Posted on 08/31/2017 1:30:13 PM PDT by Kaslin
RUSH: Did you see where the largest refinery may be shut for two weeks down in Houston because of the recovery here from the, not really the hurricane, the flooding. You can argue that it’s a man-made disaster down there, not a weather disaster. You get in trouble if you do that. I mean, Katrina was a man-made problem. They hadn’t upkeep the levies. They were stealing the money, rather than plowing it into refurbishing the levees. And the levees gave away.
And there’s some people out there saying Houston, hey, it’s a man-made problem. They should have never built the city there. If they hadn’t built the city there there wouldn’t be any flood and if there was a flood there wouldn’t be any people there, so this is a man-made problem.
Anyway, that refinery shutting down, oh, my friends, you haven’t seen panic until you see what they’re gonna do with that story. You’re gonna see stories “no gas by Labor Day,” and that’s gonna cause massive lines at gas stations all over the country as the news spreads that the refinery, largest refinery closing for two weeks will mean no gas. Labor Day, I mean, that’s Monday. Do you realize that? I mean, tomorrow is the 1st of September!
Anyway, greetings, my friends, great to have you. Rush Limbaugh here at the Excellence in Broadcasting Network. Our telephone number, if you want to be on the program’s 800-282-2882. And the email address, ElRushbo@eibnet.us.
So I’m watching the recovery efforts and you know what I’m noticing? I’m noticing that when the going gets tough and when there’s work that needs to be done, who are the first on the scene? Individuals. Private sector individuals. You got people that own tree companies sending trucks to the region to get trees out of the roadways. You have individuals just diving in to rescue anything and anyone they can: pets, human beings, families. It is an amazing thing.
The LA Times has a story today that is interesting in its own right. The LA Times has a story, this disaster has refocused the Drive-By into doing what they should be doing each and every day, and that is the news. Her theory — it’s a female. I don’t have it right in front of me, I’ll get her name in a minute, doesn’t matter — her theory is that with so much coverage of actual news, actual events surrounding Hurricane Harvey, that there isn’t time anymore on cable news for the way they usually make news. I think this is incredibly insightful, by the way.
She says, “The amount of time pundits and strategists and analysts and opinion makers have been on TV is way down.” And she also observes that that’s become a recipe for making news. In other words, the Drive-By Media now relies on whatever they see on Twitter. They’ll make a story out of a tweet. They’ll have a guest, they’ll have their roster of analysts and strategists, and they’ll put ’em on and somebody will say something outrageous and that will become a news story. Or they’ll see something on Facebook or they’ll have a poll, or anything. Anything to create controversy as opposed to real news.
But her point is now that there’s so much actual information to learn and impart in Houston with Hurricane Harvey that they don’t have time to be doing “the news” the way they have. And I find this intriguing because my whole point about the media for the longest time is it’s not news anymore. Whatever else it is, it isn’t news. It’s usually the advancement of the left-wing agenda.
Now, I know, look, she’s not entirely right. I mean, the cable networks are taking time now at night to get in some of their panels, and they are discussing other things in the news out there. But I thought it was an interesting take from somebody in the Drive-Bys. She’s a contract reporter for the LA Times, which means she’s not on staff. It means when they don’t have anybody available, they call the first name on their contract list, “Hey, we need 500 words by tonight. Can you do it?”
“Sure. What are you paying?”
“Nothing. We’ll give you a byline.”
“I’ll do it.” And that’s how you end up with a story like this.
Anyway, what I’m noticing as I watch Houston, I’m seeing all kinds of boats, large, small, surface, submarine. I’m seeing boats. I’m seeing trucks, monster trucks. I’m seeing tanks. I’m seeing helicopters. I’m seeing that the combustion engine, the internal combustion engine has taken center stage and that without it the rescue and recovery efforts would not be 20% what they are. If we were relying on sources of information that the American left has been demanding we shift to, we would be so far behind in this rescue effort as to probably not even be making a dent in it.
Man-made internal combustion engines enable rescuers. Rescue vehicles are pouring into Houston to save lives. You know, Houston has experienced floods before Harvey. They’re not that uncommon. By the way, we touched on this earlier in the week, and it always serves to remind. The Galveston hurricane and flooding that occurred in 1900, that was between 6,000 and 12,000 people dead. The death toll varies 6,000 to 12,000. What did they not have in abundance in 1900? The internal combustion engine, 6,000 to 12,000 people died.
Anyway, never mind that. That doesn’t matter because that happened before we were born and things that happened before we were born are not important. Right? Next on the media I’m hearing is Hurricane Harvey caused by climate change. And the Drive-Bys are so invested in this.
