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April 28, 2006 - Rush Limbaugh Program
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April 28, 2006, Friday, Hour #3
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And greetings, my friends, and welcome back.
Great to have you.
The Rush Limbaugh program and the EIB network on Friday.
Live from the Southern Command in sunny South Florida.
It's Open Line Friday.
And you know what?
You know what Open Line Friday means, folks?
When we go to the phones, the program is all yours.
800-282-2882, the email address, rush at EIBnet.com.
You've seen, they're polling Hillary Rodham Clinton.
She does better when she's, well, as it goes, she, Her approval numbers are higher with the name Rodham.
If you poll Hillary Rodham Clinton, her numbers go higher than if you just poll Hillary Clinton.
Now, there must be a sign of desperation here if they're getting into that degree of specificity.
Folks, it's great to have you with us.
I'm trying to understand an email note I just got.
It's confusing.
But the bottom line is that we are outpacing ourselves this year over last year in our leukemia and lymphoma society curathon.
This is our 15-year anniversary.
And we'll soon pass the $15 million mark.
And that's incredible because we do this in one day.
Actually, in less than three hours a year, we do this.
And we don't go wall to wall on the program.
And with the economic news, I'm talking about the news.
The economy is roaring.
Everything is good.
Gas prices are up.
We were all a little bit curious to see how we would do this year because we've never had a year that was down over the previous year.
And this year, you're outpacing yourselves incredibly.
And the vast majority of the donor, not a vast majority, but a lot of the donations.
It's interesting to note two cultural shifts are coming in at rushlimbaugh.com.
There are two ways to donate.
Both are easy.
877-379-8888 or go to rushlimbaugh.com and just hit on the yellow button there.
Donate now.
And you can see the premiums that we're offering with a $60 contribution and $300 contribution.
Now, this is the last hour, and I have to stress to you that we are all amazed at the efforts that you are making.
It is just incredible.
15 years of doing this, and every year is better than the previous.
And it just, again, confirms for me the depth of loyalty that those of you have in this audience for this program and the things that we get involved in.
This, of course, is a very meaningful one.
This is real-world stuff.
Leukemia, lymphoma, blood cancers.
The Leukemia Lymphoma Society is the world's largest voluntary health organization.
It's dedicated to funding blood cancer research, education, and patient services.
They do international work.
They fund research at home and abroad.
And the mission is very simple, to cure the blood cancers, leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease, and myeloma.
And in the process, improve the quality of life of patients and their families.
740,000 patients and their families are living with these diseases today, as well as 110,000 newly diagnosed patients every year.
During this program, 18 people will die of one of these cancers.
We haven't gotten to the point where everyone is saved.
Leukemia, number one cancer killer of children under the age of 20, the most common form of childhood leukemia, now, however, has an overall survival rate that's risen to 86% since last year.
Lymphoma is diagnosed in 63,000 Americans every year.
20,000 succumb to the disease.
The five-year survival rate's risen from 47% in 1974 to 60% today.
And this is incredible.
For children, that survival rate is up now to an amazing 96%.
Now, Hodgkin's disease, Hodgkin's disease today is considered one of the most curable forms of blood cancers.
The five-year survival rate is now 85%, even higher for those under 20.
Myeloma, that's cancer of the plasma cells.
55,000 Americans currently live with this disease.
There are 15,000 new patients diagnosed every year.
This disease rarely strikes those under the age of 50.
Myeloma.
The five-year survival rate is only 32%.
It's especially deadly for African Americans and those of European descent.
Now, here's this sums up the battle.
The five-year survival and cure rates for these diseases have improved markedly since the 1970s.
The Leukemia Lymphoma Society's research has produced quick results.
And I talk every year about Glevec.
Glevec is a drug that has helped turn certain cancers that might have been fatal into chronic conditions for many patients, now been approved for treatment of three other cancers.
So research by the society has applications beyond blood cancers too.
