RUSH:Yes, a one-on-one interview today on the Today Show.Arnold is appearing on the Today show a lot lately, and every time he appears on the Today Show, he's asked about me!Every time he's on the Today show, whoever it is -- Matt Lauer, today it was Campbell Brown, it could be Meredith Vieira, it could even could be Al Joker out there doing the weather at 30 Rock -- they throw something up at Arnold that I have said recently, and it happened today. He called me "irrelevant."He said he's "not...

RUSH: Andrew in my adopted hometown of Sacramento, California. Hi, Andrew. CALLER: Hey, Rush! Dittos.RUSH: Thank you, sir.CALLER: I go back to listening to you and your Diet for Peace.RUSH: The Diet for Peace! Tell me, do you remember what the objective of the Diet for Peace was?CALLER: I don't. It's kind of vague. We caught you on taped replay.RUSH: Let me tell you what it was. I had toured an Air Force Base (I forget the name of it) in Kansas, and they had a bunch of B-2 bombers...

RUSH: Susan in Alamo, California, calling back to again apologize, are you?CALLER: No, I'm just calling back because I'm a little disappointed in you, Rush, for just sitting back taking Arnold's insult that you're irrelevant. You are the father of conservatism. How can you sit back and let him say you're irrelevant when it was you that helped Arnold get elected governor? He's the one that's irrelevant, Rush, because his term is going to expire, and you're just going to keep going on and on with...

RUSH: Argyle, Texas, John, welcome to the EIB Network. Nice to have you with us. CALLER: Thank you, Rush. Back to the Arnold. For years we've told everybody that the Republican Party is a big tent, that we want a lot of diversity in it. The conservative wing is just one part of that big tent. If we're going to be part of an incredibly shrinking party if we hold a litmus test for everybody before they become a Republican. It's bad enough that the mainstream media does away with ethnicity....

RUSH: All right, here's Marcia in Syracuse, New York. Marcia, I'm glad you waited. Welcome to the EIB Network.CALLER: Hi, Rush. Thank you. How are you?RUSH: Fine. Very well, thank you.CALLER: Well, I was calling in response to your discussion earlier about the report about illiteracy in the District of Columbia.RUSH: Yeah, it's terrible, isn't it? One-third of the residents of the District are functionally illiterate.CALLER: Yes, they are, and it is a terrible shame that adults in the...

RUSH: Elaine in Pittsburgh, I'm glad you called and welcome to the EIB Network.CALLER: Oh, thank you, Rush. I love talking to, I love listening to you. What I wanted to know was, in the Senate, the testimony that Valerie Plame gave where she said someone just walked by and just recommended her husband. But if she was there, is that not nepotism? RUSH: Yes, it is, but there's something more incredulous about this than just that. By the way, members of the Senate intelligence committee who...

RUSH: Did you see this story out of Washington? It is an AP story: "About one-third of the people living in the nation's capital are functionally illiterate compared with about one-fifth nationally. Adults are considered functionally illiterate if they have trouble doing such things as comprehending bus schedules, reading maps, and filling out job applications." The question I have is: How many of these illiterates in Washington, DC work for the federal government? That's what I would like to...

RUSH:Yes, a one-on-one interview today on the Today Show.Arnold is appearing on the Today show a lot lately, and every time he appears on the Today Show, he's asked about me!Every time he's on the Today show, whoever it is -- Matt Lauer, today it was Campbell Brown, it could be Meredith Vieira, it could even could be Al Joker out there doing the weather at 30 Rock -- they throw something up at Arnold that I have said recently, and it happened today. He called me "irrelevant."He said he's "not...

RUSH: Andrew in my adopted hometown of Sacramento, California. Hi, Andrew. CALLER: Hey, Rush! Dittos.RUSH: Thank you, sir.CALLER: I go back to listening to you and your Diet for Peace.RUSH: The Diet for Peace! Tell me, do you remember what the objective of the Diet for Peace was?CALLER: I don't. It's kind of vague. We caught you on taped replay.RUSH: Let me tell you what it was. I had toured an Air Force Base (I forget the name of it) in Kansas, and they had a bunch of B-2 bombers...

RUSH: Argyle, Texas, John, welcome to the EIB Network. Nice to have you with us. CALLER: Thank you, Rush. Back to the Arnold. For years we've told everybody that the Republican Party is a big tent, that we want a lot of diversity in it. The conservative wing is just one part of that big tent. If we're going to be part of an incredibly shrinking party if we hold a litmus test for everybody before they become a Republican. It's bad enough that the mainstream media does away with ethnicity....

RUSH:Yes, a one-on-one interview today on the Today Show.Arnold is appearing on the Today show a lot lately, and every time he appears on the Today Show, he's asked about me!Every time he's on the Today show, whoever it is -- Matt Lauer, today it was Campbell Brown, it could be Meredith Vieira, it could even could be Al Joker out there doing the weather at 30 Rock -- they throw something up at Arnold that I have said recently, and it happened today. He called me "irrelevant."He said he's "not...

RUSH: Argyle, Texas, John, welcome to the EIB Network. Nice to have you with us. CALLER: Thank you, Rush. Back to the Arnold. For years we've told everybody that the Republican Party is a big tent, that we want a lot of diversity in it. The conservative wing is just one part of that big tent. If we're going to be part of an incredibly shrinking party if we hold a litmus test for everybody before they become a Republican. It's bad enough that the mainstream media does away with ethnicity....

