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BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Apparently the Capital switchboard and individual members' telephone lines are being inundated. You can't get through. E-mail boxes are full. Voicemail messages are full. People are not answering the phones. Busy signals. Don't let that deter you. Keep trying. The Waxman-Markey bill is a disaster. It's not about saving the planet. It's not about saving the climate. It's not about anything, folks, other than raising taxes and redistributing wealth. The Heritage Foundation, www.AskHeritage.org, has put together a fabulous analysis of this bill and they have summarized it in a great, understandable way. I found it because I'm...

I rise in reluctant opposition to H Res 560, which condemns the Iranian government for its recent actions during the unrest in that country. While I never condone violence, much less the violence that governments are only too willing to mete out to their own citizens, I am always very cautious about “condemning” the actions of governments overseas. As an elected member of the United States House of Representatives, I have always questioned our constitutional authority to sit in judgment of the actions of foreign governments of which we are not representatives. I have always hesitated when my colleagues rush...

Ladies and Gentlemen! It is my pleasure to bring to you the spectacle of two battlers from Brooklyn. Introducing first: wearing the Army Dress Green uniform trimmed with a Silver Star on each epaulet, two Bronze Star medals, four Legions of Merit, a Ranger Tab, Parachutist Wings, and a combat patch, standing six feet, four inches tall and weighing in at two hundred pounds. Born in Brooklyn, he graduated from the Polytechnic Institute of New York with a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, earned a Master's Degree in Construction Management from the University of Florida. He served as the Commander...

Bam Whines About Fox News; Claims to Lose Sleep Over DeficitsJune 17, 2009 BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: The Politico published a story a couple days ago in the evening: "'White House Reporters Phoning It In?' -- President Barack Obama traveled to Chicago Monday for a major speech on health care, but most of the reporters who cover him every day stayed in Washington and watched it all on TV. For media observers, it felt like a milestone moment: While reporters sometimes skip short fundraising-only trips or journeys in the waning days of a presidency, it’s hard to remember a time when...

On Today's Show... Arrogant Obama Misleads the American Medical Association He promises tort reform, they applaud, and then he takes it back. (Rush 24/7 Members:  Listen)   Facts on the Health Care Debate and the Animal Care Comparison Health care of any quality that you can afford is available...for your pet. It's available without a government option and without President Obama "fixing" things. (Rush 24/7 Members:  Listen) » Photos: Meet Abbey, the New Puppy in El Rushbo's Life » NB:  George Will Tells Dirty Little Secrets of Universal Healthcare   "Whenever you hear a liberal promise government help that will...

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Honored guests, citizens of Israel. Peace has always been our people's most ardent desire. Our prophets gave the world the vision of peace, we greet one another with wishes of peace, and our prayers conclude with the word peace. We are gathered this evening in an institution named for two pioneers of peace, Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat, and we share in their vision. Two and half months ago, I took the oath of office as the Prime Minister of Israel. I pledged to establish a national unity government - and I did. I believed and I still believe that...

Honored guests, citizens of Israel. Peace has always been our people’s most ardent desire. Our prophets gave the world the vision of peace, we greet one another with wishes of peace, and our prayers conclude with the word peace. We are gathered this evening in an institution named for two pioneers of peace, Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat, and we share in their vision. Two and half months ago, I took the oath of office as the Prime Minister of Israel. I pledged to establish a national unity government – and I did. I believed and I still believe that...

Illegal: Obama Fires Inspector General Who Investigated CronyJune 12, 2009 BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: The inspector general of AmeriCorps has been fired. The inspector general... There are inspector generals for every federal agency, and they are not political, and they are there to investigate any malfeasance, any fraud, waste, theft, what have you. And they are not subject to -- theoretically they are not subject to -- political pressure. Firing one is a big deal. Firing an inspector general is a big deal. If you'll remember, Alberto Gonzales as attorney general fired a couple of US attorneys. He took hell for...

(Note this is excerpted from Rush Limbaugh's opening monologue yesterday. For those who are sick and tired of Obama blaming his 'inheritance' for his faltering administration, this is for you. If only an elected official had the courage to say these truths...) If I might correct the architect of the collapse of the Soviet Union, well, the partial architect, Ronald Reagan helped as well, that would be Mikhail Gorbachev. Mr. Gorbachev, Russia was destroyed, the Soviet Union was destroyed by freedom; it was destroyed by capitalism; it was destroyed by American exceptionalism. Socialism as an opponent to capitalism is what...

On Today's Show...   All the Latest on Sonia Sotomayor: Is She Pro-Life? (Rush 24/7 Members:  Listen) » NY Daily News: Friend Says Sotomayor "Open" on Abortion Issue, Will Follow Law   » Video and Transcripts of Rush's Interview with Sean Hannity: Part One ||  Part Two   Unemployment Hits Record High of 9.4% and State-Run Media Says It's Good News! Pravada, Cuba's Granma, and Chavez's media have nothing on this. (Rush 24/7 Members:  Listen)   "No matter where you go in the government-run media, a 26-year high unemployment rate of 9.4% equals a bottoming out of the recession.  It's not that...

