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1. There is a distinct singular American culture - rugged individualism and self-reliance - which made America great. 2. The vast majority of the rich in this country did not inherit their wealth; they earned it. They are the country's achievers, producers, and job creators. 3. No nation has ever taxed itself into prosperity. 4. Evidence refutes liberalism. 5. There is no such thing as a New Democrat. 6. The Earth's eco-system is not fragile. 7. Character matters; leadership decends from character. 8. The most beautiful thing about a tree is what you do with it after you cut it...

Rush is raising questions about Obama's Birth Certificate!!!

AND NOW . . . amidst billowing clouds of fragrant, aromatic first- and second-hand premium cigar smoke. . . it is time for . . . that harmless, lovable little fuzz ball, a highly-trained broadcast specialist, having more fun than a human being should be allowed to have, from behind the golden EIB microphone, firmly ensconced in the prestigious Attila-the-Hun chair at the Limbaugh Institute of Advanced Conservative Studies, at the cutting-edge of societal evolution, with talent on loan from G-d, with half his brain tied behind his back — just to make it fair, the all-knowing, all-caring, all-sensing, all-feeling,...

Welcome to the LIVE Rush Limbaugh thread. Can't wait to hear his take on Michigan.

"Maybe he was just high on his drugs again," said Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa. "But that shouldn't be an excuse." That sounds suspiciously like the sort of personal attack Democrats claim to decry. And Sen. Harkin was just one of an impressive number of big foot Democrats to take to the Senate floor last Monday to calumniate conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh. It's odd enough to have the Senate Majority Leader, his deputy, and the chairman of the Armed Services Committee, among others, take up the Senate's time to attack a radio talk show host, instead of, say,...

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1725292/posts?page=1 Iraqi Government Plans to Demobilize Illegal Militias WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2006 – The Iraqi government has plans to demobilize all illegal militias, including radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s so-called “Mahdi Army,” the senior U.S. diplomat in Iraq said today. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki “has agreed to getting rid of the militias,” U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad told reporters at a Baghdad news conference. Illegal militias that commit violence and murder need to be dealt with, Khalilzad said, noting the Iraqi government recognizes that fact. Maliki wants to demobilize all the militias, including al-Sadr’s, Khalilzad said. Yet, he noted,...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1721172/posts?page=1 Recent Polls Outside The Historical Norm For Party ID. A spate of recent polls paints a very gloomy electoral outlook for GOP candidates in next month's elections. One reason for that, possibly, is a set of samples in recent polls that do not mirror the historical norm for party ID. A memo circulating among Republicans on the Hill, authored by GOP pollster David Winston, takes a look at the historical spread between Democrats and Republicans in House elections and polling over the last 14 years. According to Winston's analysis, there is a material discrepancy between the party identification listed...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1720277/posts Why Gas Prices Dropped money.cnn.com ^ | October 16 2006 | Nelson D. Schwartz Posted on 10/16/2006 10:31:49 AM CDT by kellynla (Fortune Magazine) -- If the recent plunge in gas prices is the result of a conspiracy by President George W. Bush to help the Republicans retain control of Congress, as 42 percent of Americans believe, according to one Gallup poll, a lot of Wall Streeters wish they'd been in on the plot. So what really drove prices down - if not an Oliver Stone-worthy scenario involving the Commander-in-Chief, the House of Saud and Secretary of the Treasury...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1716609/posts?page=1 Kim Duk-Hong: Interview with a North Korean Defector (Bush "Knows how to treat Kim Jong Il") PBS ^ | March 5, 2003 | Frontline Posted on 10/09/2006 9:37:23 PM CDT by Arec Barrwin Kim Duk-Hong: Interview with a North Korean Defector Kim Duk Hong is one of the highest ranking officials to defect from North Korea. He escaped from North Korea in 1997, first to Beijing and then to Seoul, along with Hwang Jang Yop, the architect of the North Korea regime's ideology known as "Juche," meaning "self reliance." Kim was Hwang's assistant for many years. He is officially...

