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May 2, 2013 - Rush Limbaugh Program
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May 2, 2013, Thursday, Hour #3
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Have you guys looked outside lately?
It is almost dark as night out there.
It raining pretty hard, but it is almost dark as night outside.
I love it.
I love stormy weather.
I love global warming.
I love all of this stuff.
Greetings and welcome back, folks.
It's great to have you, Rush Limbaugh, the Limbaugh Institute for Advanced Conservative Studies.
The largest free education institution known to exist in the free or oppressed world.
There are no graduates.
There are no degrees because the learning never stops.
By the way, this spring, 2013, has been the second coldest spring in the entire history of the United States, second only to 1975.
And interestingly, 1975 was the beginning of the global warming or the global cooling panic, by the way.
As recently as 1979, Newsweek had a cover story on the coming ice age.
Second coldest spring in the entire history of the United States.
It only stands to reason that two days ago, Al Gore with a major speech at the Milken Global Conference on global warming.
This new eating disorder, it's called orthorexia.
And I'll spell it for you.
O-R-T-H-O-R.
Exia, E-X-I-A, orthorexia.
This is the time of year when many people are excited to get in shape and eat healthier.
The problem is, many people are going too far.
A dangerous phenomenon called orthorexia is becoming more prevalent.
Now, staying healthy means following a balanced diet.
A growing number of people, however, are eliminating entire food groups because they've been told nothing but negative things about them.
So people are eliminating dairy, eggs, meats, grains, and fats.
In other words, everybody that's following all of this is becoming a vegetarian and they're losing their health.
This is a CBS story out of Boston, by the way.
Boston University nutritionist Gene Culbert defines orthorexia this way.
What it essentially means is that somebody is obsessed with eating only healthy food that they consider to be pure.
The problem is, according to Gene Culbert, is that our bodies need those so-called bad foods.
You need fat.
Fat helps to absorb fat-soluble vitamins like A, D, E, and K.
It also helps us absorb phytochemicals in fruits and vegetables.
Whole grains have been shown to be heart healthy.
Dairy is a great source of protein, great source of calcium, vitamin D.
But when you're no longer able to enjoy any of the foods you once did and you're no longer able to participate in a family meal or going out with a friend, you've got a problem.
Orthorexia.
You know where this comes from?
Years and years and years of these wacko leftist groups like Center for Science and the Public Interest telling you, don't eat that, you'll die.
Don't eat that, you'll die.
Don't eat that, you'll die.
They're not the only group.
And then it spreads.
Then you hear it from your friend.
You never heard of Center for the Science Public Interest, but you heard it on TV that eggs have cholesterol and you could die 20 years in advance of what you should.
Because, well, I'm not going to eat eggs.
And you tell somebody, and the word spreads.
And so, orthorexia is the new term for explaining this, as opposed to what was the otherxia snurdy?
What is that?
Anorexia, where you don't eat anything.
Orthorexia is where you eat and you lose your health and your life gradually.
Anorexia is when it can happen quickly.
And it does.
It leads to vegetarianism.
That's what people end up eliminating: dairy, eggs, meat, grain, fat.
They're told all those things are horrible.
They're told all those things are dangerous.
All those things are unhealthy.
All those things have cholesterol.
All those things lead to heart attack, stroke.
Who knows whatever else?
And so people curtail eating those things.
Back to the audio sound bites.
Yesterday, we had the story that men, in the presence of women they find beautiful, attractive, literally wilt.
They lose all rationality.
They do things that they wouldn't otherwise do.
They say things they would never otherwise say.
Something about the effect of a woman a man just thinks is beautiful will just send him loco.
The story said that there is a cure for this.
It's basically an antibiotic, a derivative of tetracycline.
If you take tetracycline, you can ward off this danger that happens to men when they're in the presence of a woman they think just knockout gorgeous.
Because what tetracycline does, minocycline, which is the derivative, what it does is keeps your reasoning ability up.
That's what men lose in the presence of beautiful women, the ability to reason.
And I made the observation that had we known this back in the late 60s, we could have given everybody tetracycline and we would not have needed feminism.
Because after all, what is feminism?
Undeniable truth of life number 24 at its root level.
Take the politics out of it.
Obviously, feminism is a leftist, activist thing, movement.
But what is it that inspired the early feminazis to get all bent out of shape?
Undeniable truth of life number 24.
Feminism was established so as to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream.
Well, with that in mind, we now go back to the audio sound bites and the Today show today.
Matt Wauer interviewed the man who carjacked, was carjacked by the Sunayev brothers.
Now, the guy who was carjacked is keeping his identity a secret and going by the nickname Danny.
