Rush Limbaugh On Time 100 List - Glenn Beck

Rush Limbaugh - The 2009 Time 100

By Glenn Beck

For some of us, being a media personality just isn't as easy as it used to be. The theory goes that to build a large audience in this age of iPhones, podcasts and whatever the latest buzzword is, you have to do everything at once — and that means simultaneously host a radio program, host a TV show, write books and tour the country. Even Barack Obama had to hold a press conference, go on 60 Minutes, talk to Jay Leno and post clips on YouTube within the span of one week just to get people to pay attention to his budget.

But not Rush Limbaugh. When Rush wants to talk to America, all he has to do is grab his microphone.

He attracts more listeners with just his voice than the rest of us could ever imagine. He is simply on another level.

No matter how many new technologies pop up, nothing will ever surpass the intimacy of radio. And nobody will ever be better at utilizing it than Rush. His consistency, insight and honesty have earned him a level of trust with his listeners that politicians can only dream of. And that is why the more irrelevant critics try to make him, the more relevant he becomes.

Rush, 58, saved the spoken-word radio format from obscurity and paved the way for thousands of broadcasters, including myself. His career serves as the most successful stimulus package in radio history. All without a government dime.

Knowing firsthand just how hard it is to hold an audience's attention for a few hours makes it that much more amazing to have seen Rush do it for more than 20 years. To say that he has set the standard for success in broadcasting would truly be an understatement.

Beck is a television (Fox) and radio talk-show host and a No. 1 New York Times best-selling author.  Glenn said he was humbled and honored to be asked to write about the talk radio king - the man who revolutionized and saved an entire industry with one Golden EIB microphone.

Fast Fact: Limbaugh says he likes to start every day with a strong cigar

Source:  GlennBeck.com/Time Magazine

Center For Individual Freedom Update - 02.04.09

 
     Are Republican Senators rolling over and playing dead? Are they"compromising" on the Obama-Pelosi so-called "stimulus" bill and essentially giving President Obama and extreme liberals in CongressEXACTLY what they want? 

     Unless you drive the message home, RIGHT NOW, the answer may unfortunately be "YES." 

     You know what we're talking about. 
 

We're talking about the bill that radio host Sean Hannity calls the"European Socialist Act of 2009" or "The End Capitalism As We Know It Act of 2009."  We're talking about the bill that we call the "Obama-Pelosi Theft Act of 2009." We're talking about BILLIONS of dollars in taxpayer-funded "payoffs" to groups like ACORN (ACORN should be INDICTED, not REWARDED).

 
     In reality, the above descriptions don't do justice to the Obama-Pelosi Theft Act of 2009! To speak frankly, this so-called "stimulus bill" (which has nothing to do with stimulating the economy and has everything to do with pork and payoffs to liberal special interests) is just PLAIN EVIL! 

     But there is hope. Make no mistake, Congress IS hearing you loud and clear. Because of your actions, our elected officials now know that the American people oppose thisObama-Pelosi Theft Act of 2009. 

     But they have NOT totally gotten the message. Instead of scrapping this evil bill, in typical fashion, they're trying to tinker with it... hoping to make it better by amending it here and amending it there. 

     That's NOT what the American people want. The American people DON'T want this evil bill "fixed." The American people want this evil bill DEAD... PERIOD... END OF SENTENCE! 

     Republican Senators should know better! Putting lipstick on this pig of a bill is NOTgoing to make it any less socialist... any less egregious... any more palatable to the American people. 

     Our elected officials need to hear from you RIGHT NOW. 

Use the hyperlink below to send your 42 personalized faxes to Barack Obama and the Republican Members of the United States Senate! 

Tell them in no uncertain terms that the American people DON'T want them to "tinker" with this evil bill or to try to "fix" it. The American people do not want any "compromises" or "amendments" or ANY AMOUNT OF LIPSTICK PUT ON THIS PIG OF A BILL. 

The American people want the Obama-Pelosi Theft Act of 2009 DEAD... A STAKE DRIVEN THROUGH ITS EVIL HEART! Tell them - to borrow a phrase from former First Lady Nancy Reagan - they just need to say "NO" and stop this liberal boondoggle! 

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Are Senate Republicans Trying To Snatch Defeat From The Jaws Of Victory? 

