Kayla: 14-Year-Old on Algore’s Movie
March 30, 2007
RUSH: To the phones we’ll start in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. We have a 14-year-old named Kayla, and you’re first. It’s such a pleasure to have you with us today.
CALLER: It’s a pleasure to talk with you, Rush. I wanted to say just how stupid and idiotic Algore’s movie is. We were required to watch it in geography class because apparently it has to do with the fate of the world and the theocracy, apparently. At least that’s what our teacher said, so I’m taking it that our geography teacher is definitely a liberal. Now everyone is walking around the school talking about how all the polar bears are drowning and that we’re all going to die. It’s crazy.
RUSH: You didn’t fall for it, though, it sounds like?
CALLER: No, I think it’s really stupid.
RUSH: Why are you so different than anybody else?
CALLER: Well, if you remember like a while ago, 50 years ago, they were complaining about global cooling.
RUSH: It wasn’t 50 years ago. It was like 30.
CALLER: Thirty? Somewhere in there.
RUSH: Yeah.
CALLER: They were complaining about global cooling and now they’re complaining about global warming.
RUSH: Let me ask you a question out there, Kayla. Let’s say that the global cooling scare of 1979 and ‘80 had stuck and let’s say that instead of all this global warming, let’s say that we were freezing and Greenland was expanding and Antarctica were expanding and the ice sheets are going nuts and we’re threatened here. Do you think Algore would do a movie advocating everybody would go out and buy the biggest SUV possible and drive it around? Do you think Algore would be doing a movie that would advocate more factories, more smokestacks, more cows expelling gas, methane, everything that they say is causing warming? Do you think they would advocate that very so-called pollution to warm up the planet?
CALLER: You never know. He probably would, knowing Algore. He’s kind of cuckoo.
RUSH: No, wouldn’t happen. It would not happen.
CALLER: Hmm.
RUSH: It wouldn’t happen because then they’d be terribly conflicted because they’d be advocating pollution — and besides, the reason they wouldn’t is that they’d be promoting capitalism. This global warming movement, the whole thing is nothing but an anti-capitalist rant. It’s a religion, it’s not science, and the proof of this is — you said it was geography class where you had to watch this?
CALLER: Yeah.
RUSH: Are they giving you anything counter to it? Are they showing you anything else or asking you to read something that disagrees with Algore’s propaganda?
CALLER: Nope.
RUSH: Of course not. They say it’s science, right?
CALLER: Yep.
RUSH: Well, how can there be science when so many scientists disagree with it?
CALLER: Exactly.
RUSH: If there’s consensus, it can’t be science. It’s impossible. Science is not up to a vote. Science is what it is. This is no different than a bunch of idiots saying the world flat, getting 3,000 scientists come up with an agreement and going to the UN. That wouldn’t make it flat. They would just say there’s a consensus, and a bunch of brain-dead idiots that follow along would somehow believe it. Are you threatened by your disagreement? Do you make your disagreement in class public?
CALLER: Yeah, I did, because we had to do our opinion on it, and everybody else says, “Oh, it’s real,” and I ended up getting yelled at by everybody else after class saying, “You’re an idiot.”
RUSH: How do you react? I mean, does it threaten you?
CALLER: No, no. I know what I believe, and I think it’s right, and I’m not going to fall for this.
RUSH: In this case you don’t have to think it’s right. You can be very confident that you’re right.
CALLER: Exactly.
RUSH: Let’s see, I was going to ask you one other question about this. Have your parents been forced to go to the class and watch it, too?
CALLER: Nope.
RUSH: That’s happening in Florida.
CALLER: Hmm.
RUSH: Kids are being told their parents have to come and watch this Gore movie or they might suffer consequences in their grade.
CALLER: That’s crazy.
RUSH: Yeah. It’s more than crazy. It’s frightening. Some of these parents are coming out of there and they’re becoming true believers in this propaganda as well. It’s an ongoing battle. But here, look, I have the brand-new issue of the Limbaugh Letter here, folks, with me on the cover as Moses. Let me zoom in here on this just to show you. I’m rolling back the global warming BS. That’s the cover story in the latest issue of the Limbaugh Letter. You’ll be getting yours soon. I, of course, as editor and publishing get mine first before anybody else does. I’m still waiting for my peace mug. We got the samples back yesterday. There’s something wrong with the color. So there was a tiny little color problem. We sent ‘em back to the manufacturer. I’m going to get my sample of the final peace mug product on Monday, then they’ll be good to go. Kayla, it’s great to hear from you. Keep it up. Don’t buckle. You’re on the right side of this.
