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Jamaican Immigrant Breaks it Down for Rush: ‘I’m Tired of the Garbage‘ and ’Hate What This Country Has Become’

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Sometimes, it takes an outsider — an immigrant to this country — to explain why America is so exceptional and to point out how this great nation, which has been a beacon for people all over the world, is facing decline.

That was the case Wednesday when Rush Limbaugh took a call from a Jamaican immigrant residing in Redlands, Florida.

The woman, named Michelle, opened up the thought-provoking segment by thanking Rush and wealthy Americans for making it possible for her to even “come to this country with no education.” More pointedly, she told Rush, “I’ve succeeded, and, Rush, I didn’t know that I could say it, but it hurts to say, that I hate this country. If I had known that it was going to be like this, as soon as I became educated, I’d just leave.”

When asked to clarify when she started to hate the U.S., Michelle qualified that she only recently started to “hate what it has become.”

The small business owner said she is “tired of the garbage” and desperately would like to hire employees and maximize her profit but, given the current state of affairs, that is just not possible.

Speaking about the ordinary things Americans take for granted each day, Michelle said that when she came to this country and got a Pell Grant, she went to the library and was “so glad to see books, because in my country I couldn’t afford it.”

Please listen to the clip below, courtesy of Daily Rushbo:

A partial transcript follows. For the entire transcript, please visit Rush Limbaugh:

CALLER: Exactly, because I had no high school education. I have a college education. I have a degree that pays up to $60 an hour. I have a small business, and I had to put it on temporary because since 2009 I know that I’m not in business to minimize profit and maximize loss, because I want to hire people. I want to help this country that has helped me. And I’m just sick of it. I’m black, and I don’t even want to fail — I don’t know what is wrong with people in this country. They don’t realize what they have, and they’re gonna lose it.

RUSH: It’s our education system, Michelle. Our previous caller pretty much correctly identified that. Barack Obama’s a product of it. He’s been taught to resent and hate this country. Not just the education system, but his whole family, stuff he was exposed to. But you didn’t want to move to a Third World country when you moved here, right?

CALLER: Of course not, Rush. When I came here, I left school in ninth grade, which is part of our elementary system there. But I couldn’t afford to go to college, sir, and when I came here, I get Pell grant, and I was so happy. I came here and went to the library. I was so glad to see books, because in my country I couldn’t afford it.

RUSH: What do you specifically hate about what’s happening in America now?

CALLER: Rush, put it this way. I’m tired of the garbage. I’m afraid of the Republican more than the Democrats. Because at least the Democrats know what they want and they’re doing it. The Republican are doing it behind the scene, and, in other words, I can see the Democrats coming, but I can’t see them, and I think they are even more dangerous than Barack Obama.

Rush translated that Michelle meant that the Democrats‘ agenda is clear while the Republicans’ is not. “She doesn’t see the Republicans standing up for her,” Rush explained. She doesn’t see the Republicans trying to stop it.”

While the call, at this point, seemed to be winding down, Michelle had a few additional words for the conservative firebrand, saying that if she could “give birth to one million Herman Cains” she believed it would solve some of the country’s problems:

CALLER: Mr. Rush, if I could give birth to one million Herman Cain, it would solve some of the problem in this country, and thank you for listening, sir. And you have a good day and –

RUSH: Wait a minute, you could probably do that if you met him!

CALLER: Well, you know what, Rush, I’m not even gonna go there, you know, because at least he’s — at least he’s — maybe I don‘t know if that’s what’s going on, we were told that, nobody knows what’s going on.

RUSH: I know, look, there’s no evidence of it, that’s the shame about it, there’s literally no evidence that any of these allegations against Herman Cain are true.

CALLER: Exactly, sir, and I don’t have time to pick sense of the nonsense, because I’m smarter than that. I don’t need to go to Harvard or Yale, and, Rush, if these people know it so much, why are we in this mess that we’re in? If they were the smartest since peanut butter, if they’re the best thing since peanut butter, why are we in this mess?

(h/t: Daily Rusbho)

 

Comments (181)

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  • mikeybull
    Posted on December 9, 2011 at 5:32pm

    Michelle (the caller) has 100% clarity. For the candidates, flipping and flopping to supposedly please the masses with PC…this is what you have done to many voters…clouded what you are for. Also for those that want a ‘perfect’ nominee…get over it, elect someon that will not be afraid to ask the question…”How is this person (Obama) our president even though, constitutionally, he is not eligible?”

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    • Anamah
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 10:05am

      Is shocking how ignorant and stupid American citizen are. I agree with this comment, is really incomprehensible to vote Liberals when they are fail and still are failing all over the world. Stupid people!

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  • David, the Constitutional Libertarian
    Posted on December 9, 2011 at 5:22pm

    Yep, here is a list off the top of my head on Republicans I do not trust-
    Graham
    Snowe
    Markowski
    Bachus
    McCain

    Trustworthy
    Ryan
    Johnson
    West
    Demint
    Paul
    Bachmann

    Just off the top of my head.

