RUSH: We have to talk about what's going on in London. We've had a number of near-misses over there with cars that are planted with explosives. The law enforcement authorities over there are doing yeoman's work. They've evacuated Hyde Park. It's just a reminder, folks, of the world in which we live. Of course they're saying international elements are involved. That's right, international elements. Can't bring ourselves to say what's on everybody's mind, and that is that this is the religion...

RUSH: Charles in South Bend, Indiana, welcome to the EIB Network, sir. It's nice to have you with us.CALLER: Rush, how you doing?RUSH: Good, sir.CALLER: Okay, I'm a former Nation of Islam follower to a loyal Rush Limbaugh listener.RUSH: Wow! That's quite a transition that you've made.CALLER: Very, very -- and you have been the catalyst behind it, believe me. You just don't know how much you have influenced my life. I was a former high school dropout, I was homeless, and all of a sudden I...

RUSH: Interesting global warming story. Oh. I've got actually two interesting global warming stories. The first one here from JunkScience.com, Steve Milloy. "Should conservatives give up the fight just as the tide is turning in their favor in the debate over global warming? "In the cover story of the June 25 National Review, software company CEO Jim Manzi wrote that conservatives should stop 'denying' that humans are warming the planet and instead figure out how to use global warming to 'peel...

RUSH: Three salutes to Mike Pence from Indiana. He basically proposed an amendment to disallow federal funds to be used to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine, and it won big, 319 to 100-something. When the rubber met the road, the Democrats did not have the guts to vote for this. It wasn't even close. Here we have five sound bites. You gotta hear what David Obey (D-Wisconsin) said on the floor of the House yesterday, but here's Mike Pence first.PENCE: I believe what we will do in this legislation...

RUSH: David in Springfield, Massachusetts, you're next on the Open Line Friday edition of the program. Hello, sir.CALLER: Hi, Rush, are. Mega dittos from Springfield.RUSH: You bet.CALLER: Question regarding your Sullivan survey, that 98.6 thing? Does that take into account -- you usually say a lot that you've got President Bush and like Karl Rove were designing the destruction of the Democratic Party. Is that something you still believe in or is that something that..?CALLER: I think that...

RUSH: Charles in South Bend, Indiana, welcome to the EIB Network, sir. It's nice to have you with us.CALLER: Rush, how you doing?RUSH: Good, sir.CALLER: Okay, I'm a former Nation of Islam follower to a loyal Rush Limbaugh listener.RUSH: Wow! That's quite a transition that you've made.CALLER: Very, very -- and you have been the catalyst behind it, believe me. You just don't know how much you have influenced my life. I was a former high school dropout, I was homeless, and all of a sudden I...

RUSH: Here's Brian. Brian in Los Angeles. Welcome to the EIB Network, sir. Great to have you with us.CALLER: Mega dittos from La-La Land, Rush.RUSH: No, yes, you are in La-La Land, I have to grant you that.CALLER: I'm a minority because I'm straight. (Laughing.) Anyway --RUSH: Now, now, now, no, no, no, don't go there.CALLER: Okay, sorry, sorry auto.RUSH: You're not a minority because you're straight in La-La Land.CALLER: Okay. (Laughing.) I keep hearing this commercial on the radio...

RUSH: Uriah, in Jacksonville, North Carolina, you're next, sir, on the EIB Network. Hello.CALLER: Hi, Mr. Rush. It's a pleasure and an honor to speak with you, sir. Mr. Rush, I got just couple questions that I had wanting to ask you. My first question is, really it's a sports question pertaining to the Miami Dolphins. What do you think about the Dolphins taking John Beck over Brady Quinn in the draft, and I know that was about two months ago, but I just wanted to see what your opinion was...

RUSH: Interesting global warming story. Oh. I've got actually two interesting global warming stories. The first one here from JunkScience.com, Steve Milloy. "Should conservatives give up the fight just as the tide is turning in their favor in the debate over global warming? "In the cover story of the June 25 National Review, software company CEO Jim Manzi wrote that conservatives should stop 'denying' that humans are warming the planet and instead figure out how to use global warming to 'peel...

