Limpballs to give keynote address at Sojourners’ Mobilization to End Poverty confer

[MindPilot]

In an inspiring display of bipartisan bridge-building, talk radio personality Rush Limbaugh has accepted Jim Wallis’ invitation to deliver a keynote address at Sojourners’ Mobilization to End Poverty conference in April.

“I’ve always said the monologue of the extreme right is over, and a new dialogue has begun,” said Wallis. “Well, that dialogue is about to get a whole lot louder.”

Limbaugh, longtime champion of conservative media, announced his acceptance of the invitation on his daily radio show. Interrupted occasionally by call-ins of incredulous listeners, Limbaugh detailed months of off-the-record conversations with Wallis during which the two forged a deep friendship despite political, theological, philosophical, ideological, ecological, anthropological, eschatological, and soteriological differences. That dialogue came to a head one night when an anguished and sleepless Limbaugh called Wallis after 3:00 a.m., seeking spiritual solace.
http://blog.sojo.net/2009/04/01/rush-limbaugh-to-speak-at-sojourners-mobilization-to-end-poverty/

Please excuse me while my head explodes.

[hlthe2b]

1. The Sojourners? Is this a joke?

[MindPilot]

4. A joke? No way.

Who could know more about poverty and how to end it than Rush?

At this point I'm not sure if that was :sarcasm: or not.

[Bluerthanblue]

20. this is OLD- MindPilot- It was sent on on APRIL FOOLS DAY-

I'll send you a copy of my e-mail from them if you'd like.

:shrug:

[MindPilot]

26. Aww shit! I'm so fucking pwned!!!111!1

[ShortnFiery]

31. Arrrrgh!

:silly: But Thank Heavens! My view of the universal law is again set congruent. ;)

[Cha]

35. Thank goodness is right..I was

getting sick inside.

[ShortnFiery]

2. WTF? There's open minded and there's "Lambs to the Slaughter."

Never show the far right wing your figurative "soft underbelly."

NOT EVER

[burning rain]

28. Dig it.

Limbaugh would give an utterly predictable and self-serving shpiel about bootstrapping and Horatio Alger and you can rise to any height so long as I don't have to pay taxes. Preposterous.

[lpbk2713]

3. Oh boy!!1!1 Will he be wearing his Johnny Cash outfit?

[rfranklin]

5. I'll bet they have sodomological differences too...

Limbaugh likes young D.R. boys and Wallis doesn't.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

6. My head explodes too.

But, and that is a HUGE b-u-t, if Wallis plays aikido with Limbaugh and makes the man grow a concious, I would be happy.

I remember the story of a Jewish man (rabbi?) who befriended a rabid KKK guy -- aikido was performed, and the man left the KKK, denouced his bigoted ways and went on to become best friends with the Jewish man and tour schools telling their story.

It could happen... :D

Like I said, it was a huge but!

[angstlessk]

8. well, limpdick IS an entertainer after all is said an done..bread..which side will

I butter you on...and which side will end up face down??? he needs cash for his drug habit, ya know!

[sinkingfeeling]

7. That's amazing. Wonder how many people will walk out?

[Control-Z]

9. Maybe when hell freezes.

'In an inspiring display of bipartisan bridge-building...'

Rush?:rofl:
Would just never happen.

[MindPilot]

11. "Interrupted occasionally by call-ins of incredulous listeners"

Yeah, like that "just happens" on a national talk radio show.

[Initech]

10. Yeah I'm sure Limpballs is the guy to ask about poverty. He only makes $400 million.

He also owns several houses, a private jet, and many pricey luxury cars.

[bullwinkle428]

12. How many Habitat houses could be built by selling one of his Maybachs?

I'm thinking the answer is MANY!

[Initech]

14. Let's see:

1 Maybach is approximately $450,000 depending on the options.

Now if you took the car and sold it for the exact value, you'd have that much cash.

Now your typical habitat house probably cost approximately $28K (not entirely sure, just estimating) for materials, contractors, city inspectors, etc.

So $450,000 divided by $28,000 would be about 16 houses.

Take a whole fleet of Maybachs like Limpballs has, and you could build a whole fuckin' city!

[classof56]

13. Oh, brother! I'm never sending Sojourners another dime.

"An anguished and sleepless Limbaugh"? Yeah, right. If I still believed in hell, I'd be sure it has just frozen over.

Unbelievable!

[Bluerthanblue]

23. you obviously didn't read their April 1st. newsletter- it was a JOKE

and yes, I agree with you, it WOULD be unbelievable-

:hi:

[Ocracoker16]

25. I got the email too on April Fool's Day

[classof56]

29. Oh, my! Stepped right into that, didn't I?

Thanks for setting me straight. Wound up pretty tight these days, aren't I? Shoulda had more faith in Jim Wallis than that, but my faith quotient is slim to none these days. Glad I was wrong about Jim, and of course should have realized there was no WAY Rush is gonna feel anguished and sleepless about his wicked wicked ways. Okay, it's off to the fetal position with me!

:hi: back atcha!

[Habibi]

15. Um. April Fool's.

[LeftyMom]

16. So these are those "Liberal Christians" we're all supposed to play kissyface to?

:eyes:

[Bluerthanblue]

19. you might want to rethink- it was a SPOOF April Fools JOke=

and Sojourners realized how unlikely that would ever be-

Please don't be so quick to judge others~


:hi:

[Telly Savalas]

22. These are really weird times.

Reality has gotten so strange, that sometimes it's hard to identify satire.

It fooled me too.

[LeftyMom]

24. My expectations are sufficiently low that I would not be surprised.

I'll leave it at that.

[Telly Savalas]

21. Granted this choice of keynote speaker is simply bizarre

but other than this, what parts of Sojourner's agenda are objectionable?

[Bluerthanblue]

17. I read this in my email on April 1st and my head did spin around

until I got to the part where they said April fools-

Pretty good spoof-


:hi:

[madfloridian]

18. That is just going too far.

Sorry, but it is.

[MindPilot]

27. Now please excuse me while I skulk away....

:dunce:

[Peacetrain]

30. bad MindPilot

;)

[Bluerthanblue]

32. it could a been me, -

if I hadn't read it on 4/1- On the plus side, no one could accuse us for being closedminded-

Or lacking in imagination.

:evilgrin:

:hi:

[Initech]

33. Ah! You missed one crucial little detail here:

"Rush Limbaugh to Speak at Sojourners’ Mobilization to End Poverty
by Ryan Rodrick Beiler 04-01-2009" <-----------------------

Pretty good April Fool's joke I gotta say. :rofl:

[and-justice-for-all]

34. Ok, where's The Onion link,? I know your hiding it so cough it up...nt