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    • jakartaman
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 5:34pm

      You would be right!

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    • TXPilot
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 5:43pm

      You know you are in trouble in this country, when even the foreigners are starting to complain out loud about how bad it’s getting. I wonder how long it will be, until Mexico is faced with the new problem of thousands upon thousands of illegal Americans sneaking across the border into their country? You have to admit, it would be the pinnacle of all irony.

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    • RightPolitically
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 6:14pm

      I agree.

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    • sWampy
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 6:28pm

      If the republicans had any brains at all they wouldn‘t let those Northern states run RINO’s and just give up the north, the yankees pretending to be conservatives make the conservatives look as bad as democrats, how sad.

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    • SpeckChaser
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 6:56pm

      This simply cannot be. As our self appointed “uncle JZS” said. The cost of running a business has no effect on hiring. Taxes rates, regulations and employment cost are irrelevant. The only thing that matters is demand.

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    • Unix
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 7:04pm

      There are places in Jamaica, that have BOOKS! My experience there was both positive and negative. I got a good education, but I experienced and civil war due to socialized democracy, which is what Obama is bringing here…i’m prepared, and have lived it, are you?

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    • Unix
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 7:06pm

      Might I add, there was a slick tongued devil named Michael Manly who resembles a certain person in the WH, go look it all up….youtube…jamaica in the 1970′s…see for yourself if you think i am fabricating anything…

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    • koyettsu
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 7:28pm

      Yeah, we are furious with Paul Ryan for not running for President this time around. I understand his reasons but we need an honest leader who loves this country and we are running out of them in the race.

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    • Ruler4You
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 8:20pm

      I couldn’t agree more. With both you and the poor ‘immigrant’.

      Americans and America have been sold, by our politicians and corporate America (ie GE). For something we have no understanding of. But THEY do.

      I’ve understood this very thing for years. We (government) are watering down our culture for reasons we (citizens) don’t understand. But we pay for it. We work for it. We enable them to do it. All while WE ignore their frantic efforts to achieve it, and conceal it from us.

      Now, I KNOW nothing. I’m an idiot, just as much as obama “IS” a tool. But human psychology “IS” a science.
      Thousands of years of history define our behavior, despite the very best efforts to conceal it.

      3 things, that’s right, three things define the evil of our world. They are: Power. Greed. Influence.

      Sure, you can include things like lust or envy or like or similar adjectives. But these 3 simple EMOTIONS drive the worlds evil. And the worlds scars and pain can ALL be attributed to them.

      It was the IDEA of America that made her successful. And it is the IDEA of dominating her that has sprung the worlds contempt for her.

      Now, you can look at it any way you choose, it’s your choice. But America is a jewel among the nations of the world for that ideal.

      It could exist any where. But it is suppressed via the reasons above every where but here.

      What will “Americans” do about it as our present government works to suppress it here?

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    • Jesusismypilot
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 8:50pm

      And you wonder why people can’t grasp what Ron Paul means when he said that our own actions and attitudes and how we treat the rest of the world was the cause of 911. As a retired military man I believe he is spot on and if we still have a chance at saving this country you better get behind some one like him that understands the Constitution and will up hold it. I would rather have Dennis Kusinich than Romney or Gingrich. Talk about corporate bought progressives. This could very well be the last time you will be able to vote in a free country. Wise up!

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    • Miami
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 11:15pm

      David

      Do you have a problem with Marco Rubio?

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    • Ortho
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 11:35pm

      I agree but what are we going to do ? We do not have a canidate that represents us !

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    • MrMagoo
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 12:06am

      Here’s my short list of the ones I DO trust:

      Amash

      Bachman

      Santorum

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    • maizie45
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 12:17am

      both Pauls?

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    • netmail
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 12:46am

      The biggest obsticle we have is the 44% or so who say they would vote for Obama again. After all he has done to tear down America, that stat right there just blows my freaking mind. How can that much insanity be overcome without a melt down?? I know…prepare, prepare. It’s still going to be terrible.

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    • jzs
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 1:14am

      SpeckChaser, I’m going to assume you are gainfully employeed. Your company may have layed off people since the economic collapse that started one year before Bush left office. But at some point they stopped laying off people. Why did they stop laying off people? I imagine they kept only the people they needed to meet the demand for whatever they sell (congratulations on keeping your job!). There is a principal there: companies employ the number of people they need to meet the demand for their products. If they make more money from a tax break, they don’t hire more people. They employ the people they need to meet the demand for their products.

      A company doesn’t hire more people when they make more money, they hire more people when demand increases and they need more people to meet the demand. It’s pretty simple Speck although you may not be high enough in your company to see that, or maybe you never took in business.

      To get the economy going we need to put more money in the hands of people who buy things, like you and me. Sorry, I think you and I should get a tax break. I’m not to worried about those guys who own private jets and islands in the pacific, who won’t create a single job unless you and I are buying their products.

