From: jrs@netcom.com (John Switzer)
Subject: Summary Thu 1/7/93
Summary: Unofficial Summary for Thursday, January 7, 1993
Keywords: Unofficial Summary Rush Limbaugh
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Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 00:14:54 GMT

Unofficial Summary of the Rush Limbaugh Show

for Thursday, January 7, 1993

by John Switzer

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January 7, 1993

LIMBAUGH WATCH

January 7, 1993 - It's now 66 days after Bill Clinton's election
and Rush is still on the air with 546 radio affiliates and 207 TV
affiliates, and his book has been on the NY Times hardback non-
fiction best-seller list for 16 consecutive weeks and is
currently number one on the list.

MORNING UPDATE

Bill Clinton gave himself the choice of sending his daughter to
private school, but he doesn't think the American public should
have the same choice. When Clinton came to Washington, DC, he
took one look at the public schools there and said, "Blecch! I'm
not sending my daughter into that!"

However, parents in the Bronx, Queens, and South Central Los
Angeles undoubtedly do the same thing - they look at their public
school systems and say "Blecch! I wish I didn't have to send my
kids into that!" The big difference between these people and Bill
Clinton is that they don't have the money or clout to send their
children to private schools.

The Clinton administration was supposed to bring about change,
but this is the "same old same old" - a President who acts as a
member of the elite and who sends his daughter to private
schools, while at the same time refusing to give that same choice
and opportunity to other American parents. Clinton still opposes
the idea of federal school vouchers which would give parents a
real choice in which schools their kids would go to.

This is blatant hypocrisy, and intelligent people seeing this
have to ask "what is the political soul of Bill Clinton? What
does he really believe?" Clinton should be an example to the
American public but instead has decided that what applies to him
shouldn't apply to others. Special interests are alive and well -
it's just that this administration is beholding to different
interests.

FIRST HOUR

Items

o       Rush tells Bo to call the television studios and have
them find a videotape of Senator Jim Sasser's recent press
conference so that Rush can demonstrate how Sasser says deficit -
"daffacit." Rush adds that he was ready to cut the Clinton
administration some slack, but has given up that idea because of
the heinous way that Clinton and his people are dealing with the
Bush administration's new deficit projections.

o       Rush adds that on Friday night's TV show he will play
some of the videotape he shot during his vacation in Hawaii.
Among the things he'll show are shots of the nuclear submarine
USS Indianapolis, but he will not show the tape of the
"astounding beautiful woman in the next suite who was sunbathing
and exposing every part of her body except the face to the sun."

Rush's camcorder, though, has a neat feature called "overlap";
the camera can remember the last five seconds of whatever it
taped and then superimpose those pictures over the next five
seconds of tape. Rush has practiced this technique and has gotten
good with it, and so will show some of his work on his TV show.

After all, Rush is always grading the viewer videos that are
shown on his TV show, and so now he can show people how they
should be done. He promises that there won't be any pictures of
babies holding copies of his book.

o       Rush recently spoke with J. Michael London of Cruise
Holidays in San Diego; London arranged two special cruises which
Rush went on, the most recent one being right before the Gulf War
started. In fact, Rush had to cut short that cruise so that he
could reclaim his microphone from his guest host at the time,
Robert K. Dornan, who was probably planning to do the show live
from the cockpit of an F-16 on its way to bomb Baghdad.

London wants Rush to do another cruise next December, but Rush
doesn't know if his heavy schedule will allow him to go. Also, he
isn't too sure about a week's stay onboard a ship with 1600 rabid
fans since he has mixed memories from the last cruise - not only
was it cut short by the Gulf War, but 60 Minutes was aboard doing
a profile of Rush, and Eastern Airlines, which was supposed to
fly everyone back home, went out of business.

That was bad enough, but next December will be the end of
Clinton's first year in the White House and Rush isn't too sure
what kind of mood people will be in then. London asked Rush if
he'd rather have a year of Clinton or go back to what happened
last time - the Gulf War, Eastern going out of business, and 60
Minutes doing a profile. Rush replied that he would much rather
have the latter alternative.

Update  Carol Moseley Braun         (The Theme from the
Jeffersons - "Moving On Up")

Rush had thought that the Braun news would last only one or two
days at most, but there's still more news. Rush has to admit,
though, that he's slipping - he missed the news yesterday that
Carol Moseley Braun has finally accepted a seat on the Senate
Judiciary Committee. However, to be fair, Rush points out that
this news is buried in the newspaper stories about Braun.