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RUSH: When has there not been climate change? I mean, that’s the question. The only thing that’s changed since 1900 as it relates to hurricanes is the prevalence of air, land, and sea vehicles powered by fossil fuels, 6,000 to 12,000 people die in the Galveston hurricane in 1900. What did they not have?
They did not have rescue, air, sea, land vehicles powered by fossil fuels. I think the real disaster — and I’ve said this countless times before. Liberalism is a man-made disaster and we are every day engaged in trying to rescue people from it. Every day here at the EIB Network, behind the Golden EIB Microphone, our efforts are to save people from the man-made disaster of liberalism, which is epitomized by groups like Occupy Wall Street and Antifa.
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RUSH: Now, many, if not most of the rescues in Houston were by individuals. And I’m wondering, are those people licensed? For example, are the people rescuing pets, are they licensed? Has the ASPCA or some government agency approved of these efforts? Are these just people on their own? Are these just people engaging in this activity without the proper credentials? Rogue rescuers. Do these people even know what they’re doing? Are they qualified? The government has not sanctioned their talents or ability nor given them permission.
I mean, for crying out loud, shouldn’t rescuers have to pass a state or federal test and pay a state or federal fee before they’re allowed to properly help others? How do we know their equipment is safe? How do we know that the rescue vehicles they’re using are not destroying the planet? How do we know that the rescue vehicles they’re using are not causing climate change? How do we know they’re carrying the sufficient number of life jackets if they’re engaged in water rescues?
How do we know anything about them unless the government has investigated and sanctioned them? Well, that’s another thing. These rescuers, how do we know they’re not discriminating? How do we know that rescuers are not saying, “I don’t like those people because I’m a bigot,” and they move on to another group. How do we know that’s not happening? I gotta take a break. Think about it for a second.
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RUSH: In Austin. How about that? David in Austin, Texas. Welcome, sir. You’re up.
CALLER: Yeah. Hey, Rush, great to finally get through to you.
RUSH: I’m glad you finally made it in here. Thank you.
CALLER: Longtime listener, first-time caller. I’m sorry?
RUSH: I’m glad you made it. Thank you.
CALLER: Yes, sir. Anyway, I have been listening to you for years and I grew up in a yellow dog Democrat household, and your inspiration has given me the courage to come out of the closet as a conservative, and I love listening to you. You’ve given me a lot of education and direction on how to listen to the media and information.
But, anyway, I was out in the car today, and as I always do, have you on, and you started talking about what’s going on in Houston, and, you know, as you normally do with your rhetorical attitude of, “Hey, we should regulate all these helpers and volunteers,” it’s like, that’s ridiculous. It’s something that, you know, I think people in the country don’t understand Texas. Texas is different than the rest of the country. We help each other. People help people. It doesn’t matter what your religion, your sexual orientation, your race, it doesn’t matter. If you need help and we can help you, we’re gonna do it.
And that’s the culture of Texas. That’s especially the culture of Houston. Houston will come back stronger, as it always has in difficult times. And people in Houston are opening up their hearts and their homes and their businesses to those in need. Jim McIngvale, Mattress Mack, I don’t know if you’ve seen the news, he’s opened up his place anyone that needs a place to stay. He sells mattresses and furniture and he’s opened up his place with food and didn’t ask questions. “If you need it, here we are.”
Houston furniture store owner opens doors to flood victims
And that’s who Texas is; that’s who Houston is. And that’s something that, you know, no regulator can change. You know, give people the opportunity to do what they know in their heart is right, and we’re gonna do it. So I just wanted to make that comment based on what you started out talking about earlier.
RUSH: Well, you got it. You know I was being facetious there. You called it rhetorical, but I was being a smart aleck. Smart ass, for people that don’t know what a smart aleck is. I was just jamming the liberals. But I gotta say something to what he said. I touched on this earlier this week. There is, folks, a distinct Texas culture.
Now, I don’t mean to be putting down any other state, and I’m not trying to wax eloquent here about it. I’m just telling you that there is — we’re talking about natives, and even the people who’ve moved there, there is an identity attached with Texas. There is a sense of unity there about being a Texan. I don’t see it in Illinois. Nothing against Illinois, and I don’t see it in New Jersey. I see mostly people that want to get out.
In California, you might have on the left a sense of — (interruption) Snerdley just said anybody that has been to Texas knows what I’m talking about. And I wouldn’t have known this or thought it until I had been there enough times. I started going, well, first time I was in Texas, doesn’t matter when, but I’ve been there enough times, and I’ve seen it in action, and there is something to what he’s saying about this.
