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On a dark humid Florida night a black sedan meanders toward a mansion where a meeting is to take place about an investment opportunity. A Racial Justice Patrol Car, with a SCB (Successful Conservative Bulletin) taped to its dash, sirens screaming, lights flashing, headlights beaming on high blinding anyone looking back, compels a pullover. The two officers, guns drawn, loudspeakers in the other hand shout, “Get out of the car--NOW!” A slimmed down radio talk show host exits, EIB microphone in hand. The racial cops scream, “Put your hands on the car and keep your big mouth away from the...

Heard a female caller on Rush today claim that in calls she made to the FBI in re Acorn, that the FBI claimed that the Secret Service was in charge of all that. History says that one of the failure modalities of once great empires is an inside takeover by the palace guard. The example that came to my mind was the takeover of the old Islamic Empire by the Turks who had been palace guards. In any case the Secret Service and the FBI being powerful, heavily armed and trained federal police forces would be expected to butt heads...

I think it's safe to say that the gloves are off.

Money quote: "So to my friends in the so-called mainstream media, I say, conservative talk show hosts may not speak for everybody but they speak for more Americans than you do."

Rush drummer and Blue Cheer fan Neil Peart wrote the following in memory of singer/bassist Dickie Peterson, who died after a battle with liver cancer on October 12th: In the summer of 1968, I was going on 16, living in a small Canadian city (St. Catharines, Ontario), and had been playing drums for a couple of years. I owned a small set of Rogers drums, a plastic AM radio that I played along to, a tiny mono record player, and 12 LPs. On the bookshelf in my room, facing my drums, I stacked those LPs with the covers facing outward,...

Here is a tale of two soundbites. First: “Slavery built the South. I’m not saying we should bring it back; I’m just saying it had its merits. For one thing, the streets were safer after dark.” Second: “The third lesson and tip actually comes from two of my favorite political philosophers, Mao Tse Tung and Mother Teresa. Not often coupled with each other, but the two people that I turn to most to basically deliver a simple point, which is: You’re going to make choices... But here’s the deal: these are your choices; they are no one else’s. In 1947,...

Listening to the contemporary American left’s views of the rest of us is increasingly like listening to a paranoid schizophrenic slip farther into delusions that they are surrounded by malevolent people. Just as we have to worry that the schizophrenic might act on their delusional beliefs and strike out violently against the evils they imagine, we have to be increasingly worried that leftists will strike out against the rest of us based on their delusional fantasies about what we non-leftists believe. And make no mistake about it, leftists do harbor dark delusions about non-leftists. The fact that so many leftists...

On Today's Show... October 21, 2009   Politico: WH Marginalized Rush, GOP Dead (Have You Seen the Polls, Guys?) Democrats are heading for a crushing defeat in 2010. The only question is: How big? » Politico: Obama Strategy: Marginalize Most Powerful Critics   "When is the commander-in-chief going to act like one?   He's leaving our soldiers on the battlefield without the support that the commanders have asked for, and he just doesn't seem to care that someone's child or husband or wife or father or mother is facing down this enemy alone." -Rush   » Victor Davis Hanson: Voting...

Ignorance is bliss, so the saying goes, and right about now there are a lot of blissfully ignorant folks prattling about, thumping their chests – characteristic of their simian ancestry save for the scratching of their underarms. I'm talking about those who are taking credit for undermining Rush Limbaugh's enjoining a group interested in purchasing the St. Louis Rams football team. To hear them tell it, Rush is the devil right out of hell for daring to speak his opinion (in a free society), and often for stating the obvious. Those involved would be laughable in their complaint if they...

This is an editorial here from the Investor's Business Daily: "Cap-and-Trade for Babies." It's coming, folks. They're going to offer young couples carbon credits for only having one child. The theory is that human beings are polluting and destroying the planet. Now, Paul Ehrlich wrote about this back in the seventies in The Population Bomb. It's been totally disapproved, discredited. This has been part of the militant environmental extreme for years, and here now the people who can make it a reality are running the country... But like everything else in the militant environmentalist wacko community, I believe this is...