      Uncle jzs

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    • realindependent
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 6:22am

      Oh how funny is that. She starts to say how the republicans scare her more than Democrats, and rush mutes her and tells you what he thinks she is saying. Wow Rush need to control the message. typical Rush. Oh BTW that lady would have never gotten where she is today without the Pell grant. Which the Republicans try to shut down and de-fund everyday. So she shouldn’t thank rich people, she should be thanking her Government. And also Herman Cain didn’t have a 13 year affair with this woman. He admitted “helping” this woman with “money” for 13 or 14 years without telling his wife. Yeah there was no sex involved. And how many women altogether have accused him of sexual harassment? like 6 now. yeah they are all lying just to Get a man that could never be elected president. Unbelievable how far you right wing republicorps will go to protect another lying cheating politician or wanna be one. God help us all…..

      oh BTW 4 MORE YEARS… 4 MORE YEARS…. FLMAO

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    • lillymckim
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 9:12am

      I would have loved to see Rubio running .. maybe in 4 years

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    • jk47thezealot
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 10:20am

      @sWampy, DUDE, I am doing my best up here in RI. I am waaaaay out numbered. I do have hope though! The problem up here is, the Democrats have had New England in a strangle hold for more than 5 decades (save for NH)!!! I do find it alarming that when I ponder an escape route, it involves heading South to find like minded individuals that love this country. But yeah, the North is DEFINITELY tainted with RINO’s. Scott Brown comes to mind as I say this…..

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    • lylejk
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 10:26am

      Don’t see Newt on you list; don’t trust him at all. :)

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    • mils
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 11:25am

      It is easy for us to post on these blogs..but we need to do more than merely talk.
      In the last election here…
      17% of the voters turned out.
      That 17% …speaks directly to why we are in the mess we are in with our country

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    • BODYBAG
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 11:25am

      What you’ve just done is differentiate between PROGRESSIVE and Constitutional
      Conservative. The top list ‘untrustworthy” are all Progressive traitors to the Republic.
      Take John McCain for example. His favorite President was Teddy Roosevelt who
      started the Progressive party in 1901. Teddy Roosevelt is the only US President in
      history to refuse the Bible in his inauguration. There is NO difference between McCain
      [or any of the other progressives] and Obama/Pelosi/ Reed or any other Socialist/Communist
      in our government. They’re all the same.

      Eliminate Progressives and we get our nation and our liberty back. Unfortunately they are
      not going away without a fight [another revolution].

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    • ThoreauHD
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 11:28am

      That’s my list too.

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    • AmeriCat
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 11:34am

      Agree with your list of Trustworthy and
      Untrustworthy:Graham, Snowe, Markowski, Bachus, McCain

      However, the number of names on the Untrustworthy list is in the hundreds.

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    • shirleyandpearl
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 11:50am

      You couldn’t say it better! We are stuck with the worst of the worst who are left and more progressive of those on your first list: McDermott, Larson,Murray, Cantwell, Inslee, who will be immaculated to Wa. state’s next governor, courtesy of union power. The “reach across the aisle”/“compassionate conservatives” need to retire. The eighties and nineties are over.They are progressives too.

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    • AmazingGrace8
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 1:54pm

      If you mean Max, he is a democrat,Mt., who has been FEATHERBEDDING in Washington for years. Its been the longest root-canal session yet, for this nation, since his ODC.

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    • David, the Constitutional Libertarian
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 2:24pm

      There are others on my trust and untrustworthy list, it was just off the top of head. I get email updates from some of those on my trust list. I also get updates from some of my Republic (State) reps.

      The problem is, government. Like Reagan stated, government IS the problem. Crony capitalism is destroying this country.

      “The last action of any government is the looting of the treasury”. George Washington

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    • SpeckChaser
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 2:48pm

      @NEPHEW JZS

      As I have told you before, on this point I agree with a lot of your argument. Where you loose a lot of people is when you paint with a broad brush and assume the example you laid out is the the typical example for EVERY business.

      I think everybody understands a company that is meeting current demand with the employees they have will not necessarily hire more with a tax break. What you not taking into account are some businesses would like to expand into news areas where they could meet a demand but can’t afford to expand. I’m going out on a limb and assuming you have never been a business owner. I don’t think you would make the argument that higher taxes (reduction in the bottom line/reduce the bottom line and increase the % it takes to keep the current employees employed) on business owners have no effect on unemployment rates if you were or are one.

      Not to mention our founders would not agree with the idea that government should let YOU keep more of the money YOU earned only if the government gets some type of benefit (you hire more people and lower unemployment rates). Our freedom and rights were not set based on conditions. Keep more of your money via lower taxes based on the condition you must hire…keep your firearms on the condition of lowering the crime rates…

      You differ from the founders because you look at issues through the prism of empowering the government when they looked to empower individuals and limit the power of the government.

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    • Jim
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 3:39pm

      Bachmann is the one…. Don/t even trust Newt… trust me, this is falling into our hands to elect Newt and if we do, we will still fail in this country. Notice, whenever a possible president candidate gets ahead and is not liked by the left, they will be destroyed…. no one is fighting against Newt… America, Hello! Are you watching what is happening.

