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>> Chris: HE IS THE MOST
LISTENED TO HOCKED ON MY TALK
SHOW HOST AMERICA.
THIS WEEK SAID THE BUDGET DEAL
HANDED TO PRESIDENT WAS AN
OUTRAGE BY BOTH PARTIES.
IT RUSH LIMBAUGH JOINS US LIVE
FROM HIS VIP STUDIO IN FARGO.
WELCOME BACK TO
"FOX NEWS SUNDAY."
WE ARE DELIGHTED TO HAVE YOU FOR
YOUR ANNUAL VISIT.
SPEECH WAS GREAT TO BE BACK,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING
ME AS ALWAYS.
>> Chris: ALL RIGHT, SO I KNOW
THAT YOU ARE A CONSTITUTIONAL
CONSERVATIVE AND ORIGINALIST, DO
YOU REALLY HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH
PRESIDENT TRUMP DECLARING A
NATIONAL EMERGENCY AND TAKING
MONEY FOR CONGRESS REFUSED TO
GIVE HIM?
>> Rush: IT NO, I DON'T.
I JUST LISTENED TO YOUR PANEL
AND I THINK SO MANY -- IT'S ALL
MINUTIA.
ALL YOU GUYS WERE TALKING, IT'S
MINUTIA.
KATIE PAVLICH HAD IT RIGHT, WE
HAVE AN EMERGENCY.
THIS IS AN INVASION.
THE VERY EXISTENCE AND
DEFINITION OF AMERICAN CULTURE,
AMERICAN SOCIETY, THE RULE OF
LAW.
WHY DOES NOBODY TALK ABOUT THE
FACT THAT MILLIONS AND MILLIONS
AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE
BREAKING THE LAW COMING HERE
ILLEGALLY AND THAT THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY WANTS THAT TO
HAPPEN?
WE CAN'T HAVE THE BREAKDOWN OF
RULE OF LAW AND LAW AND ORDER
THIS WAY.
THAT ALONE WOULD SUGGEST THAT
THIS HAS GONE ON WAY TOO LONG
AND WE NEED TO STOP IT.
THE ARGUMENT THAT THERE ARE
DRUGS COMING TO THE COUNTRY.
CAN ANYBODY DENY THAT THEY ARE
COMING IN AND IT NEEDS TO BE
STOPPED IN ITS DESTROYING FUTURE
GENERATIONS OF THE COUNTRY?
WE ARE SO CAUGHT UP IN THE GAME
OF HOW WASHINGTON DEBATES
ISSUES, IS THIS A FACT, IS THAT
NOT A FACT, IT IS UNDENIABLE
THAT WE HAVE A MAJOR IMMIGRATION
PROBLEM AND A POLITICAL PARTY
THAT NEEDS A PERMANENT
UNDERCLASS OF VOTERS THAT WANTS
THAT PARADE OF ILLEGAL PEOPLE
WHO ARE UNEDUCATED, DON'T EVEN
SPEAK THE LANGUAGE, THEY WANT
THEM HERE.
>> Chris: YOU AND I HAVE
DISAGREEMENTS BUT I CAN
INTERRUPT YOU SO I CAN KEEP
THINGS MOVING BECAUSE AS
DONALD TRUMP HAS SAID, YOU SPOKE
FOR THREE HOURS.
IF I WANT TO ASK ABOUT THIS, THE
GAME YOU SAY WE PLAY IN
WASHINGTON BECAUSE THE FACT IS
WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA TOOK
EXECUTIVE ACTIONS YOU ARE
OUTRAGED AND AS YOU WOULD
EXPECT, I GOT A COUPLE EXAMPLES.
OF RUSH LIMBAUGH OVER THE YEARS.
LET'S PUT THEM ON THE SCREEN.
IN JUNE OF 2012 WHEN
PRESIDENT OBAMA DEFERRED ACTION
AGAINST THE DREAMERS YOU SAID
THIS.
"40 YEARS AGO RICHARD NIXON WAS
HOUNDED OUT OF OFFICE SUPPOSEDLY
FOR HIS ILLEGAL ACTIONS.
