Posted on 02/06/2020 11:06:24 AM PST by simpson96
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Also - I LOVED that Melania got TWO Standing Ovations during the SOTU Address! One when she was first introduced, and the other when President Trump praised her ‘Be Best’ initiative and all of her work with kids.
Dems even stood and applauded. Amazing. :)
Great pics, thanks for posting.
I’ve never noticed that people sit in the upper level behind the main podium. Is that part of staff? Press?
Re: hamy acting - thank you for saying that! I told my husband I wasn’t brave enough to say that on any conservative social media site!
I heard he was getting from his own radio show & they said he knew he was getting it! His acting ruined the moment for me. I will say he deserves it & pray for him & us to accept the Lord’s will. No matter the outcome.
None of us know what Rush knew or didn’t know. You think he was listening to Mark Steyn on his show that day? He had bigger things going on than taking time for that.
He was supposed to be talking to his Doctors but he was obviously told at the last minute to be at the SOTU Speech.
Until I’m told differently, I will assume he did not know and his shocked face was genuine.
Just as cancer and tobacco links weren't known until after long study and research, so to with cancer and marijuana.
One thing in common to both is "smoker's cough." Should be a warning to all.
I thought some hammy acting too
..didn’t want to ruin what was intended to be a surprise perhaps. But his eyeballs turned red As he struggled to hold back tears. He couldn’t fake the changes in his eyeballs. He may have known he was going to get the award, but the article said..sometime in the next few weeks. Therefore, the venue came as a surprise. Also, he’s had a lot going on regarding a possible terminal diagnosis so even if he had heard about it, it may not have been front and center of things to focus on.
A persom can speculate from A-Z but without his input, nobody knows for sure. So don’t let it ruin your day.
It is not clear that it was going to happen in the House chamber during the State of the Union with First Lady Melania making the presentation. That might explain the shocked reaction by Rush as that has never been done before.
Thanks for posting the photos. A memorable night.
From 1992 to 1994, before Gingrich emerged, Rush was the Leader of the Opposition. He's still the only reason I turn on the radio.
Rush probably expected the presentation to to take place at the White House afterward, not during the speech. That was unprecedented.
He earned it. I expect him to lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda when he goes.
Well, I hate to rain on your parade, but I can tell you from personal experience this is entirely false. I was a tobacco user for 25 years and quit 6 years ago. Been a very regular cannabis user for at least 20. Within a short period of time after quitting tobacco, the smoker's cough disappeared completely. 2 years after quitting, had a chest xray done. Doc said my lungs were healthy as could be and he was proud of me for quitting the tobacco.
Oh, and I did go to the Interwebs. Here is my source: What are marijuana's effects on lung health? (National Institute on Drug Abuse) Allow me to direct you to an interesting tidbit:
Whether smoking marijuana causes lung cancer, as cigarette smoking does, remains an open question.68,71 Marijuana smoke contains carcinogenic combustion products, including about 50 percent more benzoprene and 75 percent more benzanthracene (and more phenols, vinyl chlorides, nitrosamines, reactive oxygen species) than cigarette smoke.68 Because of how it is typically smoked (deeper inhale, held for longer), marijuana smoking leads to four times the deposition of tar compared to cigarette smoking.72 However, while a few small, uncontrolled studies have suggested that heavy, regular marijuana smoking could increase risk for respiratory cancers, well-designed population studies have failed to find an increased risk of lung cancer associated with marijuana use.68
Now, I would challenge you to do some research on the endocannabinoid system and how cannabis interacts naturally with the human body. Believe it or not, its likely actually good for the body.
And that nonsense about it making people lazy? Well, I was a full time student and full time father with a full time job (and a part time job, at one point) who completed a Bachelor's degree program and am now working my way up in the white collar world of business management. In plain words, the arguments against cannabis are laughable at best, downright ignorant at worst.
Those that know nothing about cannabis should refrain from preaching against it.
I’m sure Rush will provide the details if and when he returns to his Show.
He is supposed to be back tomorrow, but we’ll see.
Our conservative radio commentator in Baltimore, Derek Hunter, said that Rush knew he would be getting the honor, but he didn't know he would be receiving it there at the SOTU, televised to the whole country. Hence the surprise.
Thanks
Love this after-event pics! This seems like a kind of Free Republic exclusive. Nice digging simpson!
As a clinician,forensic pathology- what we DO to ourselves known clinically to be life threatening DOES make a difference in life length. Good genetics is certainly a factor.
It DOES matter what you do and don’t do. Especially say, commode hugging daily drunks (5th a day or 7 full drink equivalents, btw includes enough beer even at the shabby 3% by vol US swill), or 20 plus years of inhaled vegetable smoke (meaning tobacco or cannabis/THC, or both, which is usually the case). Can provide resection photos of lungs of people who have done this, post mortems- that is. Well established scientific fact, not in question. Unlike the questions about Big Pharma making drugs in search of a disease.
You are also wrong about cancer and inhalation of plant/cellulosic vegetative matter— the carcinogens are all well known. It is sheer folly to say inhaling vegetative smoke is.... OK. It’s not. Big Tobacco of course is largely behind Big Weed, and the stoners and idiot John Boehner who promote it (cause we “need the taxes” uh huh). Because of the habituation common to both. Take note: do not care one whit if people get nicotine some other way (and these are available)- But inhalation of smoke as a vehicle— no way.
There are no— zero, clinical benefits to marijuana/THC. Genetic developed CBD only producing hemp cannabis produces clinically proven CBD that does not need to be inhaled. If people are needing chemo and getting nauseous there are high potency— NON-smoked/inhaled formulations of anti-nausea agents, including generic Marinol (THC tablet/gel cap, US Pharmacopaeia listed agent).
You have an opinion. Keep it. 30 years in clinical pharmacology (and advocacy, keep in mind for alternate medication that is clinically proven and not Big Weed or Big Pharma) is my peer-reviewed informed opinion, not driven by any Lobby.
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