RUSH: You want to hear something hilariously funny? This is from the Associated Press, State-Run out of Montana. Let me give you the headline: "'Tea Party Vision for Montana Raising Concerns' -- With each bill, newly elected tea party lawmakers are offering Montanans a vision of the future. Their state would be a place where officials can ignore U.S. laws, force FBI agents to get a sheriff's OK before arresting anyone, ban abortions, limit sex education in schools and create armed citizen militias....

RUSH: To Billings, Montana. Hello, Mark. Great to have you on the EIB Network, hello, sir.CALLER: Hi, Rush. January 12th dittos to you.RUSH: Thank you, sir, very much. CALLER: We share the same birthday.RUSH: I appreciate that.CALLER: Yeah. I want to know when collective bargaining became a right rather than a privilege. I have an independent sales business, thanks to you, by the way, and the main company we represent decided to help their bottom line by not offering a bonus this year....

RUSH: Jay in Stillwater, Maine. Great to have you on the program, sir. Hello.CALLER: Hi, Rush. I want to start this call by letting you know that I am prostate on my knees amidst four feet of global warming facing Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Is that sufficient for you, sir? RUSH: Proper reverence again being shown by another caller. Yeah.CALLER: (laughing) I'm calling today, Rush, because I'd like you to clarify my thinking as you so often do.RUSH: Sure. Happy to help.CALLER: Now, in theory...

RUSH: Marion, Ohio. This is Jeff. Great to have you on the program, sir, and welcome.CALLER: Hi. How you doing, sir?RUSH: Very good, sir. Thank you.CALLER: I called to say that with the lady that you had on there earlier in the program about what she was saying about why Obama was talking about the oil problem overseas and that?RUSH: Yeah, overseas and that, right.CALLER: I'm sorry?RUSH: Yeah, Obama talking about the oil problem overseas and that, yeah.CALLER: Yeah. Well, I think sometimes...

RUSH: Winston-Salem, North Carolina, this is Lennie. Hello, sir, and I thank you for waiting. Hi.CALLER: Oh, man. Thank you so much for taking my call. Super mega dittos, Maha Rushie.RUSH: Thank you, sir, thank you. I love your energy, my man.CALLER: Oh, thank you, thank you. I am so excited because, you know, I've been listening to you for 22 years. You are a man of your word. You are worth your salt. I thank God for you each and every day. Like I was telling Bo Snerdley, you know,...

RUSH: The president of the United States has engaged in oil price speculation. This is unprecedented. It's unheard of, and it isn't healthy. And the Money Honey at CNBC was not happy about it.BREAK TRANSCRIPTRUSH: Yesterday afternoon, the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, during a meeting with the Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.OBAMA: We actually think that we'll be able to ride out the Libya situation and it will stabilize.RUSH: He's talking about the oil price. "We actually think...

RUSH: By the way, do you remember that big, big report, economic growth, fourth quarter of last year, 3.2%, remember that? What did we tell you? We told you to hang on, sit tight, be patient for the revised number. It won't be that good. And it wasn't. "The U.S. economy grew at a 2.8 percent annual rate in the fourth quarter, slower than previously calculated and less than forecast as state and local governments made deeper cuts in spending." Once again, economic growth revised downward, not...

RUSH: I got, ladies and gentlemen, a nice letter from the mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Tom Henry, dated February 18th. It takes a while for snail mail to reach us here at the EIB Southern Command. Dear Rush Limbaugh: The people of Fort Wayne are still chuckling about your send-up of our community, our former mayor, Harry Baals, and our search for a name for our new local government center. We love the joke. We appreciated the attention and we're having great fun sharing it with the world thanks...

RUSH: This story out of Wisconsin from the AP, this is just hilarious. "WI House Vote Catches Dems 'Napping'". This is the most unbelievable story. It's by Todd Richmond. "Republicans in the Wisconsin Assembly took the first significant action on their plan to strip collective bargaining rights from most public workers, abruptly passing the measure early Friday morning before sleep-deprived Democrats realized what was happening." Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the Senate Democrats have fled the...

RUSH: You know, the State-Controlled Media must really be worried that the Democrats will be blamed in a government shutdown. Republicans ought to have no worries about this at all, even if they factor in 1995. Byron York has a great piece today in the Washington Examiner. Okay, the budget shut down in 1995, Republicans took the hit, right? Well, they won election 1996. They got welfare reform in Clinton's second term. They continued to win elections. They didn't lose anything because of...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"Did you see where James Carville is one of the new spokesmen for Miracle Whip? You never know what you're going to get when you start dragging $100 bills through the bayous.""You are coerced into giving money to the Democrat Party via your taxes via public employees. You don't even know it, and there's nothing you can do to stop it.""Essentiallywhat we need to do is take the public sector unions' ATM card away from the taxpayers'...

Montana's Tea Party Angers APWin elections and pass laws? That's the Confederacy!

Collective Bargaining: Not a RightWe call too many things "rights" that simply are not.

How Can We Rule Them Today?Obama has modified the old Clinton Era question.

Holding a President Accountable for Lack of Results Isn't NitpickingA caller fails to understand the role of the media.

Caller on Odd Tribute to Motown As Detroit shutters half of its schools and Libya burns.

Prez Engages in Oil Speculation, Confuses With Dithering on LibyaThis is unprecedented behavior from a US president.

Economic Growth Revised DownPhony data was amplified to boost Obama. Again. NYT in January: Great 4th Quarter Growth! AP Today: Growth Revised Down to Pitiful 2.8%

Indiana: "Fort Wayne Has Baals"A very nice T-shirt and invitation from Mayor Henry.

Sleepy Wisconsin Dems, Unions, Obama Face Walker's ArmageddonThey showed up just too early at the Assembly vote.

Media Fears Democrats Will Take Hit for Any Government ShutdownRepublicans ought not have any worry about this. AP: Psst. No Shutdown During a "Shutdown" Byron York: GOP Shouldn't Fear Shutdown

Rush's Morning Update: What's ImportantFebruary 28, 2011Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer Hoping to force a government shutdown,Dingy Harry Reid says he'll bring legislation to the Senate floor to keep the government running at current spending levels for the next month.Sound confusing? That's exactly what Democrats want. Here's what's going on. Last year, Democrats,ignoring their Constitutional duty,did not pass a budget --...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"Did you see where James Carville is one of the new spokesmen for Miracle Whip? You never know what you're going to get when you start dragging $100 bills through the bayous.""You are coerced into giving money to the Democrat Party via your taxes via public employees. You don't even know it, and there's nothing you can do to stop it.""Essentiallywhat we need to do is take the public sector unions' ATM card away from the taxpayers'...

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