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Summary: Unofficial Summary for Thursday, November 13, 1992
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Unofficial Summary of the Rush Limbaugh Show

for Friday, November 13, 1992

by John Switzer

NOTE: This is being posted to both alt.fan.rush-limbaugh and
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please let me know. Thanks - [e-mail].

This unofficial summary is copyright (c) 1992 by John Switzer.
All Rights Reserved. These summaries are distributed on
CompuServe, GEnie, and the Internet, and archived on GEnie (NPC
Roundtable) and Internet (cathouse.aiss.uiuc.edu).  Distribution
to other electronic forums and bulletin boards is highly
encouraged. Spelling and other corrections gratefully received.

Please read the standard disclaimer which was included with the
first summary for this month. In particular, please note that
this summary is not approved or sanctioned by Rush Limbaugh or
the EIB network, nor do I have any connection with them other as
a daily listener.

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November 13, 1992

NEWS

o       Aauuuiggghhh! <<excuse me for that editorial comment>>
Today's Los Angeles Times reports that Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
and her husband have bought a house in Summerland, which is about
5 miles south of Santa Barbara, CA. Reportedly, Bill and Hillary
Clinton will use the house as a vacation home during the Clinton
Presidency. There's been no comment yet as to whether the
Clintons will be visiting Ronald and Nancy Reagan at their ranch
in nearby Santa Ynez.

 MORNING UPDATE

<<The update is missing because neither KTMS nor KFI played it
today>>

FIRST HOUR

Items

o       In next week's issue of TV Guide Bill Clinton states that
he is upset with some of the television shows that are on the air
these days because they don't promote the right "values." Tony Lo
Bianco comments that it's obvious Clinton is "out of touch."

o       Rush rejoices that New York City is expecting a cold
winter - "there's a huge mutha of a cold front coming in - the
mother of all cold fronts!" Rush plans on hunkering down in front
of his electronic fireplace tonight so that he can enjoy the
cold.

o       Yesterday Rush heard from a few EIB affiliates who didn't
understand his comments about Clinton's press conference. Rush is
certain that Clinton timed his press conference so that it would
interrupt his show, and Rush made a big deal about this, telling
people that this was the President-elect's first act of
"retribution."

Rush enjoyed himself as he made such accusations since he
certainly expected many of EIB's affiliates would carry Clinton's
first press conference since most of them are some sort of
news/talk radio station. However, some affiliates were upset
about Rush's tone and claimed that Rush was telling his listeners
to call the stations and complain.

Rush points out that he is not an activist host and does not
usually encourage his listeners to take action. However, some
loyal listeners deluged their local affiliates with "calls of
near rage and anger." Rush tells his fans that the EIB affiliates
don't need to be threatened because "they know you're out there,"
and Rush is certain that none of his affiliates are part of any
conspiracy to "shaft this show."

o       Rush received a fax yesterday from Paul Weyrich, a
"silent conservative leader" who operates at the grass-roots
level. Weyrich goes to communities and precincts and instructs
conservatives on how to canvass their districts and get out the
vote. Weyrich is a "national treasure" who doesn't seek publicity
or controversy but instead rolls up his sleeves and does things.

Weyrich also founded the Heritage Foundation, and his most recent
activities include creating the Free Congress Foundation and
travelling to Easter European nations to teach them about
capitalism and democracy. Weyrich is in Poland right now giving
training seminars on elections and the market economy. "Why not?"
he writes. "Unlike the Bush campaign, the people here listen to
my advice!"

Weyrich says that at a banquet, Mr. Mikke, the chairman of the
Union of Realistic Policy and member of the Polish Parliament,
rose to give a toast. Mikke praise Weyrich for offering his help
and then proposed that "Mr. Weyrich undertake a project that
would greatly benefit us in Poland - I propose he supply us with
Rush Limbaugh tapes so we can understand the issues and add to
our common sense."

