From: jrs@netcom.com (John Switzer)
Subject: Summary Tue 1/5/93
Summary: Unofficial Summary for Tuesday, January 5, 1993
Keywords: Unofficial Summary Rush Limbaugh
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Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 17:28:37 GMT

<<NOTE - The summary for Jan. 4 will probably be delayed until the end of the 
week.>>

Unofficial Summary of the Rush Limbaugh Show

for Tuesday, January 5, 1993

by John Switzer

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This unofficial summary is copyright (c) 1993 by John Switzer.
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this summary is not approved or sanctioned by Rush Limbaugh or
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January 5, 1993

LIMBAUGH WATCH

January 5, 1993 - It's now 64 days after Bill Clinton's election
and Rush is still on the air with 546 radio affiliates and 202 TV
affiliates, and his book has been on the NY Times hardback non-
fiction best-seller list for 15 consecutive weeks and is
currently number one on the list.

MORNING UPDATE

Today's bombastic update concerns "women and percussive
expression." The NY Times last Saturday had a story about how
angry and distraught women have finally found a way to express
themselves - by playing the drums. Penny Geneeson, one of the
many leaders of this new movement, states the following:

"Many of us are afraid - we somehow believe our own rhythms in
drumming or dancing are not good enough. Drumming is about
reclaiming and recapturing the feminine divine."

Rush is often accused of being way off base in his analysis of
feminism, yet here is a mainstream story in the NY Times about a
bunch of feminists who think drumming is the way to overcome male
oppression. Drumming, furthermore, is supposedly part of women's
ancient heritage and is an echo of the early tribal days.

"This is absolute nonsense," states Rush, who points out that the
vast majority of women don't know or care about drumming.
Geneeson, however, has an answer for that - "women don't even
know this is their heritage to reclaim." Rush replies "that's
because it's not - it's real simple."

FIRST HOUR

Update  Carol Moseley Braun         (Theme from the Jeffersons -
"Moving On Up")

Rush recalls how he predicted Illinois voters would soon realize
the election of Carol Moseley Braun was a great mistake since
Braun's only experience for the Senate was that she was the Cook
Country Recorder of Deeds. Rush suspects that if the people of
Illinois could apologize to the nation for electing Braun, they
would eagerly do so now. Rush recounts Braun's activities since
the election:

Braun, along with her son and fiance, took a month-long vacation
to Africa. Critics said Braun should have been in Washington,
preparing for her Senate duties. Braun, however, has insisted she
has already done this and is fully prepared for her role in the
103rd Congress. "My staff operation is firming itself up," she
stated.

Rush recalls how Braun originally ran for the Senate because she
was outraged at how the Senate treated Anita Hill and her charges
against Clarence Thomas. According to Braun, women were needed in
the Senate and on the Judiciary Committee so that women would be
fairly treated. Braun, however, has refused a seat on the
Judiciary Committee, which is not surprising since it is a high
profile job. Rush points out that "if you're an idiot the world
knows it if you're on the Judiciary Committee."

Braun's fiance, however, has also been accused by three women on
Braun's campaign staff of sexually harassing them. Braun
discounts these charges, saying there is no evidence to support
these women's claims, and that the women are simply disappointed
job seekers. Rush points out that during the Clarence Thomas
hearings the nature of the evidence didn't matter - it was the
seriousness of the charges that was important.

Braun's fiance, by the way, was also her paid campaign manager,
and his $15,000 a month salary is twice that usually paid to such
people. Braun still claims, though, that she has not used any
campaign funds for personal use. However, she has moved into a
new $3300/month Chicago apartment, and has bought a new Jeep and
Cadillac. Braun furthermore used a private jet for part of her
African travels; she also flew part of the way on the trans-
Atlantic Concorde, which is now charging about $5,000 for a one-
way trip.

Meanwhile, while Braun is spending all this money, 10 members of
her campaign staff remain unpaid and her campaign debt is still
outstanding. Since Braun's salary as a county recorder of deeds
was only $50,000 (far too small to support her recent personal
expenditures), Braun's finances certainly could stand scrutiny,
especially since the Democrats think the appearance of
impropriety is enough for an investigation. After all, this is
the reason they gave for insisting that Edwin Meese resign from
the Reagan administration, even though they couldn't come up with
any evidence that showed Meese was guilty of any wrongdoing.

