Visitor's Guide to RushNet (You can email Bo!)
Emil T. Chuck
Last Posted Date: 14 Sep 1993 12:04:42 GMT
In case you didn't know: EDT = GMT - 4; PDT = GMT - 7
#Subject: Visitor's Guide to "RushNet"
#Reply-To: e...@po.CWRU.Edu (Emil Thomas Chuck)
A Visitor's Guide to the Internet/UseNet Rush Newsgroups
Instituted by Emil Thomas Chuck (Case Western Reserve University)
CONTENTS
[Updated items will be preceded by an asterisk.]
I. Introductory Information
1. Policy of distribution
2. Open letter to new posters and readers
II. Computer Access Information
1. The RushNetwork newsgroups
2. Email address to Rush Limbaugh
> 3. Email address to Bo Snerdley
4. Email address
a. President Clinton
b. VP AlGore
c. House of Representatives
5. FTP site for White House and Congress phone and FAX #s
6. Telnet site to Library of Congress
III. Questions and Answers
1. Who is Rush Limbaugh?
a. Opinion: Jared Dahl
b. Opinion: Emil Thomas Chuck
c. Opinion: Robert Topolski
d. Opinion: Ken Barnes
2. What are alt.rush-limbaugh and alt.fan.rush-limbaugh?
3. Frequent Posts
a. The FTP site
b. Summaries
c. FAQ (including a list of radio and TV stations)
d. The "Hit" List
e. A Roomful of Rush (Rush Room list)
4. Rush Sports Trivia
Environmentalist Wacko Football Picks 1993-94
5. "Rushian" pronunciations of names
6. The Addenda to the Limbaugh Lexicon
7. The "buzzer" words
IV. Appendices
1. Abortion definitions
2. The Bill Clinton FTP joke site
3. Siege v0.3 by Derrick Cole
4. The Rushography (Read More About Him) by Gil Hopson
5. Open letter to useless, defaming hecklers on RushNet
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Introductory information
POLICY: this listing will be promptly emailed to anyone requesting any of
the information below. This list will be updated on occasion without
warning. This list will be posted roughly every Monday of each week (barring
any unforeseen illnesses or catastrophes or network maintenance) during the
summer.
The Visitors Guide will be posted every odd numbered weekday during
the month of September (provided I can log on and remember).
OPEN LETTER TO NEW POSTERS AND READERS
Hi! We would like to welcome you to the RushNet newsgroups and are pleased
that you have decided to read this Visitors Guide. I would like to warn you
that this newsgroup can be very confusing to those who haven't observed the
nature of discussion here. Just as Rush asks his new listeners to hear his
program for 6 weeks straight in order to understand what his program is all
about, I would request you read one day's worth of posts (two to be safe)
before diving into this 4-ft. deep tank of opinion.
Many of the posts here are filled with sarcasm and absurdity. Therefore
many posts should be read with quite a mind that is open to different
interpretation and styles of humor. There will be many debates that will
break down into name-calling and many others that will maintain civility.
After a while, a debate in which you decide to participate may result in a
slandering of your character based on your opinion on a topic;
unfortunately this does happen, and personally, I would urge you not to
lower your standards of decency or surrender your debating posture to
respond in the same tenor.
You should also note that many posts have a time lag. The point you may be
typing up now may have already been pointed out in another post that has
already been up on your newsserver but haven't read yet. If it is possible
on your system, try to read all the posts that share a similar subject
header before commenting.
Once again, welcome to RushNet, and we hope your stay is a pleasant one.
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Computer Access
Newsgroups served: alt.rush-limbaugh
alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
Can't get to from here: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh.tv.show
Limbaugh channel on IRC
Email Rush: 70277...@CompuServe.Com *
Email Bo Snerdley: 73467...@CompuServe.Com *
Grateful attentive dittos to H. W. Nunes III
(hwn...@leland.stanford.edu)
Email Clinton: PRES...@WHITEHOUSE.GOV
clint...@ai.mit.edu
75300...@CompuServe.Com *
Clint...@Campaign92.org
Email AlGore: VICE-PR...@WHITEHOUSE.GOV
* CompuServe addresses are normally of the format of xxxxx,yyyy rather than
xxxxx.yyyy (comma instead of period). However, your mailer or mail alias
program may still recognize the comma as a separation of two distinct
addresses rather than one uniform address. Hence the sender must be wary.
