The freedom we spoke of earlier is the freedom, it’s the ambition, it’s the desire, the wherewithal, the passions that people have that gave us the great entrepreneurial advances, the great inventions, the greatest food production, the human lifestyle advances in this country, why shouldn’t that be rewarded? Why is that now the focus of punishment? Why is that now the focus of blame? Why doesn’t — Mayor Bloomberg the other day, ladies and gentlemen, resisting his Governor’s call for an increased tax on the rich in New York had some astounding numbers. Eight million people live in New York. 40,000 of those eight million pay roughly 60 to 70% of New York’s operating budget. He was afraid that if he raised taxes on those people some of them might leave. Mayor, one already has, by the way. [Applause] Stop and think of this, though. Stop and think of this. 40,000 people out of eight million. He’s right, if 10,000 of them leave, or 5,000, they’ve got a huge problem. Because New York has its own welfare state inside the one the federal government’s created. They’ve got a dependency class that has grown up and been educated their entitlement is to be fed and taken care of by these evil mean people who have more than they do. If New York City, New York State or Washington, DC were a business, these 40,000 people would be taken on golf tournament trips to Los Angeles, and they would be wined and dined and they would be thanked and they would be encouraged to keep it up. They wouldn’t be told they’re the problem. They wouldn’t be told, except there’s — I pride my accuracy rating. There is one other business where the customer is always wrong and that’s the media. Sorry about that. [Applause]
Have you ever called to complain about whatever they do? They say, yes, sir, yes, sir, three bags full. They hang up and say you’re too stupid to know how they’re doing what they’re doing. You can’t get it. You’re not sophisticated enough. So that’s another business where the customer is always wrong. But, seriously, the people who have achieved great things, most of it is not inherited. Most wealth in this country is the result of entrepreneurial, just plain old hard work. There’s no reason to punish it. There’s no reason to raise taxes on these people. Barack Obama, the Democrat Party, have one responsibility, and that’s to respect the oath they gave to protect, defend and follow the US Constitution.
They don’t have the right to take money that’s not theirs and none of it is from the back pockets of producers and give it to groups like ACORN which are going to advance the Democrat Party. If anybody but government were doing this, it would be a crime. And many of us think it’s bordering on that as it exists now.
President Obama is so busy trying to foment and create anger in a created atmosphere of crisis. He is so busy fueling the emotions of class envy that he’s forgotten it’s not his money that he’s spending. [Applause] In fact, the money he’s spending is not ours. He’s spending wealth that has yet to be created. And that is not sustainable. It will not work. This has been tried around the world. And every time it’s been tried it’s a failed disaster.
The full transcript of Rush Limbaugh’s keynote speech at CPAC for those who missed him on Fox this afternoon.
Update – The speech is now up on Youtube. Start here for the first segment. Then click on “More From: sallee5” for the rest.
Owebama is a celeb, and not much of a benefit to americans, let alone the rest of the world
so, why now are the conservatives troting out their own celeb status type, leave politics to the politicians, if Limberger wants to lead the cons, let him become a politician!!!!
“socialism is all very fine until you run out of other people’s money…”
anyway, barny fwank prolly WANTS to be arrested and go to jail….
..geddit ulianov ?
Rather than watch the speech in a bunch of small segments, just go to rushlimbaugh.com and watch it in its entirety (2 segments about 45 min each)
I was surprised to see Rush on CNN live as well. A scheduled 20 minute slot for CPAC rolling into a 1 1/2 hour lesson in conservative common sense. CNN viewers lined up … and attacked as anticipated.
Simple message…. right to work hard, earn, be rewarded and not ashamed of those principals.
Gym…huge difference between Rush’s revealing tough humouros speech and Obama’s politically correct scripted smooth ‘messge’.
One appeals to the brain and emotions, the other just the emotions.
Then was the 1920s and Jerome Kern:
Look for the silver lining
When e’er a cloud appears in the blue.
Remember somewhere, the sun is shining
And so the right thing to do is make it shine for you.