Braun was also the one who said women would be able to "nurture
the national economy back to health." Rush admits that he loves
his job when people like Braun come along, and he is proud to be
able to nationally present a new update in honor of Senator
Braun. Rush admits, though, that WLS of Chicago originally came
up with the idea of the Carol Moseley Braun update, and he thanks
the station for allowing him to steal the idea.

Item

o       The 103rd Congress is being sworn in this morning.
"Gridlock resumes today," Rush warns, adding that he is the lone
counterweight to what will happen in Washington this year.

o       "Nipple-sucking tourists robbed," according to a story
out of Bangkok. Transvestites enticed tourists to suck their
nipples, which were laced with tranquilizer drugs. After the
victims fell unconscious, the transvestites robbed them.

Rush has to marvel at the type of tourists who come to Bangkok.
However, America has its own strange people as a headline in
today's papers reads "Convicted buttocks kisser in trouble with
police again." Rush promises more on this fascinating story
later.

*BREAK*

Phone   Tomas from MIT, MA

Yesterday Rush read a letter to the editor from a woman who
disagreed with Rush as to whether man could destroy the planet.
The woman thought that man could use his nuclear weapons to
destroy the Earth, possibly by knocking the planet out of its
orbit. Tomas, a physicist, has thus called in to side with Rush
that man simply cannot destroy the world, and furthermore he has
calculated what force would be necessary.

In order to get enough nuclear weapons to destroy the planet,
someone would have to first be able to buy the current US nuclear
arsenal for $1, and then they would have to spend the US national
debt ($1 trillion) for more weapons at this price. Thus, it would
take about a trillion times more nuclear weapons than currently
exist to knock the Earth out of its orbit. However, this is about
30 times what would it take to vaporize the planet, so the
weapons would have to be carefully aligned so as to split the
Earth in two. One half would stop in its tracks and fall into the
sun, and the other half would be forced out of its orbit.

Rush holds Tomas over the break because he would love to know how
this sort of thing can be calculated.

*BREAK*

Phone   Tomas from MIT, MA (continued)

Rush asks Tomas how one can calculate how many nuclear weapons
are needed to destroy the world; Tomas replies that he roughly
estimated the power the US nuclear arsenal has - about 100,000
megatons. Rush comments that he bets the reason many people think
nuclear weapons can throw the Earth out of orbit is because they
are assuming that there would be some sort of recoil from the
nuclear blast.

Tomas says that nuclear weapons do produce a lot of momentum for
recoil but the Earth is so huge and massive that to affect its
orbit, you would have to basically blast the entire planet apart.
Rush asks how Tomas would detonate his arsenal, which is a
trillion times that owned by the US, in order to achieve this.
Tomas says that he assumed, for this best case calculation, that
all the weapons were detonated all at once.

Rush asks Tomas if man could possibly destroy the ozone layer,
and Tomas isn't sure since that's not his area of expertise;
however, since ozone is produced by the sun's energy, it's highly
doubtful. Rush thanks Tomas for calling and for proving that when
EIB needs a physicist, it gets a physicist.

Phone   Rachel from Arlington, VA

Rachel asks how Rush feels about his most recent appearance on
the Phil Donahue show, and she wonders why Rush agreed to do the
show in the first place. Rush replies that he thinks it was a
great appearance since "Phil was reduced to hysterics" by how he
ably handled everything Donahue sent his way, including the
question an audience member asked about whether he would support
abortion if his daughter was raped.

Rush has received some mail on this issue, and he plans on
addressing this at some future point, but he points out that
abortions due to rape and incest are rare. Even the Planned
Parenthood's Alan Guttmacher Institute admits that only 1 to 2%
of the 1.5 million abortions each year are because of rape and
incest. Thus, this is a straw dog of a question.

Rachel was amazed at how incredibly patient and polite Rush was
throughout the whole program and asks if he ever felt threatened
during the show. Rush says he didn't feel threatened because he
was prepared for what Donahue was going to come up with; Donahue
is a die-hard liberal and thus Rush knew what to expect. Rush
does not like to be argumentative and confrontational, and seldom
shouts at people or gets into their faces; he prefers to remain
polite and patient not only in public, but also throughout his
life. This tends to surprise liberals who are amazed that a
conservative can be civil and courteous.