Weyrich thus tells Rush that he shouldn't be discouraged about
Bush's loss since Rush's advice is reaching into the halls of
government in Poland. Weyrich, though, still doesn't know how the
Poles know about Rush. Rush is pleased to hear this news once
should the Poles start listening to him, it will be the end of
Polish jokes once and for all.

o       Rush has experienced another milestone in his life -
Thomas Sowell, Stanford economist and conservative columnist whom
Rush admires greatly, has written the following in his latest
column in today's NY Post:

"If ever a man was made for his age, it is Rush Limbaugh. With so
many of today's liberal left anointed, so puffed up with their
own sense of superiority and as phony as a three dollar bill, the
stage was perfectly set for someone to puncture their balloon
with ridicule."

Rush is going to have Sowell's column framed to mark this
milestone in his life. He adds that he was just called by Ann
Margaret's office which extended an invitation to him to
Margaret's show next week. The EIB staffers are unimpressed,
however, asking Rush "has Sinatra called you yet?"

o       Rush recalls how a couple of years ago, a man in
Birmingham, AL called his show from the delivery room while his
wife was giving birth to their first child. The man and his wife,
Sandra and Chris Mullins, wrote Rush to tell him that they are
expecting their second child and Chris will try to reach Rush
again during Sandra's next delivery.

*BREAK*

Items

o       For the second week in a row Rush's TV show was the
third-most watched syndicated show in the country, closely
following Nightline and the Tonight Show. Other shows are at
least a full point behind Rush's show.

o       Yesterday Clinton seemed to emphasize the topic of
foreign lobbyists, sounding suspiciously like Perot did during
the campaign. Clinton claims that none of his people will be able
to work for a foreign government for at least five years after
leaving his administration, and that his administration will not
employ people who have a "conflict of interest."

Rush points out, though, that the conflict of interest matter
goes further than this. For example, suppose Clinton follows
through on his promises to have a government that intervenes in
the economy, which implies that he will need experts in all
aspects of the economy.

Clinton, though, has said he wouldn't have people with "conflicts
of interest" on his staff, which means nobody who has any
practical experience or expertise will be deemed qualified
because they will have conflicts of interest.

Thus, Clinton has stated that he won't have any experts on his
staff, instead using theoreticians and academicians.
Unfortunately, although theories are always successful in books,
it is when they are actually tried in the real world that one
finds out how valuable they may or may not be. This doesn't seem
to matter to Clinton, however.

*BREAK*

The "women of KNBR," EIB's San Francisco affiliate, are visiting
the EIB studios. The women are ending their week-long tour of New
York and have decided to stop by and say hi to Rush before
returning to San Francisco. Rush is a bit disappointed that the
women didn't come see him first thing, adding that he could have
gotten them first-row seats on Broadway. "We're here now," they
say, and Rush admits this is better than nothing.

Phone   Arnold from Crown Point, IN

Arnold expects that the reason Clinton held yesterday's press
conference during Rush's show was so that he "could get instant
analysis of what he said so he could know what he meant." Rush
laughs and has to admit that this is a good point; he also has to
confess that it was fun to turn the tables on the liberals who
for 12 years have done play-by-play analysis on Republican
speeches. Rush notes that he, like the liberals, was willing to
twist what Clinton was saying, but at least he twisted it toward
the truth.

Phone   Bill from Toledo, OH

Bill gives "dittos to your enormity," explaining that "enormity"
is synonymous to "atrocity." Rush is "flummoxed" by this comment,
and thus looks up "enormity." He finds the following definition:

"enormity - a grave offense against order, right, or decency; the
quality or state of being immoderate, monstrous, or outrageous,
especially great wickedness; the quality or state of being huge -
immensity."

Tony Lo Bianco wonders if Rush's picture is included in the
definition, and Rush tells him to hush up. However, Rush is glad
to learn a new word, although he's a bit curious as to Bill's use
of it. Bill says that he "meant it in the spirit of fun and
light-heartedness." Rush asks him how he and his enormity can
thus be of assistance to Bill. Bill says that he enjoys Rush's
show but most of the time he's laughing at Rush and not with him,
and he encourages Rush to "listen to me laughing at you."

