Like... Err... Happy New Year. Here's to Rush.

Unenthusiastic Asian guy wishes you a happy new year. "I've, like, got some confetti if you want... if you don't, I don't care. No biggie."

By some odd, cosmic twist, the life of Rush Limbaugh and my thoughts about the upcoming new year have become inextricably linked. What will the new year bring? A Limbaugh-less new year? 'Tis a fascinating idea to ponder...

Oddly, not everyone is wishing death on Rush Limbaugh. Rochelle Riley comments at Freep.com:

"This is when we know we're losing America. People have been wishing that a loudmouth who's free to speak would die."

While I can appreciate Riley's propriety, I have to disagree.

Limbaugh is a moral and intellectual role model for millions. And as such, has wrought untold damage. He is a major reason why we find ourselves living in a country full of uninformed misanthropes who mistake bigotry for opinion and treat intelligence with contempt. We ain't losing America, we lost it a long time ago and Limbaugh is largely to blame.

Limbaugh is the antithesis of goodwill and compassion. He has worked tirelessly to undermine common human decency and the basic manners and honesty parents once taught their children. He has been instrumental in creating a society where it's OK to just be a dick and where antisocial attitudes that used be rejected by society are now 'justified' using Limbaugh's 'conservative' talking points.

In short, Limbaugh's assault on society has been the philosophical equivalent of bombing America back into the Stone Age. And his whole career amounts to one big, persuasive body of evidence proving him unworthy of anyone's compassion. So if it requires him to die to shut him up, so be it. F*ck Limbaugh. And a happy new year to all!