RUSH: Here is Lance, El Paso, Texas, you're up first today on Open Line Friday. Great to have you with us, sir.CALLER: Mr. Limbaugh, how are you?RUSH: Just fine, sir.CALLER: I’ve listened to you since September 11th, and I find that I almost always agree with you. I'd say I only disagree with you about 1.5% of the time coincidentally enough. But the reason I'm calling today, sir, is I wanted to get your thoughts regarding what LaDainian Tomlinson had to say about Bill Belichick this past week.RUSH:...

RUSH: Let's see. You've heard about the no-spank bill in California? You heard about this? Yeah, it could be a crime to spank your kids ever. Yeah. Schwarzenegger supports it. Well, he's open to the idea. By the way, have you heard what Schwarzenegger is saying about his plan to raise taxes in California to pay for all this stuff, the health care, he's calling it a "loan". He's trying to avoid the same pitfall that happened to Bush 41 when he reneged on his "no new taxes" pledge. He's calling...

RUSH: Here is Lance, El Paso, Texas, you're up first today on Open Line Friday. Great to have you with us, sir.CALLER: Mr. Limbaugh, how are you?RUSH: Just fine, sir.CALLER: I’ve listened to you since September 11th, and I find that I almost always agree with you. I'd say I only disagree with you about 1.5% of the time coincidentally enough. But the reason I'm calling today, sir, is I wanted to get your thoughts regarding what LaDainian Tomlinson had to say about Bill Belichick this past week.RUSH:...

RUSH: Now, why am I proud of you people? Yesterday we had the story on this program of somebody I had never heard of until yesterday. That would be Heidi Cullen, the climate specialist at the Weather Channel. Heidi Cullen had said, and either written, posted on her blog or what have you, that all of these local and cable weather forecasters who have been certified by the AMS, the American Meteorological Society, should be decertified if they refuse to accept the proven science of manmade global...

RUSH: Here is Lance, El Paso, Texas, you're up first today on Open Line Friday. Great to have you with us, sir.
CALLER: Mr. Limbaugh, how are you?
RUSH: Just fine, sir.
CALLER: I?ve listened to you since September 11th, and I find that I almost always agree with you. I'd say I only disagree with you about 1.5% of the time coincidentally enough. But the reason I'm calling today, sir, is I wanted to get your thoughts regarding what LaDainian Tomlinson had to say about Bill Belichick...

RUSH: Nancy Pelosi said that she will not block Iraq funding to stop the troop surge. Ditto, See, I Told You So, another one. El Rushbo calling it way, way back, meaningless resolution, nothing more than symbolism. They don't have the guts to cut funding for the soldiers. We gotta keep this one for the archives, too. She was on Good Morning America today. Diane Sawyer said, ?On Iraq, as we sit here right now, 3500 troops are moving in. That's the first of the surge. It's begun. Are you...

RUSH: (story) ?A Las Vegas doctor has been implanting stem cells harvested from placentas into patients with multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy and other diseases in violation of federal law, according to a warning letter released by health officials Thursday. Dr. Alfred Sapse failed to properly obtain, store, test and process the placentas, as well as screen both the suitability of the donors and the patients given the human tissue, according to the Food and Drug Administration letter. At...

RUSH: Another See, I Told You So. You know, folks, I'm right so often it's not as big a thrill as it used to be but there are still those exceptions. Headline, New York Times: ?Mexico City, Cost of Corn Soars, Forcing Mexico to Set Price Limits.? (Laughing.) ?Facing public outrage over the soaring price of tortillas, President Felipe Calder?n abandoned his free-trade principles on Thursday and forced producers to sign an agreement fixing prices for corn products. Skyrocketing prices for corn...

RUSH: Muslims now want a mosque in the football stadium. This is from Little Green Footballs, the blog site. ?Yet another demand from Muslims for special treatment -- special treatment that would be denied to any other religious group: seeking timeout for prayer. As the Ohio State Buckeyes pummeled the Northwestern Wildcats on Ryan Field last November, senior Amir Siddiqui and his friends slipped below the bleachers, removed their shoes and knelt on pieces of poster board to pray. As the sea...

RUSH: Okay, spanking bill in California. ?The state Legislature is about to weigh in on a question that stirs impassioned debate among moms and dads: Should parents spank their children? Assemblywoman Sally Lieber, D-Mountain View, wants to outlaw spanking children up to 3 years old. If she succeeds, California would become the first state in the nation to explicitly ban parents from smacking their kids. ? Making a swat on the behind a misdemeanor might seem a bit much for some ? and the chances...

