Speaker 1: Verona, California. Nick, great to have you with us, sir, Hello,
Speaker 1: oh Rush, I want to say it's a great honor
Speaker 1: to speak with you today. Thank you. I've been listening
Speaker 1: to you for seven years now, and I just want
Speaker 1: to let you know two things. One, congratulations on raising
Speaker 1: all the money for the Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation.
Speaker 1: It's actually what you've done there, and I do agree
Speaker 1: with you that it shows, uh, the reason why so
Speaker 1: many people are interested in this, because it does show
Speaker 1: an abuse of power and somebody is actually able to
Speaker 1: harness that or show you know, the abuse of power
Speaker 1: there and uh kind of turn it around and do
Speaker 1: something good with it. I want to thank you for that.
Speaker 1: And too, I just want to let you know that
Speaker 1: I'm shipping off the basic training in a few days
Speaker 1: and you're one of my inspirations. You kind of helped
Speaker 1: me to realize there's ah. I want to say, there's
Speaker 1: more in life foot answer to calling. And I want
Speaker 1: to say you've done a great job for you know,
Speaker 1: pushing UH done a great job for the troops over
Speaker 1: the years, and I think you're a great American. Well,
Speaker 1: thank you very much. Welcome. I wish I had more
Speaker 1: to say I'm just so nervous right now. You do
Speaker 1: you brevity is the soul of wit. You don't need
Speaker 1: to say anymore. It's it's all of us that really
Speaker 1: need to, you know, start saying a lot of things
Speaker 1: to you, things to you, and including thank you, and
Speaker 1: how much we honor, what your intentions are, what you're
Speaker 1: going to do, and how much and all most of
Speaker 1: us are because we'd never do it, most of the country,
Speaker 1: people of country would never join and happn't. It's a
Speaker 1: special breed that do. Where where are you shipping out?
Speaker 1: I'll go into uh Fort Jackson, South Carolina? What branch
Speaker 1: Army National Guard? Well, congratulations and and thanks so much.
Speaker 1: I really appreciate what you said more than you will
Speaker 1: love you'll ever know, no problem, Rush, thank you, work
Speaker 1: you bet. Tom. Thanks appreciate that very much. So that
Speaker 1: was uh, that was Nick. This is Tom in Treamote, Illinois.
Speaker 1: You're next an open line Friday High. Hey, how you
Speaker 1: doing rus Just fine, sir, Thank you. Hey. I just
Speaker 1: want to tell you something. I just my son just
Speaker 1: got on a bus yesterday to go to Iraq, and
Speaker 1: I really appreciate what you've done for these marines and
Speaker 1: these you know, this was kind of I think your
Speaker 1: gift to us parents that have marines and go through
Speaker 1: the struggles and the grief and also the pride that
Speaker 1: we have in these kids. And I just want to
Speaker 1: thank you and tell you that that those Marines I
Speaker 1: talked to him. I was out in Camp Pendleton last
Speaker 1: week for about four days, and those guys really appreciate
Speaker 1: what you do for them. Well, I just want to
Speaker 1: thank you, thank you. You know, we UM, the vast
Speaker 1: majority of people in this country have such a great
Speaker 1: appreciation for what people like your son are doing that
Speaker 1: it's difficult for us to to express. But I I
Speaker 1: don't know what say you Can I tell? Can I
Speaker 1: tell the people out there something? There is nothing that
Speaker 1: makes a person prouder than going to like a Marine
Speaker 1: Corps graduation or something, or not just Marine Corps, but
Speaker 1: the military grade situation. These people need to everybody needs
Speaker 1: to experience that once and the sacrifices that these kids
Speaker 1: go through. UM. We took my boy been and all
Speaker 1: his buddies and their wives out for supper while we
Speaker 1: were out there, and then we cook supper for him
Speaker 1: the next night. It's kind of a going away present
Speaker 1: for him. And these kids are sacrificing things that the
Speaker 1: of the American people don't realize what they're doing. They're
Speaker 1: giving up, uh, you know, basically four or five six
Speaker 1: years of their lives for service to this country. And
Speaker 1: people need to realize that. You know. No, wait to
Speaker 1: the vast majority of people this country, do I'll take
Speaker 1: that back. It's it's it's a crying shame that. Uh,
Speaker 1: that statement that I just made surprises so many people.
Speaker 1: There has been a coordinated assault on this mission because
Speaker 1: of politics for the last four years, and in the
Speaker 1: in the midst of that assault, the uniformed personnel, the
Speaker 1: boots on the ground, have also taken flak. They have
Speaker 1: been impugned by various Democrats that have been reported in
Speaker 1: the media. Do I need to mention names, Jack Murtha,
Speaker 1: you know, all of these baseless now accusations about these
Speaker 1: uniform people being rapists and murderers, all these fony soldiers
Speaker 1: that have come along never been to a rock so
Speaker 1: that they were there lie after lie after lie. And
Speaker 1: that has been one of the things that's been so
Speaker 1: sickening to so many about this is that the political
Speaker 1: opposition to the war has included attacks on people who
Speaker 1: are volunteering to sacrifice their lives for the national security
Speaker 1: of this country. It is unconscionable to all of us,
Speaker 1: and far more people than you know share the view
Speaker 1: that I just expressed to you, right. I asked those
Speaker 1: guys one night out there, I said, do you think
Speaker 1: the majority of people are standing behind you? And one
Speaker 1: of said, well, everybody that voted for Bush and whoever
Speaker 1: listen to the Limbos stands behind us. And I just
Speaker 1: want you to know that you do a good service
Speaker 1: for those guys, you know. And also they also here
Speaker 1: that what you're talking about, Martha, and those guys they
Speaker 1: hear that stuff, and and and they they are really
Speaker 1: concerned about it. They don't they don't like that stuff,
Speaker 1: you know. And And anyway, that's about all I wanted
Speaker 1: to say, Rush, But thanks for your support. Thank you,
Speaker 1: Thank you, Ace, Cincinnati, Ohio. Hey Ace, Hi Rush, how
Speaker 1: are you fine? Sir? Thank you Megadidtos from Cincinnati, Ohio.
Speaker 1: Great to have you on the program. Ace. I'm a
Speaker 1: Vietnam veteran and a marine, and I want to thank
Speaker 1: you so much for what you've done for our troops
Speaker 1: and for awakening the sleeping Giant out here, these these
Speaker 1: comments from Dingi, Harry, and Martha has rejuvenated me. And
Speaker 1: because of your stance, I'm it up. These guys have
Speaker 1: got to be drawing to a halt quickly. Anybody, anybody
Speaker 1: that speaks so badly of our troops need to be
Speaker 1: kicked out of office and need to be brought up
Speaker 1: on charges. We fight for our freedom and we fight
Speaker 1: for our country, and these young men like Nick, I
Speaker 1: want to thank him for following and just thank you
Speaker 1: and God bless you for what you're doing out there.
Speaker 1: I wish I had two means to send more money.
Speaker 1: I'm a member of a Marine Corps league here in Cincinnati,
Speaker 1: and we stay active. And it's because of Americans like
Speaker 1: you who take the stance on truth and stand up
Speaker 1: and speak it that you would walk into sleeping giant.
Speaker 1: And I believe you're gonna see your rejuvenation across this
Speaker 1: country because of people like you. God bless you, God
Speaker 1: bless you as thanks much. Just one, just just one thing.
Speaker 1: There is no such thing as two little money when
Speaker 1: you talk about contributing to any charity whatsoever, But particularly
Speaker 1: in this instance, with as many as there are in
Speaker 1: this audience, there's no such thing as I wish I
Speaker 1: had more. I mean, I can understand you wishing. We
Speaker 1: all wish we had more, but there's no there's there's
Speaker 1: nothing wrong with whatever amount that you can give and
Speaker 1: that you do. Uh. And whenever you give it, whatever
Speaker 1: amount it is, you know when I'll tell you what
Speaker 1: it goes to. M cleff. Uh. They're all appreciated equally. UM.
Speaker 1: I don't think less of yourself or anything other than
Speaker 1: that you're doing great work. This is bridget In Danielson,
Speaker 1: Connecticut High and welcome to the program. Semperfy rush. And
Speaker 1: the next time someone insinuates that you have not served,
Speaker 1: you can show him four point two million dollars worth
Speaker 1: of you've served. Thank you, thanks very much. We have
Speaker 1: a boy in a rock You've been there about a month. Um.
Speaker 1: He is a twenty two year old combat engineer and
Speaker 1: he you know, he said, I won't lie to be
Speaker 1: I'm scared, but I want to do this. I have
Speaker 1: to do this. And all these buddies are they're doing
Speaker 1: that as well. And it's I know firsthand how hard
Speaker 1: it is to raise even a little money for a charity.
Speaker 1: Two weeks ago we spent about twelve hours out in
Speaker 1: the sun and raising money for the Marines, helping Marines
Speaker 1: for the Wounded Marines Foundation, and we raised six dollars
Speaker 1: in twelve hours. So for you to raise four point
Speaker 1: two million dollars just by the power of your voice
Speaker 1: in your position is absolutely wonderful. Well, thank you. As
Speaker 1: a testament to the audience, uh, it was the audience
Speaker 1: were a lot of people. This audience participated in bidding
Speaker 1: bid the price up. Um. You know that the one
Speaker 1: thing that I've I've never forgotten. And I I usually
Speaker 1: say this around Thanksgiving time or Christmas, when the when
Speaker 1: when all these emotions well up in me. But it
Speaker 1: to me so I still pinch myself when I stopped
Speaker 1: to think that there are that many millions of people, uh,
Speaker 1: deeply connected to this program and very loyal to it,
Speaker 1: from all walks of life, in any any which way
Speaker 1: you want to imagine. And they all, like you and
Speaker 1: the others have called here thanking me um for what
Speaker 1: I do. And I'm basically speaking, Uh, you've got a
Speaker 1: son in a rock, uh, as they have many of
Speaker 1: the other callers today. And and I appreciate what you
Speaker 1: what you tell me about what the show means to you,
Speaker 1: But you and all the rest of the audience will
Speaker 1: never ever be able to know what all you all
Speaker 1: mean to me in so many ways. Look at you.
Speaker 1: Your son is in the rock, all of his buddies
Speaker 1: are over there. Admits he's scared, but he felt a calling,
Speaker 1: a sense of duty to go do it. That's that's
Speaker 1: that's that is honor, that that is that is just
Speaker 1: especially when you in the atmosphere in which all of
Speaker 1: this is being conducted in this country today. Um, it
Speaker 1: is people like me and throughout this audience, you are
Speaker 1: profoundly grateful for what you do. It took you might
Speaker 1: take of twelve hours to raise sixteen hundred dollars, but
Speaker 1: you raise sixteen hundred dollars, and and uh, you know
Speaker 1: the this is one of those things where the effort
Speaker 1: is as valuable as the result. And you think that
Speaker 1: the stop that this is going on all over the
Speaker 1: country every day. So while your amount individually may seem
Speaker 1: not as much as you'd like it to be, you
Speaker 1: pull it with all the other military charities. They're getting
Speaker 1: largess of this kind and all adds up. It's a
Speaker 1: this is this is a national effort that's taking place
Speaker 1: that the things like you describe doing, and you should
Speaker 1: feel very good about it. I truly do. And I
Speaker 1: have to tell you that you are counter to all
Speaker 1: the negativity they they being, Um, the people that I
Speaker 1: know in the Marine Corps, and I know quite a
Speaker 1: few of them that looked to you for that uplifting support,
Speaker 1: that that conversation that indicates that the rest of America
Speaker 1: doesn't feel what they see on the news. Uh, well,
Speaker 1: that's that's I appreciate that too, But it's it's it's
Speaker 1: you know, it's it's unfortunate that the media has created
Speaker 1: the impression that a lot of Americans have no respect
Speaker 1: for the military. It's not the case. It just isn't
Speaker 1: the case. It's just that those who are out there
Speaker 1: trumpeting their dislike or disrespect for the for the for
Speaker 1: the for the military happened to be having their voices
Speaker 1: amplified by a sympathetic media. Uh. And then when you
Speaker 1: have elected Democrats saying what Dick Durbin said about prison
Speaker 1: guards at Abu grab and Club Gitmo, when you have
Speaker 1: John Kerry referring to US troops in Afghanistan engaging in terrorism, uh,
Speaker 1: storming into the homes of a Rocky citizens at night,
Speaker 1: when you have mirtha before questioning the evidence, even even
Speaker 1: even waiting for the evidence to be presented and judged,
Speaker 1: um concluding that we have murderers and any couches where
Speaker 1: they there have that overworked. They're not enough of them
Speaker 1: over there. We have no there's too much pressure on
Speaker 1: being driven nuts or murderers, and this has to affect them.
Speaker 1: And of course the impression is that that represents a
Speaker 1: majority thinking in this country, and it doesn't. And never
Speaker 1: ever think that if it did, we wouldn't be there.
Speaker 1: Bridget if if all of these things, all these poles
Speaker 1: people want us out of a rock, if they were
Speaker 1: really accurate, the Democrats would have the political guts to
Speaker 1: go ahead and vote to defund it. The reason they
Speaker 1: don't is because they know that the majority of American
Speaker 1: people do not want to lose, do not want to
Speaker 1: demoralize the US military, do not want them coming home
Speaker 1: after having waved around a white flag. Be confident about that,
Speaker 1: because I'm certain of it. Thanks very much for the call, Waco, Texas.
Speaker 1: This is Frank. Nice to have you on open line Friday. Hello,
Speaker 1: thank you. Once again, the liberals engage in double talk.
Speaker 1: I mean here, they sit here and question your patriotism
Speaker 1: because you didn't serve, and they turn right around and
Speaker 1: call you a microphone marine. They can't get it straight. Well, yeah,
Speaker 1: I know, Well that's an insult. That's that's a new
Speaker 1: term for chicken hawk. But look, that's just that, that's
Speaker 1: who they are. Look at it's notice they do not
Speaker 1: dispute what I say, and they don't argue with me
Speaker 1: about it. Well, except in this case they perpetrate a lie.
Speaker 1: This is just name calling. It's the politics, personal structure.
Speaker 1: It's an attempt to discredit and destroy. That's who liberals are.
Speaker 1: Once you understand that, everything falls into line and makes sense.
Speaker 1: I know, I know. I have a question Russian, and
Speaker 1: I've been pondering it all week, and I figure if
Speaker 1: anybody can answer it, you can, um um um. The
Speaker 1: question is why don't Americans vote their radios? And what
Speaker 1: I mean is conservative radio is flourishing, just all around
Speaker 1: the country is flourishing. Liberal radio fails every time that
Speaker 1: it's tried. Well, that would imply that there are far
Speaker 1: more conservatives in the country than there are liberals. So
Speaker 1: why is that not reflected when it comes time for
Speaker 1: national election? Well, you're when you compare conservative radio to
Speaker 1: liberal radio, you come to that conclusion. What you have
Speaker 1: to do is compare conservative talk radio to ABC News,
Speaker 1: CBS News, NBC News, MSNBC Cable, CNN cable, The Los
Speaker 1: Angeles Times, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the
Speaker 1: Boston Globe. Uh, pick your paper, Uh, Time Magazine, Newsweek,
Speaker 1: pick your magazine. That's what we're up against. Uh, they're there,
Speaker 1: you know, there's that that they used to have a monopoly.
Speaker 1: They don't have a monopoly anymore, but they're still big
Speaker 1: um and and they coordinate. By the way, have you
Speaker 1: ever noticed if you watched the CBS eating news, the
Speaker 1: first two stories or three will always be the same
Speaker 1: on on on every network, with the same take at you.
Speaker 1: You don't need to watch any of them. You can
Speaker 1: know what they're all doing by watching one. Uh. It's
Speaker 1: it's it's striking. It is a great example of group think.
Speaker 1: That's that's what we're up against. I think I think
Speaker 1: people are voting their radios. Okay, well, thank god that
Speaker 1: we have you there to get that vote out. Amen,
Speaker 1: appreciate that. Wrick. When you give