A heart, full of joy and gladness
Will always banish sadness and strife
So always look for the silver lining
And try to find the sunny side of life.
This is now:
Look for the silver lining
When e’er a cloud appears in the blue.
Remember somewhere, Obama’s signing
All the cheques he’ll send to you
A house paid for by neighbor’s earnings
Will always banish sadness and strife
So always look for the silver lining
And revel in the Obama way of life.
My abject apologies for murdering Jerome Kern’s lyrics
real, ulinov, and other libtrolls.
So it looks like Rush is getting your shorts in a knot.
Now why would that be?
Whatever it is its touched a nerve hasn’t it.
I’m always fascinated how one 90 minute speech by a conservative can resonate not just with conservatives, but with the liberal activists.
Because if it had no effect, you wouldn’t care.
What I suspect the fear is, is that your afraid that this will embolden conservatives to stop playing by your rules.
Well I regret to inform you…..its happened.
And no amount of words spoken by Old Bummer will stop it.
Cause here’s the lib-left’s biggest problem.
This big crisis, the one that’s got the whole world freaking out, its caused by the oppression of individual industry.
Its a wealth crisis.
And wealth cannot be created by governments, governments only take that away.
So your fear is that you know this, and it is what can derail Old Bummers remaking of America.
Because without wealth…there will be no government programs.
The social programs end.
And this is the message Rush gives us, not as some messiah, but in clear unvarnished language that any working slob would use.
That message by the way wasn’t intended for die hard conservatives, it was intended for everyone else.
So get ready all you nancy-boys, killjoys, and busybodies of the lib-left, we are coming to take back our freedoms, our liberties, and our right to be prosperous.
Don’t listen to radio, so haven’t heard a lot of Rush. Saw the first 20 minutes of this speech — the rest later. He never fails to go to the core. Hugely important observation about not needing a teleprompter to say what’s in the heart! And he never fails to re-iterate the core principles of conservatism which can often be forgotten in the cut and thrust of electoral politics. I was extremely impressed with his “I want you to succeed” and, alluding to the controversy about his hoping Obama fails, hoping that people who try to get in the way of your succeeding — FAIL.
On one of the occassions I DID hear him — in a motel room while travelling — one of his call-ins was a young woman whose boyfiend was standing by. She was genuinely trying to understand whether she was a ‘liberal’ or a ‘conservative’.
He proceeded to ask her a series of questions to help her make the determination. It was radio, so you HEARD the light go on. She got it. She WAS a conservative.
It was a truly astonishing performance. I’ve never heard anything quite like it.
When talking to liberal friends who, of course, despise the man, I often cite this experience in support of my contention that he is a very important conservative intellectual. You can imagine the guffaws given the rather narrow interpretation of the word ‘intellectual’ (scholar, academician …).
That said, I can also understand how the man’s style evokes such visceral hatred.
i’m reminded of a German saying from the twenties….”der silber schreiben zum horizon….”
‘ulianov’.
….a handle like that literally shouts out that a rather superior mind….an intellect encompassing an incredibly broad world view resides within…a mind that is therefore able to take the straightest quickest route to rational action…a mind able to disregard the follies of an earlier age and bore directly toward the only solution possible…
it’s an honour to type on the same page….
“Hardly. I only came to mock the stupid people who believe anything that comes out of Limbaugh’s yap.”
Hardly. Your dumb ass always shows up here and dumbs down SDA, you’re good for a laugh though…in a pathetic kind of way.
Then why come here you moron?
Well if you believe everything that comes out of Al Gore’s big fat yap, then you’ll forgive us if we believe everything that comes out of Rush Limbaugh’s big fat yap.
An equal trade, that.
I repeat, then why come here, it’s not like any of us dumb people agree with you. I’ll step out on a limb here and predict that I’m not the only one who thinks that you’re a embarassing buffoon. Why not troll the likes of Kos where your type of intelligence is appreciated.