Rush bets that Braun is "panicked beyond all panic" about having
to serve on the Judiciary Committee, and he can't wait until the
next Judiciary hearings. He suspects that the reason Braun ended
up taking the position, even though she doesn't want it, is
because all of the recent negative news about her has upset the
Democratic and feminist leadership. They probably pulled her
aside and told her that she was really close to blowing it, not
just for herself but also for them.

Given her lackadaisical attitude towards her duties so far, Braun
thus had to go on this committee in order to regain her
credibility. Since Dianne Feinstein has also finally accepted a
position on the Judiciary Committee, Braun can hide a bit now,
which is why the story is being buried in the midst of the
newspapers.

*BREAK*

Phone   John from Pittsburgh, PA

John mentions that Senator Jim Sasser (D-TN) was interviewed on
CSPAN last Labor Day, and he was asked what he thought his
biggest accomplishments were. After a few seconds, Sasser said
that he was "very proud we have democracy in Nicaragua" and "very
proud of how Congress has controlled spending."

Rush can't believe this, and he adds that this is more history
revisionism - had the Democrats in Congress had their way, the
USSR would still be running a Communist Nicaragua; the Democrats
had nothing to do with democracy coming to that country. John
recalls that Jim Wright and others had secret talks with the
Communist leaders of Nicaragua. Rush agrees and points out that
the US Constitution does not empower the Speaker of the House to
embark on negotiations with foreign leaders.

Furthermore, it was Tip O'Neil who as Speaker of the House
repeatedly dispatched Rep. George Miller (D-CA) to Nicaragua to
tell Daniel Ortega that he should ignore Reagan's rhetoric
because Congress would keep him "in line." Even when democratic
elections were held, the Democrats wanted Ortega to win, and it's
astounding that Sasser is giving Congress credit for the triumph
of democracy in Nicaragua.

John also mentions that the Warren Court was the one that started
social engineering in the public schools, with its restrictions
on prayer in schools and so forth. Teachers are now unable to set
standards in public schools, and John feels that Clinton knows
this, which is why he sent his daughter to a private school.

Rush agrees that this is a valid point, although there is a lot
more behind this decision. Interestingly enough, Sidwell is a
Quaker, i.e. religious school, yet any aspect of religion is
forbidden in public schools. And, of course, Clinton himself went
to a Catholic school when he was a child.

*BREAK*

Rush is still livid about the reaction Democrats are having about
the latest news on the deficit; in particular, Rush is tired of
hearing the "sniveling comments" of George Stephanopoulos about
what the higher deficit projections mean for America and for
Clinton's plans.

The facts are that the Bush administration yesterday raised its
budget deficit projections for 1994, adding $18 billion to the
forecast done 6 months ago. Rush points out that $18 billion is
chump change for the federal government, which has a projected
$1.52 trillion budget for 1994. The deficit results from the fact
that taxes and such will bring in only $1.29 trillion, and Rush
wonders how anyone can think that Congress is not getting enough
money when it will be getting almost $1.3 trillion.

However, Clinton is now saying that his whole plan has to go out
the window because the deficit will be $18 billion larger than
expected. This is ridiculous, especially since Clinton's own
estimate of the deficit for 1994 was higher than George Bush's.
Thus, Clinton should be ecstatic that the budget deficit is not
going to be as high as he claimed throughout the Presidential
campaign.

The Bush administration has projected a federal deficit of $319.8
billion, while in his economic plan Clinton had projected a
deficit of $426 billion. Thus, Bush's latest projection is still
$100 billion less than what Clinton predicted. Yet the way the
media is reporting this story would make anyone think Bush's new
predictions are a tremendous increase.

When Bush took office in 1988, the deficit was $150 billion, and
when he leaves office it will be about $294 billion. For
practical purposes, the deficit has doubled over the past four
years, but the way this story is being reported, people are left
with the impression that the new deficit projections are twice as
high for this year alone.

Clinton is going to try to convince the people that this $18
billion increase means a total reworking of his economic plan,
and "bye-bye forever middle class tax cut. Hello, gasoline tax."
Clinton and his people have been waiting for bad news that they
could amplify and turn into a crisis, precisely so they could
implement their massive tax and spending increases.

Rush hopes people remember two things - Bill Clinton's own budget
deficit projections are still $100 billion higher than Bush's
latest figures, yet the Clinton administration is acting as if
they've been screwed and deceived. The budget deficit next year
will be only $18 billion higher than projected, and this is
peanuts compared to a budget of $1.5 trillion.

