RUSH: Here is Don in Flat Rock, North Carolina. I'm glad you waited, sir. Welcome to the program.CALLER: Thanks for taking my call, Rush.RUSH: Yes, sir.CALLER: I've been trying to get you for five years. I've been listening since '88. I consider you a professor of history.RUSH: Well, I appreciate that, sir, thank you.CALLER: I equate you to Alexander Hamilton, who was instrumental, as you probably know, in starting this country.RUSH: Yes, except he lost a duel, and I hope the comparison...

RUSH: Well, well, well. Found another myth, another Thanksgiving myth. Now, one of the things we always do here, by the way, is recite from one of the chapters in my second book, See, I Told You So, the real story of Thanksgiving. It's become a tradition, and we usually do this in the last hour of the program.By the way, lots of people traveling today, it's a worldwide record, it's an all-time record, the number of people flying and driving, sailing, wherever they're going, it's an all-time...

RUSH: Well, well, well. Found another myth, another Thanksgiving myth. Now, one of the things we always do here, by the way, is recite from one of the chapters in my second book, See, I Told You So, the real story of Thanksgiving. It's become a tradition, and we usually do this in the last hour of the program.By the way, lots of people traveling today, it's a worldwide record, it's an all-time record, the number of people flying and driving, sailing, wherever they're going, it's an all-time...

RUSH: Well, well, well. Found another myth, another Thanksgiving myth. Now, one of the things we always do here, by the way, is recite from one of the chapters in my second book, See, I Told You So, the real story of Thanksgiving. It's become a tradition, and we usually do this in the last hour of the program.By the way, lots of people traveling today, it's a worldwide record, it's an all-time record, the number of people flying and driving, sailing, wherever they're going, it's an all-time...

RUSH: John in Crossville, Tennessee, you're next, sir. Hello.CALLER: Hi, Rush.RUSH: Hi.CALLER: This makes my day. I've been with you for 20 years, and I've been through your cochlear implant, I've been through your drug problem, and I've prayed for you absolutely every day.RUSH: Thank you, sir, very much.CALLER: And, Rush, I love you.RUSH: I appreciate that. Thank you very much.CALLER: Now I'll get back to what I wanted to talk about.RUSH: Oh, there was more? That's a good place to --CALLER:...

RUSH: Here is Don in Flat Rock, North Carolina. I'm glad you waited, sir. Welcome to the program.CALLER: Thanks for taking my call, Rush.RUSH: Yes, sir.CALLER: I've been trying to get you for five years. I've been listening since '88. I consider you a professor of history.RUSH: Well, I appreciate that, sir, thank you.CALLER: I equate you to Alexander Hamilton, who was instrumental, as you probably know, in starting this country.RUSH: Yes, except he lost a duel, and I hope the comparison...

RUSH: I meant to mention this all day and I forgot it, a good friend of mine Pete Wehner, used to work at the White House, now at Commentary magazine, CommentaryMagazine.com. He wrote a piece with an associate, Yuval Levin, not related to F. Lee Levin, wrote a piece that appeared in Commentary, and it is just fabulous. It fits the theme that we've been talking about all day. The essay says it all: "Crime, Drugs, Welfare -- and Other Good News." While everybody thinks the culture is falling...

RUSH: All right, to the audio sound bites, Clinton and Obama fighting it out over experience. Mrs. Clinton, it is said, is now starting to take swipes at Obama, which is unique because normally the Drive-Bys portray Mrs. Clinton as the victim of these personal attacks that so demean the campaign. But she is responding. Obama, what he said was, and it is kind of silly, did you hear what he said? Obama said, "Well, I lived abroad when I was ten years old, and that has given me a perspective on...

RUSH: Joe in Phoenix, you're next. Great to have you with us, sir.CALLER: Thank you, sir. I'm just calling because, well, basically I opened a small business in Phoenix, Arizona, about seven years ago, and I was doing great. We predicted it would take two years to get to even. We were even at one year. Predicted I'd be doing okay by the end of three. We were doing great. We've been building and building, but when you say you don't see a recession or anything serious going on, at least here in...

RUSH: Bill in Darby, Montana, glad you called. Welcome to the program.CALLER: Hey, Rush, am I on?RUSH: How are you, sir? Yes, you're on.CALLER: Oh, mega bake sale dittos to you.RUSH: Thank you. Appreciate that.CALLER: Listen, I wanted to tell you, you were talking about global warming and going through the fuel from corn and stuff. It's costing me more to feed my milk cow now because of stuff like that, and my milk has gone up. Prices go up, people don't understand. You were talking the...

