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Aug. 3, 2012 - Rush Limbaugh Program
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August 3, 2012, Friday, Hour #2
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Rush Limbaugh, the Excellence in Broadcasting Network, the Limbaugh Institute for Advanced Conservative Studies on Friday, live from the Southern Command in sunny South Florida.
It's open live Friday, potentially one of the most fun, busy broadcast days of the week.
This is where you get to choose what it is that we talk about.
You see, if you're new to the program, the way it works, Monday through Thursday, people on the phones have to talk about what I care about.
Otherwise, they don't get on because I don't want to be bored.
And you don't want to be bored listening to me be bored.
But on Friday, I take a giant media career risk and I throw those requirements out.
And whatever people want to talk about is fine.
If I don't care, I fake it.
It doesn't matter.
So the telephone number is 800-282-2882 and the email address, El Rushbo at EIBNet.com.
If you're just joining us, we're still talking about the economy, the unemployment news.
I played some sound bites from the president an hour ago.
He went to the microphones in the White House an hour ago, right at the beginning of this program.
And I just, I have to tell you, what we saw today in Obama's media appearance and his statement is a cold-hearted man.
And I just want, I mean this, cold-hearted.
We saw a president who is spinning the worst economic recovery numbers in modern history.
We didn't see any compassion.
We didn't see any concern.
We didn't see any caring.
We saw a cold, calculating president spinning what is disastrous news into a way that he can benefit from.
There's nothing in this economic news that ought to benefit anybody.
There is nobody anywhere in the United States government who is an architect of this who ought to benefit an iota from what they have done and what they are doing.
There is nobody in this regime, nobody in this administration who deserves to benefit from this.
And yet, here is our cold-hearted, calculating young president showing no compassion whatsoever for the people in this country who are really suffering from his policies.
The people in this country who are suffering are doing so because of him, because of his policies.
And he's spinning this and spinning these numbers in such a way as to lie to the American people about how good things are and how they are improving.
And if your life isn't improving and it isn't getting better and you listen to this guy spin that it is, you got to be scratching your head saying, what am I missing?
Why am I being left out?
Let me assure you, you aren't being left out.
Let me tell you why he's doing this.
I'll beat my head against the wall again.
We're dealing with a man, Barack Obama, who is a revolutionary.
A revolutionary.
And as such, he believes that is the case in all revolutions.
There is a period of pain and suffering.
Not by him.
Not by his friends, so-called masses.
And that's the price must be paid to transform society, to achieve social and economic justice, which is so long overdue.
There must be some suffering.
It had to happen.
This country was founded illegitimately.
This country was founded immorally.
This country must pay the price for that.
And sadly, there will be a price to pay, and it is going to be one of economic hardship, but we deserve it because we have been living a lie.
The lie of the United States is founding.
We have been living an unjust country.
We have been purloining everything of value all over the world, stealing it for ourselves.
Why, we've been conquering other nations.
And we've been going in and taking their oil and taking everything else they want and then calling ourselves a superpower.
That's how he looks at it.
So he's come along.
And now for the first time in 260 years, 210 years, whatever the number you, for the first time in 225, 30 years, we're going to get it right.
For the first time since our founding, finally, somebody's here who understands exactly how this nation did it and how guilty we are.
And it's time for revolution.
And we're going to do it.
And there's a price to pay.
And that price to pay is pain and suffering.
All revolutions have them.
Ask Fidel.
Ask Hugo.
Ask Shea.
Ask Mao.
Stalin.
They all know.
Every revolution has a price.
The price is pain and suffering.
Not by him, though.
Not by the leaders.
Not by the leaders and the leaders' friends and elite buddies.
No, no, no.
The pain and suffering is born by the masses.
The pain and suffering is born by the unemployment numbers, the lack of economic growth numbers.
The health care debacle and disaster.
That's the pain and suffering.
That's the price that must be paid in order to achieve social and economic justice that has never existed in this country before.
You see, where we are now, folks, is that the people who have benefited from the way this country was founded, the people in this society who have gotten rich, the people in this country, the top 1%, those that have had the power, the genuine descendants of the founding fathers, also a bunch of rich white guys.
They set it up for themselves and for other people like them.
And they knew what they were doing.
They were setting up a phony, fraudulent country to take care of only themselves and everybody else is going to be working to make them rich.
