RUSH: This is Joe in Lansing, Michigan. Joe, you're next. Great to have you on the EIB Network. Welcome.CALLER: Yeah, hello. Hey, I was just wondering if you've heard -- I'm a truck driver -- and I was wondering if you heard anything about the new regulations regarding truck drivers.RUSH: Well, specifically, no. What are they?CALLER: All right, well, I've been hearing from a lot of my colleagues and from companies about regulations regarding truck drivers' weight and just a lot of regulations...

RUSH: James Carville, last night on CNN, Anderson Cooper 44, Cooper said, "What else do you want people to know about what's going on right now down in New Orleans? I mean there's a new moratorium that's going to be in place, that's a huge concern, but now it sounds like people on the presidential commission are backtracking, saying it may not take six months."CARVILLE: The people here have been so let down. The federal government let us down. They're killing the economy here. People in the...

RUSH: Who's next? Jerry in Tomball, Texas. Jerry, welcome to the Rush Limbaugh program. Great to have you here.CALLER: Oh, thank you, Rush. It's such an honor to talk to you.RUSH: Thank you very much.CALLER: I have been listening to you since the Rush is Right stickers. Do you remember those?RUSH: Oh, yeah. I mean, that's...CALLER: A long time ago. (laughing)RUSH: And they've never gone out of style.CALLER: Well, I'd love to have one.RUSH: No, I mean we don't have any in stock, but...

RUSH: Here's Pelosi this morning at a press conference about the president campaigning for House Democrats in November.PELOSI: The president is president of the United States. Uh, he has an agenda that he has put forth. We have passed it in the Congress. It's important for the American people to understand the success of that agenda and the president, of course, is the best, uh, uh, promoter of his agenda. So he will be doing that.RUSH: (laughing) They're trying to drive us crazy and I refuse...

RUSH: Audio sound bites. Barack Obama got pathetic applause today in the battery factory in Holland, Michigan. We have two sound bites. Here's number one.OBAMA: Just a few years ago, American businesses manufactured only 2% of the world's advanced batteries for electric and hybrid vehicles. But because of what's happening in places like this, in just five years we'll have up to 40% of the world's capacity. For years you've been hearing about manufacturing jobs disappearing overseas. You are...

RUSH: Here's Mary in Chicago. Welcome to the EIB Network. Great to have you here.CALLER: Hello, Rush.RUSH: Hi.CALLER: Yes. I'm calling to comment about the mandates that the president has initiated for the insurance companies, this whole cost containment for health care.RUSH: Yes.CALLER: This has all been done before and it doesn't work. I used to work for a Fortune 500 company in the benefits area, and in the early eighties when health care costs were exploding, all of us benefit managers...

RUSH: Stacy from parts unknown in Georgia, always a pleasure, and welcome back to the EIB Network.CALLER: Well, hey, Rush. It is so thrilling to talk to your newly married self and congratulations on your nuptials.RUSH: Thank you very, very much.CALLER: And I tell you, watching this health care stuff unroll the past few months, nothing is surprising me anymore. The fact of the matter is, and right now my Internet's acting up, I'm trying to find it, but when I talked to you last, when Obama...

RUSH: From The Politico today: "NAACP: We Didn't Call Tea Party 'Racist.'" Really? I thought the media told us it's a giant resolution yesterday, the tea party's racist. But the NAACP says, "We didn't call tea party racist." So yesterday wasn't real? The media lied to us yesterday again? "NAACP President Ben Jealous said Thursday that the resolution passed by the group on Wednesday does not call the tea party 'racist.' The resolution the NAACP approved Wednesday ... alleges that the tea party...

This iPhone 4, I can't duplicate this reception problem. I know people are having the reception problem. I'm not denying it. But, folks, they've sold three million of these phones since the end of June. When did they go on sale, June 15th, 24th, whatever. Three million phones and the number of returns is infinitesimal, and yet the big news is how rotten the phone is. I remember saying on this program many, many times -- in jest, being jocular -- that Apple would report all this cash on hand....

RUSH: This is an innocent little story from Robert Pear: "Health Plans Must Provide Some Tests at No Cost." Wow. Here it comes. Free. Now, listen to me. I'm going to read from the story. "The White House on Wednesday issued new rules..." the White House -- look at me -- the White House issued new rules. We're talking about health care. The White House issued new rules, by fiat. This is reported as though it's good; it's common; it's exactly what life should be like. "The White House on...

RUSH: I gotta develop this theme a little further, but I was talking about it with a friend of mine this morning. Nothing, practically nothing in the media is real. The oil spill is not killing birds and fish. It's not. They don't know what's killing birds and fish but it isn't the oil spill. New York Times: Apple's iPhone does not have a major problem. They may have a problem with some receivers, and Apple's got this big press conference tomorrow, but if there were a major problem with the...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"I guarantee you if we could take Barack Obama back to the voting booth, there would be a hell of a lot more people returning Obama than have returned iPhones.""There aren't going to be any middle-class tax cuts. That promise has been broken.""We got regulations coming out every orifice there is in Washington and we don't have any economic growth.""Chuck Schumer has produced nothing, not a single job, not a product, not one damn...

RUSH: This is Joe in Lansing, Michigan. Joe, you're next. Great to have you on the EIB Network. Welcome.CALLER: Yeah, hello. Hey, I was just wondering if you've heard -- I'm a truck driver -- and I was wondering if you heard anything about the new regulations regarding truck drivers.RUSH: Well, specifically, no. What are they?CALLER: All right, well, I've been hearing from a lot of my colleagues and from companies about regulations regarding truck drivers' weight and just a lot of regulations...

