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icymist

(15,888 posts)
Wed Sep 6, 2017, 06:37 PM Sep 2017

Al Roker shames Limbaugh for dismissal of Hurricane Irma 'panic'

Source: The Hill

NBC meteorologist Al Roker clashed with Rush Limbaugh on Wednesday after the conservative radio host suggested warnings about Hurricane Irma were driven by political agendas around climate change.

The longtime "Today" personality took to Twitter to slam Limbaugh in two tweets while using a #ShameOnRush hashtag in a message to his 1.7 million followers.

"Do not listen to @rushlimbaugh when he says #Irma is not a dangerous #storm and is hype. He is putting people's lives at risk," wrote the 63-year-old Roker.

"To have @rushlimbaugh suggest the warnings about #Irma are #fake or about profit and to ignore them borders on criminal. #ShameOnRush," he wrote in subsequent tweet.

Read more: http://thehill.com/media/349502-al-roker-shames-limbaugh-for-dismissal-of-hurricane-irma-panic

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Al Roker shames Limbaugh for dismissal of Hurricane Irma 'panic' (Original Post) icymist Sep 2017 OP
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE let this "HOAX" destroy his home! Chasstev365 Sep 2017 #1
How poetic would that be. His house is right in the path. I wonder if the little baby Maraya1969 Sep 2017 #8
may both abodes heaven05 Sep 2017 #31
He would say crisis actors blew up his house. kairos12 Sep 2017 #14
Well as nice as that is titaniumsalute Sep 2017 #28
Republican lies to Americans about climate change are dangerous Achilleaze Sep 2017 #2
They lie about Scarsdale Sep 2017 #11
Big mouth Limpballs... llmart Sep 2017 #3
Time for all Dittoheads to be brave! bucolic_frolic Sep 2017 #4
They are already there saidsimplesimon Sep 2017 #22
Limpball's mansion is in the NHC Irma cone. BumRushDaShow Sep 2017 #5
The persistent myth that climate scientists do it for the money!! Saviolo Sep 2017 #6
Senator Imhoffe of Oklahoma says the Weather Channel is behind this hoax to gin up their ratings. Midnight Writer Sep 2017 #24
Our struggle is against people out of touch with reality Saviolo Sep 2017 #25
They are so fking blatant with their BS. Dark n Stormy Knight Sep 2017 #33
a conspiracy run by the Weather Channel?? DBoon Sep 2017 #40
Al Gore is a multi-millionaire!!11! progressoid Sep 2017 #30
Recent Story... Podkayne K Sep 2017 #7
kudos to Al...meanwhile Limburger should be shamed for all of the damage he's inflicted on the US diva77 Sep 2017 #9
If the total damage Rush has done to the people of the US (and world) could be assessed FiveGoodMen Sep 2017 #37
I wish economists would factor in items such as the damage these wingnut media gasbags inflict, diva77 Sep 2017 #38
Yeah stay and drown, because, that will show those meddling liberals! Initech Sep 2017 #10
Whaddya wanna bet not fooled Sep 2017 #18
"...and the fossil fuel peddlers would be extinct" Dark n Stormy Knight Sep 2017 #34
Sorry, nobody can shame Limbaugh, he has no shame. George II Sep 2017 #12
I don't know of anyone here in SW Florida that isn't taking this seriously. It will be survival of t kerry-is-my-prez Sep 2017 #13
It's impossible to shame that giant ahole. Hulk Smash II Sep 2017 #15
I heard the same dismissal of warnings about Katrina Frances Sep 2017 #16
If the hurricane blows rush away I'll go back to church mdbl Sep 2017 #17
I thought pigman had died?? Maybe soon Angry Dragon Sep 2017 #19
No. Even though he sounds like he's vomiting himself to death every time he speaks, Dark n Stormy Knight Sep 2017 #35
LOL...Pillboy bitching about Corporations RAKING in dough off of consumers?!?! Bengus81 Sep 2017 #20
I tried reading through the transcript... toddwv Sep 2017 #21
What a blabbering saidsimplesimon Sep 2017 #23
God sent Irma because Limbaugh is still on the air. Beartracks Sep 2017 #26
Isn't it funny that when something of the RWers--a church struck by lightning or bigass ugly Dark n Stormy Knight Sep 2017 #36
Link to the WAPO article on Limbaugh and Jones comments nitpicker Sep 2017 #27
So pillboy hates the "ratings" aspect of Hurricanes?? How about WAR for ratings? Bengus81 Sep 2017 #29
Yes! All Limbaugh listeners in Florida should shelter in place. kentuck Sep 2017 #32
Windows are being boarded up at Mar-A-Lago as we speak! bullwinkle428 Sep 2017 #39
I'd bet he's already private planed or coptered his lard ass well out of danger. argyl Sep 2017 #41

Maraya1969

(22,509 posts)
8. How poetic would that be. His house is right in the path. I wonder if the little baby
Wed Sep 6, 2017, 07:02 PM
Sep 2017

will evacuate?