AND I'M TELLING YOU THAT
WHATEVER NIXON DID PALES IN
COMPARISON FOR JUST THIS MOVE
OBAMA TODAY."
IN NOVEMBER 2014 ON REPORTS THAT
MR. OBAMA WAS GOING TO PROTECT
MILLIONS OF PARENTS OF DREAMERS
YOU SAID THIS, "WE CAN'T STAND
IDLY BY AND TRY TO FIND SOME
POLITICAL OPPORTUNITY WHILE THE
PRESIDENT BASICALLY TREADS THE
CONSTITUTION AND FLUSHES IT DOWN
THE TOILET.
SO HERE'S MY QUESTION, I
UNDERSTAND THAT YOU LIKE WHAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS DOING AND YOU
DIDN'T LIKE WHAT PRESIDENT OBAMA
WAS DOING BUT THAT'S THE CONCERN
HERE, IS THAT THROUGH TO THE
DEGREE THAT YOU GIVE THE
PRESIDENT MORE AND MORE POWERS,
YES, YOU'RE GOING TO GET SOME
THINGS, EXECUTIVE POWERS FROM
ONE PRESIDENT-ELECT BUT YOU'RE
GOING TO GET THINGS, EXECUTIVE
POWERS FROM ANOTHER PRESIDENT
THAT YOU DON'T LIKE.
>> Rush: YOU MAY LOOK AT IT
THAT WAY, I DON'T.
I LOOK AT IT AS RIGHT AND WRONG.
WHAT OBAMA WAS DOING WAS
FURTHERING THIS EXISTING
PROBLEM, A POLITICIZING THIS
USING WHATEVER EXECUTIVE POWERS
WHO WANTED TO USE.
YES I OBJECTED TO THAT BUT
PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF WHAT HE WAS
DOING WITH THESE EXECUTIVE
POWERS.
HE WAS TAKING ACTION THAT I
DEEMED TO BE HARMFUL TO THE
COUNTRY.
I LOOK AT WHAT TRUMPETS DOING
SOMETHING HE HAS TO DO BECAUSE
HE'S NOT GETTING ANY COOPERATIO
COOPERATION -- BOTH PARTIES,
LET'S BE HONEST HERE.
BOTH PARTIES HAVE PEOPLE THAT
ARE STILL TRYING TO GET RID OF
DONALD TRUMP.
I READ THIS BILL, THE SPENDING
BILL.
THIS BILL IS OUTRAGEOUS, THE
THINGS, WELCOMING CENTERS FOR
NEWLY ARRIVING ILLEGAL ALIENS
AND ALL KINDS OF MEDICAL CARE
FOR.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS BILL I THINK
WAS TO USE BY THE DEMOCRATS AND
SOME REPUBLICANS CAN'T TELL THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE ELECTING TRUMP
WAS POINTLESS, WORTHLESS, HE
CAN'T PROTECT YOU, YOU CAN'T
STOP US, HE CAN'T DO WHAT HE
SAID HE WAS GOING TO DO BECAUSE
WE HATE HIM SO MUCH WERE NOT
GOING TO ALLOW HIM TO DO THAT.
THAT'S WHAT THIS BILL IS.
SO TO ME, ALL OF THIS BOILS DOWN
TO WHERE THE HECK ARE WE GOING
AS A COUNTRY AND WHAT KIND OF
COUNTRY ARE GOING TO HAVE AND IF
ANYBODY IS WILLING TO GO TO THE
LIMIT TO MAKE THIS COUNTRY
REMAIN AS FOUNDED THEY WILL HAVE
MY SUPPORT.
>> Chris: ALL RIGHT,
PRESIDENT TRUMP TALKED ABOUT YOU
ON FRIDAY.
THERE HE IS.
>> RUSH LIMBAUGH, I THINK IS A
GREAT GUY.
CAN SPEAK FOR THREE HOURS
WITHOUT A PHONE CALL, TRY DOING
THAT SOMETIME.
