Posted on 06/23/2006 8:34:45 AM PDT by MNJohnnie
RUSH: Here's what's happening. I gotta go to Washington this afternoon. The "24" gang, we've got two co-creators, Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran, the chief writer and exec producer Howard Gordon. Gregg Itzin, who plays president Logan, Mary Lynn Rajskub, who is Chloe, and Carlos Bernard, who played Tony Almeda. Tony Almeda is now dead, but he has been brought back to life for the seminar tomorrow. A couple people from Heritage, and Michael Chertoff, the director of homeland security. It's from ten to noon tomorrow. It's at the Reagan Building, and they went out and got the biggest auditorium they could there. I think it holds about 650 or 700 people. This is what they asked me not to mention until today because they couldn't handle whatever interests for attendance that there are. Knowing that would be the case, we've been working feverishly all week, because we don't control this venue like we control our own network. So we have been working diligently with a number of people to provide a live stream at RushLimbaugh.com of the panel discussion and seminar tomorrow that I am moderating.
Now, I always felt I have to cover my bets on this because no matter what we tell people about the demand they should expect, "Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, we can handle it," until it happens. "My God, we've never seen anything like this!" So we have tried to cover our bases on this. We have received confirmation from the Heritage Foundation and the people at the Reagan Center, and we will be able to stream according to our desires here. The streaming is being handled by a third-party company for the Heritage Foundation, and they have never experienced the Titanic, gale-force power of the EIB audience. So we've tried to prepare them, we've tried to let them know and they say, "Oh, don't sweat it, we can handle it." Regardless, we'll have it streamed, and if there are streaming problems tomorrow, fear not, it will be made available. We've already put a little banner up at the top of the home page at RushLimbaugh.com explaining this. Now, this is for subscribers only.
Now, I realize many of you are saying, "Well, how come it's just for subscribers, Rush?" Well, because there are massive costs in this, folks. Especially going through third parties and so forth, there are massive costs with this, to be quite frank about it. At some point the panel discussion, seminar, will be made available on the website down the road, some weeks from now, just as DVDs of Rush to Excellence performances are made available down the road and so forth. But if you're a member you won't have any problem accessing the streaming. It's from ten to noon at the Reagan building tomorrow. There's all kinds of fun events that we've planned before and after this. They're private. That's why I'm going down there tonight. No, we're not going to talk to Chertoff about cutting New York's funding. The point of the seminar -- I'll tell you how this came together. As I've told you people, I had a dinner party for the "24" gang at my fashionable Oceanside estate, which, according to New York Times, is going to be underwater here soon because of rising sea levels. Yeah, they sent a photographer down to Palm Beach and there's actually pictures of homes near the beach that might be underwater soon.
They're panic oriented. It's a beach erosion problem, it's not rising sea levels. I know it's beach erosion because those of us who live on the north end of the island have been taxed exorbitantly in order to move sand, which we have plenty of on our end, down to the middle and south ends of the island. But enough of that. Yeah, turtles will be right in the living room, and I'll have to turn the lights off inside the house at night. Now, so I had this dinner party back on March 29th, and among the many guests were Justice Thomas and his wife, Ginny, who works at the Heritage Foundation. The party went on until three o'clock in the morning and people were all over the house inside and outside having conversations, and one of the conversations took place between Joel Surnow and Ginny. "Hey, you know, it would be interesting to do a panel discussion in Washington sometime, if you could get there, about the effect of 24 on the public and the pressures that that might bring on the government in fighting terrorism and so forth." It led to Joel saying, "Hey, that would be cool."
So they put this together and I knew nothing about it, which is no big deal. I'm not suggesting I should have. I didn't know anything about it 'til about three weeks or a month ago, and I found out in a totally unrelated reason. And Ginny said, "Yeah, we're going to do this. Would you like to come moderate it?" I said, "Yeah, I don't know, I don't know if my hearing would allow me to actually do that well, depending on where it is and so forth." We worked on that, so I'm moderating the thing, and again it's ten to noon tomorrow at the Reagan building. I forget the name of the auditorium, but it's like 650 people. There's going to be people from Congress there, people from the administration, people from the state department. They've had massive media requests, Maureen Dowd wants to come. I don't know why she's coming, but she wants to come. She wants to show up. So there's that. We've got a big dinner tonight. Get ready for all this. (interruption) No, I'm not wearing a tux. I probably won't even wear a tie.
I've concluded that God does not want me to be choking while having a good time. I probably won't -- I may wear -- do you think I should wear a tie? Snerdley is shocked and stunned that I won't wear a tie. All right, well, I brought one. I have one tie that I wear. I actually got one tie now. I wear it all the time when I wear a tie, which is three or four times a year now. Let's see, we got a lunch tomorrow after the thing is over, and then a bunch of us are flying to the Dominican Republic tomorrow afternoon, just for some downtime to veg, and we'll be back on Monday, then back to work on Tuesday. So that's the scoop.
Lie n' Die
Haliburton, Haliburton, Haliburton!
The phone bank is in Howard Deans office.
I'm confused. Moonbats keep changing their mantras -- I can't keep up
From George Bush's speech that day!
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/05/01/iraq/main551946.shtml
Like all the "hawk" DUmocrats calling for us to strike North Korea? They gave the technology willingly, now hope that Bush can clean up their mess (while they call him "Hitler" from the sidelines).
Mondale backs pre-emptive missile strike (against North Korean missile)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1654478/posts
What makes you think that? They supported him when he looked Juanita Broadderick in the eye, and told her she'd better "put some ice on it".
"I'm confused. Moonbats keep changing their mantras -- I can't keep up"
Yeah, they WERE on a six-week cycle for the longest time, but seem to have gone to a random pattern: Punch in, stick your hand in the jar and pull out the talking point for the day.
Gets kinda funny when they start the "We can't defeat so-and-so" at 8 AM and the Pentagon announces that so-and-so went to frolic with the ugly virgins five hours BEFORE that, but that's the breaks....
Just common sense, not PC. I am not arguing that we should put our troops in peril, just that we have to set a higher bar because of our unassailable power.
The US does have to have some global support. Using too heavy a hand would alienate everyone.
It has worked, even with the MSM trying to paint our soldiers as demons every chance they get. We have earned great respect for this war in Iraq, not only for the results, but also for the method, regardless of what the MSM says.
Is there going to be a NOT Sean thread and a NOT Mark thread today???
"Time to impeach the 9th Circus"
BEEN PAST time to do that for fifteen years.
I (gasp, shudder) live in the 9th JD, repressed minority area.
Seems to me we are on the same page, I call it being PC and you call it common sense. I'm for inflicting such damage on the enemy that they lose the desire to fight knowing we will kill them with prejudice.
Yep, I think we are....I hate these damn insurgent things. I have no problem killing the bad guys with extreme prejudice. But, we need the support of the innocents.
Although, I believe the future holds total war against Islam, innocents and all.
Naw...that's not really the attitude I think the soldiers should have, but I believe we will not be able to stop the Muslim fanatics without a widespread support of the "innocents".
If their support is not forthcoming (unfortunately I believe that will be the case), they will seal their own fates. If it comes down to our "innocents" dying or the enemie's "innocents" dying.....
Good cartoon - wonder is some enterprising person could get photo's of these jusdges using currency to buy something ?
Right, and THEN watch the people run to get out...just like the paradise of Cuber.
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