{"id":33438,"date":"2009-09-10T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T01:55:29","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-19T01:55:29","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T01:55:29","slug":"rush_s_morning_update_the_stakes_september_11_2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2009\/09\/10\/rush_s_morning_update_the_stakes_september_11_2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Rush\u2019s Morning Update: The Stakes\r\n\r\nSeptember 11, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125101.Par.0002.ImageFile.jpg\" width=\"199\" height=\"137\"\/> <\/p>\n<p><BR\/><strong>Rush\u2019s Morning Update: The Stakes<\/strong><\/line><BR\/><strong><strong>September 11, 2009<\/strong><\/strong><\/line><BR\/><img src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125102.ParBottom.95973.ImageFile.jpg\"\/><\/line><BR\/><strong>Watch It!<\/strong> <strong> <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/stream.rushlimbaugh.com\/cgi-bin\/members.cgi?site=rushlimb&#038;type=download&#038;clips=1&#038;stream=2009\/09\/Rush%20Limbaugh%20-%20Sep%2011%202009%20-%20Morning%20Update.mp4\">Download Morning Update Video in QuickTime<\/a><\/line><BR\/><strong>Listen to It!<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/mfile.akamai.com\/5020\/wma\/rushlimb.download.akamai.com\/5020\/clips\/09\/09\/MU091109.asx\"><strong>Windows Media Player<\/strong><\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/mfile.akamai.com\/5020\/rm\/rushlimb.download.akamai.com\/5020\/clips\/09\/09\/MU091109.ram\"><strong>RealPlayer<\/strong><\/a> <\/line><\/p>\n<p>The great debate being waged across our country is not over health care reform. It is over our very form of government.<\/p>\n<p>In the past, conservatives argued for limited government &amp;ndash; while liberals passed big-government programs and policies that have become institutionalized in the fabric of our lives. Now, the stakes have been raised. The argument is no longer &#8220;limited government&#8221; versus &#8220;intrusive government.&#8221; Liberals, epitomized by Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats, are advocating unlimited government.<\/p>\n<p>The federal government has taken over America\u2019s mortgage industry &amp;ndash; 90 percent of all home loans are under government control. Our largest automakers are under government control, as are large swaths of our financial sector. The entire free-market energy sector is waiting for the axe to fall &amp;ndash; via &#8220;cap-and-trade&#8221; regulations, which will effectively nationalize them. Unaccountable, unelected government czars now set policy &amp;ndash; in an executive branch that is unrestrained by Constitutional checks and balances. Intelligence officers who, under a previous administration, served our country in a time of national peril &amp;ndash; are now subject to political trials, by an out-of-control Justice Department.<\/p>\n<p>In his speech to the nation, Obama shamelessly used Ted Kennedy\u2019s memory to force unpopular, unworkable health care reforms down Americans\u2019 throats. He said, &#8220;What we face is above all a moral issue.&#8221; It isn\u2019t just the details of policy at stake, he said, but &#8220;the character of our country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>No. What\u2019s at stake, Mr. Obama &amp;ndash; is the survival of our country as we know it &amp;ndash; and love it.<\/p>\n<p>*Note: Links to content outside RushLimbaugh.com usually become inactive over time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rush\u2019s Morning Update: The StakesSeptember 11, 2009Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer The great debate being waged across our country is not over health care reform. It is over our very form of government. 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