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To: tejek who wrote (646999)	3/6/2012 9:13:34 AM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1583507

Carbonite stock approaches 52-week low since dropping sponsorship of Rush Limbaugh show While Carbonite decides to drop it’s sponsorship of the Rush Limbaugh show over their faux outrage over the whole Sandra Fluke situation, while continuing to sponsor misogynist Ed Schultz is dropping like a rock. As of the closing bell on Monday, March 5th, 2012, Carbonite’s stock dropped to $9.15 per share. They actually hit their 52 week (or one year) low during the trading session of $9.09 per share. Oh, and the 52 week high for Carbonite stock was $21.10. Seems like they have quite a business model running there huh?

To: tejek who wrote (646999)	3/6/2012 9:16:25 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1583507

Poll: Wisconsin Voters Now Oppose Walker Recall By 11-Point Margin Guy Benson Political Editor, Townhall.com [iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?action=like&channel_url=https%3A%2F%2Fs-static.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fconnect%2Fxd_proxy.php%3Fversion%3D3%23cb%3Df1b784bf6e93232%26origin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Ftownhall.com%252Ff33aa1b618cefa%26relation%3Dparent.parent%26transport%3Dpostmessage&extended_social_context=false&href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpages%2FTownhall-Tipsheet%2F221538901213751&layout=button_count&locale=en_US&node_type=link&sdk=joey&send=false&show_faces=false&width=90" class="fb_ltr" title="Like this content on Facebook." style="border: medium none ; overflow: hidden; height: 20px; width: 90px;" name="f3f3a42399b7c2c" id="f187da6fb657e22" scrolling="no"][/iframe] Mar 05, 2012 04:43 PM EST Ever since they announced their intention to do so, I've been publicly begging Leftists to waste spend tens of millions on a recall campaign against Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. I was convinced that the Democrat-Union coalition would squander precious campaign resources in an quixotic bid to exact revenge on one of their most despised conservative bogeymen. A new poll from Rasmussen suggests that my instincts were correct. Wisconsinites -- who have voted to re-elect a conservative state Supreme Court justice and to protect a Republican State Senate majority since Walker's budget fix passed -- now oppose replacing the governor by an 11-point margin: Fifty-four percent of Wisconsinites oppose the recall of Gov. Scott Walker, according to the most recent polling data from Rasmussen Reports. In a phone survey of 500 likely voters, Rasmussen also said 52% at least somewhat approve of Walker’s job performance to date, while 46% at least somewhat disapprove. The findings include 40% who strongly approve and 40% who strongly disapprove. By party, the poll revealed that 78% of Republican voters strongly approve of Walker’s performance and 73% of Democrats strongly disapprove. Among voters not affiliated with either major party, 58% at least somewhat approve of Walker’s performance, including 36% who strongly approve. Forty-three percent say they would vote to recall Walker and remove him from office, but 54% would vote against recall; 80% of the state’s Democratic voters would vote to remove Walker, but 89% of Republicans and 58% of unaffiliated voters would oppose that recall. Badger State Democrats are less united behind the recall push than Republicans are against it, and independents have helped nudge Walker's overall job approval into the black. Nearly 6 in 10 Wiscy indies would vote to retain the governor, whose inexpiable Crime Against Humanity was to fulfill a campaign promise by passing a responsible budget package. Walker waded into this fight with an ad campaign last fall, and his brand new spot picks up right where he left off -- reminding voters that his controversial program is working exactly as planned:

To: tejek who wrote (646999)	3/6/2012 10:56:41 AM
From: Tenchusatsu	2 Recommendations Respond to of 1583507

From ABCNews: Green Firms Get Fed Cash, Give Execs Bonuses, Fail news.yahoo.com Won't be long before ABC gets a call from the Obama administration ... Tenchusatsu

To: tejek who wrote (646999)	3/6/2012 10:57:08 AM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583507

Indeed, the case has prompted at least eight advertisers to drop Limbaugh’s show. They include AOL, ProFlowers, Quicken Loans, mattress retailers Sleep Train and Sleep Number, software maker Citrix Systems, data-backup service provider Carbonite and online legal document services company LegalZoom. “The left, the media, is giddy that some advertisers have said they’re leaving the program, and I’m sorry to see them go,” Limbaugh explained. “They have profited handsomely from you. These advertisers who have split the scene have done very well due to their access to you, my audience, from this program. … Now they’ve chosen to deny themselves that access, and that’s a business decision and it’s theirs alone to make. They’ve decided they don’t want you or their business anymore. “For me, this program is always about you. … It’s all for the audience. Because if you’re not there, all the rest of this is academic. This show is about you. It’s not about the advertisers. I knew the political inclinations of these people. They didn’t care when they were profiting and I didn’t either. Everybody’s able to put these things aside for the sake of mutual beneficial business activity.” Limbaugh said he’d replace those advertisers, noting, “I reject millions of advertising dollars each year much to the chagrin of my hardworking sales staff … including General Motors.” He said only the political left uses threats to achieve its goals. “We don’t suppress the speech or voices of those with whom we disagree,” he added. Clear Channel’s Premiere Radio Networks Inc., which hosts Limbaugh’s program, is expressing unwavering support for Limbaugh, whose contract runs through 2016.