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Posted on 02/17/2026 5:47:53 AM PST by PROCON
Five years ago today, a couple of hours before airtime, I was pottering about getting ready to guest-host The Rush Limbaugh Show when the telephone rang. It was Kraig Kitchin, his longtime friend (and head of the network that distributed his show), calling to break the news that Rush had died earlier that morning.
Post-Limbaugh, talk radio seems smaller to me than it once did - not just because Rush had a big personality, but because he managed to fit the flotsam and jetsam of the news cycle into the big picture. Whatever topic he'd alight on, he would enlarge, and connect to the great coursing currents of the age. He was also incredibly, naturally funny. I have nothing against any of his successors up and down the dial, but, on the very rare occasions I switch on the radio in his time-slot, it's not the same.
Three years ago, the anniversary of Rush's death fell on the day of our weekly Clubland Q&A. It wasn't intended to be a one-hour remembrance of America's anchorman, but, because listeners had so many questions about him and his show, it somehow turned into one. Listening to it later, I thought it was worth a re-broadcast - not just for the questions and answers, but for other aspects, too: a musical selection courtesy of his beloved Kathryn, a brief evocation of my guest-hosting days, and the last words Rush ever spoke on air.
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My 12 to 3 afternoons are still empty since Rush left us.
Dittos Bump !!!
Mark Steyn is the closest thing to Rush Limbaugh. I'd always hoped Mark Steyn would replace Rush.
RIP Rush Limbaugh
His last broadcast where he said Thank You was by far the best. He meant it in every way.
I still cant believe how he was barely cold in the ground and his widow sold the house to someone to wanted to level it.
It would have made a great museum, I would have travelled to see.
Same. I miss him.
Seems much longer than that, I guess in political time.
I still cant believe how he was barely cold in the ground and his widow sold the house to someone to wanted to level it.
I assume the house is in Palm Beach. That’s pretty much how it is there. If you can afford to pay for the location, you can afford to build whatever house you want there.
Sad day, very sad day.
Yes. Sad. It popped up on my calendar this morning. 😢
A note that hundreds of Rush’s morning updates are available on line:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rush-limbaugh-timeless-wisdom/id1155318497
A suggestion to download what you want as no idea how long they will stay up.
But turning it into a museum would've been cool.
“His last broadcast where he said Thank You was by far the best. He meant it in every way.”
When listening to his show before signing off for the Christmas holiday in 2020, I thought to myself, Rush is saying goodbye.
Listen to it again, or watch it, you can at: www.rushlimbaugh.com
Audio podcast or on Dittocam.
His gratitude to all and knowing that he was nearing the end is precisely what I heard. I miss that man every day.
Only five years? Seems like forever. RIP Rush.
Amen. So true.
Truly “on loan from God”. He told us that from the beginning.
I wonder how different this list would be today...
1.) The greatest threat to humanity lies in the nuclear arsenal of the USSR.
2.) The greatest threat to humanity lies in the USSR.
3.) Peace does not mean the elimination of nuclear weapons.
4.) Peace does not mean the absence of war.
5.) War is not obsolete.
6.) Ours is a world governed by the aggressive use of force.
7.) There is only one way to get rid of nuclear weapons—use them.
8.) Peace cannot be achieved by developing an “understanding” with the Russian people.
9.) When Americans oppose America, it is not always courageous and sacred; it is sometimes dangerous.
10.) Communism kills.
11.) Neither the U.S., nor anyone else, imposes freedom on the peoples of other nations.
12.) Freedom is God given.
13.) In the USSR, peace means the absence of opposition.
14.) To free peoples, peace means the absence of threats and the presence of justice.
15.) the Peace Movement in the U.S., whether by accident or design, is pro-Communist.
16.) The collective knowledge and wisdom of seasoned citizens, (Rush’s euphemism for senior citizens,) is the most valuable, yet untapped, resource our young people have.
17.) The greatest football, (NFL,) team in the history of civilization is the Pittsburgh Steelers of 1975-1980.
18.) There is no such thing as war atrocities.
19.) War itself is an atrocity.
20.) There is a God.
21.) Abortion is wrong, (don’t yell at me: his words, not mine.)
22.) Morality is not defined and cannot be defined by individual choice.
23.) Evolution cannot explain Creation.
24.) Feminism was established so as to allow unattractive women access to the mainstream of society.
25.) Love is the only human emotion that cannot be controlled.
26.) The only difference between Mikhail Gorbachev and previous soviet leaders, is that Gorbachev is alive.
27.) Soviet leaders are just left-wing dictators.
28.) Abe Lincoln saved this nation.
29.) The L.A. Raiders will never be the team that they were when they called Oakland their home.
30.) The U.S. will again go to war.
31.) To more and more people, a victorious U.S. is a sinful U.S.
32.) This is frightening and ominous.
33.) There will always be poor people.
34.) This is not the fault of the rich.
35.) You should thank God for making you an American; (remember who he addresses,) and instead of feeling guilty about it, help spread our ideas worldwide.
The Updated List, (done on February 18th, 1994.)
1.) There is a distinct singular American culture—rugged individualism and self-reliance—which made America great.
2.) The vast majority of the rich in this country did not inherit their wealth; they earned it. They are the country’s achievers, producers, and job creators.
3.) No nation has ever taxed itself into prosperity.
4.) Evidence refutes liberalism.
5.) There is no such thing a a new Democrat.
6.) The Earth’s eco-system is not fragile.
7.) Character matters; leadership descends from character.
8.) The most beautiful thing about a tree is what you do with it after you cut it down.
9.) Ronald Reagan was the greatest president of the 20th century.
10.) The 1980’s was not a decade of greed but a decade of prosperity; it was the longest period of peacetime growth in American history.
11.) Abstinence prevents sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy—every time it is tried.
12.) Condoms only work during the school year.
13.) Poverty is not the root (”rut”) cause of crime.
14.) There’s a simple way to solve the crime problem: obey the law; punish those who do not.
15.) If you commit a crime, you are guilty.
16.) Women should not be allowed on juries where the accused is a stud.
17.) The way to improve our schools is not more money, but the reintroduction of moral and spiritual values, as well as the four “R’s”: reading ‘riting,’ ‘rithmatic,’ and RUSH.
18.) I am not arrogant.
19.) My first 35 Undeniable Truths are still undeniably true.
20.) There is a God.
21.) There is something wrong when critics say that problem with America is too much religion.
22.) Morality is not defined by individual choice.
23.) The only way liberals win national elections is by pretending they’re not liberals.
24.) Feminism was established as to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream of society.
25.) Follow the money. When somebody says, “It’s not the money,” it’s always the money.
26.) Liberals attempt through judicial activism what they cannot win at the ballot box.
27.) Using federal dollars as a measure, our cities have not been neglected, but poisoned with welfare dependency funds.
28.) Progress is not striving for economic justice or fairness, but economic growth.
29.) Liberals measure compassion by how many people are given welfare. Conservatives measure compassion by how many people no longer need it.
30.) Compassion is no substitute for justice.
31.) The culture war is between the winners and those who think they’re losers who want to become winners. The losers think the only way they can become winners is by banding together all the losers and then empowering a leader of the losers to make things right for them.
32.) The Los Angeles riots were not caused by the Rodney King verdict. The Los Angeles riots were caused by rioters.
33.) You could afford your house without your government—if it weren’t for your government.
34.) Words mean things.
35.) Too many Americans can’t laugh at themselves anymore.
The two amateurs who took over that slot are unlistenable.
You’re right, a huge vacuum during those three hours.
But turning it into a museum would've been cool.
never to be adequately replaced... not even remotely close...
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