Company That Dumped Limbaugh Over ‘Flukegate’ Admits: Yeah, That Hurt us More Than we Expected it Would
- Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:01pm by
Becket Adams
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Remember when the mainstream media and leftists everywhere flew into a rage because Rush Limbaugh associated 30-year-old Georgetown student Sandra Fluke with a rude word?
Do you also remember when the CEO of long-time Limbaugh sponsor Carbonite announced that his company could no longer associate itself with the EIB Network? Sure you do:
No one with daughters the age of Sandra Fluke, and I have two, could possibly abide the insult and abuse heaped upon this courageous and well-intentioned young lady. Mr. Limbaugh, with his highly personal attacks on Miss Fluke, overstepped any reasonable bounds of decency.
Even though Mr. Limbaugh has now issued an apology, we have nonetheless decided to withdraw our advertising from his show. We hope that our action, along with the other advertisers who have already withdrawn their ads, will ultimately contribute to a more civilized public discourse.
Well, despite losing a few sponsors and having Media Matters lead a campaign to have him removed from the airwaves, Limbaugh is still here and he’s still annoying the left.
Oh, yeah, and it appears Carbonite’s decision to drop the EIB Network hasn’t worked out so well for them.
“On August 1 Carbonite released its 2d Quarter 2012 results, the first full quarter after dropping Limbaugh in March. The results shocked Wall Street, as Carbonite did not meet its growth targets, causing multiple analysts to drop the target price,” William A. Jacobson writes for Legal Insurrection.
“The stock dropped 15 [percent] in a day,” he adds.
But the most interesting part about all of this is the fact that Carbonite CEO David Friend may have admitted on Wednesday that dropping Limbaugh hurt the company.
Here’s a transcript of Friend’s admission [via Legal Insurrection, emphasis added]:
Friend: “There were four factor that contributed to this slower growth. First, in March we stopped working with one of our top producing radio endorsers. While we recently contracted with three new radio personalities, it takes 3-6 months to ramp up new radio hosts so we probably won’t see the full effect of this for another quarter or two.”
Q: “I guess I’m a little surprised that you were caught by surprise by the radio host change ’cause I know we’ve talked and I guess my impression was that it wouldn’t be that impactful but I guess it was quite impactful.
Friend: “Yeah, I’d say it turned out to be a bigger issue than we had anticipated. Because you know at the time there was a lot of noise, I mean we had a huge spike in web traffic around that time just because of all the interest in the whole subject. And it took close to a month for that to sort of die down. And meanwhile our metrics were, we really couldn’t see what was going because there was so much noise around the website that we had no idea what the ultimate impact was going to be. It turned out to be a bigger hole in our revenue than we had thought when we initially did this. However, I don’t think there was any, I’m not regretful of the decision, I think things would have been worse had we not done that.
“The last statement by Friend, that the damage would have been worse had Carbonite not dropped Limbaugh is laughable. Friend has been caught doing serious damage to shareholders based on a political decision which was taken precipitously on a Saturday night,” Jacobson writes.
“It’s too convenient now to say things would have been worse, when Friend completely misjudged the impact of dropping Limbaugh,” he adds.
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Click here to read Jacobson’s full report, this story has been updated.
(H/T: Washington Examiner)
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Comments (350)
Mikeramseyjr
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:31pmnews for you brother, its going to hurt for more than just two more quarters!
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:42pmYep !!!
Report Post »Wolfgang the Gray
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:50pmThis is what it means by being held accountable for your actions. Learn it, know it, live it. I don’t feel one bit sorry for them.
Report Post »jwilburn
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:52pmGoody~
Report Post »cjt1957
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 9:10pmSome CEOs do not realize that once “it” is gone, they can NEVER get “it” back….
Report Post »Randall R.Kniess
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 9:12pmAmen to that. When they die as a business, maybe they can get flowers from ProFlowers to place on their business grave. That is if ProFlowers is still around. It was their choice to be stupid. “Stupid is as stupid does.”
Report Post »OlefromMN
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 9:24pmI shouldn’t but I did, I chuckled.
Poor knee jerk reactions have consequences. Just ask Adam Smith. Best of luck in the future Carbonite, you’re gonna need it.
