Rush Limbaugh Slams UK Olympics Opening Ceremony as ‘More Socialist’ Than China
- Posted on July 30, 2012 at 8:37pm by
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The London Olympics opening ceremony has drawn controversy for its depiction of Britain’s National Health Service as a Mary Poppins-esque child lover’s dream, complete with dancing nurses and children who bounce excitedly in their hospital beds. This despite the fact that rationing is rampant in the system thanks to its socialized nature, to say nothing of the fact that the British government will be forced to reform it due to the unsustainable expense of keeping it up as is. No, forget all of that, and just enjoy the dancing nurses.
This celebration of an arguably dysfunctional system did not sit well with Rush Limbaugh, who took to his radio show to condemn the segment, as well as the entirety of the Olympic opening ceremony, for being poorly disguised socialist propaganda. From the transcript of Rush’s show today:
CALLER: Listen, Rush, I watched the opening ceremony of the Olympics, and I’m kind of curious to know, do you think that was more socialist than the Chinese opening ceremony?
RUSH: It’s an interesting comparison. I remember the ChiCom opening ceremony. You know what stands out? You had tens of thousands of people all doing the same thing, all dressed exactly alike, all walking the same way. Tens of thousands of people choreographed. Not one individual among them. Now, as a viewing spectacle, it was a sight to behold. It was breathtaking. And you had to, in a way, respect the choreography talents of the ChiCom bosses for being able to pull that off, but when you get past that, what you realized was that these are just automatons ordered to all behave identically, look identical, dress identical. I mean, it was scary. It was like watching zombies. So now, then, we move to the UK, and we’ve got that opening ceremony where we had — I think it’s even worse, ’cause here we have an ostensible free people. Theoretically, the UK is made up of free people. And what did they choose to highlight about themselves but a bunch of collectivism? You know that part of the opening ceremony where they highlighted the Industrial Revolution, you remember that?
CALLER: Oh, absolutely, all of it, all of it, yeah.
RUSH: Okay, I jabbed Kathryn in the ribs and I said, “That’s how the libs want all of us to live. That’s where global warming –” Minus the smokestacks and the pollution, they want to get rid of modernity. Anything modern, get rid of it. That’s when the planet was not being destroyed. I know, Industrial Revolution. But in terms of simple, non-technological, no electricity, that’s what the extremists of the environmental movement want. Of all the things of historical note in Great Britain, United Kingdom, the things they chose to highlight about themselves in that opening ceremony scared me more, because that’s a free people basically honoring socialism and collectivism. The ChiCom people had no choice. They are under orders and under guns. In the UK a free people decided to do it. So I would have to say, in answer to your good question, despite the fact the ChiCom were drummers were better, I’ll give you that, there’s no question.
Listen to Rush’s segment on the Olympics below, courtesy of the Daily Rushbo:
The thrust of Limbaugh’s point will no doubt strike those opposed to socialism as pretty powerful. Unlike China, which is an openly authoritarian society, Britain does attempt to maintain its status as a free nation, and arguably gave birth to a lot of the ideas that inspired people to advocate for freedom (John Locke’s theories, to name one). So the idea of celebrating precisely the most compulsory element of a culture that used to be a wellspring of pro-freedom literature could easily strike observers as perverse and sad, dancing nurses or no.
In either case, it’s clear that sentimentality and whimsy are no substitute for truth on the EIB network.
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girving
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 4:22pmRush nailed it here
Report Post »Geopatriot
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 8:59amWhat rock did some of you crawl out from under? Obviously some of you have either been in another dimension, or your simply out of touch!
Report Post »Matt
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 3:55amCompletely agree with Rush on this one. The opening ceremonies was terrible.
Report Post »charleyrocks
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 3:06amRush it is not your business to tell a country they are wrong in their health care system. It works for them and they don’t have to take out a loan or lose their homes like Americans do. Canada and the uk are just fine and no the waiting times you hear about are not true they are the same as in the usa.
DIR
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 5:19amWhat do you mean it‘s not Rush’s business. I thought we had free speech here in the US, Rush has a forum to speak freely and make comments critical or supportive. Just like you have the freedom to respond If people don’t like what someone hast to say, don’t listen. We also have that freedom. Just sayin.
Report Post »OniMan
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 7:03amya Rush is free to say what ever he wants…the amazing part is he never says anything constructive!