LOL!!! Oh please! The only person that corresponds with you here is ET and she smacks you down everytime. Pretend all you want that she doesn’t but she does, it shows through in your responses to her. It’s very evident that she drives you crazy. So the big question is this, are you that dumb or are you just a glutton for punishment?
Can I say I love Kate’s unintentionally hilarious headline? Or maybe not so hilarious if the “They” who fear Limbaugh are Republicans, since Cantor And Steele came out today distancing themselves like crazy from the dude’s repugnant rant.
I know objective reality hasn’t got many fans here, but one must ask, if the “They” who’s supposed to be sooo afraid of the portly Viagra-scarfer are liberals, well how come the expressed Democrat stategy is to link the Repubs with Limbo at every opportunity – as seen in statements from Begala and Emmanuel?
Yep, the Dems are so scared of Limby they want him out there at every opportunity – and Repubs are running from him like he’s got leprosy.
Methinks Kate’s headline is whistling past the graveyard.
As for the expressed mocking and hatred of homosexuals as seen in Limbo’s speech, and echoed in gimbol’s and john begley’s comments in this thread, well, that’s the same old homophobia as seen in the seven defining signs of every fascist regime. Frankly, I’d say the pathological sexual insecurity at the heart of such statements is the mainspring of most ‘conservative’ ‘thought’. You guys reveal alot about yourselves without realizing it.
But times have changed guys. Rush’s gay bashing is big with you fringe dudes, but the mainstream has moved on. You’re similar to the inhabitants of that bunker in Germany still delusionally making your war plans as the Russians are closing in.
ET smacks me down? HAHAHA. She never provides proof and she always redefines her words and statements when caught in a lie. She is a perfect example of what’s wrong with post secondary education in humanities: she believes that her opinion is fact; no further proof is required.
Calling someone an idiot or other names is not a smackdown, and that pretty much sums up what passes for discussion here with other commentators like yourself.
Real, nobody takes you seriously considering your english improves and degrades at a moments notice.
You are an idiot Ulanov, that’s just a fact…nothing personal.
“Hardly. I only came to mock the stupid people who believe anything that comes out of Limbaugh’s yap.” Ulianov
You poor, sad thing. What a lonely life you must lead. Try getting out of your mom’s basement once in a while.
no, ulianov/lberia – I do provide facts. Specific facts. You, on the other hand, don’t. You just repeat your ungrounded opinions. Again and again.
Oh, and when I counter your untenable opinions with both facts and reason…you either don’t reply to these specific issues, or simply repeat your mantra – that you are right and everyone else is wrong.
By the way – I don’t have degrees in humanities. But don’t let that bother you.
And for you to boast that you come here to SDA only to mock people – is a sad description of yourself as a smug juvenile. Why don’t you instead, debate? Provide some facts? Use some logic? Why just mock? Only the immature and arrogant behave like that.
Posted by: real >
What is it with you and fags all the time? Hmmm let me guess……………….
Never heard a thing in the Rush speech pertaining to sodomy or men picking up and buggering little boys except that people need to mind their own business concerning what others do behind closed doors in the sanctuary of their homes.
I suppose you can always read into a speech with what you want; if you think it affects you personally (Even if it is a phantom reality based on your personal fears).
Fear not Real – No one cares about gays, homosexuals or the sexually confused in our societies anymore – They are ignored and inconsequential, merely fodder for laughter well earned and deserved
Folks, please don’t feed the trolls. Nothing constructive comes from engaging them.
Wow, guys
So, do you all agree with Knight 99 – that homosexuals are objects of ridicule? Obviously, john begley and gimbol agree with him, since they refer to homosexuals in derisive terms.
For Knight 99’s edification, I did not introduce homosexuality into the discussion: your hero Rush did, with his mocking, lisping ‘gay’ caricature. And your pals enlarged upon it.
God only knows why they think it pertains to a discussion of government – except, as I noted before, a disdain for homosexuality is one of the distinguishing characteristics of fascist thought.
