All categories - 1 May 2007

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RUSH: Kathleen in Canton, Michigan, welcome to the EIB. Are you 12 years old, am I reading that right?

CALLER: Yes.

RUSH: Hi, Kathleen, well, it's great to have you with us today.

CALLER: I have a question -- it's great to speak with you.

RUSH: Thank you.

CALLER: My question is, when Clinton was in power, there were multiple terrorist attacks on the United States. Why didn't he try and stop them?

RUSH: Well, they did in their own way. They tried to use the legal system, but they were never really serious about doing anything about preventing future attacks. They never responded militarily to attacks, until late in the term, second term, during the impeachment scandals. I'll tell you what, I have to ask you to hold on, I misread the clock when I took your call and I thought I had a minute more than I do. Can you hold on for a couple of minutes?

CALLER: Yes.

RUSH: Good, thank you, because I'll be happy to try to explain this to you. Twelve years old from Canton, Michigan. You're not in school today?

CALLER: Home-schooled.

RUSH: Oh. Okay. Home-schooled. Explains a lot.

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All right, back to Kathleen, 12-year-old Kathleen in Canton, Michigan. Yours is actually a very good question. Why didn't the Clintons do anything about terrorism when there were attacks on this country during both terms of the Clinton presidency. But before I answer that, I'm curious, where did this question come from in your mind? What have you been doing lately, studying, that's spawned this question today?

CALLER: Well, I've been doing a lot in my history book and I was reading about Clinton and how there were some terrorist attacks but they didn't say exactly what they did about them.

RUSH: Well, the administration did a couple of things. The first World Trade Center attack in 1993, there was not much done on that. However, you may have read about, I don't know, sheik Omar Abdel Rahman. He's an Egyptian sheik, his nickname is the blind sheik and he and some cronies, one of whom I think was involved in the '93 blast, evolved a plan to blow up the Brooklyn Bridge and some tunnels and so forth. He and one of his buddies, Ramzi Yousef, were prosecuted by the US attorney's office in Manhattan and guilty verdicts were secured, and both are in jail for life. So the Clinton administration, Kathleen, looked at terrorism as a criminal enterprise, and they dealt with it legally. But they did a couple of things in the process that created real, real havoc. In the process of using the legal system, you have to impanel grand juries to hear evidence, and the evidence that was presented, much of it was classified intelligence data.

Now, grand jury testimony is secret. It cannot be revealed. It cannot be published. It cannot be legally released to anybody, including other intelligence agencies. So, as an example, if the FBI is called in to the grand jury to give evidence against a potential terrorist, then the CIA and nobody else could know about it, and this was referred to as "the wall" that was built by the Clinton administration and associate attorney general by the name of Jamie Gorelick that actually prevented intelligence agencies in the government from learning what each other knew, since terrorism was being prosecuted legally rather than fought on battlefields on the home grounds of terrorists. Now, why was this? Well, who knows. It probably was just the fact that the Clinton people are Democrats and did not have a serious world view of terrorism, much like Democrats have today.

John Edwards in his debate, the press conference performance last week, (paraphrased) "There's really no war on terror. Terrorism is just something that happens, it's out there. We gotta be prepared to deal with it, but to go to war against them is silly because there isn't one and we ought not convince the American people." They're trying to create an atmosphere people call a 9/10 atmosphere where we can pretend that life in America is just as it was before 9/11. Well, in doing that we had the World Trade Center attacks. We had Americans killed all over the world in Al-Qaeda bombings. One of the popular theories to explain why the Clinton administration didn't do anything about it, other than legally, which very few people saw. But if you go to war or if you respond to terrorist attacks militarily, everybody is going to see that, and the Clinton administration, not big fans of the military. The military to them was a social playground, where they could try the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, women in combat, gays in combat, and this sort of thing.
The theory is that the Clinton administration just didn't want to risk the high approval they had, and going to war would certainly do that, they thought. So those are the two primary reasons. The Clinton administration had a totally different agenda, and that was to produce a legacy of eight years of bliss, nonconfrontation, and harmony. The Soviet Union had just gone kaput, we had the peace dividend and they didn't want to tackle any difficult issue that might threaten that legacy or that 65% approval rating that they had. The only time Clinton actually did military strikes involving Al-Qaeda was in '98 when he launched some missiles into empty camps. It was '98 and '99, Kathleen, that he blew up an office building on a Saturday night in Baghdad. I think the janitor was killed. But nothing serious, after rattling some cages. In fact, after 9/11 happened, there were some former Clinton administration officials lamenting that if it was going to happen, why couldn't it have happened during Clinton's presidency so that he could have had something around which to forge greatness? Those are the best theories to answer your question. This call was obviously a home school assignment, wasn't it?

