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RUSH: I was just perusing the e-mail during the top-of-the-hour break out there, ladies and gentlemen, and I have an e-mail here from somebody in North Carolina who thinks that I have lost my sanity today. I guess it\u2019s at least positive he thought I was sane at some point. You can\u2019t lose your sanity if you don\u2019t have it to begin with. Greetings. Welcome back, Rush Limbaugh and the EIB Network at 800-282-2882. The e-mail address is ElRushbo@eibnet.com. <\/p>\n

‘Hey, Rush, I think you\u2019ve lost your sanity today. President Obama cannot alone just say that he wants to continue in power. The president does not have that authority in the United States. You\u2019re trying to put fear into your listeners\u2019 heads. You\u2019re becoming very dangerous. Be very careful.\u2019 Can\u2019t happen, huh? Can\u2019t happen here, president doesn\u2019t have that authority. I didn\u2019t say that it would be unilateral waving a magic wand. I said there might be a move on the 22nd Amendment. I said his cult-like followers might demand that he stay on. He\u2019s too important not to rule, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. <\/p>\n

This whole notion, though, that the president can\u2019t do it, the president doesn\u2019t have that authority. Sir, in North Carolina — I\u2019m not going to mention your name because I don\u2019t want to cause you any trouble — but there are already a whole lot of things happening in this country the president does not have the authority to do that he\u2019s doing. The establishment of czars, 13 or 14 czars that are not subject to confirmation hearings by the United States Senate. He pays them whatever he wants them to be paid. He tells them what to do. They have more power than his cabinet secretaries. ‘It can\u2019t happen. The president doesn\u2019t have the authority.\u2019 Nobody is stopping him. The president of the United States is firing chief executive officers of automotive companies. ‘That can\u2019t happen in the United States. That just can\u2019t happen. The president doesn\u2019t have that kind of authority.\u2019 The United States government owns Chrysler and General Motors and bequeathed a majority stake of Chrysler to the United Auto Workers. ‘That would never happen in America, Rush, that can\u2019t happen. The president doesn\u2019t have that kind of authority.\u2019 <\/p>\n

People who can\u2019t pay their mortgages are being sustained in their homes and it\u2019s being called affordable housing. ‘That can\u2019t happen in America. Can\u2019t happen, Rush, president doesn\u2019t have that kind of authority.\u2019 Banks were threatened to buy other banks, banks were threatened. We know this to be true. Banks were threatened. They were called into Henry Paulson\u2019s office and they were told they were going to sign the paper accepting TARP money whether they needed it or not. ‘That can\u2019t happen, Rush, the president doesn\u2019t have that kind of authority. Just can\u2019t happen.\u2019 Why is there a 22nd Amendment? If you\u2019re over 30 and have been educated — well, if you\u2019re over 40 — maybe 50 — I\u2019ll say if you\u2019re over 45 and you were educated in the American public school system, you know the answer to the question, why is there a 22nd Amendment. If you are under 40, you may not know why there is a 22nd Amendment limiting to two the number of terms the president of the United States can serve. <\/p>\n

Rachel, let me just use you as a guinea pig here. Do you happen to know why — I\u2019m not trying to, you\u2019re proving a point here. There\u2019s no wrong answer. (talking to Snerdley) Did you tell her? Okay, why is there a 22nd Amendment in the United States limiting to two the number of terms the president of the United States? Her answer is so he doesn\u2019t get too much power. Why were people worried that the president might get too much power? Something had to cause it. Have you ever heard of Franklin Delano Roosevelt? By reputation, one of the greatest if not the greatest presidents we\u2019ve ever had. He wouldn\u2019t go away. He was packing the Supreme Court. ‘Can\u2019t happen in America, Rush, it just can\u2019t happen here, president doesn\u2019t have that kind of authority.\u2019 He was gonna serve for life. He was going to become like an African colonel himself, Colonel Franklin Delano Roosevelt, he wouldn\u2019t go away, four terms. We said, hell no! Hello 22nd Amendment. ‘Can\u2019t happen in America, Rush, why, president doesn\u2019t have that kind of authority.\u2019 <\/p>\n