Also, Rush recalls how in October, 1990 Bush and the Congress
passed the second largest tax increase in the country's history.
This deal was supposed to reduce the deficit to about $50 billion
in five years. What's happened, though, is that the deficit
almost doubled in just three years.

Clinton's "Putting People First" economic plan is nothing more
than the 1990 Budget Deal amplified, and if 1990 didn't help the
deficit, why does Clinton want to do it all over again? Of
course, the Democrats don't even consider the possibility that
they are spending too much; instead the "problem" is that
Americans aren't taxed enough. This is an inconceivable
conclusion, especially when Americans are already giving Congress
$1.3 trillion a year. "Is that not enough money to send them?"
Rush asks.

Rush points out that non-discretionary spending, which by law
can't be touched, includes $302.2 billion in Social Security,
$202.8 billion in interest on the debt, $129.9 billion in
Medicare, $83.4 billion for welfare, $80.5 billion for Medicaid,
and $77.4 billion for federal retirement.

This works out to over $600 billion for social programs of one
form or another, while defense spending is only $292 billion.
Defense spending is not federally mandated, of course, and so it
can be reduced at will. Foreign aid is only $14 billion a year.
The social spending, though, cannot be touched since it is
mandated by law.

It should be obvious, though, that when half of the budget is
spent on social programs, not to mention the various farm and
trade subsidies, any meaningful cuts cannot be made in defense,
foreign aid, or the other discretionary areas.

The bottom line is that America already tried what Clinton wants
to do, and this resulted in the largest deficit in America's
history. Clinton is trying to blame Bush for the deficit, but
it's the House of Representatives that spends the money. The same
thing happened in California - Governor Pete Wilson went along
with massive Democratic tax increases, and the state's deficit
doubled. Today's headlines, though, say "California may fight
deficit with tax cut." Wilson has learned - to cut the deficit,
taxes have to be cut so that jobs can be created. California has
learned its lesson, but the federal government hasn't.

Clinton should be ecstatic at the news that Bush's deficit
projections are $100 billion less than his own, yet he isn't
simply because he wants to use this news as an excuse to throw
his economic plan out the window and repeat the 1990 budget deal.

*BREAK*

Phone   Ken from Tigard, OR

Ken points out that Chelsea Clinton is coming from a state whose
public schools consistently have low scholastic achievement
scores. He thus wonders how Chelsea can be academically capable
enough to attend Sidwell. Rush says that Chelsea went to an
exclusive school when she was in Little Rock, and thus didn't
have to endure the state's public schools.

Ken adds that if Rush wants to prove the truth of his Undeniable
Truth of Life #24, he should just send a camera crew to Wellesley
College. Rush thinks this is a great idea, but notes that
Limbaugh Letter editor Diana Schneider is not pleased with these
comments and is conspicuously avoiding looking at him right now.
However, he recalls that he did get her to agree with him
yesterday, so there is some hope for her.

*BREAK*

Returning to the deficit issue, Rush notes that Clinton promised
to cut the deficit in half after four years. Yet now he is
retreating from that promise and scrapping his stated plans
because the deficit is an insignificant $18 billion higher.

Phone   Terry from Chattanooga, TN

Terry says that on the Today show this morning both Tim Russert
and Lisa Myers bashed Clinton for crying about the $18 billion
increase in the deficit; Russert suggested that Clinton simply
use his existing plans with the new deficit figures.

Rush says that it is good news that the media is chiding Clinton
for his needless panicking. Terry agrees but was surprised at
this because both Russert and Myers supported Clinton during the
campaign. Rush notes that the media, although they certainly
supported Clinton during the campaign, will never return to the
days of Camelot - media careers today are made by attacking the
high and mighty, and this will prevent the love-fest that existed
between the administration and media during JFK's term.

Referring to the President and his staff, Rush says "this is a
sniveling little bunch of crybabies." Being President is not an
easy job and it was very immature for Clinton and his people to
react in this manner.

*BREAK*

SECOND HOUR

Rush encourages subscribers to the Limbaugh Letter to pull out
the insert to the December issue which listed the top 50 promises
Clinton made during the Presidential campaign and primaries. EIB
helpfully included a little box next to each promise so that
subscribers could mark the date when Clinton broke each promise.