Email House of Representatives: [PLEASE READ ENTIRE SECTION]
cong...@hr.house.gov
Comments (constructive please)
comm...@hr.house.gov
#From: pope...@usuhsb.ucc.usuhs.nnmc.navy.mil
#Organization: The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
#Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1993 17:02:30 GMT
"Rep Jay Dickey, R-AR (4) jdi...@hr.house.gov
Rep Newt GINGRICH, R-GA (6) geor...@hr.house.gov
Rep Charlie Rose, D-NC (7) cr...@hr.house.gov
Rep Melvin Watt, D-NC (12) mel...@hr.house.gov"
Other people with email accounts (based on Sep 06 93 letter):
Rep. Sam Gejdenson CT (2) boz...@hr.house.gov
Rep. George Miller CA (7) geo...@hr.house.gov
Rep. Pete Stark CA (13) pete...@hr.house.gov
[Thanks to Jim Dedman (j...@unkaphaed.jpunix.com) for this
information initially.]
More conventional ways to contact the government:
A directory of the White House and Cabinet addresses, and phone and
FAX numbers for members of the 103d Congress are available by anonymous FTP
at nifty.andrew.cmu.edu (/pub/QRD/qrd/info/GOVT/ directory)
This will be quite useful considering...
#From: jo...@cap.gwu.edu (John Nestoriak)
#Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
#Subject: Fax congress
#Date: 5 Aug 1993 20:36:16 -0500
#Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
"In case you haven't heard, there is an experimental email - fax server on
the internet. It doesn't reach many places, but one place it does reach
is the DC area code, and so it can be used to send faxes to congress for
free! Send email to:
remote-printe...@fax-number.tpc.int
where Senator_Blah will show up as Senator Blah on the cover page
and fax number is the number backwards separated by dots (include area
code). ie it will end like 2.0.2.1.tpc.int for the 202 (DC) area code.
The message should also be in Mime format. If you do it wrong you should
get a message back that includes a FAQ. If anyone has a list of
congress members fax number that might be a good thing to post here."
Library of Congress Telnet site:
#From: gr...@plains.NoDak.edu (Bill Green)
#Subject: Re: TAP-CROWN JEWELS: CONGRESSIONAL LEGIS (from com-...@psi.com)
#Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1993 05:47:19 GMT
#Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computing Network
"The Library of Congress is already open to us. Telnet to LOCIS.LOC.GOV,
and you can get all kinds of good stuff on COngress. Basically, you
can search bills by keyword, author, etc. You can also get a digest
of the bills you retrieve. Unfortunately, you cannot get a complete
vote on the bills, or a complete text (but from the size of that tax
bill, can you imagine the size that file would be!)."
How this site works is still under discussion on the network.
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Q1: Who is Rush Limbaugh?
A1:
Jared Dahl (jd...@rchland.vnet.ibm.com):
Rush Limbaugh is a conservative tv and radio host who has quite a following
in the United States. His positions on many issues are considered to be
commonplace *or* controversial, depending on your point of view. He has a
half-hour television show (may be on late a night), a very popular radio
show, and a book that has been at the #1 or #2 spot on many bestsellers
lists.
Emil Thomas Chuck (e...@po.cwru.edu):
For more information on the background and views of Mr. Limbaugh, I suggest
reading his book _The Way Things Ought To Be_. The book gives insight as to
how many of the strange nuances of the program have developed (for example,
"dittos"). His views and his humor is very controversial since he enjoys
"demonstrating the absurd by being absurd." Hence many of the posters on
both alt.rush-limbaugh and alt.fan.rush-limbaugh will similarly post
articles in that fashion.
Robert M. Topolski (topo...@netcom.com):
I have come to the conclusion that Rush Limbaugh, besides being
entertaining, is quite correct in his views. I did not come to this
conclusion quickly or easily. On the contrary, I dismissed Limbaugh
early as a sarcastic radical gadfly and too full of himself. Simply put,
Rush turned me off. Yet, on those occasions that I did listen, I found
that his views often fish-tailed into my core beliefs. My core beliefs
were not transformed by Rush's monologue, they were fortified by it.
After a few weeks, I became accustomed to Rush's pompous style and could
enjoy the humor and get caught up in the message.
Addressing the issues of the day with reason and humor is a
Limbaugh convention. His gift of logic was nothing he learned in school.
Rush is a natural. What a piano is to a concert pianist, social and
political issues are to Limbaugh. His show is his concert hall, and we
are his audience. Unlike most talk-format entertainment, Limbaugh does
not pretend to be performing any kind of public service. It is his show
about what he thinks, and at a minimum operates as a benevolent
dictatorship. The best hours of the Rush Limbaugh Show are those
frequent hours without a caller.