Rush points out that he can take jokes at his own expense, unlike
some others; however, he does notice a bit of bitterness in
Bill's tone. Bill says that he keeps a list of the dumbest things
he's ever heard, one of which is Rush's undeniable truth about
feminism.

Rush says that Undeniable Truth of Life #24 states that "feminism
was established so as to allow unattractive women easier access
to the mainstream of society." Bill asks if all women, whether
attractive or unattractive, shouldn't be allowed access to
society, and Rush agrees.

Rush, however, says that he has explained this statement many
times, and this truth harkens back to Rush's first experience
with feminism back in the 60s. He believes that society and its
shallowness does penalize many women if they aren't attractive.
Bill wonders if Rush thinks feminists are less attractive than
other women.

Rush says that on balance he does believe feminists are generally
less attractive than non-feminists, but this is not his point.
His undeniable truth refers to how some women eventually became
intolerant of how society showed great favor to more attractive
women, and this was a common bond between them. Rush's truth has
no ideological bent to it, and does not imply that Rush is not
supportive of unattractive women.

Bill thinks Rush's statement is deliberately intended to be
provocative, and Rush doesn't deny that at all. Bill thus wonders
why Rush has said that art should be evocative instead of
provocative. Rush points out that his undeniable truths are not
"art." Bill says Rush "is an artist of a peculiar kind" and asks
if he would allow anyone to constrain his work by forcing it to
be only evocative.

Rush again says that his work is not art in the sense Bill means,
not to mention that Rush and his endeavors operate in the free
market and thus rely on ratings. Artists who rely on grants
minimize their exposure to the free market and thus have more
freedom in expressing themselves than Rush does.

Bill says that Rush's statement on art applied to all art instead
of public-supported art, and he asserts that all the great art
throughout the centuries has been provocative instead of
evocative. Rush says that there is much art today that is clearly
provocative and not evocative, such as urinating into another
person's mouth, but he would not call all of the past's art
provocative.

Bill says that the art behind the altar in the Sistine Chapel is
clearly provocative and is of a sexual nature - the picture is of
the Ascension and those ascending to Heaven have their genitalia
engorged, while those descending into Hell have withered
genitalia. Rush is "most impressed" by this, but he points out
that this was not some sort of sexual, political opinion which
Michelangelo was using to appeal to baser instincts.

Rush thanks Bill for calling, though, and for teaching him a new
word.

*BREAK*

Phone   Mike from Covington, LA

Mike says that the recession has "hurt" his business so much that
he has booked $600,000 in box orders just today. The fact that
this many people are buying so many boxes means that others are
selling things to put in the boxes, and thus people who make
products and make boxes are working. Mike is glad that he can
make this point on Rush's show, and tell it to some of the
liberals "who don't have the huevos to bust their humps during
this recession to get these kinds of orders."

Rush has to laugh at Mike's choice of terms, and he simplifies it
by saying "the business is out there." Mike has never believed
that there was a recession because he's had a positive mental
attitude that kept him out there working and succeeding. Rush
says that there has been a recession for some people, but the
country was never on the edge of the abyss.

In fact, retail sales have registered their best performance in
over three months. This news elicits screams from liberal
Democrats who are realizing that the economy is already turning
around, and thus they don't have to fix it because it doesn't
need to be fixed.

*BREAK*

Phone   Frank from Stroudsburg, PA

Frank wants to talk about the "Wizard of Ark" - if Robert Reiche
is a munchkin, then Clinton can be the Wizard. Rush points out
that the problem with this is that Bill and Hillary are not going
to stay in "Ark" for long. Frank agrees but points out that if
the story is rewritten, Bill Clinton could have two roles - the
Wizard of Ark and the Cowardly Lion.