THREE HOURS HE SPEAKS.
HE'S GOT ONE OF THE BIGGEST
AUDIENCES IN THE HISTORY OF THE
WORLD.
THIS GUY IS UNBELIEVABLE.
>> Chris: YOU'VE GOTTEN UPSET
WITH ME AND SOME OTHERS FOR
SAYING THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP
LISTENS TO YOU.
BUT LET'S GO BACK TO WHAT WE
WERE TALKING ABOUT, LAST
DECEMBER, VICE PRESIDENT PENCE
GOES TO THE REPUBLICAN SENATE
LEADERS AND HE SAYS YOU'VE GOT A
CONTINUING RESOLUTION AND THE
PRESIDENT HAS AUTHORIZED ME TO
TELL YOU HE'S GOING TO SIGN IT.
AND THEN YOU GET ON THE RADIO
AND SOME OTHERS GET ON THE RADIO
AND THE HOUSE FREEDOM CAUCUS
GETS UP AND THEY SAY LOOK, THIS
CONTINUING RESOLUTION DOESN'T
HAVE A DIME FOR THE WALL AND HE
SHOULDN'T SIGN IT IN THE VERY
NEXT DAY AFTER THEY TOLD THE
SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADERS HE'S
GOING TO SIGN AT THE PRESIDENT
SENSE I'M CHANGED MY MIND AND
YOU PUT ON THE RADIO THAT HE
SENT A MESSAGE DIRECTLY TO YOU
SAYING I'M NOT GOING TO SIGN
THIS BILL.
SO LOOK, I'M NOT SAYING THAT
YOU'RE A PUPPETMASTER, BUT WOULD
YOU AGREE THAT HE CARES ABOUT
WHAT YOU SAY AND WHAT YOU'RE
MILLIONS OF LISTENERS HERE?
>> Rush: OF COURSE HE DOES.
HE CARES ABOUT WHAT EVERYBODY
THINKS, BUT I DON'T MAKE POLICY.
CAN I TAKE JUST A BRIEF YOU
SECTION THE MEXICANS TO CORRECT
WHAT HAPPENED HERE?
I'M ON THE RADIO, I'M REVIEWING
THIS BILL, IT'S HORRIBLE,
DOESN'T EVEN HAVE THE
1.6 BILLION --
>> Chris: THIS WAS LAST
DECEMBER.
>> Rush: YEAH.
LESS THAN NOTHING AND I SAID HE
CAN'T FIND THIS THING, THIS IS
CRAZY.
I GET AN INSTANT MESSAGE AT THAT
MOMENT FROM SOMEBODY CLOSE TO
THE PRESIDENT WITH THE MESSAGE
DON'T WORRY, HE'S NOT GOING TO
SIGN IT, HE WAS NEVER GOING TO
SIGN IT SO I REPORT THAT.
THE MEDIA THEN TAKE THAT TO SAY
THAT HE WAS ALMOST READY TO SIGN
IT.
HE HAD THE D IN HIS FIRST NAME
SIGN AND THEN SOMEBODY RAN AND
IF IT NO, RUSH LIMBAUGH SAYS NO.
THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED.
AND IF THESE PEOPLE IN THE MEDIA
REALLY THOUGHT THAT I WAS
TELLING HIM WHAT TO DO AND WHEN,
THEY'D BE CALLING ME.
THEY'D BE ASKING ME ABOUT IT.
THEY WOULD WANT TO GET DOWN TO
THE DIRTY DETAILS.
I HAVEN'T HAD ONE CALL.
I HAVEN'T HAD ONE INQUIRY.
PEOPLE DON'T REALLY BELIEVE WHAT
THEY ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS.
IT'S JUST ANOTHER EFFORT TO
CONTINUE TO TRY TO DIMINISH THE
PRESIDENT, DIMINISHED TRUMP AS
SOMEBODY DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HE'S
DOING OR CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT
GUIDANCE FROM THE SO-CALLED
WACKO RIGHT.