RUSH: Back to the phones, Don in Lake Ronkonkoma, New York, nice to have you with us, sir, hello.CALLER: Hey, mega dittos, Rush. It's great to talk to you again.RUSH: You bet.CALLER: Hey, did you know that Rush is one of my favorite top-ten radio talk show host names?RUSH: (laughing) I'm happy to be on your list.CALLER: You're right on the top, Rush.RUSH: Thank you.CALLER: Listen, with Hillary Clinton touting the virtues of socialism, you just said, as though it's new, your first Thanksgiving...

RUSH: Nicholas, Fort Wayne, Indiana, thank you for waiting, sir, you're next.CALLER: Hey, Rush, thanks for taking my call.RUSH: Yes.CALLER: Ultra mega Hoosier dittos from flyover country.RUSH: Thank you.CALLER: I'd just like to ask you what you think about the Indianapolis Colts and what they need to do to turn their season around. I know they're not on the brinks yet, but with the offense sputtering the way it is, it's sure heading that way fast.RUSH: It's just a minor blip in the road....

RUSH: All right, to the phones, to Hopewell, New York. Brian you're next, nice to have you, sir.CALLER: Rush, good morning. Thank you for having me on.RUSH: You bet.CALLER: Hey, your assessment of optimism is right on target. I'm a motivational expert and author, and I can tell you with no doubt that people's attitude totally affects what their success or failure in life is. And one of these things on Thanksgiving is that people don't really come to terms with how much we have in this country...

RUSH: Good old Jack Murtha is back. "House Democrats' point man in the war-funding showdown with the White House Tuesday dismissed US military gains in Iraq and vowed to tighten the purse strings until President Bush accepts a pullout plan. 'Look at all the people that have been displaced, all the [lost] oil production, unemployment, all those type of things,' said Rep. John P. Murtha... 'We can't win militarily.'" In the middle of winning militarily, Jack Murtha says we can't win militarily!...

RUSH: Here's to phones. We start with Denver, Colorado, today, on the EIB Network. Bill, nice to have you on the program. Welcome.CALLER: Rush, how are you? I'm really upset about the hundred dollar-price of oil, and isn't it about time we put enough pressure on Congress to approve offshore drilling and ANWR. We have so much oil, the oil could be so much less and we wouldn't have to pay at this time.RUSH: People have been trying to put pressure on Congress to drill for oil, and Democrats...

RUSH: There's actually great news out there, folks. I had this yesterday, and I didn't have a chance to get to it. A major breakthrough in stem cell research could eliminate the need for human embryos. Now, that is something about which to really, really be thankful, because we're not going to have to kill babies in the womb now for this research.BREAK TRANSCRIPTRUSH: "A major breakthrough in stem cell research, which could eliminate the need for human embryos was hailed as a means of ending...

RUSH: Well, well, well. Found another myth, another Thanksgiving myth. Now, one of the things we always do here, by the way, is recite from one of the chapters in my second book, See, I Told You So, the real story of Thanksgiving. It's become a tradition, and we usually do this in the last hour of the program.By the way, lots of people traveling today, it's a worldwide record, it's an all-time record, the number of people flying and driving, sailing, wherever they're going, it's an all-time...

RUSH: This day would not be complete without a review of the doom-and-gloom news that you were greeted with if you turned on television today or if you read your local newspaper. First from Reuters: "Americans enter the holiday season in a dark mood, with economic worries, security fears and a lack of confidence in government fueling growing pessimism, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday. The Reuters/Zogby Index, which measures the mood of the country, fell for the third consecutive...

Rush's Morning Update: Thanks!Original air date: November 15, 2007Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer The Seattle, Washington public skroolsystem's staff has been sent a letter from their Director of Race, Equity, and Learning Support. The letter reminds educators that "Thanksgiving can be a particularly difficult time" for many of the district's "Native students."The Race, Equity, and Learning Support people have identified 11...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"I think the United States and its people ought give thanks to capitalism, our way of life. The opportunities are as abundant as ever, if not more so." "For those of you driving right now, I am sure that many of you have little crumb crunchers in the car who may want to watch their videos in the backseats. You will be totally in line if you tell them to shut up while you listen to this program.""It's always been the resiliency,...

Story #1: Higher Salary, Less Housework for Women RUSH: From the thankful news stack: "The more money a married woman earns, the less housework she will do regardless of how much her spouse earns, according to a new study. A researcher at the University of Massachusetts Amherst found that big paychecks equal less cooking and cleaning in a study of 918 women in double-income families. Married women who made $40,000 or more a year spent nearly one hour less on housework per day than women who earned...