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    • carbonyes
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 8:35pm

      Been a while, but back at it again. God bless this Jamaican lady, who is not afraid to tell it like it is and came to the land of opportunity, at least before acquiescent Bush, and subsequently the Destroyer of Democracy-in- Chief came to power.
      I would most definitely place John McCain and his buddy Lindsey Graham in the above list, as destructive to our nation as B. Hussein Obama, for he not only did not challenge Obama on the issues in 2008, but McCain also let Obama skate on hiding his entire past from the American people at the time he was running for President. That was one of the greatest travesties of the entire pre-election period, and the entire Republican Party was complicit.
      Now as has been said by this noble woman, we still neither know what the Republican Party stands for nor against – kind or like the Emperor in his underwear. This charade and the frigging vacuum being created by it has got to come to a screeching halt. It may well take a revolution on the order of that stated by Thomas Jefferson, to rid ourselves of the godless slime that permeates the hearts of probably 90% of the Democrats in Washington and likewise 40% or more of the Republicans. They neither represent the Constitution nor the tenants of its foundation and the peoples rights that they were meant to protect.
      Many clamor for peace, sometimes using it as a tool for their agenda. There will be no peace until the Prince of Peace returns, and He will be carrying a sword. Wake up!

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    • Phoenixsoulfire
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 8:51pm

      @TXPilot

      They have been complaing for awhile just not a lot of people listening.

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  • gordonknapp
    Posted on December 9, 2011 at 5:18pm

    Well said!

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  • gordonknapp
    Posted on December 9, 2011 at 5:15pm

    We already have socialism. It‘s called ’the United States Military’. Every military base is like a private city. All necessities are there, at a discount. All members of the military work, gain rank for excelling, enjoy free medical care for the family, get a pension after 20 years and on and on. They all respect each other and live in dignity. It’s a wonderful way of life. Our politicians are also socialistic but have taken it to another level, including themselves among the wealthiest of the world. Those who have paid for a lifetime into Social Security and Medicare are accused of wanting ‘entitlements’. That is a bald faced lie! We earned long ago whatever we get.

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    • Favored93
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 5:35pm

      The truth is that SSI is a welfare hand out!!! There are MORE people taking out then are putting IN!
      Those who are taking out are taking out MORE then what is being put into this welfare socialist system that they KNEW was unsustainable and would drive this capitalist system into the poor house.
      I work at $10.00 an hr and I contribute LESS then $100.00 a month. If I were to retire now I would get $300.00 a month. That means that I am getting PAID $200.00 MORE then I put in.Are you getting it? If you the taxpayer give me 3 but I only gave you 1 is the 2 you are FORCED to give me a wage or a hand out? The answer is obvious it is WELFARE I DID NOT EARN IT THE GOV. AT THE POINT OF A GUN TOOK IT FROM YOU!!!!!!!!!!!

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    • retiredLEO
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 5:49pm

      The United States Military also have brigs, MP’s and crime. So it is not the utopia that you may think it is. You seem to be of the opinion that socialism is great, it is not. In the military you follow orders or you are charged with a crime, period.

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    • Timsincali
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 6:10pm

      The US Military is NOT socialism sir. I speak from personal experience. What the military IS, is militaristic. In exchange for offering up to and including your life in service of this country the members are afforded a very good lifestyle but make no mistake sir, we, whom have served and currently do serve pay for everything with the promise of our hides. Again, the difference between socialism / communism / progressive ism and Obama-ism is that anyone who CHOOSES to go into the military does so of their own free will knowing full well that at some time, they may have to render the ultimate sacrifice.

      Also, in the military there is no Constitutional law protections for the most part. We have the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) that controls the rank & file members. So, there is now welfare, no BS Govt housing that the inhabitants piss all over and sell drugs out of. NO! If that type of POS human turns up in the ranks…. it is SWIFTLY dealt with accordingly.

      In summation: Military = free will to serve knowing your ass is on the line.

      Socialism / marxism / communism et. al = you will serve and your choices are handed to your ass.

      Enjoy the flames….. of the blaze of truth. Quit selling insane brother, we’re not buying it.

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    • skitrees
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 6:14pm

      Military bases = Socialism?! Ummm, you might want to recheck that one. After you realize that it takes the ENTIRE NATION’s taxes to support those FEW “socialist cities” you speak of, and also realize that the citizens living on those bases have NO FREEDOM – except for the whim and fancy of the commanders, and live in a police state….maybe your eyes will open a little to the truth.

      Your argument is extremely weak.

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    • Komponist-ZAH
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 6:26pm

      “We earned long ago whatever we get.”

      Which is better: 1) the government forcibly confiscates a part of what you “earned long ago”, under the pretense of saving it for you for later (as if you couldn‘t or wouldn’t do that for yourself), but really spending it immediately and replacing it with what amounts to an IOU; or 2) you, exercising prudence, temperance, and self-reliance, save your own money for yourself?