Rush tells Frank he shouldn't be so confrontational toward
Clinton - the campaign is over, and the country should move
forward in a mood of good cheer; "it's called giving them the
rope," Rush explains.

*BREAK*

SECOND HOUR

Update  Feminist         (The Forester Sisters, "Men" with "in
your face" slogan)

Yesterday President-elect Clinton stated that his cabinet will
"look like America," thus keeping to his "vow of diversity." Rush
comments that he doesn't think the strength of America comes from
its diversity; rather, the greatness of America comes from
freedom. People are people and when people are free, they can be
great, assuming the government gets out of their way. It's
dangerous and absurd to think that strength and greatness come
from diversity because they instead come from excellence.

Clinton, however, does not seem to want the best people available
for his cabinet, and instead seems insistent on choosing people
according to "diversity." If the best people are black, hispanic,
or female, then Clinton by all means should include them, but
Clinton should be pursuing the best people.

After all, there are barely more than a dozen cabinet posts, so
how could Clinton possibly "represent" the country with only 13
selections? Clinton seems to be following the trend in this
country to make everyone a victim, and seems willing to
distribute power because at some time in the past a certain group
of people didn't have power.

Once America retreats from the pursuit of excellence, the country
is in big trouble, and Clinton's vow of diversity is only the
first sign that Clinton appears to be on this road. As one
illustration of this, Harriet Woods, chairperson of the National
Women's Political Caucus, has expressed her disappointment that
Clinton's transition team contains only two women; since women
constitute only half the population she feels half of the team
should be women.

Woods stated "I wish they hadn't told me I would be happy,"
clearly expecting Clinton to have named more women. Woods, of
course, probably expects women to be the best available choices
simply because they are women. Rush points out that this is only
the first sign of trouble the liberal left is going to cause
Clinton, as one group after another becomes disappointed when
their expectations aren't met. Rush loves reporting this, but he
is also distressed that Clinton believes more in "fairness and
equality" than in the pursuit of excellence.

In another piece of feminist news, last Sunday's edition of the
Sydney Morning Herald reports on Hillary Clinton. The paper,
which was brought to Rush by faithful EIB staffer Tony Lo Bianco,
quotes a former classmate at Wellesley as saying "anyone who
thinks Hillary is going to be content with a traditional role as
First Lady doesn't know her. At college, Hillary Clinton was
involved in a range of movements from leading anti-Vietnam War
demonstrations to fighting for tampon dispensers in the
bathrooms."

Rush adds that Roger Ailes has remarked "seeing Hillary Clinton
in an apron is like seeing Michael Dukakis in a tank." He
wonders, though, what motivates someone to lead protests for
tampon dispensers.

*BREAK*

Phone   Mary from Waterford, MI

Mary flew to Chicago last week and was reading Rush's book on the
plane. As she went through O'Hare Airport carrying Rush's book,
someone going in the opposite direction held up his copy, and
Mary was surprised at how many people reacted favorably to Rush
and his book. Mary's travelling companion was so impressed that
he bought his own copy of the book. On the way back from Chicago,
one of the executives on the plane saw Mary carrying the book and
begged her to let him read it on the plane.

Mary also wishes that Rush would come to her town and do
something about Detroit's resident liberal talk show host, Denny
MacLaine, "who's getting crazy." Rush says that Denny's always
been crazy, but he's one of the nicest people Rush knows, even
though he is a liberal.

Liberals, however, have changed since the election. They used to
be mad and bitter, but now that they think they've won the
election, they've gotten insufferable. Mary agrees, but bets that
Rush could get Denny to calm down if he visited Detroit.

Rush adds that the new Clinton administration is holding another
press conference during Rush's show today - transition team
leader Warren Christopher is holding a "transition briefing."
Rush is certain that the timing of these press conferences is
"more than coincidental," but he is not as much annoyed as he is
flattered.