OCON
1. “I think she’s most qualified of any that has run recently for vice president, tell you the truth.” –on Sarah Palin, interview with Don Imus, Oct. 22, 2008
2. “You know, I think you may have noticed that Senator Obama’s supporters have been saying some pretty nasty things about Western Pennsylvania lately. And you know, I couldn’t agree with them more. I couldn’t disagree with you. I couldn’t agree with you more than the fact that Western Pennsylvania is the most patriotic, most god-loving, most, most patriotic part of America, and this is a great part of the country.” –Moon Township, Penn., Oct. 21, 2008
3. “There was an energy bill on the floor of the Senate loaded down with goodies, billions for the oil companies, and it was sponsored by Bush and Cheney. You know who voted for it? You might never know. That one.” –referring to Barack Obama during the second presidential debate, Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 7, 2008
4. “I have not had a chance to see it in writing, so I have to examine it.’” –on the Bush administration’s Wall Street bailout plan, which was a three-page document that McCain said he received the day before, interview with WKYC in Cleveland, Sept. 23, 2008
5. “Sure. Technically, I don’t know.” –asked if the U.S. is in a recession, “60 Minutes” interview, Sept. 21, 2008
6. “The chairman of the SEC serves at the appointment of the president and, in my view, has betrayed the public’s trust. If I were president today, I would fire him.” –apparently unaware of the fact that the SEC chairman, as a commissioner of an independent regulatory commission, cannot be removed by the president, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Sept. 18, 2008
7. “Honestly, I have to analyze our relationships, situations and priorities, but I can assure you that I will establish closer relationships with our friends, and I will stand up to those who want to harm the United States. … I have a clear record of working with leaders in the hemisphere that are friends with us and standing up to those who are not. And that’s judged on the basis of the importance of our relationship with Latin America and the entire region.” –after being asked if he would invite Spanish President Jose Rodriguez Louis Zapatero to the White House, casting an ally of the U.S. as a potential enemy while simultaneously confusing Spain for a Latin American country, interview with Radio Caracol Miami, Sept. 17, 2008
8. “I also know, if I might remind you, that she is commander of the Alaska National Guard. In fact, you may know that on Sept. 11 a large contingent of the Alaska Guard deployed to Iraq and her son happened to be one of them. So I think she understands our national security challenges.” –touting Sarah Palin’s foreign policy credentials by confusing the Alaska National Guard with the U.S. Army, where Palin’s son is currently serving, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Sept. 17, 2008
9. “I understand the economy. I was chairman of the Commerce Committee that oversights every part of our economy.” –ignoring the fact that it is actually the Senate Banking Committee which is responsible for credit, financial services, and housing — the very areas currently in crisis, CNBC interview, Sept. 16, 2008
10. “Our economy, I think, is still — the fundamentals of our economy are strong.” –Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 15, 2008
11. “[Sarah Palin] knows more about energy than probably anyone else in the United States of America. … And, uh, she also happens to represent, be governor of a state that’s right next to Russia.” –after being asked about Sarah Palin’s foreign policy experience, interview with WCSH-6, Portland, OR, Sept. 12, 2008
12. “I have had a strong and a long relationship on national security, I’ve been involved in every national crisis that this nation has faced since Beirut, I understand the issues, I understand and appreciate the enormity of the challenge we face from radical Islamic extremism. I am prepared. I am prepared. I need no on-the-job training. I wasn’t a mayor for a short period of time. I wasn’t a governor for a short period of time.” –explaining at an Oct. 2007 debate why Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney are not qualified to be president
13. “She’s a partner and a soul-mate.” –on his vice presidential pick, Sarah Palin, whom he had met only once before offering her the job, “FOX News Sunday” interview, Aug. 31, 2008
14. “I think — I’ll have my staff get to you. It’s condominiums where — I’ll have them get to you.” –after being asked how many houses he and his wife, Cindy, own, interview with Politico, Las Cruces, N.M., Aug. 20, 2008
15. “I was trying to hear through the wall.” –after Rev. Rick Warren asked if the “cone of silence” was comfortable during the forum he moderated at Saddleback Church. McCain was supposed to have been in a sound-proof room so that he couldn’t hear Warren’s questions or Obama’s answers, but McCain was in fact in his motorcade on the way to the forum during
the forum he moderated at Saddleback Church. McCain was supposed to have been in a sound-proof room so that he couldn’t hear Warren’s questions or Obama’s answers, but McCain was in fact in his motorcade on the way to the forum during Obama’s part of the live broadcast. (Lake Forest, California, Aug. 17, 2008)
16. “I think if you’re just talking about income, how about $5 million?” –after being asked by Rev. Rick Warren to define “rich,” Lake Forest, California, Aug. 16, 2008
17. “I was looking at the Sturgis schedule, and noticed that you had a beauty pageant, so I encouraged Cindy to compete. I told her [that] with a little luck, she could be the only woman to serve as both the First Lady and Miss Buffalo Chip.” –on the Miss Buffalo Chip Pageant, which features ******* (and occasionally bottomless) contestants, Sturgis, South Dakota, Aug. 4, 2008
18. “In the 21st century nations don’t invade other nations.” –on Russia’s military action against Georgia, Birmingham, Mich.,
19. “We have a lot of work to do. It’s a very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq-Pakistan border.” –referring to a border that does not exist, ABC News interview, July 21, 2008
20. “I was concerned about a couple of steps that the Russian government took in the last several days. One was reducing the energy supplies to Czechoslovakia.” –referring to a country that no longer exists, Phoenix, Arizona, July 14, 2008
21. “Maybe that’s a way of killing them.” –responding to a report that $158 million in cigarettes have been shipped to Iran during Bush’s presidency despite restrictions on U.S. exports to that country, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 8, 2008
22. “We should be able to deliver bottled hot water to dehydrated babies.” –Kenner, Louisiana, June 3, 2008 (Watch video clip)
23. “Make it a hundred…That would be fine with me.” -to a questioner who asked if he supported President Bush’s vision for keeping U.S. troops in Iraq for 50 years
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24. “I’m glad to have his endorsement. I condemn remarks that are, in any way, viewed as anti-anything. And thanks for asking.” –after being asked by George Stephanopoulos about receiving the endorsement of Evangelical pastor Rev. John Hagee, who has made a number of controversial remarks, including calling Catholicism “The Great Whore” and blaming Hurricane Katrina on gays
25. “I will conduct a respectful debate. Now, it will be dispirited — it will be spirited — because there are stark differences. I am a proud conservative, liberal Republica– conservative Republican…Hello? Easy there.”