Rachel also asks why she can't get Rush's TV show in her area,
which is serviced by the TV stations in Washington, DC. Rush
points out that there were good reasons for stations not to carry
his TV show back in September - he was not a proven television
commodity. Now, though, Rush's show is a proven hit, and the
trade publications are reporting that most station managers think
Rush's TV show, along with Roseanne's show, was the best
syndication decision they made last year. After Clinton's
election, however, DC general managers won't dare take on Rush's
TV show since it means that they would be excluded from the DC
social scene. Therefore, the reason Rush is not being carried by
DC television stations is a purely political one.

Rush adds out that the reason he did Phil Donahue's TV show is
that both their shows are syndicated by MultiMedia, which has
Donahue as one of its largest stockholders. Donahue has also been
very supportive of Rush and his TV show from the very beginning,
and so Rush is glad to repay the favor by appearing on Donahue's
shows.

*BREAK*

Update  Multicultural         ("I'd Like to Teach the World To
Sing" with Rush babbling on as a typical touchy-feely
multiculturalist)

Rush has an observation about the US mission to Somalia; he
recalls how multiculturalism teaches that white, male,
Eurocentric civilizations are responsible for the evils that have
befallen minorities and women in America. Entire history courses
have been rewritten to reflect this truism, and some of the great
minds of western civilization have been replaced by lesser minds
from other cultures. In fact, white Europeans are even accused of
stealing everything of value from older and wiser Afrocentric
cultures.

Rush points out that it is the white, Eurocentric culture that
has gone into Somalia to help the starving millions there.
African nations have not helped their neighbor, mainly because
only the US can do what needs to be done. So, Somalia and its
problems are a product of Afrocentric culture, and the people
suffering there are being helped by the evil and hatred
"Eurocentrists."

*BREAK*

Rush mentions Shaun Brown, a student accused of sexual harassment
because of an anecdote he included in a term paper for his
political science class. A Wall Street Journal editorial today is
about this very subject, and Rush promises to mention more about
it later.

*BREAK*

SECOND HOUR

Update  Marion Barry         ("No, No, No, No, I Don't Smoke It
No More")

Former Washington, DC mayor Marion Barry was released from prison
in April, 1991 after serving a six-month sentence for cocaine
possession. Barry returned to Washington, DC, and was elected as
city council representative for Ward 9. Barry showed up yesterday
to be sworn in as council member, and he arrived driving the 1991
Chrysler New Yorker that was purchased for him by supporters.

Barry's friend and former councilman H. R. Crawford said that he
and other supporters in Ward 9 passed a hat on Barry's behalf
because they felt sorry for him. Thus, somehow the impoverished
residents of Ward 9 came up with the money necessary to buy the
$30,000 New Yorker for Barry. However, while Barry was being
sworn in, a thief stole the car from its reserved parking space
in front of the District Building, which is only four blocks from
the White house.

Police recovered the car after a short chase, and captured the
19-year-old thief who had rifled Barry's coat in an unlocked
office to get the car keys. When Barry was told about this, he
said "there's something strange going on here - I don't
understand." Rush explains "it's called thievery."

Rush comments that with Democrats running both the White House
and Congress, he now has the best joke writers available working
for him; obviously, taxes are good for something.

Item

o       Rush's TV show last night mentioned the case of David and
Sharon Schoo, who went on vacation to Acapulco after leaving
their two daughters, ages 4 and 9, at home. The police discovered
the children when they dialed 911 to report an emergency, and
thus when the Shoos arrived home at the airport they were greeted
by an astounding number of cops, media, and spectators.

Rush doesn't want to defend what these parents did, but on the
other hand did their actions really require such a massive mob?
Rush asked some friends why such a big deal was being made about
this since some parents leave their kids home a lot; one friend
suggested that this was a big story only because of the Home
Alone movies.

Rush went berserk when he heard this, because if there is anyone
he's sick of more than Amy Fisher, it's 8-year-old Macaulay
Culkin. The New York papers have been filled with news about this
kid for weeks and weeks, and although Rush doesn't blame Culkin
for this, he would be happy never to see his face again.

