Posted on 09/09/2005 5:34:03 PM PDT by Yosemitest
September 9, 2005
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RUSH: Janet in Hampton, Virginia, we'll start with you today. Great to have you with us.
CALLER: Rush?
RUSH: Yes.
CALLER: Yes. This is Janet. Listen, one thing I've been so angry about--
RUSH: Janet, hold it, you must do me a favor here. I have a little bit of a hearing problem on the phone this week for some reason. Would you slow down what you say a little bit so that I can understand?
CALLER: All right.
RUSH: Thanks.
CALLER: I'm just so emotional about what's being ignored throughout this whole tragedy.
RUSH: What's that?
CALLER: How the African-American people are not outraged knowing that their best buddies in the world, the Democratic Party, ran Louisiana for 60 years and allowed 75% of the black population in New Orleans to be 50 to 60% unemployed and these are their best buddies in the world that's going to do everything for them, and the horror I saw on that TV, and I'm an African-American, was unbelievable. That party -- because I left the plantation years ago -- that party was supposed to be the best buddy of the African-American and I guarantee you, Rush, it's not just in Louisiana. There's pockets of people like that all over this country that the Democrats -- I bet you those busses was running on election day. I guarantee you that.
RUSH: I don't doubt what you're saying at all. In fact, you're echoing many of the things that I have said all week. I've asked questions. You know, who lives in New Orleans is who lives in New Orleans, and who runs New Orleans is who runs New Orleans. And we have the census figures that tell us 75% of the population of New Orleans is black. We also are told that much of is unemployed and much of it that is employed is still poor. We also know that it's a black mayor and there have been many black mayors. We all know all the mayors have been Democrats. We know the governors have been Democrats for generation after generation. As I said yesterday, it would seem to me that with liberalism having the power to run around in that state and city unchecked, that we should have an utopia. Instead we've got one of the worst crime problems in the country, got one of the worst problems of poverty, one of the worst centers for minority poverty in the country. It's all run by Democrats. You're going to have to tell me why the loyalty between those people and the Democratic Party survives. I only have one theory, and when I learned yesterday, Janet, that some of the people in New Orleans refused to evacuate because their welfare checks were coming on the 1st of September, and they didn't want to miss those checks, that tells me all I need to know. Whatever they have, however little it is, all comes from their government, and they couldn't leave because they feared missing their check and then they would be out of money, and I think the answer has to lie somewhere there. All these years, these people have been created as essential wards of the state. And the way they look at it, if it weren't for the government, they'd have less than they already do. They don't look around the rest of the country and see prosperity. Even among black people around this country, they don't see the prosperity all over the country. They somehow miss that and beyond what I've said, I don't understand it. Can you tell me?
CALLER: I don't understand it either. I was brought up and raised in the projects myself. We were always taught that no one owed us anything. Your responsibility lies with yourself.
RUSH: Janet, how old are you? Do you mind my asking?
CALLER: 55.
RUSH: 55. Okay. You know, let me just share with you some conversations I've had with people like you. Thomas Sowell is a good friend of mine. Thomas Sowell grew up in Harlem. Dr. Sole's near 70 now, but he tells the same story that you do, that when he was growing up there was a whole different culture, and it was a culture of be the best you can be, and don't let these obstacles in your way stand in your way. And the family unit was built around the church, and I've had others of similar age, 55 to 60 to 70 -- tell me the exact same story. And something happened along the way here. Some people think it's the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and LBJ and the Democrats getting credit for that, that that sort of is the new solidification of the Democrats and the minority population, the black population of the country. Then after that happened, the Democrats then set about destroying the black family, creating this massive welfare state which replaced the need for husbands and fathers in black communities. And it's been a steady descent ever since. And yet these things have happened over a course of time and the victims of all this still blame people who have had nothing to do with it.
CALLER: Exactly. I just don't understand it. I mean, it's acceptable if someone walks up to you and says, "I'm going to take care of you from the cradle to the grave" and they accept it and think that's life. That is not life.