Promise #50, "I will not raise taxes on the middle class to pay
for these programs," was made by Clinton on October 19th during
the East Lansing, MI debates. Rush encourages people to look out
for any movement on this promise, because if the Clinton
administration is going to act like sniveling crybabies about
Bush's latest deficit projections, then it means they are looking
for excuses to raise taxes and thereby abandon what Clinton said
during the campaign.

Rush returns to the California deficit situation - Governor Pete
Wilson did on a state level what Bush did at the national level -
appease the Democrats and liberals, by going along with them.
Wilson was preparing for a Presidential bid, and thus thought he
had to move to the center; this, of course, is what Bush did and
it got both men in trouble.

Wilson seems to have learned from his past mistakes, though. In
his "State of the State" address yesterday, Wilson called for a
"Great California Comeback." He wants tax credits for small
businesses and companies doing R&D, more small business loans,
and worker compensation reform. These are great goals, but Rush
doubts that the Democratic state assembly will go along with him,
especially since Willie Brown has opposed Wilson at every turn
for the past 3 years.

An aide to Willie Brown even asked "it's one thing to say you
want to cut taxes, but where is the money going to come from?"
This is the inherent flaw liberals have about tax cuts - they
think that cutting taxes will reduce revenues, when it's exactly
the opposite. Lower tax rates raise revenue because they create
more economic activity and more taxpayers; wealth has to be
created before it can be taxed, yet liberals seem incapable of
learning this.

George Stephanopoulos is so out of touch that he even said "I
think everybody should be unsettled by the notion that you can't
get straight numbers out of the Office of Management and Budget."
Rush points out in the real world, economics is not an exact
science, and instead of attacking the OMB, people should be
impressed that they were only $18 billion off.

Rush says that if Willie Brown, George Stephanopoulos, and the
rest of liberal Democrats are really panicked by a meager $18
billion increase in the projected deficit, and thus truly want to
solve the problem of the deficit, they should look to the 80s for
help.

The book "The Seven Fat Years" by Robert Bartley shows how the
deficit can be cured via genuine prosperity - everybody got
wealthier during the 80s, and the rich started paying more in
taxes than ever before. These are facts, but Rush has found that
liberals can easily ignore facts because they retreat into
cliches, such as the only solution to the deficit being "raising
taxes on the rich."

Rush moves onto the subject of the Clintons' decision to send
Chelsea to a private school. A paragraph of an editorial in
today's Wall Street Journal says:

"The core strategy of any such campaign [to improve schools and
education] would be these [American public] schools have to be
free to teach, rather than being asked constantly to solve all
the other ills of American life - handing out condoms in the
nurses' office, clinical courses in AIDS prevention, compliance
with ACLU-approved discipline procedures, environmental
sensitivity training, complying with asbestos mandates or
bureaucratic mandates yet unborn."

*BREAK*

Rush was in Patsy's restaurant last Tuesday with Roger Ailes,
"political guru and inflexible and unforgiving Republican
pitbull." The two men were minding their own business when out of
the blue a well-dressed and attractive middle-aged woman comes
out and asks "you're Rush Limbaugh, aren't you?"

Rush beamed proudly and said he was, and the woman then said "be
kind to women - go easy on the women." Ailes spoke up in his
rather loud voice "what's he do with women you don't like? Rush
doesn't hate women - he loves women! Can't keep his hands off
women! Loves women! But he doesn't like liberals and the problem
with liberals is they can't take criticism or laugh at
themselves. You've got to lighten up and learn to laugh!"

The woman responded "oh yes, we all need to laugh at ourselves,"
and although she spoke in a very prim and proper tone, her eyes
were sending daggers towards Ailes. She turned back to Rush and
again admonished him to "go easy on the women." As she walked
away, Rush told Ailes "see - it's absolutely hopeless."

Phone   Linda from Baton Rouge, LA

Linda was appalled at the Amy Fisher marathon that occurred last
weekend, especially since all of this publicity was a result of
Fisher's attempted murder of another woman. On Geraldo, one woman
even defended Fisher by saying that she was messed up because she
had sex at such a young age.

Rush says that Amy Fisher grew up in the 80s, and thus everything
she did wrong can be blamed on Ronald Reagan. Linda doesn't
believe this, but Rush tells her that it won't be long before
some nutcase puts this theory forth. He adds that he has always
thought that each generation of people thinks that the days they
are living in are always the worst days of mankind, in one
respect or another.

