{"id":19317,"date":"2011-06-30T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T23:55:27","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-07-19T23:55:27","modified_gmt":"2011-07-19T23:55:27","slug":"rush_s_morning_update_upon_an_america_part_2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2011\/06\/30\/rush_s_morning_update_upon_an_america_part_2\/","title":{"rendered":"Rush\u2019s Morning Update: Upon an America (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=\"img_\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125101.Par.0002.ImageFile.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Once upon an America &amp;ndash; the government didn&amp;rsquo;t decide who was &amp;ldquo;too big to fail,&amp;rdquo; or too small to succeed; the people who bought things and used services decided all that. It worked.<\/p>\n<p>Once upon an America &amp;ndash; the government didn&amp;rsquo;t own car companies &amp;ndash; or tell you which cars they&amp;rsquo;d like you to buy. In fact, some of the automobiles deemed classics today were manufactured by companies that ceased operating ages ago. It worked.<\/p>\n<p>Once upon an America &amp;ndash; we didn&amp;rsquo;t have to redefine what marriage was, what a family was, or what the meaning of the word &amp;ldquo;is,&amp;rdquo; is. It worked.<\/p>\n<p>Once upon an America &amp;ndash; birds tweeted, not perverted politicians; Presidents didn&amp;rsquo;t diddle interns; their spouses were proud of the country before their husbands were nominated; and the First Family&amp;rsquo;s preacher said &amp;ldquo;God bless America&amp;rdquo; instead of &amp;ldquo;G.D. America.&amp;rdquo; It worked.<\/p>\n<p>Once upon an America &amp;ndash; it was illegal to be here illegally; there were no sanctuary cities &amp;ndash; only American cities. It worked.<\/p>\n<p>Once upon an America &amp;ndash; a government agency wouldn&amp;rsquo;t dare tell an American company in which state they had to locate their new assembly plant. They figured the business knew best. As they did &amp;ndash; and still do.<\/p>\n<p>Once upon an America &amp;ndash; we were proud of our independence. From government. Because we could mange our own affairs quite nicely without government help. It worked. So how about now in America? Has liberalism worked?<\/p>\n<p>*Note: Links to content outside RushLimbaugh.com usually become inactive over time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once upon an America &amp;ndash; the government didn&amp;rsquo;t decide who was &amp;ldquo;too big to fail,&amp;rdquo; or too small to succeed; the people who bought things and used services decided all that. It worked. Once upon an America &amp;ndash; the government didn&amp;rsquo;t own car companies &amp;ndash; or tell you which cars they&amp;rsquo;d like you to buy. 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