This speech was so penetrating, so astute, so no-holds-barred, so American that it should be read by every American of any age.
When you read it, your admiration for Boortz will know no bounds and he'll remain in your memory as a true patriot.
If anyone can find a link to the speech, please post it here. After Neal was done speaking, he received a lengthy standing O from the students.
There was only deathly silence from the faculty section.
This says it all.
Leni
I hate to break it to you but he never gave that "commencement" address at an actual college commencement. He created it as an alternative commencement for the radio when (I think I have this right) he heard that one year even Kermit the Frog was giving an address. Many years later he did give it as a speech at some Atlanta college, but it still wasn't for a commencement.
Here's a link to one of the versions of the speech: http://www.boortz.com/news/news/local-education/commencement-speech/nCG7H/
I will miss Boortz when he's gone. He could be a real jerk to some callers, but many of them more than deserved it. My only major point of disagreement with him was on abortion and his complete refusal to discuss it on the radio. Herman Cain is a nice guy, but he just doesn't have the bite to keep my interest. I might have to track down where Glenn Beck is broadcasting for my morning radio addiction.
Now I just want to find a copy of the Cat Chasing Championship hoax. He set up a radio gimmick of a sporting event with a group of parachutists and a cat. The cat was thrown out of a plane and the parachutist who came down with it was the winner. They had weeks to set it up with pre-event interviews, advertisements, sound effects of the plane, parachutists, howling cat and a chainsaw afterward. Unfortunately the rights are owned by the station he used to work for so he can't sell the recordings. Maybe once he's off the air they will let him sell them.
You’re right. Below is a link to the ‘Commencement Speech.’
Happy Trails, Neal. I grew up in the Atlanta area. Listened to him when I was at Emory Univ.
Thanks for telling it like it is way before Rush. He is currently the 6th most listened to talk radio program.
Everyone should read his “The Commnencement Speech You Need to Hear.”
http://www.gotgoldreport.com/2012/05/the-commencement-speech-you-need-to-hear.html
No one has been more passionate about the Fair Tax or his diatribes against the public school system as “tax payer funded child abuse.” And you know the guy has to be good if he goaded O’Reilly into calling him a “vicious son of a bitch” oh The Factor.
Am glad he is still going to be on air when Obama goes down in a landslide. Wish you all the best and enjoy your travels. You’ve earned it. You’ve come a long way from writing speeches for Lester Maddox lol.