If you have never listened to Rush on a personal level and understand his inner person, then you have no clue who you are hating.
I listened to him as he told about hes hearing loss. He was pretty much deaf for 3 months before he told his audience. I could hear his voice was different a long time before he told of his hearing problem.
He was joking at his very finest one day as he signed off the air. He said:
"and you wouldn't believe the price of jet fuel" Mark Twain couldn't have said it better.
Rush had recently bought a Gulfstream 550 or 650. His dad had plane and Rush had become an aeronautical enthusiast at an early age.
Crude prices were the topic that day. Prices were on the upswing. Callers were pontificating the reason for the increases in crude prices.
...as Rush was signing off and saying goodby, he uttered. "and you wouldn't believe the price of jet fuel"
Sarcastic sarcasmistivc sarcasm. People thought he was an egotistical arrogant asshole.
No,
it was funny. It was meant to be funny. Sarcasm 10 to the 20th power. Non listeners don't get the joke.
He once said he gave a can opener to his Mom so she could open her dog food cans. Back then, the topic of the day was seniors eating dog food,.
Next day on the floor, Boxer or Feinstien was a ranting about him and his carelessness for the elderly. Gullible idiots.............. funny as the jet fuel comment. They take it an run like the fools they are.
Like I said. If you don't listen then you don't know. He screws with people. So funny they fall for it over and over. Rush fans know what hes doing.............. so we smile.
About Rush and his evil love of self. He once told about his greatest regret. Rush was supposed to go to college, to become a banker or some prestigious profession to make his dad and grandpa proud. He dropped out of college. It bored him and he knew what he really wanted to do..... Radio.
What's his greatest regret? He said he wished that his Dad had lived long enough to see his son come to the fame that he did. He said on air one day he would have loved to have been able to take his Dad for a ride on his plane. To prove I think to his Dad.............. "I hope that lived up to your expectations" (my words not his)
I was choked up many years ago when he said that on air. Can you imagine never living up to your Dad's expectations, then he dies, ...............then you succeed in life years later in ways that are unimaginable. His Dad never lived to see how well he'd done.
When Rush told that story, it showed he's as human as you and me. The jet fuel joke................ funny as Hell. It was a joke, not a rich braggart boasting of wealth.
If ya don't listen, you got's no clue as to what he's actually saying.
Life is too short. Enjoy the ride.
He's one of the few famous people I'd love to shake hands with.
I'd love to shake with Miley Cyrus too, but that's another story. (dream)
