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Rush Limbaugh Is Proud Of McDonald’s For Standing Up Against Happy Meal Lawsuit

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The Center for Science in the Public Interest is threatening to sue McDonald’s into abandoning the Happy Meal. The group believes the toys in the meal are enticing children into eating potentially dangerous junk food; McDonald’s, calling the suit “frivolous,” has no intention of breaking tradition. But who are the “Center for Science in the Public Interest”? According to Rush Limbaugh, they are your aunt, and they live in your basement.

The company’s CEO Jim Skinner showed no qualms about the matter, placing responsibility in the hands of parents and dismissing the threats. Limbaugh, for one, was proud to see “a corporate CEO standing up to a bunch of leftist statists in the minority”– it was probably the first time in a while that anyone has been proud of McDonald’s.

As for the CSPI? Limbaugh doesn’t see them as legitimate, calling them “a bunch of kooks” and making a humorous comparison to “your crazy aunt in the basement who gives herself a logo and a fax machine and sends it out to the media and says she’s against whatever.”

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  • murf

    Well Frances , your ” Rush is fat ” underlying poke- fun -at- jab is quite humerous ! Not .

    Mickey D’s has been under assault for years by progressives , now that we have the food police living in the White House, the BS lawsuits are in full swing .

    Once AGAIN , El RUSHBO is right on

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dan-Scerpella/1022068347 M Colins

    Life imitates art as our society becomes more like the fictional “San Angeles” depicted in Stallone’s “Demolition Man” where unfrozen supercop Stallone finds himself resurrected to catch a bad guy from his own time into a future society completely run by the nanny state. Co star Sandra Bullock utters one line repeatedly in many variations: ” …is bad for you therefore illegal” to Stallone’s many requests for things we used to take for granted.

    Watch it, it ain’t so much funny as it is true.

  • Iris

    wouldn’t it be wonderful if Mr. Oxycotin and all his listeners ate at McDonalds 3 times a day. How long can the heart stand that much fat and the body such lack of nutrition? Hurry up and go get those burgers fellas!

  • BatBoy

    Iris…here is the deal…if you want to clog your heart…do it…eat at fast food restaurants every day…use lots of oil at home…it is OK…I DON”T MIND.

    Just because YOU think it is bad…does not give you the right to tell me where and what I can eat! Got it?

    Now who really is realing over this….

    Why the Community Organization Groups….they have had their way with corp america for 30 years….Finally a CEO in America had the Cojones to stand up and say….SCREW YOU! (Well those are my words…not his!)

    Did you hear that consecutive head slap with the words uttered…”Oh NO, what will we do for money now?” By the way, that was done by the the top 3 Shakedown artist in the Country… Our President, Jesse Jackson, & Big Al Shaprton.

    I hope more CEO’s follow the Big Mac CEO on this…America would become a better place.

  • cracker proud

    The ‘changes’ are so many that there is no where to begin.

    Open your eyes and ears, and THINK objectively. Use your common sense, instead of talking points from ‘lame-stream media’.

    This administration is pushing socialism (if not communism/Marxism) down the throat of the American people. Micky D should be able to put toys in what it wants to and let us as parents choose what we want to have our kids eat! What parent takes there kids three times a day 7 days a week just to get a toy in their food to begin with? How stupid!!! If things keep going like they are now with this President in power then one day we WILL NOT have ANY freedom left

  • MichelleF

    Batboy, you are very wise. And Iris, if you are too dumb to be able to make your own choices and need the gov’t to do it for you, that’s fine, but some of us our smart enough to do it on our own. And as for your jokes about Rush’s drug use, they aren’t funny. He had a legitimate medical issue resulting in overuse of pain meds and he sought treatment for it and beat it. I hope if you ever go through such a thing that people don’t throw it in your face for the rest of your life. You’re a sad woman.

  • Iris

    BB, Like I said it would be wonderful if Mr. Oxycotin and his listeners would just gobble Mickey D’s down, eat as much of it as they possibly can and hopefully you would want to join them under the arches, mmmm, mm good.

