Birth Control? . . . You Slut!

           There are a number of controversies clogging up the news feeds the past few days. One has to do with the NFL players being paid extra to knock other players out of the game. The one I'd like to talk about has to do with Rush Limbaugh and some comments he made on his radio show. Since these comments were made, at least 24 sponsors have pulled out (pun intended) of the Rush Limbaugh business. Two of the 600 stations that broadcast his show also got out of dodge. Let me give you some background into the situation in case you haven't been listening.

           The whole story revolves around the Health Care problem facing most Americans. One of the big arguments surrounding the health care problem has to do with companies paying for birth control. It becomes an issue with religious companies that don't believe in contraception. Therefore, their health benefits don't include birth control coverage for their employees. So, women need to pay for it themselves and it's very expensive depending on what kind you use. This seems a bit unfair to a lot of the women out there and it has become a huge political concern. Last week a law student from Georgetown University testified at a congressional hearing on the subject. She argued her point that in the past three years as a law student, birth control would have cost $3,000. Beside the obvious use for birth control (condom-less sex), there are other medical reasons for women to be on the "pill." I'm not a doctor so I won't get into all the medical benefits because, quite frankly, I don't know. That was part of the law students argument. Her name is Sandra Fluke. The main point of her testimony was that it's not a religious thing at all, or an attack on the values of religious companies. It has to do with the fact that sometimes women need this medication and it should be covered under their health benefits.

           Well, anyone that has ever listened to Rush Limbaugh before knows that he is a very opinionated and on some occasions very ignorant man.

"What does it say about the college co-ed Fluke, who goes before a congressional committee and essentially says she must be paid to have sex?" What does that make her? It makes her a slut, right? It makes her a prostitute. She wants to be paid to have sex. She's having so much sex, she can't afford the contraception. She wants you and me and the taxpayers to pay her to have sex."

           That is the quote from his radio show about Sandra Fluke's testimony. Ignorant right? It's pretty obvious that he doesn't know how birth control works. It seems he thinks the more sex you have the more birth control you need. That is the case for us guys but women can take just one pill a day and it covers them whether they have sex or not. Even if they have sex 7 times that day, which would be awesome. The "pill" has it covered.

            Since we can safely say Rush doesn't know much about sex and contraceptives, why do we really care what he has to say?  Yea, I get that he has a huge radio broadcast and millions of people listen to what he has to say. But why do we get bent out of shape when he says something stupid? Who cares? It's his show and he can say whatever he wants. It's obvious he doesn't know what he's talking about in regards to this topic. So why can't we chalk this up to him being a moron and move on? This whole episode has been all over the news. CNN, MSNBC, Comedy Central. Now, I understand why Comedy Central picked up on this. Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert did a great job poking fun at this whole thing. That's as far as it should have gone. All the other coverage is unnecessary.

             And to be honest with you, I think the companies pulling their advertisements off his show are making a mistake. Radio advertisement and advertising in general is a business. It's about the amount of consumers that will hear your ad. If you know anything about anything, you know that his ratings are going to go up after this. Yes, up. It's the same reason Howard Stern had such great ratings. People want to hear what he has to say now, even if they hate him. So having an ad running during his show would be more beneficial now then they would before he stuck his foot in his mouth. Do you think consumers won't buy your product because your ad was playing during his show? Or that you have an advertisement on his program? I don't. Why would that have anything to do with the products I buy?

             It all comes back to how sensitive everyone is in this country. Take a breather. I'm not defending his comments, they were stupid and unintelligent. What I'm saying is, who cares? He is trying to fill hours of a talk radio show and has to say whatever is on his mind. If he calls someone a slut and a prostitute, big deal. Is she a slut or a prostitute? No, she's a law student at Georgetown University. She shouldn't worry about it. I'm sure there are people out there that have called her far worse. The only difference is that Rush has a microphone and an audience. It shouldn't affect any of the advertising done on his show, or get this much news coverage. He said it and it's over. Stop being such a slutty bitch about it.

            I'll say it again, the majority of Americans are huge pussies. Don't take things so personally. Don't take things so serious. Just concentrate on what you need to get done in your life and stop worrying about what other people have to say about it. Especially when they are big ignorant fucks who have to fill up air time and say whatever they want. Rush has since apologized twice. Mostly because he had to, to try and save some of the advertising money the show is losing now. Sandra has since been on the View and probably some other news/talk show. So she should probably thank him for this. Otherwise nobody, except the stuffy suits that were at the hearing, would know who she is or what she was talking about.

            Speaking of slutty prostitutes. I'm on my way to Chinatown to find one that takes Ham Sandwiches for a Hand-job and I have a good feeling I'll be successful. Based on past experience of course.