I was serving overseas (Ramstein AB, Germany) back in 1994-5 when we got Rush on AFRTS in the first place. The fight to get him was just that, a fight, as DoD didn’t want to cross the Clinton administration, which was dead set against Rush. They raised such a stink about how Rush would “brain-wash” us. Now, for years we had (on radio) PBS’s “All Things (Liberal) Considered”, Meet the Press, This Week, ABCCBSNBCPBS and CNN News as well. But only Rush would brainwash us.
The republicans had just wrestled control of Congress from the Dems, and AFRTS got Rush. But only his first hour. Even in defeat, the Clinton’s tried to poison the well.
I do think it matters a whole lot less due to the internet. A Rush 24/7 subscriber can pick up all his broadcasts worldwide, and most overseas bases, even in Iraq/Afghanistan, have TCP/IP drops you can connect to. No one in uniform minds if you listen to Rush, in fact, they’d probably listen with you.
Rush had a program to get free 24/7 subscriptions out to GIs world wide. We should ensure all our troops know about this and get help signing up.
We were in Nurnberg at that time. Afer all the controversy in the S&S about Rush, I had to tune him in to see what the big deal was. Have been hooked ever since.
Not sure if you guys remember...but when I was in Korea...I made the mistake of countering a LTE that appeared in Stars and Stripes by a DUmmie who said that we needed less Rush and more AIr America.
What happened next is doccumented here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1375160/posts