     According to The Washington Post; "Senate Democratic leaders conceded Tuesday that they do not have the votes to pass the stimulus bill as currently written." 

     IT SHOULD BE OVER! The Obama-Pelosi Theft Act of 2009 should be DEAD ON ARRIVAL! We should be popping champagne corks! 

     But not so fast! 

     Senator John McCain and a group of Republican Senators just proposed their own $445 billion dollar stimulus plan. 

     Admittedly, some of the provisions of the plan sound good and it is certain that in the coming hours you will hear some tough sounding rhetoric coming from the mouths of Republicans. 

     But MAKE NO MISTAKE, alternate proposals are ONLY offered as a precursor to compromise! The name of the game is still "let's make a deal." 

     The name of the game is STILL, "we give you MOST of what YOU want and the American people get NOTHING!" 

     Yes... our elected leaders ARE planning to haggle... to negotiate... to give Obama and Pelosi WHAT THEY REALLY WANT! 

     It might not be a stretch to acknowledge that the other side asked for MORE than they really wanted from the get-go, knowing that Republicans would foolishly seek"compromise," thus giving them EVERYTHING they really wanted in the first place! 

     Senator Lindsey Graham acknowledged as much. At least, he's playing "let's make a deal:" 

"Get us all in a room. That's what you do with a major piece of legislation." 

     And Graham is not the only one sounding the trumpet of compromise! According to The Minneapolis St. Paul Star Tribune: 

"Senate Republicans will propose a panoply of amendments to make the bill more palatable... Such changes, if accepted, could win support for the plan from conservative Democrats as well as Republicans." 

     Senator Mitch McConnell issued the following statement: 

"We look forward to offering amendments to improve this critical legislation and move it back to the package President Obama originally proposed." 

     EXCUSE ME? 

     Lawrence Kudlow wrote the following on TownHall.com several days ago. 

"McConnell might be willing to change his mind if the package changes, but he told me he didn’t expect that to happen." 

     Well guess what? The package HAS changed! Does that mean that McConnell is NOWwilling to change his mind? 

     We can't let that happen! We cannot allow our elected officials to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. 

     They need to hear from you right now! They need to know you want them to stand firm and KILL the Obama-Pelosi Theft Act of 2009! 

Use the hyperlink below to send your 42 personalized faxes to Barack Obama and the Republican Members of the United States Senate! 

Tell them in no uncertain terms that the American people DON'T want them to "tinker" with this evil bill or to try to "fix" it. The American people do not want any "compromises" or "amendments" or ANY AMOUNT OF LIPSTICK PUT ON THIS PIG OF A BILL. 

The American people want the Obama-Pelosi Theft Act of 2009 DEAD... A STAKE DRIVEN THROUGH ITS EVIL HEART! Tell them - to borrow a phrase from former First Lady Nancy Reagan - they just need to say "NO" and stop this liberal boondoggle!

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Is It Perhaps Best To Do Nothing? 

     Let's be frank! We've already tried recklessly throwing taxpayer money at our problems to the tune of $700 billion. IT HASN'T WORKED! 

     Job losses continue. Foreclosures continue. Credit is still tight! 

     And now we're supposed to believe that spending MORE MONEY (money we don't have) to fund liberal causes and pet projects WILL work? 

     Glenn Beck with FOX News said it best: 

"So, the question is, when will America finally say, 'You know, I think I’ve learned my lesson. Enough is enough?'" 

     Senator Richard Shelby told CNBC that Washington should just "shelve the stimulus package." 

     Even economist Martin Feldstein, who initially supported a "stimulus plan" is singing a different tune and wrote in The Washington Post: 

"It would be better for the Senate to delay legislation for a month, or even two... . We cannot afford an $800 billion mistake." 

     Admittedly, people are suffering under the strain of this economic downturn. 

     But history teaches us that government meddling may only extend what could be short term misery! 

     Former President Ronald Reagan cautioned us that "government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem." 

     George Will, in a recent column titled "Same Old New Deal?" echoes those sentiments and insinuates that the New Deal turned a short-term recession into the Great Depression which lasted more than a decade! 

"The assumption is that the New Deal vanquished the Depression. Intelligent, informed people differ about why the Depression lasted so long. But people whose recipe for recovery today is another New Deal should remember that America's biggest industrial collapse occurred in 1937, eight years after the 1929 stock market crash and nearly five years into the New Deal. " 

     We don't need compromises! We don't need fixes! We don't need alternative plans that will move America towards SOCIALISM! 

