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RUSH: Montezuma, Iowa. This is Kenny. Kenny, thanks for calling, and welcome. It\u2019s great to have you here with us.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Thanks for taking my call.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yes, sir.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, you hear all this stuff, like Al Sharpton and everybody out there causing all this trouble, and you know it\u2019s job security for them but, you know, they come up with all these cute little slogans and everything. I keep hearing this “Hands up, don\u2019t shoot,” that just drives me nuts. That\u2019s got nothing to do with reality in this situation. I think the chant ought to be, “Pants up, don\u2019t loot.”<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah, well, who\u2019s gonna say that?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Apparently nobody.<\/p>\n

RUSH: “Hands up, don\u2019t loot.”<\/p>\n

CALLER: No, “Pants up, don\u2019t loot.”<\/p>\n

<\/a>RUSH: You are failing to exhibit the proper sensitivity and understanding of the tension that is felt by the looters and by the rioters, and your insensitivity is only feeding the problem, and you calling here and making insensitive, smart-ass comments like that is only going to make the situation worse. What do you mean, “hands up, don\u2019t loot.” Don\u2019t you know that the problem here is the cops?<\/p>\n

CALLER: That\u2019s “Pants up, don\u2019t loot.”<\/p>\n

RUSH: “Pants up, don\u2019t loot.”<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yeah, “Pants up, don\u2019t loot.” That\u2019s the reality. They need to have a little more respect for themselves and for where they live.<\/p>\n

RUSH: So now you\u2019re making fun of fashion choices in addition to everything else. See, people like you are the problem. <\/p>\n

CALLER: I\u2019m so ashamed.<\/p>\n

RUSH: I\u2019ll bet you listen to talk radio all the time and get these cockamamie ideas there, don\u2019t you?<\/p>\n

CALLER: As a matter of fact, I do, Rush.<\/p>\n

RUSH: (laughing).<\/p>\n

CALLER: (laughing).<\/p>\n

RUSH: These people are so easily predictable. The sad thing is, that\u2019s the way they look at it. Hey, Kenny, I appreciate the call.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Thanks, Rush.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Really do. By the way, folks, this Rams business, this whole “hands up” thing<\/a>, I haven\u2019t spent probably the time I should spend on this in terms of sharing with you my concerns. I really think this is gonna have blowback that nobody\u2019s contemplating yet within the NFL. I don\u2019t even know how far I want to go in explaining this yet. I\u2019ll give you some idea. Yeah, within the NFL. I mean, they\u2019re gonna have some business problems with this. They\u2019re gonna lose some sponsors. Look, I have to take a break now. I\u2019m come back and I\u2019ll explain what I mean in just a second.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Let\u2019s get back to St. Louis and Ferguson and the Rams. Let\u2019s see, did we find the appropriate…? Yeah, there\u2019s two stories and we\u2019ve got a couple of sound bites on this, maybe three. The first story is from last night, late last night USA Today. This ran about 11:30. “A Rams executive apologized to St. Louis County law enforcement Monday for the ‘hands up, don\u2019t shoot\u2019 gesture performed by five of the team\u2019s players before Sunday\u2019s game at the Edward Jones Dome against the [hapless] Oakland Raiders.<\/p>\n

“St. Louis County police sergeant Shawn McGuire confirmed to USA Today Sports on Monday night that Kevin Demoff, the Rams executive vice president of football operations and COO, apologized for the players\u2019 actions. This is according to the St. Louis County police sergeant, Shawn McGuire. The apology was first reported by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.”<\/p>\n

And, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “County Police Chief John Belmar sent his staff a memo in which he detailed a call from Kevin Demoff,” who, by the way, is the son of the great agent Marvin Demoff. Not that that matters; I just want you to know. Kevin Demoff, COO of Rams, is son Marvin Demoff. Anyway the police chief, John Belmar read a memo in which he detailed a call from Demoff in which Belmar said he “‘regretted that any members of the Rams organization would act in a way that minimized the outstanding work the police officers and departments carry out each and every day.'”<\/p>\n

“Earlier Monday, the head coach of the Rams, Jeff Fisher, told reports that Kevin Demoff had met with St. Louis law enforcement but directed any questions about the Rams\u2019 response to the players\u2019 gesture to Demoff, who at that time had not been named available for interviews.” Okay, so that\u2019s U<\/a>SA Today<\/a> last night. The AP later — same time frame, a little later — put out: “Rams Police Differ on Ferguson Protest Apology.” <\/p>\n

