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Welcome to today's edition of the Rush Limbaugh Show podcast.

And greetings to you.

Music lovers, thrill seekers, conversationalists all across the fruited plane, Rush Limbaugh,

back at it, the Excellence in Broadcasting Network.

A great day to be back, folks.

Thank you so much.

I apologize for being out.

I remember mentioning at the very beginning of this that there were going to be random days where I would just need to take off.

And the last couple have been in that category. I've had some medical challenges,

but that was to be expected, dealing with them. Every day remains a gift. And I wake up every morning

and I thank God that I did. And there will probably be down the road similar type days where I will need to take a day for rest or for whatever medical challenges present themselves.

But the fact that I'm able to get back here and be with you is a genuine blessing, and I appreciate it, and I appreciate your understanding throughout all of this.

As we say, everything's day-to-day, and especially in the circumstances I find myself in. Everything is day to day.

And you strive to make every day the best it can be.

And that's exactly what I'm doing.

So I appreciate your understanding and your patience.

And here we are, revd and ready to go for another three hours of broadcast excellence.

I'm going to violate

one of my rules here. One of my rules is that when I am discussed in the drive-by media,

when I'm talked about, when I am slandered or liable or misrepresented, I have always come down on the side of ignoring

it rather than discussing it because discussing it amplifies it and makes it even bigger than it already is.

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