Report Post »Verceofreason
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 9:31pmHon, you seemed to have missed the bold type saying – but it would have been WORSE if we stayed.
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 9:35pmDRUNKGOP
My thoughts exactly, at this point I would not touch carbonite in any way
Report Post »mtcountrygrl
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 9:47pm@Verse
Report Post »He can say it would have been WORSE, but he cannot prove that. It’s like “jobs saved”, lol. The fact is there are more conservatives in this country than liberals. And given that Rush is the #1 show in the country, I don’t think statistically the numbers bode well for him. Not just in the number of hard core conservatives that will cancel their membership, but in the number of people who will no longer hear their advertisements. From a CEO’s point of view it was a very bad decision. Take a good long look at Chick-Fil-a. People come out in droves to support free speech. If they had taken a stand for it and said “agree or don’t agree with him, he has a right to his point of view. turn the channel if you don’t want to listen”. People would have rallied to the company for their bravery in standing up to bullies.
TulsaYeeHaw
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 9:49pmVerceofreason, you are a fool. Or a troll. This guy is just trying to save face by stating it’d been worse. What customers would they’ve have lost, all the tens of people who watch nbc?
RRRRIIIIIGGGGTTTTT……. It would’ve been worse. Keep telling yourselves that.
Report Post »RightThinking1
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 9:59pmVerce,
Report Post »There you go…, misquoting again. What he said was, ” I think things would have been worse had we not done that.”
“I think”, Verce, “I think…”. But of course he says that, what should he say to the stockholders?, “I think I screwed up.”? Just keep rationalizing Verce. Keep trolling, keep saying things that no
rational person will accept. Perhaps self-delusion is better for you than reality.
getitgotitgood
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 10:00pmI was going to subscribe to Carbonite the following friday, I didn’t. I will NEVER DO BUSINESS WITH carbonite.
Report Post »bannedfromCNN
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 10:00pmTee hee hee.
Report Post »RossPoldark
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 10:01pmBy the actions of Libs, they are only hurting themselves. They apparently are dellusional enough to think that their political beliefs are in lockstep with the mainstream. Check out the big political uproar against Chick-fil-a, it backfired.
Report Post »Quagaar Warrior
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 10:09pm~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Report Post »“Sherry’s Berries” blew it too. We’ll NEVER buy from libs or cowards!
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nowonuno
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 10:15pmYou have to love the free market, the great equalizer. I hope Rush doesn’t take them back. They made their choice. Let them feel the consequences and sink or swim as a result. Someone else will fill the void. At least MBA students will have good case studies to analyze.
Report Post »ZaphodsPlanet
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 10:39pmYou got that right. It was a total cowardly move by this guy, also the owners of Sherry’s Berries who also jumped ship. Screw them both, I won’t do business with either company after they revealed their true cowardly colors. Rush was NEVER out of line with what he said. He helped bring attention to the total fraud that was the news coverage of a bogus congressional hearing. I think Fluke is a whore, not because of who she sleeps with or how many she sleeps with, but because she was a willing party for a completely dishonest and staged event.
Report Post »NancyBee
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 10:50pmYessiree…………..What goes around always comes around…………….
Report Post »Patrick Henry II
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 11:04pmI heard Caronite advertising just yesterday on Rush. I have never noticed their absence? is this regional?
Report Post »DEMOCRATS.ARE.EVIL
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 11:05pmCarbonite, ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNN, Washington Post, NYT, Fox Report with Shepard Smith…….all dead to me.
Report Post »QuincySmith
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 11:08pmFortunately, I did not vote for oblama. I wish I could say I was clairvoyant, but he is worse than I imagined. He blames his inability to the magnitude of the problems facing him, and at the same time is unable to find a solution. He is either inept or incompetent (probably both), and therefore does not warrant re-election. David Friend admitted Wednesday he suffers the same limitations. He could not foresee the result of his Saturday night decision, and fails to acknowledge it was a mistake. “It could have been worse….” bho or df, you decide.
Report Post »OuttheSocialist
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 11:49pmHaving conservatives as your number one customer is much better than liberals. Liberals want everything for free or bought by the taxpayer for them. Liberals make a lot of noise with their mouths but not much with their wallets.