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    • skypilot77
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 6:55pm

      @ Gordon

      Military and socialism. You do not know what you speak of.

      The military is a merit-based community. Each rank receives their own pay-grade. The better you perform, the more money you make. Work in a dangerous environment? You make more pay. Ever see the ribbons on the chest. Those are given for accomplishments.

      All equal? — tell that to and E-2 when he see what an O-6 makes.

      Foolishness, Mr Gordon, foolishness.

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    • carlpn77
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 8:15pm

      Sounds like you have a giant case of entitlement goin’ on here Gordo….my nephew has 23 years and just makes oodles of money as a SS in the Army, yep he’s getting rich (and he served 3 in the Navy submarines)….with the shrapnel in his leg that can’t be removed from Bosnia…..and what have you done to serve your country? I also work on a government contract that works with the military health care Tricare and it’s not as glorious as you might think….quit your whining…your precious “entitlements” will be there and yep, they’re wonderful too….check it out if you think you’re gonna be all taken care of in your old age!! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Boo Hoo Hoo!!

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    • gordonknapp
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 8:24pm

      FAVORED93, the way it works is after 40 or 50 years, your contributions grow. And don’t forget, your employer also contributes an equal amount which also grows. This is an investment, not an entitlement! This is how all pension plans work unless it is a 401K that was depleted due to the financial collapse or some other stock related reason.

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    • Unix
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 8:39pm

      SSI is a ponzy scheme, we all have hard that, in which it was established 24 paying in to 1 getting benefits, now it is more like 2.5 to 1, and the base is dwindling. Once the base of the pyramid is gone, so is the pyramid. this can also be said of our economy and the thin veneer of civil society. It can be reformed, there are good ideas out there, to let younger workers to put in private investments, and the employer pays in to SSI, there are others too. Problem is, we have progressives incharge of the asylum, and that is not good…God help us all.

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    • PKama
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 9:12pm

      @ TIMSINCALI

      You Sir have hit the nail right on the head and i want to thank you and all members of the military for your service and sacrifice. Just to summarize what we are talking about here I would like to say that to join the US military is not to become a socialist. It is a persons choice to sacrifice one’s self to protect the country that they love. To protect the freedom that we have and our beloved constitution. And for you GORDONKNAPP to say that the military is socialistic is a very very wrong comparison. I wish you can do a little more fact-finding first before you post such moronic comparison. GOD Bless our all volunteer military and GOD bless America.

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    • mlcblog
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 1:23am

      You are very shallow with this comment. These people in the military are putting their very lives on the line, which we in this country value above all else, and that is why they receive pay and benefits and provision for their families, dunce cake.

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    • gordonknapp
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 12:39pm

      As a veteran from a family of veterans, I have the highest respect for our military. Of course they deserve every benefit they get. I am merely pointing out that the military way of life is far more desirable than what is happening in the private sector, top 1% excepted. Seems like you responders must be too young to realize that our Social Security funds have repeatedly and continuosly been depleted by the politicians for decades to finance their pork barrel projects. It is a viable program and would stand on it’s own if left untouched, similar to how now the US Post Office is failing due to having recently to send 5 billion/year to Washington to bail them out. These inefficient and crooked politicians will get funds from wherever they can find them, no matter what. Wake up!

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    • gordonknapp
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 12:53pm

      Don’t go getting your underwear in a knot. All I am saying is there are millions of folks who were cheated out of their life’s work (pensions) through no fault of their own (downsizing, premature layoffs, financial collapse, Bernie Madoff) and many those responsible for it have been and still are are raiding the funds set aside for them. And yes, the military must adhere to rules and regulations moreso than the private sector but the mutual respect among members is striking compared to the chaos in the private sector. And their benefits will not disappear due to some scandal.

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    • gordonknapp
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 12:58pm

      Nathanial Horn – Well said! thank you!

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  • Alecto
    Posted on December 9, 2011 at 5:15pm

    Hey, Michelle, along with those Republicans and Democrats, you can include the Catholic church and other religious groups that talk about charity, then hold their hands out for taxpayer grants, to the tune of $800 million since Bush pushed his “faith-based” initiatives, then criticize politicians who are trying to save us from economic collapse saying they shouldn’t cut back on the welfare because poor people might get hurt? REALLY CATHOLIC BISHOPS? WHERE ARE YOU WITH YOUR CHARITY? IT DOESN’T COME FROM THE GODDAM GOVERNMENT! I’m sick of lazy, do-nothing greedy clergy thinking anyone here (like illegals they constantly defend and protect while screwing over their parishioners) owes them anything! GD Catholic pervert bishops – I HATE THEM.

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  • COFemale
    Posted on December 9, 2011 at 5:10pm

    As a military wife who lived in Turkey during an embargo from 75 to 77 and in Germany from late 79 to Spring of 84, I can say AMERICANS ARE SPOILED. Until you live in a foreign country you take what you have here in America for granted. Many times I thought all Americans should be required to live in another country for at least 6 months to 1 year.