Uh-oh. It looks like USA Today jumped the gun. Uh, looks like USA Today may have gotten it wrong. “A St. Louis Rams official and a county police chief differed Monday about whether the team had apologized for the actions of five players who raised their hands during pregame festivities in a show of solidarity with Ferguson protesters. Kevin Demoff, the executive vice president of football operations for the Rams, denied in an email to the Associated Press that he\u2019d apologized.<\/p>\n

“‘I expressed regret for any perceived disrespect of law enforcement,\u2019 Demoff said. ‘Our players\u2019 goal was to show support for positive change in our community. I do believe that supporting our players\u2019 First Amendment rights and supporting local law enforcement are not mutually exclusive.'” Now, Mr. Demoff has been trained well, folks, because he\u2019s got the Democrat-style apology down pat. <\/p>\n

If anyone was offended, I\u2019m sorry. It\u2019s your fault for being too dumb to understand the nuance. It\u2019s your fault for not understanding the nuance. <\/p>\n

Do Rams players have the First Amendment right to pray on the field? Do Rams players have the right to do the slit-the-throat gesture after a sack or tackle? No. Do Rams players have the right to celebrate two players at the same time in the end zone after a touchdown? No. It is verboten. One guy can celebrate, but if another player or series of players joins the other player celebrating, it\u2019s a flag. <\/p>\n

“The St. Louis Post-Dispatch said county chief Jon Belmar told his staff by email Monday night that Demoff had apologized.” So we have a conflict here. The cops wanted an apology. They thought they got one. When they announced they got one the Rams said (summarized), “Oh, no, no, no! We did not apologize for our players. Our players have First Amendment rights. Our players wanted to show support for positive change in the community. <\/p>\n

“They came out and raised their hands in the ‘hands up, don\u2019t shoot,\u2019 gesture,” except that that didn\u2019t happen. Do the players even know that? Do the players know that that didn\u2019t happen? If they don\u2019t know it didn\u2019t happen, then… Well, that may not be the most effective way of looking at it. Do the players not know that the Gentle Giant did not raise his hands and did not surrender? Do the players know that? <\/p>\n

If they do know that and came out and did it anyway, that\u2019s not something that would support the community. It\u2019d rip it apart. If the players do not know that that didn\u2019t happen, well, then, where are they getting their information? The bottom line is they came out and the Rams executives said, “Well, they just want to show their support. Support for positive change in the community.” <\/p>\n

Well, it didn\u2019t happen, though. The Gentle Giant did not surrender, did not raise his hands. He was not shot while trying to surrender. None of that happened. Supporting that version of events doesn\u2019t seem that it would equal “positive support for the community.” Maybe part of the community. Maybe that\u2019s what is going on. Anyway, the NFL said there will be no discipline for the players whatsoever on this.<\/line><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t want say too much \u2019cause I don\u2019t a want self-fulfilling prophecy. There are certain things that happen that I get a gut feeling on, and we know that beneath the surface there is a lot of tension in this country about a lot of things. We know that it\u2019s effervescing, and we know that sometimes it boils over. We know there\u2019s a lot of pent-up rage and anger that does get tamped down. But it doesn\u2019t take much to release it.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll just keep a sharp eye on this weekend\u2019s games and others to see if this act inspires similar behavior, \u2019cause after all, these guys got on the news, and that\u2019s half the objective of young people today is to get on TV. They got on the news, and they\u2019re being talked about the media. By the way, this is a hell of a lot easier than being involved in a rock \u2019em sock \u2019em tackle where you might get hurt in order to get on a highlight reel on ESPN. <\/p>\n

If all you have to do to get on TV and then on Facebook and then on Twitter is to come out in uniform with your number plainly visible — even though you\u2019re wearing a helmet and nobody can see your face, people know who you are \u2019cause your number — and raise your hands and shout, “Don\u2019t shoot,” and you make the news and you get on TV? If you\u2019re 24, 25, you get on TV. You get on the news, get on Twitter, get on Facebook.<\/p>\n