Phone   Emmett from St. Louis, MO

Emmett thinks that Rush is helping conservatives have a lot more
fun than the liberals are. Rush agrees, and he notes that it
always bothers liberals when conservatives have fun. He holds
Emmett over the break.

*BREAK*

Phone   Emmett from St. Louis, MO (continued)

Emmett would first like to mention that the St. Louis Post
Dispatch covered Harriet Woods' press conference, but it omitted
the fact that Woods insisted half of Clinton's cabinet should be
composed of women. Rush is curious since this is the "news"
aspect of Woods' comments, and Emmett explains that Woods is from
the area and the paper probably figured that Woods' calls for
quotas wouldn't go over really well in the area. Rush says that
the paper certainly can make such activist editorial decisions
because of the First Amendment, but it is interesting that the
paper would think this would be necessary.

Emmett also recalls a sports story he saw in August about how
after the Republican convention, the press box was the filthiest
that the Astrodome's people had ever seen. The head of
maintenance for the Astrodome said that when he opened up Astro
Hall, he was shocked at the filth he saw - papers, spilled
drinks, etc. Emmett thus thinks that was a subconscious reaction
on the part of the press - they came to Houston to dump on the
Republicans and thus also dumped everything else as well. He has
to wonder why the "environmentally conscious" press would do such
a thing.

Rush says that he never went over to the Astro Hall, but "the
idea that the press tends to be a bunch of slobs is not a new
notion." However, the press tends to be so busy and on the go
that they are used to people picking up after them. Rush thanks
Emmett for calling, although he wouldn't come to the same
conclusions about this that Emmett has.

Rush listened to Warren Christopher's press conference during the
break, and learned some interesting new terms - a "transition
cluster" is composed of "transition members" who are headed by
"system directors" whose purpose is to prevent the erection of
barriers during the transition.

Rush says "this is policy wonk manual stuff. This is right out of
the theoreticians' handbook. This is how to set up systems."
Christopher was claiming he was going to eliminate all conflicts
of interest in the Clinton administration. Rush says that it's
admirable to want to bring ethics into government, but things can
be taken too far. It seems that Clinton is so intent on change
and on proving how rotten things have been for the past 12 years
that he and his people are overreacting.

Thus, Clinton's transition teams and clusters won't have the best
people available because these people would have "conflicts of
interest." This is extreme and ridiculous, especially as
Clinton's administration is assuming everyone in business is a
crook, cheat, and thug. Clinton will therefore end up with all
sorts of Harvard experts who have never worked in the private
sector.

Rush points out that this whole thing sounds a lot like what
Jimmy Carter tried to do, adding that there's nothing wrong with
having qualified people - "just don't bring any crooks in."

Phone   Tony from Memphis, TN

Tony has been wishing for years that Rush would write a book and
have a TV show, and both of these have come true. Now Tony is
wishing that Rush would do the nightly news so that people could
get some realistic analysis of the day's events. Rush comments
that this is what he did with his TV show last night, and he
promises that tonight's show will have a great fireside chat as
well as some great viewer videos.

Rush, however, will not rule out an EIB Network News, saying
"hell, who knows what's next." In fact, the future may hold not
only an EIB Network News, but also "Rush Limbaugh the Movie" and
an EIB sitcom starring Tony Lo Bianco.

*BREAK*

Phone   Suzanne from Posen, MI

Suzanne first wants to point out that Clinton during his press
conference yesterday was very rough, in comparison with how slick
he seemed during the campaign. Suzanne felt like she was starting
to see the real Bill Clinton for the first time. Rush says that
many people have commented to him that Clinton seemed to have the
weight of the world on his shoulders, but Rush still thinks
Clinton is in a campaign mode.

Suzanne agrees, but noticed that Clinton was not as polished and
smooth as he was before. Rush says that this may be true, but
Clinton is still a performer who is consciously trying to act as
if he really is bearing the weight of the world.

