Comments on: Limbaugh appeals to Apple's Jobs for help

Rush Limbaugh's radio show probably isn't streamed to that many desks at Apple headquarters, but El Rushbo is thinking about asking El Jobso for a little tech support.

[dascha1]

From an Adopted Conservative

Rush,

You should simply start over to re-install and run Windows on your
Apple. That way you can have less independence on the music
company based on Infinite Loop.

Good luck!

[lantzn]

Writer

You should be writing for Rush Limbaugh.

[Speiler9]

Vocabulary

I think you mean more independence not less, or less dependence
not less independence?

[feranick]

Check what fake Steve Jobs has to say...

http://fakesteve.blogspot.com/2008/02/rush-limbaugh-pleads-for-help-with-his.html

[Gunady]

Real Jobs will say

"I am Mac, I am PC". That answers all of any possible questions. People should watch more advertisement to add their knowledge.

[William Crow]

"Liberal and open minded" ??

I always love to see examples of "unbiased" journalism.
Unfortunately, this article isn't one of them. Its pathetic.

[Paul Jakubowski]

Amen

Why is it that the liberals equate "liberal" with "open minded?" In my experience (just try to talk to a college professor these days), it's just the opposite!!

[atmx2000]

Indeed

Modern day liberals are some of the most close minded people in the world.

[kurttrail]

Conservative and stupid

You do realize that this is in the News BLOG section, right?

There is no such thing as an unbiased blog, you conservative dullard.

[ktmotox]

CNET is always liberal biased

Tom Krazit must be a liberal. They always have a delusional high opinion of themselves. I would say that conservatives use their "open" minds. Liberals just have "empty" minds - so it doesn't matter if they are closed or open.

[Speiler9]

Quotes

Dear Mr Crow, when you quote "unbiased". who are you quoting?

[jeepwonder]

liberal...?

why does politics come into this? Someone paid good money
for a product and is having trouble with it. THe fact he has
millions listening to his having problems (who ever they are)
should just focus us on the issue. There may be a problem with
10.5. Apple needs to do the responsible thing and address his
issue, then later they can think what ever they want to think.

It's called 'good will' and it's worth a fortune with any customer
base.

I know conservatives understand this, maybe someone with
more patience can explain to the libs out there?

[benjwah]

I agree

Liberal maybe, open-minded never.
Unless open-minded is code for "open to the same ideas as every other liberal and not open to conservative ideas."

[spothannah]

pathetic

You wouldn't be biased, would you?

[Galaxy5]

I wouldn't be surprised....

If someone telnetted into his machine to screw with it.

[rjpotts]

I would

especially since OS X is suppose to have port 23 turned off by default.

[josh2000]

while your telnetting and messing with...

...people's computers, please take a shot at Al Jazeera's equipment. I'm sure you can find some Al Qaeda websites to mess with too. Since you've brought it up.

[globetrotter60]

I know what the problem is...

He's suffering from a common problem among conservatives who
try to use contemporary technology called DEU (Defective End User)
syndrome...

It's clear that there is a bug which exists between the floor and the
keyboard.

[protagonistic]

RE: I know what the problem is...

Spoken like a true know-it-all liberal. You
probably know even less about computers than he
does.

The article as humorous and probably correct. I
will probably defer upgrading top Leopard until
the next update comes out.

[truthbeacon]

Funny coincidence

It sounds quite similar to the Defective Brain syndrome that most liberals suffer from.

[Norseman]

Thermal overload?

Could it be that the the vast quantities of hot air Rush puts out got to the MacBooks Pros and toasted their little innards?

[chris_d]

I resent that.

I'm a neo-neocon and I must say I resent that comment from the
liberal media. I don't know much about conservative views, but we
neoconservatives are open to a lot of ideas, like more corporatism
and overthrowing the government of Iran again, just like we did in
1953 when we overthrew Iran's prime minister and parliament for
not letting BP take all their oil. I'm sure that we'll be greeted as
liberators!

[Dalkorian]

deja-vu!

Chris_d commented:

"I'm sure that we'll be greeted as liberators!"

Funny, I have the distinct feeling that I've heard that before ...
;-)

[savvydude]

From a Mac-loving dittohead

Steve Jobs would be wise to help Rush with his Time Machine
issues. I, too, am a conservative and I have used Macs since
1983. I don't think it really matters what political stripe with
which you identify - there are smart conservatives and liberals,
and there are also dumb conservatives and liberals. Mac lovers
are not "sheeple" - they are driven with individualist natures and
aware thinking.

Simply, Steve Jobs and Rush Limbaugh have on major element in
common - they aren't dumb.

[William Crow]

You don't understand...

You see...liberals don't think there are any dumb liberals. This, of
course, is a dumb position.

[ethana2]

Likewise

There are smart mac users, and there are also dumb mac users.

Although I must admit, due to my particular bias, that I had a bit of a hard time typing that.

...Mind if I stab your Trusted Platform Module with a soldering iron?

[truthbeacon]

Apple Superiority Complex

Your post accentuates the closed-mindedness and ignorance which shared by the overwhelming majority of both Liberals and Apple users.

Just because you like the vendor tie-ins, lack of easy compatibility, increased expense and insecurity of Macs solely for a prettier OS; doesn't mean that everyone else should.

[rjpotts]

Well said.

I too am a Mac-loving Dittohead, and an IT professional. I don't require people to show me their political party card prior to assisting them with problems. I find it funny that people would allow their political affiliation to interfere with their ability to assist another person in need.

[The_Decider]

Rush isn't dumb

Then why does he say dumb things on a daily basis?

[ethana2]

Ubuntu FTW

Amarok curb stomps iTunes anyway.