26. “F**k you! I know more about this than anyone else in the room.” –to Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), during a testy exchange about immigration legislation
27. “There are neighborhoods in Baghdad where you and I could walk through those neighborhoods today.” –prior to visiting a Baghdad market while being flanked by 22 soldiers, 10 armored Humvees, and two Apache attack helicopters
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28. “I had something picked out for you, too - a little IED (improvised explosive device) to put on your desk.” –to Jon Stewart
29. “No, I’m calling you a f*cking jerk.” –to fellow Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, when Grassley asked “Are you calling me stupid?”
30. “Don’t touch me. Do you know who I am? Do you know who you’re talking to?” –becoming enraged when a woman grabbed his arm during a game of craps[/link[ at a Puerto Rico casino in 2005
My favorites are 17 and 30, very presidential 
Yeah, I know it’s long, sorry everyone. I thought people who wanted to read them would appreciate all of them, so I just left them all! But seriously, read 17. ***?
STANDARD
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - President Bush, surveying the aftermath of devastating floods during a lightning-quick tour of the Midwest on Thursday, assured residents and rescuers alike that he is listening to their concerns and understands their exhaustion.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080620/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_floods
GOLEBIOWSKI
If you look at the pic’s, it looks alot like New Orleans. So, why is the human behavior different?? Why is there no demand for DEBIT CARDS or FEMA TRAILERS or even FEMA for that matter?? How did everyone get out??
White Rose if I recall, They had plenty of notice that Katrina was coming. Ppl chose to stay. All this does is show a contrast in the mentality if people. Some ppl take personal responsibility and some don’t. And I just love being called a RACIST, so keep those comments coming!!!!
DIFRANCESCO
In other words do the people from Cedar Rapids, Iowa and people from Los Angeles, California have a different system of valuing life in America and how they want the world to see America?
STAHR
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - When school was canceled to accommodate a campaign visit by President Bush, the two 55-year-old teachers reckoned the time was ripe to voice their simmering discontent with the administration’s policies.
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Christine Nelson showed up at the Cedar Rapids rally with a Kerry-Edwards button pinned on her T-shirt; Alice McCabe clutched a small, paper sign stating No More War. What could be more American, they thought, than mixing a little dissent with the bunting and buzz of a get-out-the-vote rally headlined by the president?
Their reward: a pair of handcuffs and a strip search at the county jail.
Authorities say they were arrested because they refused to obey reasonable security restrictions, but the women disagree: Because I had a dissenting opinion, they did what they needed to do to get me out of the way, said Nelson, who teaches history and government at one of this city’s middle schools.
MATHEWS
Conservatives **** her. She is a liar and her husband is a *******. Heck NO to having them back in The White House.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/09/AR2007100902284_pf.html
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton pushed back against criticism from fellow Democrats that she is too polarizing to unite the country as president, arguing that the political battles she has been through make her uniquely equipped to bring the nation together and build a centrist governing coalition.
In an interview aboard her campaign bus, Clinton (N.Y.) acknowledged that she has contributed to the divisive politics of the past decade but said she has learned from those experiences. She said that if she becomes president, she will attempt to assemble a broad, centrist coalition on such key issues as health care, energy independence and national security.
IKARD
Gov. Sarah Palin’s first visit to Iowa as a vice-presidential hopeful turned in a blooper reunion. She stated excitedly in Cedar Rapids, IOWA Thank you so much Iowa. It is good to be here in Grand Rapids!. Are we really wanting someone who does not check and verify information in any High Government Office? No wonder Senator Barrack Obama is ahead in the polls. I for one am questioning the Republican VP Choice..What about you?
Curious check out this link: http://www.kcci.com/news/17506788/detail.html
JASINSKI
Are you sure it’s a coincidence that soooo many Tornadoes and flooding of the Mississippi River and Cedar Rapid, Iowa being underwater from flooding? The midwest is where Obama’s from.
… so is it possible Bush and McCain planted rain-making crops and caused the bad weather to get the people in the midwest mad at Obama and help the Republicans take the White House?
Also Bush could have planted the Tornadoes so Obama wouldn’t be able to campaign in the strong and help McCain catch up.
COVERDALE
