Dear Mr. Limbaugh,
The Associated Press reports your new contract with Premiere Radio Networks will enrich you with at least $38 million a year over the next eight years. You are making this money on the public property of the American people for which you pay no rent.

You, Rush Limbaugh, are on welfare.

As you know, the public airwaves belong to the American people. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is supposed to be our trustee in managing this property. The people are the landlords and the radio and TV stations and affiliated companies are the tenants.

The problem is that since the Radio Act of 1927 these corporate tenants have been massively more powerful in Washington, DC than the tens of millions of listeners and viewers. The result has been no payment of rent by the stations for the value of their license to broadcast. You and your company are using the public’s valuable property for free. This freeloading on the backs of the American people is called corporate welfare.

It is way past due for the super-rich capitalist–Rush Limbaugh from Cape Girardeau, Missouri–to get himself off big time welfare. It is way past due for Rush Limbaugh as the Kingboy of corporatist radio to set a capitalist example for his peers and pay rent to the American people for the very lucrative use of their property.

You need not wait for the broadcast industry-indentured FCC and Congress to do the right thing. You can lead by paying a voluntary rent–determined by a reputable appraisal organization–for the time you use on the hundreds of stations that carry your words each weekday.
Payment of rent for the use of public airwaves owned by the American people is the conservative position. Real conservatives oppose corporate welfare. Real corporatists feed voraciously from hundreds of billions of dollars in corporate welfare gushing out of Washington, DC yearly.
Whose side are you on? Freeloading? Or paying rent for the public property you have been using free for many years?

I look forward to your response.

Sincerely yours,
Ralph Nader
PO Box 19312
Washington, DC 20036

Now this is a story all about how
I ascended to the seat of power
If you’ll listen for a minute
Hear what I say
I’ll tell you how I became President of the U. S. of A.

In west Honolulu, born and raised
In Jakarta, where I spent most of my days
Chillin’ out in Chi-Town relaxin’ all cool
Organizing communities like I was a fool
When a couple of guys
With a disdain for peace
Started making trouble in the Middle East
They started two little wars and we all got scared
The people said "We need a president who isn’t mentally impaired!"

I ran a perfect race, turned red states blue
Swept electoral votes, added Rham to my crew
With a mandate for change and Constitution in hand
I’ll dance on the Colonnade singing, "Yes we can!"

I got to the White House about 7 or 8
And I yelled to the Bushes "Yo holmes, smell ya later!"
Looked at my office
There were no corners there
Sitting at the Resolute Desk, signing universal health care.

ReverseBelAir.ORG – President Obama

More like this at: ReverseBelAir.Org

The song that proves that all you need to be a pop star is four simple chords.
The audio is accompanied with a slide show of the original artists.
Different recordings of "4 Chords" will vary as the band continually updates the song with the latest hits that use the structure.

On Nov 30th, the fastest production electric vehicles in the U.S. went head-to-head. While their first meeting had a number of issues, most notably the underfilled Tango battery pack, and the Tesla’s non-upgraded drivetrain, the 1/4 mile time is quite close and indicative of races to come.

In this race, the Tango got 92.15mph in 14.480 seconds, beating its 14.7 "dial" handicap and thus losing the competition; the Tesla got 101.23mph in 14.666 seconds, slower than its 14.5 "dial" handicap and allowing it to proceed to the next round. (Two rounds later, the Tango’s driver got behind the wheel of the Tesla and also beat its "dial" handicap… and thus lost!)

Notice the quietness of the 2 rides?

Im Having a Relapse – Eminem

This is the first song *officially* released from the new Eminem album Relapse due out this Christmas.

But now Eminem has turned his attention to the forthcoming presidential election, announcing: “I’ll vote for Barack." Speaking with characteristic frankness to DJ Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1, he said: “I know we are going into a recession. Pardon the cliché but we need something to change. I think Barack would be a breath of fresh air, to get in there and actually get what’s left of the Bush administration out the door."

The Detroit rapper, who has been on hiatus since 2005, said he had no wish to return to the level of fame he experienced in the late 90s and early 00s.

"There’s no desire to be that big again," he stressed. "Whatever happens, I’ll take it, but that’s definitely not what I’ll be recording the songs for.

"I’ve accomplished enough with the music that I haven’t had to go out there and do other things to over-saturate.

"That’s probably what I take pride in most.

"But, at the end of the day, it’s kind of catch 22," he added. "I love the attention but I don’t like too much of it."

Despite having spent the last three years effectively in retirement, Eminem criticised the state of rap during his absence.

"I don’t mean everything about rap is crap. I just mean the majority of it," he explained.

"Actually I think TI’s new album is great and I’ve been pumping that for the last two weeks every day in my car aside from my own stuff as I record it.

"Andre 3000 is also incredible. So I just mean rap in general."

His autobiography, Eminem: The Way I Am, released today.

Family Guy Parody The Trashmen – Surfin’ Bird.

A-well-a everybody’s heard about the bird
B-b-b-bird, bird, bird, b-bird’s the word
A-well-a bird, bird, bird, the bird is the word
A-well-a bird, bird, bird, well the bird is the word

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Causing controversy backstage, Tim Robbins (screenwriter, director, and acclaimed producer) had prepared a speech to be given to the National Association of Broadcasters in Las Vegas. As he came onstage, he notified the audience he would not be giving his speech as floor agents went around telling journalists to have their video cameras off. Listen in as he starts his speech off anyway, carelessly forgetting about the audio recorders. (more…)