{"id":34338,"date":"2009-12-30T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T01:30:27","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-19T01:30:27","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T01:30:27","slug":"rush_s_morning_update_hunger_pains_original_airdate_december_2_2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2009\/12\/30\/rush_s_morning_update_hunger_pains_original_airdate_december_2_2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Rush\u2019s Morning Update: Hunger Pains\r\n\r\nOriginal Airdate: December 2, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125101.Par.0002.ImageFile.jpg\" width=\"199\" height=\"137\"\/> <\/p>\n<p><BR\/><strong>Rush\u2019s Morning Update: Hunger Pains<\/strong><\/line><BR\/><strong><strong>Original Airdate: December 2, 2009<\/strong><\/strong><\/line><BR\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125102.ParBottom.95973.ImageFile.jpg\"\/><\/line><BR\/><strong>Watch It!<\/strong> <strong> <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/stream.rushlimbaugh.com\/cgi-bin\/members.cgi?site=rushlimb&#038;type=download&#038;clips=1&#038;stream=2009\/12\/Rush%20Limbaugh%20-%20Dec%2002%202009%20-%20Morning%20Update.mp4\">Download Morning Update Video in QuickTime<\/a><\/line><BR\/><strong>Listen to It!<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/mfile.akamai.com\/5020\/wma\/rushlimb.download.akamai.com\/5020\/clips\/09\/12\/MU120209.asx\"><strong>Windows Media Player<\/strong><\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/mfile.akamai.com\/5020\/rm\/rushlimb.download.akamai.com\/5020\/clips\/09\/12\/MU120209.ram\"><strong>RealPlayer<\/strong><\/a> <\/line><\/p>\n<p>Compassion, they say,is a virtue. How one demonstrates compassion is another story. Liberals, for instance, love showing up at a food bank on holidaysfor TV cameras. Liberals in government create massive government programs that ultimately hurt the very people they\u2019re supposed to help &#8212; all in the name of compassion. And they ban behaviors thatthey think will harm the poor unfortunates whom they believe can\u2019t(or won\u2019t)make the correct choices all by themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Which brings us to this story of &#8220;compassion.&#8221; Three years ago, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg led a successful campaign to ban &#8220;trans fats,&#8221; in order to save the obese from themselves. But there are still plenty of obese people in New York &#8211;and lots of hungry people, too. According to the New York City Food Bank, the unemployed&#8211; and even those still employed&#8211; are showing up in greater numbers looking for a free meal. Fifty-five percent of agencies say they don\u2019t have enough food to go around.<\/p>\n<p>Butdonors might be surprised and saddened to learn what happens to food they donate. The director of the Bowery Mission, Tom Bastile, says the donors are politely told &#8220;thank you,&#8221;but if the food, such as fried chicken, contains &#8220;trans fats,&#8221; workers discreetlythrow it out! Bastile says that\u2019s a veryhard thing to do,but they have to &#8220;follow the law.&#8221; Sure, people are hungry;but better they go hungry (maybe die)than risk obesity.<\/p>\n<p>This, my friends, is liberal &#8220;compassion&#8221; in action. Stuff that in your stocking. Try to eat that!<\/p>\n<p>*Note: Links to content outside RushLimbaugh.com usually become inactive over time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rush\u2019s Morning Update: Hunger PainsOriginal Airdate: December 2, 2009Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! 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