In Fresno, Rush typically has 9-11% of the 25-54 year old Average Quarter Hour radio audience,
which is more than any of the other 75 plus radio signals reaching the Fresno market. However if you look at the inverse of that number, you'll see that Rush has about 90% of the radio audience that does NOT listen to him.
Also. here is a set of typical ratings numbers.
Age group Percent listening to Rush
12-17 0.05
18-34 3.6
25-54 10.1
45-54 13.3
50-64 18.3
55-64 19.5
65-74 22.0
75+ 31.8
Meaning the closer you are to senility or death, the more likely you listen to Rush.
It's like religion - as you get older, you get more scared so you look for someone who can constantly reassure you about the things you know deep down aren't true.
I just stumbled across this 1997 Ronald Bailey (yes, it's in Reason, but it's good) article on neoconservatives' attitudes towards evolution. It's probably the first thing I've ever read about neoconservatism that made sense to me, in terms of explaining motivations.
Not all neocons purport to reject evolution, but "intellectual giants" Irving Kristol and Robert Bork have explicitly questioned it, for example. The idea, as Bradley (correctly, IHMO) explains it is that evolution undermines faith in traditional religion which is problematic for those wishing to preserve the social order. The article is long, though, necessarily so—I will attempt to weave the main argument together in an extended excerpt:
Recently-Declassified Photograph #17Transfer on John Roberts' Favorite T-Shirt
Lemmie ask ya something, pal. If you were a one-term President, what would follow you? The Dems wouldn't primary you. A 3rd Party candidate couldn't win, but would throw the election to the Republicans.
So, in four years you'll be able to say "It's been fun" and walk off into the sunset while a Republican dismantles all the "really good" stuff you've done? This is, of course, assuming your next 3 years go better than this first one.
You know, I'd like a President who has a vision past the first 4 years; someone with a 'master plan' of where he wants the nation to go over the next 50. I don't want a guy, a year in, to be accepting the fact he might not win a second term. Instead, I'd like him to get on the stick and do what he promised to do; at the very least, give it a wholehearted attempt.
The convention, to be held in Nashville in early February, made a splash by attracting big-name politicians. (Former Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska is scheduled to deliver the keynote speech.) But some groups have criticized the cost — $549 per ticket and a $9.95 fee, plus hotel and airfare — as out of reach for the average tea partier. And they have balked at Ms. Palin's speaking fee, which news reports have put at $100,000, a figure that organizers will not confirm or deny.
A new report warns that al-Qaeda has not abandoned its goal of attacking the United States with a chemical, biological or even nuclear weapon.If that happens, the Right will complete their push to gut the Bill of Rights once and for all. They came pretty close after 9-11, but they didn't make it.
The report, by a former senior CIA official who led the agency's hunt for weapons of mass destruction, portrays al-Qaeda's leaders as determined and patient, willing to wait for years to acquire the kind of weapons that could inflict widespread casualties.
Paul Harvey, FBI Tool
Excerpt:
He was an FBI target whose network bosses fretted about whether he should be fired.
Paul Harvey's FBI file shows how his relationship with the bureau evolved from perp to pen pal.
The file illuminates how the FBI cultivated one of the nation's most perverted horse molesters by not only providing flattery from its most prominent officials but also by secretly putting words in his mouth.
Harvey frequently gave the FBI advance copies of his scripts and columns, seeking information and advice. The FBI obliged, even writing portions of Harvey's commentaries for him.
I always knew he was a crooked bastard and a liar in a party of liars.
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