Bone marrow transplants, remember those?
Those were pioneered by researchers of the Leukemia Lymphoma Society.
And this year, the society will commit $50 million to research alone.
75% of all money donated goes directly to research to patients and support services.
Now, I've worked with these people for 15 years at the Leukemia Lymphoma Society.
They are committed.
They're some of the finest and most committed people I've met.
Most of them have been touched in some way personally by these diseases.
Their friends, their families, even themselves have been hit by these potential killers, and that's what spurs the work that they do.
It's been an exciting time to be part of all this, folks.
We were talking about this last year.
All the hard work and the dedication, along with your generosity, is really starting to produce results.
Get this.
Many of the breakthroughs that we are starting to see today began about the time we became a part of this 15 years ago.
And your donations provide the seed money that lead to these advances.
Progress is happening at a rapid clip.
The cure gets closer each and every day.
And we, again, talking about the loyalty and the support that all of you have contributed to this program, sponsors, and such endeavors as the cur-a-thon here, just blow me away.
I'm constantly in awe of it.
It seems not regardless what's going on in the country or in the world, whatever the economic circumstances, you are always there.
And as I say, I've made my own donation.
I did so a couple months ago to kick things off.
So I'm in there with you, and I'm proud to be.
But it's all of you who make this happen.
This is, to me, quite a great contrast because if you live inside the media bubble, and by that I mean if you get up every day, turn on your news, and let that determine your mood and your outlook and your opinion of what's going on in the country, you'd have to be pretty depressed, which is their objective.
You'd have to be pretty pessimistic.
And yet, you're not.
I know you're not.
I talk, well, you get upset about certain things.
I can hear it on the phones and read it in the email.
But here we have a respite from that.
We're actually talking about something that's good.
We're talking about positive things that are being accomplished.
I'm happy to share those with you.
I'm happy to tell you that you are a fundamental part of it.
And it's just a great break from the constant reaction to all of the doom and gloom pessimism and fighting that out.
I don't mind doing it.
I love doing it.
But the fact is that you all need a break from it.
We all do now and then during the normal course of events, not just on the weekends.
And this is an uplifting day for all of us here because it's work that leads directly to the improvement of people's lives.
We are, in the purest sense, this is all about people helping people.
And nobody asks, where's the money going?
Is it going to a bunch of people I may not like to get it?
Nobody has any questions.
There are no races.
There are no religions.
There are no creeds.
There are no ideologies here.
People don't raise these questions.
They simply want to help.
You do.
And you have made this 15 years what it is.
And now that you're outpacing it, I wonder, should I say we're outpacing ourselves?
Because would that maybe say to some people, yeah, okay, I can slow down and I don't need to get no, folks, let's continue to set records here.
Remember, it doesn't take 60 or 300 or whatever.
Five bucks.
There are so many of you in this audience.
And how hard could it be to go to rushlimbaugh.com?
You might take a while to get in.
I'm told that there's some odd stuff happening out there, I think, internet-wide.
I've even had not a tough time getting in, but it's been slow-loading.
Our website has, and I'm sure that's because of all the activity, because the numbers of donations we are collecting through the website today now larger than via the phone.
So there probably is a lot of traffic.
If you're encountering a difficulty getting in, be patient.
The mechanisms to donate will be operating throughout the entire weekend.
The telephone number is 877-379-8888, or just go to rushlimbaugh.com.
And when you go to rushlimbaugh.com, you can see the fantastic premiums that we are offering with certain levels of contribution.
Thanks again, folks.
I can't tell you how proud I am of all of you and how happy I am to have the opportunity to be part of this with you.
Back after this, as we move on with the rest of today's program.
Okay, back to the phones at 800-282-2882.
Mike in Amarillo, Texas.
Great to have you, sir.
Thanks, Rush.
I appreciate you taking my call.
First off, I'd like to say congratulations on your successful charity work.
I think it's pretty neat.
Thank you, sir, very much.
