Rush Limbaugh TV- America Has Lost Its Soul

(From rushlimbaugh.com):
This clip comes from our December 17, 1992 show. The topic: a column by Bob Greene of the New York Daily News, who wrote about four teenagers who tortured, stabbed and killed an eight-year-old boy literally for the fun of it. Greene made several of the same points Rush had on the topic of valuing human life and healing "the dying national soul."

That's what originally caught Rush's eye, but looking back at this episode, you can't help but be shocked by just how prescient Rush was about the need to teach morality, not subjective values. He pointed out that Greene talks of the soul, and then pointed out that religion, not science, teaches of the soul - yet religion is now a taboo subject.

Rush continued: "Why do kids take guns into schools? Because they have no respect for the sanctity of life. I told you that time and time again. You can't have a million-and-a-half abortions every year in this country for all the years that we've had, folks, without life itself being cheapened. We take kids to school, and they have guns and knives in their pockets. What do we do? We put metal detectors up in the schools... We have this killer disease out there and it's behaviorally spread... We do not let people anymore be taught right from wrong, good from bad."

This is more than seven years before Columbine, folks. Rush was truly on the cutting edge of societal evolution on this one, as you'll see when you watch this video. Rush was trying to get people thinking about the devaluation of human life - in all its forms - and about what that kind of cheapening does to the souls of individuals and of nations.

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[timboj71]

This still applies to today. More evidence that morals never expire or devalue with time.

[tkirgiss]

Actually, when you look at Rush's addiction and how he handled it, it is a good picture of conservatism in the sense that he did not blame anyone else and he took charge of fixing the problem without having to rely on others to fix it for him.

And if you actually listen to an entire show several times, you will pick up on his satire and see that when he is "egotistical" he is usually coming from a humorous angle.

He has also discussed his marriage experiences.

[Kreftoon]

@l337pwnage Now I cannot argue with that! *LOL* Touche!



[l337pwnage]

@Kreftoon Without the papers to look at, we can only guess as to who initiated and who agreed, but I know for a fact that depending on location, only one person has to agree, the other person is along for the ride.

And, statistically, the majority of divorces are filed for by women, and the reasons should be obvious.

Before his most recent marriage, he had said on the air that he wasn't going to get married again, but apparently his weakness for women is as bad as that for painkillers, lol.

[Kreftoon]

@l337pwnage Perhaps you are right about old fashioned. But isn't that what Rush advocates daily; a return to old fashioned values? And since Rush agreed to the divorce as well, it seems that there is still plenty of responsibility to go around.

[l337pwnage]

@Kreftoon You would have a point IF Rush filed for divorce,and not his wife. I realize it is somewhat normal to hold the man responsible for the woman's actions, but that is a bit old fashioned, don't you think?

[evilyig]

a sociopath does something terrible and suddenly it's a picture of america ? Does he realize there have been sadistic teenagers and humans for all of our history? Meanwhile, violent crime is lower than it's been in 50 years, but let's just use that tunnel vision the media perpetuates.

[Kreftoon]

Values? Soul? Religion? This coming from a man on his fourth marriage. He broke his promise to God THREE TIMES previously when he divorced and then re-married. He thought nothing of giving up and lying to God when he promised "till death do us part." I guess his previous wives "interrupted his good time." Rush Limbaugh is a liar. He cheapens the TRUTH.

[ajgolfer1]

@bobisterbezreal if you listen to his show its not so bad but if you take random sentences and splice em together or take them out of context he sounds like a crazy guy as would anyone with an alternative opinion.

[bobisterbezreal]

Rush is too simplistic to blame school shootings on the "cheapening of life". Britain has very lax laws on abortion and we haven't had any school shootings since we banned guns. You can't say everyone can own an item designed simply to kill without cheapening life anyway. Mind you, before I saw this video I thought Rush was as crazy as Glenn Beck or Ann Coulter. This was pretty thoughtful stuff though.

[ColCrackABitch]

"spiritual, not religious"

I'm not honest, but your interesting.