How about the cap-and-trade bill passed in the House of Representatives? Do you realize, ladies and gentlemen, that if this bill becomes law, every home in America, every new home will have to meet California\u2019s building codes? Immediately upon enactment, this Democrat bill would demand a 30% increase in energy efficiency for new construction. Two years after it\u2019s enacted, the Democrat bill would require an additional 50% improvement. ‘It can\u2019t happen in America, Rush, people don\u2019t have this kind of authority.\u2019 A couple of more items from the cap-and-trade bill. ‘The Democrats\u2019 bill imposes new mandatory regulations and civil penalties for homebuilders. If your state refuses to accept the stringent and costly California building codes, the federal government may assess penalties. And don\u2019t get too comfortable with the new mandatory regulations because the Democrats\u2019 bill allows for ‘consensus-based\u2019 codes to supplant those outlined in the bill. So, as soon as you\u2019ve invested your hard-earned money to comply with the bill\u2019s mandates, the rug could get pulled from underneath you. Translation? You\u2019ll pony up more and more money.\u2019 ‘Rush, it can\u2019t happen in America, they don\u2019t have that kind of authority.\u2019 <\/p>\n

As we mentioned yesterday, if you\u2019re having a hard time selling your house, here\u2019s another hurdle you\u2019re going to have to jump if this bill actually becomes law. ‘All homes sales are conditioned upon an energy audit and a new energy rating assessment and energy labeling program for your home that\u2019s outlined in the Democrats\u2019 bill. And if you thought you could improve your property with a fresh coat of paint and some granite counters? Think again! Now your home will be subjected to a new energy rating assessment and energy labeling program that will penalize you for older windows, original fixtures, and dated appliances. So the Democrats\u2019 bill would bring down the value of your home!\u2019<\/p>\n

Now, home sales are critical for the recovery of the American economy. Why put this garbage in the cap-and-trade bill? He said it\u2019s a jobs bill. It\u2019s a jobs killing bill. It is a jobs killing bill, is what cap and trade is. ‘Rush, the president doesn\u2019t have that kind of authority. He can\u2019t just do these kinds of things, doesn\u2019t have that kind of authority.\u2019 How many trillions of dollars of wealth have been lost? How much of the private sector has been grabbed by the federal government, just grabbed? The mortgage industry, the banks are being told what to do. We\u2019ve got all these czars that I mentioned. ‘Rush, it can\u2019t happen in America. Presidents, they just don\u2019t have that kind of sweeping authority.\u2019 While you say, or while you think presidents don\u2019t have this authority, and you think that a president couldn\u2019t say, ‘You know what, screw the 22nd Amendment, I\u2019m going to do away with it, I\u2019m too important.\u2019 Think again. It\u2019s happening all around us. Dictatorships are popping up all around us. <\/p>\n

In Europe it\u2019s the opposite. Merkel coming out for tax cuts. Hungary coming out for tax cuts. Merkel says we need growth, we need growth in Germany. She\u2019s gonna cut taxes. But in our hemisphere the Marxists are rising to power and they are being supported by the president of the United States. ‘Yeah, Rush, come on, the president of the United States doesn\u2019t have that kind of authority. It can\u2019t happen here.\u2019 There\u2019s a lot of stuff that you didn\u2019t think could happen here that\u2019s happening right before your very eyes and it\u2019s not happening according to the Constitution. The President of the United States is threatening and firing CEOs. The president of the United States with a compensation czar. The president of the United States, not the US Congress, the president of the United States wants to determine how much everybody in this country can earn per annum. ‘Ah, Rush, presidents don\u2019t have that kind of authority, can\u2019t happen here.\u2019 Folks, getting rid of the 22nd Amendment is chump change compared to what this man\u2019s already achieved that nobody thought could happen.<\/p>\n