It's very nice of you to say.
I really appreciate that.
Well, well deserved, and I also appreciate you doing God's work.
I'll tell you, you do a great job in educating a lot of us.
One of the things I did want to mention was the $100 fuel rebate that they are considering and get your thoughts.
Wonder if that's going to be considered taxable income.
You know, damn well, it would be.
I mean, the more I think about this, the more like a slut I feel.
I mean, to think that we can be bought off for $100.
Don't buy me off.
I can't be bought off.
I don't have a price.
You can't buy me off.
Snurdley's asking me, okay, what's my price?
You know, I don't do, I don't, I've never had a lap dance.
Brian tells you you get a couple lap dances for $100.
You can't, you can't probably couldn't hire a stripper for a lacrosse team party for that.
I know you couldn't.
This is so silly.
They have just told me what they think I can be bought off for.
All of us.
We are such in a titty about gasoline.
If they sent us $100, by the way, it'll be income.
You have to pay tax on that.
Yeah, the government will get at least $20 of it back.
So what, Mr. Snerdley?
Don't even suggest Snerdley's saying I send out a check for $500, they'd get some votes.
I'm sad to say that you're probably right.
Some people could be bought for $500.
But the idea that they're trying to buy us off for $100.
What was it?
Didn't James Carville, when they were talking about the Paula Jones episode, didn't James Carville say, yeah, it's amazing what you found out when you drag a $100 bill through a trailer pocket?
It wasn't Carville who said that.
Yeah, drag a $100 bill through a trail of pocket.
Look what you got to get.
Big hair bee.
I've handed you bumpkin.
Where's my gumbo?
But this was a Republican idea, folks.
Some Republican senator came up with this idea.
Speaking of the economy, two small but illustrative examples.
The GDB growth rate was 4.8% in the first quarter.
That's astounding.
That is real growth.
And the headline, and this is Dow Jones News.
Headline: U.S. first quarter GDP rises slightly below expectations.
The U.S. economy roared out of a soft patch on its fastest run in nearly three years during the first quarter, powered by consumer and business spending.
Gross domestic product increased.
The story is all about the great news.
The headline, U.S. first quarter GDP rises slightly below expectations.
And that's because some experts out there were expecting a growth rate of 5.0%.
Then there was the we talked about this earlier in the week a couple days ago.
The Wall Street Journal had a headline: Republicans sag in new poll.
This was the generic ballot poll that the NBC News, Washington Post poll came out with.
The truth of the story was that Republicans gained a net of seven points on the generic congressional ballot.
They went from a 13-point deficit in March to a six-point deficit in April.
The Republican deficit on the generic congressional ballot is now the smallest it's been since July of 2005.
And yet they report that Republicans are sagging in the polls.
We don't let them get away with that here, ladies and gentlemen.
By the way, I guess I'm getting upset over nothing over this $100 because I'm not even going to get it because I'm not entitled.
The $100 is only going to go to low-income households.
I thought it was for everybody.
It's only low-income households.
$100 to low-income households.
So the evil rich, the upper-middle class, nobody gets any, just the low-income households.
What's low-income defined by or as?
Do we know?
I mean, for the purposes of this program, it's under a.
So if you make less than $125,000, that's low income now, huh?
I can't believe that.
$125,000.
Dawn gave us that.
Dawn wants to get in the show prep business now.
Well, if it's $125,000, it's $125,000.
Interesting definition of low income.
Back when Mondale wanted to raise taxes on the rich, it was $70,000 and above.
Now, for the purposes of gasoline, it's $125,000 or less.
This is maddening.
Paul in Winnipeg, Canada.
I'm glad you called.
Welcome to the program.
Hello, Rush.
How are you?
Fine, sir.
Thank you.
I'm on my last day of a four-week tour in Canada, you know, with the Haeflum Mobile Design Center.
And I used to suffer EIB withdrawals when I was in Canada, but you told me once nobody ever died from them.