Amazingly, though, about 85 million people watched last weekend's
multiple TV shows about Amy Fisher, which just goes to show that
truth is stranger than fiction.

In other strange truth, Rush refers to the Washington man,
Westley Allan Dodd, who was hanged yesterday, and he notes that
the correct grammar is "hanged" not "hung." Dodd warned the court
that he should be executed so as to keep him from killing more
children, yet all sorts of do-gooders still protested his
execution.

It's thus an interesting juxtaposition to see on one side a
convicted killer who promised to kill again, and on the other
side two parents whose crime was leaving their children alone.
Yet, who do all the do-gooders in America support?

*BREAK*

In another piece of strange news, a New Jersey man, Donald
Chapman, served 12 years in prison for raping a number of young
girls and women. Although prison psychologists testified that
he's a compulsive rapist who will rape again, the law required
that he be released and so Chapman, 37, is now living at his
parents' home in Wyckoff, NJ. Wyckoff, with a population of about
15,000, is spending $2,000 a day keeping Chapman under police
surveillance to make sure he doesn't commit any more crimes.

The ACLU, of course, is upset at this because they think it is an
unconstitutional violation of Chapman's right to privacy. Ed
Martone of the New Jersey ACLU says he understands the concerns
of the people in Wyckoff, but "we couldn't possibly do this for
everybody who's deemed dangerous."

Rush points out that there are a lot of things America can't
afford to do for everybody, such as a welfare and national health
care. Nobody disputes that Chapman is a danger to society, yet
the ACLU is upset that Wyckoff has decided to keep him under
surveillance. "We're out of whack, folks," Rush states.

*BREAK*

Phone   Ed from Salt Lake City, UT

After spending about two minutes on miscellaneous pleasantries,
Ed says that Bo told him to "get right to it," and so he shall.
Rush thanks Ed for taking Bo's advice to heart. Ed says that a
column by Clarence Page in the Salt Lake Tribune has the headline
"Clinton is a master at having it both ways."

Rush wonders why Ed needs Clarence Page to tell him this since
Rush has been saying the same thing for the past six months. Ed
says that Page, though, is praising Clinton for being able to
speak out of both sides of his mouth; for example, Page likes how
Clinton attacked feminists who criticized him for not appointing
enough women, but then turned around and appointed more women to
cabinet posts than any previous President.

Rush agrees that Clinton's criticism of the "bean counters" is a
great example of how he manipulates both sides. Clinton
undoubtedly pleased a lot of people with his criticisms of the
feminists, yet when the hubbub died down Clinton did what the
feminists wanted anyway. Rush again says that Clinton is a
brilliant politician who does stuff like this naturally, without
having to plot and scheme.

The bottom line, though, is Clinton has focused on diversity with
his cabinet, instead of focusing on the best. This is a major
flaw with liberals - they think everyone (except perhaps white
males) are the same and are equally good. However, liberals then
categorize everyone according to their skin color, gender, sexual
preference, etc. and then allocate power per those categories.
Society isn't supposed to discriminate according to skin color or
whatever, yet liberalism highlights those characteristics and
this only exacerbates tensions.

Liberals, though, don't care about this because as long as
someone has good intentions and "is trying to help," then
whatever they do is okay. Should someone point out the fact that
skin color, gender, or whatever are not supposed to matter, but
that liberals are deciding appointments and policy because of
these things, that person is called a racist and bigot.

Rush knows he will take a lot of heat for saying this, but he
recalls his Undeniable Truth of Life #24, which states "feminism
was established to allow unattractive women easier access to the
mainstream of society." Rush challenges his audience to "find any
one babe among the female Clinton nominees. To the contrary,
folks, you find the opposite."

Rush will undoubtedly be called shallow, baseless, and cold-
hearted for saying this, yet it's undeniable that he is right. He
promises to compare on his TV show conservative babes such as
Elizabeth Dole and Carla Hills to the type of women Clinton has
put into his administration. This could be the first "Cabinet
Beauty Contest."