Maralago is also right there.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
2. Republican lies to Americans about climate change are dangerous
Wed Sep 6, 2017, 06:39 PM
Sep 2017

Republicans are endangering the safety of all Americans as they continue to systematically lie about climate change.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
11. They lie about
Wed Sep 6, 2017, 07:21 PM
Sep 2017

EVERYTHING. Why would this be any different? I wonder if Lard-Ass Limbaugh has removed his valuables from his house already, moved them to a safer place?

llmart

(15,567 posts)
3. Big mouth Limpballs...
Wed Sep 6, 2017, 06:45 PM
Sep 2017

has been denying climate change for decades and his idiot dittoheads think he's brilliant.

BumRushDaShow

(129,987 posts)
5. Limpball's mansion is in the NHC Irma cone.
Wed Sep 6, 2017, 06:56 PM
Sep 2017

Guarantee his ass would high-tail it to NYC to broadcast in a hot minute when it heads his way.






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NHC Atlantic Ops

@NHC_Atlantic

Here are the latest Key Messages for #Irma advisory 31 http://hurricanes.gov
6:54 PM - Sep 6, 2017

Saviolo

(3,284 posts)
6. The persistent myth that climate scientists do it for the money!!
Wed Sep 6, 2017, 06:58 PM
Sep 2017

It's just amazing to me. How many climate scientists do you see driving around in limos and high end vehicles with cigars and jet setting around the world on all that sweet sweet climate science money?

Oh? Not many?

Okay, now how many oil execs do you see doing that?

All of them?

Follow the money! And I'm telling you right now, the money doesn't typically land in the pockets of climate scientists, it lands in the pockets of oil executives. So, who do YOU believe?

Midnight Writer

(21,853 posts)
24. Senator Imhoffe of Oklahoma says the Weather Channel is behind this hoax to gin up their ratings.
Thu Sep 7, 2017, 01:09 AM
Sep 2017

Try to mount an argument against that logic!

Saviolo

(3,284 posts)
25. Our struggle is against people out of touch with reality
Thu Sep 7, 2017, 01:25 AM
Sep 2017

Never mind out of touch with their constituents.

Either willfully or just plain ignorant of reality. It's nigh impossible to argue against someone to whom facts do not matter. This video clip of Newt Gingrich may seem funny, but it actually makes me sick to my stomach it's so scary:

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,776 posts)
33. They are so fking blatant with their BS.
Thu Sep 7, 2017, 02:48 PM
Sep 2017

He and his duplicitous party spew a constant stream of lies to make people "feel" a certain way and then pretend this "feeling" is valid. Propaganda experts.

progressoid

(50,020 posts)
30. Al Gore is a multi-millionaire!!11!
Thu Sep 7, 2017, 11:41 AM
Sep 2017

That's their go-to argument. Al Gore and his buddies are raking in millions on this hoax.

There's no debating that kind of lunacy.

Podkayne K

(145 posts)
7. Recent Story...
Wed Sep 6, 2017, 06:58 PM
Sep 2017

quotes emergency managers in Texas as saying, "We were unprepared for the scope and strength of the storm."
Yep, it's difficult to prepare for climate change while all the while denying its existence.
And just to prove Mother Nature is completely pissed off, now approaching the strongest ever recorded Hurricane in history--followed quickly by two more of similar ferocity.
To quote our lovely leader, "Lots of happiness so have a good time."

diva77

(7,683 posts)
9. kudos to Al...meanwhile Limburger should be shamed for all of the damage he's inflicted on the US
Wed Sep 6, 2017, 07:05 PM
Sep 2017

I'm sure his relentless barking of twisted lies, bigotry and deceit has cost us billions or more; meanwhile he is allowed to waddle freely

FiveGoodMen

(20,018 posts)
37. If the total damage Rush has done to the people of the US (and world) could be assessed
Thu Sep 7, 2017, 03:09 PM
Sep 2017

I think he'd be due for the death penalty a few thousand time over.

diva77

(7,683 posts)
38. I wish economists would factor in items such as the damage these wingnut media gasbags inflict,
Thu Sep 7, 2017, 03:42 PM
Sep 2017

when calculating their economic forecasts

not fooled

(5,805 posts)
18. Whaddya wanna bet
Wed Sep 6, 2017, 09:05 PM
Sep 2017

he's having his staff pack up and take precautions to save his home? Including of course that poor housekeeper who used to do drug runs for him.