But I now have 24-7, and I go on my wireless laptop, and there you are, no matter whether I'm here or Mexico or wherever.
But the reason I called, I'm going to throw out a challenge to my long all-trucker driver friends and people that listen on multiple stations.
I'm on 491 stations at the moment, and I'm contributing $491.
And I want everybody else that listens on multiple stations to contribute a dollar for each station.
That's an excellent idea.
That's a fabulous idea.
You're the guy that's traveling the northern hemisphere, visiting every market where this program has an affiliate, right?
Right.
I've been to 491 so far.
And striving for all of them, but I don't know if that'll ever happen or not.
They're getting harder and harder to come by because, you know, there's not many that still left out there.
There's 100 or so, but I hope to reach 500 by the end of the year.
Well, that's only eight to go.
What do you sounds like you're slacking off?
It's harder to come by now, you know, because everywhere I go, I've been there already.
Well, you've still got 100 to go.
Yeah, I can do it over the next six, seven years.
I'll probably get them all.
Now, actually, if you go to Charlotte and Atlanta, you'll kill two birds because we're on an AM and FM in both those markets.
Yeah, yeah.
Well, I work out of North Carolina, so I've listened to the Charlotte stations already in Atlanta.
And I'm going to be in Mexico in October, so I'll give you a call when I'm in Mexico.
I bet nobody ever calls you from Mexico.
Not that we know of, anyway.
Well, I'll call you because I'm with the 24-7 thing, I can get you on my little wireless internet laptop that I carry with me, and so I'm never out of touch.
I don't have to go through them withdrawals anymore.
Well, as I say, nobody ever died from them.
It just painful.
It's nerve-wracking.
But look, you survived.
Yeah, I'll make it.
Sure, sure.
Good.
Keep up the good work.
And everybody out there that's listening on multiple stations, come up with a buck for each station.
Paul, thank you so much.
That's very nice of you, and I appreciate the call.
I appreciate the effort that you're making out there to combine his work with EIB.
I remember when he was going into Cape Girardeau, Missouri, my hometown.
He wanted a name of a restaurant to go to.
So I gave him that, set him up.
He's still out there plugging away.
And $491 for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society of America cur-a-thon here on the EIB network from Paul.
Maybe by that time, by the time you get to Mexico, we'll have a pirate station down there in Juarez, just right across the Rio Grande from El Paso.
We're going to try to pull that off back after this.
Stay with us.
Thank you.
Gracias.
Having more fun than a human being should be allowed to have Rush Limbaugh behind a golden EIB microphone.
Listen to this.
As of 2.15 this afternoon, our total number of pledges, both via the telephone and rushlimbaugh.com, surpassed the mark of the entire three-hour program last year.
So at 2.15, that's Eastern time, a little over 15 minutes ago, we exceeded the number of pledges in all three hours last year.
Folks, this is amazing.
It literally is amazing.
We are in stunned awe here, all of us, watching these totals come in.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Here again, the number, 877-379-8888 to contribute via the phone and rushlinbaugh.com if you want to do it online.
Credit card info, totally protected, totally secure.
NSA will not get it.
CIA won't get it.
Washington Post won't get it.
Dana Priest won't get it.
Now, we have a, here's the breakdown of this hundred bucks from the New York Times.
The $100 payment would not be tied to gasoline consumption.
It would be sent to taxpayers at the end of the summer, going to single-filing taxpayers with adjusTedros incomes below $145,950 and to couples earning less than $218,950.
The finance committee estimated that at least 100 million taxpayers would qualify, Senate Finance Committee.
100 million taxpayers would qualify.
Now, how many of these people do you think have never driven a car?
How many people who have never driven a car are going to get a $100 rebate?
And it's not tied to how much gas you consume.
It's the end of the summer.
So here we are.
We're almost at the beginning of May.
May, June, July, August.
So by that time, five or six hurricanes will have wiped out five or six more cities, and the press is going to be skyrocketing.