Only the grand old man of right-wing talk radio, Rush Limbaugh, can stake a reasonable claim on a listenership that exceeds 5 percent of the population. Photo by: Associated Press . ..Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann maintains one of the largest press operations in Congress. Her staff goes out of its way to "place" the Republican firebrand on television and radio talk shows. So Bachmann should "get" a thing or two about the realities of right-wing talk radio and conservative cable television. For instance, while the right's radio and cable hosts have loyal audiences, they speak to highly partisan audiences that...

On Today's Show... October 20, 2009   The Obama-Biden Depression: Welcome to the "New Normal" As Rush said months ago, this cabal's goal is to normalize high unemployment like they have in the socialist European countries. Just get used to misery. (Rush 24/7 Members: Listen) » AP:  High Jobless Rates Could be the New Normal  » Biden Video:  "It’s a Depression"   The Politician-in-Chief Plays a Daisy Game with Our Troops at War in Afghanistan "More troops, no more troops." Our president votes "present." (Rush 24/7 Members: Listen) » John. R. Bolton: Obama the Ditherer in Chief   Democrats Eye a...

MIDI - MASTER OF THE HOUSE Something is wrong, so very wrong that someone had to put it to song What's going on...what's that you say...do you feel freedom slipping away There are some who think there is still free speech Obama thugs have lessons that they will teach Negro of the house, they are calling Juan...by the leftists Williams has been set upon Yes, if you do not toe the party line, this is how they're gonna treat you every time Hope and change, that is Obama...we heard foolish people shout But as we lose the country tell...

Jesse Jackson’s (public) objections to Rush Limbaugh’s NFL ownership plan ran roughly as follows: “Rush Limbaugh made his wealth appealing to the fears of whites with an unending line of insults against blacks and other minorities…the National Football League has set high standards for racial justice and inclusion.” “Viva Fidel!” bellowed Rev. Jesse Jackson during his speech at the University of Havana in June 1984, while trailing a 300 person entourage that included Rev. Jeremiah Wright. “Viva Che Guevara!” he yelled again with fists raised high. “Long Live our cry of freedom!” “He (Jesse Jackson) is a great personality,” reciprocated...

Whether Rush Limbaugh was set up in his failed attempt to become an NFL team owner, there is no doubt that he is the target of a new Politics of Hate, perfected and implemented by Barack Obama and his handlers. Obama's oratory of Hope and Change has proved to be nothing more than camouflage for a realpolitik of Fear and Loathing, his broad smile at the teleprompter just a distraction while Obama's heavies deliver a kidney punch to perceived enemies. Welcome to politics -- the Chicago way. Obama's attack on Limbaugh was conceived last spring. Politico reported then that a...

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Via Breitbart. I won’t spoil the surprise by telling you her answer, but suffice it to say, it’s not much of a surprise. I’m not sure why they stopped with a psychiatrist, though. Wouldn’t Jane Goodall have had some potentially valuable insights here? Or an FBI criminal profiler? Remember, this is the “objective” cable news network.

Remember the city mouse and the country mouse who exchanged visits? In the end, the gap between the cousins' worlds left both comfortable with their own choices and baffled by the other's. That's not so different from how anyone who lives 15 minutes outside of Washington, D.C., feels about those who govern their lives and deliver their news. "Absolutely," agrees John King, CNN's "State of the Union" host and chief national correspondent. King spends considerable time outside of Washington's beltway, reporting the news. He says he's a better reporter because he's gotten to know the real feelings of people not...

On HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" Friday night, host Bill Maher posed a simple question to his panel (which included Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley, actor Alec Baldwin and MSNBC's Chris Matthews): "Is Rush Limbaugh a racist?" "I think you need to always distinguish the rank and file of the Republican Party and conservatives and voters from their media representation and media stars and I believe that the people who are in the media and prominent in the media in the conservative community, speaking on behalf of the Republican Party, have a very clear racist stripe through their commentary, consistently....

Choose YES, NO or WHO CARES. Post comments too! Results posted Friday.

Here is video of Rush Limbaugh today taking a call from a liberal from Indiana named "Dwight." Rush introduced him by saying he was calling from Indianapolis, the home of the Colts owner, Jim "Hearsay" (Irsay)! Irsay publicly opposed Limbaugh's bid to be part of a group seeking to buy the St. Louis Rams. Dwight is dissatisfied with Obama, because he believes Obama's Health Care Plan will be a $1.2 Trillion transfer to the Insurance Companies. Limbaugh begins this segment by reacting to CNN's hitjob story on him in which they theorize that people flock to Rush because he is...