He only plays a denier on radio. When it comes to saving his house, he'll act rationally. Fraud.




o

And, we all know the profit is in climate change denial, which has allowed the fossil fuel industry to continue to spew carbon into the atmosphere in order to make big bucks. If this country were run properly, there would be solar panels on every roof and the fossil fuel peddlers would be extinct.

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,776 posts)
34. "...and the fossil fuel peddlers would be extinct"
Thu Sep 7, 2017, 02:53 PM
Sep 2017

Yep. As you say, they and their RW enablers are behind this. Yet the idiot RW minions who fall for and propagate their lies will suffer as much as any Democrat and will cry for government assistance, despite vehemently decrying help for victims of other of life's vagaries.

kerry-is-my-prez

(8,133 posts)
13. I don't know of anyone here in SW Florida that isn't taking this seriously. It will be survival of t
Wed Sep 6, 2017, 07:44 PM
Sep 2017

fittest. If you're stupid enough to listen to Rush and believe him, you may not last out this storm.

Frances

(8,548 posts)
16. I heard the same dismissal of warnings about Katrina
Wed Sep 6, 2017, 08:18 PM
Sep 2017

from a guy who listened to Limbaugh.

Does anyone know if Limbaugh spouted the same kind of nonsense before Katrina hit?

mdbl

(4,976 posts)
17. If the hurricane blows rush away I'll go back to church
Wed Sep 6, 2017, 08:28 PM
Sep 2017

Last edited Thu Sep 7, 2017, 10:02 PM - Edit history (1)

you listening god?

Bengus81

(6,938 posts)
20. LOL...Pillboy bitching about Corporations RAKING in dough off of consumers?!?!
Wed Sep 6, 2017, 09:34 PM
Sep 2017

Wow,that Oxy really has fried what brain cells he had left.

"Roker's criticism appeared to be in response to Limbaugh's Tuesday commentary on the storm, during which he suggested the warnings serve to advance climate change agendas and local businesses that profit off of customers stocking up on supplies."

toddwv

(2,830 posts)
21. I tried reading through the transcript...
Wed Sep 6, 2017, 09:40 PM
Sep 2017

Wow... if you think Trump has a bloated ego... He's an amateur compared to Rush Limbaugh.

I made it through about a paragraph, but it keeps going on and on and on. Anyone what to bet that he's going to be nowhere near Florida for the next couple weeks?

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,776 posts)
36. Isn't it funny that when something of the RWers--a church struck by lightning or bigass ugly
Thu Sep 7, 2017, 02:58 PM
Sep 2017

gilded mansion gets walloped by a hurricane--they never say it's a punishment from god. It's only when two men marry or the wimminfolk get uppity that god feels the need to wreak havoc upon the earth.

Bengus81

(6,938 posts)
29. So pillboy hates the "ratings" aspect of Hurricanes?? How about WAR for ratings?
Thu Sep 7, 2017, 08:15 AM
Sep 2017

Ah...bet in that pill sucking POS eyes that's totally different. Whatever fat ass,here's hoping your west Palm Beach mansion and other houses on the property take a DIRECT hit.

kentuck

(111,111 posts)
32. Yes! All Limbaugh listeners in Florida should shelter in place.
Thu Sep 7, 2017, 02:33 PM
Sep 2017

It's all fake news. Pay no attention to the hurricane warnings. Listen to Rush. Would he lie to you?

argyl

(3,064 posts)
41. I'd bet he's already private planed or coptered his lard ass well out of danger.
Thu Sep 7, 2017, 05:27 PM
Sep 2017

And if his house is leveled he won't change his tune on climate change one iota.

I recall he had some truly vicious things to say about Jerry Garcia, Kurt Cobain, and Waylon Jennings pertaining to their drug usage upon their deaths. And when he got in the shit over his addiction to oxycodone he just pretended it never happened, no newfound compassion for fellow addicts,nothing.

He's every bit as soulless and cruel as his Orange Overlord.

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