IT'S NOT AT ALL WAY HE'S
GOVERNING AND THERE ISN'T
ANYBODY DOING WHAT I DO THAT HAS
A THING TO DO WITH ACTUALLY
MAKING POLICY FOR THIS
PRESIDENT.
>> Chris: OKAY, I'M GOING TO
SWITCH SUBJECTS NOW.
WE HAD ENOUGH ABOUT THE WALL.
FORMER ACTING FBI DIRECTOR
ANDREW McCABE IS GOING TO SAY
ON "60 MINUTES" TONIGHT, I'M NOT
PREDICTING THIS, HE STARTED ON
THE INTERVIEW THAT AFTER JAMES
COMEY WAS FIRED, THE DEPUTY
ATTORNEY GENERAL ROB ROSENSTEIN
RAISED THE POSSIBILITY OF
INVOKING THE 25TH AMENDMENT TO
REMOVE THE PRESIDENT.
HERE IS McCABE.
>> THE DISCUSSION OF THE 25TH
AMENDMENT WAS SIMPLY ROTTED
RAISED THE ISSUE AND DISCUSSED
IT WITH ME IN THE CONTEXT OF
THINKING ABOUT HOW MANY OTHER
CABINET OFFICIALS MIGHT SUPPORT
SUCH AN EFFORT.
>> Chris: HE SAYS THERE WAS NO
SERIOUS CONVERSATION, BUT THIS
WAS RAISED.
ROSENSTEIN SAYS TO THE DEGREE
THAT IT WAS DISCUSSED, IT WAS
SARCASTIC.
WHY DO YOU CALL WHAT WAS GOING
ON INSIDE THE FBI ASSIGNMENT
COUP?
>> Rush: BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE
ARE UNELECTED.
THEY TOOK IT UPON THEMSELVES TO
OVERTHROW THE ELECTION RESULTS
IN 2016, IGNORING THE POTENTIAL
REAL COLLUSION AND CONSPIRACY
BETWEEN DEMOCRATS AND RUSSIANS
TO UNDERMINE THE TRUMP CANDIDACY
AND THE TERM PRESIDENCY.
THE MUELLER INVESTIGATION I
BELIEVE IS A COVER-UP OF ALL OF
THAT.
IT'S TO DISTRACT EVERYBODY'S
ATTENTION.
AGAIN, THE WASHINGTON GAME -- WE
ARE LOSING SIGHT OF WHAT
HAPPENED HERE.
PEOPLE UNELECTED, SIMPLY BECAUSE
THEY DON'T LIKE A GUY'S OR LIKE
WHERE HE CAME FROM THE SIDE OF
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE'S DECISION
WAS INVALID AND BEGAN A
SYSTEMATIC PROCESS TO GET HIM
THROWN OUT OF OFFICE.
THIS IS A SILENT COUP.
THESE GUYS, IF YOU ASK ME, OUGHT
TO BE THE ONES IN JAIL.
THEY ARE TO BE THE ONES UNDER
INVESTIGATION.
WHAT THEY HAVE DONE WORKING WITH
AGENTS IN THE OBAMA INTELLIGENCE
AGENCIES IS SIMPLY
UNPRECEDENTED.
THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST
POLITICAL HOAXES THAT HAS EVER
BEEN PERPETRATED ON THE PEOPLE
OF THIS COUNTRY, CERTAINLY IN A
COUPLE OF GENERATIONS.
>> Chris: FEDERAL PROSECUTORS,
SPEAKING OF PEOPLE IN JAIL,
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS HAVE
RECOMMENDED THAT PAUL MANAFORT
FOR A FEW MONTHS, THE
PRESIDENT'S CAMPAIGN MANAGER IN
2016, HE SERVED UP TO 25 YEARS
IN PRISON, BASICALLY BE A LIFE
SENTENCE, HE 69 YEARS OLD NOW.
WHAT YOU THINK OF THE SENTENCE,
AND SHOULD PRESIDENT PARDON PAUL
MANAFORT?