Well, those days are over.
And now we got somebody who understands social justice.
And now we have somebody who understands economic justice.
We have somebody who understands fairness and freedom and liberty in the right way.
We have a guy now who's going to make sure that anybody who benefited from this corrupt, immoral society now pays a price so that others might achieve.
That's how he sees this country.
It's not just him.
It's how his staff sees the country.
It's how most of the Democrat Party sees the country these days.
It's not LBJ's Democratic Party.
It's not your grandfather's Democrat Party anymore.
It's not your grandfather's media.
They all are aligned, this notion this nation is corrupt, was founded as such, and the people have benefited didn't really deserve it.
The people have benefited, they won life's lottery.
The people have benefited, luck.
You hear it.
Obama says it in his own words using his own terminology.
Winners of life's lottery or just luck or not paying their fair share or whatever, but now they're going to.
That's how this man sees this country.
And that's why when he goes out to the microphone today to try to spin all this into great news, you got nothing but cold-hearted selfishness.
Spinning the worst economic recovery in modern history in such a way as to make you think that there is good news and that he is responsible for it.
And we can't go back to the unjust, immoral ways that were established in this nation's founding.
He's been honest about it from the get-go.
He said his job was to spread the wealth.
He said his job was to transform the country.
But still, even at this point in time, to this day, folks, there are people in this country who refuse to even consider the possibility of what I just said being true.
They don't want to.
Many people can't conceive that somebody who thinks this way has actually been elected president.
It doesn't happen.
Presidents love the country, Rush.
Presidents only want what's great for the country.
No, not now.
We don't have a president who believes in America, not in American exceptionalism, not in the America of her founding.
That's just the way it is.
I tell you a little story.
I mentioned at the end of the first hour that one of the things about all this that really bothers me, I just, I cringe when I see opportunity being squelched and shut off for people.
I really mean it.
I want everybody to have the same opportunity I had.
I love sharing good things that happened.
This country is one of the greatest things that ever happened to humanity.
But there are people trying to take advantage of it.
I got a note in the top of the hour that reminded me of something just happened this week.
As I told you, I got my iPad fixed, so it now receives the LTE signal, the new real genuine 4G from AT ⁇ T. Verizon's had this area covered for a while, but AT ⁇ T just did it.
But at my fashionable ocean side of state, the LTE signal is very weak.
So I asked some people to submit bids on putting in a series of repeaters and boosters to see if it'd be possible on the property to get the LTE signal stronger.
You get this.
One of the proposals is for $30,000.
$30,000 for 13 repeaters and boosters, two in my library because the room's so big.
One for at my desk and one for the rest of the room.
They're over.
What do you mean two?
Why do I need two?
Well, ever since the iPhone 4S came out, it's a whole different thing boosting signals.
Do you think I am a blooming idiot that because of the iPhone 4?
I'm not even talking about using an iPhone 4S here.
There's no LTE in it yet.
So $30,000 to put a series.
Brian, what would this normally cost?
$800?
Maybe $1,000 to go out and get this done?
Even if it's just one room.
But I knew something was wrong when the guy wanted $3,000 just to put a booster at my desk because the booster in the library wouldn't be big enough to cover the desk area, even though it's part of the room.
So, yeah, I mean, when you open it, Brush Rush really says he loves to share.
Well, okay, let's find out how eager he is.
Oh, there's a whole business of people out there that their whole job is separate people from their money.
You just have to be on the lookout for it.
Anyway, I take a brief time out.
When we come back, I promise.
Your turn on the phones.
Don't go away.
So I just checked on the internet.
Verizon offers a repeater booster that's going to be available in a couple of weeks.
It's not out yet.
It's called the Sleek 4G and it's for Verizon, $150.
$150.
This guy wanted to charge me $28, actually $30,000.
He wanted lightning arresters, UPSs, 14 or 15 repeaters in the attic.
The equipment list was unbelievable.
But then when I saw, I knew the whole thing was bogus.
When I saw I needed two boosters for the library and two for my media room, I said, wait just a minute.
I don't know about you folks.
Having my intelligence insulted is one of the things that I just, patience really evaporates.
Oh, I just, no, I basically said to him what I just said to you.
I said, take the order and put it where the sun don't shine.