And during a discussion about his kidnapping and his subsequent escape, Matt Wauer and Danny had this little chat.
During this time, you thought about a young lady.
Yeah, I didn't know that well.
I thought about a girl in New York.
Why did you think about her?
Actually, I must say, I like her.
And I think that'll give me encouragement.
I want to see her again.
That's what I was thinking.
We have found evidence in this seemingly irrelevant soundbite that perhaps an attraction to women does not always impede a man's mental abilities.
Actually, it can save lives.
This guy, Danny, said that during the time of the hijacking, he thought about this young lady.
He thought about a girl in New York that he likes.
Thinking about her gave him encouragement.
He wanted to see her again.
He wanted to live.
That's what he was thinking.
It's a good thing this guy was not taking tetracycline.
So Matt Wauer, after hearing this, had this to say.
Have you had the chance to tell her that since this ordeal ended?
I thought of her.
I thought of her.
How'd she feel about that?
She feel, you know, she feels it's unbelievable.
Oh, my God.
And she said she's a prodo me.
Yeah.
My God, you used me to stay alive.
You thought about me.
I was your guidance.
She was just blown away by that.
So, and there are no tetracycline involved here.
So, in this one instance, we've kind of blown the theory sky high.
Yesterday afternoon in Boston, Robert Stahl, the attorney for one of the newly arrested suspects in the Boston bombing case, held a press conference.
And during the QA, a reporter said he didn't take the fireworks and the knapsack to the dump.
Mr. Khadrabayev told the FBI about that.
He did not know that those items were involved in a bombing or of any interest in a bombing or any evidential value.
So that's all we have to say on that.
So that's why he threw it all away.
He threw away the evidence.
Oh, Brund had no idea any of that stuff was going to be used or had been used in a bombing.
So they asked Rudy about this yesterday afternoon on Neil Cavuto on Fox.
And Cavuto basically said, Rudy, help me out with this.
A couple of days after a bombing like this, somebody wants you to throw a knapsack in the river.
Yeah, I mean, but he's not drawing any connection.
These guys are college students.
All right, so they're as shocked as they are.
You don't think it'd be suspicious if a mile away from where the bombing took place, two guys who come from Dagestan tell you, hey, I got to get rid of some stuff in my apartment.
So Rudy's saying, you know, the lawyer, not quite credible here, was asking us to believe a lot.
Say, folks, here is a poll.
Guarantee you, this poll is going to be ignored.
It is a poll.
I just saw this in the Associated Press.
Very simply, four out of five Americans do not think the Washington Redskins ought to change the name of the team.
That's 80%.
The media, the sports media, not going to be happy.
RG3 will be happy.
Dan Snyder owns the Redskins will be happy.
Dwight Scharr also owns part of the Redskins.
Be happy.
80% of Americans do not think the Redskins.
So are you people on the left now prepared to say 80% of America is a bunch of racist pigs?
Probably so.
Scott, Jacksonville, Florida.
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Thank you, sir, very much.
I had two questions for you.
Number one, why is Planned Parenthood supporting the Plan B pill in the first place?
Won't it cut down on abortions?
Well, great question.
You want to try taking a stab at answering it yourself?
That's a good response.
The reason why I think they are because Planned Parenthood is now coming out there mad at the Obama administration for doing away with it.
So they're playing it both ways.
Well, that could be.
But what does Planned Parenthood stand for?
Abortion.
Women aborting babies.
However they do it.
However they do it, other than the back alley.
However, they do it.
So if it's the morning, the thing is that the morning after birth control pill at age 15 conditions women that this is no big deal.
Planned parenthood would have to support.
Look at liberals are liberals first.
Abortion is the sacrament.
If you look at liberalism as a religion, abortion is the sacrament.
So whatever moves the agenda forward is okay.
And this moves the agenda forward.
The agenda forward is women having abortion whenever, however.
That is how a woman proclaims her independence.
It's how a woman proclaims her freedom.
It is true that the Plan B morning after pill will impact the Planned Parenthood bottom line.
So it just means that they'll go into the manufacturing business.
Or they'll invest in the farm.
I don't know.
It's a great question, but the answer is: A, what's the objective?
Abortions.
Now, I know there are people in this audience who cannot possibly think I really mean that.
Folks, not only do I really mean it, it's true.
Don't blame me if you can't get your arms around that.
There are over a million abortions a year.
Planned Parenthood supports them, performs them.
It's not even controversial to say that when Planned Parenthood is about is abortions and as many as possible.
It might sound what?
What?
They knew that Planned Parenthood knew what was going on in Gosnell's horror house and would not condemn it.
It was up to the victims to report it.
And if the victims didn't report it, no harm, no crime, no foul.
If the victims didn't report, that was the Planned Parenthood position.
