  Apparently you have to become a dittohead to gain access to archives of Rush’s show, for which I do not have the stomach. (And up with which, I will not put. ) I did find many of his comments quoted in an editorial. I’m cutting out the editorializing to present Rush’s own words, which I did hear come out of his mouth in several re-broadcasts. "I'm talking about people having a good time, these people [CIA agents and MPs at Abu Ghraib], you ever heard of emotional release? You heard of need to blow some steam off? " Limbaugh asked a caller. "This is no different than what happens at the Skull and Bones initiation and we're going to ruin people's lives over it and we're going to hamper our military effort, and then we are going to really hammer them because they had a good time.
" On his May 3 show, [Limbaugh] said "have you people noticed who the torturers are? Women! The babes! The babes are meting out the torture. " The photographic evidence of the more sexually graphic abuse was the same as "good old American pornography," as Limbaugh said on May 6. "I think a lot of the American culture is being feminized. I think the reaction to the stupid torture is an example of the feminization of this country," he told his audience. "It could well be that the whole purpose here, which has been said, was to humiliate these prisoners. And there's no better way of doing it than what was done. These are Arab males -- what better way to humiliate them than to have a woman have authority over them?
What's the purpose here? What's the objective of this? The objective is to soften them up for interrogation later, later on. As I said, there was no horror, there was no terror there was no death, there was no injuries, nothing. " [Twemty-five people died, as of early May, while detained in Abu Gharib. One was shot while fleeing. Ten deaths were determined to be from natural or undisclosed causes. Ten more deaths were still under investigation as of early May, and two were ruled homicides.
] I heard some excerpts from Rush’s show yesterday. He was talking to a caller, a self-described Christian, who was expressing concern that Rush’s viewpoints were often not very Christian. Rush disconnected the caller to respond. He said he was not a preacher and never claimed to put out the Christian viewpoint, only the conservative viewpoint, and that he never quoted the Bible. Then he proceeded to say that Jesus never said that wealth should be taken from those that earned it and given to those who didn’t. Rush went on to explain that Jesus said that if you give a man a fish, he eats for one day, but if you teach a man how to fish, he eats for a lifetime. (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ) I do believe there are a few fish stories in the Bible, but this sure isn’t one of them! I’ve been studying a bit of Methodist theology, and the concept of grace is central to Wesley’s philosophy.
The idea of earned and unearned (implying deserved and undeserved) does not feel very compassionate to me. And certainly the ideas of manifest destiny and entitlement are very troubling to me. Rush boasts that his talent is on loan from God.
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.well, that is true of all of us. Just because some among us haven’t had the best opportunities or the best education doesn’t mean we aren’t all deserving. 