CALLER: No.

RUSH: No? Well, it served a purpose of being a home school assignment nevertheless. Does that help you?

CALLER: Yes, it does.

RUSH: Any other questions? Because I'm a font of answers.

CALLER: Not really, but you're coming to Michigan on Thursday, and I will be there.

RUSH: You will? You're going to be in the audience?

CALLER: Yes, I will.

RUSH: Well, terrific. Well, I'm glad. I'm glad to know this, too. And I'm glad that you're going to be there. You coming with your mom and dad?

CALLER: No, just my mom.

RUSH: Just your mom. Okay. Well, I hope you have a good time. I'll go out of my way to make sure that you do.

CALLER: Thank you.

RUSH: Okay. That's Kathleen from -- yeah, by the way, programming note, I will not be here Thursday, folks. I gotta fly to Detroit Thursday morning. I've got a Rush to Excellence performance that night for our affiliate there, WJR, 2500 people. They sold it out in half an hour, I think they told me. I'm meeting with some of our sponsors that are headquartered in Detroit during the day, but we'll be back here on Friday.
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2007-05-01 12:37:05 · 17 answers · asked by GREAT_AMERICAN 1 in Politics

I have a large pond (1400 gal) and about 15-20 koi and comets. Sometimes they seem so hungry that I feel bad and give them more food, but I've heard the goldfish will eat themselves to death if you feed them too much! Are Koi and comets the same? Can I feed them 3 times a day if they seem hungry?

2007-05-01 12:37:04 · 17 answers · asked by mbz2828 2 in Fish

i know that brown rice is better for you then white rice but why is that? what does brown rice have that white rice doesnt have?

2007-05-01 12:36:56 · 6 answers · asked by therealfreddy_p 3 in Other - Food & Drink

no dating agencies or similar

2007-05-01 12:36:45 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Outdoor Recreation

2007-05-01 12:36:41 · 10 answers · asked by Gerrad G 1 in Mathematics

2007-05-01 12:36:40 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

its really dirty, i just got out from a long day at work, im im too lazy..do you mind?

2007-05-01 12:36:36 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

2007-05-01 12:36:35 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I am a recent homeowner and wonder who is responsible for the bushes down the property line. I know they belong to the neighbor but is he responsible for trimming them all the way around are is responsible to trim them at all? There are 10 tall bushes

2007-05-01 12:36:33 · 9 answers · asked by Luv2no is in the house 7 in Garden & Landscape

i hate him.
I forgot my book cause i was studing it for STAR testing.
and i am already am ahead of everyone.
he noticed that o forgot my book.


he said " I was going to be kind and let you guys watch a movie instead of working but a student forgot there book. so the whole class gets punished"


I got shocked cause there was this guy you ditches all the time and says racsit jokes...and he never EVER says anything.

then this girl who didnt like me yelled out
"WHAT?!!! WHO DIDNT BRING THERE BOOK????" AND THAT STUPID MATH TEACHER SAID MY NAME LOUD AND CLEAR "GRACE DIDNT BRING HER BOOK"


And when this mexican kid said a racsit joke about me being asian i told him to shut the **** up...
then that dumb teacher told me to say sorry.
and I didnt
then he made us do more work.
and he calles me "Mr." because appeartly i have a broad shoulder.


and when students make rude jokes about me he giggles then says "dont do that"


i want to fire him
if that was possible

2007-05-01 12:36:32 · 21 answers · asked by Grack 5 in Friends

2007-05-01 12:36:20 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cooking & Recipes

2007-05-01 12:36:18 · 1 answers · asked by Joyce 1 in Religion & Spirituality

is it a good idea to do? does it hurt when you do it? does it even really make a difference? and if you so it, how often should you do it?


sorry for the many questions.i just want to know before i go doing anything i might regret doing.

2007-05-01 12:36:13 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Women's Health

A light spring of constant 180 N/M rests vertically on the bottom of a large beaker of water. A 4.12 kg block of wood of density 680 kg/m^3 is connected to the top of the spring and the block-spring system is allowed to come to static equilibrium. what is the elongation of the spring ? answer in units of cm.

2007-05-01 12:36:02 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Physics

2007-05-01 12:35:42 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-05-01 12:35:42 · 14 answers · asked by erin c 1 in Dogs

I am seriously ****** right now.

