I do think this guy is too spun up:
Unless someone has recently been chopping on the asbestos material, it's unlikely there was a significant amount in the air.
(This gave me a flashback to a drunken rant I once made about how stabilizing asbestos in place is safer than removing it. Some people fight or sing when they're drunk. I explain things.)
OTOH, these are the guys who, a few years back, burned an old shack which had been painted with lead-based-paint, and then sat around the fire for an hour or so... (Yeah, they got sick.)
Sick like respiratory distress or cancer? Also, wow, not smart, guys.
Estimates range between 1.5 million and 20 million.
That's...specific. Seriously? That's the best estimate they can get?
That's...specific. Seriously? That's the best estimate they can get?
Only the people who sell the advertising know for sure... and that info is proprietary.
ETA: Rush claims 20 million. Media Matters estimates 1.5 million.
Not cancer, no, but they had to pee into cups for a while.
If anyone wants some cheering up, check out the winners of the Smithsonian magazine phot contest:
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Cenk Uygar said that Limbaugh needs to prove his ratings:
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I wonder if enough women were just angry and freaked out already over the recent Catholic birth control kerfuffle, the trans-vaginal ultrasound bill, etc.
I think this is part of it. Good ol' Rush just stepped forward at the exact wrong moment and picked the exact wrong target to attack, and made himself a lightning rod for the ire of, well, just about everyone. Couldn't have happened to a more deserving guy.
In related news, I am no longer a fan of Patricia Heaton or willing to defend her: [link]
Rush claims 20 million. Media Matters estimates 1.5 million
To put it in other terms, that's the difference between the first-run broadcast of American Idol and a 2:30am Family Guy repeat.
Matt,
I know Patricia Heaton has said asshatty things in the past, but I was so surprised to learn that she leaned in to the Dark Side with vigor.
It's really not defensible. No one made her say any of that. She was not misconstrued.
The Patricia Heaton thing makes me really glad I don't watch The Middle, or whatever her show is. As le nubian said, completely indefensible.