Last night I finally got around to watching last year’s movie “The Theory of Everything.” As expected, I enjoyed it, but there are just some films not worth the $15 theater admission and $10 popcorn when I can sit comfortably on my couch for free. However, it reminded me of something that happened several years ago.
In February of 2012, a young Georgetown University law student testified before Congress in support of mandating insurance coverage for contraceptives.
Rush Limbaugh, an ultra-conservative television personality (and I hesitate to call him much more than that) called her a slut, and a prostitute. He went on to say that if she believed insurance should pay for sex, then she should post her sexual encounters on the internet for all to see. Somehow, I suppose, equating the fact that if you pay premiums to an insurance program (including the federal government) you have a right to see what the program is paying for.
(Funny, he didn’t suggest a video of his prostate exam be put up on the internet.)
He lost sponsors – not his job – but I believe Rush Limbaugh has a greater destiny. Anyone who can bring together such disparate theories as contraceptives and internet porn, would be the perfect person to marry Einstein’s Theory of Relativity into Quantum Mechanics, thereby finding that which has been sought for 50 years – the “Theory of Everything”.
(go head, look it up. If you find the simplified explanation, particularly regarding String Theory, it is quite fascinating)