CNN’s Carol Costello began a new series on political talk radio on Monday’s American Morning, suggesting it was unfairly dominated by conservatives, and brought on a liberal psychiatrist who theorized that Rush Limbaugh has an audience because he’s “operating like the bully, and if you’re on the playground...you want to be...under the bully’s wing and go along with him and get...some power by proxy.” The correspondent’s report, which aired just before the bottom of the 7 am Eastern hour, was the first installment in a “special series on talk radio,” according to anchor John Roberts. Costello zeroed in on the...

The Fox News Channel and conservative and right-leaning libertarian talk radio hosts Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Michael Savage and Lou Dobbs are being targeted for federal investigations by a coalition of religious groups for so-called anti-immigrant hate speech.The So We Might See Coalition is sponsoring what they call a media fast, asking participants to abstain from violence on television and radio from October 19th through the 26th.The coalition is leading a petition drive asking the Federal Communications Commission initiate an investigation in to "hate speech in the media."The coalition is also calling for the 1993 report entitled, The Role of...

After conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh was forced out of a consortium seeking to buy the National Football League's St. Louis Rams, there's evidence there is a double standard at play in the NFL. Last week, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said that people in "responsible positions" in his league are held to a "higher standard," reacting to the notion that Limbaugh could be a part-owner of an NFL franchise. "I have said many times before that we are all held to a higher standard here," Goodell said. "I think divisive comments are not what the NFL is all about....

Rush Limbaugh has been the No. 1 topic of conversation in the sports media over the last couple of weeks, as his bid to become a part owner of the St. Louis Rams was torpedoed, in part, by commentators and NFL players suggesting that Limbaugh is a racist who has no business being a part of the NFL. But was Limbaugh treated unfairly by the sports media? Maybe. Michael Wilbon of the Washington Post and ESPN appeared on CNN's Reliable Sources this weekend and acknowledged that he did not have a credible source for a racist quote he attributed to...

The Left barely tolerates conservatives only so long as they talk to one another, write for one another, post for one another, and interact with one another. But if a conservative, especially a prominent one, should dare to leave the conservative “hood,” they jump all over him. He must be punished severely, so he will never again make the mistake of trying to mingle with “nice” people. That’s liberal? That’s progressive? That’s tolerant? That’s inclusive? No, that’s just the way things are.

Today's installment of Rush Derangement Syndrome...Geraldo goes through everything Rush has ever said and quotes him out of context...(Video)

Some things you may not know about Palin: What A Fisherman Says About Sarah Palin by Dewie Whetsell, Alaskan Fisherman As posted in comments on Greta Van Susteren’s article referencing the MoveOn.org ad about Sarah Palin. The last 45 of my 66 years I’ve spent in a commercial fishing town in Alaska. I understand Alaska politics but never understood national politics well until this last year. Here’s the breaking point: Neither side of the Palin controversy gets it. It’s not about persona, style, rhetoric, it’s about doing things. Even Palin supporters never mention the things that I’m about to mention...

On Today's Show... October 16, 2009   Spread the Truth! Forward this Email, Watch RushLimbaugh.com for Weekend Updates To sign up for the Rush in a Hurry Email:  Click Here   Documented: Obama Involvement in Smear Campaign Against Rush This is more than Players Association head and Obama lackey DeMaurice Smith killing the Rams bid to demonstrate his power for upcoming negotiations.  (Rush 24/7 Members: Listen)   Juan Williams Defends Rush, Gets Smeared by Another Guest on Fox If you dare cite that "Barack the Magic Negro" came from the LA Times, you're an Uncle Tom.   » How Diverse is...

Al Sharpton, We read that you threatened to sue Rush Limbaugh for saying that you played a leading role in the 1991 Crown Heights riots and the riot at Freddy’s Fashion Mart in 1995. We are not an attorney and cannot give legal advice, but you are not going to sue anybody; you are going squeal like a schoolyard bully whose victim has struck him back while Rush Limbaugh does what should have been done in 1988. He will demolish you as a public figure, and quite possibly take your National Action Network down in the bargain, by exposing your...

