WEBVTT - Rush's Timeless Wisdom - Thirty Years Doing Anything Is an Accomplishment to Celebrate

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<v Speaker 1>Greetings, my friends, and welcome to the one and only

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<v Speaker 1>I I V Network and a Russia Limbaugh program. On

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<v Speaker 1>the first of August two thousand eighteen. This is our

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<v Speaker 1>thirtieth anniversary of this program, and I have to tell

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<v Speaker 1>you I have been so conflicted all day about how to,

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<v Speaker 1>how to how to deal with this. My heart rate

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<v Speaker 1>monitor on my watch, my heart rate has been elevated

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<v Speaker 1>about ten to fifty and beats above normal because of

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<v Speaker 1>the all the excitement and everything about about this day

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<v Speaker 1>and the reason I'm waiting for the door to open

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<v Speaker 1>because nobody's on the other side of the glass, which

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<v Speaker 1>means here it comes. They're gonna be coming in with

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<v Speaker 1>the celebratory cake and the bottle of champagne. It's a

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<v Speaker 1>four bunch of people that have showed up here today.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, it's no matter. I've been through this. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a gorgeous cake. It's a gorgeous cake, and there's

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<v Speaker 1>only one candle on it, so it's impossible not to

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<v Speaker 1>blow the out and it's done a shame. We can

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<v Speaker 1>get everybody from the highly overrated staff here. You want

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<v Speaker 1>to pop it, Go ahead, Popp and he's gonna pop

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<v Speaker 1>the champagne. Make it here we go. Oh, you're actually

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<v Speaker 1>going to pour a glass. See, this is what I've

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<v Speaker 1>been conflicted about, whether or not WHET or not the thedden.

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<v Speaker 1>You see, it's totally out of my control here. Enjoy anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you all very much. I um uh, and tell

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<v Speaker 1>what we're gonna do here today. We we haven't prepared

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<v Speaker 1>a whole lot of audio clips from years gone by,

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<v Speaker 1>because we've done that on anniversaries and anniversary programs previously.

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<v Speaker 1>We've got some and we even have some audio of

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<v Speaker 1>my days as a disc jockey back in Pittsburgh that

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think we've aired before. Cookie thinks that we

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<v Speaker 1>have an exclusive little montage of me doing a morning

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<v Speaker 1>show I think back in n But there is a

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<v Speaker 1>program to do here today with news of the day,

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<v Speaker 1>and I always like to keep looking forward. But people

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<v Speaker 1>tell me, you know, thirty years doing anything at at

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<v Speaker 1>at at a high degree of quality is worth commemorating.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you don't do it, nobody else will. And

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<v Speaker 1>you have to do it, and you have to do

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<v Speaker 1>it for yourself, and you have to do it for

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<v Speaker 1>the staff. There have been people are working with you

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<v Speaker 1>here for all of these years who have helped you

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<v Speaker 1>make it possible, and all of that is profoundly true.

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<v Speaker 1>And I am going to reflect on some aspects of

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<v Speaker 1>this as the as the program goes on. But rather

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<v Speaker 1>than do wall to wall one thing, I'm just gonna

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<v Speaker 1>try to mix and match various elements of the program

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<v Speaker 1>as we combine things that we do here, because that's

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<v Speaker 1>what the program is. It's improv and it combines a

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<v Speaker 1>whole bunch of different elements seriousness, irreverent humor, uh, political commentary,

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<v Speaker 1>all with credibility on whatever we tackle and so forth.

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<v Speaker 1>And of course then there is you, I mean, and

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<v Speaker 1>you with without you being out there, none of us

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<v Speaker 1>are in here, and so it's ultimately all about you.

