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If I am pessimistic about the future of liberty, it is because I am pessimistic about the strength of the English-speaking nations, which have, in profound ways, surrendered to forces at odds with their inheritance. “Declinism” is in the air, but some of us apocalyptic types are way beyond that. The United States is facing nothing so amiable and genteel as Continental-style “decline,” but something more like sliding off a cliff. In the days when I used to write for Fleet Street, a lot of readers and several of my editors accused me of being anti-British. I’m not. I’m extremely...

Good turnout for Clearwater Florida Tea Party at the Perkins Restaurant corner of US19 and Gulf-to-Bay. Estimate at 300+ (unofficial) and good spirits for all participants on a hot day. I know that there are/were other Tea Parties in the Tampa Bay area so 300+ is probably a good turnout. Lots of horn honking and thumbs-up signs.

We are seeing even those small marks of personal pride and independence — the freedom to rev up the engine on a Friday night — taken away. The muscle cars, under the diktat of the president and head of General Motors, are simply being eliminated and replaced by Yugo-style cars. The common retort to my lament is that such a boost to the male ego is silly in light of global warming and the greater good. What I find alarming, though, is that today’s generation submits to such authority. And what about those from the upper-middle classes who had dreams...

On Today's Show...   Programming Note: Rush will be off next week for a golf vacation. Guest hosts will fill in.   Rush Leads the Fight Against Dependence Day! Don't let them take away our liberty.   America Needs to Stand Up to This Schoolyard Bully's Failed Agenda Our economy is in shambles, and it's completely traceable to Obama's statist policies.   Now Hospitals Cave to Obama's Threats (Rush 24/7 Members:  Listen)   "The statists like Obama know that they have drummed up in people's heads the importance of health care. People are more frightened of going a day without...