And $100 will mean diddly squat.
And yet people will be running around.
Can't wait for my $100 check.
Oh, I can't wait for it.
All right.
I got to go back.
Final excerpt from my interview with Paul Greengrass for the next issue of the Limball Letter.
He's the writer-director of United 93, which premieres tonight.
You should see it.
It's not too late.
It is not too soon.
It is, if anything, too late.
But time is right.
We've got the interview coming up soon in the next three or four weeks when the issue comes out.
We seldom do this, but because of the timeliness of the premiere tonight, I wanted to share with you just some excerpts of the interview as it was recorded.
You talked about the portrayal of the hijackers.
One of the things, and those four young actors were very thoughtful and I thought did a fantastic and very difficult job because they managed to make those young men what they were, unexceptional.
Nobody noticed those men in those airplanes that day.
Nobody looked at them and thought, you look suspicious.
They were entirely unexceptional, but yet capable of immense violence.
Exactly.
But here's the thing.
I think what they've managed to do in this film, and it's something I'm so proud of them for doing it, they convey something I think is really important for us.
There were two hijacks on the morning of 9-11.
There was the hijack that we know about, the hijack of the airplanes with the innocent people that flew into the buildings and all the terrible death and destruction that occurred as a result.
But there was a second hijack that took place that day.
The hijack of a religion by a bunch of young men who twisted and perverted it in order to create a creed and an ideology to justify the slaughter of innocent people.
And that's a hijack that is still out there today.
It's still going on today.
And it's going to be very hard for us to work out what to do to deal with that.
Well, see, I think I'm being repetitive, but I think what to do about it took place on United 93.
But you talked about the actors who played the hijackers and the terrorists on the plane.
And your purpose wasn't to make a statement here, and you were not trying to calculate reactions that people might have to the ground personnel in Rome, New York, and at the air traffic center.
But let me tell you something, when I watched the movie, and I was very curious to see how this was all going to be done.
I mean, there's, I didn't, I was frustrated at the inability of the ground personnel to figure out what was going on and do anything about it, but I was angry at the hijackers, Paul.
You conveyed that, and that's where the anger belongs.
Nobody else is responsible for that that day.
Of course.
Of course, you know.
We're responsible for their actions.
They were.
And you didn't hide that, and you didn't sympathize with them, and you didn't give them reasons in your movie that might explain why they were doing this.
It was just cut and dry.
It's really, really well done.
But I've got a couple questions about the ground personnel.
There's no danger of agreeing with a liberal here.
It happens more than you would know.
But isn't it interesting, you know?
Isn't it interesting that we can have this discussion?
You know, there's a lot of common ground, and we have to build on that.
That's Paul Greengrass, the producer, the director and writer of United 93, which opens tonight in countless theaters and Senateplexes, multiplexes all over the country.
John, in Mynier, Illinois, welcome to the program, sir.
Nice to have you with us.
Hello.
Yes.
Ditto.
Glad to finally talk to you.
Thank you, sir.
I have a question about cigar band etiquette.
Yes.
I have a debate with a friend of mine who's a big liberal about leaving the cigar band on when you smoke a cigar.
What did a liberal say about that?
He said to leave it on.
I say take it off.
And my point is, you don't need to be showing people, hey, look, I got my cigar here.
I bought this expensive cigar I'm smoking.
And his point is, leave it on to let people know you're smoking an expensive cigar.
Liberal says that?
Yes.
A liberal wants to brag about how expensive his cigar is and show off and say, look, what I have that you don't.
He's a doctor.
He has a Mercedes.
Amazing.
Well, there is no one answer.
It's a total personal preference question.
And a lot of people will leave the band on because they love the look of it.
I mean, some of these cigar bands are just like the Opus X from, and I don't want to leave anybody out here.
The Opus X band is just, it's a work of art.
The Fuente, Fuente, Opus X.
And you have the Ashton VSG.