This is ridiculous, absurd.
What kind of an idiot do you think I am?
Okay, Rod in Saginaw, Michigan.
We're starting with you on Open Line Friday today.
Hello.
Well, how are you doing, Rush?
Thanks for taking my call.
You bet, sir.
Yeah, Mega Dittos.
You know, as a true conservative, really, my philosophy is this.
As you know, the private sector is what really drives the economy, and we all know that.
As a result, it's really not the government's responsibility to create jobs in the private sector, in my opinion.
Instead, what I think the government can do much better is really get out of the way and allow the private sector to thrive, you know, using the fundamental capitalistic policies and principles.
That's exactly, how old are you?
46.
46.
Well, you're young.
You know, you're figuring this out.
That's excellent.
You helped me.
Well, here's another thing about Obama.
Look at how he talks.
He creates jobs.
He has policies.
He's going to do this.
He's going to do that.
He's going to give you this.
Make sure those people don't have that.
You're going to make sure those people get punished.
Those people are going to pay the price.
You're going to do okay.
He's going to take command and control central planner.
And here's a guy who hasn't done anything of the sort that he claims to be an expert in.
He's done nothing.
He's not worked in the private sector, but for one job in his own book, he described it as being surrounded by the enemy.
He is not the guy to hand car keys to, folks.
It was a giant mistake to put this guy in the driver's seat.
It's essentially letting somebody who despises the fact the automobile was invented be your driver.
And he doesn't know what he's doing.
You know, forget the ideology.
The ideology is just, you know, that's another swipe.
That's just added damage.
He doesn't know what he's talking about.
He doesn't have anybody around him who understands something as simple as the American dream.
He doesn't understand self-reliance and he doesn't believe in it.
And the reason is he's a liberal and they don't believe in people having innate ability to provide for and care for themselves.
But this guy would not be hired for a sales job, a marketing job, a design job, nothing in creativity, nothing in accounting, nothing.
He's got an empty resume.
He couldn't get hired at any professional health care institution.
He's got no experience.
He doesn't know anything.
And yet, he's the world's foremost authority.
He's got all the answers.
He and his buddies have all the answers on virtually every problem in this country, and he's never done anything.
And he doesn't even care.
The idea that there's this giant compassionate blood flow going, that's not even true.
It's breathtaking, really, how far removed from the traditional American experience this man is.
Romney was dead right about that.
His life experiences do not comport with the American experience.
They just don't.
Rod, I appreciate that call.
This is Steve in Rogersville, Tennessee.
You're next on the EIB Network at Open Line Friday.
Hi.
Hi, Rush.
Hi, first time caller, longtime listener, and just an honored to be on the program with you.
Thank you, sir, very much.
I was calling about your comments earlier about the criticism that Coach K had received because they ran up the score.
Yeah.
And incidentally, I'm calling.
My daughter made the phone call, but she was a little nervous about speaking.
So this is kind of her question, her civics lesson.
We're homeschoolers and her civics lesson for today.
But she was wondering about the criticism that Coach K was getting for running up the score, while at the same time, they are criticizing or eliminating players for not doing their best playing badminton.
Yes, your daughter has got an excellent question.
I was just thinking the same thing earlier today when I was reading.
I just saw the Coach K story right before the story, our show started.
And I, well, how ironic.
Here, on the one hand, we're beating up on Coach K for running up the score.
On the other, we're penalizing badminton players for playing down to their opponent's level so as not to humiliate them and to give themselves easier opponents down the line.
That's an excellent question on the part of your daughter.
Yeah.
Well, we're out looking for a computer today, and we tune in for civics.
And just appreciate all you have to share.
Well, I'm glad that you called.
Thanks so much.
Coach K Is profoundly offended at running up the score, the allegation that he ran up the score.
When he did his best, he looks like he did his best to keep his best players out of the game for as long as he could.
And look at this.
Typical, typical media tweet.
This is from USA Today.
Any problem with USA beating Nigeria by 83?
Can I ask a question?
What are they upset about?
If we had beaten, let's say, Baylor Roos by 83, would they be upset?
Or is it that they're upset that we creamed Nigeria?
You don't think it'd matter?
You really don't.
Anyway, USA Today, any problem with USA beating Nigeria by 83?