Report Post »I will never do business with carbonite unless Rush says it is ok again, because they owe him a very sincere apology.
woodyl1011fl
Posted on August 4, 2012 at 12:21amThis guy sounds like he is from the Obummer democrat school economics. We were going to get carbonite from Rush’s website now that click will never happen. These ceo‘s they haven’t figured out how lousy their PC educational indocrination was in those liberal schools they went to; too late smart or maybe never. .
Report Post »B_rad
Posted on August 4, 2012 at 1:39amWhat surprises me is that other radio hosts including Glenn and Dr. Laura did not cancel their contracts with these jerks. Every time I hear a Carbonite commercial I’m disappointed in the host not standing up for free speech. I haven‘t noticed a Carbonite ad on Glenn’s show in a while, so maybe he let it lapse, but I just heard one on Dr. Laura today. Too bad.
Report Post »Machtyn
Posted on August 4, 2012 at 2:52amThat’s just it. Limbaugh was stupid for saying what he did. But it turns out Fluke was a plant and misrepresented herself… showed herself to continue the liberal hypocrisy. Does that mike it right for Limbaugh to say what he did? In my opinion, no. But Fluke was neither right in what she did nor a victim. She put herself in that position. (These are opinions only and I don’t expect anybody to agree with me.)
Carbonite took a risk, they fell flat. It’s hard to judge, as outsiders, what push back they were getting from the Left. But you shouldn’t take lightly pulling advertising from your best selling outlet. Unless you know you have a near gauranteed revenue stream from another source.
Report Post »IraHayesFlagRaiser
Posted on August 4, 2012 at 8:16amThis why I dropped them and went to MozyPro. I hope more and more conservatives cancel their service and should Mr. Friendly that we conservatives arn’t too friendly when you attack one of our own, especially Rush!
Report Post »serafenas
Posted on August 4, 2012 at 8:35amI agree. They wouldn’t refund my purchase, so I have until my subscription runs out. Then it’s Mozy for me.
Report Post »MittensKittens
Posted on August 4, 2012 at 11:07amIt’s gonna hurt alot longer than you think moe-ron.
Report Post »ckozzy
Posted on August 4, 2012 at 11:50amI left and found a much better bacbup solution called backblaze I will never go back.
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on August 4, 2012 at 12:21pmReap what you sow. F### Carbonite.
Report Post »Spirit 72
Posted on August 4, 2012 at 12:41pmNo big deal… they didnt make it all by themselves anyway…
Report Post »DownWithDems
Posted on August 4, 2012 at 12:46pmI will never touch Carbonite.
I will never go to JC Penny’s anymore.
They can preach, we can Boycott.
Go Chicken Filet !
Report Post »jcldwl
Posted on August 4, 2012 at 1:53pmSee it doesn’t even take an organized boycott. You just have to stand with those who are right and you’ll be okay. Side with the minority that is wrong and you are left with minority earnings. Good Luck to ya. Carbonite like Chick-Fil-A is entitled to their own opinion and stance. Unfortunately for Carbonite they made a losing decision.
Report Post »D-Fence
Posted on August 4, 2012 at 2:39pmIt‘s incredible tha a CEO didn’t take into consideration the impact of his opinion on share price. That is the one thing a CEO is responsible for. I guess he just believes that the economy is roaring and he can sit back and just rake in the bucks. What a maroon.
Report Post »apollo18
Posted on August 4, 2012 at 2:47pm“Never get a second chance to make a first impression.”
NOBODY’s irreplaceable. Ask Joe Paterno.
But hey, take “politically correct” to the bank.
Report Post »winin2012
Posted on August 4, 2012 at 3:17pmSure will, we paid for the entire year and will NOT renew. I am sure there are thousands more like me too.
Report Post »eaglesoverhead
Posted on August 4, 2012 at 9:52pmOh yeah … a whole LOT longer …. when they dumped Limbaugh I knew they were headed for a heap o’ trouble …….So unnecessary … it was a tempest in a teapot anyway.
