] President Bush has condemned the torture of Iraqi
] prisoners, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld labeled
] it "un-American" and a recent Gallup poll found 79
] percent of Americans "bothered" by the abuses. But Rush
] Limbaugh was gleeful. For weeks, the conservative talk
] show host has been dismissing the scandal as a
] "fraternity prank," mocking Democrats and others for
] expressing outrage and suggesting the prison humiliation
] -- which he dubbed "a brilliant maneuver" -- was "no
] different than what happens at the Skull and Bones
] initiation" [at Yale]. He described the images of torture
] as "pictures of homoeroticism that look like standard
] good old American pornography" and assured his listeners
] "there was no horror, there was no terror, there was no
] death, there was no injuries, nothing."

As is normally the case, for every point out of Rush that I agree with, there must be two that I can't stand, and the point I agreed with must be put forth in a way which makes me cringe.

Those picture were gay. Very gay. And in a very frat house kind of gay way as well. I was sure to point this out and make fun of it at the time, but in a way which was, how shall I put it, not documented. (So much for that..) Most of America did the same.

Rush goes to the next level. This is the reason I don't like Rush, and also the reason I didn't much care for frats in college. Confirmed, again.

Rush came out of the closet about his pill popping recently, maybe he has something else up his sleeve that he is building up to. Maybe Rush will just slowly go insane over the course of the next few years to get more listeners. After all, Stern got his popularity by people who listened to "see what he did next". Or, maybe Rush's tertiary syphilis has finally set in.

What's the opinion of the troops about Rush's presence on American Forces Radio? Do they poll for such things? Or is it don't ask, don't tell..

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