RUSH: Now, from the dietitians at the op-ed page of the New York Times: "How Government Will Control Our Diet," and this was published yesterday. Now, I want you to listen to me on this. "Big Food vs. Big Insurance," New York Times op-ed column here: "To listen to President Obama's speech on Wednesday night, or to just about anyone else in the health care debate, you would think that the biggest problem with health care in America is the system itself -- perverse incentives, inefficiencies, unnecessary...

RUSH: Randy, Toledo, Ohio, thanks for waiting. You're next on the EIB Network. Hello.CALLER: Hi, Rush. It's a pleasure. I'm actually in Toledo, Illinois.RUSH: Sorry, you're right, I misread that, I didn't have my specs on.CALLER: It happens a lot. People don't know there's actually a Toledo, Illinois.RUSH: Now, our call screener finds the Syracuse, Indianas, the Peoria, Arizonas. I never heard of these places, and I didn't know that Illinois had a Toledo.CALLER: Well, it's about 1,300...

RUSH: Politico.com today, they've got a story, and it's an absolutely embarrassing story about the "lack of civility" in the Republican Party these days because of Joe Wilson. Their point in this story is that the Republican Party is made up of a total bunch of kooks now, just a total bunch of cranks. What's Joe Wilson supposed to do? He's sitting there being lied to. Every sentence out of the president's mouth is a lie and what's he supposed to do? We also have learned, from no less than Dana...

RUSH: Rasmussen has released a poll. It's interesting. If we are to believe this, there can be no conclusion other than we are a conservative country. "'Progressive' is becoming more of a dirty word, but all political labels -- except 'being like Ronald Reagan' -- are falling into disfavor with many US voters, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. 'Liberal' is still the worst and remains the only political description that is viewed more negatively than positively....

RUSH: We're going to start on the phones in San Diego with Mark. Thank you, sir, for calling. Nice to have you here with us.CALLER: Thanks, Rush. I'm wondering what you and your establishment friends are going to do now that over one-third of Americans from both political parties believe that the attacks of 9/11 were an inside job and your propaganda and your gatekeeping is not having the effect that you and your puppet masters thought it would.RUSH: Well, you know something, Mark, what that...

RUSH: CNN just looks silly today. They need to turn over reporting to professional journalists like me: America's Real Anchorman. CNN: "The US Coast Guard tried Friday to prevent a boat from entering a security zone on the Potomac River not far from the Pentagon where [The One] was at an event commemorating the 9/11 attacks. There were reports on police scanners that the Coast Guard fired ten rounds of ammo but those reports couldn't be confirmed." Let's go to the sound bites, and I want to...

RUSH: President Obama was in New York earlier this week to memorialize Walter Cronkite, but just a few days later President Obama did not come to New York to memorialize what happened at the Twin Towers eight years ago today, nor did he send Biden to New York to memorialize Cronkite, but he did send Biden to memorialize 9/11. But he did not. Now, there's a lot to get to today and I'm gonna get to the ACORN stuff, those two people allegedly fired. CNN says "allegedly engaged in alleged illegal...

Rush's Morning Update: On Second ThoughtSeptember 14, 2009Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer Within hours of President Obama's campaign speech before Congress – a new fissure was exposed. Among Democrats.Here's the backdrop. In order to raise revenue for his health care takeover, Obama said he wants to "charge insurance companies a fee for their most expensive policies." This would supposedly "encourage" the evil insurance...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"President Obama was in New York earlier this week to memorialize Walter Cronkite, but he did not come to New York to memorialize 9/11.""CNN caused a national panic today to the two or three people watching their network, claiming that there was a terrorist incident near the Pentagon when Obama was there when it was just a Coast Guard exercise.""I want somebody out there who thinks Obama made a great speech today and Bloomberg echoing...

Story #1:Hope & Change: US Poverty at 11-Year High RUSH: Is this the economy Obama says he saved? "The U.S. poverty rate hit its highest level in 11 years in 2008." That doesn't even include the last nine months, then. We got the highest level of poverty in 11 years in 2008 and that doesn't even factor this disastrous administration. "The government defines poverty as an annual income of $22,025 for a family of four, $17,163 for a family of three and $14,051 for a family of two." US poverty...