Liberals going after Rush Limbaugh remind me of the sweaty, screaming hordes of pious Muslims at Mecca, inflamed by fervid religious passion, stoning Satan and trampling fellow believers in the emotionally-pitched frenzy. Why is is the Rush story important?  Because they've called him a racist.  A serious charge.  Words mean things, and the misuse of words cheapens them.  Everyone on all sides have thrown "Hitler" and "Nazi" around until, unfortunately, being called a mass murderer or a member of his hideous regime is no longer an insult.  "Racist!" has lost it's sting The left has done the same mortal...

Before I get to the chilling implications for free conservative speech underscored by the vicious campaign to blackball Rush Limbaugh as a potential owner of an NFL team, I want to provide a little context about the pre-existing NFL comfort zone of expression. I will start with two words: Keith Olbermann. In addition to his nightly gig on MSNBC -- a numbing blend of Leftist politics and something approaching Tourette's Syndrome -- Keith Olbermann is a co-host of NBC's "Football Night in America," the pre-game show that leads into "Sunday Night Football." Naturally, that would be Sunday night NFL football....

The Rev. Al Sharpton is ready for a Rush to judgment. The civil rights leader, typically impervious to insults, said Saturday that he will sue Rush Limbaugh for defamation unless he gets an apology from the right-wing radio host. Sharpton was outraged by a Limbaugh op-ed piece in The Wall Street Journal that blamed him for the 1991 Crown Heights riot and a 1995 killing spree at a Harlem store. "I am definitely going to prove he makes reckless, unaccountable statements," Sharpton said. "Which is why he was forced out of buying an NFL team in the first place." Limbaugh...

This statement was issued by Deneen Borelli of the national black leadership network Project 21...

The thought that Roger Goodell woke up one day and decided to prevent Rush Limbaugh from investing in a NFL team is just plain nonsense. Look at the clear and concise facts. Mr. Goodell knew of Mr. Limbaugh's bid to buy the Saint Louis Rams, but said nothing. No one in the NFL said anything either. Then, suddenly, BAM, lightening struck as if from a "holy hand." In a previous article (Roger Goodell: The Difference Between Opinions, Racists and Criminals) I wrote that "cowardice, a lack of stewardship, or personal prejudice entered into his decision to block the right of...

NEW YORK (AP) - The Rev. Al Sharpton on Saturday threatened to sue conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh for writing in a column that the civil rights leader played a role in two New York race riots. In a column published by the Wall Street Journal on Saturday about his derailed bid to become part-owner of the St. Louis Rams, he accuses Sharpton and the Rev. Jesse Jackson of making comments that helped get him booted from a group that was trying to buy the NFL team. Limbaugh derided Sharpton as having played "a leading role in the 1991 Crown...

No, the headline is not sarcastic. No, I do not particularly care for the guy. Yes, Rush has said all other various and sundry sorts of racially inflammatory things. But there's pretty compelling evidence a couple of particularly inflammatory quotes that have been attributed to Limbaugh on CNN and at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch are things he simply never said. There's no audio file, there's no YouTube, there's no transcript -- there's no sourcing of any kind to speak of, and given that Rush is one of the most listened-to and tape-recorded people in the history of the world, you'd...

For the past several days the airwaves, particularly those of the MSM, have been full of news concerning Rush Limbaugh's being part of a consortium of business men wanting to purchase the St. Louis Rams football team. You would have thought Satan was wanting to take over St. Louis and all sorts of ridiculous stories and attacks were being levied against Limbaugh. Rush was painted with the common brush of "racist." Black Players, the NFL Players Union spokes person, Al Sharpton, owners and even the commissioner chimed in on the matter saying that they would not tolerate Limbaugh's being a...

What do leftist documentary maker Robert Greenwald, Little Green Footballs blogger Charles Johnson, and Daily Beast contributor Max Blumenthal have in common? They all peddled malicious, false quotes attributed to Rush Limbaugh and are unrepentant about furthering false information regarding the talk show host.

Rush Limbaugh, America’s Anchor man, The Doctor of Democracy, America’s Truth Detector, the Harmless Little Fuzz Ball has been of late the victim of a vicious barrage of slander and hate. This onslaught was perpetrated by the collective left in this country over his attempt to partner with a group seeking to buy the St. Louis Rams, an NFL franchise. These attacks have been fueled and fired by two race-card playing charlatans and apostate Christian leaders of the Left, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton (see Matt. 7:16, 21-23; 12:33; 2 Tim. 3:1-6). The Liberal, State-Run Media has been working feverishly...