RUSH: Well, but, you know, it's even worse than that, Janet, because not only was that said, "I'm going to take care of you cradle to grave," then when that turned out not to be a good deal, the Democrats who were promising to take care of these people cradle to grave blamed the lack of economic progress on the Republicans. They said, "You've got to keep voting for me because those guys will take away from you whatever I've given you." And so, all right, I'll keep voting for you to keep these benefits, whatever, coming. But they didn't increase and they didn't get large enough to build reservoirs of wealth. They certainly didn't get people out of poverty. They didn't get people out of the dependency cycle they were in and the Democrats continue to blame Republicans for this, and it's gone on for 50 years now almost to the point that the people who complained about their economic plight keep voting for the same people who are responsible for it because they get away with blaming others.
So, you know, I'm afraid that the die is cast. Every now and then we get stories and calls from people like you who give us hope that maybe this is changing, but it really doesn't seem to. And now this business out of New Orleans, let me share a poll here with you that I've got. This is a Pew poll, and it was taken after the Kanye West statement and they actually went out and asked American blacks, "Do you agree with Kanye West?" Sixty-six percent of blacks in America say they believe Kanye West was right, to some degree. And a vast majority believed that the response would have been faster in New Orleans if the victims were white. Well, I don't know what we're to do with this. This is shocking and saddening. It is wrong. The initial response was to get everybody out of there by the mayor and the governor. We now know that Max Mayfield, the guy who runs the hurricane center personally -- he doesn't do this much -- personally called the governor and the mayor and said, "This is going to be bad, get everybody out of there," and the governor still dragged her feet. Some people theorize that one of the reasons Gov. Blanco did not -- and even when President Bush called her on Sunday begging her to put the evacuation order in gear and get everybody out of there -- people are speculating that she didn't want to do that because she didn't want any credit descending to Republicans if something went right. She wanted to be able to hog all the credit for herself if everything went right, as though she stood up to big Republicans. Big Kerry supporter, by the way, Kathleen Blanco was. Now that everything has gone wrong, of course, now we turn it around, blame it on the federal government who just can't walk in there but, you know, how many people even know this? They just can't walk in there. And if the federal government had gone in there after Kathleen Blanco said, "No, I don't think we're going to need your help." "Look it, you don't recognize what's going on here, Governor. We're coming in there, we're taking over?" Can you imagine the hell to pay if the government, if the president had gone in there and overridden a Democrat governor in the state. You know, it's just a mess. It's become a cesspool.
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I have been thinking about it for a long time!
You and me both. I got tired of listeing to FM radio and switched the dial and found Talk Radio. Haven't looked back.
That's beautiful. You are not alone. Seems like everyday when I'm out and about I meet one person who feels as we do and it feels so good to know you're not alone. We are many, but we have been quite for way too long. That is changing, and I thank God that it is.
A remarkable statement. He should have let her expound on it a little more.
LOL, I found Freerepublic when NewsMax shut down it's forum, there was talk of people migrating over here, so I followed. How did I find Newswmax? I saw some guy on the streets in Florida (on tv) with a Newsmax.com sign and he was wearing a SORE/LOOSERMAN T-shirt. I had to have one, so I found Newsmax which lead me to Freerepublic!
September 9, 2005
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"Oh, that's outrageous!" you say.
Well, is it any more outrageous than saying George W. Bush, who is not even in Louisiana, hates black people?
They're the ones that had something to do with it.
They're the ones promising black people to elevate them out of those circumstances, take them to the mountaintop.
That just didn't pull.
It must be because they don't like black people, must be because they actually want black people to suffer.
Maybe it's because they're racists.
Maybe they're racists.
Maybe what you have in the case of Kathleen Blanco is really Pieter Botha.
Does the name ring a bell, folks? Pieter Botha?
He was the leader of South Africa who refused to let Nelson Mandela out of jail. He went to the end of his career trying to uphold apartheid.
