RUSH: Snerdley and I were discussing the NFL playoffs at the break here at the top of the hour. I asked him what he thought of his Cowboys backing in, sneaking in, and he says, "Ah, it doesn't look too good."I don't know. If Parcells can get the quarterback's head turned around... Parcells says their quarterback there, Tony Romo, has an overconfidence program. He's gotta rein him in. Seattle has a porous secondary. The Cowboy's Terrell Owens and Terry Glenn could have a field day. You never know...

RUSH:"Iraq's Shiite-led government said Tuesday that it had ordered an investigation into the abusive behavior at the execution of Saddam Hussein, who was subjected to taunts by official Shiite witnesses and guards as he stood at the gallows. Officials said a three-man Interior Ministry committee will look into the scenes that have drawn outrage and public demonstrations among Mr. Hussein's Sunni Arab loyalists in Iraq and widespread dismay elsewhere, especially in the Middle East. In an unofficial...

What's Wrong With Cinderella?
By PEGGY ORENSTEIN
The New York Times
12/26/2006
I finally came unhinged in the dentist's office ? one of those ritzy pediatric practices tricked out with comic books, DVDs and arcade games ? where I'd taken my 3-year-old daughter for her first exam. Until then, I'd held my tongue. I'd smiled politely every time the supermarket-checkout clerk greeted her with "Hi, Princess"; ignored the waitress at our local breakfast joint who called the funny-face pancakes...

RUSH: AP: Female Speaker at a Glance: "A Look at some milestones for women in US politics," starting in 1916, all the way to Pelosi becoming the first female speaker of the House, became the first woman to head her party. You got Sandra Day O'Connor in there, Geraldine Ferraro, Senator Hattie Wyatt Caraway (D-AR), appointed to the Senate to succeed her deceased husband. Representative Ella Nolan (R-CA), first woman to chair a congressional committee, all these, but there are a lot of women left...

RUSH: I walked out of the broadcast complex here of the studio, and went back to Snerdley's little cubbyhole office. He always has C-SPAN on back there, and I walked in, and, of course, we know that Nancy Pelosi and her Democrats take over tomorrow, officially, but the way it's being reported on it's happening today. So that is the coverage of the news, is the Democrats take over and Pelosi this, Pelosi that. David Broder, columnist for the Washington Post is on television, I looked at Snerdley,...

RUSH: A couple of more little things about Obama, Barack Obama, and those of you on the phone, there's not enough time to get into a call here before we go to the break. Be patient. We'll get to all of you when we come back. The Washington Post has a story today: "Effect of Obama's Candor Remains to be Seen -- Obama's revelations in his book were not an issue during his Senate campaign two years ago, but now that his open narrative of early bad choices, including drug use starting in high school...

All right, let's go to the audio sound bites. This is a hoot. CNN puts up this giant graphic when they're doing a story on "The hunt for Osama bin Laden." They put up a giant graphic, and the graphic says, "Where's Obama?" It happened while Wolf Blitzer was making the announcement.
BLITZER: Plus, a new year, but the same mission. Will 2007 bring any new changes in the hunt for Osama bin Laden?
RUSH: And of course the graphic said, "Where's Obama?", and it had a picture of bin Laden...

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. George, you're next on the Rush Limbaugh program. Hello.
CALLER: Hi, Rush. What a thrill. Have you noticed that dead Republicans do the best interviews, according to the drive-by?
RUSH: Yeah, Bill Casey on his death bed talking to, when he's in a coma, talked to Bob Woodward.
CALLER: Exactly. But you know, it's like having a political cartoon. You can make these characters say things that they would never say in real life. And the interviewers go on the...

RUSH: (story) "Iraq's Shiite-led government said Tuesday that it had ordered an investigation into the abusive behavior at the execution of Saddam Hussein, who was subjected to taunts by official Shiite witnesses and guards as he stood at the gallows. Officials said a three-man Interior Ministry committee will look into the scenes that have drawn outrage and public demonstrations among Mr. Hussein's Sunni Arab loyalists in Iraq and widespread dismay elsewhere, especially in the Middle East. In...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"I'm an expert on a lot of things, but I'm not going there. I couldn't dare speculate on the happiness of women based on doing housework."
"I am not being paid for these movie reviews. I make so much money, they couldn't pay me enough to make it matter. I mean, I don't need ten and twenty-dollar bills in my pocket -- they're problematic."
"It's a good point: if you're a Republican and you want media respect, die. Now they're...

RUSH: We had the Breck Girl announce his candidacy for the presidency, the Democratic presidential nomination down in New Orleans. They set the stage well with all the ruins in New Orleans with the Breck Girl.
Now, what a stunt that was. Why was he holding the shovel? Was he holding the shovel to clear up the mud or to clear up the words that came out of his mouth in the process of his announcement? The thing that's exciting to me about this is that it introduces a new potential great sport....

RUSH: Jeff in Cleveland. I'm glad you waited, sir. I appreciate your patience and welcome to the program.
CALLER: Truthfully we need to win the peace, because if you don't win the peace, well, what do you -- what's going to happen? Many wars get fought --
RUSH: Wait, wait, wait, wait. Are we talking about the House of Representatives --
CALLER: No, talk about the big thing here, you know, the Doomsday Clock that's seven minutes to midnight.
RUSH: Really, yeah, I forgot it about...

RUSH: Snerdley and I were discussing the NFL playoffs at the break here at the top of the hour. I asked him what he thought of his Cowboys backing in, sneaking in, and he says, "Ah, it doesn't look too good."
I don't know. If Parcells can get the quarterback's head turned around... Parcells says their quarterback there, Tony Romo, has an overconfidence program. He's gotta rein him in. Seattle has a porous secondary. The Cowboy's Terrell Owens and Terry Glenn could have a field day. You never...

RUSH: I knew I was right all along, which is why I never felt the need to apologize. How about this headline: "Science Told: Keep Your Hands Off Gay Sheep." Yes, this is from the UK Times. "Scientists are conducting experiments to change the sexuality of 'gay? sheep in a programme that critics fear could pave the way for breeding out homosexuality in humans. The technique being developed by American researchers adjusts the hormonal balance in the brains of homosexual rams so that they are...

RUSH: This is amazing. Here's Oprah Winfrey. The Drive-Bys, I'm sure you've all seen this now, reporting that the Oprah donated 40 million to build a school in South Africa for a small and select group of impoverished girls. Most of the Drive-By Media, however, did not make the connection with this quote from an interview that Oprah did in Newsweek. This was on American schools. She said, quote, "I became so frustrated with visiting inner city schools, I just stopped going. The sense that you...

RUSH: I want to go back to December 22nd. This story came out after the last broadcast of the year. The twenty-second was when I left for vacation. It came out that night, posted at 9:18 Eastern Time: " Brodhead Calls for Nifong to Step Down as Prosecutor -- In response to Mike Nifong's decision Friday to drop charges of rape in the Duke lacrosse case, Duke president Richard Brodhead questioned Nifong's conduct and called for the DA to relieve himself of his duties in the case." I thought, well...

RUSH: This is Jason in New Braunfels, Texas. You're next, sir. I appreciate your patience. Welcome to the EIB Network.
CALLER: Hi, Rush. Happy New Year to you.
RUSH: Same to you, sir.
CALLER: I've always thought something. I wanted to ask you this question. You were talking about toughness in the first hour, and I knew when people didn't flock out to see the movie about United 93 that we were going to lose the election in November, for many of the same reasons you outlined, just...