    You don’t have any 7-11′s, you don’t have a Safeway, Albertsons, or Winn Dixie or any type of supermarket. You have no malls. Now grant you Germany had KFC and McDonald’s, but you had to drive to a big city to get to them. Luckily on a military installation we had the commissary to shop.

    However, Turkey that embargo I mentioned, the Turkish government actually delayed shipments for up to 6 months to our commissary. Our frozen food had freezer burns and our flour, cereal and other dry goods had bugs. It got so bad the vets and doctors on base said to sift them out as they would not hurt you. We all joked we got a little meat with our biscuits and cereal.

    When several wives wrote their Congressman the answer they got back was, “there were no dependents in Turkey”. They did not know dependents were still at the only NATO base. They had no clue.

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    • Alucard
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 5:49pm

      Sadly I have to agree with you. We as American’s have had it to good for so long we lack the perspective. I find it sad when inner city kids are asked where milk comes from and they can only say a carton or the grocery store. I think our standard of living is going to take a big hit and a lot of people aren’t going to be able to adjust.

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    • NHwinter
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 6:32pm

      The military is not an easy life. You move constantly. Quarters are not always that great. You never know when you or your husband will be sent overseas. After 20 years of service the retirement is not enough to live on (unlike the retirement of Senators). We owe all our military and their families a great deal.

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    • angelonquest2000
      Posted on December 11, 2011 at 7:43pm

      I am ex-military and live in the country no 7-11 or safeway. decent store and mall is 50 min -1 hour away. im in pa. many in the cities would probably still vote for obama but in the country it is entirely different. I pray someone else decent if they exist gets in. or else this country is done for!

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  • I SPY
    Posted on December 9, 2011 at 5:09pm

    It’s almost strange nowadays when someone actually makes perfect sense.

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    • Nathaniel Horn
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 7:16pm

      Amen.

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    • CatB
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 9:40pm

      I believe there are a lot of us who do know and do appreciate what we have (more like had) and want to RESTORE the United States of America … we are the TEA Party .. not OWS (Pee Party) they are Revolutionaries .. They are working for Obama .. we are working for AMERICA.

      TEA!

      Join us!

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 12:18am

      she is dead on, the R’s screw us slowly in some back alley. The the Dem’s are more up-front. We need a third party with a clear mission with no compromise, no deals

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  • Integrity1st
    Posted on December 9, 2011 at 5:09pm

    Fellow Americans:

    This caller is on target. The U.S. is tired of feeling the effects of crony capitalism, which is not real capitalism. Real capitalism started in this country when the pilgrims arrived, getting away from kings, dictators, and anyone who wanted to control the human will to rough it out, e.g. individual responsibility. It is also about not killing, not stealing, and honoring agreements. Anything other than this, which includes dealing in circles of cliques, thugs, corrupt individuals, organized crime, fabian socialists, national socialists, international socialists–e.g. communists, dictators, etc., is not real capitalism. Crony capitalism makes man the center of the universe and everything is subordinate–a greater entity than man cannot exist for crony capitalists. In comparison, a real capitalist depends on God or a greater form, e.g. an architect of the universe; man is subordinate and God is at the center of the universe(s). That is why this nation was founded on principles of God and experiences with subordination in the past–purspose of the U.S. Constitution. Everything that the caller discusses alludes to crony capitalism. This country is begging to put systems in place to control this “disease” that seems to be out of control.

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  • carolinaconservative
    Posted on December 9, 2011 at 5:09pm

    I was listening to Rush when she called in and I fully appreciated what she was saying. With the Demoncrats we know where they are coming from, but with these Republicans I am not so sure what to expect from them. We have a representative here in NC that flipped on us as soon as she was elected last November. WE HAVE TO GET A TRUE CONSERVATIVE IN THE WHITE HOUSE!!

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    • jnpg
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 6:21pm

      I think the only true Conservative is Ron Paul. People want to get hung up on his foreign policy- but what is wrong with a foreign policy that focuses on DEFENSE not offense. We act like a big bully globally with our military. We CAN’T afford it. You think China is going to fund us to fight their allies Iran and Pakistan? If you are under a rock and don’t know it- the military, both active and vets, send more money to Ron Paul than any other candidate. At one time they sent more to RP than all the other Republican candidates combined. Please think more about the one man that even Glenn called ‘the closest thing we have to a Founding Father’. God bless you all.

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    • UlyssesP
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 7:42pm

      I’m listening to Rush right now! Snakes & Arrows rocks.

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    • rt elms
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 8:24pm

      I miss Rutesy. Peart is overrated.

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  • PATRIOTGRUNT
    Posted on December 9, 2011 at 4:59pm

    I know exactly what she means and feels. I as a Naturalized Citizen and a Vet understand her fear. What she and I and all of other people like us fear is that the USofA is becoming what we all ran away from and there is nowheare else to run to.

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  • Shasta
    Posted on December 9, 2011 at 4:57pm

    I would trade a thousand occupiers for one person like Michelle.