And this is not meant to be exclusionary or in any way a slight to people that live in another state. It’s just in the United States, you might ask, you might ask right now, what unites us? In the not-too-long-ago past, that would have been easy: Love of country, patriotism. That no matter what, there is a distinction and greatness about the United States and a great pride about being an American. And so when we were attacked, 9/11, World War II, Pearl Harbor, there was a sense of unity.
The question, “what unites us today?” is not easy to answer, because we may not be united. I’m not talking about just the political divisions of Democrat, Republican, left, right. We have a percentage of our population — I don’t know how large it is — that does not like this country, that doesn’t like anything about it and is trying to overthrow it, undermine it, transform it, change it. I’m not in unison with those people. I don’t have one thing in common with those people in terms of how I see the United States of America.
So when you talk about, “What does unite us?” that would be a fascinating question, would be a fascinating discussion What does unite us? Because I’m telling you, folks, there is genuine hatred for this country, but you’ll only find that hatred on the left. This is why so many people are outraged at the media.
The media will look at a group like this Antifa, which I think is an artificial, made-up group. I think this group is bought and paid for just like Occupy Wall Street. Where is Occupy Wall Street, by the way? Where is it? How long is this Antifa group gonna be around? Where was Antifa ten years ago? What were these people ten years ago? Now they’re Antifa, what it, anti-fascist? What brought these people to life? They weren’t born this way. Where are they gonna be in five years? Where were they during the Obama administration?
I mean, some of them would show up and protest whenever there was a World Trade Organization meeting or any kind of a global meeting, but they were never protesting against Obama and his administration. They were protesting against the same things Obama didn’t like about America. They’re all leftists. I don’t care what they say; there isn’t any love for country.
Why does Kaepernick make news? The point that I made yesterday about Kaepernick, everybody has the First Amendment guaranteed by the government, you can say what you want, but there are two things. You do not have the right to be heard. There is nothing that mandates you be listened to. You have to earn being listened to.
The second thing is just because you have courage, just because you supposedly have the guts to stand up or take a knee and publicly criticize your country doesn’t make you great, and it certainly doesn’t shield you from the consequences of what you say. There’s always consequences. If you’re gonna play in the NFL and you’re gonna make it known that you do not like America, that you’re criticizing America, and that you think America is mistreating blacks and you think the cops are murderous, fine, you can say that, but do not expect that you get a pass on consequences! Kaepernick is suffering the consequences, as does anybody.
But why does the media fall in love with people like Kaepernick? Well, it’s not just that Trump’s in the White House. Not just a Republican’s there. The media is always going to be fascinated by any group. Why does the media refuse to see the truth about Antifa? Why will the media shield and lie about who those people are? Because they’re trashing and criticizing America and the media, on balance, agrees with it. The media agrees it’s a racist nation it’s filled with bigots. So they’ll make heroes. They’ll assign courage to people who stand up and say it. And that’s what’s wrong with it at all. So what does unite us? But in Texas, being a Texan, what the guy said, I don’t know how to explain it, but it unites them there.
I am in Dallas and saw panic buying (lines) late this AM at gas stations next to the freeway.
A block away the gas stations had none to a few cars.
People are panicking for no good reason.
Rush missed another reason that modern hurricanes are less deadly than, say, the Galveston hurricane: modern weather forecasting. If hurricanes could still sneak up on people as they did even in 1900, there would be a lot more fatalities.
They always do and wasting more gas waiting in line for a few gallons of gas.
The LA Times has a story today that is interesting in its own right. The LA Times has a story, this disaster has refocused the Drive-By into doing what they should be doing each and every day, and that is the news. Her theory — it’s a female. I don’t have it right in front of me, I’ll get her name in a minute, doesn’t matter — her theory is that with so much coverage of actual news, actual events surrounding Hurricane Harvey, that there isn’t time anymore on cable news for the way they usually make news. I think this is incredibly insightful, by the way.
That is true, re hurricanes sneaking up on people due to lack of modern weather forecasting
Flew into Dallas a couple of years ago for a promotional tour of one of my books. Found it to be dreadfully dreary. But hey! Gotta love those Texans! They are great people.
“Rush missed another reason that modern hurricanes are less deadly than, say, the Galveston hurricane: modern weather forecasting. If hurricanes could still sneak up on people as they did even in 1900, there would be a lot more fatalities.”
Pick up the book “Isaac’s Storm” for a great read on the 1900 storm.
Thank you for posting. We don’t get Rush on the radio here in Houston while all the flooding coverage is ongoing.
you’re welcome. I hope all is well with you.
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