,” crossed the line for any fair-minded American whether one supports or vehemently disagrees with her views or her lifestyle.

Don Surber explained it well on Saturday when he called on Mr. Limbaugh to apologize. “What happened was simple: He tried to use a lefty way to counter what a lefty did. He tried to demonize her like the left did with Sarah Palin but he could not get away with that …”

So far in the presidential election of 2012 the only debate among historians is just which national election in history has the opposition party collectively conducted a more inept campaign to unseat a sitting president? ... http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=4959

Kevin Dayhoff - TheTentacle.com: The kerfuffle was no fluke

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Tuesday, March 06, 2012

"Christmas for Kids" Golf Tournament August 8, 2012 - MD Troopers Assoc Lodge 20 Troopers of Carroll

Christmas for Kids" Golf Tournament August 8, 2012 - MD Troopers Assoc http://www.mdtroopers.org/Lodge 20 Troopers of Carroll

March 5, 2012

Troopers of Carroll County Caring for Kids will be holding their annual "Christmas for Kids" Golf Tournament on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at the Links at Gettysburg.

Shotgun start at 8:00 AM. $75 includes Continental breakfast before round, Golf, Cart, Range Balls, adult beverages, soda, water on course, and awards luncheon afterwards.

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A story about a biker, US Marine, heroic acts and today’s liberal media

This pretty much sums up the media's approach to the news these days

A Harley biker is riding by the zoo in Louisiana when he sees a little girl leaning into the lion's cage.

Suddenly, the lion grabs her by the cuff of her jacket and tries to pull her inside to slaughter her, under the eyes of her screaming parents.

The biker jumps off his Harley, runs to the cage and hits the lion square on the nose with a powerful punch.

Whimpering from the pain the lion jumps back letting go of the girl, and the biker brings her to her terrified parents, who thank him endlessly.

A reporter has watched the whole event. The reporter addressing the Harley rider says, 'Sir, this was the most gallant and brave thing I've seen a man do in my whole life.'

The Harley rider replies, 'Why, it was nothing, really, the lion was behind bars. I just saw this little kid in danger and acted as I felt right.'

The reporter says, 'Well, I'll make sure this won't go unnoticed. I'm a journalist, and tomorrow's paper will have this story on the front page...

So, what do you do for a living and what political affiliation do you have?'

The biker replies, 'I'm a U.S. Marine and a Republican.'

The journalist leaves.

The following morning the biker buys the paper to see news of his actions, and reads, on the front page:

U.S. MARINE ASSAULTS AFRICAN IMMIGRANT AND STEALS HIS LUNCH

That pretty much sums up the media's approach to the news these days...

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Federal Judge Says Gun Owners Need Not Provide 'good Reason,' Rules Maryland Law Unconstitutional | Fox News

Federal Judge Says Gun Owners Need Not Provide 'good Reason,' Rules Maryland Law Unconstitutional | Fox News:

March 05, 2012

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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/03/05/federal-judge-rules-maryland-gun-permit-law-unconstitutional/

BALTIMORE – Maryland residents do not have to provide a "good and substantial reason" to legally own a handgun, a federal judge ruled Monday, striking down as unconstitutional the state's requirements for getting a permit.

U.S. District Judge Benson Everett Legg wrote that states are allowed some leeway in deciding the way residents exercise their Second Amendment right to bear arms, but Maryland's objective was to limit the number of firearms that individuals could carry, effectively creating a rationing system that rewarded those who provided the right answer for wanting to own a gun... http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/03/05/federal-judge-rules-maryland-gun-permit-law-unconstitutional/

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Chesapeake Energy responds to Rolling Stone article

Over the weekend, Michael D. Kehs, Chesapeake Energy’s vice president for public relations responded to Rolling Stone's story on Chesapeake Energy Corporation and #fracking.

Take a look: http://chk.com/rollingstone

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The Rush To Censor Limbaugh | Fox News

The Rush To Censor Limbaugh | Fox News: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/03/05/rush-to-censor-limbaugh/

By L. Brent Bozell III

Published March 05, 2012

| FoxNews.com

Rush Limbaugh was broadsided last week for attacking a star witness for the Democrats who demanded government force insurers to subsidize contraceptives. He called 30-year-old Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke a “slut” and a “prostitute.”

Let’s all agree Limbaugh crossed a line.

He agrees. He posted an apology to Fluke “for the insulting word choices.” ... http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/03/05/rush-to-censor-limbaugh/

The scandal-ette should be over.

So why are the Left and the media still pushing and publicizing a campaign for advertisers to dump the Limbaugh show and end his career?

Because it has little to do with his words. This is all about disingenuous politics. Liberals want this government-mandate controversy to be not about religious liberty, which is devastating, but about contraceptives, which works in their favor.

That is intellectually dishonest.

They want to position conservatives as “anti-women.” That’s as ugly as it is untrue. ... http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/03/05/rush-to-censor-limbaugh/

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