RUSH LIMBAUGH LIVE THREAD FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 1, 2006

[angcat]

FRIDAY HAS ARRIVED

HAPPY LABOR DAY!

[Fudd Fan]

Thank you!
I'm proud of Mr.FF even though he works for ABC/Disney.

[Christian4Bush]

IRRC Howlin will run a live thread during the airing.

Great. Howlin and Peach are the best. Others are very good too. I will help with whatever I can do on those two nights.

[angcat]

Labor Day: How it Came About; What it Means



"Labor Day differs in every essential way from the other holidays of the year in any country," said Samuel Gompers, founder and longtime president of the American Federation of Labor. "All other holidays are in a more or less degree connected with conflicts and battles of man's prowess over man, of strife and discord for greed and power, of glories achieved by one nation over another. Labor Day...is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race, or nation."

Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.

[Mr Cobol]

I won't be around till later, ping me if that's the story that got his shorts in a bunch.

[MaestroLC]

Third from the blonde, the long-haired brunette---she's going to be a star after that group disbands.

[ChicagoConservative27]

Who the hell is CAIR too demand anything?

[Christian4Bush]

Well ABCradio (Disney) did fire a local Washington DC radio talk show host becuase CAIR demanded it. That was only a few months ago.

Michael Graham, I think...

[Roccus]

You got it.

[DoctorMichael]

Agree or disagree about his specific policies, I believe President Bush is, at heart, basically a good, honest, heartfelt gentleman who cares about the Nation and its future.

JMHO: He needs take a low-dose Machiavelli pill, though.

[SE Mom]

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NWYwMzdmNWM2NDk1MGViNGMzZDVlOTcwZDI1OTU0MmY=

[mewzilla]

The one for WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA IS BOGUS:

Well, it's ABC's link :) I'd keep trying, though.

[Fudd Fan]

Thanks for the link, varm. I'm sure that's what he was talking about yesterday.

[A.Hun]

Hey varmint....The libs have run out of reasonable arguments. They are now playing the "chickenhawk" routine anytime a non militarty conservative questions a military moonbat.

It won't work.

[Cheapskate]

Slick: Hey Bob you ever hear about things goin on in arkansas, and ft. Marcy?

[MaestroLC]

The Path to 9/11

Sunday, September 10 @ 8/7c

Monday, September 11 @ 8/7c

Starring Harvey Keitel, Donnie Wahlberg, Michael Benyaer, Shirley Douglas, Patricia Heaton

The miniseries will take viewers behind closed doors at the CIA, the FBI and the White House and into the world of Richard Clarke, Madeleine Albright, Condoleezza Rice, Dick Cheney, Sandy Berger and CIA Director George Tenet, among others. Viewers will follow the international manhunt for elusive bomber Ramzi Yousef (Nabile Elouahabi, Eastenders) and meet several key players in the 9/11 saga, including: John O'Neill, the career FBI agent who spent years zealously chasing bin Laden; then-ABC newsman John Miller (portrayed by Barclay Hope, Stargate SG-1), who interviewed bin Laden; Emad Salem and other key Muslim informants who aided the U.S.; and Ahmed Shah Massoud, commander of the Northern Alliance, a crucial American ally and the person bin Laden feared most.

The 9/11 Commission Report instantly became a national bestseller when it was published in July 2004. Writer Cyrus Nowrasteh (The Day Reagan Was Shot) uses this historic document as the basis for a powerful story with action as gripping and far reaching as the source material itself. Shot in Toronto, Morocco, New York and Washington, DC, actors portray the famous and infamous, along with the formerly anonymous and often heroic people thrust onto history's stage. Beginning with the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center and ending on the morning of 9/11, the miniseries draws on detailed information from the Report and other sources to take viewers on an unforgettable journey through the events that presaged that fateful day -- to understand what went right and wrong, and what can be learned from this crucial eight-year period.

Former ABC News anchor John Miller, now the FBI's Assistant Director of Public Affairs, was also a consultant on the project. His book, The Cell, co-authored with Michael Stone, was optioned by ABC for use in the teleplay. In addition, The Relentless Pursuit by Samuel Katz was also optioned.

The Path to 9/11 is executive-produced by Marc Platt (Empire Falls). The producers are Hans Proppe (Anne Frank) and Cyrus Nowrasteh (also the writer); and Governor Thomas H. Kean (Chair, The 9/11 Commission) is senior consultant. The director is David L. Cunningham. The miniseries is a production of UHP Productions, Ltd., and will be distributed by Touchstone

[Pyro7480]

All they are are burlesque women with a singer.

[Fudd Fan]

Thank you!
It wasn't always easy tho!

[A.Hun]

JMHO: He needs take a low-dose Machiavelli pill, though.

Agreed.

[JerseyDvl]

I can't believe the network would censor themselves...what about their right to free speech.
We already know what is in the show!

[LibertyLee]

Here is the Wikipedia entry: Labor Day is a United States federal holiday that takes place on the first Monday of September. In 2006, Labor Day will be September 4. The origins of the American Labor Day can be traced back to the Knights of Labor in the United States and a parade organized by them on September 5, 1882 in New York City. They were inspired by an annual labor parade held in Toronto, Canada. In 1884 another parade was held, and the Knights passed resolutions to make this an annual event. Other labor organizations (and there were many), but notably the affiliates of the International Workingmen's Association favored a May 1 holiday. With the event of Chicago's Haymarket riots in early May of 1886, president Grover Cleveland believed that a May 1 holiday could become an opportunity to commemorate the riots. Thus, fearing that it might strengthen the socialist movement, he quickly moved in 1887 to support the position of the Knights of Labor and their date for Labor Day. Labor Day has been celebrated on the first Monday in September in the United States since the 1880s. The September date has remained unchanged, even though the government was encouraged to adopt May 1 as Labor Day, the date celebrated by the majority of the world. Moving the holiday, in addition to breaking with tradition, could have been viewed as aligning the U.S. labor movements with internationalist sympathies. Labor Day is generally regarded simply as a day of rest and, unlike May Day, political demonstrations are rare. Forms of celebration include picnics, barbecues, fireworks displays, water activities, and public art events. Families with school-age children take it as the last chance to travel before the end of summer. Some teenagers and young adults view it as the last weekend for parties before returning to school. However, of late, schools have begun well before Labor Day, up to the 15th of August, in some High Schools in California. Of course colleges are in even earlier than this. One of the largest modern traditions of Labor Day in the United States is the annual telethon of the Muscular Dystrophy Association, hosted by Jerry Lewis to fund research and patient support programs for the various diseases grouped as muscular dystrophy. The telethon raises tens of millions of dollars each year. In 2005, despite the recent catastrophe caused by Hurricane Katrina, nearly $55 million was raised over 21 hours.