Rush Limbaugh LIVE Thread - Thursday, Nov. 3rd

EIB Network ^ | 11/3/05 | bosco

[Bosco]

Broadcast excellence continues after an Operational Pause. Go get 'em, Rush!

[Morgan in Denver]

No offense to you, or others who like BOR, but O'Reilly does not understand economics OR politics. He's just hyping stuff on his programs, pandering to listeners who think he's "looking our for you."

[Txsleuth]

LOL---I grew up in Boulder, Colorado...and never even knew that cars or houses came with air conditioning!!!

But, what is worse, my husband grew up in Temple, Texas..and didn't have car or home A/C....YIKES!

[NeoCaveman]

Why the HECK did they make this a 2/3s vote?????

To pass it without ammendments and without delay.

Roughly 38 RINO's did us in. With them, we'd have 2/3rds on this bill. I'll have to talk to my congressman Steve LaTourette (R?-OH). Also Jean Schmidt of Ohio voted no after telling redstate.org she supported it.

[MNJohnnie]

Economics taught young! Brilliant Rush RIGHT on. I had my 1st Econ class in college. Was a REAL eye opener.

[rodguy911]

You mean the Bill O' Reilly who is liberal at 8;05, conservative at 8;30 and middle of the road at 8:45, that one? The one who figured his best time slot would be to go up against Rush, that rocket scientist?

[HOYA97]

$2.35 here in Alpharetta, GA just outside of Atlanta.

[rodguy911]

Last year we got down to 52 degrees in Feb. No one fished and the streets were deserted.

[MNJohnnie]

Overall unemployment in France is 9.8%, but for under-25 Frenchmen the figure is a stunning 23%. Oh well, at least they have "free health care."

From the Wall Street Journals Opinion Journal

[Mo1]

Check this out


President Clinton caught telling another whopper at Rosa Parks' funeral.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1515037/posts

[jackv]

I can only take small doses of BOR. He really thinks he knows EVERYthing. I wanted to write in and ask him about redistribution of wealth by all these other millionaires, etc., particularly the Dr.s since they really do make their $$ of the "suffering".

[olde north church]

I don't agree with BOR, but there is a governmental responsibility for oversight. T. Roosevelt was a capitalist but understood laissez-faire economics is not good for the country. I don't buy into the company line of corporate conservatives who portray CEOs and other corporate types as benevolent captains of industry only seeking profit after other considerations are addressed. Bool-dinkies.

I believe it was GE that had to be dragged kicking and screaming to the courts before they would even begin to clean up the Hudson River. Those same corp. heads who are striving to be profitable are the same ones who are hiring illegal aliens.

The myth that it is in a companies best interest to serve the public interest is exactly that, a myth. Look back into history during the Civil War when soldiers were getting putrid canned meat and other food stuffs. Perhaps you would like to disband the USDA and take your chances on how pure your food would be.

[MNJohnnie]

I wanted to write in and ask him about redistribution of wealth by all these other millionaires,

Just how much is Bloviator worth these days himself?

[Perfesser]

I grew up in a town of about 15,000 we had NO bus line except for the School buses and THEY picked the kids up only outside the city until the late 1970s.

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I wonder how many people listening to BJC actually do the math and realize what a fabulist he is. He would no more go against the prevailing culture at that time than turn down a you know what. He probably didn't know who Rosa Parks was until his mentor and promient segragationa-list, William Fullbright told him how to use her for political purposes.

[MNJohnnie]

Thanks for the link on Clinton's latest LIE!

[LibWrangler]

I am coming in late to this particular discussion (mostly because it's so boring! zzzzzz) but, what then is the difference between the oil companies and the gas, electric, phone providers who are heavily regulated?

ps: Oil is a necessary commodity that our society has decided is something we don't want to live without. Frankly, who cares how much it is? I drive a car that is not fuel efficient at all, and pay the price, because it's my choice. Why is Rush wasting all this time "educating" the masses, because the bottom line is we will pay whatever it costs or adjust accordingly.

[jackv]

No kidding! Getting rich off of us "poor folk" buying his dang books!!

[MNJohnnie]

I think the problem here is you seem to think we are still living 100 years ago in the Gilded Age. The problem today is NOT a lack of Govt over-site, it is TOO much Govt at all levels. For example, Oil Companies are required to produce 96 DIFFERENT fuel blends in California ALONE. Some CITIES have different fuel blend depending on the SUBURB it is sold in! Forget any sort of economies of scale in such an regulatory system. We need a rationalization of the regulatory envirmonent NOT more regulation!

[Cboldt]

To pass it without ammendments and without delay.

The bill has been hanging around since April. The issue isn't dead by a long shot. I'm not concerned over what is being spun as bad news here.

H.R. 1606

4/13/2005:
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

11/2/2005 2:21pm:
Mrs. Miller (MI) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

11/2/2005 2:22pm:
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9478-9484)

11/2/2005 3:08pm:
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.

11/2/2005 7:44pm:
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H9497)

11/2/2005 8:06pm:
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 225 - 182 (Roll no. 559). (text: CR H9478)

11/2/2005 8:06pm:
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.01606:

[Morgan in Denver]

Government for setting rules and oversight is fine. The problem is government today tries to choose winners and losers using their regulatory and rule making authority. And, it's not just Democrats either. Orin Hatch supported the Netscape lawsuit against Microsoft because Netscape is in his state. Enron was a major Democrat supporter under Clinton because the Clinton team was passing rules that kept competition out and benefited Enron.

Every time government start trying to help one company over another, or punishing a company to the benefit of another, it's gone beyond being an honest broker of the rules.

[rodguy911]

There is no substitute for capitalism too bad the French don't get it!