So now they're obviously doing a Twitter poll at USA Today on this.
And we never had these kinds of insinuations when the Harlem Globetrotters are beating up the Washington Generals.
You see some of those scores?
Well, I mean, for crying out loud, what are we talking about here?
And now I'm thinking, we got a national crime that's taking place here.
We beat Nigeria by 83.
I don't know, Sterdley.
I'm not so sure that the fact is Nigeria doesn't play a role in this, knowing these media people like I do.
Last February, Catherine and I were in Indianapolis for the Super Bowl.
And we're darting around lots of places and we're on the go, never stopping too long in any one place.
We dart into the hotel lobby.
We get into the hotel lobby making a dash for the elevator.
And I hear my name being shouted.
Now, normally I ignore it, and I rely on my lack of hearing as an excuse to keep moving.
Some reason, I stopped, turned around.
A gentleman came up to me and started paying me all kinds of compliments and thanking me and telling me how much he enjoyed my show.
And I shook his hand.
I said, nice to meet you.
I'm Rush Lumi.
He says, my name's Jack Butler.
Jack Butler, this weekend's being inaugurated in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Jack Butler played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, and he was in town as a newly inducted member of the Hall of Fame.
And in fact, I had, I knew it.
I did the name.
Wait, wait, wait.
I just saw this name, Jack Butler, Jack Butler.
And it hit me while I'm talking to him.
So I started congratulating him on being elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Nicest guy.
And so here's a story.
It's in the Pittsburgh Tribune today.
Jack Butler set to take place among football greats.
And here's his picture.
And he is a great guy.
He's a nice guy.
He just stopped me on my way to the elevator.
So I wanted to take a moment to congratulate him because that's a very small fraternity.
It's a very elite fraternity, the NFL in of itself, and then the Hall of Fame.
Very, very rarefied air there.
Jack Butler, he's now 80 something.
What is his age?
He's, I don't know that I'm able to find it very quickly here.
I don't want to wait, but he's in his 70s or 80s, I think.
84-year-old Jack Butler going in.
So I wanted to take time to reciprocate the favor.
By the way, Nigeria has NBA guys on its team.
I think there are eight former NBA players playing for Nigeria, and we crushed them by 83.
Eight.
Now, I don't know who the eight are.
I didn't see the game.
I just know that there are eight former NBA players on the Nigerian squad.
Here's Allison in Lakeville, Minnesota.
I'm glad you waited.
Welcome to Open Line Friday.
Well, hi, Rush.
It's so good to be on your program today, calling from beautiful Lakeville, Minnesota.
And I'm calling because I am a conservative, a Christian, stay-at-home mom who believes in liberty and freedom of speech and freedom of religion.
And three nights ago, I had a gentleman come knocking at my door wanting me to sign a petition that would be against the voter amendment, which will appear on Minnesota ballots in November, that defines marriage as one man and one woman, and then also the voter ID.
And when I told him that I could not sign that petition because I, as a Christian, believe in one man and one woman as the definition of marriage, this young man literally went berserk.
He flipped out and got so angry to the point where even his countenance, I felt like I was just looking at a very evil person.
And then he started accusing me that I was for the suppression of women and just going way off the wall.
What?
What?
How in the world is that?
It was profound.
And then I came back to him and said, you know, I do support your right and your liberty to express your viewpoint.
And then I also have my viewpoint.
And then he really went off the wall and started yelling and screaming and shouting and waving his arms.
And I started to fear for my safety.
And I told him promptly that I was going to have to end this conversation.
And I'll be really honest, Rush.
I mean, I'm a former schoolteacher, and I can spot a bully a mile away, and here this man was right at my doorstep and trying to...
You didn't let him in, did you?
Pardon me?
You didn't let him in, did you?
I did not let him in.
So you had this guy freaking out on the front door outside the front door.
Did you call a cops?
I did.
You know what you should have done?
You should have offered him a Chick-fil-A card or something.
We don't have Chick-fil-A out here in Lake Filipino.
Oh, that's true.
Otherwise, I would have because I found it just, you know, look, they're going to be back.
They're going to be back because you're now targeted.
I would go to your computer and I would make up some fake Chick-fil-A gift cards.
And the next time the guy shows up or somebody like you, hand him out, hand him one of those.