  • Iris

    Yes Shelly and apparently he wants his future health issues to include blocked arteries and thats just fine with me.

  • MichelleF

    No Iris, I know you’re slow, but try to follow me, he wants you to be able to make your own choices, not the gov’t. Actually he’s been on a diet for a while now and doesn’t touch the stuff anymore.

  • Iris

    Like I said Shelly I look forward to him making the choice to eat at Mickey D’s as much as he can, hopefully you will make the same choice.

  • Iris

    BTW Shelly, it’s fascinatin’ that you have such intimate knowledge of Mr. Drugsters’ daily dietary choices, be careful girl, Glenne might get jealous.

  • CaptainAmerica
  • Powerslave

    Iris says:

    wouldn’t it be wonderful if Mr. Oxycotin and all his listeners ate at McDonalds 3 times a day. How long can the heart stand that much fat and the body such lack of nutrition? Hurry up and go get those burgers fellas!

    And again:

    BB, Like I said it would be wonderful if Mr. Oxycotin and his listeners would just gobble Mickey D’s down, eat as much of it as they possibly can and hopefully you would want to join them under the arches, mmmm, mm good.

    And once more:

    Like I said Shelly I look forward to him making the choice to eat at Mickey D’s as much as he can, hopefully you will make the same choice.

    Do you have OCD, Iris? Or can you not think of new, mean things to say to show everyone what a small, hateful little person you are?

  • The_Reasonable_Lib

    MichelleF said:
    No Iris, I know you’re slow, but try to follow me, he wants you to be able to make your own choices, not the gov’t. Actually he’s been on a diet for a while now and doesn’t touch the stuff anymore.

    Actually Mr. Limbaugh’s weight loss is most attributed to the supplements which were included in his “diet” which included a series of appetite suppressants, protein boosters and carb blockers, which whether Mr. Limbaugh knows it or not have ruined his body’s equilibrium. But hey, I guess conservatives only care about how people look, right?

  • Iris

    Aw, PSlave , Don’t cry, you thought I was being mean, Ok when someone can’t comprehend what I originally said I’ll just let it go, K?

  • Powerslave

    Hey now, Iris. Come on. Give peace a chance. You can’t be a mean old bitch your whole life.

  • Iris

    You’re right P Slave, why is it that I couldn’t see that the RW’ers just want peace and harmony, how could I not see that they are never rude, and never, ever call people names and they just are sweet little things that are just as gentle as the day is long. Would you like to go to Mickey D’s? My treat!

  • Powerslave

    Besides, Iris, we all comprehend your comments. You want Rush Limbaugh and his followers, as well as BatBoy and MichelleF to eat so much McDonald’s that they all die. You sound more like a sociopath than a peaceful Lib.

  • Powerslave

    Iris said:

    You’re right P Slave, why is it that I couldn’t see that the RW’ers just want peace and harmony, how could I not see that they are never rude, and never, ever call people names and they just are sweet little things that are just as gentle as the day is long.

    Congratulations, Iris. There is no difference between you and them now.

  • Iris

    Why P Slave, I am touched by your kindness, does that mean you accept my invitation kind sir.

  • Moderate

    Most of the CSPI’s “science” hardly reaches the level of a high school science project. And high school students don’t have a political agenda for which they distort the evidence or misrepresent the facts as does the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

    http://alcoholfacts.org/CSPInoSciencePubInterest.html

  • BowenIsland

    Powerslave said:
    You sound more like a sociopath than a peaceful Lib.

    I disagree Powerslave , I think more sock puppet than anything else.

  • Iris

    There ya go P Slave, ther’es one of those sweet, kind RW’ers, I guess it was just my imagination they were anything but sweet and kind.

  • NORBIT

    RUSTY – WE LOVE YA’ BABY!!!!!!!

  • timzank

    Ok, let’s recap. Rush admires CEO for not caving in to the food-nazis. Iris wishes those with differing viewpoints an early death.