Rush's call to morality and values are a common thread woven into
his analysis of the concern of the day. Morality is the behavior
resulting from the application of virtuous principles. Values are those
principles. Rush correctly observes, the interpretation of the First
Amendment not withstanding, that America evolved as a Judeo-Christian
country. The laws controlling behavior in this country find their roots
in this ancestry. This is important to understand why some of
Limbaugh's tolerance lines are where they are and are not subjects open
for haggling.
Rush's political views are not as unbending, nor should they be.
Rush recently recanted a position against term limits. He reasons that
Americans failed to vote issues in 1992 which should have put the
Democrats out on the street. Yet he consistently calls for small,
simple government by the people. Rush believes that government handouts
are not compassionate, but serves only to suppress success and enlist
political support. He maintains that government social engineering
(racial, gender, or sexual orientation) fails whenever tried.
These positions have unfairly earned Rush Limbaugh such labels as
bigot, homophobe, sexist, and most recently anti-Semite. Those who
listen regularly know the irony of these labels. Rush speaks against
the cycle of poverty welfare thrusts upon largely minority individuals
and families. Yet, when a minority person accomplishes a major
achievement, Rush does not hesitate to applaud it. Rush points out that
success in life comes with self-reliance, not dependence. In the same
vein, Rush fans understand that Rush doesn't hate women when he speaks
against the militant agenda of the radical feminists. Rush applauds and
supports the legitimate reasons for the women's movement: equal work
deserves equal compensation, treatment, and opportunity to succeed.
Anyone who says that Limbaugh is a failure has missed the point.
Rush has won. The goal was never to affect social change. The real goal
was to have an entertaining and successful talk-radio program -- his
way. You cannot get higher than number one. Everything else that occurs
as a result is simply gravy.
I wrote those six paragraphs to convey this message: Rush's
message is hard to swallow. It reintroduced individual decency and
goodwill, stripped from us somehow over the past 40 years. It redefines
compassion and makes it a personal quality instead of a government
function. His message explodes in the face of everything we learned
about how to achieve social balance. Above all, it taps in to simple
central beliefs we learned to hold in disdain. This explains Rush
Limbaugh's phenomenal success -- he restores to us good qualities we had
lost.
Ken Barnes (keba...@msuvx1.msu.edu) writes:
I've listened to Rush's radio show for several years now
(since way back when he did the New York *local*local*local*
hour prior to going on the nationwide satellite feed), and
what I've enjoyed the most about the show is its irreverent
tone, combined with Rush's unabashedly up-front conservative
bias, which is dedicated to exposing the excesses of the
political Left (or at least the Democrat constituency groups
which pass for a left-wing in the United States). The other
mass-media outlets in this country inevitably choose to
consult these primarily liberal spokes... <ahem!> _men_ :)
and liberal special-interest organizations when looking for
sources for their reportage, and it is in this way that a
decided liberal bias is injected into news reportage. The
reporters themselves don't usually editorialize in their
reporting, but they don't have to. Their assessment of who
is a credible and representative source, and their editorial
judgement about what stories are "news" does their talking
for them. As Marshall McLuhan said, "The medium is the
message."
That being the case, what is the message of the one-man
marketing phenomenon known as Rush Limbaugh? I believe that
here, too, the medium is a large part (no pun intended :) )
of his success, and of his message. Rush has succeeded in
these United States by recognizing that this is primarily a
conservative country, and in playing to that market, which
in large part has only grown during the conservatizing era
of Reagan, Rush not only created a job for an unemployed former
disc jockey and major-league baseball staffer, but for
many thousands of people in the dying industry of AM radio.
His message, though irreverent, is in profound agreement
with many of the core values and political common sense of
the American people. The message is one of what he calls
"rugged individualism" and a deep sense of distrust for
government policy solutions to the nation's many problems,
since these solutions have repeatedly failed in the past,
and have in many cases made things worse.
This criticism of the liberal welfare state (to the
extent that it exists in the U.S.) and of the moral
relativism which is advocated in the name of freedom
and compassion by many of the "progressive" activists
who are familiar faces in the mass media has lead to
the usual reflexive epithets reserved for conservatives
being hurled at Limbaugh as well. He's been called
racist (by William Raspberry, among others), sexist
(which in his case means anti-feminist), "homophobic"
(which means simply opposed to the gay-rights agenda),
and "the most dangerous man in America". I'd certainly
agree he's dangerous, but I believe he's primarily
dangerous to the heretofore unchallenged idea put
forward by the mass media that their liberal activist
sources represent the only voice of America. In Rush
Limbaugh's rush to prosperity, many Americans see
their own values and aspirations reflected, and they
hear their own thoughts given a new voice.