Report Post »Glynrd Skynrd
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 7:37amCHARLEY, You must have had a positive experience in the UK, right? Some will be, I’m sure, most will not. My brother-in-law is a dentist in London, like many others in the medical fields he has walked away form the social medicine and gone into private practice. In a large city there are plenty of wealthy people who can afford to not accept the cattle prod but the middle class and low income must endure the approvals/wait periods. My mother-in-law (Brisbane Australia) takes her lunch, umbrella and folding sport chair on the train to her dentist, gets in line, sets up her things, visits w/ people, makes friends but sometimes never makes it in the door of the dental office… NEXT!
Report Post »Landon410
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 8:41amit works for them? huh, thought is was making then go broke?
Report Post »but if being broke works for you, go for it! what are the chances Obama puts England onto our foodstamp program?
Landon410
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 8:42amthose people didn’t decide to be born in England, so anyone out of high school with no criminal record is now a US citizen with foodstamps unemployment and and welfare.
Report Post »curt1970
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 9:17amThe wait times are not the same, I have lived in USA and live currently in Canada, my wife needs to get an ultrasound, she is booked for the beginning of September, the earliest possible time. This is for a growth, does this sound like a system that cares about its patients??
Report Post »Bugleboy99
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 11:41pmGranted, socialism/communism is a fraud. It never has worked, never will work. It has catastrophic consequences wherever it is forced upon the people (and it is almost always forced, rarely chosen (see Obama care)). And yet it exists and is growing in most every nation with each passing day. No question about it, socialism is on the march and freedom is on the decline. That can only be because the real powers of this world are behind it, promoting it. The way it looks there will be little the general public can do to prevent the advancement of socialism, or even communism. The evidence shows that these types of governments are becoming firmly entrenched worldwide. Some think the next election will remedy this but that is an error to believe that. Republicans as well as Democrats are both heading down the same path to socialism. Both Obama and Romney will advance socialist government. Only Obama will do it faster and stronger. I only say these things because I think it is wrong to deny reality. The truth must be acknowledged as unpleasant as it might be.
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 11:34pmC’mon Rush. Slow day? Stop being such a snotty-faced heap of parrot droppings. :)
Report Post »Git-R-Done
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 10:52pmSo the British are saying to the rest of the world that they’re proud to be a nation of moochers.
Report Post »RayOne
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 10:34pmI had no idea Rush was responsible for the problems in the London Games. I was ready to blame Romney.
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mtsnj
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 10:29pmWhen you are forced into this type of healthcare it’s your norm. We fortunately have had more freedom until obama showed up with his social agenda, he needs to go to reclaim our way of life without him. BO. Before Obama
Report Post »congressional reform a must in order to preserve our way of life.
Guerrino_P
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 10:08pmAmericans have got to be the f*cked up people in the world. They have no idea what’s beyond the trailer park.
Report Post »DEMOCRATS.ARE.EVIL
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 10:21pmYou can get yourself a Visa, change your name to Wang Chung, and move to Cambodia. Chop chop.
Report Post »Git-R-Done
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 10:46pmAnd your precious socialist countries are even dumpier than the worst trailer park in the US.
Report Post »DOra Glasberg
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 11:30pmSo true.
Report Post »Hrothgar
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 10:34amI beg to differ I have satellite in my trailer park and know damn well what’s happening in the rest of the world. I watch the Jerry Springer and the Geraldo I know these things!
Report Post »Carefreeflyer
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 9:44pmThe opening ceremony was very strange.
Report Post »sb36695
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 9:59pmI just saw a couple of pictures, but it looked creepy.
Report Post »saranda
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 10:12pmSeems only the political right is having a problem with the Brits being proud of the nbs. But if you only read the blaze you would not know it was not the only theme of the ceremonies. NBC refused to broadcast the tribute to 7/7 so rush likely never saw it.
The entire production was so very British and that is why they loved it. Untie your panties and learn that the rest of the world values things like bealthcare higher than mcmansions.
Report Post »DEMOCRATS.ARE.EVIL
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 10:24pmThe only part of the liberal agenda left out of that opening ceremony was a live abortion in the middle of the arena, broadcast on giant jumbotrons for all to see.
Report Post »Git-R-Done
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 10:48pmSaranda – This only shows that the so-called rest of the world has no values if they value the government taking care of them from cradle to grave instead of taking care of themselves. Excuse me if I don’t want to become your slave b/c you’re too lazy to go out and make something of yourself in life.