America's top radio talker Rush Limbaugh was greeted like a rock star on Monday during an appearance in San Jose, California, while taking a few days off from his regular broadcast to play in the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament. The packed house at the San Jose Civic Auditorium "welcomed him with a standing ovation," reported the San Jose Mercury News. "There were no hecklers or protesters, and the only shouts were of love for the host," the paper said. "We are in the midst of a seminal historic shift in this country," Limbaugh told the audience. "The...

Rush slams Democrats, receives cheers RADIO HOST MAKES FIRST SJ APPEARANCE By Brad Kava Mercury News Preaching optimism and slamming Democrats, conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh was greeted like a rock star by a packed San Jose Civic Auditorium audience Tuesday night. ``We are in the midst of a seminal historic shift in this country,'' Limbaugh, 54, told a crowd that paid $40 a ticket and welcomed him with a standing ovation. ``The Democrat party and the media have lost their monopoly. They don't rule the roost anymore.'' Other than one swear word and a slightly off-color story about...

RUSH: Here's Barbara Boxer. Now, this is not Barbara Boxer from the floor of the Senate. This is a Capitol Hill press conference earlier today but this is essentially the same litany that she went through on the floor of the Senate just about 20 minutes ago. BOXER: For most of us in the Senate and the House, we have spent our lives fighting for things we believe in, always fighting to make our nation better. We have fought for social justice. We have fought for economic justice. We have fought for environment justice. We have fought for criminal justice....

<p>RUSH: Chris in Danielsville, Pennsylvania, as we start on the phones today. Welcome, sir, great to have you with us.</p> <p>CALLER: Hello, sir. Happy New Year.</p> <p>RUSH: Oh, it's a female! I'm sorry, nice to have you with us.</p> <p>CALLER: That's okay.</p> <p>RUSH: Apologize for that.</p>

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX FRI MARCH 05, 2004 10:07:34 ET XXXXX LIMBAUGH CASE: JUDGE IN PALM BEACH HOOKED ON OXYCONTIN, REHAB, REMOVED FROM BENCH; NO CRIMINAL PROBE A Palm Beach Country Judge -- who operated in the same jurisdiction that is current hearing the Rush Limbaugh pill case -- was hooked on OxyContin and forced from the bench, but was never investigated if he obtained the pills legally, the DRUDGE REPORT can reveal. MORE Within the last 18 months, Palm Beach Country Judge Robert Schwartz was "involuntarily retired" and removed after he checked himself into a treatment center for dependency...

This post is regarding the caller who was pleading for a "Rush CD". I was wondering if this site could generate a little email buzz to the EIB network regarding that idea? C'mon FREEPERS! I think there needs to be some sort of "El Rushbo Primer". It could contain the basics such as media bias, why liberalism is detrimental to our nation's future in a post-911 era, and so on. All he has to do is use clips from the Limbaugh Institute Hall of Fame!! I believe rush thought that this caller was suggesting a continual output of CDs. However,...

The president of the United States, the most powerful man in the world we assume. We think. Do you know why we have to do this, according to the president? Do you know why we need a constitutional amendment to see to it that everybody understands and knows what marriage means? Do you know why? Why? It's not just that. It's not just some people breaking the law. It's that we're not enforcing the law! We've already got law. But since nobody's willing to enforce it, we've got to put another law on the books, this time in the Constitution....

Limbaugh's pill use not extraordinary, lawyer says BY DANIEL de VISE ddevise@herald.com Rush Limbaugh's attorney mounted an offensive Monday, accusing Palm Beach County prosecutors of smear tactics and likening his client to any ordinary American with chronic pain. ''This nation is full of people who take medication every day and will do so for the rest of their lives,'' said Roy Black, speaking in a news conference in Miami. Discussing the prescription-drug abuse allegations in unprecedented detail, Black reasoned that the quantity of medicine Limbaugh is accused of ingesting -- 1,800 pills in 210 days -- works out to roughly...

Teaser running on Fox News Channel this morning...