David Checketts, an investor and owner of sports teams, approached me in late May about investing in the St. Louis Rams football franchise. As a football fan, I was intrigued. I invited him to my home where we discussed it further. Even after informing him that some people might try to make an issue of my participation, Mr. Checketts said he didn't much care. I accepted his offer. It didn't take long before my name was selectively leaked to the media as part of the Checketts investment group. Shortly thereafter, the media elicited comments from the likes of Al Sharpton....

David Checketts, an investor and owner of sports teams, approached me in late May about investing in the St. Louis Rams football franchise. As a football fan, I was intrigued. I invited him to my home where we discussed it further. Even after informing him that some people might try to make an issue of my participation, Mr. Checketts said he didn't much care. I accepted his offer. It didn't take long before my name was selectively leaked to the media as part of the Checketts investment group. Shortly thereafter, the media elicited comments from the likes of Al Sharpton....

VIDEO: If you happened to miss the O'Reilly Factor the past couple of days, you've got to watch this. It's classic! A fired-up Juan Williams was the guest host of the "O'Reilly Factor" on Fox News, Friday, and began the program discussing Rush Limbaugh's foiled attempt to purchase an interest in the NFL's St. Louis Rams. Joining Juan was former NFL player, pastor, and close personal friend of Rush, Ken Hutcherson, along with radio talk show host, Tammy Bruce.

The concern and negativity expressed by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, Indianapolis Colts' owner Jim Irsay, and NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith over Rush Limbaugh potentially becoming a limited owner for the St. Louis Rams was certainly the right thing to do from a public relations standpoint. And it certainly accomplished its goal, as Dave Checketts essentially had no choice but to drop Limbaugh from his group that is interested in the franchise, which he did last week. But from a business standpoint, it sends a bad message to prospective owners and could end up hurting the league’s bottom...

RUSH: Now, ladies and gentlemen, the Official Obama Criticizer, Bo Snerdley, asked me yesterday if he could enter this fray. His theory is that he is Certified Black Enough to legitimately and without criticism criticize Obama. And he would like to say some words about this NFL episode. So without any further delay, here is Mr. Bo Snerdley, the Official Obama Criticizer here on the EIB Network.

David Checketts, an investor and owner of sports teams, approached me in late May about investing in the St. Louis Rams football franchise. As a football fan, I was intrigued. I invited him to my home where we discussed it further. Even after informing him that some people might try to make an issue of my participation, Mr. Checketts said he didn't much care. I accepted his offer.

OCTOBER 16, 2009 The Race Card, Football and Me My critics would have you believe no conservative meets NFL 'standards.' Article RUSH LIMBAUGH. David Checketts, an investor and owner of sports teams, approached me in late May about investing in the St. Louis Rams football franchise. As a football fan, I was intrigued. I invited him to my home where we discussed it further. Even after informing him that some people might try to make an issue of my participation, Mr. Checketts said he didn't much care. I accepted his offer. It didn't take long before my name was selectively...

Bo Snerdley is the screener on the Ruch Limbaugh show A unique and insightful contribution from Mr. Bo Snerdley concerning recent events involving Rush and the NFL VIDEO

Here is a tale of two sound bites. First: "Slavery built the South. I'm not saying we should bring it back; I'm just saying it had its merits. For one thing, the streets were safer after dark." Second: "The third lesson and tip actually comes from two of my favorite political philosophers, Mao Tse Tung and Mother Teresa. Not often coupled with each other, but the two people that I turn to most to basically deliver a simple point, which is: You're going to make choices. ... But here's the deal: These are your choices; they are no one else's....

As reported on NewsBusters on Friday morning, CNN anchor Rick Sanchez read his apology on Friday’s Newsroom for running a unconfirmed quote attributed to Rush Limbaugh earlier in the week on October 12 [audio available here]. Sanchez hinted to his error in a promo for the apology 37 minutes into the 3 pm Eastern hour: “Rush Limbaugh gets denied [his NFL bid], but when it comes to one specific point, I will tell you this: he was right and I was wrong. Sometimes you got to say you’re wrong when you’re wrong, right? I'll tell you exactly what I’m talking...