Yes, because obviously we want to be offering hospitality.
I'm all about hospitality, all about showing kindness to our neighbors and to anyone who would come to my doorstep.
But this man, it was really kind of Orwellian.
You know, my daughter read 1984 for school this last year, and I stand and look at what's happening at Chick-fil-A, and now it's come to my friend's.
There really wasn't a whole lot of tolerance with this guy, was there?
This guy runs around claiming that people like him, they're the ones who are diverse, and they're the ones that have all the tolerance and so forth.
You didn't see it his way.
You became an immediate enemy.
I think what you saw is becoming more and more common as typical liberal behavior.
It may have been unique to you, but this is how these people are operating.
They are bullies.
If they find the right people, they'll try these kind of intimidation tactics, try to scare you.
Whether it's door-to-door, marching in the street, or what have you.
That's exactly who they are.
But I'm glad you're okay.
That could have gone in a bad way.
And I'm glad you held your composure.
Thanks, Allison.
Here's Matthew, Ramsey, New Jersey.
Your next Open Line Friday.
Hello.
Rush, it's an honor to be on with you.
Thank you very much, sir.
All right.
I just wanted to let you know, I'm 18 years old, and everything that's been going on with the economy, the examples that you've been giving, I just want to let you know that there are people in this country that continue every single day to work their you-know-what off.
I'm living proof to that.
I'm 18, and I've authored two books on baseball history, and they're published.
And I want to let you know that no matter what happens in this country, there will always be people doing the right thing.
There's no question about that.
And I have even myself, over the course of the many years of this program, made the observation in any number of ways.
I have a phrase to describe it.
Oh, you're going to have a recession?
Sorry.
I'm not participating.
There's always, there will always be a select group of people who, because of who they are, their upbringing, or just their own innate ambition, whatever obstacles are in their way, they're going to work around them.
They will find a way past them.
Other people, you know, everybody's different.
There are different levels of ambition and desire.
And some people are way too eager for an assisting hand that becomes a providing hand.
That's what we want to avoid happening.
But, you know, you're unique.
You understand that, don't you?
Yes, thank you very much.
You are unique.
What we want is more people who would look at you as an example and want to try to be like you.
Thank you.
And we would want the opportunity, if they sought to be like you, that they have an opportunity to do that rather than have a bunch of penalties or obstacles placed in their way.
Because not everybody's going to have, I mean, you've written two books at age 18.
That's unique.
What are the titles of your books?
Oh, Bonded at the Seams, Baseball in Our Lives, and Youthful Experience the Baseball Way.
I'm a big Yankee nut, so I've actually memorized every statistic.
Have you?
Uh-huh.
Then why'd you publish the book if you memorized every statistic?
Well, I just love baseball history so much.
My grandfather taught it to me, war veteran, and I just love the history of the game.
So you can never envision yourself outgrowing your love for baseball, right?
Never.
Ever.
Never, ever.
Without baseball, there is no passion in my heart.
Fascinating.
So what do you want to do?
Do you want to work in baseball?
Ideally, I'd love to work at the Yes Network for the Yankees, but I just love baseball so much.
Any journalism field I would love to work in.
You just want to get as close to it as you can?
Exactly.
That's just my dream, and I know I'll make it a reality.
Major league, minor league, does it matter?
Is your aspiration?
Ideally, I'd love the major league, but the game of baseball is just so fruitful in this country, and I'll do anything I can to make it a reality.
So are you interested in marketing, for example?
Like the business side of baseball.
I'm all my book and stuff.
But yeah, I'm interested in any aspect of the game.
Okay, but ideally, you'd be on a baseball side.
You'd be doing scouting, general manager, player personnel, that kind of stuff.
You bet.
You want to manage?
I mean, you want to put on the uniform?
If they gave me a shot to manage, I definitely would.
Yeah.
Okay, well, you've got it.
You've got to pick.
Do you play?
Are you any good?
When I played when I was younger, I was pretty good defensively at first base, caught a lot of line drives, made double plays from My knees went behind the bag a couple of times.
It was a lot of fun.
Can you hit the slider?
Can most people hit the slider?
That's why Alex Rodriguez gets $250 million.
He hit slider.
Well, he can't hit it right now, unfortunately.
I remember when my big there was a big press report, the current contract that I have, the partnership deal I have, was announced.