RUSH: All right, here's Marcia in Syracuse, New York. Marcia, I'm glad you waited. Welcome to the EIB Network.CALLER: Hi, Rush. Thank you. How are you?RUSH: Fine. Very well, thank you.CALLER: Well, I was calling in response to your discussion earlier about the report about illiteracy in the District of Columbia.RUSH: Yeah, it's terrible, isn't it? One-third of the residents of the District are functionally illiterate.CALLER: Yes, they are, and it is a terrible shame that adults in the...

RUSH: Elaine in Pittsburgh, I'm glad you called and welcome to the EIB Network.CALLER: Oh, thank you, Rush. I love talking to, I love listening to you. What I wanted to know was, in the Senate, the testimony that Valerie Plame gave where she said someone just walked by and just recommended her husband. But if she was there, is that not nepotism? RUSH: Yes, it is, but there's something more incredulous about this than just that. By the way, members of the Senate intelligence committee who...

RUSH: Susan in Alamo, California, calling back to again apologize, are you?CALLER: No, I'm just calling back because I'm a little disappointed in you, Rush, for just sitting back taking Arnold's insult that you're irrelevant. You are the father of conservatism. How can you sit back and let him say you're irrelevant when it was you that helped Arnold get elected governor? He's the one that's irrelevant, Rush, because his term is going to expire, and you're just going to keep going on and on with...

RUSH: All right, got a little global warming news. There was a big hearing yesterday before a Henry Waxman committee. A number of scientists showed up, but the Drive-By Media reports on this are as they are on everything, totally one-sided. (Playing of The Crazy World of Arthur Brown.) The Crazy World of Arthur Brown and the wicked witch of wherever melting. One of our three global warming update themes. First the Los Angeles Times today. "Scientist accuses White House of 'Nazi' tactics....

RUSH: There's a fascinating story in the New York Times today, essentially it is about Senator McCain reconsidering his views on immigration while in Iowa. It's a piece by Adam Nagourney. "Immigration an issue that has divided Republicans in Washington," that would be Warshington for those of you in Rio Linda, "is reverberating across the party's presidential campaign field, causing particular complications for Senator John McCain of Arizona. Senator McCain said after a stop in Cedar Falls, Iowa,...

RUSH: All right. Here's a headline I didn't think I would see. It's not a news story. It's a headline I didn't think I would see: "Bush Gives Gonzales Support, Mounts Counterattack." Now, what the story is is this. "President George W. Bush offered embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales 'strong backing,' the White House said today as the administration mounted a counterattack aimed at quelling the controversy over the firing of eight federal prosecutors. Bush made an early phone call...

RUSH: Andrew in my adopted hometown of Sacramento, California. Hi, Andrew. CALLER: Hey, Rush! Dittos.RUSH: Thank you, sir.CALLER: I go back to listening to you and your Diet for Peace.RUSH: The Diet for Peace! Tell me, do you remember what the objective of the Diet for Peace was?CALLER: I don't. It's kind of vague. We caught you on taped replay.RUSH: Let me tell you what it was. I had toured an Air Force Base (I forget the name of it) in Kansas, and they had a bunch of B-2 bombers...

RUSH: Samantha in Belleville, Michigan. Hi, Samantha. I'm glad you waited, and welcome to the program.CALLER: Hi, Rush. Thanks so much. Mega podcasting dittos to you.RUSH: Thank you.CALLER: My comment is with regard to Schwarzenegger -- and I think, you know, it's more than him just turning back on conservatives. I think he is looking long-term. He's very ambitious. He's seen the writing on the walls, and he thinks a Democrat's going to win in '08, and he is making overtures toward them to...

RUSH: Did you see this story out of Washington? It is an AP story: "About one-third of the people living in the nation's capital are functionally illiterate compared with about one-fifth nationally. Adults are considered functionally illiterate if they have trouble doing such things as comprehending bus schedules, reading maps, and filling out job applications." The question I have is: How many of these illiterates in Washington, DC work for the federal government? That's what I would like to...

RUSH: First, I want to thank all of you. We are being deluged with positive comments about the new website design at RushLimbaugh.com. There are just a couple things here that I want to mention to you about this. For those of you who have not yet visited the site and for those of you who are there now, the first thing is about the live Dittocam.I told you yesterday that this is not a Beta. We're not going to use you to test things with a bunch of bugs in them. But one of the things that I have...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"Now, here's the truth of the matter: Schwarzenegger has done the typical sellout move.""So Arnold called me 'irrelevant.' I don't know how it is that I can be irrelevant when every time he shows up on the Today Show they ask him about me. I'm sure he's just sick and tired of hearing about me." "Did you see this story out of Washington? About one-third of the people living in the nation's capital are functionally illiterate, compared...

I got some news for you parents out there who believe that thepublic schools are doing a great job safeguarding your kids (...since most of you farmed-out raising them to the schools). According to the Agriculture Department -- which runs the school lunch programs -- millions of American children eat in school cafeterias that aren't properly inspected.The US Congress, in its infinite wisdom, mandated that all school cafeterias have to get a health inspection -- not once -- but twice a year. But...

Story #1: Ruskies Withhold Iranian Nuclear FuelRUSH:Big news from the future nuclear capital of the Mideast: the Islamic Republic of the Peaceful Peoples of Iran."Russian president Vladimir Putin has informed Iran that it will withhold nuclear fuel for Iran's nearly computed..." or completed power plant, "Russia has informed Iran that it will withhold nuclear fuel for Iran's nearly completed Bushehr power plant unless Iran suspends its uranium enrichment as demanded by the United Nations Security...