On the A&E network last night Rush saw yet another special on the
Lindberg kidnapping, which occurred almost 70 years ago. This
fascination with criminals is really nothing new, and thus
Fisher's celebrity status is not new either. However, what is new
is that a lot of movies and such are being made about these
criminals, and some fear that this is romanticizing crime too
much.

Also, some adults are following this story in a voyeuristic way,
since it's a safe way to experience these sorts of "thrills."
Rush bets that Helen Fisher could find the roots of this sort of
activity in the behavior of man's "ancient ape-like ancestors."

Phone   Jimmie from Fresno, CA

Jimmie mentions how Al Gore and Bill Clinton campaigned for
higher wages for America's working class. Jimmie is a union
lather for a big company, Pierce Enterprises, and Rush
congratulates him for getting a plug in for his company. Jimmie
nervously says that he had to do it, to which Rush replies "no
you didn't, but you did it. It's all right, though, don't panic -
don't act like George Stephanopoulos."

Jimmie refers to Rush's recent remarks about how paying union
workers the same wage breaks the human spirit. Rush says that he
actually said liberalism breaks the human spirit; a union worker
make the same amount of money as everyone else doing the same
job. There's no recognition of a worker's individualism and
performance; thus, if a worker does a great job, he gets paid the
same as a poor worker.

Jimmie says that in his trade things are a bit different. Rush
replies "well, then, I don't want to hear about it because then
it will make me look bad." He holds Jimmie over the break so that
1) EIB can try to "mysteriously" lose Jimmie's call, and 2)
should that fail, Jimmie can get his chance to make Rush look
bad.

*BREAK*

Phone   Jimmie from Fresno, CA (continued)

"Upstart union guy" Jimmie says that he entered into a union
apprenticeship class four years ago and in his first class the
teacher stated that four out of ten people in the class would not
be in the job four years later. These people either would not
like the job or would not be good enough to remain in it. Jimmie
saw this happen with one of his friends who took the class with
him; this friend couldn't handle the job conditions and thus is
now working as a prison guard.

Rush admits that many union workers do specialized work but he
doubts that this is an accurate description of most union
members. Jimmie agrees with that, and adds that he is also in the
minority because he is a conservative union worker. He wonders
whether Clinton's calls for higher wages for blue-collar workers
will generate inflation.

Rush says that this certainly can happen, but inflation will
happen to a certain extent no matter what, if for no other reason
because most people will not accept no inflation if it means no
wage increases. Also, a lot of people don't understand how wages
get raised, and Rush asks Jimmie how he, if President, would
raise wages. Jimmie says that this is a good question, especially
since his union just recently voted for and got a $1/hour raise
over the next two years.

Rush bets that this increase basically is intended to keep pace
with inflation, and was a result of the union making "the best
deal it could." However, this doesn't help a lather whose
productivity far excels that of his coworkers; this is why union
membership is falling - if people work harder and better, they
don't get paid more.

The real reason wages get raised is that productivity has
increased. Jimmie agrees and says that he voted against the raise
because he believes that productivity should have a relationship
to wage increases. Rush notes that his own income is directly
proportional to what he produces (i.e. advertising revenues). If
people want higher wages, they have to work harder for them; the
President simply can't come in and demand that employers pay
their workers more.

To be paid more, employees have to be more productive, which
means that they need more work; this in turn means that the
company has to have more customers to buy their products, and
this requires being competitive. Business therefore has to
flourish before wages can go up, and one of the best ways for
business to flourish is to keep Democrats away from it.

Democrats view business as a necessary evil which has the deep
pockets which will pay for their social programs, and this
hampers productivity. Granted, many people are more productive
without receiving the commensurate awards, but this is life -
life is not fair, and there's no guarantee that any business will
succeed. However, it simply can't be denied that higher wages are
directly related to higher productivity.

*BREAK*

Phone   Victoria from Summerville, SC

Victoria recalls that Rush said it took new listeners three days
to understand him, and Rush says that it actually takes six weeks
or more. Victoria says that it has taken her only 10 minutes; she
first heard Rush about two years ago and was immediately thrilled
with his show. In fact, she was putting her makeup on when she
first heard him and her hand froze in midair in the midst of
putting on mascara as she started listening.

Victoria thanks Rush for giving her comfort and piece of mind in
"this world gone mad." Rush thanks Victoria for her kind words
and thoughts. "Another of a number of countless examples of what
it is like to be me," he states.

Phone   David from Victorville, CA

David quotes Thomas Jefferson as saying "the majority oppressing
an individual is guilty of a crime," and David says that he lives
his life according to that rule. In America, though, most people
don't really understand what liberty means and the country is
therefore heading towards totalitarianism. Both Republicans and
Democrats are responsible for this, and David hopes that people
soon figure out that liberty really means 1) not encroaching on
other people and 2) doing what you need to do.

Rush asks David to distinguish between liberty and freedom, and
David replies "liberty is freedom." Rush asks if this means
people can do what they want, without limits, and David agrees
with that and thinks this is what Jefferson and his colleagues
meant. Rush says that libertarianism like this looks great on
paper but it is not practical - people don't live in vacuums and
their actions will affect others, no matter what.

David disagrees and says that he can do whatever he wants, as
long as he doesn't encroach on others. He has read Rush's book,
which he borrowed, and thinks that Rush's argument against women
doing anything they want to with their body is flawed. Rush says
that women can't be prostitutes or take drugs, and David says
that he disagrees with making either of those activities illegal.
Rush holds David over the break.

*BREAK*

Phone   David from Victorville, CA (continued)

Rush asks David if he thinks the legalization of drugs and
prostitution will affect the morality of society. David thinks
that the government is responsible for immorality; if a man pays
for a prostitute's services, a higher law (i.e. God) will deal
with them - the government should not be involved.

Rush wonders why people should have to spend their lives
suffering through moral decay like this. If people do drugs, they
are going to have an impact on other people's lives - taxes will
have to be collected to take care of these people, feed them,
provide health care, etc. Rush asks David to hang through another
break so that he can get a chance to reply.

*BREAK*

THIRD HOUR

Rush recalls how he refused to be angry or depressed after the
election, and instead lead the nation in positive thinking and
good cheer. He still wants to follow down that path, but this has
become more challenging, given how angry Clinton seems to be
about this deficit news.

Rush decides to give some advice to the Clinton campaign - their
enemy is not the deficit or the economy; the Clinton
administration had better keep a sharp eye on Congress because
they're the ones who gave the country its deficit.

Congress wants as much executive branch power as it can get, and
this isn't going to change just because the next President will
be a Democrat. Rush finds it interesting that with all of this
talk about the new deficit predictions, that not one word is
being said about Congress' role in this matter. Nobody dares to
talk about how Congress created the deficit with its spending;
instead, the deficit is blamed solely on George Bush and Richard
Darman.

Thus, when Clinton becomes President, these problems will then be
blamed on him, and the Clinton administration had better realize
this real soon.

Phone   David from Victorville, CA (continued)

David almost feels sorry for Clinton, but Rush says that it's the
American people David should feel sorry for because it's they who
are going to get the shaft. David, though, thinks the deficit
spending of the 80s is going to ruin the country, and Clinton's
$280 billion deficit will be the final nail in the coffin.

David thinks the only way out of this is for the country to get
rid of the present political system and start over. The quickest
way to do this would be if everyone refused to pay taxes. Rush
says that this certainly would be liberty.

David also sees no problem with allowing people to ruin their
lives with drugs, alcohol, or whatever; what people do with their
own lives is their own business. Rush says that this becomes
society's business because these people become unproductive
members of society who have to be taken care of. David, though,
wouldn't mind seeing these people die in the streets if they
refuse to take care of themselves; he's firmly opposed to any
form of welfare.

Rush points out that even if this happened, an ambulance will
still have to pick the dead bodies up and bury them. David says
that a good example of this is Somalia - the US doesn't need to
be over there distributing food. He feels sorry for the starving
Somalis, but if things in America keep going on like they are
now, his own children will become just as pathetic as the
Somalis.

Rush says that the only way David's kids could be as worse off as
those in Somalia is if David gets his heart's desire - total
liberty, which will inevitably lead to anarchy. David thinks the
country is on the path to anarchy now and will soon be as
devastated as Somalia. "There's no question about that in my
mind," David states.

David thinks the government has no business getting involved in
the country's economy, and instead should let the free market and
laissez-faire capitalism take off. "That is the essence of
liberty," he says - letting people decide how they should live
their own lives.

Rush asks David if he thinks the Civil War should not have been
fought. David thinks that the South should have been allowed to
secede if it wanted to. He also has no problems with letting
employers hire only white people, hispanics, men, women, or
whatever. The market will ultimately decide the morality of each
business venture.