I mean, I start going down the list with these.
Well, right now, I've got a La Flore Dominicana double Leguero chisel going.
And it's a great-looking band.
And I leave them on.
I take them off.
A lot of people leave them on so that their fingers will not become nicotine stained.
And they use the band as insulation for that, and also as a point where to stop smoking it if it lasts that long.
So it's personal preference.
It really is.
There is no single answer in cigar etiquette as to leave the band on or take it off.
In fact, my best advice is leave it on because sometimes you can destroy the cigar trying to take it off.
If you try to slide the band off and it's on tight, you might rip the wrapper leaf.
If you try to pick it away and unglue it, part of the glue might have attached to the wrapper leaf, and when you take the band off, it pulls some of the wrapper off at the same time.
You don't want that to happen because the wrapper's where you get the flavor, and if that comes off, you can't smoke the cigar.
Okay, well, this is great.
I can tell him now that Rush Limbaugh agrees with him, and he agrees with Rush Limbaugh.
There you go.
And you will have ruined his day.
And he'll probably start taking cigar bands off now.
Could be.
All right.
Thanks for the call out there, John.
I appreciate it.
Mike in Boston, you're next on the EIB network.
Hi.
Russia.
LPLFTC, longtime listener.
Hey, I spent a lot of time and money trying to get into the best graduate school in the country, and I've learned a lot from this whole immigration debate.
I now understand that the more practical approach would have been to pack all my bags, move into Harvard University, and become an undocumented student and stay there until they gave me a diploma.
And then I could leave and show up at Ted Kennedy's office and move in with there until I become an undocumented staff worker until I got the ideal job I wanted.
Very ingenious of you, sir.
In all seriousness, my wife came from China, and we waited two years for her parents to be able to come and visit and see our first child.
There's a lot of people around the world, asylum seekers, people in desperate needs, in a lot of different countries.
And by letting people strong-arm their way into the country because of their proximity, we really give an unfair advantage.
We let some people step on others.
I wonder if we could do the same thing with our tax policy.
Instead of distributing it to an expensive administration, hey, we can just dump all the funds on the White House doorstep every year, and those who are closest and the first ones there can pick them up and run away with it rather than trying to give it to the poor and needy people that need it.
You don't know how right you are.
Because, folks, I'm going to tell you something.
We do have limits on immigration.
We have big-time limits.
And I went through this.
I've read the actual numbers.
If you are educated, highly educated in certain types of businesses, medicine, computer high technology, these kinds of things, you are limited.
We limit the number of people with those skills and that education level to 65,000 a year.
And yet, on the other end of the scale, we're not making really too many serious efforts, government-wise, to stem the tide of people who don't even have high school diplomas.
Now, as a believer in markets, as a believer in markets, can one find an answer to this apparent confusing disparity?
If we're going to have immigration, why wouldn't we want the best and brightest to get in in greater numbers?
Well, because we don't want that many best and brightest competing with our own homegrown talent for the pick-of-the-litter jobs.
But on that, well, no, I'm just giving you the theory, not mine, I'm just giving you the theory.
Then you get, but the jobs that Americans won't do, the low-rent jobs out there that don't pay much.
Well, you guys, we got to have those jobs filled.
We just have to do it.
And there's a certain kind of person that's going to do it, look forward to having it.
And it isn't going to be one of these highly educated, very accomplished immigrants.
In fact, you remember we've had TJ, what's his name from the semiconductor?
TJ Rogers has a semiconductor company out in California.
I assume he still does, if he hasn't sold it and gone off now to Hawaii.
And he called about, he talked about this to us a couple times about the limits.
Because they're the best.
Some of the best people and the brightest people he can get are not allowed to come in.
And we had people call and say, he just wants to get them because they're cheaper than Americans.
And he maintained that wasn't the case.
So it's, look, it's a giant mixture of contradictions.
You think we don't have any limits on immigration?
We sure as hell do.