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 5:10pm

      Win- Win.

      The Occupiers get the Caribbean sun & the beach.

      The U.S. gets a decent citizen.

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    • Jim in Houston
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 5:20pm

      I would trade ALL of them for one of her.

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    • blue_sky
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 12:27am

      I would rather send SHASTA to Jamaica and let Michelle & Rush go along with her.
      Americans will stay here with the Constitution and true patriots like RON PAUL, not neo-con weasels like Shasta or banking cartel shill Cain.

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  • Sicialian Eyeball
    Posted on December 9, 2011 at 4:57pm

    The saddest part,is that there is a huge difference between American blacks and blacks who have come from other countries ,like Jamaica. There is no hope for American born blacks with their ghetto mentality. The immigrant blacks can see all the things America has to offer. This is the slave legacy the democratic party has brought to the American black. Too bad they’re too stupid and lazy to see it.

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    • Bro Geo Too
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 5:12pm

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      S-Eye: couldn’t agree with you more.

      Pelosi, Reid, Sharpton, Cornell, Jackson Sr. and Jr., Obama, Holder, Boxer, Schumer, Byrd, etc. have spent lifetimes creating a permanent, black, poverty class that will always vote for democrats since the democrats enable, reward, and promote a “massa-gonna-take-care-of-me” lifestyle.

      Read the groundbreaking book, “Whites, Blacks, and Racist Democrats”, by Reverend Wayne Perryman who just happens to be a man of color.

      Perryman heroically exposes the plantation chains of the democrat party. He proves democrats are historically pro-abortion because the majority of aborted babies are black. The only thing democrats like about blacks are the votes keeping them in power

      The following link goes to a website that clearly states, and I quote, “A vote for a Pro-Choice Candidate is a vote for Black Genocide.”

      http://www.blackgenocide.org/gap.html

      Racism is the historic province of Democrats NOT Republicans. The KKK was historically an enclave of democrats NOT republicans. Praise God for the growing numbers of conservative black voters who refuse to be taken for granted or intimidated by racist democrats black or white.

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  • abbygirl1994
    Posted on December 9, 2011 at 4:51pm

    To bad the young woman who came here legally didn’t also complain about those who just walk across our borders and take from welfare, foodstamps, medicare and medicaid and never do anything but put their hands out and ask for more, while this young woman went to school educated herself and made a life for herself.. We should all thank our government for the shape our country is in and that is both Democrats and Republicans… What we need is a third party… no Republicans no Democrats.. we need people with morals, character and values.. and we have very few if any of those in Washington.. God help us!

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    • chazman
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 6:00pm

      … I know exactly how she feels. I would ask, “How do we make a Progressive Liberal Marxist’ see the light of truth?” For at least 25 years political correctness and our education system, to name only a few, has literally destroyed our youth up to now. How do we change that mindset in time? I believe liberalism is a sickness of the mind on a massive scale. How do we stop liberalism? I don’t think we can. I think the only way to save our country from disaster is through drastic measures of extreme prejudice against all of those who wish to destroy America. I think that day is right around the corner. I also think that we have no one to blame but ourselves. We’ve lost our country. What we get back will be unrecognizable. God Bless America …

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  • notreally
    Posted on December 9, 2011 at 4:49pm

    Here’s another person who sees the American Dream and who, therefore, we will never see on any of the demcrat media. The longer this demcrat lie against America exceptionalism goes on the more I am inclined to convert from “I disagree with demcrats” to “I hate demcrats.” It’s not a trend I want to embrace, but…

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    • bhohater
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 5:11pm

      If you hate murderers you hate democrats too, because they elect politicians and judges who condone abortion, which is murder no matter how you try to sugarcoat it. Think about it.

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    • jnpg
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 6:23pm

      Killing innocent people in Pakistan with drones is murder too.
      Killing innocent people in Libya is murder too.
      I hate abortion, but let’s get real- our foreign meddling is murdering innocent people too.

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    • CatB
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 9:45pm

      Fast and Furious .. the Democrats in the Obama administration have put Mexicans and Americans in danger and should be held reponsible for the MURDER of not only our border agent but citizens of Mexico.

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on December 9, 2011 at 4:49pm

    This call confirms the fact we are all but out of time. We need to turn the mess around and soon or Lord help us, it will be end game for good.

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    • Southernsoul
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 9:40pm

      You are all too right, but what do we face? Another 4 years of Obama or, it seems, a RINO. Basicly the question is, do you want to go quick or slow?

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    • CatB
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 1:03am

      At least we can pressure a RINO .. in his first term .. Obama will have nothing to lose and no one to answer too .. least of which Patriotic Americans.

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  • RedneckJim
    Posted on December 9, 2011 at 4:48pm

    There doesn’t seem to be a lack of people who came here to better themselves, and I welcome all who are willing to work and sacrifice to do so. I work with people from Ethiopia, Viet Nam, Laos, Lebanon . . .
    I’d gladly trade all the useless “you-owe-me” people for ones like this lady. Actually, I’m thinking a 10:1 ratio would be nice. I bet Chavez would welcome a few more million leftist zombies who would be willing to vote him “King for life.”