Rush notes that the editor of the Limbaugh Letter, Diana
Schneider, is fuming and looks about ready to resign, but he
isn't worried since she threatens this every time he starts
talking about feminism and women. Rush points out that none of
this has anything to do with the qualifications of Clinton's
appointees; however, Rush will judge these women's qualifications
as Clinton did - after all, Clinton said that he only interviewed
women for some key jobs.

Rush recalls how Bush was repeatedly attacked for claiming that
Clarence Thomas was the best appointment he could make to the
Supreme Court, yet Clinton has openly stated that he limited his
search for certain posts to women. Nobody is challenging Clinton
by asking him if Donna Shalala is the absolutely best qualified
candidate to head Health and Human Services. Once again a double
standard is shown to exist in how Clinton and Bush are treated.

"The eyes don't lie, folks," Rush states. "Believe none of what
you see and half of what you hear, and you'll be okay. And in
these cases," he adds, "half of what you see is about all you can
take."

*BREAK*

Rush wants to be fair, and thus will talk about ugly men.
Certainly Rush could have a beauty pageant for men, but it
wouldn't mean squat since there's no movement that is trying to
make life "fair" for unattractive men. There might be a few
people trying to start an Uglo-American lobby, but they aren't
achieving much.

Rush has no objections to including men in his Cabinet Beauty
Pageant, but the bottom line is that it really doesn't matter.
This is one reason why feminists are so angry - women are
penalized for being unattractive but men aren't. It's no
coincidence that Santa Cruz, a bastion of liberalism, has even
passed an ordinance that bans discrimination against the ugly.

Rush receives a copy of a column from the December 4th issue of
the Atlanta Journal and Constitution which has evidence that
people are following his suggestion to export liberalism to
America's trading partners so that they have to face the same
challenges as American businesses: a bill to establish "ugly
rights" has been proposed in the Philippines. The bill would
prohibit government agencies from denying jobs to applicants on
the basis of facial features, build, and height except in
professions such as modeling and public relations.

Rush knows his detractors will think he is grasping at straws,
but he is not making this story up. He promises to show the story
on his TV show, just to demonstrate that these things are
happening now.

*BREAK*

Phone   Andy from San Diego, CA

Andy asks Rush if he thinks regulating the free market system is
an attempt to make society fair and equal. For example, if
airline fares are too high, should the government step in to
control fares? Rush says that this particular example is not a
good one since airlines are reporting that their fares are too
low for them to make a profit, even when their planes are full.

The basis for most regulation seems to be a desire to protect the
consumer, although excessive regulation interrupts the flow of
the free market. Andy wonders if the country's founding fathers
would accept this role of government, and Rush doubts that they
would. However, the whole idea of "original intent" is a volatile
one, and he recalls how Robert Bork was rejected as a Supreme
Court Justice because he championed the idea of original intent.

The government has obviously taken on many, many duties that the
country's founders never envisioned. The current massive levels
of taxation are only one example of this.

*BREAK*

THIRD HOUR

Items

o       Today's USA Today echoes Rush's new definition of
liberalism (symbolism over substance) with its headline
"Symbolism is Substance of Inaugural." Rush laughs at how
liberals are "rolling it out on a red carpet for me," and he
promises to show this story on his TV show.

o       California has been experiencing a flurry of heavy rain
and snow storms recently, yet whenever it rains, there's always
some commentator who warns that the rain and snow don't mean
anything and that the state's six-year drought is not over by a
longshot. However, the water content of the Sierra-Nevada
snowpack is up dramatically, which is good news for California.

Granted, California still has water problems, but the current
snow and rain are still good news, yet it is interesting how
negative people insist on being in the face of any positive news.
This is similar to how those who were optimistic about the
economy during the Presidential campaign were called "out of
touch."

The drought is not over in California, but it wouldn't hurt
people to be honest about the rain. Floods certainly don't help
the people, but the increasing snowpack is good news and people
should recognize this. Rush understands not wanting to falsely
get people's hopes up, yet the attraction many have for continued
gloom-and-doom escapes him.

o       A drifter, Patrick Lee Frank, has confessed to setting on
fire churches in Florida, Tennessee, and Colorado. Frank claimed
he torched the churches because they were causing him to have
homosexual urges he didn't want, and to steal cars and slash
tires. A court yesterday found him innocent by reason of
insanity.

