Posted on 10/08/2001 10:13:58 AM PDT by SlickWillard
He had been hinting for several months that he had some sort of health problem.
You can send him a note here:
rush@eibnet.com
The only way Michael Savage could possibly overtake Rush in influence and popularity is if Rush decides to pack it in. It will not happen otherwise.
Listen to Savage this afternoon. He won't say anything as heartless as what you said, and he would be ashamed to hear that one of his fans would say such a thing.
Mike Who?
Never heard of him.
So do you respect doves that got drafted?
Have a little more respect.
This one's getting tough to load.
Big chas (you are the weakest link, GOODBYE......sometimes I just click on the name so I can see this message, so heartwarming.
MKM
I can vouch for that, and thank God my experience with deafness was brief. An ear infection with no fever and no pain, just a massive hearing loss. It lasted for several weeks, and to my great good fortune it responded to steroids.
But it was very frightening. The worst part was the feeling of separation. I wish this on no one. It has made me very empathetic to plight of the deaf. It is my hope that we will discover a way to cure any and all forms of deafness,
With that said, and glad you will be living out what I pray is a long and healthy life, I (and others, I am sure) feel like your listening audience owes you our ears. We should first off thank G-d every morning for the simple but profound ability to listen to your program.
Music was such a huge part of your life; I will always listen double to music I hear from now on, hearing it for you as well as myself. I know how much the Mannheim Steamroller Christmas music meant to you: I am not even Christian but promise to listen to it for you this year if you play it.
My mother was the first audiologist to rehabilitate cochlear implant patients, and though retired (age 69) would be glad to offer her knowledge of the relearning to hear process. She traveled the world, teaching others her process at many universities. She has a very spiritual, positive side to her as well, which you could truly appreciate. I can't imagine how working with her would do anything but greatly enrich your life. In her typically humble fashion, when I told her I volunteered her services to you, she said, "Oh, I am sure he would want someone who's up on all the latest computer advances," but she would be happy to help you.
And do not listen to all these fussies about the tone of your voice. You will not be able to INTERNALLY modulate your voice, but you will be able to have a modulator in front of you that will take care of most of it. You've been speaking for decades; it will NEVER be like people who've been deaf from birth. I have been listening all summer and never noticed anything unusual. I listen for the content, not the tonal quality. There are many others in radio, popular, whose voices are actively unpleasant. Yours never will be, never could be.
Please stay with us. You are a part of our day that we want to treasure as long as we can. You are arguably the most influential American, and you are on the right side!
I want to express my sorrow that some of your dreams will perhaps never come true: the TV deal, the football announcing. Who can blame you for dreaming big? Look at what you have achieved! But since your skill, drive, and talent, all on loan from G-d, have brought you to the heights, nay, orbiting ABOVE the heights, of your industry, you should be able to count your blessings loudly when a dream bubble bursts.
May G-d bless you and your family, Yaelle
He already has.
God bless you, Rush.
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