RUSH: Joe in Lavonia, Michigan, you're next on Open Line Friday. Hello, sir.CALLER: Yes, sir, Mr. Limbaugh.RUSH: Yes?CALLER: God bless you, sir.RUSH: Thank you, sir.CALLER: Me and my family thank you for what you do.RUSH: Well, you're very kind. I appreciate that. Thank you and your family for being out there.CALLER: Yes, I am. Sorry I missed your first year of being on the radio, and I can remember where I was when I first heard you. It was at my new job, and a guy I was working with...

RUSH: This is Mark in Chicago. I'm glad you waited, sir. I appreciate your patience.CALLER: Hey, Rush, thank you for taking my call on Open Line Friday. Mega dittos from Chicago, and I can't believe what I just heard out of Biden. But the reason I wanted to call today is, Rush, I've been listening to you for, oh, going on about 18 years -- and I hope Biden is listening to this also. You have been an incredible inspiration. Your daily pursuit of motivating people, and I know I'm not alone...

RUSH: Let's go to some sound bites from the all-American presidential forum on PBS last night, Tavis Smiley hosted the Democrat forum. They had the winner of an online contest to submit questions for the debate, Crecilla Cohen Scott from Bowie, Maryland, asked the first question. She said, "1903, the noted intellectual, W.E.B. DuBois, 'The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.' Is race still the most intractable issue in America, especially I might add in light of...

RUSH: I want you to hear audio. There is video to this. It's available at I think Breitbart.com and LiveLeak.com. I was advised to watch this, and I did, and it's Chris Matthews being berated, if you will, by a black Army veteran after the Ann Coulter show on MSNBC earlier this week.VETERAN: No, no, no, no, no, I want to know why politicians are off limits, but US troops are not. People who actually put on the uniform, go out and fight and die. Okay, she is calling in and complaining about one...

RUSH: We'll start in Philadelphia. This is Michael. Glad you called, sir, and welcome.CALLER: Oh, yes, Rush! I'm nervous, so just, ummm, bear with me here.RUSH: Will do.CALLER: At the beginning of your monologue you ended with comments referencing the audio clips that, again, the Democrats with their tenacious, their are doggedness, their relentless pursuit of their agenda, and I'm telling you -- and what's wrong with that? I mean, you've been accused of carrying the Republicans' water for...

RUSH: Three salutes to Mike Pence from Indiana. He basically proposed an amendment to disallow federal funds to be used to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine, and it won big, 319 to 100-something. When the rubber met the road, the Democrats did not have the guts to vote for this. It wasn't even close. Here we have five sound bites. You gotta hear what David Obey (D-Wisconsin) said on the floor of the House yesterday, but here's Mike Pence first.PENCE: I believe what we will do in this legislation...

RUSH: The libs are over the top over the Supreme Court decision yesterday. Some of the quotes. Hillary Clinton, "These decisions take away the right of local communities to ensure that all students benefit from racially diverse classrooms. Recent evidence shows that integrated schools promote minority academic achievement that can help close the achievement gap." Ted Kennedy, "Today's decision turns back the clock on equality in our schools." Don't know how it does, but he says so. The Reverend...

RUSH: We have to talk about what's going on in London. We've had a number of near-misses over there with cars that are planted with explosives. The law enforcement authorities over there are doing yeoman's work. They've evacuated Hyde Park. It's just a reminder, folks, of the world in which we live. Of course they're saying international elements are involved. That's right, international elements. Can't bring ourselves to say what's on everybody's mind, and that is that this is the religion...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"You know what the Democrat slogan ought to be? 'We've got what it takes to take what you've got.'" "So it's the big iPhone unveiling today... I'm a technogeek and I love having the latest stuff, but I don't use the phone. The problem with having a phone around is that people will call you.""We have to talk about what's going on in London. Of course, they're saying 'international elements' are involved. That's right, 'international...

Story #1: iPhone Debuts, But They're Still Starving in AfricaRUSH: Everybody's asking me if I'm going to get an iPhone. Well, I'm not going to stand in line for one, and I haven't found anybody to pay to go stand in line. This has to be the biggest launch of a technogizmo that there has ever been. It just has to be. I bet they run out of them. I bet they don't have enough of them made and distributed. I've been looking at it; I'm a technogeek and I love having the latest stuff, but I don't use the...