I can't believe what I just heard Rush Limbaugh say on the radio...

[wgadget]

He's the most vile creature out there, imo.

He is trying to link the people at OWS who don't like bankers to being ANTI-SEMITES. And he's not the first I heard going down this rabbit trail: I heard Neal Boortz glom onto it yesterday.

Just as Tea Party people don't like Obama for his POLICIES (not his race), I think it's fair to say most people don't like the BANKERS (no matter what their faith) for THEIR policies.

I am disgusted.

[Bruno]

When you have no argument, call the other person names.

[bluesc]

That's their last line of defense. Fucking morons.

[heavenlyboy34]

When you have no argument, call the other person names.
This ^^ Insults are the first resort of a man with no argument-which is why Limbaugh does almost nothing but insult people.

[ravedown]

rush seems desperate and flailing...doesn't seem to know who to back for a GOP candidate, name calling and defending jewish neo-cons. he's really going to lose it when Ron Paul starts picking up in the polls.

[AuH20]

Rush borrowing from the progressive playbook. What a scumbag!!!

[oyarde]

Where does the anti Semite thing come from ?

[wgadget]

He also keeps saying "the CREDIBLE candidates." Of course he NEVER utters the name RON PAUL. Ever.

[wgadget]

Where does the anti Semite thing come from ?

The 1% who are bankers who are supposedly Jewish. No one ever bothers to investigate to see if the claim is true. But that's beside the point.

[moostraks]

Where does the anti Semite thing come from ?

well seems like a mish mash of conspiracy theory...usually spewed by those with a hateful ideaolgy- story goes that jewish people hold the wealth, thus they are the people of contempt in banking and hollywood, therefore one who despises bankers despises jewish people because they are the ones who control the banks...Rush really surprises me with his bigoted views that so many people accept without confrontation or find edifying or amusing. The man has some real issues!

[Pizzo]

The same accusation was made to one of the protestors near me Saturday at Occupy the Fed/Occupy Chicago.

[Krugerrand]

well seems like a mish mash of conspiracy theory...usually spewed by those with a hateful ideaolgy- story goes that jewish people hold the wealth, thus they are the people of contempt in banking and hollywood, therefore one who despises bankers despises jewish people because they are the ones who control the banks...Rush really surprises me with his bigoted views that so many people accept without confrontation or find edifying or amusing. The man has some real issues!

As one might expect, the narrative has an element of historical fact. Usury laws and societal norms led to the role of 'banker' typically being filled by Jewish people in old-time Europe. It should come to no surprise that many of the historically big name successful bankers of old would be Jewish.

Unfortunately, many people use logic that is if A is a subset of B then all B must be A.

Plus, that was so many generations ago that, while you'll still see some predominant Jewish names in banking, it's entirely irrelevant on many levels.

[Brett85]

I have no problem at all with private bankers. I just want to do away with the federal government's central bank.

[wgadget]

I have no problem at all with private bankers. I just want to do away with the federal government's central bank.

Well, I think we're talking about the ones who are Too Big To Fail. The ones that get bailed out. The ones that the Tea Party and now OWS are angry with.

[wgadget]

Tell ya the truth, with all Limbaugh's scheming and machinations a la "Operation Chaos" in the last election, I'm surprised more of the dumb masses don't see right through him.

[heavenlyboy34]

Where does the anti Semite thing come from ?I believe it also has to do with Ron's position of neutrality in regards to Israel. Zionists, neocons, and "Israel-firsters" always get butt-hurt over that because they irrationally venerate the Israeli State (primarily due to misunderstanding of scripture).

[Agorism]

Maybe he's being anti-Semitic for associating Jewish people with banking on his radio show?

[wgadget]

I believe it also has to do with Ron's position of neutrality in regards to Israel. Zionists, neocons, and "Israel-firsters" always get butt-hurt over that because they irrationally venerate the Israeli State (primarily due to misunderstanding of scripture).

But Rush wasn't talking about Ron. In the context I heard, he was accusing all the people at OWS holding anti-banker signs as anti-semitic. Of course, when the Tea Party people held similar signs, that wasn't an issue.:rolleyes:

Of course, where Rush is right now is only a stone's throw away from accusing Ron Paul supporters and Ron Paul himself of the same thing. He must think we're stupid.

[Bruno]

Maybe he's being anti-Semitic for associating Jewish people with banking on his radio show?

Ding ding!

[Feeding the Abscess]

Rush borrowing from the progressive playbook. What a scumbag!!!

He isn't "borrowing" from the progressive playbook.

He's been reading from it for years.

[Feeding the Abscess]

I have no problem at all with private bankers. I just want to do away with the federal government's central bank.

Problem is, because of the Fed and government intervention, private bankers are more or less something like a relic of the past. Local credit unions are the way to go.

[musicmax]

Well, I think we're talking about the ones who are Too Big To Fail. The ones that get bailed out. The ones that the Tea Party and now OWS are angry with.

Such as the Catholic Brian Moynihan at Bank of America, the Lebanese Greek Orthodox John Mack at Morgan Stanley, the Greek Jamie Dimon at JP Morgan, and the Hindu Vikrim Pandit at Citigroup.

[Feeding the Abscess]

I'm triple fisting this mug:

Murray Rothbard is seriously like the stereotypical Jew to 11. I'm not kidding, listen to one of his speeches. Sounds like the caricature to a T. The anti-Semite label has stuck on Ron because we haven't pointed out that a good deal of Austrian economists, many of whom were friends with or directly associated with Ron Paul, are Jews.

That alone destroys the pathetic "anti-Semite" smear.

[Becker]

liberal socialists, and obama supporters are anti-semites, yeah, totally.

[Liberty74]

Where does the anti Semite thing come from ?

There are protesters down at OWS who are anti-semitic as some videos show. People believe that Jews are in control of the banking system, hence the anti-semitic rhetoric by some protesters. That is what Rush is pointed out.

Most of these protester's solutions are wrong and totally misguided. The banks are not the issue here. It's the FED and the fact that the federal government is too big. It's like attacking a child because the mother gave the kid too much cotton candy. To the protesters, the problem is the child. Honestly, it's the parent that is the problem. These protesters are not bright at all especially since most are advocating Marxist ideology which is totally opposite of RP's philosophy.

[Bosco Warden]

I'm tired of hearing this but maybe we should be antisemites, I hate to let these scum bags down.

Its nothing more then a distraction, but it plays to the most religious fanatical crowd too, which I think are a bunch of loony birds anyways. Lets kill two birds with one stone, screw'em.

[Bosco Warden]

I'm tired of hearing this but maybe we should be antisemites, I hate to let these scum bags down.

Its nothing more then a distraction, but it plays to the most religious fanatical crowd too, which I think are a bunch of loony birds anyways. Lets kill two birds with one stone, screw'em.

Of course i am kidding but I am tired of explaining the simplest of things to people, the fork is for the salad and the spoon is for the soup. This, after 6 years gets old..