I've had enough

[pecunium]

Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

The Right likes to say those who espouse things the public doesn't like, ought to feel the wrath of the marketplace.

Well I'm feeling a trifle wrathful at the various attempts to spin Limbaugh accusing his caller of lying when he said he was a veteran, and then adding that anyone in the military who isn't gung-ho in favor of the war; and republican, is a "phony soldier."

It's kind of hard to, honestly, say that this:

CALLER 2: No, it's not, and what's really funny is, they never talk to real soldiers. They like to pull these soldiers that come up out of the blue and talk to the media.

LIMBAUGH: The phony soldiers.

Was Limbaugh "quoting a caller."

When you look at the totality of Limbaugh's work, the accusations that Paul Hackett went to Iraq to, "pad his resume", that Sen. Hagel (Vietnam Veteran) is "Senator Betrayus" (which was before the MoveOn ad), and saying Kerry was a "fraud and a total phony."

Today, in his explanation he said, ."And by the way, Jesse MacBeth's not the only one. How about this guy Scott Thomas who was writing fraudulent, phony things in The New Republic about atrocities he saw that never happened? How about Jack Murtha blanketly accepting the notion that Marines at Haditha engaged in wanton murder of innocent children and civilians?"

So there you have it... the respect Limbaugh has for the troops.

But it's not as if he has any shame.

So the power of the Free Market is the way to go: here's a list of companies who advertise on his show.

Bose Wave Radio 508-766-7781

Lending Tree (704) 541-5351

Life Quotes 1-800-670-5433

Select Comfort 763-551-7460

Overstock.com
1-800-989-0135
otherinfo@overstock.com

eharmony
300 N. Lake Ave., Suite 1111
Pasadena, CA 91101
media@eharmony.com
626.795.4814
FAX 626.585.4040

Inverness Medical (maker of stresstabs)
51 Sawyer Road
Waltham, MA 02021
1-800-899-7353 weekdays, 8 am. - 6 p.m. (Eastern Time.)

Onstar
1-800-947-AUTO

Hotwire Corporate Headquarters
333 Market Street, Suite 100
San Francisco, CA 94105
advertising@hotwire.com
1-877-HOTWIRE (468-9473)
415-343-8400

Sleep Number Bed
1-800-438-2233

The Neptune Society of Northern California
Stewart Enterprises
12070 Telegraph Road ..107
Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670

Oreck Upright Vacuum Cleaners
Oreck Corporation
100 Plantation Road
New Orleans, Louisiana 70123
Online contact form
1-800-289-5888

Smart & Final
Customer Relations
PO Box 512377
Los Angeles, CA 91001-0377

Mid-West Life Insurance Company of Tennessee
9151 Grapevine Hwy.
North Richland Hills, TX 76180
Phone (800) 733-1110

AutoZone Inc.
P.O. Box 2198
Memphis, TN 38101
Phone (901) 495-7185
Fax (901) 495-8374
investor.relations@autozone.co m

Citracal - Mission Pharmacal
Bennett Kennedy - Citracal Product Manager
Mission Pharmacal
P.O. Box 786099
San Antonio, TX 78278-6099
Phone:(800) 531-3333

Blue-Emu
1-800-432-9334

Red Lobster
Write to:
P.O. Box 593330
Orlando, FL 32859-3330
Guest Relations Hotline
1-800-LOBSTER (1-800-562-7837)

Lumber Liquidators
Toll Free: 877-645-5347
Contact list: Link

Avacor (hair loss treatment)
comments@avacorusa.com

Lazerguide (golf instruction tool)
PO Box 807
New Hudson Michigan 48165
1-877-266-6430 (toll free)

Mission Pharmacal Company
10999 IH-10 West Suite 1000
San Antonio, TX 78230
Telephone: (800) 531-3333

General Steel Metal Buildings
1075 South Yukon, Ste. 250
Lakewood, Colorado 80226
Toll Free: 1-888-98-STEEL
Phone: 303-904-4837
Fax: 303-979-0084

Life Quotes, Inc.
32045 Castle Court
Evergreen, CO 80439
1-800-670-5433
info@lifequotes.com.au

Select Comfort Corporation
6105 Trenton Lane N
Minneapolis, MN 55442
Phone: 763-551-7000
Fax: 763-551-7826
investorrelations@selectcomfor t.com

Scottrade Inc
12855 Flushing Meadows Drive
Saint Louis, MO 63131
1-800-619-SAVE
support@scottrade.com

RegionalHelpWanted.com, Inc.
1 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 506
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
800-365-8630
845-471-5200
Feedback@RegionalHelpWanted.com

The Swap Shop
3291 East Sunrise
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
swpshop@aol.com
Phone - 954.791.$WAP

Pfizer Inc
235 East 42nd Street
New York, NY 10017
212-733-2323

Comments

[slave2tehtink.livejournal.com]

You know, Limbaugh makes me want to make myself a t-shirt that says "Proud to be a Phony Soldier" on one side and "Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran" on the other.

I expect that's not the effect he's going for.

[pecunium.livejournal.com]

I'd buy that shirt.

TK

[vanmojo.livejournal.com]

Can I get one that says "Urgent Fury Veteran" on the back?

mojo sends

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

Also need a "Vietnam Veteran" version...

[glinda-w.livejournal.com]

Make another that says "friend of ..." on both sides ("Proud to be a friend of...") and *I'd* buy it.

Thanks for the heads-up on the companies; I've ordered from, and been satisfied with, Overstock, but no more.

[pecunium.livejournal.com]

That's less than half the battle.

If you intend to boycott them, you have to tell them. If they aren't aware the loss is because they are supporting someone who is so anti-america(n), then they won't put any pressure on his network to give them a personality who won't hurt them.

Imus is on sattelite because people complained to his advertisers.

TK

[janetmiles.livejournal.com]

Serious question: Given that I don't patronize any of those companies anyway, would it do any good for me to complain?

Also, why the heck is an Australian Life Insurance Company advertising on Rush Limbaugh?

[antonia-tiger.livejournal.com]

They don't know that.

OK, an insurance company should know who their customers are.

What you tell them is something like:

As a friend of an Iraq veteran, i have been deeply offended by Rush Limbaugh's repeated slandering of military veterans, who do not agree with his opinions on Iraq. While you support his program with advertising, I shall not purchase your products nor, where I have the authority, shall I cause your products to be purchased.

Nowhere do you actually say that you actually buy anything from them now, although you may want to miss out companies whose products you can't buy locally.

(What everybody does is put that in their own words. Identical wording gets noticed. You should drop that last bit is somebody might think, from your address, that you're not in management. Also, those bastards can use Google too.)

[antonia-tiger.livejournal.com]

Pfizer?

Free samples?

Out of curiosity...

[karl-lembke.livejournal.com]

Why does it matter that Sen. Hagel is a Vietnam veteran? Is that supposed to enhance his credibility, or just put him off limits for any kind of criticism?

Just asking.