     Demand that our elected officials stand firm and KILL the Obama-Pelosi Theft Act of 2009! 

     Do it NOW! 

Use the hyperlink below to send your 42 personalized faxes to Barack Obama and the Republican Members of the United States Senate! 

Tell them in no uncertain terms that the American people DON'T want them to "tinker" with this evil bill or to try to "fix" it. The American people do not want any "compromises" or "amendments" or ANY AMOUNT OF LIPSTICK PUT ON THIS PIG OF A BILL. 

The American people want the Obama-Pelosi Theft Act of 2009 DEAD... A STAKE DRIVEN THROUGH ITS EVIL HEART! Tell them - to borrow a phrase from former First Lady Nancy Reagan - they just need to say "NO" and stop this liberal boondoggle!

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Yours In Freedom,

Jeff Mazzella
President
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The Upcoming Battle For Talk Radio

The Battle for Talk Radio:
Powerful Foes Want to End the Gabfest

 
The 2008 election has been decided and one thing is clear: the enemies of talk radio are firmly in control of the White House and Congress. Sen. Chuck Schumer and his fellow Democrats are promising an all-out attack on talk radio.  

With a new "Fairness Doctrine" backed by an Obama White House, political talk, as we know it, will end.

If these forces of darkness win, Rush, Imus, Hannity, Savage, Beck, and dozens of other major hosts will be muzzled by using federal regulations to control political talk.

So, what's their plan of attack?

As Newsmax magazine reveals in its special report, "The Battle for Talk Radio," leading liberals in Congress, the Democratic presidential candidates, and even some Republicans speak openly of their plans to end conservative talk radio using federal regulations.

Their weapon: a revived Fairness Doctrine, which would once again require stations to air divergent points of view — a clever ruse that makes station owners leery of airing controversial talk-radio hosts fearing law suits and federal sanctions.

With a new Fairness Doctrine, you could see many top conservative radio hosts canned.

This Newsmax special report also features an exclusive interview with Fox News host Bill O'Reilly who tells Newsmax there is no question a plan is being hatched. "The far-left kooks will try, but they will fail," O'Reilly says.

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This exclusive Newsmax report explores:

• Why the Don Imus controversy was the first skirmish in a bigger war
• Hillary Clinton's secret role in getting Imus fired
• Why Imus calls Hillary "Satan" and vows revenge
• Talker Glenn Beck's chilling prediction for freedom of speech
• Why liberals can't win ratings in radio — but conservatives do
• Naming names: powerful Democrats who favor the Fairness Doctrine
• How Ronald Reagan torpedoed the Doctrine — and fought off its reinstatement
• Trent Lott's surprising remark about talk radio
• How Rush Limbaugh turned the tables on Sen. Harry Reid
• Wesley Clark's campaign against Limbaugh
• Media Matters' "blacklist" of conservative talkers
• National Public Radio's tilt to the left
• Laura Ingraham's dire forecast about a Hillary Clinton presidency
• How presidents tried to wield the Fairness Doctrine for political advantage
• Imus' new simulcast partner: "Training Mules and Donkeys"
• Talk radio and the "new McCarthyism"
• GOP Rep. Mike Pence's campaign to stop the Fairness Doctrine
• Clear Channel's strategic moves to "appease" Democrats
• The supposed adversary that saved Air America
• How the Fairness Doctrine's repeal led to the surge in talk-radio stations
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• Why taxes will skyrocket if Democrats win in '08
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• Hollywood greens up its act
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• The four keys to early retirement
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• U.S. mint plans "first spouse" coin
• Russell Crowe to be baptized
• Fight brews over drinking laws
• Book excerpt: Kenneth R. Timmerman's "Shadow Warriors"
• "Star Trek" voyages on without Shatner
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• South American radicals undermine region's economy
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• Stars avoid the GOP label
• Google searches for a master plan
• The best hotel spa treatments
• Top 10 ways to pocket your cash
• Surviving the attack of the superbugs
• MSG's bad reputation: well-deserved

PLUS: Ronald Kessler's Washington

Again, there is so much more in Newsmax magazine, which won a Silver Eddie Award in the News/Commentary category of Folio magazine's prestigious journalism awards, the Eddies.

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