There was this exorbitant figure, and my buddy George Brett from the Kansas City Royals sent me, you know, so when did you learn to hit the slider?
Nobody makes that kind of money unless they can hit a slider.
That was his joke.
Well, look, I hope you never lose your passion.
And I hope you're able to get as close to the game as you want.
And I hope that when you do, you don't lose your passion for it.
Thank you so much, Ross.
All right.
It's an honor to talk to you.
Thanks for the call, sir.
We'll be back after this.
Don't go away.
Meeting and surpassing all audience expectations every day.
Rush Limbaugh Open Line Friday.
More unemployment news.
This is just astounding.
The U6 number, that's the 8.3% number, that's government category U3.
The U6 number that's never reported but always, well, the media doesn't report it.
It's always reported by the government.
Consists of people who are looking for a job and can't find one and adds to that the number of people who've given up looking after 99 weeks.
Their unemployment benefits have run out, essentially.
That number is the real unemployment number, and that number is between 15 and 17 percent nationwide.
15 percent.
If you count the number of people who've given up looking, the only reason they're not counted on the unemployment rolls is because they're not looking anymore.
How senseless is that?
But if you go to the election battleground states, in Florida, the U6 number is 17%.
In Ohio and Pennsylvania, the U6 number is around 14%.
Actual percentage of people not working, whether they're looking for a job or not.
Now, those three states are considered toss-up battleground states.
And we're supposed to believe that Obama's ahead in those states.
Oh, yeah, the Quinnope Act poll.
CBS, New York Times, Quinnipee.
Obama's way ahead in those states.
Oh, there's no—and we can't refute the numbers simply because of the sample.
No, no, no.
We've got to accept it.
It's probably right.
That's what our polling experts are now telling us, folks.
Even though the Democrats are oversampled by 11% in that poll.
Well, that doesn't really matter, Rush, when you get into the internals.
Doesn't really matter.
It's looking bad, oh, Russ.
It's really looking bad.
Romney's losing ground, losing approval.
I've actually, I printed this story out from a blog last night because it so infuriated me.
And I thought, you know what?
I'm not going to share it with the audience.
I'm not going to.
This thing ticked me off like I can't believe it.
I said, I'm not going to tell you about it because I don't want you getting ticked off because I think it's bogus.
And I just ended up telling you.
But in these three battleground states where the Quinnope Act, New York Times says Obama's way ahead and Romney doesn't even have a chance anymore.
Ohio, well, it's not that he doesn't have a chance, but it's going to be really hard to make up the ground.
17% real unemployment in Pennsylvania, and Romney doesn't have a chance.
What kind of idiots do they think we are?
Feel like the guy trying to sell me the LTE booster and repeater is doing polls now or analyzing them.
Who's next?
Gail in Chicago.
Welcome to the program.
Great to have you here.
Yeah.
Hi, this is Gail outside of Chicago in Elgin.
I'm in the land of corruption.
I just want to tell you I'm honored to be on your show.
I love it.
My husband is the one who got me listening to you.
I thank you for your supportive woman.
I'm an independent voter, and I love your show, and you give me hope.
Thank you very much.
I want to ask if you consider yourself a hard-working American.
Do I consider myself a hard-working American?
Yes, I know you're rich, but I wondered, and I know you make over $250,000, but I don't know if you feel like you work hard.
I love this.
I'm being set up here.
I'm not being set up.
I know you're going somewhere.
I'm trying to figure out where you're going.
And see, I've only got 15 seconds.
I thought I was going to try to squeeze your call in in a minute and a half, but I'm obviously.
Yesterday I was listening to a replay of Obama's assault on Romney.
Don't get started because we don't have time to finish it.
Now, can you hang on for, or if you can't hang on, can you give us your number so we call you back when we're ready to continue with you?
Yes, 847.
No, no, no, no, no.
No, no, no.
Don't do it.
You'll have liberals calling you and you'll have to start shouting Chick-fil-A at them.
No, don't, hang on.
All right.
We'll be back after this.
Don't, don't.
Go away.
So, do I consider myself a hard-working American?
Hmm.
See, yeah, I mean, I work really hard, but it doesn't feel like it because I love it.
And nobody ever sees me work, so nobody really knows.
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