RUSH: You have to hear this audio. It is presidential candidate Mike Gravel from Alaska. He was up at a gay pride event in New Hampshire recently and a reporter says to him, "Senator Gravel, every election, it's always the gay issue that comes up, it seems. You know, first it was Clinton, don't ask, don't tell. They used that against him. Now it's the gay marriage thing. What do you think about all that?"GRAVEL: Do you know something? Clinton was dead wrong, dead wrong on that issue. It's...

RUSH: Global warming stories all over the place because it is 100 degrees in a lot of places out there. It's August. It was 100 in August when I was growing up. It was 100 degrees in August for ten straight days in Kansas City back in the late 70s. I've got a story here from Reuters that is embargoed until 2 o'clock. I'm tempted to break the embargo, but I probably won't because I play by the rules. But the basic story -- and I'm going to give you the details of this as the program unfolds...

RUSH: Well... "Whites are now in the minority in nearly one in 10 U.S. counties. And that increased diversity, fueled by immigration and higher birth rates among blacks and Hispanics, is straining race relations and sparking a backlash against immigrants in many communities. 'There's some culture shock,' said Mark Mather of the Population Reference Bureau, a Washington-based research agency. 'But I think there is a momentum building, and it is going to continue.' As of 2006, non-Hispanic whites...

RUSH: You've heard, in fact, hey, Mike, I want you to grab something real quick. I just thought of this. Zell Miller, governor of Georgia singing Wolverton Mountain and all those songs about how they want to improve the brain power of George's babies and so forth. Here is the story. "Recordings that claim to stimulate baby brain development may actually slow vocabulary development in infants if they are overused according to researchers on Wednesday." They have tried this in Georgia, ladies and...

RUSH: I got a note here from our official climatologist Roy Spencer, University of Alabama at Huntsville. He is a genuine scientist and has been doing some research and he released the research today in Geophysical Research Letters. He has had no inquiries on this from anybody in the Drive-By Media. The research is actually very interesting. "The widely accepted (albeit unproven) theory that manmade global warming will accelerate itself by creating more heat-trapping clouds is challenged this...

RUSH: President Bush had a press conference, final press conference for the summer before heading on vacation. Gas taxes came up predictably from the drive-by media, Terry Hunt, the Associated Press, "Mr. President, the former chairman of House transportation committee said there is about 500 bridges around the country like the one that collapsed in Minneapolis. They now have other transportation committee members who are recommending an increase in federal gas taxes to pay for repairs. Would...

RUSH: Let's go to the phones. Twin City, Minnesota and Tim. It's nice to have you on the program, sir.CALLER: Yes. Rush?RUSH: Hi.CALLER: Hi. I don't know if you are aware of it, but the media here in the paper are saying that the reason that the inspections were not done properly on the 35W Bridge is because of pigeon crap, spider webs and people yelling at the inspectors.RUSH: We saw that. We talked about that yesterday.CALLER: Well, I want to know why in the multi-billion dollar budget they...

RUSH: Remember when the going in Iraq was really, really tough? There was a clamor inside the nation's capitol to got rid of Donald Rumsfeld. "Get rid of Rummy! Get rid of Rummy!" Where is the similar call to get rid of Dingy Harry Reid? You know, we had an audio sound bite for you yesterday in which Senator Dick Durbin, in Iraq, went on CNN and said, yeah, the surge is working here. The political process, of course, is falling apart of course and not doing well, but the surge is working. John...

RUSH: You have to hear this audio. It is presidential candidate Mike Gravel from Alaska. He was up at a gay pride event in New Hampshire recently and a reporter says to him, "Senator Gravel, every election, it's always the gay issue that comes up, it seems. You know, first it was Clinton, don't ask, don't tell. They used that against him. Now it's the gay marriage thing. What do you think about all that?"GRAVEL: Do you know something? Clinton was dead wrong, dead wrong on that issue. It's...

RUSH: Global warming stories all over the place because it is 100 degrees in a lot of places out there. It's August. It was 100 in August when I was growing up. It was 100 degrees in August for ten straight days in Kansas City back in the late 70s. I've got a story here from Reuters that is embargoed until 2 o'clock. I'm tempted to break the embargo, but I probably won't because I play by the rules. But the basic story -- and I'm going to give you the details of this as the program unfolds...

Rush's Morning Update: InsecurityAugust 10, 2007Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer According to the New York Times, there’s a growing sense of "insecurity" over a planned Department of Homeland Security crackdown. Businesses that knowingly hire people with false Social Security numbers are in the crosshairs.The Social Security Administration is expected to send out 140,000 letters to employers – checking up on eight...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"Any kind of an accident, any event, the first liberal knee jerk reaction is, 'We have to raise taxes.'""The Democrats are the party of minorities, and keeping minorities poor and even continuing to call them minorities when they are no longer minorities. A minority = victim. Victim = special treatment by the government. Liberals run the government.""Liberals don't want tranquility. They don't want calm seas. They love there...