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Q2: What's the difference between alt.rush-limbaugh and
alt.fan.rush-limbaugh?
A2:
Jared Dahl writes:
a>What are alt.fan.rush-limbaugh and alt.rush-limbaugh ?
a>======================================================
a>Alt.fan.rush-limbaugh and alt.rush-limbaugh are newsgroups
a>dedicated to discussion of radio and tv host Rush Limbaugh, his stances
a>on certain topics, his methods of delivery, and whatever current topics
a>the netters wish to argue about.
b>Does Rush read his e-mail ?
b> -- Yes. Rush says that he reads all of his COMPUSERVE mail and then
b> will read much of his Internet mail. He has a macro that empties
b> his mailbox periodically, so do not be discouraged if your mail
b> bounces.
Emil Thomas Chuck notes:
Rush has been able with his Powerbook(s) and Macs to read off his
Compuserve mail while he is on the air. Again, don't be discouraged if your
mail bounces, but please keep your messages as short and to the point as
possible. He gets roughly 300 mail messages every day, and if he reads
every one, you can imagine how much time that takes. Please be considerate.
He also is logged in during his programs, so if you can't get through by
phone, you can always email him, and your mail might get read on the air.
Also, make sure you do not send email in binary form to Rush. He
can't decipher it. Send it in ASCII/Text form.
c>Does Rush read this group ?
c> -- No. Rush has no access to USENET through COMPUSERVE, but someone
c> was forwarding the entire group to his mailbox. He now has a
c> macro that deletes any mail with the phrase "alt.rush or alt.fan.
c> rush" in it. He has mentioned these groups on his show before and
c> refers to the posts here as "vicious".
d>Why do people who don't agree with Rush post to a *.fan group ?
d> -- The term "fan" is a bit of a double-edged sword on USENET. For
d> example, the members of alt.fan.dan-quayle are dedicated to keep-
d> ing alive the former VP's most embarassing moments. The number of
d> pro- and anti-Rush posts are about equal.
e>Why doesn't my site get alt.rush-limbaugh or alt.fan.rush-limbaugh ?
e> -- Your site's news administrator may have chosen to alias the two
e> groups together to save space since many posts are posted to
e> both groups anyway.
Emil Thomas Chuck notes:
If you find that your newsserver only has one group and not the
other, you should in any response in which the article is cross-posted,
edit the Newsgroups line. Otherwise you will be repeatedly frustrated as
your post is "junked" because the newsserver can't find the other group.
I expected posts on alt.rush to be about _issues_ presented by RL
on any of his programs or in the written media. Posts on alt.fan.rl I
expect to concern him personally as well as a medium for dittoheads to
commmunicate and non-dittoheads to rag on them. Obviously this
generalization doesn't hold up, and I don't expect it to anytime soon.
There is obviously a lot of overlap between the two newsgroups as
frequently Rush himself becomes an issue in the media, or people feel the
article to be posted needs a wide audience. In the end, it's all up to you.
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Q3: Frequent posts and posters
A3: All the following posts can be retrieved by anonymous FTP at
grind.isca.uiowa.edu (info/rush.limbaugh directory)
1) Summaries by John Switzer (jswi...@netcom.com)
*** grind.isca.uiowa.edu: info/rush.limbaugh/Summaries/ ***
These are unofficial transcripts of the weekday radio program. Mr.
Switzer almost tirelessly posts them without any compensation (that I know
of) from EIB, Rush, Internet, or the Republican Party. Nor does he receive
entitlement benefits from the U.S. government for his efforts. You may
request to be on a mailing list and receive your own copy by email without
having to go through the entire network in search of a summary from that
one day you didn't listen. More details about how items are
organized in each Summary are posted on the first Summary for the first day
of each month in broadcast. In a sense, if Rush is God, John Switzer could
be St. John.
John has also set up a temporary "mini-ftp" site at netcom.com.
This site only contains the summaries for that month.
Jared Dahl writes:
>Q: Who is John Switzer?
>=======================
>John is a big Rush fan and a boon to both those who support Rush
>and those who oppose him. John posts summaries of Rush's radio
>shows for each day. Cut John some slack, it's a lot of work
>typing up all that stuff, and he gets behind from time to time.
>BTW, the summaries are unofficial, and have nothing to do with
>EIB or Rush Limbaugh.
2) Frequently Aksed/Asked Questions (FAQ) by Tracy Atteberry
(atte...@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu)
*** grind.isca.uiowa.edu: info/rush.limbaugh/rush.FAQ ***
This list includes many answers to questions concerning Rush and
his programs, including mailing addresses, FAX numbers for the EIB Network,
the list of Rush's undeniable truths, and a list of radio and TV stations
that are part of the EIB Network. This listed is posted mid-month on the
network.
3) The Hit List by Ken Barnes (keba...@msuvx1.memst.edu)
*** grind.isca.uiowa.edu: info/rush.limbaugh/hit.list ***
This lists the music used frequently by Rush's radio program as
lead-in "bumpers" and updates. A "soundtrack" has not yet appeared in
stores. :)
4) A Roomful of Rush by Tracy Atteberry and Ken Barnes
This is a list of Rush Rooms (see "Appendix to Limbaugh Lexicon") submitted
by readers on the network. If your local Rush Room is not on this list,
please email Tracy or Ken ASAP.
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Q4: Trivia: Rush roots for ...
A4: Rush's favorite sports teams as determined by observing Rush:
Football 1) Pittsburgh Steelers
2) Houston Oilers
Basketball Phoenix Suns
Baseball AL) Kansas City Royals
NL) St. Louis Cardinals
Environmental Wacko Football Picks (as determined by Emil Thomas Chuck)
For 1993-94 Season
1) Miami Dolphins (dolphins smarter than humans, 1972 season)
2) Buffalo Bills (almost extinct from American exploitation)
3) Denver Broncos (cannot be controlled by humans)
4) Indianapolis Colts (same as Denver, except they moved from
Baltimore because of capitalist dictator
of an owner)
5) Los Angeles Rams (defiant, living in the wild, treacherous
mountains, away from humans)
6) Cincinnati Bengals (endangered species)
7) Phoenix Cardinals (peaceful gracious bird)
8) Seattle Seahawks (bird that preys on other animals)
9) Atlanta Falcons (birds with an attitude that prey on other
animals)
10) Detroit Lions (the kings of the rainforest)
11) Chicago Bears (can be either ferocious or "cute")
12) Philadelphia Eagles (although endangered, they still have the
gall to use the American bird as a mascot)
13) Minnesota Vikings (the real discoverers of America who kept
the continent pristeen)
14) Cleveland Browns (the earth color)
15) Kansas City Chiefs (the first inhabitants of America; kept
the virginity of forest and balance of
ecosystem before the Americans came and
screwed it up)
16) Washington Redskins (derogatory reference to Native Americans)
17) Los Angeles Raiders (though they sometimes plundered the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers land, they would steal from mercantilist
greedy swine, making further exploitation
of the Americas more risky)
19) Green Bay Packers (although culpable of exploiting the land,
they are slaves to the evil capitalist
exploiters of the environment)
20) Pittsburgh Steelers (also slaves to capitalists, but the
results of their occupation robs the
earth to a greater extent than do the
Packers)
21) San Diego Chargers (symbol of electricity, the "spark" that
accelerated further the explotation of
global resources)
22) New York Jets (contribute to global warming and ozone
hole with exhausts)
23) New York Giants (evil greedy capitalist swine who
manipulate others to destroy the earth)
24) Houston Oilers (suppliers of fuel that run the Jets that
will result in the destruction of the
planet)
25) San Francisco 49ers (exploiters of the earth that pillage
the rich resources of the earth for their
own greedy selfish interests)
26) Dallas Cowboys (slavemasters to animals that contribute
to decreased states of health for all
the people on the planet and contribute
to greenhouse effect)
27) New Orleans Saints (pious, self-righteous people who fear
God's wrath over the earth's destruction)
28) New England Patriots (you should be ashamed to be an American
since it is the USA that is ultimately
responsible for all the environmental
catastrophes the earth has ever
experienced)
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Q5: Why does Rush say those names that way?
A5: Rush uses certain terms and pronunciations as it seems the people
he wishes not to offend say them. Consequently, Reverend Jackson's name is
pronounced by Rush as /Revrnndd Jacksnnn/ since that seems to be the way
Rev. Jackson's name seems to be pronounced. Similarly, Mario Cuomo sounds
like /coo-moe/ because that's the way Rev. Jackson refers to Gov. Cuomo.
Names and "Rushian" pronunciations
Reverend Jackson /Revvrnnnd Jacksnnn/
(Rev. Jackson's own pronunciation of his name.)
[Gov. Mario] Cuomo /koo-moe/
(Rev. Jackson pronunciation during 1988 campaign)
[Secretary Robert B.] Reich /rye-shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh(u)h/
(From the Nightly Business Report interview in late 1992)
[Vice Pres] Al Gore [,Jr.] AlGore *
[Sect. HHS Donna] Shalala Sha-LAAY-luh (got Bill on his knees)
(cf. Shalala update theme)
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg Justice Ruth Buzzi Bader Ginsberg
(She does look a lot like Ruth Buzzi, but I doubt you'll be
hearing this "pronunciation" anymore.)
[John] Demjanjuk /day-men-YUKE/
Keynesian [economics] /kay-NEE-see-un/
* NB:
The term "AlGore" has been used by many Rush supporters on the newsgroups
to refer to Vice President Gore. [You will be surprised to note how many
Rush _detractors_ will (sarcastically) not recognize to whom AlGore refers.
After years of their mocking President Bush as "President Shrub" and Vice
President Quayle as "Quayl" or the "Poster Veep," it's quite amusing to see
their failure to take what they had previously dished out.]
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Q6: What does Rush and the network mean by ...
A6: Terms most often used by Rush and this network have a beginning in the
Limbaugh Lexicon in Rush's book _The Way Things Ought to Be_. However, many
more terms have been added and many other terms have been used on this
network. This is a small listing of addenda to the Lexicon as well as
definitions for words used most often on this network. They are in no
particular order.
Rush Room: locale where listeners of his radio program can have lunch
and listen to Rush at the same time. There are over 100 such rooms known to
exist, including 6 in the city of Phoenix. Liberals are invited to come as
long as they keep the decorum of the restaurant while the program is on the
air.
The first Rush Room is said to be O'Charley's Restaurant in
Raleigh NC. I remember they advertised the Rush Room as early as 1990-91.
Another Rush Room near South Bend IN, on the other hand, has claimed itself
to be the first Rush Room in the Aug 09 1993 issue of U.S. News & World
Report.
America Held Hostage: Rush's apt term for the Clinton Presidency.
Inspired by the meteoric rise of ABC News "Nightline," which began as a
result of the American Hostage Crisis in Iran in 1980, Rush has dubbed the
reinstallation of liberals into the White House as such, in the prospect of
seeing his ratings and popularity rise.
The Raw Deal: also known as the Clinton Presidency, but one may also
apply this term to the variety of programs proposed by the Clinton
administration that were crafted to save this country only to send it
spiraling to our demise as a respected world leader. Answer to the "New
Covenant" name Clinton placed on his program back in July 1992.
Limbots: also known as "dittoheads" except used by detractors of RL
to characterize his fans. Assumes that RL is in such total control of a
listener to believe everything he says without question. A recent poll in
US News and World Report only shows however that Rush's "mind-control" has
its effect on two main issues, particularly the environment.
EIB Worldwide Service: The Excellence in Broadcasting Network now
transmits all over the world on shortwave radio (15.420 MHz, WRNO New
Orleans) in addition to the 600+ radio stations domestically. It is
speculated that negotiations are underway in secret to supply translations
to listeners outside the US, or to broadcast continuously a replay of
Rush's radio program of the day during the 21 hours of time between live
shows.
D-Day: The day President Clinton "dumped" Lani Guinier /gwin-ear/ for a
position as assistant attorney for civil rights in the Judiciary
Department. [I think the date is June 5, but I need confirmation of this.]
To Democratic members of the Congressional Black Caucus, this IS a day that
will live in infamy.
Decade of Fraud and Deceit: the "Clinton era." A response to naming the
Reagan and Bush Presidencies as the "Decade of Greed," Rush has responded
by dubbing the Clinton era thus based on the outright misstatements and
lies told by President Clinton or his appointees. Conservatives, if not
many other Americans, hope that despite the nomenclature, this period will
not last ten years.
Era of Limbaugh/Age of Limbaugh: What conservative dittoheads prefer
to name the 1990s in light on his rising popularity. Many have tried to
stem this groundswell by belittling him or insulting him, but these attacks
have not been successful.
Dan's Bake Sale: a "demonstration of capitalism" in Fort Collins CO.
Origins came from a phone call to the radio show from Dan Kay to Rush. Dan
was unable to get a subscription to Rush's newsletter, so someone in Rush's
staff suggested to Rush then to Dan about holding a "bake sale" to get the
money. In context, there was a rash of "bake sales" held by schoolchildren
in which the proceeds would go to reducing the federal debt. Thousands
converged to Ft. Collins May 22, 1993, to help Dan get his subscription. A
chapter of Rush's next book will undoubtedly contain more details on what
has been called "Rushstock '93."
Rush Logic: Term attributed to Peter Giordano, it is a technique
charged by anti-Rush posters to the pro-Rushites, possibly referring to the
usage of "demonstrating absurdity by being absurd," but I'm not quite sure
about that. According to Mr. Giordano, it involves saying the direct
opposite of your opponent and considering that a rebuttal to an argument.
Meant to be tongue-in-cheek.
Raspberry Effect: Criticism of Rush that is recanted because prior
criticism was made about Rush without having ever listened to him on radio
or TV beyond the recommended number of weeks of observation (6 weeks).
Criticism usually arises based on hearsay from friends or colleagues. An
apology is usually issued pleading ignorance to the program when writing
the original bit of criticism.
FTOYIRL[CA]: Abbreviation "for those of you in Rio Linda [California]"
Used by Ken Barnes occasionally.
Deficit/"Daficit" Spending Awareness Ribbon: (cf. June 30, 1993 summary)
In the light of the awareness ribbon explosion, Rush -- for once in the
history of the program -- called upon all his listeners to wear a Deficit
Spending Awareness Ribbon. The ribbon is a dollar bill folded lengthwise
and in such a manner so as to look like a ribbon to which you pin to your
lapel.
Of course, the larger the denomination you use for your Deficit
Spending Awareness Ribbon, the more aware you supposedly are about the
amount of deficit spending. Note that you should probably not wear these
ribbons around the streets of New York.
This is probably the first universally identifiable marker of a
Dittohead/Limbot. This is also the only manifestation of Rush's "activism"
with the power of the Golden EIB microphone.
State of EIB: The bastion of American values and rugged individualism
that, thanks to the Clinton Presidency, is becoming more distinct from the
United States with each passing day of the Clinton Presidency.
Making the complex understandable: Rush's description of his
capabilities to communicate to his audience clearly and concisely.
One day at a time for the last time: Rush's statement that the "hostage
crisis" (cf America Held Hostage) can only last so long.
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Q7: Why does a buzzer sound whenever Rush says ...
A7:
Buzz-words: These are words Rush has chosen to refrain from using on his
programs. Should he use them, Rush SHOULD get buzzed by Tony Lo Bianco.
These words have been so trivialized and abused by liberals, in Rush's
opinion, that their meanings have been politicized. Appropriate
substitutes, grounded in reality, follow in parentheses.
share (tell, disclose, show, ...)
globe, planet (world)
rainforest (jungle)
worker [a "Marxist term"] (employee)
trickle-down economics (Reaganomics, supply-side economics)
perfect (flawless)
capital gains (capital earnings)
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Appendix I : Abortion Definitions, as written by Emil Thomas Chuck
#From: e...@po.CWRU.Edu (Emil T. Chuck)
#Newsgroups: alt.rush-limbaugh,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,talk.abortion
This is what I wrote as for how I perceived the different groups in the
abortion debate:
#Subject: Re: The Politics of Growth Re: Abortion
#Date: 24 Jun 1993 23:12:20 GMT
#Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
#Reply-To: e...@po.CWRU.Edu (Emil T. Chuck)
pro-abortion: those who advocate the legality of unlimited, unhindered
access to abortion. A fetus is simply a collection of cells that are
rapidly growing. Will oppose any legislation or any organization that
advocates either the elimination of abortion or publicizing any
information about alternatives to abortion or setting any limits to the
operation of abortion. Example: those people who own that "discount
abortion" shop.
pro-choice: those who acknowledge a woman's right to reproductive freedom,
but may not necessarily advocate abortion as the solution to an unplanned
pregnancy. Individually, they may approve or disapprove of certain
restrictions on abortion. (They don't get huffy and puffy about whether a
pregnant woman is persuaded for taking the child to term.)
pro-life: those who acknowledge that life begins at conception, and
consequently believes that it is the right for a fetus to develop into a
child. Many may acknowledge exceptions to this right for rape, incest, and
medical reasons, and many may favor certain restrictions to access,
including consent laws. Many favor promoting adoption as an avenue, while
others may decide to open up centers to take care of prenatal care for
these women, such as those offered by the Catholic Church.
anti-choice (pro-life): those who acknowledge that life begins at
conception and that, as a result, any action taken by the mother to
terminate the life of the fetus is essentially murder. Most believe that
those who participate in the murder of fetuses should be punished as
murderers as well. They may favor any option like adoption as a choice
for the mother afterwards, but they do not favor any action taken to harm
the fetus in order to destroy the fetus.
anti-choice (pro-abortion): those who will not accept any woman's decision
not to have an abortion and instead will opt for carrying the baby to full
term. Women who are poor and disadvantaged who have an unplanned pregnancy
need an abortion. Women who are in the fast track to success and now
hampered by an unplanned pregnancy need an abortion. The prescription to
any problem a woman might face is an abortion as an abortion is the
liberating force for women from the oppression of male dominance over their
reproductive activity. Reproductive freedom as long as that freedom is to
the right to abortion.
