RUSH: This is Raphael in Miami, Florida. Hi, Raphael. Thank you for waiting, sir.CALLER: Hi, how are you doing, Mr. Rush? Good to talk to you.RUSH: Thank you.CALLER: I called because I watched that like you told me yesterday, you know, it's just amazing. It shouldn't be called that, Rush. Just like you labeled it, the amnesty bill, it needs to be called the surrender bill. And Americans might get it then.RUSH: Americans get it.CALLER: No, because every time you see redeployment, you see...

RUSH: Nate in Buffalo, I'm glad you called, sir. Welcome to the EIB Network.CALLER: Hey, Rush, pleasure to talk with you.RUSH: Thank you, sir.CALLER: We disagree on a lot of things. I know this study came out saying that the sun was not the cause of global warming. I know you disagreed with that. But I was just wondering, do you know what the first two planets were closest to the sun?RUSH: The closest planets to the sun are Mercury and Venus.CALLER: Yeah. Well, Venus is much warmer than...

RUSH: Fort Payne, Alabama. This is Bill. Welcome to the EIB Network.CALLER: Thank you, Rush. It's an honor to talk to you.RUSH: Thank you.CALLER: I've been listening to you since you broadcast from New Orleans during the Mardi Gras in the late eighties.RUSH: Yeah, that was a fun, fun time.CALLER: I just wanted to say how great America is, because only in America could I do what I did for ten years, which was play music in Florida, and I was at the poverty line or below, according to the...

RUSH: Fort Payne, Alabama. This is Bill. Welcome to the EIB Network.CALLER: Thank you, Rush. It's an honor to talk to you.RUSH: Thank you.CALLER: I've been listening to you since you broadcast from New Orleans during the Mardi Gras in the late eighties.RUSH: Yeah, that was a fun, fun time.CALLER: I just wanted to say how great America is, because only in America could I do what I did for ten years, which was play music in Florida, and I was at the poverty line or below, according to the...

RUSH: This is Raphael in Miami, Florida. Hi, Raphael. Thank you for waiting, sir.CALLER: Hi, how are you doing, Mr. Rush? Good to talk to you.RUSH: Thank you.CALLER: I called because I watched that like you told me yesterday, you know, it's just amazing. It shouldn't be called that, Rush. Just like you labeled it, the amnesty bill, it needs to be called the surrender bill. And Americans might get it then.RUSH: Americans get it.CALLER: No, because every time you see redeployment, you see...

RUSH: Let's talk about this cigar tax, this cigarette tax. The president says he going to veto it. He "reiterated today his threat to veto Senate legislation that would substantially increase funds for children’s health insurance by levying a 61-cent-a-pack increase in the federal excise tax on cigarettes." This includes that whopping 20,000% increase on the tax on cigars. The tax on cigars right now is five cents. It will go to ten bucks on large cigars. By the way, for those of you...

RUSH: This is Nick, Daytona Beach. It's nice to have you with us.CALLER: Hey, Rush, thank you and, you know, the first thing I want to say is thanks for everything that you do to support the troops. I called you about ten months ago when my daughter, the love of my life, went to Iraq. The day that she landed in Iraq, I had called you, and I was very angry at the Congress and the way things were going -- and I just want to let you know, I'm still angry, so thank you for keeping up the fight....

RUSH: Here is Brian in Fremont, Michigan, welcome to the program, sir. Great to have you with us.CALLER: Oh, it's an honor, O great one. How are you today?RUSH: I'm fine, sir, thank you.CALLER: From the great state of Michigan, contrary to the fact that we have two of the most liberal senators in the senate, you've got Levin and Stabenow. Sorry to report on that. Rush, the reason I'm calling, sometimes in the liberal media, it seems like every other day, with the troops in Iraq, they report...

RUSH: I can't avoid this. No matter where you look, John and Elizabeth Edwards -- I should say Elizabeth Edwards is all over the news. In the Chicago Tribune, "Democrats pledge support for wide access to abortion." Okay, here's how the story opens. "Elizabeth Edwards said Tuesday that her husband's health-care plan would provide insurance coverage of abortion. Speaking on behalf of Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards before the family planning and abortion-rights group Planned Parenthood...

RUSH: Nate in Buffalo, I'm glad you called, sir. Welcome to the EIB Network.CALLER: Hey, Rush, pleasure to talk with you.RUSH: Thank you, sir.CALLER: We disagree on a lot of things. I know this study came out saying that the sun was not the cause of global warming. I know you disagreed with that. But I was just wondering, do you know what the first two planets were closest to the sun?RUSH: The closest planets to the sun are Mercury and Venus.CALLER: Yeah. Well, Venus is much warmer than...

RUSH: It's archive time. We're going to go way back. The early days of the program, the Grooveyard of Forgotten Favorites. Dadelut dadelut dadelut dadelut. Yes, my friends. It's worthy. This is a condom update. (Playing of condom update theme song.) One of my all-time favorite tunes, folks, one of the first songs that I ever played as a struggling young disc jockey, a star of the future, back in 1967. I remember introducing the condom update in Sacramento in 1984, and you would not believe...

RUSH: This is Amy -- Ah, Amy is one of my top ten all-time favorite female names -- in Great Bend, Kansas. Welcome to the EIB Network.CALLER: Hi, Rush.RUSH: How are you?CALLER: I'm doing great. Better talking to you. (giggles)RUSH: Well, thank you.CALLER: Well, I called to make one point, but now that I've heard your tape with Barbara Boxer, I've got another point. (giggles)RUSH: Go right ahead.CALLER: Well, first of all I just wanted to call and say thank you so much for your show. My...

RUSH: As you might remember, if you were here yesterday, great economic news out there. I reported this great economic news, the stock market crossing 14,000 for the first time, nearly doubling the Dow Jones Industrial Average in five or six years. And I said, "You won't see this in the Drive-By Media." I was wrong. There was a report yesterday morning on the Today show from a CNBC reporter. Her name is the Street Sweetie, and her name is Erin Burnett, and she did a report with Meredith Vieira...

RUSH: All right, my friends, (laughing) I confess, I went to bed with Barbara Boxer last night, I woke up with Hillary Clinton. (Laughing.) Yes. Yes, my friends, I tuned in to C-SPAN. I really, really tried to stay awake. I really, really tried. But this -- (laughing) -- who's the real woman between Barbara Boxer and Hillary Clinton? I don't know. (laughing). A-hem. Well, let's leave that alone. I mean, gentlemen don't tell. But this political stunt last night, this all-nighter, the...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"You know, my friends, the only people in the world who can depend on Democrats are our enemies.""Up, Up and Away is one of my all-time favorite tunes, and one of the first songs that I ever played as a struggling young disc jockey. And I remember introducing it as the condom update in Sacramento. My dad even heard about it: 'What are you doing? You can't say that word on the radio!'""All right, my friends, I confess: I went to...

Story #1: Al-Qaeda Leader, Khaled Abdul-Fattah Dawoud Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, aka Abu Shahid, Captured RUSH: I mentioned that the top Al-Qaeda leader in Iraq has been captured by the good guys. Here's his name: Khaled Abdul-Fattah Dawoud Mahmoud al-Mashhadani. That again is: Khaled Abdul-Fattah Dawoud Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, also known as Abu Shahid. He was captured in Mosul on July 4th. If we had any damn sense, we'd waterboard this guy until he told us what he knows, and then we'd take him...