    Must be a weekend at mediaite. Got it.

  • Rogue-Comic

    The group believes the toys in the meal are enticing children into eating potentially dangerous junk food

    When did children at the age to dig “the toys in the meal” achieve the economic and personal responsibility maturity to make a decision for themselves regarding purchasing Happy Meals?

  • Iris

    Oh, tz, didn’t you hear everyone, its choice, and I’m all for it, now go get your burger and don’t forget the fries.

  • Jackie_Treehorn

    Mickey D’s can’t lose the Happy Meal. Where else would Fat ass go for his 30 packer nightly fix?

    Plus then it’d look creepy as hell him buying up Toy R Us for items to lure underage Dominican boys with….

  • felixw

    What an amazing idea Rush has….that people should be free to choose what meal they want to purchase. The fact that the Left is so horrified at this concept speaks volumes.

  • mproust

    Jackie_Treehorn, there you go again. Still horny and can’t get any. Too bad.

  • Fox News: We proudly pander to Teabaggers

    If we are going to let McDonalds prey on the kids, then we might as well let the cigarette companies prey on them as well. Profit before people is the way of filthy tea partying scumbags.

  • mproust

    Wow, the lib loons are out in force tonight. Is it a full moon or something even more sinister? Or could it be the roar of distant thunder for Oblahblah and his whole administration.

  • Fox News: We proudly pander to Teabaggers

    In fact, why don’t we do away with child labor laws while we are at it.

  • Jackie_Treehorn

    mproust said:
    Jackie_Treehorn, there you go again. Still horny and can’t get any. Too bad.

    Don’t need Viagra nor underage Dominican boys though like your hero……

  • Integr8d

    The_Reasonable_Lib said:
    But hey, I guess conservatives only care about how people look, right?

    I would say that’s mostly TV/Movie personalities (and all the poor saps the TV and Movies effect)… But you can call them conservatives. It’s your right.

  • http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

    So rationing care to seniors – STRONGLY advocated by Obama’s new Health Care man! – is fine, but a burger & fries for the kids is anti-American!!

    Everywhere I go people are FURIOUS with the DICATAORIAL ARROGANCE of these Left-Wing Fascists – and the Backlash begins in earnest this November!!!

    REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER – a vote for ANY Democrat is a vote for the Obama Dictatorship!

  • Vietnameravet

    Cracker Proud..f anyone who is stupid enough to think this administration is pushing Communism or Socialism ought to got to school..usually first year high they teach those definitions
    .
    Norbert..you ought to go back to school as well and learn that Obama was freely elected and health care passed by a freely elected Congress. Losing an election may seem a Dictatorship to you but to most it was a free election.
    Typical senior who demands Medicare and Social Security and insists on cost of living increases but rails against reform to help others and makes up some crap about rationing as if that is not what we already have.. Sooner guys like you pass along to the next incarnation the better we will all be!

    As for burgers…No one said they cant sell but burgers and fries to kids and in fact I wish Norbert and his kind would eat more of them every day.. but marketing crap to kids with toys is like creating Joe Camel to market cigarettes to kids… something which I am sure you will brand another liberal effort to deprive you of your freedom.

  • shootfromthehip

    Dear Rush, please inhale your cigar smoke, eat 6 big macs and pop 15 oxycontins for the good of America.

    Thanks.

  • Rogue-Comic

    shootfromthehip said:
    Dear Rush, please inhale your cigar smoke, eat 6 big macs and pop 15 oxycontins for the good of America.

    Thanks.

    Mighty fine display of ethics and character their buddy.

    Why don’t you comment on why Rush is wrong to support Mickey D’s instead of alluding that you wish death and disease on the man simply because he disagrees with you politically.

  • shootfromthehip

    Who said anything about death?

    I’d just love for him to go into a nice drug induced food coma haze.

    I’m not showing that fat fuck any sympathy, because he certainly shows zero sympathy fort anyone on the left.

    He can fucking choke and suffer as far as I’m concerned.

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