From: tz10956@meibm12.cen.uiuc.edu (Thomas Zych)
Subject: Re: Here Are The Undeniable Truths of Life
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 19:02:16 GMT

sjthomas@cup.portal.com (Stephen J Thomas) writes:

>                                                                   
>Rush Limbaugh's 35 Truths                                          
> 
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 1. The greatest threat to humanity lies in the nuclear arsenal of
>    the Soviet Union.

The second greatest threat to humanity lies in the nuclear arsenal of the
United States.

>                                                                   
> 3. Peace does not mean the removal of nuclear weapons.            

This is backwards.  It should be "The removal of nuclear weapons does not
create peace."

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

Unfortunately, true.

>                                                                   
> 5. War is not obsolete.                                           

But neither should it be a matter of first resort.

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

Unfortunately, true.

>                                                                   
> 7. There is only one way to eliminate nuclear weapons...use them. 

Unfortunately, probably also true.

>                                                                   
> 8. Peace cannot be achieved by developing an understanding of or  
>    with the Russian people.                                       

Myopic and xenophobic.

>                                                                   
> 9. Americans opposing America is not always courageous. Sometimes 
>    it is dangerous.                                               

But it must always be allowed.  Besides, what is "dangerous"?  When we
disagree with RL?

>                                                                   
>10. Communism kills.                                               

So does Capitalism, Socialism, and just about any other -ism you care to name.

>                                                                   
>11. Neither the United States, nor anyone else imposes freedom on  
>    the people of other nations. Freedom is not an imposition.     

But we will impose and/or support a friendly (to us) government, even if it
denies basic freedoms to its own people.

>                                                                   
>12. Freedom is God-given. It is the natural state to which humans  
>    yearn.                                                         

OK.

>                                                                   
>13. To the Soviet Union, peace means the absense of opposition.    

The same could be said of Rush.

>                                                                   
>14. To free people, peace means the absense of threat and the      
>    presence of justice.                                           

And none of them sick homos or anyone else who's different from us.

>                                                                   
>15. The peace movement in the United States, whether by accident   
>    or by design, is pro-Communist.                                

Huh?

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

I agree.

>                                                                   
>17. The greatest football team in the history of civilization: the 
>    Pittsburgh Steelers of 1975 to 1980.                           
>                                                                   
>18. There is no such thing as war atrocities. War IS an atrocity.  

Terribly true...

>                                                                   
>19. Regardless of the pain, nostalgia only takes us to those       
>    pleasant memories in our past.                                 
>                                                                   
>20. There IS a god.                                                

Whether there is a supreme being or not, and what form(s) that being takes, is
purely a matter of personal belief.  Although since he _could_ have said "There
IS a God, and it's the Judeo-Christian God", I suppose I should be happy that
Rush at least accepts that Islam, Hinduism, and any other god-based religion is
an acceptable belief system.

>                                                                   
>21. Abortion is wrong.                                             

But forcing women who cannot or do not wish to support children to have them,
in effect enslaving them, is perfectly alright.

>                                                                   
>22. Morality is not defined by individual choice.                  

True.  It is defined by society, and a changing society can change what it
considers moral or immoral.  And each individual must determine for themselves
whether they wish to live within society's definition of morality or whether to
create and live within their own morality.  In effect, our morality is not
pure right or wrong, it's our (society's) current opinions as to what is right
or wrong.

>                                                                   
>23. Evolution cannot explain creation.                             

And creation cannot explain evolution.

>                                                                   
>24. Feminism was established so that unattractive women could have 
>    access to the mainstream of society.                           

Misogynist.

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

How about hate?  If hate could be controlled, there'd be no need for war.

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

Mikhail Gorbachev introduced reforms which _limited_ his own power, eventually
to the point where he lost _all_ of his power.  Name another Soviet leader who
willingly gave away power.

>                                                                   
>27. Soviet leaders are actually left wing dictators.               
>                                                                   
>28. Despite what they are teaching at the University of Missouri,  
>    Abraham Lincoln saved this nation.                             
>                                                                   
>29. The wherever-they-happen-to-be Raiders will never be the team  
>    they were as when they called Oakland home.                    
>                                                                   
>30. The United States will again go to war.                        

Certainly.

>                                                                   
>31. To more and more people, a victorious United States is a       
>    sinful United States.                                          

Perhaps it's because of the reasons we go to war?

>                                                                   
>32. This is frightening and ominous.                               

Why?  Because Americans dare to stand up and say that their gov't is wrong?

>                                                                   
>33. There will always be poor people.                              

Unfortunately, true.

>                                                                   
>34. This is not the fault of Malcolm Forbes, Ronald Reagan, Rush   
>    Limbaugh, or any other rich person.                            

Although they certainly haven't tried to do anything to ease the situation,
either.

>                                                                   
>35. You should thank God for making you an American.

As long as you're a white heterosexual male from a well-to-do family.


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