Suzanne says that she and her husband are dairy farmers who do
not participate in any government handout programs, and yet they
are still making a living and paying their bills. Rush is ashamed
that Suzanne is not participating in the gloomy economy, and
berates her for not supporting President-elect Clinton. Suzanne
says that at least she has been trying to convince her husband to
run up a huge bill on their Visa card, at least until January and
Clinton's inauguration.

Suzanne says that Clinton never addressed any farm issues during
the election, and she was surprised that Clinton and Gore never
came out with the standard Democratic tactics of increasing
government support payments. Rush says that this was probably due
to the campaign's "squid-like move to the center," with Clinton
and Gore trying to appear as moderates.

Clinton and Gore, though, did go out to rural America in their
multiple bus tours; their campaign strategy was centered on
dressing up like hicks and driving out to rural towns. Rush
points out, though, that Hollywood wardrobe coordinators were
used to make sure that Clinton and Gore had the proper image.
Rush doesn't have any problem with this, but he does think the
public should know about it.

*BREAK*

Phone   Tony from San Antonio, TX

Tony has been a loyal Rush listener since 1989 even though he is
a "strong Democrat," and he appreciated how Rush let Clinton
supporters call in to express their opinion. He suspects that
Rush has helped the Democratic party to tone down the influence
that liberal special interests used to have in the party.

One thing, though, that bothered him about Ronald Reagan was that
he was a "free-spending liberal" who reduced federal revenues by
reducing taxes even while he increased military spending. Rush
says that Reagan's tax cuts did not create any drop in revenues;
in fact federal tax revenues nearly doubled from 1980 to 1988.

Tony, though, wonders why there was such a deficit then. Rush
asks why is it that the Democrats are still complaining about how
Reagan gutted social spending, even as they complain that his
increased spending increased the deficit. Reagan didn't spend
that much on defense, and Rush holds Tony over the break.

*BREAK*

THIRD HOUR

Update  Animal Rights         (Andy Williams, "Born Free" with
gratuitous sound effects including the last dying sigh of
a huge carnivore)

There are a number of items for this update, but before Rush can
start with them Lo Bianco tells him that he has belched on the
air; Rush is embarrassed but says he's sure he hit the cough
switch. Lo Bianco plays the tape back, and Rush admits that he
did hiccup on the air, but did not belch. Lo Bianco replays the
tape several times, but Rush refuses to accede to Lo Bianco's
opinion of events, telling him "nice try trying to make me
paranoid."

o       An international animal rights, feminazi, environmental
piece of news comes from Vancouver, BC - female snails in certain
polluted coastal harbors in British Columbia have been growing
penises and turning into male snails. The snails eventually die
off because they can't breed.

Scientists suspect that this change is being caused by tin-based
pollutants such as TBT along the southern part of the BC coast.
These pollutants seem to be coming from a variety of sources such
as boat paint. Rush bets that feminists will be outraged by this
news, although he thinks it is sort of funny.

o       A rare California condor that died in the wild last month
was killed by kidney failure due to drinking a puddle of anti-
freeze left by a vacationer's vehicle. Rush bets many animal
rights activists are claiming that this proves man is to blame
for the animal kingdom's problems; however, Rush points out that
this bird deserved to go extinct if it goes around drinking
anti-freeze. If the bird cannot adapt to the natural existence of
human beings, then this is basic evolution.

Some might think this attitude is cruel, but people have to look
at this systematically. Rush adds that man has spent $20 million
in attempts to save this bird, yet it's obvious that this bird
has been going extinct because it can't adapt and because it
can't save itself.

Rush asks how man can get these birds to stop drinking anti-
freeze? Can we teach birds to read signs not to drink anti-
freeze? Should we ban anti-freeze, which would render millions of
automobiles immobile? Should we take condors to other areas in
which they could live? How about transplanting stomachs from rats
into condor embryos?

