Prayers for Rush Limbaugh

Friends, as I was enjoying Rush Limbaugh's radio show just the other
day I heard El Rushbo take a serious turn toward the end of his show.
A warm, humorous, happy warrior for the cause of conservatism, his
voice became devoid of the easygoing timbre that it usually has in
the remaining minutes of his show's broadcast. Rush prefaced his
message by stating that he wanted to share something imporatnt
with us, his audience of "Dittoheads", his name for listeners who
call in and begin by saying that they love Rush, that they listen to him
daily or nearly so, and have for years. Rush also said that he had
informed his staff of what he now wanted to announce to us.

My heart skipped a beat or two when he revealed to us that he had
recently been diagnosed with "advanced lung cancer".

And now I reckon that many of you, my grand readers, are having a
skipped heartbeat or two over this shocking news, those of you who
have not yet heard or read about the sad revelation from the most
listened to radio show host in the country, the man who made conser-
vative political talk radio a truly national phenomenon and remains its
brightest star. He is a great favorite with many of you in this radio
category, as he certainly is with your loyal Peasant. A former cigarette
smoker, having been off the "ciggies" for over a decade although a
longtime cigar affecionado, Rush's lung cancer diagnosis comes as
an unpleasant surprise to us.

Rush said that he was diagnosed in January, and that he had increasing
incidents of shortness of breath which led him to see his doctor.
Good thing he did; his doctor and other medical advisers have told him
that he has a better chance of beating the disease because he went to
his checkup appointment. Rush missed a few consecutive days (highly
unusual for him) from the Golden EIB (Excellence in Broadcasting)
mic as he quickly began treatment for his illness, and said that there
would be other times down the road where he'll need to take some days
off for the scheduled treatment sessions and to rest and regain his
strength after them. Rush leavened the news of his fight to regain
his health by stating that medicine and medical technology have
advanced to the point where lung cancer, even in an advanced state,
is much more treatable and with greater odds of success. So there's
that for Rush. But "The Big C" is still nothing to take lightly.

In the meantime, let us pray for Rush's battling his lung cancer into
remission and gaining full recovery. Rush has always been there for us
on the radio, during politically good times and bad; let us now be there
for Rush while he wages the fight of his life. And in case he reads
this blog with any frequency, let us say here and now "Rush, we love
you. We are in your corner just as you are and have always been
in our corner, and that of our wonderful country."

And let us now be brave.


MEM