Yeah. P.W. Botha. Pieter Botha.
It looks like we got some apartheid. Louisiana.
You got all these white governors; you got poor blacks never getting out of those circumstances -- and, in fact, you don't have even much being done about the rampant crime that was going on down there.
We keep hearing that got worse.
Maybe all these white governors in Louisiana didn't want to do anything about the crime because they wanted the black population to kill itself off.
Maybe that's really what's going on here.
Does this make any more sense to you than what the left is saying about George W. Bush?
I told you, Mr. Snerdley, I was going to say something that might get me in heap big doo-doo, but I'm just trying to put an A/B picture for you, A/B, side-by-side comparison.
You have white governors; you have black people in New Orleans that are destitute, crime-ridden for years, for generations.
Nothing is done about it.
Nobody ever said during that,
Well of course now you're offended by this and you're outraged. "Rush, how dare you say this?"
Is this not exactly what they're saying about George W. Bush?
My point is:
Read the Articles...
(American Thinker: Dancing on the graves of black people)
(TownHall: Rebuilding New Orleans, and America- Thomas Sowell)
(UPI: Logistics kept Red Cross from New Orleans)
(CNN: Red Cross: State rebuffed relief efforts)
(WP: Where to Point the Fingers - Charles Krauthammer)
Again... Rush hits the nail on the head!!!
Good post. For more info:
http://www.neoperspectives.com/sweatshopsandwelfare.htm
You're going to have to tell me why the loyalty between those people and the Democratic Party survives. I only have one theory, and when I learned yesterday, Janet, that some of the people in New Orleans refused to evacuate because their welfare checks were coming on the 1st of September, and they didn't want to miss those checks, that tells me all I need to know.
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Anyone have more info on this? Never heard it before.
Great link... Thanks.
OK, read later.
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Rush in 2008! Think about it.
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Every single left-winger on Earth would blow it's head off.
Ooooh; I like that thought.
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By delaying, the Democratic governor was forcing Bush's hand, for future events, so that during a time when the Democrats/Socialists might someday come to power, the State can move with impunity. Thus can federal troops move in over a State and local government under a 'disaster' pretense and 'rescue/restore order.'
Absolutely. Absolutely. We'd all be rich, the Democratic Party would be a bitter footnote in history, the laws would be so much simpler and actually enforced. What a wonderful dream. Too bad it won't happen.
OK, gracias, yes I am a fan of Rush. At times he can be very eloquent. IMO, he is a deeper thinker that most give him credit for.
I don't think any schools actually have AM radios anymore.
Why would they?
Rush does charity event....
On Oct. 18, WABC radio host Rush Limbaugh will do a one-night-only performance at the New Amsterdam Theater on 42nd St. Tickets are $77; all proceeds go to disaster-relief funds (212-307-7171).
September 9, 2005
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CALLER: You're more than welcome, Mr. Limbaugh. Please bare with me, sir.
RUSH: Sure.
CALLER: I'm a student at Washington University in St. Louis, and I've been following as much as I could outside of studies what's going on in New Orleans and, you know, it kind of got to me as well to hear the red herring of race when it came to this incident, as it was played. I myself don't think that the president harbors any racial animosity toward African-Americans, Mexicans, or anyone else for that matter. But I don't think that we can just wholesale discount that factor when it comes to the response and the bureaucracy. And by that, I mean five whole days, that I think was the impetus towards a lot of those cries, other than those who simply wanted to harpoon the president for whatever reason.
RUSH: Okay. Let me make sure I understand. You think that because the response took five days -- or do you think because the victims were black -- we have to consider that as a factor in why it took five days for the response to get there?