*BREAK*

Phone   Tony from San Antonio, TX (continued)

Tony thinks Rush should criticize conservatives just like Tony
criticizes those in his party. Rush points out he was an early
critic of President Bush, and he is intrigued by how "open-
minded" is often defined as criticizing one's political fellows.
Tony, though, is an American first and he thinks the country must
come first; Rush agrees.

Tony still thinks, however, that Reagan was an old-time
conservative who got suckered into supply-side economic policies
and this is why he increased spending. Rush says that supply-
siders aren't to blame for this, and he recalls how the TEFRA
deal was passed to reduce the deficit. TEFRA offered the largest
single tax increase ever, and in return for the new taxes
Congress promised to reduce spending by two dollars for every
dollar in new taxes. Congress never followed through on their
promise.

No tax increase has ever cut the deficit because it is spending
that has to be cut in order to reduce the deficit. Tony admits
that Reagan did a great job in cutting spending, especially in
his elimination of wasteful Great Society programs like CETA.
Tony would love to hear Rush bring out more of these things, and
especially would like Rush to skewer the religious right.

Rush says that he has talked about these things when relevant,
such as when Jimmy Swaggert was in the news. Rush, though, is
very careful when he discusses religion as he is not like some
liberal comedians who aim to ridicule people's most-deeply held
beliefs. Certainly Jim and Tammy Faye Baker toyed with people's
minds, but some of their supporters still support them.

Rush is not a preacher, nor is EIB a church, and he doesn't want
to challenge religious beliefs; politics is one thing, but
articles of faith are another. Rush recalls seeing Gene Scott, a
televangelist from Los Angeles, who was actually shouting at the
audience for not sending in enough money. Scott stated that
tithing as defined by God, 10%, was good but not good enough; "to
make sure the Lord notices you," stated Scott, "double it." Rush
is amazed by stuff like this but he seldom ridicules it because
matters of faith are a different arena than those of politics.

*BREAK*

Phone   Buddy from Lyndhurst, OH

Buddy says that anti-freeze containers have warnings not to leave
the liquid out where dogs and cats can get at it since it will
kill them. "The birds don't read," Buddy notes. Rush agrees but
points out that nobody left the anti-freeze out for the bird; the
puddle was a leak from a car.

Buddy, though, thinks people should be aware of the dangers of
anti-freeze, and Rush is glad to contribute to consumer
consciousness. He tells the home-fixer-uppers and do-it-yourself
types to be careful of anti-freeze from now on; read the warnings
and don't let animals drink it.

Rush admits, however, he is not a big fan of do-it-yourselfers
because they caused all sorts of grief for him when he was
married - his ex-wives were always badgering him to put a new
roof on the house or to change the oil in the car. "All the other
husbands do it," his ex-wives told him, while all Rush wanted to
do was sit quietly and watch the day's series of football games.

Phone   Julia from Los Angeles, CA

Julia gives "quiet, conservative, show business type dittos" and
she is a bit angered that Clinton is planning to let all Haitians
into the country; she doesn't understand how letting a bunch of
uneducated, untrained people into the country will help the
economy. She also doesn't like how people on the outskirts of
society, such as gays, think they need to have special treatment
and privileges. Gays have been in the military for ages, but why
should the military permit any open sexual conduct, heterosexual
or homosexual?

Rush says that Clinton was particularly slick when he said that
the military should base its evaluations on conduct; yet isn't
Clinton talking about a distinction that's based on conduct? Men
and women are separated in military barracks, so how are gays
going to be separated? Julia is disturbed by this as well.

Rush doesn't know if people should be disturbed or not, but they
most certainly should be curious as to what Clinton is saying. In
fact, Clinton is already waffling on his support for gays in the
military - he stated that his mind is already made up on this
matter, but then he said that he's going to have a commission to
study it. Why have a committee to study it if one's mind is
already made up?

Clinton's promises are coming home to roost, and he's being
besieged by one group after another who want him to follow
through with his promises. Rush asks Julia, though, if Clinton
actually said that he definitely would allow Haitians into this
country. Julia isn't sure as she only heard a news report and
doesn't know all the details. Rush got the impression that this
was something else Clinton was going to study; after all, Clinton
said yesterday that all his campaign promises were only
"recommendations."