If the victims didn't report it, no big deal.
They can't condemn it.
If you stand for something, it's got that you have to support it wherever and whenever.
And abortion is not some incidental thing that happened to them.
It is their reason for existence.
Planned Parenthood.
I was thinking about this.
When I first heard of Planned Parenthood, to show you how the left uses the language, when I first heard of Planned Parenthood, I thought it was exactly what Planned Parenthood.
I thought that, and I was very young, teens, early 20s, I thought you went to Planned Parenthood and they would help you plan your family.
Help you deal with the economics of it and raise.
That's what I thought they did.
Planned Parenthood.
That's not at all what they do.
They want people to think that.
So when somebody like me comes along and points out what they really, no, no, no, that can't.
Some people don't even want to conceive that that's what they do, but it is.
This is the cross that I bear.
Bringing the truth to people that they may not want to hear, therefore it makes me divisive.
Back in just a second.
Okay, one more time.
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Okay, here's David in Greenville, South Carolina.
Hi, great to have you on the program.
Hello.
Hey, Brush, it's an honor to speak to you, sir.
Thank you very much, sir.
I'm calling you today because I went on hold a little while back, but since then, it was about 1:15 today.
I lost my job due to the health care reform, the thing that you've been warning everyone about.
It's not going to just be hours being cut.
I actually lost my job today because of this.
Your listeners really need to pay attention to you.
Wait a minute.
You lost your.
At 1.15 today, you were told you were out of your job?
Yes, sir.
Did he tell you why?
Yes, sir, he did.
Keep in mind, this is a gentleman that I fought side by side with in Iraq and Afghanistan.
We started this company a year ago together.
And he told me, I was actually off of work today.
My little girl was born about a month ago, and I'm still home with my wife.
He called me into work today, and he told me, Look, I understand that you need a job.
I'm going to try to help you, maybe, to find another one.
And keeping in mind that he wasn't even a Republican when we started this company.
It's because of me and because I turned him onto your program that he became aware and his knowledge was expanded because I let him in the know of Rush.
Listen to Russ.
He's going to tell you about what's going on.
You don't need to vote this guy into office.
He did it anyway.
Now he's regretting it.
And now he came to me earlier about 1:15 this afternoon and said, Look, man, David didn't try to cut my losses now.
David, wait a minute.
This is upsetting.
He was pained at having to do this.
He was upset having to do this.
He sounds like he was upset about doing it, but he sounds like he was making an informed decision, which I can't really fault him for.
But what he said when he came to me was, I know I can't pay you much right now, and I know I'm not paying you well enough for you to have to get health insurance, but you're going to have to either get it by yourself or you're going to, I'm going to have to let you go, one or the other.
Why?
Because he couldn't afford to keep you employed and provide you health insurance under the law that is being implemented.
Exactly.
And he said, I'm going to have to let you go.
I can't afford to pay you enough to go out and get your own health insurance for you and your family.
I'm going to have to let you go because it's going to be even more expensive to keep you on.
How many people work at this company?
Six.
Now five.
Wow.
Wow, what?
I was the one that helped him start it after we came home.
And this is.
And I must ask you a question, and please don't be offended by the question, okay?
I just, I have to, because you sound as honest as the day is long, but I have to, anybody can call here and say anything.
Do you think that's the real reason he fired you?
Or is there could have been some other reason?
And he just is falling back on that.
There could be no other reason, sir.
Me and him were Marines together.
We worked hard together.
I put my money and my blood and my sweat into this company.
I'm not sure if he let anyone else go today either, but I know he did let me go, and this is the reason that he gave me.
And I think it's sad that the rest of the country is not paying attention to what the president they voted into office is doing.
It's not just going to be your hours.
Eventually, your employers are going to get to the point to where they're saying it's going to be cheaper to let you go than to even keep you here part-time.
So, your boss did not want to provide you with insurance, and he couldn't afford to pay the penalty of not providing you insurance, right?
Yes, sir.
That is exactly what he told me today at 1:15 this afternoon.
Now, are you vested?
Were you just a straight employee?
You said you started a company with him.
Did you own part of this company, or are you just an employee?
I don't own part of the company, but I did give him money when he was having a hard time.
Man, I gave him money out of something called a TSP, which is a thrift savings program, which the military provides, that I had and I was putting money into while I was overseas.
I provided him money out of that and said, Hey, man, you just provide me a job.
I'll give you some money to go towards your company.
Man, I thought Obamacare didn't affect people jobs, businesses under 30 or 50 employees, 50 employees.
But obviously, this guy is under the impression that he can't afford you anymore because of health care.
Which is probably true.
It's so people get it as a benefit.