Hey, pretty cool. <\/p>\n

And then the league says, “Hey, it\u2019s fine with us.” <\/p>\n

Well, they don\u2019t say “fine with us,” but they say, “There will be no discipline.” I think this is not gonna sit well with some ticket holders in St. Louis. It\u2019s not gonna sit well with some corporate sponsors. I\u2019m just guessing. I don\u2019t know anything. I just have a feel. But I maybe shouldn\u2019t continue. That\u2019s enough. I shouldn\u2019t go any further on that \u2019cause I really don\u2019t know. <\/p>\n

I just think there\u2019s…This is not isolated. One sound bite and then we\u2019ll come back and complete this. Here\u2019s the coach, Jeff Fisher, last night in St. Louis. It\u2019s a Rams press conference and the coach, Jeff Fisher, spoke about the “hands up, don\u2019t shoot” gesture made by five players.<\/p>\n

FISHER: (whispering) It\u2019s my personal opinion, I firmly believe that, uh, it\u2019s important that I keep sports and politics separate.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Right.<\/p>\n

FISHER: I\u2019m a head coach. I\u2019m not a politician, an activist. I have not talked to the five players that made the choice, uh, to exercise their free speech yesterday.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Politics.<\/p>\n

FISHER: I\u2019ve not talked to them as of yet.<\/line><\/p>\n

RUSH: Politics.<\/p>\n

FISHER: I will.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Politics.<\/p>\n

FISHER: As far as the choice that the players made, no; they\u2019re exercising their right to free speech.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Politics.<\/p>\n

FISHER: They will not be disciplined —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Nope. Nope.<\/p>\n

FISHER: — by the club.<\/p>\n

RUSH: No.<\/p>\n

FISHER: Nor will they be disciplined by the National Football League, as it was released today. That\u2019s all I\u2019m gonna say.<\/p>\n

RUSH: And we\u2019ll be back. Don\u2019t go away.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: By the way, if you think I\u2019m off the mark on this Rams business with these five guys coming out “hands up, don\u2019t shoot,” you just need to know CNN is showing that practically on a never-ending loop and they\u2019re calling it one of the most courageous things since Rosa Parks. Somebody on CNN referred to it that way. Not everybody is, but it\u2019s being touted, that intro, those five players for the Rams, they\u2019re being heralded. I mean, it is what a lot of young people aspire to, to end up on TV and be talked about. <\/p>\n

Speaking of CNN, Rachel Nichols used to be at ESPN. She\u2019s now over at CNN. Host Don Lemon spoke with her last night and said — she\u2019s a sports babe expert — Lemon said, “Do you think this is a rift between the players and the team? Are we likely to hear more about it or do you think this is in the end they\u2019re not gonna talk about it anymore, Rachel?”<\/p>\n

NICHOLS: I wouldn\u2019t think that it is a huge rift. I think that all of us having conversations about Ferguson are finding some differences of opinion with the people that we talk to. Some of the people who run the team might have a difference of opinion of some of the people who play on the team. So, you know, the line moves a little bit in the fact that the organization as a whole has apologized. But, again, I personally would be surprised to see any players apologize. We\u2019ll have to see what happens over the next couple days. And, you know, we all think a lot of very different things about this. It\u2019s a nuanced and complex issue.<\/line><\/p>\n

RUSH: Right. It is. And if people who run the Rams have a difference of opinion with the people who play on the Rams, so what? As the coach, Jeff Fisher, said (paraphrasing), “Hey, you know, keep sports and politics separate. I\u2019m head coach. I\u2019m not a politician. I\u2019m not an activist. They were exercising their free speech rights.” Well, NFL restricts a lot of so-called free speech. But here\u2019s the commissioner, Roger Goodell. This is October 13, 2009, in Boston at a NFL owners meeting. This is only 12 seconds. It\u2019s gonna go by fast. See if you remember what this was about.<\/p>\n

GOODELL: Divisive comments are not what the NFL\u2019s all about. And so, you know, I would not want to see those kind of comments from people who are in a responsible position within the NFL, no, absolutely not.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Okay, so that was, what, five years ago? Yeah, it was about the Rams. Interestingly enough, Snerdley, you\u2019re right, it was about Rams. It was an ownership controversy, exactly right. But five years ago the commissioner of the NFL said that divisive comments, that\u2019s not what we do here, and we don\u2019t want to see those kind of comments from people who are in a responsible position the NFL. So is “hands up, don\u2019t shoot,” is that divisive or not? I don\u2019t know. Depends on your perspective. <\/p>\n