CALLER: Yes, sir. But it has nothing to do with the president personally. He himself appointed people and it's up to them to get off their duffs and do their jobs and if they don't, we can't --
RUSH: Well, if it's not him, then, I mean, everybody can see these pictures. And, by the way, there are a couple of mitigating things here. For example, we have learned this week -- and I know you're a student and you're busy, but we've learned this week the Red Cross, for example, at the Superdome and the convention center had pallets and pallets, truckloads of water and food, and the Louisiana Department of Homeland Security, which is part of the governor's office, said, "Nope, we're not letting you deliver it there (story | story | story). We don't want to attract more people to these places. We want to get them out. So if you take food and water in there, it's just going to be a magnet to attracting people." So it was a state agency that told the Red Cross, "You can't take stuff to the Superdome and to the convention center."
CALLER: Yes, sir. And that goes widely unreported. They showed footage of the kitchens, plural, and bathroom facilities, and, I mean, it was abhorrent.
RUSH: Yeah. But my question to you is: If Bush is not racist but there is a racial component, what is the racial component, say, in the Red Cross being told you can't go in there because we don't want that stuff to become a magnet and draw other people to this area we want to try to get them out of?
CALLER: That, in itself. I think that race was more than likely not overt, but subconscious in the response time. And, as you said, in the fact that supplies were denied. And they weren't denied by President Bush. They were denied by local bureaucrats. And as far as Mayor Nagin goes, for years -- and I'm sure prior to his term as well -- the abhorrent drug problem in New Orleans. I mean, you very well can't find a well-paying job if you can't urinate in the cup cleanly. There are a lot of surrounding factors that go along with poverty that people aren't addressing.
RUSH: Yeah. Okay. Excellent point. Why aren't they addressing them?
CALLER: Well, it's easy not to. I myself sit in class with a young man, he's roughly 21 years old, and every problem he has, according to him, is some white guy's fault. And I asked him, does he have a job? No. Is he registered to vote? No. Like what amount that he creates does he pay? And it's all on his mom and dad. And I asked him, "Well, who in the hell is stopping you from getting a job, who in the hell is stopping you from voting?" My grandmother left this earth at 96 years old. She put nine kids through Tuskegee scrubbing floors for the president of Barnes Jewish Hospital and never once was my family taught that we were owed anything. We were all taught to be individuals and to strive - and that is sadly lacking. That is why Bill Cosby caught hell and that is why a lot more African-Americans and liberty-minded Anglo-Saxons in this country are going to catch hell in the future.
RUSH: Yeah. It used to be said that only African-Americans could say things like you've just said, but Bill Cosby shows you can't.
CALLER: Well, Bill Cosby, sir, I must say Bill Cosby hasn't said anything that I haven't heard growing up from the age of three years old. And it's out there. But the "liberal left" I like to call them plantation overseers. They would lose their minds if African-Americans strived to have something of their own, because, hell, where would they go? Where would they get a job?
RUSH: Yeah.
CALLER: Where could they fan the flames of victimization. They lose out.
RUSH: Exactly right. It's sort of like if the race industry ends then Jesse Jackson has nothing else to do and Jesse Jackson would have nothing else to do if he didn't have people to make victims of. So it's a vicious cycle, so I see what you're saying now. You're saying this is a racial element here, but it's an element that nobody's got the guts to talk about.
CALLER: Yes, sir, and it has to be addressed if we're going to move forward. I mean, it has to be.
RUSH: Well, Reggie, I'm grateful that you called. I appreciate it. What are you majoring in at Washington U?
CALLER: Physical therapy, sir.
RUSH: Physical therapy. Well, best to you and please stay in touch. You're an enlightened guy to speak to. We've all enjoyed hearing from you.
CALLER: Take care and have a good day.
RUSH: All the best.
Read the Articles...
(NewsMax.com: Red Cross Blocked Before Levee Break)
(NewsMax: Gov. Kathleen Blanco's Bureaucrats Blocked Food and Water)
(Wahington Post: Where to Point the Fingers - Charles Krauthammer)
(UPI: Logistics kept Red Cross from New Orleans)
(NRO: Rich Lowry: Imagine FEMA as the DMV)
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