They really don't know what it costs.
I know healthcare premiums are skyrocketing no matter how many employees you have.
The premiums are skyrocketing, whether Obamacare exists or not.
Well, this is terrible.
What kind of work were you doing?
I worked with industrial compressors, the ones that you go into to get your tire change at Firestone, the pneumatic drill that you hear, those work off of $30,000 and $40,000 air compressors.
I was the service coordinator.
I knew those things inside and out.
I thought I was a value and an asset to the company.
You probably were.
You're not going to be the only one, but that doesn't help you.
No, it doesn't.
But we'll make away.
I have to do something here.
I don't know what it would be, but I want to send you something that you might be able to use down there.
Would an iPad be of any assistance?
Even if it's just for fun, would an iPad be assistance to you?
It'd be something my wife can poke on while she's at home where I should tell you the truth instead of poking at me.
All right, well, look, hang on here.
I'll get your address.
Snerdley will get your address, and we'll send you an iPad, iPad 4.
And I'm going to throw in a couple of my new tumblers from TI2F by T just for the heck of it, too.
So hang on, David.
I appreciate the call.
Sad to hear the details.
Now, don't go away because Snerdley's going to get your address for us to send this stuff.
We're under the belief here that it's 50 employees.
Well, yeah, it's part, it's 50 employees in 30 hours.
That's what it is.
Well, a lot of it doesn't implement until 2014, but it's the companies are exempt with people that work under 30 hours or fewer than 50.
But I guess in this case, it's just the cost of the premiums.
It has to be that Resulted in this.
But that's, folks, this is happening all over the country.
And it has been.
This kind of thing has been happening all over the country since 2009.
Actually, started the big increase in unemployment started in November 2008, really right after the election.
That's where the numbers began to balloon.
Really did.
And it's not changed at all.
Jim in Manassas, Virginia.
You are next on the EIB network.
Hello, sir.
Rush, it's great to talk to you.
I just want to let you know this Benghazi thing has really roiled me, and the cover-up that's ongoing is monstrous.
This is unprecedented.
I worked in the White House situation room under three presidents, Nixon, Carter, and Reagan.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
How does that happen?
You couldn't have been a political appointee then.
You had to be career.
I was an intelligence officer.
Okay, okay.
And no president would have summarily gone to bed after having been told by a Secretary of Defense that an ambassador was missing and under attack and that people were being killed.
There's no way.
Well, that's Carter.
Jim, that's the thing.
We don't know that he went to bed, but from 5 o'clock until 3 the next morning or four, he's off the grid.
Nobody knows where he went.
He told Hillary and Leon Panetta, you guys deal with it, whatever you need to do.
But the consulate and the ambassador under assault, under military attack, and nobody knows where he went.
Well, the thing is, the three principals didn't even talk to each other, Hillary or Panetta or Obama.
I mean, this is outrageous.
Given the kind of activity that's available in the situation room, I worked there decades ago, but you can imagine what it is now.
And, you know, it is just, they have their finger on the pulse of everything everywhere.
Jim, get over it.
It happened eight months ago.
No, but these men, their lives were snuffed out.
They could have been helped and saved.
And this man, this president, and Panetta and Hillary turned their backs on them.
You know, it looks that way.
That's the thing.
It looks that.
Then they blame it on the video.
And they treated this incident as though it's akin to the cost of doing business.
Well, if you're going to have a concert, it's going to sometimes come under attack when somebody does a video.
It's going to happen.
If it's ever learned that he was out shooting hoops in the White House gym, if it is ever.
I don't know.
No, no, no.
I don't know that that's what was going on.
Nope.
Well, if the attention continues to be ratcheted up on this, and then in context, yeah, he was out playing basketball.
Yeah, low-information voters would care about that.
If just out of the blue, he's playing basketball and the thing happened seven months ago.
If that's all that's known about it, no, it wouldn't have any impact on him at all.
But it's going to be hard for the media to defend, though, to hell with a low-information voter.
If that's ever learned, it'd be tough for Cokie Roberts to broke out and go on TV.
Well, we totally understand.
I've got to play hoops.
Get ready for your brackets or whatever the hell.
That's going to be a hard thing to defend.
Cheryl Atkinson, CBS News.
She's been one of the few drive-by reporters pursuing the Benghazi story.
And she said yesterday that she feels alone pursuing it.
She really has been.
She's really been the lone wolf pursuing Benghazi, but it's continuing to unfold.
It really has.
Okay, folks, that's it.
That's it.
I'm going to go pour an adult beverage in my new tumbler with the Rush Revere on one side and the revered Rush on the other.
And we'll see you tomorrow.
Well, not an adult beverage now, maybe in a few hours, but whatever.
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