Frank, 42, is now confined to a federal mental hospital, which
has to report on the his sanity every six months. Frank told a
federal agent that he set fire to so many churches he couldn't
recall the exact number; total damages have been estimated at $10
million.

o       Two television news anchors in Zimbabwe were recently
suspended for laughing while reading a story about a woman who
give birth in the bathroom of a train; the baby fell out through
the toilet onto the track, but still survived. The anchors have
been suspended for three months.

Rush is amazed that a baby could survive falling from a moving
train, but broadcast engineer Mike Maimone thinks the mother
should have waited until the train was in the station. "Thanks,
Mike," Rush replies. "Go back to eating your pizza."

o       The Atlanta Journal and Constitution reported last month
that John Thomas Harmon, who served 10 years in prison for biting
and kissing the buttocks of women, was recently released from
prison, yet already faces three assault charges for similar
attacks. Harmon denies that he was the man who kissed and licked
the buttocks of three women in Decatur, GA.

Rush says that it's obvious Harmon can't leave his past behind
him, and Bo suggests that Harmon could have a great future
working for NOW. Rush admits "kissing butt" is not a great
characteristic to have, but Harmon would be a great Democratic
candidate. After all, Sir Mixalot had a number one song about big
butts.

o       Rush returns to the titillating story about nipple
suckers in Bangkok. A favorite tactic of Bangkok thieves is to
drug tourists' drinks and then steal their valuables after they
fall unconscious. A gang of transvestites, though, found that
many tourists didn't drink, and so the gang smeared tranquilizers
on their breasts and invited the tourists to suck on their
nipples. Police arrested the gang after a Syrian man complained
that his Rolex and $4,000 in cash were stolen.

One transvestite, Sum-Boon Wanasut, explained that if tourists
rejected the nipple offer, laced chocolates were offered instead.
Rush is already laughing at the whole idea of a transvestite gang
using drugged nipples, but he breaks up altogether upon hearing
this gang member's name. He wonders if he's going to get
suspended for laughing at this serious story.

*BREAK*

A caller over the break has suggested that Marion Barry has
forgotten that "what the ward giveth, the ward taketh away."

Phone   Pete from Mineola, NY

Pete thinks Rush missed the boat on Clinton's cabinet - Hillary
wasn't going to let him hire anyone that looked good. Rush admits
Hillary's role in all of this is an "interesting thing to
ponder," and since Pete has opened up this can of worms, Rush
adds that Diana Schneider did indeed take umbrage at Rush's
comments that Clinton's cabinet has no babes.

Schneider pointed out that Warren Christopher is no great shakes,
either, but Rush again says that no movement has been established
for ugly men. Feminism, though, as stated in Rush's Undeniable
Truth of Life #24, was founded in part to rectify discrimination
against women who are not attractive.

Rush knows many people think this is a ridiculous thing for him
to say, but the truth is sometimes hard to handle. Rush doesn't
think Clinton is choosing people on the basis of their
attractiveness, but the simple fact is that militant, ultra-left
feminists don't offer a pool of beauty contestants. If Clinton
wants to name feminist appointments, he's going to have to choose
from those available. Rush points out that it's not just
coincidence that cities are starting to pass ordinances banning
discrimination against the ugly.

These things are obvious for anyone to see, as long as they have
the courage to look.

*BREAK*

Rush has just been informed by EIB's Chicago affiliate, WLS, that
Mike Ditka has been removed as coach of the Chicago Bears;
reportedly, Ditka will stay on with the team as a "consultant."
Rush admits he will miss Ditka and is saddened that some of the
fun has been taken out of the NFL.

He also thinks Buffalo should be ashamed of itself for coming
back and winning against the Oilers. Buffalo has gone to the
Superbowl the past two years, and yet when the Oilers got a 35-3
lead, Buffalo came back to score a big victory. Obviously,
Buffalo was too conservative and tried to be its best and
therefore unfairly excelled. "This is not good liberalism," Rush
warns.