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Appendix II: The Bill Clinton Joke FTP site
Anonymous FTP to:
cco.caltech.edu
Dir: pub/humor/political
For more info, contact Nathan Mates <nat...@cco.caltech.edu>.
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Appendix III: Siege v0.3
From: co...@concert.net (Derrick Cole)
>Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.rush-limbaugh
Subject: Siege v0.3
Date: 29 Aug 1993 01:31:14 GMT
Organization: MCNC Center for Communications
Here's the latest version of siege that compiles on Ultrix systems.
Enjoy,
Derrick
--- cut here ---
/*
* siege - a somewhat humorous attempt at keeping track of the number of days
* past and remaining of the "Raw Deal". Make it part of your .sig
* today!
*
* Enjoy,
* Derrick Cole (co...@concert.net)
*
* v0.3 released 8/28/93 cole - added ULTRIX compilation support (thanks, Ian!)
*
* v0.2 released 8/23/93 cole - made more changes, added some info
*
* v0.1 released 8/18/93 cole
*
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>
#ifdef CANT_TAKE_A_JOKE
#define GET_A_LIFE
#include <std_disclaimer.h>
#endif
#undef POLITICAL_CORRECTNESS_ADVOCATE
/*
* Ultrix uses mktime() instead of timelocal(), and reverses tm_gmtoff and
* tm_timezone in the tm structure
*/
#if defined(ultrix) || defined(ULTRIX)
struct tm election_day = { 0, 0, 0, 3, 10, 92, 2, 307, 0, -18000, "EST" };
struct tm siege_start = { 0, 0, 0, 20, 0, 93, 3, 19, 0, -18000, "EST" };
struct tm siege_end = { 0, 0, 0, 20, 0, 97, 1, 19, 0, -18000, "EST" };
time_t (*timefunc)() = mktime;
#else
struct tm election_day = { 0, 0, 0, 3, 10, 92, 2, 307, 0, "EST", -18000 };
struct tm siege_start = { 0, 0, 0, 20, 0, 93, 3, 19, 0, "EST", -18000 };
struct tm siege_end = { 0, 0, 0, 20, 0, 97, 1, 19, 0, "EST", -18000 };
time_t (*timefunc)() = timelocal;
#endif
#define DAY 86400
#define RICH_DEAD 20
main()
{
time_t now;
struct tm *tm_today;
char char_today[30];
int day;
time(&now);
tm_today = localtime(&now);
if (tm_today->tm_isdst)
now += 3600; /* adjust for Daylight Savings */
strftime(char_today, sizeof(char_today), "%A %B %d, %Y", tm_today);
day = ((now - (*timefunc)(&siege_start))/DAY) + 1;
printf("Limbaugh Watch for %s:\n - Day %i (%i if Rich/Dead) of \"America Held Hostage\" (aka the \"Raw Deal\")\n - The Election was %i days ago\n - %i days remain\n",
char_today,
day,
day + RICH_DEAD,
(((now - (*timefunc)(&election_day))/DAY) + 1),
(((*timefunc)(&siege_end) - now)/DAY));
exit(0);
}
-- end --
Sample:
Limbaugh Watch for Saturday August 28, 1993:
- Day 221 (241 if Rich/Dead) of "America Held Hostage" (aka the "Raw Deal")
- The Election was 299 days ago
- 1240 days remain
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Appendix IV: The Rushography (Rush Limbaugh: Read More About Him!)
Compiled by
Gil Hopson <GHO...@KSUVM.KSU.EDU>
Graduate Student in Mass Communications
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas
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Appendix IV: Open Letter to useless, defaming network hecklers
[Distribution encouraged.]
Hi. Welcome to the Rush Limbaugh newsgroups.
We appreciate your decision to exercise your First Amendment rights to
express your opinion. However, we feel your post reflects rather badly on
your character and demonstrates your intolerance and disrespect towards
those with whom you vehemently disagree.
We hope that your post is simply an aberration, and that, in the future,
you will engage in useful discussion in a respectful manner with others on
this network. Nevertheless, we look very forward to engage in substantive
debate with you on a variety of issues, and we enthusiastically welcome you
to RushNet, extending our fingers of friendship to you.
Sincerely,
The Limbaugh Anti-Defamation League
*** END OF VISITORS GUIDE ***
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The Clinton Economic Plan looks a lot like BU--SH--!
Emil Thomas Chuck e...@po.CWRU.edu
Biomedical Scientist Training Program - CWRU School of Medicine