**SNIP** I don't want to shut her up. I don't think she should be censored. But the double standard here, we're talking about the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land where policy is made, according to this woman, and where policy should be made. Look, bigotry is bigotry. Racism is racism. Superiority is superiority. Contempt for people beneath you is contempt for people beneath you. Thinking you're better than everybody else is thinking you're better than everybody else. This woman has all of this. There's not a whole lot of humility here. In fact, I want to go...

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Audio sound bites, Arnold Schwarzenegger, who Pravda says his political career is being destroyed by homosexuals in California, Pravda said that, Pravda, English language Pravda was on CNN last night, had a question. "What do you think the future of the Republican Party is? Who's in charge? Do you think Rush Limbaugh's the leader of the Republican Party these days, Governor Schwarzenegger?" SCHWARZENEGGER: They say that Rush Limbaugh is the 800 pound gorilla in the Republican Party. But I think that's mean-spirited to say that, because I think he's down to 650 pounds, so I think one...

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: We'll start in Chicago with Lee. Great that you called. Nice to have you on the EIB Network. CALLER: Thanks, Rush. I think this is the perfect time for you to start your teaching tour and for Republicans to start your teaching tour with the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor, to explain to the American people why originalist justices are the only option because I think that attacking Sotomayor directly is going to make the Republicans look as the bad guys rather than proactively taking a step to explain why Article V of the Constitution should be the...

RUSH: Now, I've checked my e-mail at home since the Sunday shows. They had General Powell on Face the Nation Sunday. Tom Ridge was on CNN on Sunday morning. Tom Ridge, just for your information, Tom Ridge called this program in 2003 to detail for... I mean, he wanted to be on this program in 2003, Tom Ridge out there saying I'm too shrill and I need to dial it back and all these other things. But I need to ask the question: Who's really changed? I've been who I am for 20 years. When it comes to the core...

Filed 5/26/09       IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA       KAREN L. STRAUSS et al.,                                                               )     Petitioners,                                                                                                              )             v.                                                                                                           ) MARK B. HORTON, as State Registrar of Vital Statistics, etc., et al., )    S168047     Respondents;                                                                                               ) DENNIS HOLLINGSWORTH et al.,                                                            )     Interveners.                                                                                                  ) ———————————————————————————— ) ROBIN TYLER et al.,                                                                                     )     Petitioners,                                                                                                              )             v.                                                                                                           ) THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA et al.,                                                            )    S168066     Respondents;                                                                                               ) DENNIS HOLLINGSWORTH et al.,                                                            )     Interveners.                                                                                                  ) ———————————————————————————— ) CITY...

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: I want you to hear Liz Cheney. We have her on Good Morning America today. She was on MSNBC this morning and CNN last night. The first one is Good Morning America. The West Wing writer, Lawrence O'Donnell, was frothing at the mouth yesterday over Dick Cheney's speech. He and the former deputy assistant secretary of state for near-eastern affairs, Liz Cheney, were discussing torture on Good Morning America. Lawrence O'Donnell said -- talking about waterboarding here -- "It is torture. This government's prosecuted people in the past for doing exactly this, but Dick Cheney believes it's...

On Today's Show...   Vice President Cheney Puts President Obama on the Defensive  The veep exposes Obama's dangerous naivete, destroying the notion that Gitmo is a "recruitment tool" and that protecting us is inconsistent with American values. (Rush 24/7 Members:  Listen) » This is Why They Want Him to Shut Up:  Cheney's Favorable Numbers Rise in CNN Poll   "For all that Obama says, he's continuing almost every Bush administration national security policy. He's increasing troop strength in Afghanistan, keeping warrantless searches and wiretaps of foreign terrorists -- and reserving the right to do enhanced interrogations." --Rush Limbaugh   Resentment Motivates...

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: As any of you and all of you who have been paying attention to the Drive-By news media the past number of months have heard, I am the titular head of the Republican Party. I have been anointed to this position by members of the Drive-By Media, and, of course, the Obama White House. I have not been named the titular or any other head of the Republican Party by anybody in the Republican Party. And so I hereby, ladies and gentlemen, today announce that I am resigning. I am resigning as the titular head of...

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: I have a question for you, folks. What motivates Dick Cheney? Dick Cheney was on Face the Nation yesterday. We have some audio sound bites here. Before playing the sound bites, I want to pose some thoughts to you. Dick Cheney has all the millions he needs. He doesn't need money. He has no future political ambitions. He coulda run in 2000; he coulda run in 2008; he doesn't want to run for elective office anymore. What motivates him? He's not hot for interns. He's not a torture freak. What motivates Dick Cheney? He also knows that...