>> Rush: I DO NOT KNOW ABOUT
PRESIDENTIAL PARDONS OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I JUST
THINK THAT EVERYONE OF THESE
THINGS THAT HAS HAPPENED HERE IS
DESIGNED TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE
THERE WAS SOME KIND OF COLLUSION
BETWEEN TRUMP AND RUSSIA.
MANAFORT IS PROBABLY GOING TO
DIE IN PRISON.
THEY HAVE HIM IN SOLITARY
CONFINEMENT.
ALL OF THESE ARE PROCESS CRIMES
THAT HAVE BEEN COMMITTED.
THERE ISN'T ONE CRIME THAT HAS
BEEN FOUND UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF
WHAT THEY WERE OSTENSIBLY
LOOKING FOR, COLLUSION BETWEEN
TRUMP AND RUSSIA.
IT'S SERIOUS, I SAW A POLL THE
OTHER DAY, 42% OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE AFTER TWO YEARS OF THIS
BELIEF THE RUSSIANS TEMPERED
WITH VOTES AND AFFECTED THE
OUTCOME OF ELECTIONS.
THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST
SO AND ROSENSTEIN PEOPLE HAVE
SAID THAT THAT'S THE CASE, THE
INDICTMENT OF THOSE RUSSIAN
INTERNET TROLLS WAS ANNOUNCED.
BUT WEARING A WIRE TO SOMEHOW
ENTRAP THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES?
THIS IS CLASSIC.
IF YOU ASKED ME ONE TIME WHEN I
WAS HERE, DEEP STATE, YOU LIKED
THE TERM, THIS IS IT.
AND IT'S ALL OF
WASHINGTON, D.C., AND IT'S ALL A
RAID AGAINST DONALD TRUMP AND
IT'S DESIGNED TO GET HIS
APPROVAL NUMBERS DOWN MAYBE INTO
THE 30s OR 20s, THEY CAN
THEN GO TO HIM AND SAY YOU'VE
LOST ALL SUPPORT, YOU HAVE NO
SUPPORT, MORE THAN -- THIS IS
BEEN AN EFFORT TO IMPEACH HIM,
THE EFFORT THAT WAS UNDERWAY FOR
COLLUSION DIDN'T WORK, NOW THE
MUELLER REPORT THAT MAY NOT
HAPPEN IS GOING TO BE USED TO
CONTINUE TO LEAK THINGS THAT MAY
BE IN IT.
THEY WILL RATCHET THIS UP FOR
THE NEXT ELECTION AND WE WILL
FACE TWO MORE YEARS OF THIS
COLLUSION STUFF AND I THINK IT'S
JUST, IT'S SOMETHING PEOPLE NEED
TO BE PAYING A HEAVY PRICE FOR
FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE ON THE
INVESTIGATORY SIDE OF IT.
>> Chris: ALL RIGHT, LET'S
TALK ABOUT THE NEXT ELECTION,
2020, IS THERE ANYONE IN EITHER
THE ANNOUNCED OR POTENTIAL
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL FIELD
WHO YOU THINK WHAT OFFER
PRESIDENT TRUMP A REAL CHALLENG
CHALLENGE?
>> Rush: FIRST THING I'M DOING
HERE, I'M KIND OF BEING ONE OF
THE FIRST TO BOOK A FIRST-CLASS
SEAT ON THE TRAIN TO HAWAII.
AFTER THEY ENACT THE GREEN NEW
DEAL OR WHATEVER IT IS FROM
ALEXANDRIA ACROSS THE EL CORTEZ.
I THINK WHAT WERE GOING TO HAVE,
THESE PEOPLE OUT THERE ARE SO
CONVINCED THEY ARE GOING TO WIN
THAT SO MANY ARE RUNNING AND
THEY ARE GOING TO BE IN A
CONTEST TO SEE WHO CAN OUT
EXTREME THE OTHER.
WHO CAN MOVE THE COUNTRY
FURTHEST TO THE LEFT THE
SOONEST, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY
ENTERTAINING TO WATCH, I HOPE IT
IS EYE-OPENING FOR THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
>> Chris: YOU HAVE SOMEBODY
WHO YOU THINK?