I have inadvertantly isolated myself from people who care about me. All of my school friends

Theres something wrong with me. No one should hate themselves for no real reason as much as I do. I seriously can't approach them thats how much I hate myself.

And the worst part is they all used to like me a lot. But theres only a month left and theyre all so frustrated.

I'm just like bawling right now I don't know what to do, I want them to like me again and I want to talk to them but I just can't make myself anymore.

2007-05-01 12:35:32 · 13 answers · asked by leena 4 in Friends

l see, too much hate and friction going on becouse the illegals protesting... just relax and lets celebrate Cinco de Mayo... or arent u celebrating this year because the marchs and all the immigrants? just wondering.
most of my friends are white and they dont seem to care about all this stuff. but hey, they might not say anything for respect...
l think u white people have the right to protect ur country[nothing wrong with that. and we [ mexicans] have the right to look for a better life for our kids.
lm a USARMY soldier in Iraq. God bless us all and be happy this Cinco de Mayo.

2007-05-01 12:35:03 · 16 answers · asked by mendoza4057 2 in Immigration

Hi, i'm on a diet trying to loose weight, but mostly get healthy and eat right. I find it hard to cut out breads completely even though many people have said i should. So if i were to eat bread sometimes what would be the best choice? I've heard of 12-grain bread is that any good?

2007-05-01 12:34:51 · 6 answers · asked by dropaheart_xo 1 in Diet & Fitness

i have a young child with my exwife so this makes it hard.My ex is still bitter/jealous over the divorce and trys to control me the only way she can thru my child.My fiance trys to get me to "fight" with my ex all the time over ever little thing my ex does she does not like. My fiance's maybe right but sometimes its just easier and better for my son to give in to my ex than fight with her.My fiance will also sometimes say/do things just to piss my ex off which just makes things worse.What can i do?My fiance is a good person and she just feels i should stand up to my exwife.

2007-05-01 12:34:43 · 16 answers · asked by stevenpelkey35478 1 in Marriage & Divorce

So I believe that dreams tap into something- However I don't really spend time pondering about dreams-Except this one-
I was with someone I am not close to who was driving me- Asked if I have seen Pasadena- I said not much of it, so he's said let me show you. We start driving and it looks like we are in an animation movie- the stars are so low its beautiful- but it felt real all these emotions of not realizing whats in front of me as we drive I can see the hollywood sign lit up all glamours like it is in the 1920's

we continue driving I realizing we are on a hill and I look up and the moon is very low and we are driving towards it-

as we are driving its getting brighter and brither this powerful light which i want to close my eyes but can't since its beautiful we are now coming up to the moon this light flooding all around us - we can't see the road- just driving in the moon and it was amazing the warmth of the bright light- and scary. What does this dream mean? Is it a sign?

2007-05-01 12:34:42 · 2 answers · asked by Naky247 2 in Horoscopes

2007-05-01 12:34:32 · 4 answers · asked by Gerrad G 1 in Mathematics

2007-05-01 12:33:59 · 14 answers · asked by iconoclast12 1 in Philosophy

2007-05-01 12:33:54 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

1) the girl i like is also liked very much by my close freind
2)is he a true freind if he tells me i cant go out wit her wen he knows he doesnt have a chance with her and he knows i do?
3)should i ask her out?
4) how shuld i do it?

2007-05-01 12:33:44 · 10 answers · asked by max s 1 in Singles & Dating

it. but they are still one of the biggest chains around. heading most of the fast food world. so someones eating there. do you love or hate it. eat it sometimes or alot. if you hate it now. and didn't before......when did you start hating it. lot of questions for one question....i dont' usually ask a ton of questions for one question....but added some curiosities.....easier then putting them into a seperate question....

2007-05-01 12:33:36 · 17 answers · asked by Jody SweetG 5 in Fast Food

recognizing that I am extremely beautiful, Does this mean that when people call me ugly that they are asking me to inquire into their religion?

2007-05-01 12:33:23 · 16 answers · asked by Jules still rules 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-05-01 12:33:23 · 3 answers · asked by Gerrad G 1 in Mathematics

does the series full metel panic have good romance in it and is it a good series to watch, and if posible could you list some other anime that are good and have romance in them. maybe some action, if no action then romance and comedy are ok.

2007-05-01 12:33:17 · 8 answers · asked by Koruto Yuiba 1 in Comics & Animation

2007-05-01 12:33:12 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys