1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,599 Speaker 1: The twentie anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall 2 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:05,120 Speaker 1: is going on right now. It's dark over there in Germany, 3 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:07,720 Speaker 1: and I have a story here from the State Control 4 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:13,399 Speaker 1: Associated Press. Merkel thanks Gorbachev on Berlin Wall anniversary. Now, 5 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:20,080 Speaker 1: let's be clear about something. Barak Hussain Obama was invited 6 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 1: to go and said, ain't going. Got a bowl, gotta 7 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,160 Speaker 1: play golf, got a concert in the house, got a 8 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 1: date night, Um, gotta celebrate healthcare. Ain't going. I don't 9 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:35,280 Speaker 1: believe in freedom anyway. At Wall. We communists, We don't 10 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:38,639 Speaker 1: celebrate our failures. Let Gorbachev handle it. Besides, I don't 11 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:40,080 Speaker 1: want to go over there and then be upstaged by 12 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:43,559 Speaker 1: Ronald Reagan. But I have not found any reporting yet. 13 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:45,839 Speaker 1: I'm not saying she didn't do it, but I have 14 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 1: not found any reporting yet that says Merkel mentions Reagan. 15 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:53,600 Speaker 1: Now she did back on November four in the speech, 16 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 1: she said, Ronald Reagan, far earlier than others saw and 17 00:00:57,160 --> 00:01:00,200 Speaker 1: recognize the sign of the times, when stand in the 18 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 1: Brandenburg Gate in eight seventies and Mr Gorbachoff opened this gate, 19 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:05,959 Speaker 1: tear down this wall. Uh, this appeal is something that 20 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 1: will never be forgotten. Uh, mercles this appeal. So Gorba 21 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 1: chops over there, and gorbachofs by the way, he's out 22 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:17,280 Speaker 1: there making news. Uh, he's now comparing the climate change 23 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:20,560 Speaker 1: effort here Middleton and mind Medalism is now replaced the 24 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 1: Cold War. Uh, it's it's that's and and nations have 25 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 1: to come together, Uh to solve that problem. How do you? 26 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 1: How do you have a twentieth anniversary of the fall 27 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 1: of the Berlin Wall? And not mentioned Ranalda's magnus here 28 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 1: listened to son of the story. Chancellor Angela Merkel and 29 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 1: former Soviet leader Miko Gorbert Choff crossed the former fortified 30 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 1: border on Monday, two cheers of Gorby Gorby as a 31 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 1: throng of grateful Germans recalled the night twenty years ago 32 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 1: the Berlin Wall gave way to their desire for freedom 33 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 1: and unity. What gorbach Off over there and helped blow 34 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 1: it up? Wasn't Gorbachoff the guy desperately trying to keep 35 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:11,799 Speaker 1: that wall up? Within moments so they confused announcement on 36 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 1: November that East Germany was lifting travel restrictions, hundreds of 37 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:19,959 Speaker 1: people streamed into the enclave that was West Berlin. Marketing 38 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 1: did they cheer Gorby Gorby Gorby then. No, they didn't 39 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 1: cheer Gorby Gorby Gorby then, and you know why, because 40 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 1: they hadn't yet done the revisionist history to say all 41 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 1: it was all gorbage. Also, about twenty years has passed 42 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:38,520 Speaker 1: and Gorbachoff gets all the credit. She lauded garbage Off, 43 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:41,080 Speaker 1: with whom she shared an umbrella amid a crush of 44 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:43,839 Speaker 1: hundreds eager for a glimpse of the man many can 45 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:48,119 Speaker 1: still consider a hero for his role in pushing reform 46 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: in the Silva Union. At last time I looked, there 47 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 1: was a story last week and some people say, you 48 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 1: know what, this freedom thing in Russia is not working. 49 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:00,640 Speaker 1: It hasn't worked out. We got to go back to 50 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: what So apparently whatever Gorbaschoff led Russia too is not working. 51 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 1: And he's still fet it here as a as a 52 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 1: big hero for his role uh in pushing reform in 53 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 1: the Soviet his role for crying out loud folks. Uh, 54 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 1: We all on this program and this audience know the truth. 55 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 1: Lady Thatcher has has said the truth. And it's quite simple. 56 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 1: The Soviets were defeated because they could not keep up. 57 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:39,480 Speaker 1: They were a bankrupt third world nation with a first 58 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 1: world military, pure and simple. Get this headline here in 59 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 1: the New York Times. The legacy of nineteen eighty nine 60 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 1: still up for debate, meaning the Berlin Wall coming down. Uh, 61 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 1: the historical legacy nine when the Berlin Wall fell in 62 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 1: a Cold War thought, is as political as the upheavals 63 00:03:56,480 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: of that decisive year. Um more details on that as 64 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 1: the As the program unfolds, well, well, well, President Obama 65 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 1: is addressing the assembled multitudes in Berlin at the Brandenburg Gate. 66 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 1: He's on a giant screens over there. I don't know 67 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:22,600 Speaker 1: if it's taped or if he's live. Whatever it was, 68 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:29,080 Speaker 1: he had the god echo in there. He had the 69 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:35,400 Speaker 1: godlike echo in there. Here comes Merkle. She's approaching the 70 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 1: ponym of Hillary. Just finished it. Pouring rain over there. 71 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:41,279 Speaker 1: So they have these uh, poor people holding umbrellas for 72 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:45,039 Speaker 1: these dignitaries who are out there speaking. Obama said, the 73 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:51,039 Speaker 1: work of freedom is never over. He left out a word, 74 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:56,360 Speaker 1: the work of ending freedom is never over at anyway. 75 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 1: Welcome back Rush Limbaugh here the E I B Network 76 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:02,839 Speaker 1: and the Limbo Institute War Advanced Conservative Studies Today does 77 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:06,919 Speaker 1: mark the twentieth anniversary of the Berlin Wall starting to 78 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:10,839 Speaker 1: come down. It was midnight twenty years ago that East 79 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:13,839 Speaker 1: Germans were allowed to travel past the wall from East 80 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 1: Berlin to West Berlin and exercise their freedoms. When Ronald 81 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 1: Reagan demanded of Gorbatrop, Mr Reagan teared down. Mr gorbat 82 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 1: tear down this wall. It came true two years later 83 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:32,360 Speaker 1: on this date. President Reagan, all but forgotten, it seems 84 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 1: in media coverage of this event, was not alone in 85 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 1: his belief in the importance and power of freedom. The 86 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:42,279 Speaker 1: Heritage Foundation was right there all along, reinforcing the policy 87 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:48,160 Speaker 1: of military superiority and ideological confrontation with the communist Soviet 88 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 1: Evil Empire. The Heritage Foundation played a huge role in 89 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 1: that intellectual conversation, still does so. The Heritage Foundation was 90 00:05:56,520 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 1: intimately involved in several Reagan administration policies. It's when they 91 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:05,360 Speaker 1: really came of age, and that's when I first heard 92 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:08,599 Speaker 1: about them. And that's one of the many reasons why 93 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 1: I am a member of the Heritage Foundation. Is the 94 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 1: reason that you should and and need to be a 95 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:17,680 Speaker 1: member yourself, because become a member today and in the 96 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:21,840 Speaker 1: twentieth anniversary of this historic day truly meaningful, just go 97 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 1: online to ask heritage dot org. Ask heritage dot org 98 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 1: is where you'll find tons of information. Over a half 99 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:32,160 Speaker 1: a million like minded conservatives are members there. They are 100 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:37,920 Speaker 1: the keepers of the conservative flame inside the Beltway. They 101 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:41,920 Speaker 1: are relentless. Ask heritage dot org. Mike stand by there 102 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 1: an audio sun by thirteen and are talking about the 103 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 1: anniversary of the falling of the Berlin Wall, and they 104 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 1: are leaving Ronald this magnus out of this uh praising 105 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:58,359 Speaker 1: garbage off over there. Let's go back June twelve in 106 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 1: West Berlin at the Brandenburg Gate. The advance of human 107 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 1: liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace. There 108 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: is one sign the Soviets can make that would be unmistakable, 109 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:16,360 Speaker 1: that would advance dramatically the cause of freedom and peace. 110 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 1: General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek 111 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 1: prosperity for the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe, if you 112 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:34,160 Speaker 1: seek liberalization, come here to this gate. Mr Garbaschof, open 113 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 1: this gate, Mr Garbutchev, tear down this wall, and the 114 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 1: wall came down, and Gorbchof gets the credit for nikayle 115 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:54,080 Speaker 1: Segeevitch Gorbachev, that's the credit. And Hillary Clinton was our 116 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 1: official representative over there. And then Obama. I don't know 117 00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 1: if he was on tape or live, but he was 118 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 1: on the screens with the odd like reverb. What he said, Hey, 119 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 1: here's Obama here, the godlike echo audio saw by number 120 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:10,120 Speaker 1: thirty eight. You gotta hear this. This is Obama's his 121 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 1: address to the Berlin Walls celebration. And I don't know 122 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 1: again if it's live or if it was on tape, 123 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 1: but they played it on the big screens over there. 124 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:26,160 Speaker 1: It's not people and the people here on this anniversary. 125 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:34,880 Speaker 1: I'm sorry. I stay there today, friends, respect to the 126 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 1: ex always remembered and cherished sceps tape. Here Just a second, Mike, 127 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:48,600 Speaker 1: did you add any reverb to this? Did you take 128 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:55,480 Speaker 1: journalistic license to annemy reverb? Well, so, what they must 129 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 1: have done. They must have taken the audio feed from 130 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:02,559 Speaker 1: the speakers at the ceremony rather than a direct line 131 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:06,199 Speaker 1: audio feed or else. Obama recorded it that way. But 132 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 1: you know he has a tendency to do that, of 133 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:11,679 Speaker 1: of putting his voice in in rever about there. I 134 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:14,079 Speaker 1: just wanted to do to hear that. Okay, I gotta 135 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:20,079 Speaker 1: hear this one more. Obama in his echo fied address 136 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 1: at the Brandenburg Gate. Today, he mentions John Kennedy, he 137 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:33,200 Speaker 1: mentions himself. He does not mention Reynolds Magnus, the man 138 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:35,720 Speaker 1: who made this happen. Even as we celebrate these values, 139 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:39,160 Speaker 1: even as we marked this day, we know the work 140 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:42,680 Speaker 1: of freedom is never finished. In a Berlin under siege, 141 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:46,959 Speaker 1: President Kennedy said, freedom is indivisible, and when one man 142 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:50,920 Speaker 1: is enslaved, all are not free. Few would have foreseen 143 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 1: on that day that a United Germany would be led 144 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:56,880 Speaker 1: by a woman from Brandenburg, or that their American ally 145 00:09:56,960 --> 00:10:00,199 Speaker 1: would be led by a man of African descent. But 146 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:03,599 Speaker 1: human destiny is what human beings make of it. You 147 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:06,040 Speaker 1: had nothing to do with it. The fall of the 148 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:09,679 Speaker 1: Berlin Wall had nothing to do with somebody from Africa 149 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:14,000 Speaker 1: being elected president of the United States or some woman 150 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 1: from Brandenburg becoming the Chancellor of Germany. It was not 151 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:23,080 Speaker 1: about that I want to take all these events. Here's oh, 152 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:25,280 Speaker 1: look at what happens when we all work together. We 153 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 1: didn't all work together. The Soviets resisted it. Eric Haneger 154 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 1: resisted it. The whole Soviet Empire resisted it. They had 155 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 1: no choice. In the end, there was only one guy 156 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:42,319 Speaker 1: who American liberals said, it was silly to suggest we 157 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 1: could ever defeat the Soviets. We had to stay friendly 158 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:49,559 Speaker 1: with him. One man and one woman, Margaret Thatcher. How 159 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:54,679 Speaker 1: in hell you don't mention her either. But that's Obama. 160 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 1: Everything is about him.