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Is Rush Limbaugh's cat being held hostage by animal rights extremists?

Submitted by cbaus on Fri, 04/17/2009 - 09:21.
Our laws do not prevent us from killing animals for food or sport, so the right to life of an animal is nonexistent. ...[W]e are confronted daily by people who wish to obstruct human progress and individual economic choices by elevating the importance of animal existence to that of human existence.
- Rush Limbaugh, The Way Things Ought To Be, 1992

By Chad D. Baus

I have been listening to Rush Limbaugh almost daily for nearly 20 years. I own both of his books - in hardcover. I have been a subscriber on his website since its inception - and each year my wife gives me a renewal for my birthday. When I miss a show, or even part of one, I download it and listen later. In short, I respect the man and believe him to be a highly intelligent individual.

When audience members question a position or prediction he has taken, Rush is fond of saying "Don't doubt me." Well, this week he has given me reason for doubt.

His offense? Recording public service announcements praising the anti-hunting, anti-pet owning, anti-meat-eating, wolf in sheeps' clothing, radical animal rights organization known as the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS).

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