But I have further questions on this. I\u2019ve been observing games for a long time. You know what I\u2019ve observed? That 73% of the league, 75%, is African-American. Most of the officials, or the cops, are white. And I wonder, white NFL referees seem to throw more flags against black players than they do against white players in the NFL. Am I making too much of that? Yeah, there are more black players. So what? Prima facie racism here. The white refs are throwing more flags on black players than white players and eventually that\u2019s gonna rear its head, too.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: No, I\u2019m just wondering, shouldn\u2019t the NFL have to have black officials proportionate to black players to ensure the integrity of the game, penalties being passed out. I mean, really. I\u2019m trying to learn lessons from what\u2019s happening in the core of society and extrapolating.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Here\u2019s John in Shelbyville, Kentucky. It\u2019s great to have you on the program, sir. Hi.<\/p>\n

CALLER: It\u2019s such an honor to speak with you Rush.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Thank you very much.<\/p>\n

CALLER: My father turned me on to your show in the early nineties, and I can\u2019t thank you enough for what you\u2019ve meant to my education.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, thank you, sir, very much.<\/p>\n

CALLER: I have a couple questions for you regarding the narratives in Ferguson and the media\u2019s implications. The first is the media and the talking heads are constantly saying, “It does no good to burn down your own neighborhood,” or asking, “Why are you burning down your own neighborhood?” Is it the media\u2019s implication that it would be okay or helpful to burn down someone else\u2019s neighborhood?<\/p>\n

RUSH: Maybe inadvertently. It is a legitimate question: Why are you burning down your own neighborhood?<\/p>\n

CALLER: The second one is regarding the racial makeup of the police forces. They\u2019re constantly talking about this. Is the media and talking head implication that perhaps a black officer would not have shot Mr. Brown?<\/p>\n

RUSH: That\u2019s right. Oh, exactly.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Would not have stopped him?<\/p>\n

RUSH: Exactly right.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Okay. Okay. Well, I just was curious about that. I appreciate your taking my call.<\/p>\n

RUSH: That\u2019s the assumption that they\u2019re making. Absolutely, yeah. A black cop would let \u2019em get away with it. Absolutely. No way a black cop pulls the trigger. (interruption) No. Well, no. A black cop would have never been in the position because the Gentle Giant would have never been threatened by him, so would never have tried to get his gun, so would never have accosted him in his own car.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the white cop that was the problem. With a black cop, none of this would ever happened. (interruption) Well, they might. Black cops might go after bad guys, but that\u2019s not a factor in this case. I mean, he\u2019s asking a legitimate question. The media\u2019s trying to say, “With a black cop, none of this would have happened.” Well, that\u2019s why I\u2019m saying we need more black referees in the NFL. <\/p>\n

I\u2019m telling you, we got all white refs — and not just white refs, not just referees, but umpires, side judges, field judges. It\u2019s a 75% black league and all these officials are white throwing flags on black guys. It\u2019s not proportionate. It isn\u2019t fair. Civil rights violations occur every Sunday in the NFL, and nobody\u2019s talking about it yet. I\u2019m trying to be on the forerunner on this like I was on KOOKS: Keep Our Own Kids Safe, the dangers of soccer. <\/p>\n

I mean, I was decades ahead of that. I\u2019m… (interruption) No, no. But… (interruption) No. No, no. No. The theory is that if the cop had been black, the Gentle Giant would not have felt threatened and therefore would not have made any aggressive behaviors toward the cop, and therefore the cop would have not had to draw the gun. (interruption) Oh, wait. Wait. (interruption) No evidence of what? (interruption) <\/p>\n

We\u2019re not talking about reality here! This is my point. For the purposes of the media, they\u2019re constructing an alternative reality that the white cop was the problem because just the presence of the white cop was provocative enough to cause the Gentle Giant to do things he wouldn\u2019t have done if the cop had been black. He would have felt threatened with a black cop. Therefore he would have not acted aggressively and therefore no gun would have been drawn.<\/p>\n

No trigger would have been pulled and no bullet would have been fired and no cigarillos would have had to be returned. I don\u2019t know. (interruption) “The storekeeper wasn\u2019t black, so why was he robbed?” But nothing was done about that. See, there was no problem. They let the Gentle Giant run out with his cigarillos rather than confronting him on it, so there were no injuries in the Quick Mart or whatever it is. (interruption) You\u2019re treating me like I\u2019m advocating. I\u2019m just telling you what they are saying about this. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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