Report Post »NukeHaze
Posted on August 5, 2012 at 2:06amCaronite and SherriesBerries both way overreacted to Rush’s comment. He was right and not over the line. She was pimped out (voluntarily acted as a useful idiot) by the communist (oops sorry, liberal democrat) party to bash the whole idea of employers not being required to provide birth control making it a step away from forcing employers to pay for unintentional pregnancy terminations or killing babies. His words were very mild in comparison to what she was trying to accomplish through a news conference set up to look just like a congressional inquiry.
John Stewart has done far worse. So has Letterman. So has Olberman. So has Chris Matthews.
I do not care for Rush because his demeanor is just egocentric and I do believe that in order to be a talk show host or politician, you do have to be but he just rubs me the wrong way a lot. I still listen to him though because he has some good points. I am glad to see they are admitting they are suffering consequences from their decision to show exactly the same amount of backbone indigenous to an octopus. Goldline backed Glenn Beck and stood by him even in the face of a real congressional inquiry. Free speech does have consequences but the free market is also free to respond to poor decisions made by companies or even taking a stance as we see now with Chick fil A and the 5 other companies that now stand with them. I am glad I never gave Carbonite my business and think Rush was wrong to ever apologize for his wording.
Report Post »burnteye86
Posted on August 5, 2012 at 4:21amwait till all the people who signed up for a full year decide not to renew their services.
Report Post »RayOne
Posted on August 5, 2012 at 6:35amThe model will be the way GM rebuilds after ‘the sinkhole’ experience, it is coming.
Report Post »flaboater1
Posted on August 5, 2012 at 6:52amI dropped them and will never go back. I love chick fil a too
Report Post »The Jewish Avenger
Posted on August 5, 2012 at 10:00am“I did not know this was going on,” he explained. “I got an email from a very famous lawyer friend of mine. I know a lot of lawyer’s — my dad was one. My grandfather was one. My cousin is a federal judge. ‘Dear Mr. Limbaugh, I’m an intellectual property attorney and fan of yours and I believe you may have an unfair competition claim against Shari’s Berries.’ Apparently ladies and gentlemen, and you need to know this — both ProFlowers and Shari’s Berries are still using the offer code ‘RUSH’ in advertising for those products.”
Sounds like someone feels Rush is just too good to totally “Let Go” LOL
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on August 5, 2012 at 12:24pmYeah, I’ve got a little while left on my subscription! When it’s over, it’s over! Too bad, it is a GREAT PRODUCT, but I cannot support the political agenda and the damage it was intended to cause to Mr. Limbaugh, the man who led the movement to truth in broadcasting! I cannot imagine a World controlled by the Manic Media, other than perhaps a World like that in the book ‘1984’! What was Carbonite thinking??? How about eating some ‘humble pie’, apologizing profusely, and offering an incentive for ‘Rush’ listeners to come back or stay with the program! We all make mistakes–is Carbonite big enough to admit it???
Report Post »rekindle america
Posted on August 5, 2012 at 12:48pmYes I completely agree. And they should suffer for blocking free speech. That is what Rush is all about.
Report Post »spenegdt
Posted on August 5, 2012 at 1:19pmBeck needs to stop his advertisement for Carbonite also. I canceled my Carbonite and switched to Mozy.
Report Post »RWCT
Posted on August 5, 2012 at 1:27pmFriend may just lose more friends[customers] and his job. Stupid people, soner, or later find their level of incompetence, as he did, when he dropped the most popular radio show in modern times. IDIOT!
Report Post »Kindwarrior
Posted on August 5, 2012 at 1:44pmAmen. I steer people away from them whenever I can.
Report Post »grudgywoof
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 7:11amthere are more backup companies out there and I will be looking to change from carbonite. It took 2 months to fully back up all my files….2 months!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »SIXFRIGATES
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:31pmAHHahahahahahahaha.. That’s what they get. I hope they go bankrupt. Anyone who gives in to PC deserves to fail like the idiots they are. I hope Rush has enough substance to never allow them back into his advertising.
Report Post »Armyduderetired
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:27pmHe made a big Fluken’ mistake. Vote with your $ America and we will bury these ********. Starbucks too. Refuse to play and never pay. The truth will set you and America free!