Rush also asks Julia why she's a "quiet conservative" and she
replies that she's a television writer who works for a Los
Angeles studio. In 1988 she was assailed from all sides from
people who attacked her for supporting Bush, and the same thing
happened this year.

In an interesting turn of events, Julia listens to Rush's show on
a portable radio in her office, and she also gets criticized for
"listening to him." Curiously, however, her radio disappeared
from her office yesterday, although none of her other expensive
electronic equipment was touched.

Rush tells Julia to get a new radio and to remember "we're all in
this together so hang in there." She promises that her spirit
will remain strong and undeterred.

*BREAK*

Items

o       Rush adds that Clinton had best be careful with his
decision about Haitian immigration; Clinton has indicated that he
might be willing to accept any such immigrants, although Rush
doesn't think he has made his decision yet. However, it's a fact
of life that the US cannot accept into itself everyone who is
suffering from political or economic repression.

The US cannot change the world this way, but instead has to
spread its ideals - freedom, capitalism, etc. - throughout the
world. This is what NAFTA is all about - helping other nations
and their people become economically independent. To allow anyone
who is suffering economically or politically into America's
borders would result in a "concussion of refugees from around the
world."

It's one thing for Rush to say that the Haitian refugees should
be allowed in, and another for the next President to be saying
it. What the President says can do all sorts of things, from
affecting the world's stock markets to encouraging foreign
dictators. For Clinton to say he's going to allow Haitians to
immigrate is simple pandering to minority groups, and it does
nothing to help solve the basic problems.

o       Rush has decided to do one environmentalist wacko pick -
the Houston Oilers playing the Vikings in Minnesota. The Vikings
are a five-point favorite, and the Oilers have turned out to be a
disappointment especially since during the Republican convention
the talk was all about how the Oilers had a lock on the Superbowl
pennant.

However, the environmental wacko method doesn't care about this,
and thus Rush has to evaluate how the Oilers represent the people
who despoil the environment by discovering and using the most
evil pollutants known to man - fossil fuels. The use of these
fuels has caused the greenhouse effect, is responsible for most
of man's pollution, including the automobile, and has now even
caused the death of a condor. Wars have been fought because of
oil, the most recent one being the Gulf War.

The Oilers, though, are playing some other distasteful white
guys, the Vikings. These are the original plunderers of the North
American continent who set the standard for Christopher Columbus.
However, at least the Vikings left North America and returned to
Norseville, unlike the Oilers. "Thus, take the Vikings and the
five points."

*BREAK*

Phone   Frank from St. Louis, MO

Frank refers to the discussion about Undeniable Truth of Life
#24, pointing out that although Rush does not put down
unattractive women, it is the feminists who put down attractive
women. For example, beauty contestants are under a constant
barrage because they dare to want to make themselves look
attractive.

Rush says that this is a good point - feminists oppose beauty
pageants because these events supposedly "exploit" women, yet
these women are choosing to do it for all sorts of reasons. Why
can't freedom of choice allow women to be a beauty contestant or
cheerleader, Rush asks.

Rush praises Frank for his insight by saying "point made! Way to
go, Frank!"

Phone   Jim from St. Louis, MO

Jim asks how the election in Grand Rapids came out, and Rush
explains that EIB's Grand Rapids affiliate let the audience
decide which show they wanted to see at 11:30 p.m. - Rush's show
or "Married with Children." Over 11,000 voted, and Rush won a
stunning, landslide mandate with about 70% of the vote.

--
John Switzer               | "If you ask me, Larry, the Clinton Presidency
                           | has failed. What has he done? Nothing!"
CompuServe: 74076,1250     | --Dave Barry to Larry King, November 12, 1992
Internet: [e-mail]   | (P.S. Impeach Clinton, support the coup!)