RUSH: James Carville, last night on CNN, Anderson Cooper 44, Cooper said, "What else do you want people to know about what's going on right now down in New Orleans? I mean there's a new moratorium that's going to be in place, that's a huge concern, but now it sounds like people on the presidential commission are backtracking, saying it may not take six months."CARVILLE: The people here have been so let down. The federal government let us down. They're killing the economy here. People in the...

RUSH: Who's next? Jerry in Tomball, Texas. Jerry, welcome to the Rush Limbaugh program. Great to have you here.CALLER: Oh, thank you, Rush. It's such an honor to talk to you.RUSH: Thank you very much.CALLER: I have been listening to you since the Rush is Right stickers. Do you remember those?RUSH: Oh, yeah. I mean, that's...CALLER: A long time ago. (laughing)RUSH: And they've never gone out of style.CALLER: Well, I'd love to have one.RUSH: No, I mean we don't have any in stock, but...

RUSH: Here's Pelosi this morning at a press conference about the president campaigning for House Democrats in November.PELOSI: The president is president of the United States. Uh, he has an agenda that he has put forth. We have passed it in the Congress. It's important for the American people to understand the success of that agenda and the president, of course, is the best, uh, uh, promoter of his agenda. So he will be doing that.RUSH: (laughing) They're trying to drive us crazy and I refuse...

RUSH: Audio sound bites. Barack Obama got pathetic applause today in the battery factory in Holland, Michigan. We have two sound bites. Here's number one.OBAMA: Just a few years ago, American businesses manufactured only 2% of the world's advanced batteries for electric and hybrid vehicles. But because of what's happening in places like this, in just five years we'll have up to 40% of the world's capacity. For years you've been hearing about manufacturing jobs disappearing overseas. You are...

RUSH: Here's Mary in Chicago. Welcome to the EIB Network. Great to have you here.CALLER: Hello, Rush.RUSH: Hi.CALLER: Yes. I'm calling to comment about the mandates that the president has initiated for the insurance companies, this whole cost containment for health care.RUSH: Yes.CALLER: This has all been done before and it doesn't work. I used to work for a Fortune 500 company in the benefits area, and in the early eighties when health care costs were exploding, all of us benefit managers...

RUSH: Stacy from parts unknown in Georgia, always a pleasure, and welcome back to the EIB Network.CALLER: Well, hey, Rush. It is so thrilling to talk to your newly married self and congratulations on your nuptials.RUSH: Thank you very, very much.CALLER: And I tell you, watching this health care stuff unroll the past few months, nothing is surprising me anymore. The fact of the matter is, and right now my Internet's acting up, I'm trying to find it, but when I talked to you last, when Obama...

RUSH: From The Politico today: "NAACP: We Didn't Call Tea Party 'Racist.'" Really? I thought the media told us it's a giant resolution yesterday, the tea party's racist. But the NAACP says, "We didn't call tea party racist." So yesterday wasn't real? The media lied to us yesterday again? "NAACP President Ben Jealous said Thursday that the resolution passed by the group on Wednesday does not call the tea party 'racist.' The resolution the NAACP approved Wednesday ... alleges that the tea party...

This iPhone 4, I can't duplicate this reception problem. I know people are having the reception problem. I'm not denying it. But, folks, they've sold three million of these phones since the end of June. When did they go on sale, June 15th, 24th, whatever. Three million phones and the number of returns is infinitesimal, and yet the big news is how rotten the phone is. I remember saying on this program many, many times -- in jest, being jocular -- that Apple would report all this cash on hand....

RUSH: This is an innocent little story from Robert Pear: "Health Plans Must Provide Some Tests at No Cost." Wow. Here it comes. Free. Now, listen to me. I'm going to read from the story. "The White House on Wednesday issued new rules..." the White House -- look at me -- the White House issued new rules. We're talking about health care. The White House issued new rules, by fiat. This is reported as though it's good; it's common; it's exactly what life should be like. "The White House on...

RUSH: I gotta develop this theme a little further, but I was talking about it with a friend of mine this morning. Nothing, practically nothing in the media is real. The oil spill is not killing birds and fish. It's not. They don't know what's killing birds and fish but it isn't the oil spill. New York Times: Apple's iPhone does not have a major problem. They may have a problem with some receivers, and Apple's got this big press conference tomorrow, but if there were a major problem with the...

Rush's Morning Update: Who To Blame July 16, 2010Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer The US Chamber of Commerce held a job-promotion conference this week. White House representatives were asked not to attend-- at least that's the story from Obama senior adviser Valerie Jarrett.Chamber officials say otherwise. They say Jarrett's office called the day before the conference, demanding a prime speaking slot to follow Chamber chief...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"I guarantee you if we could take Barack Obama back to the voting booth, there would be a hell of a lot more people returning Obama than have returned iPhones.""There aren't going to be any middle-class tax cuts. That promise has been broken.""We got regulations coming out every orifice there is in Washington and we don't have any economic growth.""Chuck Schumer has produced nothing, not a single job, not a product, not one damn...

Story #1:York and Henninger on the Berwick AppointmentRUSH: Byron York had the story in the DC Examiner on Donald Berwick, the new health care czar. He's the czar of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, CMS. Here's from Byron's story. "'During fiscal year 2003, the Institute created a postretirement health benefit plan for its Chief Executive Officer (CEO). It provides the CEO and his spouse medical insurance from retirement until death. The present value of the estimated cost of...

Story #1:York and Henninger on the Berwick AppointmentRUSH: Byron York had the story in the DC Examiner on Donald Berwick, the new health care czar. He's the czar of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, CMS. Here's from Byron's story. "'During fiscal year 2003, the Institute created a postretirement health benefit plan for its Chief Executive Officer (CEO). It provides the CEO and his spouse medical insurance from retirement until death. The present value of the estimated cost of...