Posted on 10/11/2001 8:02:29 AM PDT by The Energizer
WJR-AM in Detroit just announced that Rush Limbaugh's doctors at his California clinice will begin their press conference shortly. WJR will carry it live. Tune in locally.
I don't idolize the guy by any means, to be honest I hardly every listen, but I'd sure hate to lose his presence on the air.
I don't see this as egomaniacal at all. An audience of upwards of 50 million people finds this interesting. Remember 20 million listeners per day translates to a lot more than that overall. Give the guy some slack.
I don't think I'm too far off base when I state that the (and I don't say this with malace, since I join in as well at times) forum sometimes stoops to the pack attack mentality without merit at times. I feel that this is probably one of those times.
2nd person: "No."
1st person: "Neither has he!"
Thank you!
Tip your waitresses and bartenders!
Drive safely!
Bada-bing, bada-boom!
Don't give up your day job, kid.
Whatever it is, Rush can afford it.
As for the egomaniac line, I kinda took that back at post #49.
However, this thread was a BREAKING NEWS post of his PENDING news conference. This at a time when much more important issues are 'breaking news'. This was a breaking news announcement that there will be Rush's Ear News Conference - That is what got my ire, the attention being paid to a pre-press conference announcement.
People on this thread seem to have so much at stake in this, as it obvious from their posts, I for one really don't care on way or the other. Certainly he has every right to have a news conference. Some here also mention the pentagon thing, I made no comment about that spectacle either. I just don't see the announcment of an announcement about Rush's ear as Breaking News when we are arguably at WAR.
Plus there is also this:
The scientists believe that they have discovered what causes the body's defences mistakenly to attack healthy joints and tissue. The breakthrough focuses on the role of so-called B-cells, white blood cells that defend the body against viruses and bacteria by making antibodies. Although these antibodies are made at random by B-cells, most of them prove useful against some microbe or other.
Every so often, however, the B-cells accidentally make antibodies that attack healthy tissue. Worse still, some of these errant antibodies also trigger the production of copies of themselves. The result, according to the University College team, is a huge self-sustained attack on joints and tissue, which appears in the sufferer as rheumatoid arthritis.
Professor Jonathan Edwards, who is leading the research team, told The Telegraph: "It probably takes just one genetic mistake in a lifetime to trigger this reaction but once it gets going it becomes a vicious circle."
Prof Edwards and his colleagues believe that they have found a way to break the circle, using drugs that seek out and destroy B-cells. He said: "Unlike with other cells in the immune system, most people can live without any B-cells for a while. By the time we reach adulthood we have already made most of the antibodies we need."
More here.
As an arthritis sufferer I look forward to these quantum leaps forward in treatment. After a single treatment to wipe out all the B-cells, the body responds by making fresh ones. The chances of these new B-cells making the same mistake as their predecessors, however, thereby triggering a return of rheumatoid arthritis, is small.
The story contains some information on the technology Rush is using on his radio show.
I strongly disagree. Rush arguably changed history every bit as much as the the WTC attack, especially considering his influence on many times more than 600 voters in Florida. And I think your reference to Rush's "earache" demonstrates a level of emotional maturity consistent with the rest of your comments.
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