If Mr. Limbaugh did not exist, some other equally odious individual would take his place. Do I think him a poor American? Absolutely. Does he sway anyone with half a brain? Doubtfully. Would we be better off without him? Certainly. But I think the whole point of posting this thread was to create a false sense of victimhood about something that didn't exist here, or much of anywhere else.

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich