Unofficial Summary of the Rush Limbaugh Show for Wednesday, November 24, 1993
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Unofficial Summary of the Rush Limbaugh Show
for Wednesday, November 24, 1993
by John Switzer
This unofficial summary is copyright (c) 1993 by John Switzer.
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November 24, 1993
LIMBAUGH WATCH
November 24, 1993 - It's now day 309 for those rooted in the
middle class (day 328 for those well-rooted in wealth and those
simply well-rooted - the rich and the dead) of "America Held
Hostage" (aka the "Raw Deal") and 387 days after Bill Clinton's
election, but Rush is still on the air with 638 radio affiliates
(with more than 20 million listeners weekly world-wide), 234 TV
affiliates (with a national rating of 3.7), and a newsletter with
over 370,000 subscribers.
His first book was on the NY Times hardback non-fiction
best-seller list for 54 consecutive weeks, with 2.6 million
copies sold, but fell off the list after Simon and Schuster
stopped printing it. The paperback version of "The Way Things
Ought To Be" has been on the NY Times paperback non-fiction
best-seller list for ten weeks and is currently at number two.
Rush's second book, "See, I Told You So," opened up on the NY
Times best-seller list at number one.
NEWS
o San Francisco authorities have not yet decided whether to
prosecute a 17-year-old who attempted to rape his psychiatric
counselor when she visited him at his cell in the city's Youth
Guidance Center. The psychiatrist, who has requested her name not
be released, informed her fellow counselors, but did not tell
police about the attack.
The police learned about the attempted rape only after a Center
employee relayed rumors he heard about it to the city's Sex
Crimes unit. Authorities are investigating whether the
psychiatrist violated a state law that requires all sexual
assaults at state institutions to be reported to authorities,
regardless of whether the victim wants to press charges.
o The Marin County, CA, Board of Supervisors was told yesterday
that it had the second-fastest growing rate of new AIDS cases in
the country, and that 30% of those cases involved intravenous
drug-users. The Board decided to respond to this news by
implementing a "clean needle" exchange program for drug-users.
LEST WE FORGET
The following are from the Rush Limbaugh show on Tuesday,
November 27, 1991:
o Vice President Dan Quayle joked "Mario Cuomo cannot decide
whether to run New York state or run for President so he is not
doing either one." The NY Post's story about this had the
headline "Vice President Stepping Up Attacks on Cuomo."
o Newt Gingrich called Rush to say that the phones were ringing
off the hook in Washington, thanks to Rush's show. Rush noted
that this news wasn't found in any of the papers; it was no
different than how the newspapers buried the news that Magic
Johnson was supporting abstinence as the best safeguard against
AIDS. Rush suspected, though, that newspapers were ignoring the
Magic Johnson story because it was the week that the NY school
system had started distributing condoms to its students.
Curtis and Lisa Sliwa tested some of the high school condoms -
one out of three condoms leaked; however, the condoms handed out
by the Gay Men's Health Crisis at the city's bus and train
stations didn't leak. Rush proposed a test be done using Lemonade
Snapple.
Curtis Sliwa walked in and said he wasn't surprised that one out
of three of the high school condoms leaked in his tests; since
they were donated by the manufacturer, Sliwa doubted the schools
would get "first run" products. He then gave Rush one of the
condoms that he collected from the Gay Men's Health Crisis. Rush
put the condom to the ultimate test - he tried to put it on his
microphone so he could engage in "safe talk."
The condom, however, split in two. Rush tried again and this time
succeeded in putting the condom on his mike. Both he and Sliwa
were impressed by the strength of the condom, which Sliwa said he
picked up right outside Macy's, where the Thanksgiving Day parade
is traditionally held. "Freakazoid New York City, what can I tell
you, Rush?" was his parting comment.
o Bill from Orlando, FL said that the credit crunch was so bad
that he couldn't get a business loan even with 140% collateral.
Congress held a banking hearing on November 7th, but everyone
involved passed the buck. Rush noted that federal regulators were
telling the banks that they must divest themselves of portfolios
largely based on commercial loans.
o A drug-crazed teenager who gouged out the eyes of his victim
with a screwdriver and then drank her blood was convicted of
murder; however, he was not eligible for the death penalty
because he was not found guilty of "aggravated circumstances."
Rush said that this was just one of the technicalities that got
people so upset about crime.
o Rush introduced a new version of a traditional Christmas carol:
"Here comes Mario, here comes Mario, right down liberal lane.
Don't try to hold me to what I say, I'll deny it the next day.
Hear those half-truths, hear that rhetoric, sounds like a
Muscovite. Nobody's sure which side of his mouth he'll be talking
out of tonight."
o American Health magazine asked its readers "if offered the
choice of winning $2500, losing 10 pounds, having great sex four
times in a weekend, or finishing a five-mile race, which would
you choose?" The readers choose the money, but losing weight,
though, was a close second for women and great sex was the second
choice for men. Running the race was dead last. About 14% of
those who responded said that they would be celibate for the rest
of their life if given $4 to 5 million.
o Rush said that the San Diego Chicken, Ted Gianoullis, was a
"consummate performer," who was also a friend of his from his
days with the Kansas City Royals. Gianoullis, though, was being
sued by a Chicago Bulls cheerleader, Kimberly Smith, because he
allegedly broke her jaw when he tackled her during a game in
January.
Smith was claiming that Gianoullis grabbed her, tossed her to the
ground, and rolled her over, resulting in a "back injury between
periods" on January 11th. Smith couldn't perform for the rest of
the season, including the Bulls' championship games, so she sued
for $1 million in compensatory and punitive damages.
o Rush played a comment from EIB's listeners' comment line from
11-year old Brandon Marsala, a self-proclaimed "young skull full
of mush." Brandon and his sister had been working to earn money
to buy two Rush III videos for Christmas. However, even though
they had earned $60, their mother wanted them to buy two $25
Savings Bonds, leaving them with only $10. He thus asked Rush if
there was any way that they could buy a video on credit. Rush's
immediate reaction was that the kid should just get a MasterCard.
However, Rush called Brandon to discuss this. Brandon said he
could pay $10 down on the two videos and pay about $5 a month on
the balance. Rush did some calculations and figured out that
Brandon would be in debt for eight months. Since it was the
holiday season and since Rush didn't want to see Brandon go into
debt, Rush decided to send him two videos gratis.
Rush praised Brandon's parents for their thrifty attitude,
however, as it reminded him of how his own father took all of his
radio job checks when he was a teenager. When Rush turned 18,
though, his father gave him back all of the money; this lesson
impressed Rush with the importance of saving, especially as he
then had enough money to buy his first car.
o Newark became the car-theft capital of New Jersey when a police
squad car was stolen from in front of the precinct. The thief was
almost arrested when a cop saw him joyriding, but the thief
ditched the car and managed to escaped.
o Fourteen-year-old Jacob from Sun City, CA said he enjoyed being
home-schooled by his parents because he didn't have to take
breaks and could finish his studies a lot earlier in the day.
Rush noted that a recent news story reported that some Asian
families didn't like New Jersey public schools because their kids
didn't get enough homework.
Rush asked if Jacob thought he was learning the things he needed
to know; Jacob was absolutely certain that he was learning far
more than he would in public schools. Rush asked if he missed not
being around other kids, and he replied that he had a lot of
friends from his swim team.
o Celebrity members of PETA held a holiday dinner at the house of
Cassandra Peterson (an actress who played "Mistress of the Dark"
Elvira). K.D. Lang, Patti Davis, Rue McClanahan, Katie Segal, and
River Phoenix were among those at the dinner. They did not eat
turkey, but a turkey was one of the guests who ate with them at
the dinner.
Rush was amazed at how many "kooks, nutburgers and locoweeds"
seemed to be setting a place at their Thanksgiving table for
turkeys. He wondered what these people thought they were actually
accomplishing, other than making themselves feel good.
o David from Hollywood, CA reported that about a month earlier
Santa Ana passed a "restroom rights" ordinance that allowed women
to use men's bathrooms if the line for the women's was too long.
David noted that the only reason this happened was because an
outsider, Gloria Allred, made a stink about it. A city council
member even took Allred to task for interfering with local issues
and for creating a problem where none existed before. David added
that Allred was a woman who "spits into jars and ships them to
Africa so pygmies have something to dip their darts in."
David also mentioned that a manufacturer of lambskin condoms was
being sued by the same man who forced Santa Barbara stores to
post warnings that lambskin condoms were not effective protection
against AIDS. David didn't feel too sorry for the manufacturer,
though, because it was also making a line of condom packages,
"Safe Play for Young Lovers," that were going to be marketed to
teenagers on MTV. Rush said he saw a picture of these condoms,
and the package looked like a pack of cigarettes. David said this
was just one of the reasons he believed that money was one of the
prime motivators behind the push for condoms.
Sharon from Newberg, OR was convinced that condom promoters were
fully aware that distributing condoms would "make more customers"
by increasing sexual activity. She also agreed that some groups
were trying to justify their behavior by promoting sex as much as
possible.
Sharon noted that Gloria Allred's husband owned a chain of
California abortion clinics. She thought this was just one more
example of how the pro-abortion industry was trying to hide its
financial links to abortion by promoting itself as a
philanthropic entity.
o About 44% of the women questioned in a Redbook poll said they
waited until the sixth date before going to bed with a man. Only
19% would have sex on the first date, while half of the 300 women
polled didn't have any "magic number" for sex on dates. Another
study showed that the rate of marriage for women in the 20 to 30
age range was declining; the number of single women in that age
group had doubled. Rush said he knew from personal experience
what a challenge it was to find a decent spouse.
o More scientists were claiming that sunspots were responsible
for global warming, which nevertheless was still not happening on
the scale indicated by those in the "doomsday crowd." The new
theory postulated that increased sunspot activity on the sun
showed that the sun's surface was getting warmer, which in turn
increased the Earth's temperature.
o A British scientist, Peter Wheeler of Liverpool Polytech, said
he believed that the ancestors of the human race first started
walking erect 4 to 7 million years ago after moving out of the
forest. The open land, however, proved too hot, so as to expose
less skin area the human ancestors started walking upright.
Wheeler added that the ancestors may have been forced into the
forests because global climate changes increased aridity and
shrunk the size of the rainforest. Rush was amazed to find out
that a rainforest could have been destroyed by something other
than "white people."
o A man in Medina, OH was standing outside the local K-Mart
holding a sign saying "will work for food." He disappeared when
the police were called, but returned later. The store finally
ended up hiring the man and agreed to pay him in food; however,
on Tuesday the man failed to show up for his first day of work.
Another man holding a similar sign was given a voucher for a
complete $29 dinner; instead of using the voucher for a meal,
though, he tried to turn it in for cash.
o Rush was ecstatic because he had just taken delivery of his new
Powerbook Macintosh computer. Michael from Albuquerque, NM,
however, was worried about Rush since he thought that it was the
"creative" crowd that liked Macs, while those who wanted to be
productive used IBM compatible PCs.
Rush said that Macintosh computers were so easy to use that
people found they became more productive simply because they
could do things they could never do before. He understood
Michael's fears, however, and reassured him that he would never
become an "art and croissant crowd member." Michael was glad to
hear that, and added that his 6-year old daughter named her
guinea pig after Rush, without any prompting from her father.
Rush was flattered to hear this.
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MORNING UPDATE
Rush wrote his 35 Undeniable Truths of Life in 1987, and his
Truth #24 states "feminism was established so as to allow
unattractive women easier access to the mainstream of society."
He has gotten much grief for this particular truth, but the Wall
Street Journal has provided some proof for it.
The Journal yesterday reported that two professors at the
University of Michigan and University of Texas found that all
other factors being equal, those who are considered "good
looking" earn an average of 10% more than those who are viewed as
"ugly," and 5% more than the "average looking." Men, however, are
more likely to be penalized for their bad looks as women.
Naomi Wolfe, "big-time feminist momma" and author of "The Beauty
Myth," agreed with the study's conclusion that people are
discriminated against by looks, but insisted that "women face
greater discrimination when it comes to looks." Since feminism is
supposed to be ending discrimination such as this, Wolfe's
comments are another way of phrasing Rush's own Undeniable Truth
of Life #24 - "case closed!" he exclaims.
FIRST HOUR
Items
o Rush hosted an old friend from San Diego last night, so they
went to Patsy's after taping the TV show. Rush notes that the
restaurant has a new dish, and Bo Snerdley excitedly asks if
they're finally carrying fried cheese. Rush has no doubts that
Patsy's could fry some cheese should his call screener desire it,
but only if Bo promised never to tell anybody about it. "They
have their reputations to think about," Rush noted.
The new dish was actually rigatoni shells, mushrooms, white
chicken, and mozzarella cheese (which was baked, not fried).
"It's sort of like a lasagna but only different," Rush gourmandly
states.
o On the TV show tonight Rush will be talking to Mary Matalin
who's getting married tomorrow night in New Orleans. Rush hopes
to share some of his own extensive experience with marriage with
her. Regis Philbin and his son will also be attending tonight's
taping.
Then after the taping, EIB One will take Rush to parts unknown.
Since Rush is not coming back from his vacation until Monday,
there will be "Best of Rush" shows on Thursday, Friday, and
Monday. Rush notes that he could get back in town on Sunday but
he refuses to deal with the traffic mess which will exist then.
Rush points out that the "Best of Rush" shows are great because
even if you've heard them before, you hear things you didn't hear
the first time.
o Rush has been talking about male/female relationships and the
"power of women" recently, and today's column by William
Raspberry in the Washington Post is titled "Women Taming Men."
Rush remarks how when Ronald Reagan told a joke about this in
1981, "the feminists just had a cow."
Of course, Matis Elementary School in Fremont won't allow their
students to say "women had a cow," but his show has no such
restrictions. "There are no sexual harassment guidelines here,"
Rush notes. "Whatever I saw is okay because this show is about me
and what I think, and whatever I say and think is okay." He adds
that his standards are high and his taste is impeccable.
Raspberry makes some amazing points in his column which echo much
of what George Gilder said in his book and in the March, 1993
issue of the Limbaugh Letter. Rush will talk about both later.
o A management employee at American Airlines sent Rush a letter
with some incredible and fascinating information about the recent
flight attendants' strike. The NY Times today also has a story
that proclaims this strike to be a "Victory for Women, Not
Unions."
Rush will talk more about this letter and story later, and he
adds that even now he has his crack research team finding out
just how many flight attendants are male. Thus, he wonders how
the Times story can conclude that the strike for flight
attendants was a victory for "women."
Also, Rush didn't watch the news last night, so it's news to him
that a "senior administration official" revealed yesterday that
American Airlines' CEO Bob Crandall was the one who called the
White House to arrange arbitration. President Clinton then
reportedly called Crandall back to confirm the plan.
Rush was surprised at this news because yesterday the story had
been that the Clinton administration had first called Crandall so
that Clinton could mend some fences with the unions. Today it
seems that it was Crandall who initiated this call. However, the
letter Rush received from the American Airlines employee seems to
indicate that Crandall was forced into the agreement to use
binding arbitration.
The letter writer points out that the flight attendants who
didn't strike are terrified now, because they've in addition to
being threatened by the unions, they now have to worry about
putting their livelihoods in the hands of some third party. The
employee also adds that Rush's show yesterday was the first time
he heard someone in the media talk about the limited options that
Crandall had in dealing with the unions and in responding to the
President's call. Yet, according the NY Times, it was Crandall
who really initiated that call.
"Average-looking" Nick Africano comes in to tell Rush that EIB's
crack research team has finished its endeavors. Rush digresses to
say that people who want to know why he's referring to Nick as
"average-looking" will have to watch Monday's show to find out.
Nick has just told Rush that 15 to 20% of the American Airlines
flight attendants are male. Rush wonders whether those guys will
be offended by the Times article that considers the strike to be
a "victory for women."
o The Progressive Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) of Linwood, WA
has run a full-page ad to protest the "Tiger penis soup" that is
being made by China. The ad even includes a picture of the soup.
o For some reason the previous story reminded Rush of John Wayne
Bobbitt, who was just told that courtroom TV would be televising
the malicious wounding trial of Lorena Bobbitt. From the reports
Rush has read, when Mr. Bobbitt heard this news, "he was beside
himself."
*BREAK*
Today's NY Times has a story with the headline "To Help Girls
Keep Up, Math Class Without Boys"; Rush notes that this means
Barbie was right when she said "math class is tough." The Times
reports that all-girl math and science classes are being proposed
in Ventura, CA schools to help girls "keep up" with boys on these
"hard science" courses.
The feminists, of course, are outraged whenever it's suggested
that girls do more poorly in these subjects than men. This story
also relates to how women are demanding to be admitted in
all-male institutions, such as the Citadel, and Rush promises to
talk more about it today.
Phone Steve from Hammonton, NJ
Steve has noted that Rush has been continually reminding people
that the Clinton administration's sole agenda is to socialize the
nation. Rush agrees and says that he's been getting letters from
people who were worried that he had forgotten about this when he
sided with Clinton on NAFTA. However, in spite of the fact that
Rush just happened to agree with Clinton on this one issue, he
remains fully aware of what the administration is really trying
to do.
Steve says that people should look beyond the headlines to look
at the administration's appointees, such as Donna Shalala,
Joycelyn Elders, and Morton Halperin. Hillary's "guru," Michael
Lerner, even dedicated one of his books to Karl Marx. These are
the people who are really having an impact on the country's
institutions, and there's not much attention being paid to them.
Rush agrees and promises he'll not forget these people or what
they're doing to the country.
*BREAK*
Returning to the subject of Michael Lerner and his "politics of
meaning," Rush says that he wrote a chapter about Lerner in his
second book. He nearly pulled this chapter from the book because
at the time he thought Lerner had passed out of the public eye,
but he decided to keep it in.
This proved to be a smart move because just as "See, I Told You
So" came out, Lerner started showing up again, making public
appearances with Hillary Clinton. Rush will be showing clips from
one of those appearances on an upcoming TV show.
Phone Ron from Boise, ID
Ron says that a local news program decided to visit a local Rush
Room. They asked one woman there why she showed up, and she
replied that she wanted to see what other people who listened to
Rush looked like. The reporter asked what conclusions she had
reached on this, and she replied that people who listened to Rush
"looked like America."
Rush loves this answer and bets that the reporter asking the
questions was stunned into stoned silence. It's as if these
reporters expect to find gargoyles and the Hunchback of Notre
Dame frequenting these Rush Rooms. They always seem to be
disappointed that all they find there are the people who make
America work.
Rush tells Ron that he's envious of him and all his fellow
Idahoans because they're getting real winter weather. He remarks
that his dream is someday to find a scene like that shown in the
Budweiser and Miller ads - a winter sleigh taking people to a
snow-covered house that's gaily decorated for Christmas with a
fire raging in the fireplace. He hopes to eventually find such a
place and have a Christmas just like this, complete with the
Budweiser theme music.
Of course, Rush doesn't envy those people whose cars get stuck in
the snow or whose heaters break down, but on the whole he does
envy those who have a white Christmas.
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Items
o Rush was just told by his staff that a made-for-TV movie on
John and Lorena Bobbitt is already in the works; reportedly, this
movie will be a "two-parter." However, early analysis of Lorena
Bobbitt's upcoming trial indicates that she will "get off easy";
John Wayne Bobbitt may not be so lucky.
o New York mayor David Dinkins will become a senior research
scholar at Columbia University's new Institute for Research in
African-American studies. Dinkins will start working for the
school when he leaves office next January, and reportedly, the
campus is already becoming a better place in anticipation of
Dinkins' arrival.
However, if history repeats itself, within a year, the school
will be plagued with labor disputes, sanitation problems, and a
skyrocketing increase in the crime rate.
Phone Ed from San Bernadino, CA
Ed says that if Rush feels he would never get into politics
because he doesn't want to compromise his principles by taking
money, then how can anyone trust any politician, regardless of
party? Rush says that money is the mother's milk of politics and
it certainly corrupts; however, he wouldn't suggest that everyone
in politics is totally corrupted, although he can't see how
anyone wouldn't get corrupted at least a little bit.
Ed remembers that Abraham Lincoln realized this when he first
arrived in Washington and saw all the people there with their
hands out. Lincoln remarked "they're too many people for the
teats." Rush says that this is just another thing that he and old
Abe have in common, given that last year he suggested that the
U.S. national symbol be changed to a dilapidated sow with a slew
of little piglets jockeying for position to suckle at the sow's
nipples.
Rush points to all of the members of Congress who opposed NAFTA;
as he has shown, they were motivated by the big, big money they
get from Big Labor. When Charles Keating was asked if he thought
his contributions to the Keating Five were buying influence,
Keating replied "hell, yes, and a lot of it."
However, Rush again stresses that he has no intention or desire
to get into politics. He has never been interested in politics,
especially since the lifestyle is one in which there is never a
day off. If people love wearing a coat and tie every day of their
life, then they might love politics, but Rush still wants to have
a private life.
Politicians, though, are public officials all the time, and they
have to be accomplished minglers and love going to all sorts of
public events. Rush says he is too much of a loner, and loners
simply can't make it in politics; having a "keep me away from the
crowd" attitude is simply not a winning one for those who want to
win elections.
*BREAK*
Rush says he respects Thomas Sowell a great deal, and Sowell's
column today is about "the new barbarians - today's youngsters."
Rush says that people such as Sowell and Walter Williams fuel him
and other conservatives with their brilliance, and demonstrate
how conservatives are not an isolated and lonely bunch. Men such
as these give conservatives confidence in their beliefs.
Phone Jerry from Lodi, CA
Jerry's son is in the armed forces, and he sent Jerry a copy of
Nov. 7th issue of the Pacific Stars and Stripes; the letters
section had a page titled "Dittoheads rally for Rush," and was
full of letters from servicemen and servicewomen who wanted
Rush's show to be on Armed Forces Radio. The letters pointed out
that the liberals were well represented on AFR, but conservatives
such as Rush were not present.
Rush thanks Jerry for this information, and notes that his show
is often accused of being unbalanced and not presenting all sides
of the issues; yet, he has to present the liberal view of things
so he can "nuke it." He recalls that during the Gulf War, Armed
Forces Radio rejected requests by members of the military to air
his show.
EIB called and offered to send its show to AFR free of charge,
but AFR rejected the offer. AFR alleged that EIB refused to cut
the show down to one hour or so, but Rush notes that EIB is more
than willing to do this; it requires its commercial affiliates to
carry all three hours, but would be very glad to provide shorter
versions of each show to the military so they could fit it into
its schedule.
Last week, Rep. Bob Dornan (R-CA) and 61 other members of
Congress sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Les Aspin to
request that he help get Rush's show on the network. After all,
what kind of morale-building is provided by programs such as Phil
Donahue's show, which belittles the military every chance it
gets? Les Aspin has equivocated in his typical manner on this
issue, so Rush doubts he'll ever do anything about it.
Rush thus wants to let his listeners in the military know that he
appreciates their support and the efforts they are making on
EIB's behalf; EIB, however, is also working hard to get itself on
the AFR. Rush, though, would like to reiterate that his show does
provide both the liberal and conservative sides of each issue
because he has to; he can't refute the liberals' viewpoints
unless he first accurately and honestly presents them.
*BREAK*
Rush plays a bit of Mannheim Steamroller's Christmas music, and
says he is really in the Christmas mood right now. He's
especially glad to be living in a place that has real winters,
unlike areas such as Los Angeles, where it can be December but
still have temperatures in the 90s.
*BREAK*
SECOND HOUR
Items
o EIB has 638 affiliates.
o Rush wishes Mo Thacker, president of the United Screenwriters
of America local and "average union thug," a happy Thanksgiving.
o For the TV show tonight, EIB sent out a TV camera to ask people
what they think Thanksgiving is all about. Rush would thus like
to ask today's callers if they know what the truth of the first
Thanksgiving was.
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William Raspberry's column in today's Washington Post is titled
"Women Taming Men," and its timing couldn't be better, given what
Rush has been saying this week about men, women, and the power
women have. Rush has long said that militant feminists are trying
to change natural human behavior and roles, and Raspberry is yet
one more person who's come around to Rush's way of thinking.
Raspberry writes:
"A. L. Allen has been thinking about inner-city crime and
violence and family deterioration. He's read the politicians, the
sociologists and the pundits, and he thinks everybody has it
wrong.
"`The call by liberals has been for more social programs funded
by government money. The moderates want more job opportunities to
lure males away from drugs and violence. The conservatives want
to re-establish traditional values of marriage and hard work-all
in an attempt to end the problems faced by inner cities. And the
emphasis has been on the African American male' as the missing
father and as the perpetrator and victim of violence.
"But says Allen: `It occurs to me that perhaps we are focusing on
the wrong group. Our efforts should be aimed at reaching not the
males but the females. If, under some ideal situation, we could
bring millions of well-paying jobs to the inner city, I don't
believe hard work for a decent paycheck is going to be more
alluring than guns, drug money, and sex without responsibility.
"`As long as women tolerate this behavior in men, it will
continue. As long as women continue to have relationships with,
and continue to bear the children of, men who do not marry them,
men will continue to be absent fathers.'"
Rush says that this couldn't be more right, and it echoes what
George Gilder wrote in his book "Men and Marriage." Gilder made a
number of brilliant points in his book, as well as in the
interview he did for the Limbaugh Letter earlier this year.
Gilder said that robbing the inner city male of his role and
responsibility as the primary wage-earner for a family inevitably
leads to a societal breakdown.
Gilder noted that a man is more aggressive and more powerful than
a woman, so every society has the problem of channeling this
greater power and masculinity so that it aids civilization. The
chief way of doing this is by assigning the man the provider
role, so he can provide goods and services within the society and
thereby support his family.
When the male is no longer the chief provider for the family, he
has to find his masculinity in other ways. Gilder noted that
because the lowest common denominator of masculinity is greater
physical force and aggressiveness, the result is always increased
crime. Thus, society has always had the choice of being a
patriarchy where men tend to rule, which can work, or the society
can pretend to be a matriarchy, which is contrary to nature.
This has happened in the inner cities, where those who really
rule are the gangs of young, violent males. If the channels of
marriage, family, and the provider role aren't provided, then
crime and violence escalate. Gilder summed things up by saying
that men could be allowed to rule either as husbands or as
violent males.
He added that "the man's very link to the future of the human
race passes through the womb of a woman. What lends meaning to
his sexuality is the woman's willingness to identify specific
children as his, and the problem with sexual breakdown is that
those links of men to children, and thus to the biological future
of the race, are broken. And he's left to fulfill his manhood in
violence, which is the other great male forte."
Rush notes that this echoes what Raspberry writes - that as long
as women tolerate men's uncivilized behavior, those men will
continue to be absent fathers. This kind of thinking, though,
goes against the type of thinking that goes on in the left,
especially among feminists.
The militant feminists don't want there to be any ties to males,
and certain ties and links that are desired by some women are
ridiculed and put down. The fact, though, is that this all comes
down to illegitimacy and the devaluing of marriage, which has
resulted in situations in which all the benefits of marriage can
be had without any of the responsibilities. Raspberry also
writes:
"Women, it has been argued by observers from Margaret Mead to
George Gilder, are the civilizers of the society. Sex being hers
to grant or withhold, she has withheld it in exchange for
commitment. And why shouldn't she? The consequences - pregnancy
and childbirth - are infinitely more serious for her than for her
free-roaming sexual partner. His sexual drive became the leverage
by which she domesticated him and tied him to the family. Women
created marriage and made family possible."
Rush notes that George Gilder's book on this very same topic was
rejected for publishing by a New York publishing house because it
so contradicted the conventional wisdom. Now, though, because the
left's "solutions" to these problems haven't worked, this truth
can no longer be denied, as Raspberry notes:
"There's another possibility, though: that the female's power to
tame may not be so much forgotten as gone. Maybe the breakdown of
family really does, as Charles Murray suggests, lead to a culture
whose rules of behavior are established by unsocialized
adolescent males. Once you get to that point, is it possible to
go back?
"It's a question we'd better start thinking about, for what
happens in the inner cities - including violence, brutishness and
the exploding out-of-wedlock birth rate - is frequently an early
warning sign of what is coming for the rest of society.
"Allen, by the way, doesn't claim (and neither do I) that there
was ever a time when women possessed unquestioned power over - or
responsibility for - male behavior. He doesn't even suggest (as I
sometimes fear) that the sexual freedom women have achieved in
recent years has been a contributor to our social disequilibrium.
"He offers only the tentative suggestion that unless we can
re-induce young women to take on the task of civilizing young
men, social chaos may well be both unavoidable and irreversible.
It's a sobering thought. I hope it's not sexist as well."
Raspberry also notes in this column a basic truth of human
nature: "when it comes to sex, a woman needs a reason, a man
needs a place." He hesitates to think of the outraged reactions
that Naomi Wolfe, Gloria Steinem, and the other modern feminists
would have at this idea. Yet, women have always held the real
power over men, given that they could deny sex and its pleasures
to those men who refused to agree to the commitments and
responsibilities that should go along with that sex.
Rush is pleased that he, his shows, and his books and newsletter
have been saying this very same thing for years. His show is
ridiculed by so many who never listen to it as being reactionary,
yet it has been bringing forth important ideas such as these
throughout its history. "See, I told you so," Rush notes, adding
that his book of the same name has now sold a confirmed 800,000
copies.
*BREAK*
Rush plays some of Mannheim Steamroller's music, and notes that
the group will be at the Fox Theater this weekend in St. Louis.
Phone Craig from San Andreas, CA
Craig has been listening to Rush since his days in Sacramento and
gives "99.9% dittos." He's a government employee, working for the
Parks Dept. as a Ranger, so he's a bit disappointed at how Rush
puts down government employees; he notes that the job he does is
worthwhile and useful.
Rush says he yesterday disparaged how the government is the
largest employer in Kansas City because the government really
doesn't produce anything. If government is ever going to be
downsized, this means the number of government employees has to
be downsized, too. Of course, this means that there have to be
jobs in the private sector for these laid-off government workers,
which is one reason why the private sector has to grow.
Rush doesn't doubt that people, such as Craig, do some great work
for the government, but there are a lot of bureaucrats in
government who come up with only more regulations that bottle up
business. While people like Craig do worthwhile work, it is
undeniable that there are many people who choose government work
because they are incompetent and couldn't do anything else.
Craig agrees with that, and Rush admits that he should probably
harp on "bureaucrats" instead of "government employees." It seems
that those who want to become bureaucrats simply aren't good or
productive at doing anything.
Craig says that for the past 12 years he's worked for the
government, it's tried to solve the federal debt by punishing its
workers. For example, Craig and his fellow Rangers haven't had
any wage increases in a long time. Rush points out, though, that
this is not something limited only to government employees; for
example, American Airlines' management hasn't had a raise in
three years, and this will continue, given how the recent strike
destroyed any possibility of a profit for this year's fourth
quarter.
*BREAK*
Thomas Sowell's column in today's papers relates how he was
practicing his tennis game with one of those machines that
launches tennis balls. A young kid, perhaps 4 or 5, who was
watching appeared mesmerized by the tennis machine and started
approaching it. Sowell warned him against getting too close, and
his father half-heartedly told the kid that they should leave.
The kid, though, ignored the father, who seemed to have no
authoritarian power over his son at all. Sowell thus had to turn
off the machine, given that he could have been sued had the kid
continued to defy his father and gotten close enough to have been
injured.
Sowell then writes about how after this experience with "the
modern middle-class parent in action (or inaction)," he read
about a local teacher who won an award. The teacher, though,
didn't win the award because she taught her kids reading or
writing, but because she taught them "self-esteem."
This teacher "didn't believe in a lot of academic demands,
grades, or homework" because this might have hurt her kids'
self-esteem. Her attitude was demonstrated by the sign on her
classroom wall that said "question authority," but Sowell notes
that there is barely authority left to question today in society.
"All the talk about the root causes of crime failed to notice the
obvious," Sowell writes. "People commit crime because they're
people, because they're innately selfish and do not care about
how their behavior affects other people unless they've been
raised to care otherwise or unless they fear the criminal justice
system. The same people who are undermining the notion of
imposing either internal or external restraints on children have
also been undermining the prosecution and punishment of
criminals. They have succeeded all too well on both fronts, and
we'll all be paying the price of that success for some time to
come."
Rush agrees - absolutes of right and wrong are no longer
important, which is why someone can bust someone else's head open
with a brick and walk away virtually scot-free.
Phone Don from Peoria, AZ
Don says that thanks to Rush, radio station KFYI has become
Arizona's number one talk radio station. Rush is glad to be part
of something that is number one. Don says he also talked to
Governor Fife Symington yesterday at a gathering of the nation's
governors; the governors are forming a Constitutional Defense
Council which will hire the best constitutional lawyers so as to
sue the federal government over its imposing unreasonable EPA
demands and other mandates on the state governments and
taxpayers.
Rush says he's heard about this, and someone sent him a copy of
what Symington said about all this. Rush noted that he has talked
to a number of governors over the years, and in particular,
Governor Pete Wilson of California has complained long and loud
about how the federal government requires his state to pay for
all sorts of benefits to illegal aliens. The federal government,
though, doesn't pay for what it's mandating the states do.
Rush notes that some of the best work in the country, as far as
governing and fighting back against the assault of liberalism
goes, is being done by Republican governors. Don says that it's
the little guys who are fighting back against the big guys; he
adds that Rush was once a little guy who successfully took on the
big guys and thereby has become a big guy.
Rush says that EIB really isn't a big guy since although it's
growing and hiring people, it hasn't been producing a plethora of
shows. Instead, it's concentrating on that which it does best.
EIB is big where it counts - with the American people - but it by
no means is a big guy in the broadcasting industry. If anything,
most of those in broadcasting hate and revile Rush because of the
changes he's brought about in the industry.
The big guys still think Rush is just a fad who will eventually
disappear, thereby allowing the real "kings" to reassume their
rightful place. However, Rush notes that this is the kind of
contempt which just fuels EIB and encourages everyone there to do
even better.
*BREAK*
Phone Terry from Concord, CA
Terry first thanks Rush for converting him from being a very
staunch liberal into a very staunch conservative. Terry doesn't
mind admitting that he did make some mistakes in his past, but
Rush's being a beacon of life and truth showed him "the way
things ought to be." Terry adds that he is using the Limbaugh
Letter in his quest to convert his still-liberal wife.
Terry says that if Rush is interested in some nice, romantic
sleigh rides, he should visit the Homestead Inn in Midway, UT.
This is a huge, white lodging house that has sleigh rides over
pure-white snow-covered fields, and rooms with roaring
fireplaces. Terry notes that if anyone wants to visit a really
romantic winter spot, this is it.
Rush says that this is close to what his dream is, but he still
would like to be in something like the Miller Beer ads which run
every Christmas. In fact, since Miller is a sponsor for Rush's TV
show, he is hoping that they run their Christmas commercial on
his show. Terry agrees that living what is in that commercial
would be a great experience, but he's certain that the Clinton
administration will find some way to tax it.
Terry adds that about three months ago, a Baptist church was
holding a meeting with Lou Sheldon, and gay activists stormed the
church, banged down on the doors, knocked down and destroyed
benches, etc. Nobody was ever arrested, though, and it didn't
even make the national news until CBN covered it.
Rush says that this is yet another example of the bias that
exists in the press. Those in the media probably thought that
Sheldon "deserved" such barbaric treatment for being what they
thought was a "homophobe."
Rush goes back to his dream of having a sleigh ride through the
snow, as is portrayed in all those commercials - Rush doubts that
such a thing ever happens since it would require the perfect
amount of snow covering the hills, a sleigh, a big house with a
roaring fireplace, and such. The closest thing he's ever seen to
this is Lake Tahoe, but he'd prefer to experience this in a rural
community.
Phone Ted from Clackamas, OR
Rush notes that Clackamas, OR should not be confused with Yakima,
WA, which was the first place in the country that required
home-owners to use 90-gallon trash cans on wheels. Rush notes
that these 90-gallon trash cans are "huge things - you could
probably kill at least 200 mice and put 'em in there and keep the
lid on until the trash guys came."
The EIB staff say that this idea would never catch on in New York
because the homeless would just start living in those cans.
Because of his dissertation on 90-gallon trash cans, Rush no
longer has time to talk to Ted, so he asks Ted to hang on through
the break.
*BREAK*
Rush wonders if he could get Miller to film a new Christmas
commercial; perhaps if he donated his time, he could even be in
it. Of course, given how things are done nowadays, they'll
probably tell him that they do it all on computers.
Phone Ted from Clackamas, OR (continued)
Ted says that Paul Harvey last Saturday answered a number of
listeners' questions about Rush. Ted says Harvey showed his
typical class, especially how he "slammed Sally" without ever
using her name. Rush says that his own mother does not miss a
minute of Paul Harvey's shows, and she sent him a copy of the
tape of this segment.
Rush says he met Paul Harvey and his wife Angel at the Radio Hall
of Fame awards, and he could only praise Harvey for setting all
the standards in radio which he was still trying to meet; Rush
adds that he will have judged himself a success if someday he is
able to approximate just some of those standards which Harvey has
established.
Ted says Harvey "gave that as a first impression, that he thought
perhaps that you were too immature to reach that status." Rush is
intrigued by this comment and holds Ted over the break.
*BREAK*
THIRD HOUR
Phone Ted from Clackamas, OR (continued)
Rush asks Ted about Harvey's comment; from what Rush remembers,
Harvey told him that he was initially worried about Rush's
induction into the Hall of Fame after only five years of national
broadcasting, given that this is an award for lifetime
achievement. However, Harvey soon talked himself out of those
fears.
Ted says this is what he heard, too, and adds that Harvey gave
Rush every "dignified accolade" he could, in his own unique
style. Rush says that he is also very serious about his opinion
of Harvey - this is a man who set and raised so many standards
that Rush, although no slouch himself, would do well to even get
near some of those standards.
Ted thinks Harvey gives quite a dignity to the radio profession;
"even liberals listen to Paul," he adds. Rush says that Harvey is
quite an icon in the industry, but one interesting thing that
Rush has noticed is that Harvey, along with Rush's grandfather,
represent another generation and another era. There are clear
generational differences in the way these people speak, in the
respect they have for others, and the respect they have for
themselves.
There are probably differences like this between all generations,
but Harvey simply represents how those who are truly number one
in almost any field demonstrate good taste and manners. The
media, though, doesn't think good taste is "sexy," so it focuses
on those with bad taste and who appeal to the lowest common
denominator of human nature. Thus, Harvey doesn't really get his
due from others in the media.
One of the other reasons some of those in broadcasting today
don't appreciate Harvey's success, or even acknowledge it, is
because he makes more than most of them. Harvey makes more than
anyone at ABC Television and this bugs the heck out of them, not
just because Harvey is conservative but because he's on radio and
dares to do commercials.
The NFL puts out an interesting poster that demonstrates how good
taste and American values are representative of the majority of
Americans - this poster reminds people "if you know more people
bowl in one week than attend NFL games in a season, then you know
America."
This is absolutely true, yet bowling is made fun of and
ridiculed. Of course, bowling is far more accessible than
professional football, yet there is an important lesson to be
learned here. For example, there are a lot of people who go to
church, yet religion is also under attack as well. Thus, the
point is that if people listen only to the dominant media, they
could get a distorted view of what America really is. Rush thanks
Ted for calling.
********
Today's NY Times reports that union leaders are proclaiming that
the end of the strike against American Airlines by its flight
attendants was a "breakthrough for working women rather than a
victory for organized labor." The Times states that the airlines
are more thoroughly dominated by "well-paid men" than other
industries.
The Times also notes that "through the years, flight attendants,
most of whom have been women, have been forced to settle for less
than the airlines' male employees: less pay, inferior benefits,
more inconvenient working arrangements, and indignities,
including rigid dress and weight codes, and lectures on how to be
nice." Rush asks why it's an "indignity" for an industry that's
in the retail service business to mandate that its employees
treat its customers nicely.
Rush notes, though, that 15 to 20% of the flight attendants who
work for American Airlines are men. Thus, how can the end of the
strike be called a "victory for women"? This story, by claiming
that these flight attendants were treated they way they were
simply because they were women, is just another example of how
all women are being turned into victims.
The Times also points out that flight attendants make only 20% of
what the pilots make, but Rush really wonders if anyone can make
any sort of comparison between the two jobs of pilot and flight
attendant. Would anyone want to be in a plane which is being
landed by a flight attendant?
The Times says that flight attendants earn an average of $23,000
a year, which is about 20% of a pilot's pay. The Times then
complains that "even American baggage handlers, most of them men,
earn more than flight attendants." Women also make up 46% of the
American workforce, but few of them have made it into management
positions or union leadership roles.
Rush notes that the sad thing about this story is that American
Airlines chairman Bob Crandall has a responsibility to his
stockholders and his customers. However, his first responsibility
is to make sure his company makes a profit, and one of the main
things he has to do to make a profit is to remain competitive.
The customers right now are demanding low fares, so Crandall has
to provide them to remain competitive.
While he's trying to do this, though, he's facing a number of
obstacles, such as the conventional wisdom that management in
general, and CEOs in particular, have as their goal the
mistreatment and harassment of their workers. This certainly has
happened in some instances, but it's not the normal way of life
in corporate America.
Rush notes that there are 21,000 flight attendants working for
American Airlines, but it has more than 80,000 other employees.
Thus, these 21,000 flight attendants, who have gotten their
yearly wage increases while management has gone without such
increases for three years, decided to go out on strike, thereby
jeopardizing the jobs of these other employees.
The flight attendants even encouraged customers to go patronize
other airlines. The attendants must have known that the strike
would be eventually settled, so why did they encourage customers
to hate their own airline? Rush recalls that when he worked for
the Kansas City Royals, the players went out on strike; the fans
called the stadium and told the Royals' management that they were
on the team's side and hated the players. The Royals, though,
didn't want this because the players were the product that was
being sold; the management knew that if the fans hated the
players, there'd be no reason to show up for any more games. If
anything, the management would rather have had the fans hate them
instead of the players.
The flight attendants, though, were out on strike, doing their
best to make sure their company lost money. Rush understands that
a lot of mistrust exists between labor and management, yet labor
has to realize that it's profits which pay people. If the workers
do things to harm the company and discourage its profitability,
then how do they expect to be paid later on? What did American's
flight attendants hope they'd achieve by destroying any hopes for
profits in the fourth quarter, not to mention destroying the
customer loyalty that existed? What have the flight attendants
achieved by portraying their company as an evil entity?
Rush wishes employees would learn who and what pays them. He
confesses that he learned this lesson late in life himself; for
far too long in his early radio career, he thought the purpose of
radio stations was to give him his chance to become a star. It's
no surprise that he was fired several times and that he never
amounted to much back then.
Rush turned things around only when he realized that he had to
get himself personally involved in the income generation of his
station; he had to be able to demonstrate that he was responsible
for so many dollars coming in to the station. The labor unions,
though, have gotten their rank and file worked up into such an
anti-management, class envy type of fervor that they've lost
sight of what really generates the workers' pay. Rush understands
that the unions often have to fight for any concessions they get,
but it doesn't help matters when workers and unions forget about
how it's profits that make paychecks possible.
*BREAK*
Phone Keith from St. Louis, MO
Keith is a pilot for a major airline, who thanks Rush for EIB's
station list since he and his fellow pilots use it as a "backup
navigation system" when they fly around the country. Rush says
he's heard from pilots who say that they listen to his show on
the cockpit radio, and Keith stresses that he uses Rush's show
"strictly for backup."
Keith says that he's surprised to see the unions are turning the
American Airlines strike into a male vs. female issue, especially
since there are female pilots and they get paid just as much as
the men. Becoming a pilot, though, does require a heck of a lot
more training than becoming a flight attendant.
Keith adds that since he didn't initially learn to fly in the
military, he's had to learn his craft "the hard way," i.e.
privately. Rush asks if he sits in the "second seat" - the
copilot seat - and Keith says yes, but is hoping to work his way
up to pilot within a couple of years. Rush thanks him for his
call.
*BREAK*
Rush remarks that Mannheim Steamroller has become a sponsor for
his TV show, and they've given EIB permission not only to play
their music but also their videos. Since Friday will be the first
official day of the Christmas season, Rush plans to take full
advantage of the group's offer. He warns, though, that listeners
who plan to spend Friday shopping that there are more muggers,
purse snatchers, and such out on that day.
Phone Sheila from Newport News, VA
Sheila says that she is a school teacher and thus is an employee
for the state of Virginia. She agrees with the park ranger who
called earlier that there are many government employees who are
hard-working and productive. However, because many years ago she
worked for the Labor Department in Washington, DC, she knows that
there are many, many such employees who aren't hard-working. In
fact, she thinks the Labor Dept. is misnamed, simply because
there is so little labor going on within it.
Sheila to this day still doesn't know what her department did, or
for that matter what her boss did in his office. There were three
other people in the office, and Sheila's main job ended up
keeping the creditors away from one lady who lost a bundle in the
silver scandal. Rush remembers that scandal in which the Hunts
and others tried to gain a monopoly on silver; someone tried to
sucker him in on that deal, but he didn't fall for it.
Sheila says that another guy had five girlfriends, and it was her
"job" to help him keep straight which girlfriend was which, and
whom he was taking out each night. The third person in the office
was a lady nearing retirement, and all she did was watch soap
operas at her desk all day. And this lady was the most dedicated
person in the office, given that she did stay at her desk.
Sheila was so bored at this job that she had to find things to do
to pass the time. Rush says that this is why many people end up
being bureaucrats - you don't have to be good to be a bureaucrat;
in fact, if you gum up the works, you're considered a success as
a bureaucrat.
Rush asks Sheila if she knows why the first Thanksgiving was
held. She says that according to her school's textbook, this
supposedly happened because the pilgrims were thanking the
Indians for helping them grow their food. Of course, had the
Indians known then what they know now, they would have been far
less hospitable towards the Pilgrims. Rush adds that had the
Indians done such a thing, the Brady Bill would have been passed
a couple hundred years earlier.
Sheila agrees with Rush that the liberals have ruined the
educational system, and she can sympathize with Thomas Sowell's
piece on how the "teacher of the year" gets praised for helping
kids develop their "self-esteem." Rush notes that anyone who
agrees with Sheila's textbook answer about the Pilgrims is "way,
way wrong," and he will explain why in detail on his TV show
tonight.
Phone Mike from Mt. Vernon, IA
Mike is glad that Rush is talking more about the Second
Amendment, but adds that the NRA's instant background checks
would not have stopped Patrick Purdey, the scum who killed the
children in Stockton, from buying his guns. Although Purdey had
been arrested seven times on felony charges, he was able to
plea-bargain them down to misdemeanors.
Thus, even if a complete background check had been done, nothing
would have been found to disqualify him from buying those guns.
Rush adds that California also has a 15-day waiting period, which
obviously didn't do much to deter Purdey from committing his
murders.
Mike adds that he used to live in California, and knows Chris
Collins, the morning DJ at FM102 in Sacramento. Rush recalls how
Collins came dressed as a Nicaraguan Contra when he attended a
roast of Rush several years ago.
Returning to the subject of guns, Mike says that people like
Purdey will continue to menace the country as long as felonies
can be plea-bargained down to misdemeanors. Mike notes that when
California instituted its 15-day waiting period for gun
purchases, it was claimed that this would end crime in the state;
however, he still got held up at a gas station by someone who had
been released on his own recognizance after being arrested on
grand theft auto charges.
Rush notes that the legalization of guns is often compared to the
legalization of drugs. However, there are many differences
between the two, the most notable of which is that the U.S.
Constitution requires the legalization of guns. And the fact is
if the liberals interpreted the Second Amendment as they did the
rest of the Constitution, gun-ownership would not only be legal,
but mandatory.
Liberals discover all sorts of rights in the Constitution which
aren't there, yet to liberals these things are clearly implied.
Yet liberals will argue about the Second Amendment, which is
written quite clearly in the Bill of Rights.
*BREAK*
Phone Dick from Kailua, HI
Dick says hello to the "Great Kahuna on the Hudson," and Rush
remarks that for all of his wishes about being able to ride in a
sleigh through the snow, he wouldn't turn down a trip to Hawaii
either. Dick says that it's about 72 degrees, but the wind's
chill factor makes it about 65 degrees. If these "freezing
temperatures" keep up, he notes, he might have to dig out one of
his sweaters from the trunk in which it's packed.
Dick says that the first Thanksgiving was proclaimed by George
Washington in 1789, with President Washington noting that it was
the "providence of all nations to acknowledge the Providence of
Almighty God, to obey His will, and to be grateful for His
benefits and to humbly implore His protection, aid, and favor."
Rush says that this might be the first "official" Thanksgiving,
but his question to callers actually refers to the first
Thanksgiving held between the Pilgrims and the Indians. Rush
contends that this particular piece of history has been mistaught
throughout the years.
Dick says that things could be worse - if it were up to the
animal rights wackos, the turkey would be wearing a bib and he'd
be sitting at the table with everyone else. Rush would not be
surprised to see the animal rights wackos doing this, given that
"so many of them are turkeys - they do take it personally." Rush
thanks Dick for his call.
Phone Laura from Sheboygan, WI
Laura says that she first tuned in when Rush was planning Dan's
Bake Sale, and Rush remarks that he is now being deluged with
requests for bake sales everywhere. Laura says that Rush's
remarks about the William Raspberry column reminded her of how
the book "Sex Respect" was removed from her local school because
it dared to say "boys use love to get sex, and girls use sex to
get love." Yet, this is the same thing that Raspberry is saying.
When Laura heard Rush talk about this, all she could say was
"see, I told you so."
Rush thinks that's a great thing to say, and notes that a lot of
people really hate the truth. However, the truth is exactly as
Raspberry states: "when it comes to sex, a woman needs a reason,
a man needs a place." Rush admits that Raspberry was making a bit
of a joke about this, but like all good humor, it's firmly based
on the truth.
*BREAK*
"Crime has been stopped in America!" Rush proclaims, because only
moments earlier, Congress ended its deadlock and passed the Brady
Bill. The bill will now go to President Clinton, and when he
signs it, crime in America (except for white-collar "rich
cheating the poor" crime) will be ended. Rush is pleased he could
be alive to see this great day, not to mention that Congress can
go home for the holidays basking in the glow of a job well-done,
and come back next year refreshed, ready for more "big-time,
super legislation."
Phone Susan from Danville, CA
Susan has read "See, I Told You So," so she can answer Rush's
question about the Pilgrims. She is also glad because she talked
to Rush one year ago, so since this is their one-year
anniversary, she gives "a gazillion telepathic megadittos from
the schizo-soprano of San Francisco whose operatic talent is on
loan from God."
She adds that in addition to singing legit opera, she also sings
a special version of "Quando M'en Vo' " from Puccini's La Boheme
to Republican clubs around the area; of course, this version of
the aria is called "Quando Limbaugh." She thanks Rush for
inspiring her to go beyond being a "singer who voted Republican";
she's now gotten involved and is helping out with local politics,
including the Bay Area's only conservative congressman, Bill
Baker.
Susan would like to answer Rush's question about the Pilgrims,
but he asks her to give only a hint. She thus says that the
Pilgrims originally tried a socialist approach to life, but it
didn't work. Rush shushes her because she's said too much and has
gotten too close to the real reason for the first Thanksgiving.
He promises that his TV show tonight will reveal all about this
riddle, and he thanks Susan for calling.
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