People seem to forget that before becoming this "talk radio icon", Rush was just a no-name top 40 dj. Why anyone cared about his daily "bitching" shows is beyond me. Rush represents "white" America about as much as Jesse Jackson represents "black" America. They're both individuals who have done nothing but are great at stirring up peoples emotions. Both love to point out the mistakes of others but fail to live up to their own standards. One has to wonder if Rush would have come forward with this drug problem if he hadn't been caught. I doubt it.
I agree, rush pimps white folks by bringing up their greatest fear OUR COUNTRY IS BEING TAKING OVER BY THEM FOREIGNERS-
yet it is some of the largerst corp in america that are run by "Conservative" white men who make decisons to move 100,000 of jobs out of the country-
if you look at the top wealthiest folks in this country, such as the boys who belong to the country club in Augusta, GA who are literally the CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY
these guys could care less if the poor hard working white guy in Tyler Tx lost his job by him moving jobs to INDIA
AND My boy Jesse does the same thing-- he scares the hell out of black folks by telling them "Whitey" is out to get you -
Al Sharpton and Jesse have mastered the art of how to BEAT WHITEY DOWN-
many folks often ask "What the hell does jesseAl do for a living"
they SHAKE DOWN WHITE CORP AMERICA , now it is not like they are doing for the black community, hell no, they are doing it for themselves-
I know folks who used to work for Jesse when he was on 17th and K street here in DC and then he moved down to Georgetown $$$$$
this is how it works- you may have some company that may not really care for hiring alot of blacks at the executive - so jesse and al will roll up in that camp and say - hey look you aint got no black in the exe suit, all the bro are down in the mailroom- now you got to choices
1 do nothing and we will bus 50000, negros into this city and surround your building producing bad press and you will lose biz or
2. you can hire a couple bros and CONTRIBUTE TO OUR CAUSE OF DIVERSITY by cutting a chk $$$$$$$ to the Rainbow Coalition
so if this company did have some issue with race the solution only is a patch to the problem, but it keeps jesse off thier backs and Passifies the black community cause we can see a BRO who works up in the exec office
of course there will not be ANY OTHER BLACKS COMING IN THE FIRM at that level, but for most black folks One is better than nothing and they are some happy black folks
Jesse on the other hand has been on TV praising this settlement and givign the impression he really did something for the black community and dumb black folks are left thinking the same
instead what jesse has done is gotten a ck for $$1-2 million dollars for NON profit that HE , HIS WIFE AND KIDS ARE ALL BOARDMEMEBERS AND OFFICER,
ok he got a few Flunky friends who sit on the board, but they know what side their bread is buttered on- smile
so i see both Major spokesmans for both sides playing the FEAR CARD and as a result have reaped $$$$miLLIONS
DOES ANYone recall that beer company that jesse was protesting, well after all was said and done one of his sons ended up WITH A BEER DISTRIBUTSHIP
you got to love it
i also heard thru my sources that folks in the office knew about that baby long before the story broke about jesse, but black folks couldn't make bro jesse look bad, so they hide it to keep the image going
kinda reminds one of a JW making up excuses for the wt behavoior
as for old Rush if he didn't have such a long track record of dogging folks on drugs or those who fall short,
instead if he had been known as a heavy supporter of drug treatment, abuse homes , etc then the backlash would not have been so great
to me Rush reminds me of the Wt getting caught up in the UN issue
not the fact that the wt was dealing with the UN, but the long histroy of how they viewed, others who did
and the same with rush - it really ain[t for me the fact that he got hooked on drugs , but the way he has dealt, and dogged others
just the other day they had the top director of a drug center here in dc discuss the issue AND HE made an excellent point
while Rush fans are quick to run in and say "HE AIN'T LIKE A CRACK USER OR HERION USER"
this dr explained that THE DRUG MATTERS NOT- FOR HE WILL go thru the same withdrawal, same mental demons and the SAME TREATMEnt program to rid his body, the same about of support system when he leaves will be needed, the same determination to stay clean
as he put it "Drugs don't care about your status, race, political views, etc" they impact the family and loved ones the same way
and i thought that was a deep point-
so all the back and forth from one side to the other means nothing to the folks who will be helping Rush and the 1000's of others who will be trying to clean up their lives
it is just unfortunate that he has to Eat Crow in the process
