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And then he told me step-by-step exactly how he attracted women to him, and how I could do the same. As he talked, I realized he had truly, “cracked the code” and that attracting women was nothing more than a paint-by-numbers, step-by-step, brain-dead simple process. It works for every man because you are already born with natural attraction that is genetically designed to “flip on” the biological attraction triggers in women. It can’t not work.

I put his secrets to work the very next day with one of the seminar attendees (an attractive real estate investor named Kat), and I was astounded by the results. We had an amazing time, and I still keep in touch with her to this very day. His secrets not only worked, they worked better than he said they did!

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"I can talk about them on the radio program as you do and we salute them and so forth," he told Hedgecock. "But I just felt so small compared to these people standing before them."

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Considering Rush's... weight status, I found that line really really funny. They have to be some big soldiers to make Rush feel small. Lesser hack commentators have been known to get sucked in by his gravitational pull.

[ February 23, 2005, 01:25 PM: Message edited by: IdemosthenesI ]
 

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Posted by Jay (Member # 5786) on :
 
Yes, since Rush has lost a bunch of weight and is around 190 now.
 

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Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
 
IdemosthenesI

You know, this just shows that you speak from ignorance. Rush lost alot of weight several years ago. He is not nearly as big as you seem to remember him. He is a tall guy anyway, but he is no longer fat, as you seem to remember him.

However, I do not think Rush was talking about physical size. I have a feeling that he was talking about something more than that.

msquared
 

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Posted by IdemosthenesI (Member # 862) on :
 
Sorry, I don't keep up on my Rush Limbaugh pant sizes. Although it makes sense that he's lost weight, considering all the drugs he's been using.

[ February 23, 2005, 01:36 PM: Message edited by: IdemosthenesI ]
 

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Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
 
I could say something here that would offend everyone, liberals and conservatives all.

But I won't.

But boy, am I laughing.
 

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Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
 
That's right, don't let any facts get in the way of your slander.

msquared
 

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Posted by IdemosthenesI (Member # 862) on :
 
Look, I consider Rush Limbaugh to be an irrelevant voice when it comes to serious politics. He's like Michael Moore and Paul Begala on our side, but with a bigger audience. I think he (along with Sean Hannity and some others) is a pompous, disgusting, and dishonest ass. So you'll forgive me if don't salute my flag and wipe away a tear when I hear that he went to Afghanistan and told all the soldiers how much he appreciates their sacrifice (not forgetting to mention that all the Democrats hate them, of course.)

[ February 23, 2005, 01:40 PM: Message edited by: IdemosthenesI ]
 

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Posted by Jay (Member # 5786) on :
 
Yeah, it would be funny to see Michael Moore in Afghanistan!
 

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Posted by IdemosthenesI (Member # 862) on :
 
That's my point. It doesn't matter! IIRC, Moore DID go to Iraq to shoot scenes for F911, but I don't care. It doesn't make any difference. Rush, Hannity, Moore, Begala, these are names of entertainers. Their job is not to inform you about the issues, it's to make you feel good about what you already believe without expanding your knowledge at all, demonize the other side, and make lots of money. I hold their political opinions about as high as I hold the opinions of Mel Gibson or Sean Penn. It's irrelevant.
 

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Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
 
|d|-- Just admit that you made a mistake while making a joke. No big deal. Don't defend it, don't try to play it off-- just say you messed up, apologize, and move on.

You'll be a better person for it.

Personally, I find Rush deplorable.
 

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Posted by Jay (Member # 5786) on :
 
Interesting. Do you listen to talk radio much? They generally talk about current events. I stay very well informed on the day’s news by listening to them. Sure they talk about issues and sometimes even have debates on their show. Sean Hannity has guests from the other side of the aisle on his show all the time. They’ll discuss the topic, debate it, and share opinions. So I’m not sure you are correct when you say they don’t expand your knowledge. Anyway…. Just thought I’d share some of my experiences and how I feel I have benefited from listening.
 

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Posted by IdemosthenesI (Member # 862) on :
 
Oh, I readily admit that I mistakenly characterised Limbaugh as obese when he, in fact, only formerly obese. I thought I had already conceded that. However, I take a certain amount of pride in the fact that I couldn't pick Rush Limbaugh out of a lineup. When I said thiis is irrelevant, I wasn't talking about Rush's weight. I was talking about Rush in general, and the others I mentioned.
 

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Posted by IdemosthenesI (Member # 862) on :
 
Well, if "debate" is the correct word for what they do on Hannity, then I'm fairly sure the word has lost all meaning. Those "debates" are generally a mix between loaded question, interruptions, and reactionary snap judgements. When they talk about "current events" they do so in a manner that always portrays their side in an angelic light and always portrays their rivals as demons. They jump on any potential scandal from the other side, and dismiss without consideration any criticism of their side. It can be entertaining to listen to, but informative? No.
 

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Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
 

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Reporting on his own show to EIB fill-in host Roger Hedgecock, Limbaugh said U.S. forces are "just doing the Lord's work over here."

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that Rush would say anything other than what he said about and to the troops?

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Huh?
I have no idea what you're talking about.... ..... so here's a bunny with a pancake on its head.
 

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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 619) on :
 
RODGER HEDGECOCK is filling in for Rush??? That right-wing goon?

I still have not forgiven Rodger for a comment he made at the end of the 1996 Presidential election. He said that Clinton had purposefully kept overseas military servicemen's votes from being counted. "I don't know how," he said, "but he did it."

Talk about not letting the facts get in your way...
 

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Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
 
"I stay very well informed on the day’s news by listening to them."

Oh.
 

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Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
 

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I stay very well informed on the day’s news by listening to them.

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Yeah, me too. Yes, I do listen to Rush. It's amazing what you can get away with saying on the radio when you have a closed audience.
 

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Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
 
Umm.. Jay... why would anyone care that Rush met with the troops?

Celebs go to meet the troops all the time. Are you trying to say "See, Rush isn't such a bad guy?" when no one (until this thread) had impuned him to my knowlege.

I dunno. I just see the thread as irrelevant.
 

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Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
 
Yep.
 

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Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
 
Yep - If I remember correctly, Al Franken did a gig for the troops last year as well. He also made sure he did nonpolitical standup comedy material. But Franken going to visit troops is as irrelevant as Limbaugh going to visit them.

Long way of saying, I agree with pixiest.
 

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