{"id":25310,"date":"2007-04-17T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T05:40:16","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-19T05:40:16","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T05:40:16","slug":"rush_s_morning_update_evil_april_17_2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2007\/04\/17\/rush_s_morning_update_evil_april_17_2007\/","title":{"rendered":"Rush\u2019s Morning Update: Evil\r\n\r\nApril 17, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125101.Par.0002.ImageFile.jpg\" width=\"199\" height=\"137\"\/> <\/p>\n<p><BR\/><strong>Rush\u2019s Morning Update: Evil<\/strong><\/line><BR\/><strong><strong>April 17, 2007<\/strong><\/strong><\/line><BR\/><strong>Watch It!<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/stream.rushlimbaugh.com\/cgi-bin\/members.cgi?site=rushlimb&#038;type=download&#038;clips=1&#038;stream=2007\/04\/Rush%20Limbaugh%20-%20Apr%2018%202007%20-%20Morning%20Update.mp4\">Download Morning Update Video in QuickTime<\/a><\/line><BR\/><strong>Listen to It!<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/mfile.akamai.com\/5020\/wma\/rushlimb.download.akamai.com\/5020\/clips\/07\/04\/MU041807.asx\"><strong>Windows Media Player<\/strong><\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/mfile.akamai.com\/5020\/rm\/rushlimb.download.akamai.com\/5020\/clips\/07\/04\/MU041807.ram\"><strong>RealPlayer<\/strong><\/a> <\/line><\/p>\n<p>Even before the Virginia Tech killer was identified, drive-by journalists- here and abroad- were eagerly condemning America. A Reuters article opens: &amp;ldquo;Foreign politicians and media attacked America\u2019s &amp;lsquo;gun culture\u2019 on Tuesday after a gunman killed 32 people in the country\u2019s worst shooting rampage.&amp;rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Le Monde, the French daily, writes: &amp;ldquo;This new tragedy presents a new opportunity for American public opinion to interrogate itself about a society whichis very much responsible for what has happened.&amp;rdquo; Of course, genuine grief is being expressed by people of goodwill. But the left, worldwide, has no qualms about using any horrible event to advance their political agenda- in this instance, attacking American society, and especially constitutionally protected gun ownership.<\/p>\n<p>This mass murder is by definition a reprehensible act of a madman. Yet what happens, when hundreds of thousands of innocent lives are snuffed out by ruthless dictators for years on end, as was the case in Saddam\u2019s Iraq? There are no international &amp;ldquo;convocations&amp;rdquo; or candlelight vigils when car bombs kill 30 or 40 people a day- attending school, weddings, or simply shopping in the market- when the murdering madmen belong to al Qaeda, or other terror groups.<\/p>\n<p>What happened in Virginia is unadulterated evil, which doesn\u2019t have a mere political agenda. Defending ourselves from evil shouldn\u2019t have a political agenda, either. Evil is evil if it\u2019s a campus gunman or a campaign of organized terror. And aggressively confronting and defeating evil is the only response; not exploiting it as a way to weaken American citizens.<\/p>\n<p>*Note: Links to content outside RushLimbaugh.com usually become inactive over time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rush\u2019s Morning Update: EvilApril 17, 2007Watch It!Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! 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