Report Post »Verceofreason
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 9:32pmHe doesn’t think so.
Report Post »Do you folks EVER read the complete article?
Do you have ADD?
NEL
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 9:54pmWhat do expect him to say? Of course he has to say it would have been worse. Stupid, stupid move and I let them know it.
Report Post »ZaphodsPlanet
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 10:51pm@REASONLESSVERSE
Report Post »It‘s hell when you’re mentally in the minority. Keep trolling around all you want, it still won‘t change the fact that you’re on the loosing side of history, and the future. Actions actually do have consequences, especially when we the people are paying attention. I listened to all the shows where Rush was slamming Sandra Fluke for the liberal fraud that she is, and he was never out of line. He really shouldnt have apologized IMO. You want to look at peoples “intentions” and not their actions. Carbonite, Proflowers and Sherries Berries (last two the same company) all caved to idiots like you who foolishly believe in crap like social justice, and political correctness. That’s fine, but I sure as hell won’t knowingly give them any of my money. I had spent hundreds of dollars, if not well over a thousand with Proflowers and Sherry’s Berries… and they will never see another penny out of me. You’re beyond ignorant if you think any conservative in here will buy into your weak, lame and boring argument and insults. So have fun. Why don’t you try to learn something. I’d suggest something like The 5000 Year Leap so you can first learn a little bit about our constitution and all the reasons why we were never created to be a commie country.
Twobyfour
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 11:30pmVerceofreason, have you ever heard of rationalization?
No?
OK, it was bona fide unadulterated rationalization.
There.
Report Post »nzkiwi
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:27pmThey caved in to Media Matters’ bullying.
An object lesson to others who might allow their business’s to be used as political pawns, perhaps.
Report Post »nzkiwi
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:32pm*businesses
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:26pmThis might of already been said…but when will liberals “get it” ….peddle that stuff somewhere else, I ain’t buying it!!!!
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:47pmSorry…”WE ain’t buying it”
Report Post »Iron_Wyll
Posted on August 4, 2012 at 9:47pm“We” neither!
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:24pmthis is what you get when you believe the media and think that liberals are the majority when in reality, they are a mere 21% of the population
way to appease the major MINORITY idiots
here is to hoping the next six quarters suck just as much lol
Report Post »mtcountrygrl
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:23pmA local conservative hate group tried to threaten and intimidate small, local businesses in our area to pull their ads. A local jeweler had enough! He doubled his ads (since some dropped under pressure and there were openings). Then changed his ads to a message explaining what the group was doing: the threats, the phone calls. And ended the ad with “if you don’t like the message, change the channel, but don’t try to bully me into silencing free speech”. He then said the more they tried to bully him the more ads he would purchase. The campaign worked, he was interviewed the other day and said the support was overwhelming and sales were up. Then look at Chick-fil-a, people don’t like it when free speech is under attack.
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:28pmA local conservative hate group…ummm what?
Report Post »chips1
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:54pmI think he meant a group that hates conservatives. I had to read it twice.
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 9:00pmoh daaaa.
Report Post »The citizen who cares
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 9:46pmEven if it was a ‘Conservative’ group that hated that particular business, the point is the same, don’t back down from political pressure
Report Post »SammyStutsfruckle
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:22pmHAAAAAA I KNEW it was Carbonite. Good! They’re a bs company anyway.
Report Post »Andybetterideas
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:20pmWouldn‘t it be against Glenn’s principles to drop Carbonite just because they disagree politically? Unlike GM, Carbonite is not hurting anyone or taking our tax money. If Glenn dropped Carbonite for this he would violate this principle.
“He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach himself.” -Thomas Paine
And I KNOW Glenn is smarter than that.
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:30pmI’m confused, wasn’t it Carbonite that “fired” Rush for his political views in the first place…just want to get the story straight….right.
Report Post »BlazeManS
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 11:37pmUmmm Carbonite dropped Rush. Not the other way around. Their loss.
Report Post »scdave
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:20pmMaybe they can get some business advice from Adam Smith. His decisions have worked so well for him.
Report Post »oldduffer
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:20pmCan’t believe that the dot com. companies feel they can’t be replaced or that there is no competition to worry about..Lot of ego out there.