Report Post »Brother Winston Smith
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 9:19pmWhich “socialism,” Rush? Like your FAKE-conservative GOP’s Medicare Part D? NCLB? TARP? Bailouts? Stimulus? Unemployment “Compensation?“ ”Disability?” Social Security? Medicare? America Dream Downpayment Act?
Report Post »Git-R-Done
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 10:56pmAnd losers like you want the US to adopt even more of these programs b/c the moochers “need” them.
Report Post »DOra Glasberg
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 11:32pmIt‘s only ’socialism‘ when a Republican can’t profit from it.
Report Post »68Patriot
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 9:01amDora…grow up.
Report Post »68Patriot
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 9:11amBrother Winston
Why are you attacking Rush by pointing out those entitlement programs? I know that “republicans” played a role in creating those stupid programs but I don’t think Rush advocates for any of them. Rush is a “conservative” that happens to be a “republican”. If the “democrat” party was conservative he’d be a democrat but the the term “conservative democrat” is an oxy-moron.
Wake up bro!
Report Post »SurhanSurhan
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 9:08pmIslam and liberalism closely related?! What he describes does sounds like liberalism but Sharia’h has nothing to do with what he described.
Report Post »lillymckim
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 9:23pmI found the opening ceremony the most boring thing I have ever “tried to watch” couldn’t get thru it sorry to say ..just too boring.
Report Post »Thank God for the outstanding USA athletes and it’s not about “the ceremony”
Magyar
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 9:04pmI watched a total of 3 minutes of the opening ceremony— It was beyond bizarre —down right stupid—and a contadiction to all that’s America…,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Socialism!
It sucked!
Report Post »TurboCat
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 4:10amBizarre.
Report Post »Chug
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:50amSo, you can form an objective opinion of a 3 hour show from a 3 minute snip. Which 3 minutes did you watch?
Report Post »HigherRoad
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 8:57pmI am not sure what the Olympic Opening Ceremony was trying to promote. There was a strong dose of Socialism, Satanism, and New Age! Maybe it’s all one and the same.
Report Post »marybethelizabeth
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 8:54pmLast month Britain was our strongest ally. Mr. Beck ranted for hours about this.
Then Mitt Romney insults the UK as a guest in their country.
Now the conservatives can’t stop from saying nasty things about the British
It’s is claimed by the right wing Fringe that President Obama has disrespected the British
Mitt Romney — President Obama Same Guy
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 9:08pmreally?
so in your shallow empty head you can NEVER disagree with someone and still support them ??
i dont agree with the gay lifestyle, i dont think they should marry as in the original intent, i personally dont really care what you do in your bedroom, but many gay people have a hard time leaving it there,
that all said, i dont and most people that oppose that lifestyle dont “ hate ” them that do
seems to me, you dont know the difference between disagreeing and tolerating, and actual hate
by the way, we all know the word “ hate” is supposed to be the new buzz word for you lefties, and assume that spewing it will let you win the argument
news flash………………..that only works when your about 5 yrs old, and even stomping your little feet has little affect on adults
now, as to Great Britain and their complete screw up with the Olympics , its an honest assessment and the people in GB will either accpt that critique ( many do ) and strive to improve, or they will ignore it ( as most government shills are prone to do ) and get their panties in a bunch
methinks you had a hard time with criticism because your mommy and daddy always told you you were perfect and never ever did anything wrong
most of us actually live in reality and didnt actually think we earned those participation trophies you loonie lefties hand out and actually strive to earn that trophy
dont go away mad, just go away
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 9:14pmYou have certainly over simplified the whole situation by lumping all of the British into one particular pile. Like this country, their version of Hollyweird, and the media are just as left wing. For the time being our concern is with them, and certainly not with all of the British people.
Report Post »marybethelizabeth
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 9:27pmMr Psychosis
I didn’t use the “H” word .
You are in no condition to criticize anyone.
Go polish your trophies …. again
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 9:38pmi am in every condition to criticize
this is still a free country……………..dont like it, leave i will even help you pack
Report Post »marybethelizabeth
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 10:19pmSo Mr. Psychosis. You think this is a free country.
So you are not of like-mind with most of the Keys who post here saying that the current administration in Washington had destroyed the countries freedom.
You probably realize too that the President is not a Communist but has governed from a right of center position..
Is this momentary lucidity or is your mental illness waning?
Report Post »marybethelizabeth
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 10:28pmYou are right Mr. RJJinGadsden that this is a story about the media.
Consider the reasons why Mr. Limbaugh chooses the various topics he does every day.