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  • poverty.sucks
    Posted on December 9, 2011 at 4:46pm

    Current state of our education system is a product of Sin. 52% of children born today are without a mom or dad in the household. That has an economic impact on our society, over 112 billions of dollars are wasted on government programs that deal with the cause an affect of this immorality. That does not include the affects on families because of Drugs and incarcerations.

    When you take God out of education, the light will dim on that society. That is social justice. Where ever a man’s heart is, he will become.

    There’s an alliance between our political left & Islamic Muslims, they’re united in one respect, they despise western civilization.

    In 30 years, Muslims will have the population majority, they have the highest population growth in the world, second is Christians. The only way to overcome that is to kill Islamic muslims extremist and for Christians to commit to marriage at early ages, 18-25 not waiting to be 40.

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  • JustPeachy
    Posted on December 9, 2011 at 4:45pm

    Exactly! She’s right. Only some on “our side” have also been so quick to judge, to point fingers, to believe the worst about someone–that as a result–at least in part even if a small one–they have HELPED the tabloid leftist media complete its job.

    Remember Jesus’ words on the cross, “Forgive them Father, for they know not what they have done” ???

    Well guess what. Stupid people have done it again. They have effectively–in some cases deliberately and in some cases unwittingly–“crucified” our best conservative candidate who was actually making it somewhere in the polls!

    So folks – if we get a RINO or progressive in office–just remember what this lady said. Remember how some may have helped “crucify” the most conservative guy in the room. And shame on all those who helped. :-(

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    • jnpg
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 6:33pm

      I wonder what Jesus would do about Iran….or Libya or any other country that we have meddled in and killed innocent people….
      Seems like a foreign policy of peace would be in line with Jesus. But what do I know… guess that ‘turn the other cheek’ stuff is for suckers…..

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    • jnpg
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 6:34pm

      The best conservative in the race is going to win Iowa. When the ‘real’ Conservative stands up- it is Ron Paul.

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  • jakartaman
    Posted on December 9, 2011 at 4:43pm

    Tick tock tick tock tick tock
    Folks time is running out.
    Democrat nor Republican is going to stop it
    When the Euro fails/fall we will be very quickly behind it.
    There will be riots and civil unrest and yes Marshall Law
    I wish some one could tell me I am wrong
    G-D save us all

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  • OhioRifleman
    Posted on December 9, 2011 at 4:40pm

    ANALYSIS:

    It is because the leaders we have are ‘smarter than peanut butter’ that we are in this Gods-forsaken mess. This nightmare we live is by intention. They want this nation to self-destruct because we are the only beacon on this planet that proves rampant Capitalism can do more for a nation – and the world – than Socialism ever shall do.

    With America annihilated, there will be no example to prove them wrong. No examples of their failures = less resistance to their attempted one world governance. Simple enough, no?

    RFC. Anyone out there think I am wrong? Or do you have an extension of the above? Say it, you know you want to.

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    • TSUNAMI-22
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 4:58pm

      I agree. The USA was a contrasting contradiction of success through competition with other ways of life. Without contrast there is no competition – exactly what they want when a “level playing field” is touted.

      What would a smart person want to live with – a torrential running river teaming with fish not easily caught, or a stagnant pond teaming with microbial algae and mud?

      Sure, one way requires more effort to obtain success, but that is what motivates one to better himself. The other way leads to a slow, painful, atrophy and demise.

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  • trickball
    Posted on December 9, 2011 at 4:39pm

    The caller is so right about the Republicans! They do their underhanded tactics behin closed doors. The caller said, we don’t have time to make sense out of nonsense! Very Profound, caller!

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    • Shasta
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 4:59pm

      I agree about the republicans, but we only know the tip of the iceberg of what Obummer and minions are doing “under the radar”. It is sneaky progressives on both sides that are taking us down. And she is right, we are running out of time.

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  • Uncurable wound
    Posted on December 9, 2011 at 4:33pm

    Irie!!!

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  • SUMTHINSTINKS
    Posted on December 9, 2011 at 4:32pm

    Rush tells it like it is…..

    http://www.NotMittRomney.com

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  • MODEL82A1
    Posted on December 9, 2011 at 4:29pm

    Those of you who are absolutely desperate for someone to follow, you’d be much better served by Rush than by Glenn Beck.

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    • jungle J
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 5:54pm

      why?

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    • Komponist-ZAH
      Posted on December 9, 2011 at 6:35pm

      I don’t need someone to follow. I’m an adult.

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    • BobtheMoron
      Posted on December 10, 2011 at 11:07am

      Glenn Beck is off the deep end with his new “Love” campaign. Glenn has for all appearances gone to the loony side of life. He should say “Hello” to Ron Paul while he’s over there.

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  • IMPEACHBHO
    Posted on December 9, 2011 at 4:27pm

    Yep. Welcome to Marxism.

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