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RUSH: By the way, ‘Rush, presidents don\u2019t have that kind of authority! It just can\u2019t happen here. It would never happen here.\u2019 Some of you I\u2019m sure know this. I haven\u2019t mentioned this previously because the guy that did this is an absolute nut. But, you know, most of the House Democrats are nuts. Most of the Democrats in the House are as far left as… Well, as we\u2019ve ever had in this country, literal Looney Tunes. Jose Serrano (I believe Jose is from Nueva York) introduced in January HJ res 5, resolution 5, to repeal the Twenty-Second Amendment. A Democrat has already made the move. ‘Eh, Rush, it can\u2019t happen here. Presidents don\u2019t have that kind of authority.\u2019 No, he\u2019s a nut, but they\u2019re all nuts! You gotta be a nut to vote for cap and trade. You have to be a nut to conceive of it. You have to be a whacked-out environmentalist nutcase fraud to think that cap and trade is going to help anything. You have to be practically insane to believe that man has an effect on the climate of this planet.<\/p>\n

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RUSH: To Saratoga Springs, New York, and Michelle. Nice to have you here. Hello.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Hi, Rush. It\u2019s an honor to speak with you.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Thank you.<\/p>\n

CALLER: You mentioned before a couple of breaks ago that, based on this new cap and tax bill, that the government is now going to be putting an energy efficiency rating on your home when you put it on the market. I\u2019m wondering if now will your prospective buyers be constrained by banks for a mortgage rather than because of their credit but now because they want to buy a home that isn\u2019t energy efficient?<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, the way I read this is that they won\u2019t be allowed to sell, you won\u2019t be allowed to sell an energy inefficient home.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Oh, my gosh.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Before you can sell it you\u2019re going to have to modernize it, according to Obama\u2019s standards, with the proper kind of windows and drains, even if you\u2019ve got a microwave oven that\u2019s not energy efficient, or a stove, you may not be able to sell the house until you make these improvements. But, this is the point. In the bill, these mandates can change on a whim. The bill allows for the stated mandates to be changed any time somebody thinks that it\u2019s important to do so. So you could embark on a plan, according to the law, to make your home energy efficient so you can sell it, and after you do all that, they could just at some point down the line change it and make it even more stringent and force you to go back and do even more, and you build that into the sale price of the house, which is going to make your house attractive to fewer buyers, the more houses cost the smaller the universe of people that can afford them.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Right.<\/p>\n

RUSH: ‘Now, Rush, this can\u2019t happen in America, come on, presidents don\u2019t have the kind of authority, can\u2019t have this kind of power.\u2019 It\u2019s happening. It happened in the House of Representatives. All it\u2019s gotta do is pass the Senate, and it\u2019s law, folks. That\u2019s all that has to happen. All that has to happen is this stupid thing has to pass the Senate. Which is also run by Democrats, and we\u2019ve got our share of squishy RINOs in there who buy into this environmentalist wacko garbage. This is serious stuff. Can\u2019t happen here, but it\u2019s happening. When I say what I have to say, there\u2019s nothing left for them to say. They\u2019re just sitting there with their mouths open in awe. Well, it\u2019s partly that. It\u2019s partly they can\u2019t believe what I just said. When they realize what I just said is true but — or they fainted, one of the two. <\/p>\n

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RUSH: Pay dirt, folks. Pay dirt. TIME Magazine\u2019s Mark Halperin on his blog at TIME Magazine already has the full transcript of my salient comments on the potential for President Obama to serve beyond 2016, and the headline at TIME Magazine: ‘The Nightmare or the Dream?\u2019 (laughing) People are dreaming about it! (laughing) That\u2019s my whole point. At any rate, pay dirt. All right. This is how we get things in the Drive-By news cycle. There will be discussions on this with me being proposed as a lunatic, but yet they will discuss my idea (laughing). They\u2019ll call them the rantings of a madman and then they\u2019ll start talking about it seriously and they\u2019ll get two or three days out of this on the cable networks. They ought to be paying me. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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