I submit the Olympic criticism was meant to protect the Republican presidential candidate who embarrassed himself this weekend, not only by criticizing his hosts but revealing classified information about his meeting with British intelligence.
Dehumanizing the British is an attempt to make his mistakes less serious.
Media manipulation.
Report Post »DEMOCRATS.ARE.EVIL
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 10:31pmMARYBETHELIZABETH – Romney didn’t insult the Brits, he simply mentioned some of the headlines regarding Olympic security that all of us had seen. This is a controversy manufactured by the White House. But, that doesn’t matter to you. It’s not like he called up the Brits and said “hey, get this idiotic bust of Churchill out of MY White House”….or something dumb like that.
Report Post »marybethelizabeth
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 10:42pmThat’s quite a conspiracy that you have come up with, Mr.Democratsareevil, that the White House controls the British Press.
The British people were offended.
And I too heard my local right wing fringe media say it was not a big deal.
But it was a big deal to the British.
Report Post »Git-R-Done
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 10:49pmBut you have no problem with Obama insulting the British, hypocrite. No wonder us Americans consider the rest of the world to be a joke.
Report Post »Dismayed Veteran
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 1:30pmRomeny only observed and spoke the truth about the London Olympics. Failed security, congested transportation, the London cab VIP lane fiasco, empty seats because people couldn’t get to the venue.
Report Post »DOra Glasberg
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 8:46pmLabels, label, label,
Report Post »Socialism schmocialism. If the population is content and getting the services they want and need
what’s your problem?
Psychosis
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 8:54pmmy problem?????
how about the fact that your taking from me to pay for it
sheep are happy too ………………..but they are smart enough to complain when they are getting shorn
Report Post »barber2
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 8:55pmNo the real question is what is YOUR problem ?
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 8:56pmhow was work today at the dnc dora ?????
you do realize we all know you work there right ?
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 8:57pmDora, what country do you live in? If you are in the USA and you pay attention to the world around you, you would know the answer.
Report Post »marybethelizabeth
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 9:04pmMr. Psychosis. Are you a British citizen? So you are paying British taxes?
Why do you think Dora Glasberg has taxing powers?
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 9:16pmTRONINTHEMORNING, Type DORA GASBAG’s site name into your search engine, then read all of her other shallow one liners on other sites. She is apparently from South Carolina.
Report Post »DEMOCRATS.ARE.EVIL
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 10:33pmDORA GLASBERG is actually a male troll. Ignore him.
Report Post »DOra Glasberg
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 11:36pmWe don’t pick and choose where our tax money goes -that’s democracy!
Childless couple pay for education
Non drivers pay for roads
Pacifists pay for the military.
Ooooo, aren’t we special, wanting to pick and choose what where HIS taxes go.
Report Post »Tool.
DOra Glasberg
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 11:38pmCan youse contact the DNC and tell them I ain’t received any check yet.
Report Post »I hoid my dnc employment can be found on the internet. Really?
I can’t find it.
The_Cabrito_Goat
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 11:44pmRJ, that’s very creepy
Report Post »Bernice Durdan-Rowland
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 8:45pmNo comment, didn’t watch it – - – - – -
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 8:45pmI only watched the James Bond thing and Mr. Bean; aka, Rowan Atkinson. After that, it was off my tv.
NBC really sucks; I mean, really….They suck. Ya hear that, Costas?
Report Post »CatB
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 9:00pmI heard it was baaaaadddd so I stayed up for the replay .. TRON …RUSH IS RIGHT .. and they even cut out (it was never LIVE in the U.S.) a minute of silence for the 7/7 bombing victims in London .. funny that the Olympic Commitee would allow that and not a moment of silence for the 40 year anniversay of the MURDER of the Israeli Olympians. They were both terroism by Muslims.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 9:21pmOh yeah, I saw grampa McCartney as well. Yikes!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 10:42pmYes .. I think Paul could use a few good STEAKS .. pasty and dead looking .. and the voice was gone … Yikes is right!
Report Post »historyguy48
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 8:42pmComrades he is correct it was nothing but a socialist nightmare.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 9:01pmEspecially that “creepy baby” thing ….. eeeeeewwwww .. what was it supposed to be ???
Report Post »Raging_Waters
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 10:05pmPerhaps a symbol of all the children they’ve sacrificed to Baal, so far…just a suggestion…
Report Post »DEMOCRATS.ARE.EVIL
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 10:35pmCATB – we’re dealing with liberals, so the baby must have represented abortion rights. They have a real soft spot for killing babies.
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