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Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Could A "George Roche III University" Seal Rush Limbaugh's Legacy?

There is a...quaint website managed by...arcane types of folks called Family Security Matters. It can be totally over the top at times. It really took me a few minutes to figure out whether it was some outrageous parody of current events being staged by The Onion or whether it was legit. It is legit, meaning the people who write believe themselves to be quite serious. One of the editors or poo-bahs or panjandrums is a Raymond S. Kraft. His bona fides state that he is an attorney in California. He has an article entitled " Could A 'Russell Kirk University' Seal Rush Limbaugh's Legacy?" Seriously. I thought perhaps he meant "...seal Rush Limbaugh's fate?", but he seriously thinks that the great accomplishments of the pear-toned RL are in need of being preserved forever in a monumental chair of political philosophy with an appropriate professor emeritus. The only "Rush Limbaugh" Chair I could imagine being established would be in the mens' room. Read the article. Where else can you find these Great Personages rubbing elbows: Russell Kirk, Santayana, Plato, Edmund Burke all pushed uncomfortably near Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Michael Savage, Neil Boortz, and Glenn Beck. http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/terrorism.php?id=1386117 It is a hoot. It is even funnier on the second read. Quote these great names once more in the context of how Mr. R.S. Kraft, Esquire, thinks the university be established: "Creating a new, major, university is an enormous project. But I think this can be done relatively quickly, as enormous projects go. Here’s how: First, Rush should convene a Founding Board of Directors to take the first steps. I would arbitrarily limit this Founding Board to the five conservative radio talk show hosts with the largest audiences, who are (I believe) Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Michael Savage, Neil Boortz, and Glenn Beck." Surely these gentlemen would feel more at home with a George Roche III University? Root for good old GR3!? It has a tinge of the Classics...Oedipus comes to mind.

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