One can also pontificate, I guess, that the best strategy a self-loathing gay person who’s in the closet can adopt is to continually make their ‘contempt’ for gays known, and thereby ‘punish’ others for the aspect of themselves that they loathe (how come Limbaugh got caught taking a suitcase of Viagra with him on a vacation to the Dominican Republic with four other men, hmmm?).
“Thank God the adults are in charge now”
Posted by: ulianov at March 1, 2009 12:18 PM
Ahh, of course. You mean like Chris Dodd? Barney Frank? Hussein obama? The guys who actually caused the mess, and voted against Republican attempts to reform freddie/fannie?
Those “adults”?
Add to the mix tax fraud/cheat tim geithner in charge of – hahaha – the IRS, the hillbot in charge of secstate complete with uber-conflicts of interest, terrorist william ayers…
Yeah, the “adults” are back, all right. Maybe the obamessiah could put a more sleazy, incompetent bunch together to run his government, but he’d have to scrape the docks after midnight to find ’em.
Or maybe the NDP caucus
mhb
real, you’re gay, get over it
Nobody cares.
I’m watching the replay of his speech on Fixed News right now.
Thus far only standard right-wing, yahoo boilerplate
bulldust.
It’s no wonder they fear him?
Sheesh. LET. HIM. RUN.
Well, I endured the whole hour, and I’ve got to say, what a tiresome, vacuous waste of skin. (not to mention Oxycontin)
wow real, get over it
If you actually listen to Rush you would know that the lisping voice is what he calls the voice of “the new castrati” – it has nothing to do with being gay – it is all about people, men AND women, who don’t seem to have cahunas anymore.
The “new castrati” are people (I repeat, men and women, NOT gays) who are afraid to say something that might be conceived of as politically incorrect, people who are afraid to say that they hope one side wins, etc.
You just want to dismiss conservatives as homophobes. What rubbish. Just shouting “racist” “homophobe” “islamophobe” won’t shut people up anymore.
Yup, ex-lib, tub o’lard Rush, the draft-dodging drug addict, with cahunas the size of caraway seeds, tellin’ it like it is.
Nope, “ex-liberal”
He doesn’t talk about women – he specifically talks about men. He’s adopting the universal effeminate man’s voice – the gay man’s voice – to ridicule it as being worthy of disdain.
What’s the big deal anyhow? You guys thought it was a hoot and a holler when Ann Coulter called John Edwards a fag at the CPAC thing a couple years ago. That’s part of your MO, right?
In any case, what’s the deal on the homophobic remarks to be found on this thread by Knight 99 and others? Is that more of the ‘projection’ stuff as seen in Limbaugh & J. Edgar Hoover?
Come to think of it, what’s the deal with Kate taking pride in posting Youtubes of cartoons featuring demeaning racist stereotypes like at the top of the page today? How come racist remarks always come up in threads on this site? Why are you guys always gratuitously injecting racist and/or homophobic remarks into discussions on governance?
Does your conservatism result from your hatred of anyone different from yourself, or vice versa?
Oh, no ex-liberal
I’m not shouting “racist”, “homophobe” to try and shut anyone up.
I’m merely pointing out the remarkably frequent appearances of homophobia and racism which occur in just about every thread on SDA.
I’m just wondering why your ideological brethren feel the need to inject demeaning comments about people of other races, or other sexual preferences, into every discussion of governace.
It’s okay if I just observe that, right? To simply take note of that really isn’t the same as trying to shut you up, is it?
(how come Limbaugh got caught taking a suitcase of Viagra with him on a vacation to the Dominican Republic with four other men, hmmm?).
Posted by: real at March 1, 2009 8:06 PM
Maybe he’s gay. Is that a problem?
May he’s going to have a good time with some Dominincanese ladies.
Whatever he does he will do behind closed doors. Its the leftards that will try to sneak cameras and recorders into every private room he occupies. Just to say, gotcha.
Why is it a problem if he engages in such behaviour when the leftards are trying to implement this as school curriculum for kindergarten?
Real, get real.
No problem at all with him being gay, Smithereens –
Big problem with him being so screwed up about being in the closet that he extrnalizes his self-loathing by demeaning others who are gay – as seems also to be the inspiration for the homophobic comments in this thread.
