The Catalyst

Salutations to all,



You may or may not know but recently conservative supremacist Rush Limbaugh was apart of an investment group that tried to purchase the St. Louis Rams, an NFL franchise. A lot of people were against the radio show host owning part of the team. Personally, I could have cared less. One reason being his views probably don’t differ too much from the other owners (not players) in the NFL. Secondly, in a capitalist society as long as a person has enough money he/she should be able to purchase whatever they can afford. However, due to the negative feedback received from all over the country the investment group decided to blench* and drop Rush as an investor. That’s also apart of a capitalistic society. Anyone considered to be a hindrance to the cash flow must go. That’s why image is so important.
If you ask any reasonable person about their feelings concerning Rush Limbaugh or any of the “fair and balanced” talking heads usually words like racist, elitist, and pretentious comes to mind. I’m not certain these guys are racist because I don’t really know them like that. But the image they portray doesn’t seem like their admiration is available for anyone of color and especially for people that are not financially distinguished. I’m not the type of person that believes every bad thing that gets said about an individual. I base my judgments on what a person actually says. With the invention of youtube you can go online and see almost every ignorant thing that anyone says. Some people have more than others. Based on various comments an image develops. Anything that someone says, good or bad, is going to stick in the mind of the public. Some people are going to agree with you while others won’t. Depending on your views, you may be in the majority or the minority. That’s why when Rush’s bid to own part of the team was rejected I wasn’t the least bit surprised. Rush’s persistent inflammatory comments hasn’t endeared him to the Black community. I don’t know if Limbaugh realized it (his head seems to be stuck in his (fill in you own blank)) but the NFL is over 80% black. So really, what did he expect? He has an image. If you’re a white supremacist or a sold out minority then he has an excellent image as far as you’re concerned. You probably say the comment, “Well, the NFL let Mike Vick play and he got convicted of dog fighting.” All I can say is this: Who would you rather have live next door to you? An ex-dog fighter or a blatantly racist blowhard? The answer says a lot about you. I would rather live in a one bedroom studio apartment with Bobby Brown, Gary Busey, and Wendy Williams than live on the same block as a racist. But that’s just me.
Like I mentioned before, I don’t feel sorry for Rush Limbaugh. He has plenty of money and there will be other opportunities for him to make more. He will still have his fans and now they’ll like him even more because they feel he was mistreated by “the man”. His fans just need to keep in mind that he didn’t get dropped because of his views. He got dropped because his image was going to prevent the other investors from making more money. We may live in a black and white nation but green is still king. And if the king isn’t happy heads are gonna roll…


“If people see you the wrong way, chances are, it’s your own fault. You may think that people have the wrong idea about you but they don’t. More than likely your opinion of yourself is grossly exaggerated.” – Rallo


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*Word you’ve never heard…

blench /BLENCH/ verb – to draw back or turn aside from lack of courage