Much of the above is not even worth responding to. Talk about thread creep! The origional post complained about tax payers' money being used to foster a one-sided point of view. That does not seem fair.
    As for getting into the merits, or the lack of merits of the individuals (Rush and Al) or the organizations (NPR and Fox), everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Jackson, Missouri, is the next town west of Rush's hometown, Cape Girardeau. I am a native of Cape Girardeau myself. I know Rush III, knew his dad, Rush II, and his grandfather. I have my opinion of the family as a whole and III as an individual. However, I don't think that declaring him a villian or a pillar of virtue has much to do with the origional post.