G’day.
Sex and circuses – the interests of the left wing outfits.
Gush Pimpwhore is a lying, hypocritical, cowardly draft-dodging, drug-addled sex tourist. And therefore the perfect spokesman for the GOP.
Posted by: waldo at March 2, 2009 9:12 AM
Now that’s adding a certain intellectual je ne sais quoi to the discussion. Sort of “speaking idiocy to power”, as it were.
Next time, be sure to break the Zoloft in half before posting.
mhb
The take-home piece of news from this whole speech for me is that 40,000 people pay 70% of the taxes for New York City, a place where 5 MILLION people live. What the hell are they going to do when those 40,000 rich-@ss people figure out they’re being taken to the cleaners?
I have yet to see any of you trolls addressing that little nuke. All I see is: Limbaugh is a “…lying, hypocritical, cowardly draft-dodging, drug-addled…” plus a bunch of bad words. Which fails to persuade, know what I mean?
Limbaugh’s point is twofold. First is, that’s a very dangerous situation for the USA to be in. Because you know, people can leave.
His second point is, Barry wants to take MORE money from them rich bastiges. Who are already paying 70% of the taxes. Who could leave.
But its worse than that. Because as Limbaugh has explained on his show before (ad nauseam, really), and as other people have explained lots of other places, the amount of money Barry baby is talking about spending is more than what all those eeeevile rich people have got. If he takes ALL their goddamn money from now until they are dead, even if they live a hundred more years it won’t be enough. It won’t even be close.
But it is worse even than that, my dear, dear trolls. If Barry takes not just all the money the rich evil white people make, but takes all the money EVERYBODY makes, for a whole generation, it is still less than the amount of money Barry wants to spend. M’kay?
Barry is trying to scam the whole entire rest of the world into giving him a mortgage on a twenty million dollar mansion in the Hamptons while he’s making $20,000 a year. Barry can’t even pay the interest on that, in case you can’t do the arithmetic that fast.
But Rush Limbaugh is a racist/bigot/fat guy for mentioning it, according to Barry and the Obamatons. Barry’s going to shut him the hell up, to preserve fairness and “balance” on America’s airwaves. Barry’s going to “make the rich pay” too, which probably means making sure they don’t leave, among other things.
So trolls, the question I have which I put to you now: should we be cheering Barry? Because you cretins ARE cheering him without addressing any of this, and frankly its kinda irritating.
Phantom, although I commend your attempt to educate, unfortunately it’s all but lost amongst the cliche-ridden Left.
One of the saddest commentaries on public education is the fact that there is little to no effort put into giving youth a basic introduction to the laws of economics. These laws are as immutable and applicable as the law of gravity, and they can’t be overcome with rhetoric or social engineering, much as the left would like to believe. As a teenager, I was fascinated by a Grade 13 calculus problem that dealt with the maxima found in a cost/volume/profit example. The law of supply & demand was intrinsic to the problem (that is, it wasn’t fudged or forced by the textbook), and for it to be modeled opposite than what the law states would require the solution to involve imaginary numbers (well, that’s not altogether impossible when the Left are dealing with economics). Anybody curious can email me for details.
For those interested, a quick and direct read (without the math and equations needed for more advanced study) Hazlitt’s famous ‘Economics in One Lesson’, is even available online here. Of particular interest to every US & Canuck taxpayer is found in Chapter 14: Saving the X Industry, and gives a brief but useful look at why the bailouts won’t work.
Other texts and references abound that discuss why Keynesian spending by FDR prolongued the Depression, and why tax cuts by JFK, Reagan and Bush II actually raised government revenue as compared to tax increases.
mhb23re
at gmail d0t calm
mhb, the truth is I have no noble motive of troll education. They’re Lefties, it can’t be done. Sooner teach a pig to sing.
I just like to point out the extent to which they’re retarded, is all. Its useful when other people read the comments. People who aren’t hopelessly brain damaged useful idiots.