The NFL Players Association has launched a quick strike blitz on the issue of Rush Limbaugh making a possible entry attempt into the ranks of professional football's owners.

The first thought that doubtlessly filled the minds of many of these players was the Donovan McNabb incident and the appalling and disgusting ignorance mixed with racist contempt that Rush Limbaugh displayed during the brief period when he served as an NFL television "analyst."  The incident prompted Limbaugh to be immediately dropped.

I received my first impression of Donovan McNabb during a foray he made with his Syracuse University teammates into South Florida to face a Miami team that was blessed with overall superior talent.  

I was astounded by McNabb's impressive ability to read blitzes and scramble for yards when virtually anyone else under those circumstances would face large losses, in football parlance being "sacked."

When Rush Limbaugh left his job as a nurse he switched to radio broadcasting in Sacramento.  It has been reported that a discovery he made prompted him to develop an approach that has served him ever since as a key to riches.

Limbaugh observed that when he turned into a sour curmudgeon spouting hate for the approval of the perpetually disgusted his ratings soared.  The rest is history as he achieved a radio standing in which he reportedly plays to an audience of 30 million listeners per week as delighted sponsors reward him with contracts involving millions of dollars.

Limbaugh's on the air blitzkriegs, while offensive to those of sensibility and sensitivity, provide a measure of comfort to those who delight in being uncomfortable.  

His non-stop gutter sniping at anyone to the political left of his listening audience, which might well be anyone other than his 30 million faithful along with those so busy watching Fox News that they lack sufficient opportunity to pay him sufficient due, is a two step approach.