RUSH: This is stupid! So Dianne Feinstein is being interviewed on Fox, and she's been asked a question. "What's the most important thing we can do? What is your plan? What is the most important thing we can do to bring down the price of oil?" She said, "Explore alternatives." Now, Dianne Feinstein might be a wonderful woman. She might be a loving lady. But would somebody explain to me why she's an expert when it comes to energy? This is another one of my bugaboos. We elect these people. They...

RUSH: It has been confirmed -- I missed this when talking to Natalie -- Dawn gave me the transcript. Natalie from Charlottesville, Virginia, said, (paraphrasing) "I have to say that you have fallen into the liberals' hands on this. You were sounding like a limousine conservative. I mean, you're just giving them more fodder to run with saying, 'Oh, those Republicans are so heartless and uncaring.'" She may as well have called me harsh. I spoke with her after this and it's all settled now, but...

RUSH: This is Yvette in Minneapolis. I'm glad you waited, Yvette. You're next.CALLER: Hi.RUSH: Hi.CALLER: You are my media. I just wanted to tell you that, and also to express some concerns and get your opinion on this. Osama Bin Laden a long time ago said he was going to bankrupt our nation, and with all the chaos that's been going on with oil and housing and food and all these things, I'm trying very, very hard not to let those things bother me.RUSH: Well, they're going to bother you....

RUSH: A month ago I went on a riff about the lone remaining monopoly in the Drive-By Media, that being the Associated Press and I pointed out how dangerous they are. They still have a monopoly in the sense that every newspaper in the country subscribes to their service and prints their BS. Yesterday, Politico.com ran a story about the new Washington -- or the editor, bureau chief, whatever; Washington bureau chief; I forget what title he has, Ron Fournier, the former White House reporter. He has...

RUSH: So there was a lot going on this morning before the program. We had the president and his press conference, and then we had The Messiah and his latest flailing attempt here to get it right on Iraq with his dummkopf, kook fringe Neanderthal base, and at the same time all this was going on, Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, was up being grilled before a Senate committee. So I watch a little bit of this. Senator Bob Casey from Pennsylvania, who I charitably will say is an...

RUSH: The President's press conference today, a couple of pretty good answers here. First one, a reporter asked the president why he isn't telling individuals how to conserve energy. This is audio sound bite 15. The question came from Mark Smith at AP Radio. He said, "Why have you not, sir, called on Americans to drive less and turn down the thermostat?"THE PRESIDENT: They're smart enough to figure out whether they're going to drive less or not. The consumer is plenty bright, Mark. The marketplace...

RUSH: The Obama campaign, they continue to be in a tizzy over this New Yorker cartoon. Let me ask you a question. Obama and his team are upset over a cartoon on the cover of The New Yorker, a leftist publication, that makes him look like a Muslim, that makes his wife look like a terrorist Muslim, that has the American flag burning in the fireplace, under the portrait of Osama Bin Laden in the Oval Office. The Obama campaign and The Messiah himself were said to be very, very upset over this....

RUSH: Yeah, it is kind of unbelievable out there, folks. You've got all of this turmoil in the credit markets; you've got people losing asset value of their homes; you got Charles Schumer causing runs on banks. By the way, if you're worried about your bank, I suggest that you call Charles Chuck-U Schumer, senator in New York, and ask him, since he's in charge of which banks go south and which don't, apparently. We have the Federal Reserve chairman testifying before Congress, the president out...

Rush's Morning Update: Single-MindedJuly 16, 2008Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer Yesterday, Barack Obama attempted to refine his anti-war credentials. He claimed the Iraq war has diminished "our security, our standing in the world, our military, our economy, and resources" that we need to meet the challenges of this century.Now, my friends, it's been almost seven years since 9/11. We have disrupted terrorcells all over the...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"Who is it that gets all upset over stupid cartoons? Radical Muslims!""What must it be like to live the life you liberals lead -- always suspecting everybody of doing something to screw you, when you are the ones doing the screwing to everybody else? Good grief! I'm close to profanity again here, and I can't go there!""This war 'diminishes' our security? Hey, Lord Obama, how many attacks have there been on the United States since...

Story #1: The 3G iPhone is Cool, But Still No Flash RUSH: I do have, as a powerful, influential member of the media, I do have a 3G iPhone. No, you can't watch the Dittocam on it, not yet. It's not our fault. The iPhone does not have what's called Flash video in it. The video has to be encoded in a certain way. Like YouTube makes somebody else's videos available for the iPhone and other smart phones that don't have Flash video, to play live video but not every YouTube video is encoded this way....