David couldn't care less about Amy Fisher or Joey Buttafuoco, but
the fact that the ratings for the shows about these people were
so high demonstrates how many people really want to be involved
in other people's lives. He supports the First Amendment rights
of the movie makers, but he wishes fewer people supported the
movies themselves.

Rush says that David is being judgmental about this, but if he
truly believes in total liberty, then he can't be judgmental - if
people can do whatever they want to, then they shouldn't be
judged for exercising that right. When value judgements are made,
sooner or later the person doing the judging is going to try to
stop someone from doing something he thinks is morally wrong.
This goes against the total libertarianism that David says he
supports. Rush thanks David for calling and for hanging over the
break.

*BREAK*

Phone   Bill from Atlanta, GA

Bill read in today's Atlantic Journal and Constitution, which
just raised its rates 15 cents a day (probably because Clinton
will soon be President), an article speculating about who will be
Clinton's spokesperson - George Stephanopoulos or Dee-Dee Myers.

Bill's stomach turns somewhat when he sees Clinton, but it turns
a heck of a lot more when he sees "that sniveling, smug, crass,
over-educated, underdone yuppie that is George Stephanopoulos."
<<I hate him, too, but that's because I can never remember how to
spell his frigging name.>>

Rush says that Stephanopoulos is not really a yuppie, but a
"grunge kid"; Bill doesn't care - he still doesn't like him;
however, he does think Stephanopoulos is perfect for White House
spokesman since he typifies Bill Clinton and liberals. If Bill
had to create a cartoon liberal, he would use Stephanopoulos as
his model.

Rush doesn't know who Clinton will choose as his spokesperson,
but regardless of that choice, Stephanopoulos will be a powerful
member of Clinton's inner circle. Stephanopoulos has Clinton's
ear and confidence, and even if he doesn't become the
Presidential spokesman, he will still have a lot of influence in
the Clinton administration.

Bill adds that a group of liberals are challenging Paul
Coverdell's victory over Wyche Fowler in last month's run-off
election. Since Georgia is the only state that has run-off
elections for its Congressional representatives, this liberal
group is challenging the entire election. Bill finds it
interesting that this challenge is happening after a Republican
conservative was victorious. Even though Coverdell was sworn in
this week, the lawsuit is still continuing.

Rush says that the same situation happened with Senator Bob
Packwood (R-OR) - he was sworn in, but the Senate is still
continuing its investigation into the sexual harassment charges
that have been brought against him. The lawsuit against
Coverdell, though, is the typical, spoil-sport kind of politics
that liberals like - the law is only bad when it affects them.
They won't succeed at this, but they'll try anyway.

Phone   Chris from Fredrick, MD

Chris asks if there are any promises Clinton has made that he
will probably be able to keep, and Rush starts scanning the list
of 50 promises that was included in the latest issue of the
Limbaugh Letter. He notes the easiest promise for Clinton to keep
would be promise #8 which was made April 1st in New York City -
"If I become President, we will keep a kosher kitchen in the
White House."

Phone   Gabrielle from Colts Neck, NJ

Gabrielle saw Rush on the Donahue show last month, and this made
her year - she was jumping up and down and shouting with joy
because she loved seeing Donahue squirming in his seat. She
thinks Rush handled Donahue very well, and Rush thanks Gabrielle
for making his day with her comments.

Phone   Ted from Chicago, IL

Ted would like Rush explain more about how freezing spending at
current levels would balance the budget in about five years. Rush
holds Ted over the break.

*BREAK*

Phone   Ted from Chicago, IL (continued)

Rush thanks Ted for reminding him of this subject, and he recalls
that last year he had dinner with Lawrence Kudlow, an economist
who worked for the Reagan administration, and Kudlow revealed
that the "dirty little secret" Congress doesn't want the public
to know about is the Current Services Baseline (CSB).

The CSB is a budgeting technique that was created by the Budget
Reform Act of 1979 - using it, Congress assumes that the economy
will have 10 to 12% growth each year, and thus each department
receives a similar increase in their budgets.

If Congress doesn't spend the full 10%, they call it a "budget
cut." This is like someone deciding in December that they will
buy a $50,000 car during the next year, and they thus plan to
finance a $50,000 loan. When the new year comes, though, the
person ends up buying a $30,000 car. Thus, the person has spent
$30,000 more than he did last year, but he tells everyone he
"saved" $20,000 because he didn't spend all the money he
originally planned.