Report Post »Puddle Duck
Posted on August 4, 2012 at 2:31amThe Facebook IPO (this past spring) has been an unmitigated disaster. The stock has fallen from 38 dollars a share to just under 20. It looks as though a fair number of folks failed to learn salient lessons from the dot com bubble fiasco over a decade ago.
Report Post »toomuchgovt
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:18pmVote with you money, it is the only thing these idiots understand. I bet Dallas economy was up during the restoring love event.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:26pmChick-fil-A Appreciation Day ;-) too ….
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:18pmPerhaps Mr. Friend should hire obama’s Fluke as a spokesperson for Carbonite; Fluke’s 15 minutes of fame are over, so, I think she’s available.
It’s amazing that anyone could be stupid enough to fall for the whole Fluke thing, as she was obviously nothing more than a machination of the ‘obama 2012’ and “created” (if you will) to push obama’s destructive agenda. If Mr. Friend wasn’t smart enough to see through Fluke, then how on Earth is he smart enough to be the CEO of a company?
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:34pmI think thats the point of the article…not too many Amerricans fell for the Fluke thing :)
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:48pmFluke is available in multiple forms….. as she stated to a congressional hearing; and the accouterments of her activities are now “FREE” (taxpayer provided)
Report Post »Inlandmar2
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 10:19pmI wonder if MS. Fluke has a Carbonite account? I bet not!
Report Post »Texaskid2
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:18pmI never have had carbonite, had thought about it before and know now I will never use this company for their actions. I do not trust them.
Report Post »stumpy68
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 10:16pmthere are cheaper and safer alternatives
Report Post »or learn to back up your important files yourselves
its not difficult and lets be honest what on your computer is truly
irreplaceable likely very little.
Gonzo
Posted on August 4, 2012 at 9:48amI’m with you Tex, same goes for Proflowers.
Report Post »essence428
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:15pmI really like this story…Silly man, maybe next time you will keep your company out of politics. It’s really pretty simple and perhaps requires a little common sense.
Report Post »oneshiner
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:24pmHa, ha ha ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha ha. Way to go.
Report Post »Patriot of My America
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:39pmI for one think Rush is a great American. And if this company actually thought that it was making a good choice based on the liberal Media attacks on Rush, it clearly needs a new CEO. Rush has a solid record of honesty and providing great insight into the democrats lies and distortions. I applaud Rush as he has refused to accept this company to again advertize on his national radio show. And as Rush promised he has replaced the air time with new clients and more than likely at a greater profit margin.
Report Post »All he has to do is point to the loss of revenue that Carbonite has suffered as a sure sign that his audience is a powerful economic force.
godlovinmom
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:46pmPatriotofAmerica…you got that right Patriots are an economical force… as long as the government gets out of the way, that is… ;(
Report Post »Rhodie
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:14pmOne of my subscriptions with Carbonite expired today, and another will expire in a year. The day they made the decision to cancel Rush, I notified them that I removed the auto-renew from both my accounts, and fully intend to cancel when the subscription expires. Yes, I vote with my money.
Report Post »hersey10
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:17pmThat makes 2 of us !! I’m going to Mozy when my Carbonite expires .
Report Post »randy
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:22pmI cancelled them the day I heard he dumped Rush.
Report Post »PeachyinGA
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:30pmI’m going to try Mozy when my Carbonite subscriptions are up. Automatically renewals just went through a few weeks before they showed their lack of respect for Rush. Money talks when you rely on repeat customers and customer referrals.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:41pmMr Friend has made some other regretful decisions in the last few years.
1. He got caught up in the whole “Hope and Change” and during a drunken spree election night, had the Obama symbol tatooed on the head of his member, and Hope/Change tatooed on each of the “Boys”. Now everytime he thinks he is getting lucky, the women just point and laugh. Kind of a mood killer.
2. He decided last year that his nose had made a lewd comment about a waitress, so he had it cut off. Again, I believe alcohol and prescription drugs were involved.
3. About 8 months ago, he felt his right foot was really being racist and bigoted because it fell asleep during a “Self Pleasuring” event, and he wholly blamed it on the fact his right hand doesn’t like Obama or Hope/Change. Therefore he had that removed and sued it for discrimination. Again, this time I heard it was done while he was “Huffing” paint and drain cleaner.
