Posted on 07/06/2008 3:27:51 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
At one time, Limbaugh did his program from a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper he dubbed, with tongue-in-cheek grandiosity, the Excellence in Broadcasting Building. These days, he mostly broadcasts out of a studio in Palm Beach, Fla., which he calls the Southern Command, and describes on the air as a heavily fortified bunker.
In fact, Limbaughs show emanates from a nondescript office building on a boulevard lined with tall palms. There isnt even a security guard in the lobby. The elevator opens directly onto a pristine anteroom furnished in corporate glass and leather. An American flag stands in the corner. Only a small, framed picture of Limbaugh, bearing the caption Americas Anchorman, reveals that this is the headquarters of one of the countrys most admired and reviled figures.
The anteroom was empty when I stepped off the elevator one afternoon in mid-February. Limbaugh receives very few visitors at work, and no journalists from the hated mainstream media. When I was buzzed into the control room, I was met by Bo Snerdly a very large man in a Huey Newton beret who glared at me. Are you the guy whos here to do the hit job on us? he demanded in a deep voice.
Absolutely, I said.
Snerdly, whose real name is James Golden, held my eyes for a long moment before bursting into emphatic laughter.
Its just that we arent used to seeing reporters here, said a woman named Dawn. She is a stenographer whom Limbaugh hired in 2001, after he went deaf. These days he has a cochlear implant that enables him to hear callers, but Dawn sends him real-time transcripts of on-air conversations, just in case.
The media doesnt know about this place, she said. They dont know where we are.
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It can’t be considered a bunker until you hear them rack a shotgun or work the bolt of an AR-15.
No offense, but turning the other cheek never works. Strike back if you’re able to.
Rush lends his visitors their own private vehicle?
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Its an awesome car, a friend has one, scary fast.
I am also a candle guy, as I am a cigar smoker. The two go hand in hand.
Stale cigar smoke is a bane to anyone. I have good air filtration, etc., but candles are truly "odor eaters". Live flowers do smell better, but candles actually seem to reduce the foulness.
I've heard others, not clued in, describe the "candle burning" as a religious "offering". lol.
And then there's that old chestnut about smells and "lighting a match!". Well, well. I suppose that might also, in some circles, be considered a "religious offering", too. ;)
I like incense. My point was the idea that his staff has to run around the house lighting candles for his return. That's just weird.
Rush prefers the scent of gardenias. I’m seasonal in my selection of burnt “offerings”; pine or juniper for most the year. In the heat of summer, a verbena or mango. In the fall, I prefer a warmer scent, like cinnamon. Spring? Lavender.
I have a thing about the kitchen being CLEAN when I enter my home (arise in the morning, etc.). I mean, I really do have a "thing" about that... lol
Some folks find it to be a wierd obsession of mine. But it's not really an obsession. My kitchen is the core operating center of my home. When I get home, I want to move forward with all my tasks so I can have some downtime. If the kitchen is messy, that's got to be addressed first in order for me to move smoothly through my tasks.
Rush has manuevered a way to get an essential (to him) task done, performed by others, which reduces him having to do this thing himself.
It’s not the candles, darn it. It’s minions running around his house waiting his return like some monarch that bothers me.
Welll.... a little jealousy can always inspire one to live better, no? ;)
Why? Are you jealous. I am not. I don't want people running around my house bowing to me and lighting my candles.
I have a 500g box of Nag Champa.
I see nothing weird about him. Massa' has spoken. It's his house, his servants, and his candles. He is just "living large". Why not?
I might do the same if I had minions! I would still grill my own steaks!
Are you crazy? lol! I’ve demanded and ordered such treatment for many years; and sometimes, I get lucky! :)
I do have a lovely selection of incense, too. In fact, I have gardenia incense among my collection.
I'd like my steak very rare, moo-ing, if possible, please.
High Priest?
Are you kidding? lol
The man's an absolute babe magnet.
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