From: lip@s1.gov (Loren I. Petrich)
Subject: Re: FAQ - Rush Limbaugh
Organization: LLNL
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 07:28:41 GMT

In article <1992Sep7.184248.42839@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> attebery@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:

	[I couldn't resist commenting...]

>Q1: What are the "Undeniable Truths"? 
>A1: They were part of an article he wrote for the
>   Sacramento Union back in 1988.  Here they are:

>                     Rush Limbaugh's 35 Undeniable Truths

> 1)  The greatest threat to humanity lies in the nuclear arsenal of the USSR.

	Both sides are guilty of arms racing. It would have been easy
four our leaders to have a policy of Tit for Tat: If you don't build
any, we won't build any. If you build some, we'll build some.
Unfortunately, there was never even an approximation of that policy.

	And that ignores other wars, civil unrest, environmental
destruction, and other threats to people's quality of life.

> 2)  The greatest threat to humanity lies in the USSR.

	I'm sure that Rush Limbaugh has not taken the breakup of the
Soviet Union very easily.

> 3)  Peace does not mean the elimination of nuclear weapons.

	Why isn't it good to dismantle every nuclear bomb on the planet?

> 4)  Peace does not mean the absence of war.

	Huh?

> 5)  War is not obsolete.

	Unavoidable in some cases, maybe, but not something one should
encourage.

> 6)  Ours is a world governed by the aggressive use of force.

	I wonder how he can take the evidence of a demilitarized
frontier between the US and Canada.

> 7)  There is only one way to get rid of nuclear weapons - use them.

	Tell that to the Russians who are destroying much of their
arsenal.

> 8)  Peace cannot be achieved by developing a "understanding" with the Russian 
>	People.

	It just happened :-) They decided to quit being Commies and
that's that.

> 9)  When Americans oppose America, it is not always courageous and sacred;
>        it is sometimes dangerous.

	What's "America"?

>10)  Communism Kills.

	So?

>11)  Neither the US, nor anyone else, imposes freedom on the peoples of other
>	nations.

	Huh?

>12)  Freedom is God given.

	Baloney. People are sometimes able to _make_ themselves free.

>13)  In the USSR, peace means the absence of opposition.

	Now it doesn't :-)

>14)  To free peoples, peace means the absence of threats and the presence of
>	justice.

	Ask that to the European empire builders. Britain had the
world's biggest empire (well, the USSR came close, at least) while
still being a democracy.

	Democracies _can_ fight aggressive wars.

>15)  The Peace Movement in the US, whether by accident or design, is 
>	pro-Communist.

	Although I do have problems with many of the peace activists,
I wouldn't call them pro-Communist.

>16)  The collective knowledge and wisdom of seasoned citizens is the most 
>	valuable, yet untapped, resource our young-people have.

	Suppose what's passed off as "wisdom" is nothing but
preconceived ideas? That's what's the case with the liberals, right? :-)

>17)  The greatest football team in the history of civilization is the
>        Pittsburgh Steelers of 1975-1980.

	I'm not going to argue about that.

>18)  There is no such thing as war atrocities.

	Yes there is, when the Commies do it :-)

>19)  War itself is an atrocity.

	Except when they are Holy Wars against Evil Empires :-)

>20)  There is a God.

	Whose?

>21)  Abortion is wrong.

	I disagree.

>22)  Morality is not defined and cannot be defined by individual choice.

	Well, maybe.

>23)  Evolution cannot explain Creation.

	Demonstrably false, thanks to research on self-organizing
systems and artificial life.

>24)  Feminism was established so as to allow unattractive women access to the
>	mainstream of society.

	Given what Rush Limbaugh looks like, that opinion is not
surprising. He's hardly an Adonis, and I'm sure he's scapegoating
feminists in compensation for how he feels about his _own_ appearance.

>25)  Love is the only human emotion that cannot be controlled.

	Maybe.

>26)  The only difference between Mikhail Gorbachev and previous Soviet leaders,
>	is that Gorbachev is alive.

	I'm sure that Rush Limbaugh is crushed over his governent
having been peacefully dismantled after the coup.

>27)  Soviet Leaders are just left-wing dictators.

	Not Gorbachev and Yeltsin.

>28)  Abe Lincoln saved this nation.

	I'm not going to complain about that.

>29)  The L.A. Raiders will never be the team that they were when they called
>	Oakland their home.

	I'm not going to argue about that, either.

>30)  The US will again go to war.

	That turned out right. I'm sure Rush Limbaugh now thinks that
Pat Buchanan is now some left-wing ultra-liberal for his stance on the
Gulf War. :-)

>31)  To more and more people, a victorious US is a sinful US.

	"Victorious"? "Undignified triumph" is more like it. Are
successful gangsters considered honorable citizens?

>32)  This is frightening and ominous.

	So?

>33)  There will always be poor people.

	So what?

>34)  This is not the fault of the rich.

	Who have the right to enrich themselves at everybody else's
expense, I guess.

>35)  You should thank God for making you an American; and instead of feeling
>	guilty about it, help spread our ideas worldwide.

	This type of "Americanism" turns me off.