4. Now on to the Rush incident, he in a sense, castrated his company because of an insult made to a woman he didn’t know. Again, done on a weekend, and probably there was some kind of “Substance” invovled.
So, to summerize, this poor soul seems to have a problem of “Cutting” something off every few months, and soon, I fear for his tongue, sooner or later, he will find out it is the biggest offener of all his body parts. Its days are numbered.
Report Post »njrazd
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 9:36pmMake me three! I’m counting down the hours until expiration. I did remove my credit card at the time of the incident and waited just in case Carbonite did a mea culpa. But since that didn’t happen, I’ll be mozying over to Mozy.
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on August 4, 2012 at 5:38pmWhy are you guys going to Mozy? Read my post way below and stop ripping yourselves off.
Report Post »FREEDOMoverFEAR
Posted on August 4, 2012 at 9:51pmI like chicken it tastes like frog!
Report Post »SERUM
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:13pmCarbonite WHO?!!
Report Post »appleii717
Posted on August 5, 2012 at 11:46amI seem to remember Rush saying something about a new feature on EIB last week. Free Advertisement for those supporting freedom.
May Rush should do a free ad for “CrashPlan” to pull someone’s chain.
Report Post »Skybottle1
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:12pmShows what idots run companies.
Report Post »SERUM
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:25pmIgnorance is bliss……..blissful idiot!
Report Post »GoodStuff
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:10pmYet Beck still has their ad prominently displayed, instead of dropping them like a bad habit. See Beck’s homepage:
http://www.glennbeck.com/
Cowardice Beck…cowardice. Will the Blaze mention this?
Report Post »NOT A CRAZY
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:14pmGood point. Glenn Beck should dump them. It doesn‘t really matter to me because I wouldn’t give Carbonite a dime after the way they treated Rush.
Report Post »starman70
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:15pmI hate to say it but that’s a good question. I, myself, will look for another storage medium besides Carbonite.
Report Post »Snidely
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:16pmI guess I fail to see your point. Can you elaborate?
Report Post »hersey10
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:16pmWhy would Glenn drop them ? Because YOU think he should ? Get real man , he’s running a business . There are such things in life called contracts . Don’t tell Glenn what HE should do , tell yourself what YOU should do .
Report Post »hayesstephen
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:17pmWhite Liberal Trash. Nough said.
Report Post »angroehl
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:20pmAs much as I love Beck, I agree. He needs to stand with Rush and kick these guys to the curb.
Report Post »Logistician
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:24pmThis poster is correct. Mr. Beck, you should refuse to endorse Carbonite; no conservitive talk show host worth thier salt ought to endorse this farce of a company. I know this; every time I hear a commercial for Carbonite I will be annoyed, and when I am annoyed, I tend to change the station.
Funny enough, I heard a Carbonite endorsement on NPR about a month ago; I kid you not.
Report Post »JUSTANOTHEROPINION
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:25pmYou truely don’t get Glenn Beck, this is totally obvious and I am not going to waste my time explaining to you where you have went wrong. It‘s a case of if you don’t get it by now you never will.
Report Post »Want our country back
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:42pmGoodstuff, that is the dumbest thing I’ve heard today. Are you his financial advisor? I think Glenn is doing just fine without your expertise. You Liberals are all the same….. You should do this, you should do that. How about letting HIM run his business. Give your advice to BO, I don‘t think he’s doing all that well with OUR money.
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 9:04pmI agree Goodstuff…Glen is ALWAYS spoutin off how Soros is connected with this group that group…connections do matter…just my opinion tho..not telling anyone how to run their business or their life.
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 9:36pm@goodstuff–Stalker.
Report Post »RightThinking1
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 10:04pmC’mon. Look, I can’t imagine a better deal than being paid by people who are philosophically against you. I would urge anyone with a Carbonite account to close out, but so far as Beck collecting Carbonite $, I think it is hilarious. My guess is that the Carbonite CEO grits his teeth every time he writes a check. Good. I wouldn’t care if Beck cleaned out every dollar they have. More power to him.