Rush admits he is going to miss Ditka's rantings and ravings in
press conferences. Ditka will probably be replaced by a prim-
and-proper "vanilla" coach who will be all politeness, and there
will be no more reason to watch Sunday night highlights. Saturday
Night Live, of course, will have to stop doing their Bears skits.

Phone   Aaron from Manhattan, KS

Aaron first wants to ask when Rush's TV show is going to go to an
hour. Rush replies that he doesn't think he could handle doing a
full hour TV show each day. Aaron says that the Kansas City Star
had a story about how people in New Orleans are upset that
schools and streets have been named in honor of Thomas Jefferson
and other slave owners.

Rush says that he has a copy of this story that was printed in
yesterday's Tampa Tribune; some people don't want to name schools
after anyone who owned slaves, including George Washington, and
this is yet more symbolism over substance. This is what
multiculturalism is all about - eliminating the greatness from
America's history and instead teaching kids all sorts of things
which won't help American kids one bit later on in life.

Aaron wonders if the multiculturalists will get away with this,
and Rush doesn't know; however, he points out that Mardi Gras has
basically been ruined by those who refuse to allow private groups
use city services for their festivities. Thus, if a group
excludes women or blacks or anyone from membership, they can't
use the public streets for the parades.

A number of organizations have thus abandoned New Orleans parish
and moved to other nearby parishes. Thus, Mardi Gras is growing
smaller and multiculturalists have scored a victory. Rush doubts
that most people support the multicultural agenda, but those in
power in New Orleans evidently do.

Phone   Randy from Kearney, NB

Randy, like Rush, is a Steelers fan and hopes they win their game
with the Buffalo Bills next weekend. Rush says that the
conventional wisdom says that the Bills will not be able to rally
for another victory, but Rush disagrees and thinks the Bills can
still cause some problems for his favorite team.

Rush recalls how in the late 70s the Yankees played one game with
the Boston Red Sox for the American League East pennant. When the
Yankees won and came into Kansas City, it was assumed the Yankees
would be burnt out from their Red Sox game; however, the Yankees
were fired up and invigorated when they met the Royals, and Rush
suspects this may happen to the Buffalo Bills as well.

Randy mentions that he's heard three news reports about the
Shetland oil spill, and although all of the news stories have
mentioned the Exxon Valdez oil spill, none bothered to mention
the more recent and more massive spill off the Spanish coast.
Rush notes that the Shetland spill has so far released about
one-fifth the oil spilled by the Valdez, while the Spanish spill
was twice that of the Valdez. Of course, the reason the Exxon
spill is mentioned and the Spanish one ignored is that America
can be blamed for the Exxon spill and thus that event is more
"newsworthy."

*BREAK*

Phone   Fred from Sikeston, MO

Fred is an optometrist who would love to become the official EIB
optometrist by offering a free eye exam to Rush. Rush says that
he doesn't have trouble reading, but he does need more light now
when he reads. Fred warns that this could be a sign of len
opacification, which might lead to cataracts in later years. Rush
promises to look into this.

Fred would also like to talk about Carol Moseley Braun, and so
Rush plays his Update theme for Illinois' latest Senator. Fred
points out that in the elections of both Braun and Clinton, a
millionaire outsider sucked votes away from another candidate,
thereby allowing a non-qualified candidate to come into office.

Rush calls that an interesting point - Braun did manage to squeak
by Allen Dixon in the Democratic primary; Dixon was targeted
because he voted to confirm Justice Clarence Thomas, but the fact
it was a three-way race ended up helping Braun. Braun never got a
majority of the votes, but that doesn't matter since "she won the
big prize - she's moved on up." The Carol Moseley Braun Update
theme closes the segment.

*BREAK*

Phone   Jim from Woodridge, IL

Jim is now unemployed because of the Clinton administration; he
had been working for the past several years drawing electronic
switching systems for the phone company; at times he was working
more than 50 hours a week. Rush knows that some people would
point out that blaming Clinton for Jim's problems is unfair since
Clinton hasn't been inaugurated yet.

However, if Clinton is going to be credited for all the good
things happening right now - the economic recovery, increase in
consumer confidence, etc. - then Clinton's administration can
certainly be blamed for unemployment and other personal maladies.
"If it's good for the goose, it's good for the gander, and one
for all and all for one," Rush adds.

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