And we police them like crazy, depending on who you are.
But then when we have no limits and we don't seem to care, that's a certain class of immigrant.
And that's what all this is about this weekend or May.
Yeah, what is it, May 1st?
Monday.
Yeah, big day on Monday.
Big shutdown, excellent shopping day.
Schools won't be as crowded.
Emergency rooms won't be as crowded.
Hospitals won't be as crowded.
In fact, it'd be a great day to look for a job, too, folks, because a lot of people will be going to be taking off work to go participate in this big-time march.
And actually, it's going to be safer on the roads because you're going to have a lot fewer uninsured motorists out there because they're all going to be on the protest march.
Hey, we're back, Rush Limbaugh, the cutting edge of societal evolution.
Have you heard about the story that a bunch of congressmen showed up at a rally at a D.C. gas station to hold a gripe session on rising gas prices, and they showed up in their Yukons, their Chevy Suburbans, and their Lincoln Town cars?
Now, is there a mixed message here or not?
Dana Milbank, Washington Post reporter, took an informal poll of staffer and congressional cars parked along Delaware Avenue by comparing cars displaying Democrat stickers versus those displaying Republican stickers to see which cars got more miles per gallon.
The Democrats beat Republicans by five miles per gallon.
They were unable to find out how many miles per gallon Senator Burr in North Carolina's VW thing got.
It's ridiculous.
And now oil price is down to below $71, and the gasoline price has leveled off.
It says here, $2 national average at $2.92 for regular unleaded, 50% higher than the prices were in February, but not yet reflecting the declines in the futures and the wholesale market.
So here is Steve in Independence, Kentucky.
Hi, Steve.
Welcome.
Yes, sir.
Truly an honor and a pleasure.
You are the conscience of America.
Thank you, sir.
If I could, a quick hello to my mom and dad in Lake Placid, Florida, big fans of yours.
With the draft coming up, could we look back instead of forward?
I grew up in Miami, a big Dolphin fan.
You're a big Pittsburgh Steeler fan.
Absolutely love Dan Marino.
How did Pittsburgh pass on him if they had taken him with their defense and running game all those years?
A lot of teams passed on Marino in the first round because I forget there were a bunch of rumors out there about I forget what they were, but people were stunned that he was still available for Miami to take.
If the Steelers had had Marino, I mean, who knows what the changes would have been, but Marino was a better quarterback than anybody they had during that same period.
There's no question it would have changed the dynamic of the team.
Steve, thanks much.
I have to run here.
I want to just say one more thing here about our 15-year anniversary for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Records have been set today.
We didn't know what to expect starting today, what with the constant inundation of negative news and the high gasoline price now that is crimping a lot of people's wallets and lifestyles, but you triumphed, folks.
We did it together.
We're setting records here in the donation channels are going to be open throughout the weekend.
The number is 877-379-8888.
Or you can go to rushlimbaugh.com, just click on the donate now button right at the top of the page, bright yellow.
And there you can also see what our super duper premium items are for $60 contribution and a $300 contribution.
It doesn't take that, though, to make a difference here.
And we had a call yesterday from a woman in San Diego who wanted to know what she could do to make a difference to the gas price.
And they really, not much.
She wanted to know if she should join a boycott.
A lot of people say, want to make a difference.
I'm not a big fan of that term, but in this instance, since it means something universal to people, I will use it.
You have made a huge difference today, and I'm sure this is not the first year that any of you, most of you, have donated.
It's something that you do every year.
We appreciate it.
The people at the Leukemia Lymphoma Society asked me to pass along their deepest gratitude, and I offer you mine as well.
You're just the best.
You are the best audience in all of media, far none.
And that's it for us, folks.
Thanks so much again for all of your support and participation in the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society curathon.
I hope you have a wonderful, wonderful weekend.
Website phone number that I've been giving you is still open for donations throughout the weekend.
And we'll be back and see you Monday with eagerness.
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