RUSH: I think this needs to be noted for historical purposes. On October 7th of 2002, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, having been battered by the Clinton-Gore dot-com crash and the aftermath of 9/11 damage and fear and pessimism, October 7th on 2002, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 7,181. That's less than 7200, for those of you in Rio Linda. Today, less than five years from October 7th of 2002, the Dow all but doubled. It did cross 14,000 today. It got back just under 14,000, but it...

RUSH: I think this needs to be noted for historical purposes. On October 7th of 2002, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, having been battered by the Clinton-Gore dot-com crash and the aftermath of 9/11 damage and fear and pessimism, October 7th on 2002, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 7,181. That's less than 7200, for those of you in Rio Linda. Today, less than five years from October 7th of 2002, the Dow all but doubled. It did cross 14,000 today. It got back just under 14,000, but it...

RUSH: I think this needs to be noted for historical purposes. On October 7th of 2002, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, having been battered by the Clinton-Gore dot-com crash and the aftermath of 9/11 damage and fear and pessimism, October 7th on 2002, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 7,181. That's less than 7200, for those of you in Rio Linda. Today, less than five years from October 7th of 2002, the Dow all but doubled. It did cross 14,000 today. It got back just under 14,000, but it...

RUSH: I think this needs to be noted for historical purposes. On October 7th of 2002, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, having been battered by the Clinton-Gore dot-com crash and the aftermath of 9/11 damage and fear and pessimism, October 7th on 2002, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 7,181. That's less than 7200, for those of you in Rio Linda. Today, less than five years from October 7th of 2002, the Dow all but doubled. It did cross 14,000 today. It got back just under 14,000, but it...

RUSH: I think this needs to be noted for historical purposes. On October 7th of 2002, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, having been battered by the Clinton-Gore dot-com crash and the aftermath of 9/11 damage and fear and pessimism, October 7th on 2002, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 7,181. That's less than 7200, for those of you in Rio Linda. Today, less than five years from October 7th of 2002, the Dow all but doubled. It did cross 14,000 today. It got back just under 14,000, but it...

RUSH: Las Vegas. This is Dale. You're next on the EIB Network, sir. Hello.CALLER: Okay, Rush, I gotta tell you, I've listened to you for 15 years. When America needs a $10 cigar, we're in deep trouble, and I'll tell you where it's coming from.RUSH: Tell me.CALLER: The trial lawyers, okay? This week they destroyed the Catholic Church. It will never come back again. It's lost all credibility. They shook down the biggest drugstore chain in America for incredible money. They want to fight...

RUSH: Dadelut dadelut dadelut dadelut dadelut. It's time for an update. The Breck Girl all over the news today with his wife. Here's our theme song from Paul Shanklin. (Playing of I am Woman spoof song.) I'll tell you what, folks, we wanted to go back and play this update because Mrs. Edwards, Elizabeth Edwards has confirmed all of this. You remember, back in March, the New York Sun, Josh Gerstein did a story in the New York Sun, in which he talked to Kate Michelman, former abortion leader...

RUSH: I also have a question here for Dingy Harry. The statement he gave on the National Intelligence Estimate: boilerplate. Whatever the news regarding national security is, that's the boilerplate: "Bush failed; Osama, Zawahiri are still alive. They failed. That's like the number one concern, and it just goes to show that our Iraq strategy is ill-timed and ill-conceived," and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Okay, Dingy Harry. According to the NIE that we just...

RUSH: Washington, Missouri. Cliff, welcome to the program, sir. Nice to have you with us.CALLER: Hi, Rush. How you doing? Hey, Rush, you know, I've been a long-time listener of yours and kind of a student, and I remember back in the nineties when Clinton was president, and the economy was doing good, you said the president does not have anything to do with the economy. You said it's hard-working people getting out of bed and entrepreneurs that make this country great. But now that a Republican...

RUSH: Jerry in Scottsdale, Arizona, hello, sir.CALLER: Morning, Rush. How are you doing?RUSH: I'm fine.CALLER: Let's get straight to it. The source of the controversy in the Democrat Congress was proposing to raise a tax on cigars to $10 per cigar --RUSH: Yes?CALLER: -- to raise $35 to $50 billion for state children's health insurance.RUSH: Right.CALLER: It's "for the children."RUSH: It's for the children. In the name of saving the children, big government has targeted yet another industry...

RUSH: Remember last week we reported to you these OSHA restrictions? They're trying to basically ban ammunition from gun shops, you wouldn't be able to sell it, and I accidentally swerved into it when I was perusing websites. Well, OSHA announced it "will significantly revise a recent proposal for new 'explosives safety' regulations that caused serious concern among gun owners. OSHA had originally set out to update workplace safety regulations, but the proposed rules included restrictions that...

RUSH: From the Waterbury Republican American newspaper: "On Nov. 19, 2005, 24 Iraqis were killed in city of Haditha, the day after a roadside bomb there had killed a U.S. Marine. Faster than you can say 'war crimes,' neighbors anonymously were telling reporters Marines had massacred innocent, unarmed civilians, and journalists and anti-war agitators were comparing the incident to the 1968 My Lai Massacre in Vietnam. The Marine Corps later charged three enlisted men with murder and four officers...

RUSH: General Peter Pace -- and this is from TIME Magazine, "In his most optimistic remarks since the U.S. troop buildup began, Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Tuesday that Iraq has undergone a 'sea change' in security in recent months, and that this will influence his recommendation to President Bush on how long to continue the current strategy. After conferring with Maj. Gen. Walter Gaskin and other commanders in this provincial capital west of Baghdad, Pace told...

RUSH: I think this needs to be noted for historical purposes. On October 7th of 2002, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, having been battered by the Clinton-Gore dot-com crash and the aftermath of 9/11 damage and fear and pessimism, October 7th on 2002, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 7,181. That's less than 7200, for those of you in Rio Linda. Today, less than five years from October 7th of 2002, the Dow all but doubled. It did cross 14,000 today. It got back just under 14,000, but it...

RUSH: Here's our final iPhone winner. It's Angela C. of Lexington, North Carolina. She listens raptly on WSJS AM 600 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The iPhone giveaway is over, ladies and gentlemen. But here at the EIB Network, our largesse never ends. We still have the Allen Brothers Rush PACs that we give away every Friday. We're doing this all summer long on the website. The best steaks you ever tasted. Bar none. You can't get this stuff in grocery stores. We have other giveaway...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"What does the modern Democrat Party stand for, folks? Subpoenas, surrender, and censorship.""'The Bush economic plan' -- do you ever hear those words, by the way? You don't. That's becausethe Bush economic plan worked, and it worked brilliantly. The Bush economic plan is the only state secret that hasn't been leaked to the liberal media." "Everybody's puzzling over my meaning of Mrs. Clinton being a 'trophy wife.' Think bowling...

Story #1: Global Warming Now World's Most Boring Topic RUSH: Just got this story. It's from a website called TheAge.com. I'm not sure, this may be a spoof. If it's a spoof, it's too bad. If it's a spoof, you know, all good comedy requires truth. The headline of this thing: "Global Warming Now World's Most Boring Topic." It is! "Global warming and the debate over whether man-made carbon gas emissions are having a detrimental influence on climate change has been ranked as the most boring topic...