RUSH: Dave in Gurnee, Illinois, I'm glad you waited, sir. Welcome to the EIB Network.CALLER: Rush?RUSH: Yeah.CALLER: It's an extreme honor to be the first on your program to compliment you on your appearance on Fox's "The 1/2 News Hour" on Sunday night.RUSH: Thank you, sir, very much.CALLER: And although it would be great to have you as president and Ann Coulter as VP, your role as analyst is invaluable to the country, and I would never want you to run for an office because your political...

RUSH: There's an interesting story today, or column. Well, it's a story. It's in the New York Sun. It's by Alicia Colon, and it's entitled, "Heroes and Cowards." But here's the interesting paragraph. “The total military dead in the Iraq war between 2003 and this month stands at about 3,133. This is tragic, as are all deaths due to war, and we are facing a cowardly enemy unlike any other in our past that hides behind innocent citizens. Each death is blazoned in the headlines of newspapers...

RUSH: Los Angeles Times had an interesting piece on the 19th. This is yesterday, by Louis Chude-Sokei, and it's a hyphenated name and I don't know if I'm pronouncing it right. It's titled, ?Redefining Black,? and centers upon the question of Barack Obama's relative blackness. Now, the main point according to this guy is that Obama is not black enough to get the support of the standing black American leadership because of his white Hawaiian African heritage. By the way, this is key, and Warner...

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RUSH: Los Angeles Times had an interesting piece on the 19th. This is yesterday, by Louis Chude-Sokei, and it's a hyphenated name and I don't know if I'm pronouncing it right. It's titled, ?Redefining Black,? and centers upon the question of Barack Obama's relative blackness. Now, the main point according to this guy is that Obama is not black enough to get the support of the standing black American leadership because of his white Hawaiian African heritage. By the way, this is key, and Warner...

RUSH: In Austin, Texas, last week, ?Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs lambasted teacher unions Friday, claiming no amount of technology in the classroom would improve public schools until principals could fire bad teachers.? Now, he said this no doubt in response to the school districts and the teachers, a whole bunch of people are crying and moaning to computer companies, ?Give us computers! Give us computers so our students can learn!? Jobs is in the business of selling computers, and iPhones and iPods...

RUSH: (story) ?Immigrant-rights activists yesterday renewed their push to allow legal noncitizens to vote in the Big Apple. A bill that would grant permanent residents and other legal immigrants the right to vote in municipal elections has been stalled in the City Council since last year.? A related story. ?Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is touting congressional Democrats' push to make college more affordable for young people, including those without legal residency. ? In a news conference...

RUSH: Here's a story from a couple of days ago, New York Times, ?Clinton Gives War Critics New Answer on ?02 Vote.? I talked about this in the first hour. ?One of the most important decisions that Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton made about her bid for the presidency came late last year when she ended a debate in her camp over whether she should repudiate her 2002 vote authorizing military action in Iraq. Several advisers, friends and donors said in interviews that they had urged her to call her...

RUSH: Jack in Wimberley, Texas, welcome to the EIB Network, sir. Nice to have you with us.
CALLER: Thank you, Rush. You're my leader, my mentor, and you know a lot about a lot of things, but you don't know the Prius automobile.
RUSH: Well, I don't know the Prius automobile. I've never met one.
CALLER: Have you ever even --
RUSH: -- Jetsonsmobiles that don't fly, but other than that, I've never driven one.
CALLER: That's what I figured by the way you talk. I heard you say...

RUSH: There's an interesting story today, or column. Well, it's a story. It's in the New York Sun. It's by Alicia Colon, and it's entitled, "Heroes and Cowards." But here's the interesting paragraph. ?The total military dead in the Iraq war between 2003 and this month stands at about 3,133. This is tragic, as are all deaths due to war, and we are facing a cowardly enemy unlike any other in our past that hides behind innocent citizens. Each death is blazoned in the headlines of newspapers and...

RUSH: Dave in Gurnee, Illinois, I'm glad you waited, sir. Welcome to the EIB Network.
CALLER: Rush?
RUSH: Yeah.
CALLER: It's an extreme honor to be the first on your program to compliment you on your appearance on Fox's "The 1/2 News Hour" on Sunday night.
RUSH: Thank you, sir, very much.

CALLER: And although it would be great to have you as president and Ann Coulter as VP, your role as analyst is invaluable to the country, and I would never want you to run for an office...

RUSH: Now, why do I say that the story in the BBC yesterday, "US-Iran Attack Plans Revealed," was planted by the administration? Well, for a host of reasons, but among them is this. There's another BBC news story today, "Tehran Alarm Over US Tough Talk. -- What will alarm Tehran about the latest details of US military planning for a strike on Iran is the fact that there are now two possible triggers for an attack. One is, as expected, the nuclear programme. But the new one is any major attack...

RUSH: Greetings to you, music lovers, thrill-seekers, conversationalists, and devotees of controversy, Rush Limbaugh back, firmly planted in the prestigious Attila the Hun chair here at the Limbaugh Institute for Advanced Conservative Studies. A shortened week because of the Presidents Day holiday yesterday. But nevertheless, we've got lots to do, lots of stuff has been building up since I was last with you on Thursday. And remember when I was last with you on Thursday, I was finding it difficult...