Yesterday afternoon on the Rush Limbaugh Show, the host explained at one point that he did not believe that the United States would fall during his life time. The mere fact that he felt it necessary to say such a thing is interesting. We must also consider that Limbaugh was born in 1951. If he lives to be eighty years old, that would mean that he does not believe the USA will fall before 2031. That is only 19 years from now. This statement from Mr Limbaugh does not actually demonstrate very much faith in the system. He then went on to say that he refuses to believe the ‘country’ is over. Limbaugh noted that the US has thus far kept chugging along despite all its problems. He then told his audience that they just had to get out the right ideas and this could save the United States.
Rush refuses to accept the reality of the USA today
Rush Limbaugh is in denial, like many others of his generation. This is not America of the 1950s or 60s. Demographically the United States has been radically altered over the course of Limbaugh’s life – in great part by people whom Limbaugh idolises such as Ronald Reagan (who legalised three million illegal immigrants from the Third World) and George W Bush (who was also a big supporter of Third World immigration). Limbaugh’s heroes made the United States a lot less like the place that the talk radio host remembers fondly and wishes to conserve. His heroes re-peopled the United States with folks who do not share his political and social values or care about conserving the USA of the 1950s. Not only are the demographics completely different than they once were (remember back when Limbaugh was born the US was about 90% White – last summer White children became a minority in the US) but the government itself is far larger, more centralised and much more powerful. No aspect of our daily life today is beyond its scope. Millions of laws and codes have been legislated over the course of Limbaugh’s life so that today it would take entire libraries to hold all the different rules the government has enacted. Along with a completely different population and much more powerful and centralised government, the social and moral fabric of the United States is greatly different. This is to be expected, of course, given all the other factors.
And what about Limbaugh’s claim that getting out the Neo-conservative message can save the United States? Will more wars, ‘American leadership,’ tax cuts, more military spending and more Republican politicians who idolise Ronald Reagan be able to save the system? Even asking such a question sounds ridiculous. As well, the new Third World population of the United States is not at all interested in Limbaugh’s Neo-conservative message. Despite a great deal of pandering to them and watering down the message to make it more acceptable, the vast majority of them reject Republicans and Limbaugh’s politics. And it’s not as if there is a lack of information out there promoting his message. Fox News dominates TV news and promotes his world-view. His own show reaches many millions of people each day. Many of the churches, especially the Protestant churches in the South, promote US militarism and Neo-conservative politics. All the major Republican-oriented magazines and newspapers also promote Limbaugh’s ideas. So it’s not a matter of getting the Neo-conservative message out.
The fact of the matter is that the US is in rapid decline on pretty much all fronts. It doesn’t really matter whether or not Rush Limbaugh acknowledges this or not. Just the fact that he brought it up and then (unconvincingly) denied it is interesting. His inability to offer any evidence to support his stated belief is also interesting. So, instead he offers his audience denial and false hope in a dying system.
I’m prompted to comment because I heard someone one the radio in the last week, maybe a substitute on the Rush Limbaugh Show, say something along the lines that as far as the economy goes, it is too late to save America.
Also, I definitely don’t always agree with Rush, but you are a bit hard on him on some points. I don’t think he idolizes either Bush, and though he loves Reagan, he has always criticized the legalization of all those illegal immigrants.
Additionally, if we are going to throw “neo-conservative” around, perhaps he has some of those views, but I also believe he’s generally in opposition most of the folks you would call “neo-conservative.”
I suspect that Rush does some stuff he does not wholeheartedly believe in because it is necessary from his perspective. That is to say, it might look a bit different from his point of view. Rush has not given up the fight to save the United States, which means he does certain things we would not agree with.
When ‘America’ goes down many are not going to be able to cope. They will have lost their idol. ‘America’ really isn’t a pagan religion. But fall it must if we are to build a nation to last.
“When ‘America’ goes down many are not going to be able to cope.”
Yes, and I think that will be the critical moment. I believe the centralizers are looking forward to blaming Capitalism, conservatism, etc., in order to justify an openly centralized state. At the moment they still play lip service to freedom, the Constitution, etc., but at that time they will openly advocate their desires. If the people overwhelmingly fall for it, we are probably doomed no matter what, but if not, perhaps we can reinstitute some free states.
@ “….Many of the churches, especially the Protestant churches in the South, promote US militarism and Neo-conservative politics…”
Idk— many others also promote it, although not the leftist, which is to say the South is less leftist. The real reason, however, is probably that the military never left its occupation after the war. Military bases are all over the place. It became how many make a living, even if they are not directly involved— i.e. do various types of contract work on the base. Also, where the bases were abandoned often became full of “People Warehousing” prisons, special facilities, the other thing the fed does with the money.
So, I’m not at all sure the “protestantism” is a key factor here. Really, we have enough enemies, without leaving the impression that our religion is the reason for this, when in fact, what used to be the southern country was taken over by a military that never left, and so became the only lifeline for many
Dixiegirl, I was raised Protestant myself. I’m not against the Protestant churches – except insofar that they are against us. They used to be very pro-South and politically-incorrect.
29thtn, Rush may not be a full-fledged Neo-con like some of the talking heads on TV but he kisses up to them, repeats their rhetoric and pushes their foreign agenda. I know he’s more conservative than them when it comes to domestic issues but he seems fully on board with them on the wars and militarism.