This hour of the Limbaugh Wire brought to you by the evils of “giving back” to the community
By Greg Lewis and Karl Frisch

Rush began his second hour in his trademark unfocused style. Bear with us as we try to cover all the various bits he touched on. First, Rush bragged about a story that Buffalo Sabres owner B. Thomas Golisano would be moving from New York to Florida to “escape” high taxes. Rush was overjoyed, because this meant there was another curmudgeonly rich guy following his lead.

Then Rush briefly mentioned Stephen Moore's and Arthur Laffer's recent Wall Street Journal column, which he said was evidence that people are moving away from states that have high taxes. (Rush later revisited this issue before briefly alluding to Brian Jennings' new book, Censorship: The Threat to Silence Talk Radio.)

Quickly moving to another subject, Rush talked about a Portland, OR Chrysler dealership owner who will have to declare bankruptcy because his dealership was being shut down, as Rush put it, by Obama and “car czar” Steve Rattner. Rattner, Limbaugh noted, also happens to be reportedly constructing a multi-million-dollar mansion on Martha's Vineyard, which makes him “one of the ultimate hypocrites” because he'll be living what he calls a “wasteful lifestyle.”

Rush then read from a column in the “far left” Business Week magazine titled, “The Great Ethanol Scam.” Rush concluded that this was further proof that ethanol was a scam to secure more votes from the agricultural community.

After a break, El Rushbo took a couple of calls from dittoheads who were really upset over the Notre Dame controversy. The first caller had attended a pro-life prayer at Notre Dame yesterday and described her experience, and Rush again expressed his displeasure that Notre Dame invited Obama.

Next, Rush had a discussion with a caller who asserted that the Catholic Church is all about individualism, complaining that all of the Notre Dame students clapping for Obama and chanting “Yes we can” didn't understand that Obama, who spoke about having been mentored by a Catholic cardinal, is a total collectivist. Left out of this conversation, of course, was the Catholic Church's record of community service or the Catechism of the Catholic Church itself which details that God created the Church community “to make men holy and save them, not as individuals without any bond or link between them, but rather to make them into a people.”

Rush responded to the caller by repeating his point that Obama doesn't want the graduates to strive for success but to give back, again asking what graduates “have” to give back. Allow us to answer Rush's question: While most college graduates might not have material goods, many of them do give back in the form of volunteering: AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, and Teach for America are among the plethora of opportunities college graduates have to give back.

As Limbaugh returned from the next break, he informed his audience: “I hate this whole concept of giving back.” He lamented this again, repeating comments he has been making during his show today.

After another break, Rush played audio clips from “egghead” Tim Geithner being interviewed by Newsweek's Jon Meacham. During the interview, Geithner echoed Obama's point from last week that after we get “growth back on track,” we'll have to “commit” to get back to living within our means and give up a lot of things. Limbaugh's interpretation of this was that Geithner was blaming Americans for the recession. According to Geithner, as Rush interpreted it, you caused this, you wanted too much, and after the recession, you'll have to give up a lot of things.

Highlights from Hour 2

Outrageous remark:

LIMBAUGH: By the way, I hate this whole concept of giving back anyway. That somehow it is the duty of the successful to give back.

Echo chamber:

Mentions of Stephen Moore and Arthur Laffer's WSJ column; Brian Jennings' book Censorship: The Threat to Silence Talk Radio.