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Yesterday, I was driving back from a little weekend jaunt/work session and was in the mood for a little talk radio. I usually listen to NPR, but the local station was playing classical music (which always makes me feel uneasy as I feel like I should like it, but in reality I have no interest in it) so I began to flip through the stations. I came upon this one show that was just going into break but claimed to be the "center for news". I kept it there waiting for them to come back when they did I was greeted by “You are listening to the Rush Limbaugh Show". I quickly changed it while muttering something when it occurred to me that this is the exact behavior that has led to many a misunderstanding between political viewpoints. “Why not listen to what the ‘other’ side is saying?,” I thought to myself. So I turned it back and listened in for at least a good 30 minutes. And I must say, there is a lot of hate in that man, more so than any of the music in my car. He went on a point-by-point breakdown/attack of Barack Obama’s talk about the oil/energy situation. I admit I haven’t listened to the talk aside from what I heard yesterday, but Limbaugh’s points seemed way off the mark and so filled with anger and hate. It makes me a bit sad that he is the highest paid radio person and has such an impact on so many people. Such slanted viewpoints are best suited for blogs and even more lowly means of information dissemination.