RUSH: Maxine Waters yesterday made an absolute total fool of herself during the House of Representatives grilling of Big Oil executives. If you see the video of this, you can see even her associates are laughing at her. We have two bites to illustrate this. The House Judiciary Committee task force investigating competition in the oil business, the president of Shell Oil, John Hofmeister, testified. Maxine Waters said to Hofmeister: "Can you guarantee the American people that the price of oil...

RUSH: We go into the weekend, and everybody -- well, some people are planning on skipping the barbecues because they're just too expensive. They read that in USA Today. The paper plates are too expensive. The ketchup is too expensive. (Blame Teresa Heinz Kerry for not being sensitive to your pocketbook.) Everything is too high. The beef, hot dogs, the bread, the cheese, everything, the pickles! You can't afford any of it anymore, it's just too expensive. If that's the case, then find a Memorial...

RUSH: Here's Bob in Chicago. Bob, welcome to the EIB Network, sir. Hello.CALLER: Rush, good afternoon.RUSH: Hi.CALLER: Back on oil one more time.RUSH: Yeah.CALLER: Rush, the oil companies have absolutely no motivation whatsoever to drill more or produce more. The current situation is utopia for the oil companies and for the traders. The production is equaling demand, there is no shortage of fuel -- and if they provide more fuel, then the balance changes, supply exceeds demand, the price...

RUSH: Snerdley, I'm still not sure I read that right. Obama is down in Miami, he's talking to the Cuban exile community, they hate the Castros, they despise the Castros, they want the Castros overthrown, they want their island nation back. They don't want the embargo lifted, and Obama is telling them that we need to have diplomatic relations with no preconditions with the Castros and he's still standing there? They have not run him out of the building?JOHNNY DONOVAN: Live from the Southern...

RUSH: Quentin in Dayton, Ohio, nice to have you, sir, on the Open Line Friday edition of the big show.CALLER: Hey, dittos from a disabled veteran, Rush.RUSH: Thank you, sir, very much.CALLER: You're slacking a little bit on your feminazi stuff. Right now Senator Biden is proposing a new amendment to the Violence Against Women Act. He's proposing a hundred thousand free lawyers across the nation to any woman who claims that she was abused to be able to gain custody. So women will now have...

RUSH: Jerry in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, welcome to the EIB Network. Hello.CALLER: Thank you. Pleasure, Rush.RUSH: Thanks for the call, sir.CALLER: Longtime listener.RUSH: Thank you very much.CALLER: A couple questions for you. Why don't the oil companies publish a breakdown of how much a gallon of oil is to buy, produce, refine, and transport and everything else?RUSH: Well, I think they do. I'm not sure the oil companies do, but a number of oil company lobbying groups, oil interest...

RUSH: This is Marie in Long Beach, New York. Hi, Marie, nice to have you on the program. I'm glad you waited.CALLER: Hi, Rush. Great to be on your show, I'm a big fan.RUSH: Thank you.CALLER: This is not really like worldly important, but I just wanted to get your opinion on the craziness of the nut allergy people, like restricting everybody else's behavior because their kid or they have a nut allergy.RUSH: Well, you know, I at one time in my past have reacted with some skepticism to these peanut...

RUSH: Here's Marcy in Greenfield, California. Hi, Marcy, welcome to the EIB Network.CALLER: Hi, Rush, how are you today?RUSH: Fine. Thank you.CALLER: Hey, you know, earlier this week I heard a little bit about the UN investigation of the US for human rights violations.RUSH: It's not human rights violations; it's racism.CALLER: Yes. But they're calling it human rights violations.RUSH: Well, they're here to investigate racism because of the Obama campaign.CALLER: Right. Right. I think...

RUSH: To the phones, it's Open Line Friday. This is Jason in Hammonton, New Jersey. Jason, I'm glad you called. You're up first.CALLER: Hi, Rush. Nice to talk to you.RUSH: Thank you, sir.CALLER: So I'm calling, Rush, to object to your argument as of about a week or so ago concerning global warming. Usually I think you do quite well with half your brain tied behind your back, but I have to take exception with this particular argument. You were arguing at the time, if I had this right, that...

RUSH: Get this. China, the ChiComs, signed a one-billion-dollar nuclear fuel deal with the Russkies, strengthening Moscow's role as a supplier to the fast-growing Chinese nuclear power industry. It seems that some countries are faced with the reality that they're dealing with, and that is growth. Italy is building back up with nuclear power, and the ChiComs, they're not going to put up with any environmentalist wackos. They're not going to put up with anyone saying, "Hey, you can't do that because...

RUSH: Maxine Waters yesterday made an absolute total fool of herself during the House of Representatives grilling of Big Oil executives. If you see the video of this, you can see even her associates are laughing at her. We have two bites to illustrate this. The House Judiciary Committee task force investigating competition in the oil business, the president of Shell Oil, John Hofmeister, testified. Maxine Waters said to Hofmeister: "Can you guarantee the American people that the price of oil...

RUSH: I actually don't believe this. Barack Obama, in my own state raising money for his presidential campaign, called me xenophobic at a fundraiser. He said, "A certain segment's basically been feeding a kind of xenophobia. There's a reason why hate crimes against Hispanic people doubled last year. If you have people like Lou Dobbs and Rush Limbaugh ginning things up it's not surprising." I thought this guy was the unity candidate, for crying out loud. Calling me a xenophobe responsible...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"How'd we begin treating Congress members as special, when the evidence shows they're like everybody else: morons half the time!""I actually don't believe this: Barack Obama, in my own state raising money for his presidential campaign, called me xenophobic. I thought this guy was the unity candidate, for crying out loud!""What do you do with a card? You open it, you read it, you tell the personwho gave it to you that you like...

Story #1: Why Do We Care About Denise Richards? RUSH: That's a good question. Why do we care about Denise Richards and her divorce from Charlie Sheen? Why do we care? You people who care have to get some serious meaning in your life. H.R. says, "Who's Denise Richards?" Exactly right, she had one big role, she was a Bond girl and she was married to Charlie Sheen. Anyway, I'm sorry for bringing it up. Story #2: Drive-Bys: Hooray for Oil Price "Rebound"RUSH: Let me explain an AP story to you....