RUSH: Let's see. You've heard about the no-spank bill in California? You heard about this? Yeah, it could be a crime to spank your kids ever. Yeah. Schwarzenegger supports it. Well, he's open to the idea. By the way, have you heard what Schwarzenegger is saying about his plan to raise taxes in California to pay for all this stuff, the health care, he's calling it a "loan". He's trying to avoid the same pitfall that happened to Bush 41 when he reneged on his "no new taxes" pledge. He's calling...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"My question is, if there's nothing we can do to stop global warming, then how in the world could we be responsible for it? Simple common sense!"
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RUSH: Scott in Charlotte, North Carolina.
CALLER: Yes, sir.
RUSH: Yeah.
CALLER: Mr. Limbaugh, it's good to talk to you, sir.
RUSH: Appreciate that. Thank you.
CALLER: As I was telling Mr. Snerdley, because I consider myself, and a lot of people do, part your extended, extended family.
RUSH: Yes.
CALLER: We hear you talk to Mr. Snerdley and people on the other side of the glass and I hear you talk about your home and, you know, the view you have and I would really love...

RUSH: This is Deb in Coopersville, Michigan. Welcome to the EIB Network.
CALLER: Hi, Rush.
RUSH: Hi.
CALLER: Coopersville is a good place to be. It's pretty cold today, though.
RUSH: Well, it's global warming.
CALLER: Yep, yep.
RUSH: You only think it's cold.
CALLER: Too funny. Hey, we home school four kids and we want to thank you for what you do in helping us teach our kids about political science, the right side of it.
RUSH: You're welcome.
CALLER: My...

As you know, ladies and gentlemen, it was on Wednesday Hillary Clinton appeared on the Today Show. Let me recap my theory for you about it -- because everybody's been trying to figure -- including me, what is this Obama phenomenon? What is it? It came out of the blue. I know there was this speech at the Democrat Party convention, and then he had this best-selling book and so forth. But this goes beyond that. My first theory was that he appears godlike to the godless and to the hopeless and...

RUSH: The Clinton campaign, the Hillary Clinton campaign is raising questions publicly about the Muslim background of Barack Hussein Obama. Now, don't be fooled by this. Folks, I think I figured out what this Obama thing is all about. I mean, this is a pretty good possibility. I haven't nailed this or etched it in stone. It's a pretty good possibility. I think what's happening here is that the Drive-By Media and the Democrats -- basically the media, the Hillary people as well -- are content...

RUSH: Now, why am I proud of you people? Yesterday we had the story on this program of somebody I had never heard of until yesterday. That would be Heidi Cullen, the climate specialist at the Weather Channel. Heidi Cullen had said, and either written, posted on her blog or what have you, that all of these local and cable weather forecasters who have been certified by the AMS, the American Meteorological Society, should be decertified if they refuse to accept the proven science of manmade global...

RUSH: Baltimore, and Nick. Welcome, sir. Glad you waited welcome to the show.
CALLER: Hi, Rush. It's an honor to speak to you.
RUSH: Thank you.
CALLER: You know, I?ve learned more history from you and Bob Grant than my history teachers here at school. I mean, I was pretty much told that Israel is a state sponsor of terror and that they train Muslims. I mean --
RUSH: (Laughing.)
CALLER: That Menachem Begin was the originator of Islamic terrorism.
RUSH: Well, I've heard...

RUSH: Here is Lance, El Paso, Texas, you're up first today on Open Line Friday. Great to have you with us, sir.
CALLER: Mr. Limbaugh, how are you?
RUSH: Just fine, sir.
CALLER: I?ve listened to you since September 11th, and I find that I almost always agree with you. I'd say I only disagree with you about 1.5% of the time coincidentally enough. But the reason I'm calling today, sir, is I wanted to get your thoughts regarding what LaDainian Tomlinson had to say about Bill Belichick...

RUSH: Well, it was on this program, if you listen to this program, by the way, you are on the cutting edge. It was a long time ago, it had to be the early nineties, during the discussions of women in combat in the military, that we came up with the unique idea of the All-American First Cavalry Amazon Battalion, a bunch of combat ready females on PMS, way to go, great tactic. In fact, it might have worked in getting Manuel Noriega out of his hiding place a little sooner than playing rock music...

RUSH: Get this. ?The state chapter of the NAACP on Thursday called on those involved with the Duke lacrosse sexual assault case -- from defense attorneys to state bar association officials -- to stop talking publicly while the state attorney general's office begins its review. 'We sincerely believe that the high level of public scrutiny and controversy involved in this matter is unwarranted and threatens to pervert the truth-finding process,' said the Rev. William Barber, president of the North...

RUSH: Lakewood, California, and Jeff, with me to the program, sir.
CALLER: Rush.
RUSH: Yeah.
CALLER: Former pointy-headed liberal. Now nothing but dittos remain, thanks to you. You know, thanks to global warming I'm in southern California chilling among millions of dollars of frozen citrus. And seriously, I wanted to know what the true scoop is, what your take is on the potential pardon for the Border Patrol agents.
RUSH: Well, I know that earlier this week it looked impossible,...