Rattuskid

2008-07-10T04:04:34Z

72.45.29.218: /* Conventions */

[[Image:Rattus.jpg|right|thumb|90px|Rattuskid icon]]
'''Rattuskid''', also known as '''AngryPuritan''', '''Dunlop''', '''RattusAureus''', or simply '''Rattus''', lives in [[Wikipedia:Delaware|Delaware]], U.S.A. and has been active in the [[furry fandom]] since around the beginning of 2004. On the side, he's done volunteer work for the [[Wikipedia:American Red Cross|Red Cross]] and at an [[Wikipedia:Animal shelter|animal shelter]]. He is unmarried and has no children.

== Furry works ==

Rattus, as a hobby, has drawn a few images for friends, but his abilities as a visual artist are a bit limited and underused. He also fancies himself somewhat of a writer, although examples<ref>[http://www.anthroarchives.org/index.php?cat=32 Rattuskid's text works at the [[AnthroArchives]]]</ref> available online are few and far between (and usually very old).

This hobby has gotten him into a bit of trouble, after a commission for a story from [[Alvero]] resulted in a fair amount of [[drama]].<ref>[http://rattuskid.livejournal.com/44991.html Rattus's LiveJournal entry concerning [[Alvero]]]</ref> It's safe to assume that Rattuskid consumes more in terms of furry art and literature than he produces.

== Conventions ==

Rattus has attended a few [[convention]]s, averaging about one a year. To date, he's attended:
*[[Anthrocon 2004]]
*[[Anthrocon 2005]]
*[[Further Confusion 2006]]
*[[Anthrocon 2007]]
*[[Anthrocon 2008]]

== Crush Yiff Destroy ==

In 2005, Rattus joined the [[Crush Yiff Destroy]] forums. He did not let on who he was in the fandom (although it didn't matter either) or that he was even furry at all. So instead, in an effort to pick a name which would be the greatest affront to a casual reader of furry persuasion, he chose 'AngryPuritan', which narrowly won out over 'RepublicanJesus'.

Eventually, his true identify came to be known, and it all became a moot point anyway. He came to be relatively well received, and became a moderator of one of the sub-forums, then a forum wide moderator. These were lost after [[Mitch]] acquired an IRC chat log where Rattus openly contemplated deleting all threads on the site to make a statement about quality of the forum, the banning of [[Kindrift]], and a censoring of certain topics (which was believed to be a part of appeasement or long-term manipulation of other furries). {{fact}}

== LiveJournal groups ==

Rattuskid is a member of several [[List of furry LiveJournal communities|furry communities]] on [[LiveJournal]]. These include the [http://community.livejournal.com/newjerseyfurs New Jersey Furs], [[Soviet Furs]], and the [[Crush Yiff Destroy]] LiveJournal groups.

== References ==
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== External links ==

* [http://rattuskid.livejournal.com/ ''The wonderful world of a garbage eating rat'',] Rattuskid's LiveJournal
* [http://crushyiffdestroy.com/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=322 Rattuskid]'s profile page at Crush Yiff Destroy (as AngryPuritan)

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The Rush Limbaugh Show

2008-02-28T04:24:46Z

72.45.29.218: Removed the 'exchange' since it didn't happen. It was a hypothetical proposed by Xydexx in the link below.

[[Image:rush-pubshot.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Rush Limbaugh's publicity shot]]
'''Rush Limbaugh''' (full name '''Rush Hudson Limbaugh III'''; born January 12th, 1951 in [[Wikipedia:Cape Girardeau|Cape Girardeau]], Missouri) is a [[Wikipedia:Conservative|conservative]] American [[Wikipedia:radio talk show|radio talk show]] host and political commentator who discusses politics and current events on his radio program, ''[[Wikipedia:The Rush Limbaugh Show|The Rush Limbaugh Show]]''.

== Rush Limbaugh and furry ==

Rush Limbaugh made [[furries]] the topic of one of his recorded weekend updates. In context, prior to President [[Wikipedia:George W. Bush|Bush]]'s inauguration in 2005, the [[Wikipedia:New York Times|New York Times]] and the broadcast media repeatedly criticized the [[Wikipedia:Republican Party|Republican party]] for planning an opulent event to commemorate the Presidents' win.

The criticism stemmed from the fact that the US was at war with [[Wikipedia:Iraq war|Iraq]], and from assertions that any festivities were inappropriate on the heels of the [[Wikipedia:2004 Indian Ocean earthquake|tsunami]] that had hit [[Wikipedia:Indonesia|Indonesia]]. Rush responded by describing a [[Wikipedia:furry convention|furry convention]] and then quoting a talk show host's criticism of the inauguration in the new context.

==== Rush's Weekend Update (transcribed) ====
[[Image:YouAgreeWithRushLimbaugh.jpg|right|frame|An important fact to consider . . .]]
''Guess what folks... This weekend, 1,700 people - all of them animal lovers - are expected to gather at the furry convention in San Jose, California. The furries, for those of you who don't know - and I sincerely hope that that's most of you - are, er, people who love animals so much that they take on their identities and sometimes dress up like their animals.''

''You heard me right, folks. These ''humans'' take on the identities of the animals they love and sometimes dress up like them. It allows adults - ''grown-up'' human beings - and this is a quote, "a place to act out their ''interspecies fantasies''." (1,700 of these people in one place...)''

''[[Lee Strom]] is one of the furry convention's founding fathers. He says just because it's ''weird'', it's still perfectly normal to the people involved in it. He's 36, he wants to be a ''[[raccoon]]''! The convention... (laughter) convention will have workshops for the furries: [[puppet]]ry, [[fursuit|costume making]], writing about mythical creatures, and here's one I think ought to be videotaped: a workshop on furry anatomy. (Can you find it? Can you find it?)''

''Apparently some furries aren't waiting until the convention starts this weekend to act out their ''inter-species fantasies''. A reporter caught up with Katie Matthew, 20, prancing through the lobby of a hotel dressed as a ''fox''... she was prancing with other adults dressed as goats, tigers, other creatures. Katie likes the fun of dressing up and escaping into her made up animal character, which she calls "Shadow".''

''Alright folks, I only have one question. We've got a war going on and the tragedy of the tsunami. Isn't this furry convention a little bit too festive and too costly?''

''There's a real furball for you liberals, eh? Ha ha, "Shut 'em down! Shut 'em down, it's perverted!"''

== Response to the aired segment ==

[[Furry fan]] [[Xydexx]] made an interesting point about the broadcast<ref>[http://www.livejournal.com/users/giza/171417.html?thread=1243545#t1243545 Xydexx's comments on the Rush Limbaugh's furry broadcast]</ref>:
{{q|I think the fact that Rush Limbaugh made fun of [[furries]] (he picked up that report after [[Further Confusion 2005|FC2005]]) may have played a big part in the ultimate demise of their brand of humor}}

== See also ==

* [[Wikipedia:Rush Limbaugh|Rush Limbaugh]] on [[Wikipedia]]

==References==
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== External links ==

* [http://www.lildobe.net/furry/ Recorded version of Rush Limbaugh's broadcast] provided by [[Andrew Koch]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.furry/browse_frm/thread/a08ef50f880c32dc Thread discussing the show] on [[alt.fan.furry]]
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