Kudlow says that the CSB approach is a license to steal, and if
Congress used a more realistic budgeting approach, it would be
far easier to balance the budget. When a business or person comes
up with their budgets, they have to figure on real world
situations, but Congress doesn't do this.

Kudlow, along with many other economists, says that if Congress
increased the budget by only the inflation rate plus 1%, this
would effectively "freeze" the budget. Spending is still going
up, but according to the inflation rate. If this were done,
though, the federal budget would be basically balanced within
five years.

Ted is glad to know this and thanks Rush for being so
informative. Rush adds that if the average person had the same
powers that Congress had, a person making $30,000 could assume
they would make 10% more ($33,000) next year, and if this didn't
really happen, then the person could just resort to deficit
spending.

What's worse with the federal budget, though, is that it includes
all sorts of mandated social spending, such as Social Security.
This really makes it impossible to balance the budget using the
CSB method.

Phone   Louis from Jersey City, NJ

Louis says that this is one of the most exciting moments of his
life since he's finally "got a shot" at Rush. "Take it," Rush
advises. Louis is a coast-to-coast trucker who has been listening
to Rush for two and a half years, but what really bothers him is
how big business apparently has Rush in their back pocket. Rush
"softballs" big business and ignores the many horrendous crimes
that big business commits on a daily basis.

Rush first points out that his show is a business - his goal is
to maximize the size of his audience so that he can increase the
take from advertisers. He's been very honest about this. Rush
knows full well that there are many businesses who do illegal and
criminal things, but what he is trying to counter on his show is
the liberal Democrat cliche that business is the natural enemy of
the people. This is not the case in the vast majority of cases.

Louis understands this and compares Rush to the "kid with his
finger in the dike." He agrees with about 90% of what Rush says
but just doesn't like how Rush never brings up any of the
atrocities committed by businesses - "[NYC's sweatshops], the
Vietnam War, Times Beach, the Persian Gulf, the Exxon Valdez -
all that was caused by big business," states Louis.

Rush points out that there was nothing wrong with Times Beach -
after the federal government cleared out an entire town, it was
found out that the danger was non-existent. As to the Exxon
Valdez, that oil spill has long since been cleaned up.

Louis says that it was big business' fault that the Valdez
accident happened; the Valdez could have had a double hull, but
Exxon decided to save money, and thus millions of barrels of oil
were spilled into the ocean. Rush says that accidents will
happen, no matter what man does, and he holds Louis over the
break.

*BREAK*

Phone   Louis from Jersey City, NJ (continued)

Rush asks Louis what the problem was with the Gulf War. Louis
doesn't think that the US should have gone to fight Iraq because
135 families are now missing a loved one because of a war about
oil, and oil is nothing but big business.

Rush says that oil is not a benefit for just businesses, but it's
the engine of freedom, and it's the thing that allows Louis to
earn a living driving his truck. Louis, though, says that back
before the war began, Americans were anxious and worried about
what would happen. Then, in September, 1990, Chevrolet announced
that they were introducing a car that would run on 85% ethanol;
since the war, though, nothing has happened about this. Thus,
America could have reduced or virtually eliminated its need for
foreign oil, yet families lost their fathers anyway because car
and oil companies are sitting on patents for these new types of
engines.

Rush says that he is not going to let himself be maneuvered into
defending the deaths of Americans, but Louis is being unrealistic
in his theories about oil. The oil business has been around for
only 100 years or so, yet the entire world's business structure
is based on oil. Just because one car manufacturer has introduced
a car that runs on less oil doesn't mean that overnight the world
can change its reliance on oil.

Certainly, this is a good step because oil is finite and will run
out eventually, but even if we could replace all of the world's
cars with ethanol-using automobiles, planes would still need oil
in order to fly. Oil is a major factor in today's world and it
will remain so for decades to come. Any change to this will be a
very gradual one.

*BREAK*

In a piece of news that will irritate those who hate business,
Ford now makes the top-selling car in America - the Taurus. Rush
wonders if the anti-business people would rather have Japan make
the best-selling car. He congratulates Ford for this achievement,
which was done in spite of the budget deficit and Clinton's
doom-and-gloom rhetoric about the economy.

Phone   Duke from Bayside, NY

Duke asks if there is anything Republicans can do to regain their
credibility as problem-solvers, since they are now viewed only as
problem-creators. Rush replies that if Republicans will just
continue to tell the truth, they'll eventually win the battle.
Rush has run out of time, but he will call Duke tomorrow to get
his opinions on what he thinks the credibility problems exist for
the Republican party.

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