{"id":398309,"date":"2021-05-19T16:02:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T20:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=398309"},"modified":"2021-05-20T15:19:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T19:19:48","slug":"airlines-weigh-passengers-libs-want-you-to-eat-bugs-rush-has-thoughts-on-both","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2021\/05\/19\/airlines-weigh-passengers-libs-want-you-to-eat-bugs-rush-has-thoughts-on-both\/","title":{"rendered":"Airlines Weigh Passengers? Libs Want You to Eat Bugs? Rush Has Thoughts on Both"},"content":{"rendered":"

BRETT: Now, before you step on a plane, you may want to step up on the scale<\/a>. It\u2019s not just your suitcase that needs to meet weight requirements these days. That\u2019s right. “U.S. Airlines May Start Weighing Passengers at the Gate.” Getting weighed before getting on an airplane after taking off your shoes and belt and jacket. It\u2019s the last move anyone wants to make when running through the airport to catch a flight, right?<\/p>\n

Well, this happens outside the U.S., by the way, with a lot of regularity. It\u2019s another invasion, government takeover of your health care. If the TSA knows how much you weigh, the government does too, right? TSA is a government agency. Rush talked about a similar case just a few years ago.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"RUSH: Have you heard about this Japanese airline? I mean the news out there, so we got this Japanese airline requiring people to go to the toilet before they get on board to reduce weight so that they can save fuel. They want you to go in and eliminate your waste. Here, I\u2019ve got the story right here. Airline asks passengers to use toilet before boarding so they weigh less and help cut carbon emissions.<\/p>\n

The Japanese airline started asking passengers to go to the toilet. “All Nippon Airways claims that empty bladders means lighter passengers, which in turn means lighter aircraft and thus lower fuel use.” I\u2019m not making this up, and I\u2019m going to tell you something, I\u2019m looking at a picture of the paint job of an All Nippon Airways jet. Why don\u2019t you strip the paint off the thing? I\u2019ll guarantee you the weight of the paint on your stupid jets weighs far more than the waste yet to be eliminated in the bodies of your passengers. It\u2019s insane, it\u2019s insane out there!<\/p>\n

BRETT: It\u2019s wacky, and he\u2019s right. So U.S. airlines may want to start weighing passengers at the gate. Can we at least get a BMI reading too? I mean, just because you\u2019re heavy doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re fat! It doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re unhealthy or obese — and, by the way, let\u2019s think about this for a moment.<\/p>\n

What are we talking about? What time of year are we gonna be weighing people? Are we gonna be weighing them in the summer when they\u2019re a little more slender or are we gonna be weighing them when they get back from vacation after they\u2019ve been boozing and go carousing and eating everything in sight? I mean, how are we gonna work this out?<\/p>\n

And, by the way, is there a sliding scale?<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

BRETT: Cicadas! The cicadas are coming. No, I\u2019m serious. Check it out. This is Rush coming up in the next hour. We\u2019re gonna talking about cicadas.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Most liberals want to live in a fantasy world of a potential utopia that\u2019s just around the corner and they construct these little cocoons in which they live. And if you come along and poke a hole in it, you are not enlightening them. You are threatening them, and they respond in kind. They\u2019re not rooted in reality.<\/p>\n

BRETT: We\u2019ve got plenty more of that straight ahead on the program. (chuckles) It\u2019s gonna be awesome. I\u2019m somebody who is fearful.<\/p>\n

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BRETT: This is an incredible time to be alive for a lot of reasons. It\u2019s also a terrifying time to be alive if you\u2019re somebody who is, say, bug averse. That\u2019s right. Bug averse. Remember when the Drive-By Media got liberals to vote for Biden despite his cognitive decline? Well, now those same Drive-By Media want you to eat bugs.<\/p>\n

The Washington Post, Axios, Wired, among other Drive-Bys are all suggesting you go out and eat the brood of cicadas that are expected to come out this summer. It\u2019s not the first time the left has tried to get you to eat the bugs. Let me give you a little background on this before I let you hear from Rush\u2019s analysis.<\/p>\n

The cicadas that we\u2019re talking about are Brood X or the brood 10. “For 17 years, the trillions of cicadas known as Brood X have tunneled through dark soil, feeding on sap as they slowly matured. Babies during the George W. Bush years, these long-gestating underground bugs are starting to hatch across the eastern United States, emerging from the earth in astounding numbers.<\/p>\n

“Their time above ground is short: three to six weeks,” it can\u2019t be short enough for me, “just long enough to mate and die. As a biological phenomenon, gigantic cicada broods are hard to ignore. They\u2019re like crickets with musical-theater degrees — dramatic, loud…” It is scary.<\/p>\n

We are talking about trillions of these bugs on the East Coast. Brood X offers something beyond noise and wonder. It also offers, according to Wired magazine, a source of “free-range, sustainable source of protein.” Hmm! Eating bugs. That just sounds terrific, doesn\u2019t it? Getting\u2019 out there in your backyard and eatin\u2019 some bugs. Once upon a time, Rush talked about Kofi Annan (Remember him?) when he wanted you to eat bugs.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Try this. “Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan wants people to eat more insects because better for the environment and your health. ‘Keeping meat consumption to levels recommended by health authorities would lower emissions and reduce heart disease, cancer, and other diseases,\u2019 Kofi Annan told The Guardian Sunday.<\/p>\n

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