In the end Rush was helpless because none of the people he talked to had the ability to /fix/ anything. That's utter crap. Report a bug over here, and very likely, it's already gone and you just need to run updates.

[Dalkorian]

I know the problem!

Sounds like old rushy boy has been dippin into the oxycontin again.
I wonder if he badmouthed drug addicts beforehand again. Typical
repukinazicon, tell so many lies that the truth becomes a stranger
to everyone and hope the sheeple are stupid enough to start
believing your bull.

[assclownbush]

Dear Lush

You are so pathetic. You can't even work a freakin Mac.

[scweezil]

Junkie

Maybe he should get off the OxyContin.

[richoid]

Keep Limbaugh off Cnet

I'm appalled any mainstream source of news gives Limbaugh any
press. He's an embarrassment to humanity.

[jmmejzz]

Freedom dude

Glad to know the openminded is open to censorship.

[ferretboy88]

Don't you want both sides to a issue?

I loves all these tech liberals. They never want to hear any side but theirs. All the video shows I watch are owned and run by liberals. I can't even buy a video game magazine and read an unbiased story without it having politics in it. I guess we should all be like other countries and ban free speech.

[Sea of Cortez]

Limbaugh is just another Lunatic (Republican)

How is it possible that such brain dead lunatics as Rush Limbaugh get a talk show?
In fact when one turns on the Radio in US one hears one Lunatic (Republican) hate spewing fear mongering freak after another!
How is that possible ?
Who is behind hiring these people that are utterly brain dead and just there to support the lunatic policies of the Republican party?
And if you have any doubt by now that Republicans have become the Lunatic party read my post in this regard on my news Blog here:

http://www.anoox.com/news/show_selected_article.php?article=30

[sanenazok]

awww how nice

The adult world is full of people with completely opposite views who work together and discuss political topics without name calling. Care to join?

For every conservative talk show there are a couple of shock jocks and top-40 stations that don't exactly follow any sort of conservative agenda. Radio station owners are there to make money and for now liberal talk radio, aka NPR has only limited commercial appeal. It's the radio, you can turn it off! One of the biggest liberal projects is to remove any sort of decency regulation on the media claiming that if people don't like it, they can turn it off. Now suddenly someone with a conservative slant needs to be taken off the air? A bit inconsistent, no?

[ebeamsales]

Liberals...

Liberals are just idiot children of burned-out hippies from the '60s. Liberalism = Socialism = Communism, it's all the same thing. Liberalism is a mental disorder.

[Speiler9]

Fantastic!

....and what then do you call the hate-filled insult throwing
children of people who swallow every line their rulers wish to spin
them?

[josh2000]

Limbaugh's true colors

The thing that people forget is that Rush is an ENTERTAINER! His show is ENTERTAINMENT! As such he is comfortable with the platform that is popular in the entertainment industry.

Sure - he can be quite scholarly in his delivery. You may learn things from listening to him but you can learn things from watching cartoons too, if you're open to it. The fact that you can learn from Rush doesn't take away from the fact that he's a radio personality - a political satirist. He "thinks differently" on a daily basis. He's got to be creative to be able to explain things and approach issues the way he does. Otherwise he'd lose his audience. Creative types like Macs.
j2

[gabeheim]

I am sure for the money...

a number of people, even liberals, would become a "conservative" talk radio host. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if rush would vote for clinton or obama. After all, it would give him a lot to talk about if they get elected, more job security for him.

I'll put it this way: Republicans give Democrats a reason to be Democrats. and democrats give republicans a reason to be republicans.

[avfolk--2008]

Get thee to a Genius Bar

Maybe Rushbo ought to get off his lazy surplus and get his
Power Macs down to his local Genius Bar.

Since he is such a first class kinda dude -- he can whip out his
ProCare card and even make an advance appointment where a
politically-neutral genius will give him to same superb service
EVERYONE gets.

Does the egotistical iconoclast wish to make a POINT or get his
computers fixed?

[ferretboy88]

Apple computers and politics

When ever I go on an Apple forum everything is all about politics. Apple folks are way to the left. Talk about biased. I live in NY and as a republican I hear the other side to every issue every day. The Left wingers never hear the other side to anything. They only play with their anti american Euro buddies on the forums.

[halsue2]

Blinkers, dude?

'Left wingers' do indeed hear the other side of the argument. In
fact, they do so every day of the week. Generally speaking, the
main stream media is right leaning, pro establishment. The
interests of large corporations seem to control our lives and
destinies as much as any political party and this of course runs
contrary to the core beliefs of all 'left wingers'. Forums is one of
the places where 'normal' people can air their discontent and so
naturally liberal minded people will dominate. If the world at
large, and the media in particular, was anti-establishment an
sociallist, I am sure the forums would be expressing the views
of 'right wingers'.

[savagesteve13]

Not sure who I hate more....

Screamin' & Rantin Steve Jobs
or
Pill popping pedophile Rush Limbaugh

I guess if I had to choose between being forced to use a Mac and forced to listen to conservative hate radio, I suppose its not all bad using an iMac.

[William Crow]

Maybe both are OK.

Jobs does an exellent job promoting his company. Rush does a
great job promoting his ideas - very popular by last count. His
temporary problem with prescription pills obliquely mirrors of the
promotion of such activities on a daily basis by liberals. (True,
Not all.)
After his troubles I would think the ultra-hip would consider him
now officially cool. Temporarily, he was one of them!

[ralfthedog]

Druggie yes, Moron yes.....

Druggie yes, Moron yes. Blight on humanity probably, but it would be hard to quantify.

Where is the proof that he is a disgusting perv. Yes, he looks like a perverted little (or I should say fat) pedophile. Looks like is not proof.

I have no respect for the man, but that was a very serious accusation. Please back it up with evidence or retract it.