Report Post »JayCee
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 10:39pmThey drop Limbaugh.
Report Post »They sponsor Glenn Beck and earnings still fall?
Maybe it is just a crappy product..
godlovinmom
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 11:14pmJaycee…right.
Report Post »Pokerjoe
Posted on August 4, 2012 at 8:46amNo Beck should not dump them. They hired them and when they do they want that company to do a good jobif not they theyfire him. They fired they wrong person when they got rid of Rush because he was donig a good job fr them. Thats why we bought there weres. Now the ceo is in amess.He got cought up in a story that did last.
Report Post »blownaway
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:09pmIt’s a free country (for now anyway)… actions have consequences!
Report Post »GBTVFan_Non_American_Overseas
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:09pmIf I was in the Board of Directors I would kick his sorry a$$ out of the company!
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:07pmThought it only worked on Windows and Rush uses Linux any way?
Report Post »Patriot of My America
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:49pmHow in the world to you actually know what Rush uses.. What an inane statement. Urr Duuuu.. Cluck, cluck..
Report Post »thetreyman
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 10:33pmrush uses apple computers. he talks about liking their operating systems. so, i am gonna go out on a limb here and say, you dont know what you are talking about.
Report Post »LeadNotFollow
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:06pm…
Report Post »This is fantastic news.
Folks, we are winning back America.
We are putting morals, family values, and God, back into our lives.
RossPoldark
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 10:13pmWe are doing this the old fashion way, we are not buying their products, or when it pertains to elected officials we vote them out. The Liberal way would be to have the government shut down the business.
Report Post »Want our country back
Posted on August 4, 2012 at 8:07amGod Bless America, one day at a time.
Report Post »crusaderx9
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:05pmGod Bless Rush Limbaugh! No matter how politically bad the day – when you hear his theme music it is uplifting.
Report Post »kalli
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:17pmI luv the theme music…it gits me groovin’!
Report Post »appleii717
Posted on August 5, 2012 at 11:40amLet‘s hope that it’s “Way to go Ohio” in November.
Report Post »liberalisrunamuckus
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:05pmooopsy
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on August 4, 2012 at 1:38pmCarbonite is a rip off anyway. Unless you have a fiber optic ISP you’re connection to the internet is severely asymmetrical.
On Roadrunner with a 1Mbps max upload rate it would take 88 full days to upload 1 terabyte of data.
That means you cannot be doing anything else or get throttled or dropped by your ISP.
A 1 year service with carbonite starts at $59 dollars.
A 1.5tb western digital Green hard drive could be had for 60-70 dollars. (Before the flooding in asia)
Currently $89 for a 1tb hdd.
I can buy 2 hard disk drives ($120-$200) to back my most important files (family / business related) and have a terabyte of info copied to each of them in 1 day. ONE day vs the EIGHTY EIGHT FULL TILT DAYS it takes to upload a terabyte to Carbonite. I can then place those 2 hard drives in separate locations. If properly stored those hard drives will last many, many years and save people time, electricity, bandwidth, and hundreds of dollars. And for small incremental backups get a couple of 32gb flash drives.
tl;dr, carbonite is and always was a rip off.
Report Post »bbyrdhouse
Posted on August 4, 2012 at 4:41pm@PONTIAC –
Yeah, I gave Carbonite a test run a while back and it was gonna take me 97 days to back up my data.
97 Days! If I weren’t dong anything else and was ALWAYS connected to the internet.
Phooey on that!
Report Post »I just went and bout a couple of eternal drives that were 2Tb each and in about 3 hours had everything backed up on both drives. 1 drives gets stored in a safe and the other drive gets updated every few days. (Takes about 20 minutes)
Pontiac
Posted on August 4, 2012 at 5:46pm@bbyrdhouse
Report Post »Very sensible. I don‘t know why more people can’t figure that out. A person doesn’t even need to back everything up. I would think Carbonite would at least let you select what folders to backup. It would be stupid to backup the entire system. I can usually detect/diagnose when I have something failing on my computers anyway.
Something else you might look into for archiving family photos is Parity files. I create them for every month of archived photo’s so if any one or more files becomes corrupt they can be repaired.