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RUSH: I checked the email here in the break. ‘Rush…\u2019 It\u2019s the same old question I keep getting for two or three weeks. Any time I discuss the failure of the Republicans to counter the leftism in the Democratic Party, it\u2019s, ‘Well, what can we do? What can we do?\u2019 Well, let me give you an example. To those of you in Seattle. Now, I know that the majority of the population in Seattle is leftists, and when they read about the bonfire ban — the possible bonfire ban. They\u2019re going to limit the number of bonfires this year and maybe ban them next year on a couple of beaches in Seattle to avoid global warming. Why not just two beaches? If it leads to global warming, why not ban it period? <\/p>\n

Ban forest fires. Ban the lightning strikes that cause them, for crying out loud. Eight billion lightning strikes a year? Ban lightning! At any rate, my hope is that even leftists in Seattle — who do, obviously, set most of the bonfires, for crying out loud — will sit there and say, ‘No way, pal!\u2019 But that\u2019s probably hoping too much. So what can you do about it? Here\u2019s, to me, something that\u2019s very simple. There will have to be public hearings on this. Whatever local government agency is behind this, whatever board, whatever town council, whatever county government, whatever the hell it is. Just show up when they have the hearings! Whether you set bonfires or not, just show up and say, ‘No!\u2019 That it\u2019s pointless. Object to it. Instead of just laying down idly by the side of the road saying, ‘Okay, run over me again.\u2019<\/p>\n

‘Why don\u2019t you do that, Rush? Well, stand by. We\u2019re all dealing with these kinds of regulations that encroach on freedom and this sort of thing, but at the right time, you do it; and I\u2019m going to be one that\u2019s going to. It\u2019s just getting out of hand. It is ridiculous now, and it\u2019s getting to the point where everybody ought to be saying, ‘Enough!\u2019 I have a little funny note. I have a friend who had some health problems recently. He\u2019s been going to the doctor for four years to deal with the health problems. He\u2019s been doing everything the doctors say to do. He\u2019s been doing everything the media says to do. You know, ‘Don\u2019t eat this; don\u2019t eat that. Do eat this; don\u2019t drink that. Do drink this. Make sure you get enough sleep,\u2019 blah, blah, blah. So my friend goes to the doctor for a checkup and he says, ‘You need surgery,\u2019 and they sent him a letter along with his report. It said, ‘You could die during the surgery.\u2019 <\/p>\n

I said to him, ‘That\u2019s just the tort lawyers. They have to put that in there for liability purposes: You could die during surgery.\u2019 <\/p>\n

He said, ‘That\u2019s not the point. They told me that life is finite! My doctors told me that life is finite, so I could die in surgery! I\u2019ve been doing everything the doctors said for four years, and now they tell me I could die!\u2019<\/p>\n

I said, ‘Exactly right! You\u2019re following all of these stupid, ridiculous — forget the doctors. All of these stupid, ridiculous things like don\u2019t drink coffee, do drink coffee, don\u2019t eat oat bran, do eat oat bran, all of these other stupid things.\u2019 Eating certain things is going to cause global warming, and you try do the best you can do on the premise you\u2019re lengthening your life and maybe you won\u2019t die — and then the doctors tell you you\u2019re going to die! <\/p>\n

‘Yeah, I was shocked. I thought I was doing everything right and they tell me I could die!\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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