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<v Speaker 1>And I remain blown away every day we go to

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<v Speaker 1>the phones and I get calls from people who tell

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<v Speaker 1>me how long they've been listening. Since nineteen, since nineteen ninety,

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<v Speaker 1>since nine. It's a stunning and amazing thing, and it

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<v Speaker 1>is deeply, deeply gratifying. And I'm going to try during

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<v Speaker 1>the course of the program to express all the various

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<v Speaker 1>things that I'm feeling and the expressions of gratitude. But

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to try to pack it all in

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<v Speaker 1>here in the in the first segment. So we'll just

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<v Speaker 1>do the program and let it happen. See what happens

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<v Speaker 1>as it happens, because every day and I maintain and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to do this program like any other. That's

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<v Speaker 1>why you're there, and so we'll just do it as

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<v Speaker 1>it happens. It happens. So I've had a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>emails from a lot of people in the past couple

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<v Speaker 1>of days, and one of them I received last night

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<v Speaker 1>that started me thinking. And I love things that make

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<v Speaker 1>me think, I'll be honest with you, and this one did.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you know how few people can say that they've

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<v Speaker 1>had the same ethics, the same conscience, the same core beliefs,

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<v Speaker 1>the same morality, and the same connectivity with themselves in

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<v Speaker 1>their twenties, through their forties and into the sixties and

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<v Speaker 1>beyond the best years. Do you realize how few people

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<v Speaker 1>are as consistent and reliable as you are? And no,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't ever stop to think of anything like that.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think. See this is why I don't think

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<v Speaker 1>it's unusual that things I believed in my heart when

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<v Speaker 1>I was in my twenties would not survive my getting

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<v Speaker 1>to my sixties core believes who I am. I can't.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't believe. I can't. I can totally believe that

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<v Speaker 1>I wouldn't change in those things. But this person said,

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<v Speaker 1>you don't know how rare it is. And what inspired

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<v Speaker 1>her to write this? I think she said was a

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<v Speaker 1>caller that appeared on the program yesterday's saying basically the

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<v Speaker 1>same thing. Russia Limbaugh thirtieth Anniversary Day, August one program began.

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<v Speaker 1>When that program again, the Republican Convention just ended. It

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<v Speaker 1>was close to have George W. Bush or George H. W.

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<v Speaker 1>Bush was to be UH nominated to complete his mission,

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<v Speaker 1>meaning take on his World War two mission, where he

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<v Speaker 1>had been shut down UH and vice president for Reagan

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<v Speaker 1>for for eight years, and now it was his turn,

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<v Speaker 1>and he ended up facing the loser, and it was

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<v Speaker 1>the name we gave to Michael decocously Democrat nominee. The

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<v Speaker 1>program launched right in the thick and the middle of

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<v Speaker 1>that of that presidential campaign, and I've been thinking about,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, people asked me, are you aware of the

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<v Speaker 1>thirty years? Yeah, you know, I did. Some of it

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<v Speaker 1>seems like it happened yesterday. A lot of it does.

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<v Speaker 1>There's none of it that seems like it's thirty years old.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't. I'm not able even though I've done this. Actually,

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<v Speaker 1>if you count the three and half years in Sacramento,

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<v Speaker 1>which were exactly like this show would just a cold station,

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<v Speaker 1>that's that's thirty three and a half years. I even

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<v Speaker 1>though I've done it, I don't have a cognizance of

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<v Speaker 1>the passage of time of thirty years. I know thirty

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<v Speaker 1>years have gone by, but so much of it seems

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<v Speaker 1>like it was yesterday. And I think there's a reason

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<v Speaker 1>for that. I think I always everything that I do,

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<v Speaker 1>or that everything that happens to me, I always try

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<v Speaker 1>to learn from it, and I'm very analytical and philosophical,

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<v Speaker 1>and I do get introspective in so far as it

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<v Speaker 1>can help me improve. I don't relive the past and

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<v Speaker 1>and uh sort of just try to surround myself with

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<v Speaker 1>a glow. I'd always try to use what happened in

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<v Speaker 1>the past two continue to grow, get better and to

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<v Speaker 1>learn and so forth. So in that sense, i'm I'm

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<v Speaker 1>I'm introspective. And people saying the show is, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>it used to be better back in the eighties, used

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<v Speaker 1>to be better back in the nineties, and I stopped

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<v Speaker 1>and think, is that really true? No two shows are

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<v Speaker 1>the same. So I think it's never been better, And

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<v Speaker 1>there are reasons why I think it's never been better,

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<v Speaker 1>and I don't think. I don't think a radio show

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<v Speaker 1>that even I did when I was forty could compete

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<v Speaker 1>with the show that I do today. I didn't know

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<v Speaker 1>back in you know, nineteen ninety what I know today.

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<v Speaker 1>I couldn't possibly have done today's show back in nineteen ninety.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't know enough. I hadn't lived enough