>> Rush: I DON'T KNOW THAT
ANYBODY -- THE FRONT ORDER WILL
PROBABLY BE RIGHT NOW JOE BIDEN.
77 YEARS OLD, PLAGIARIST,
NICKNAMED PLUGS.
I THINK HE'S THE GUY THAT THEY
ARE PROBABLY THINKING IS THE
LEADER IN THE POLLS RIGHT NOW
BUT IT'S GOING TO BE VERY
CROWDED AND THERE WILL BE
KNOCKING EACH OTHER OFF, THAT
WILL BE FUN TO WATCH.
INCUMBENCY CARRIES WITH IT A LOT
OF POWER AND I THINK THEY ARE
CONVINCED OF THEY'VE ALREADY WON
THIS ELECTION LIKE THEY WERE
CONVINCED IN 2016, THEY'RE
GETTING WAY AHEAD OF GAME AND I
DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE AS
EASY AS THEY THINK.
>> Chris: LET ME ASK ABOUT
THAT BECAUSE YOU TALKED ABOUT
THE GREEN NEW DEAL AND THE
TRAINS TO HAWAII.
>> Rush: ISN'T THAT GREAT?
IN THAT WONDERFUL?
>> Chris: BACK TO THE FUTURE
WHERE WE GO WE DON'T ME ROADS OR
CURRENTLY TRACKS.
CALLS FOR MEDICARE FOR ALL,
CALLS FOR HUGE INCREASES ON
TAXES ON THE VERY WEALTHY.
HOW POTENT AN ISSUE DO YOU THINK
THE PRESIDENT HAS AND HOW MUCH
DO YOU THINK YOU WILL MAKE THIS
CASE THAT THE DEMOCRATS WANT TO
MAKE THIS A SOCIALIST COUNTRY?
>> Rush: I THINK IT'S A HUGE
CASE BECAUSE WE ARE NOT A
SOCIALIST COUNTRY AND EVEN
FOX NEWS PULLING THE OTHER THEY
POINTED OUT HOW MANY PEOPLE
PREFER CAPITALISM.
WE'VE DONE A REAL DISSERVICE TO
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
YOU LOOK AT THIS NEW GREEN DEAL
AND YOU LOOK AT THE THINGS THAT
THEY THINK ARE TRUE.
TO LIVE IN THE GREATEST COUNTRY
EVER.
THEY HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR
CONTENTMENT, HAPPINESS, SUCCESS,
EVER AND I THINK THEY LIVE IN A
COUNTRY THAT'S UNDRESSED AND
IMMORAL.
THEY HAVE AN ILL EDUCATED, MALE
EDUCATED AND IT'S REALLY A
SHAME.
I KNOW YOUNG PEOPLE WHO REALLY
THINK BY THE TIME THEY'RE 65 THE
WORLD IS NOT GOING TO BE
HABITABLE BECAUSE OF CLIMATE
CHANGE, WHICH IS ANOTHER HOAX!
THERE'S NO EVIDENCE FOR IT.
CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOTHING BUT A
BUNCH OF COMPUTER MODELS THAT
ATTEMPT TO TELL US WHAT'S GOING
TO HAPPEN IN 50 YEARS OR 30.
NOTICE THE PREDICTIONS ARE NEVER
FOR NEXT YEAR OR THE NEXT TEN
YEARS, THERE ALWAYS FOR WAY, WAY
OUT THERE.
IT WAS NONE OF US ARE GOING TO
BE AROUND OR LAST TO KNOW
WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE TRUE.
IN THE MEANTIME THEY GET THE
PUSH FOR MORE GOVERNMENT, BIG
GOVERNMENT, MORE TAX INCREASES,
MORE CONTROL OVER PEOPLE, IT'S
SAD WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN K-12
EDUCATION AND HIGHER EDUCATION.
GRADUATING ECONOMICS, DOESN'T
KNOW WHAT YOU COULD PUT IN A
THIMBLE ABOUT ECONOMICS.
IT'S REALLY A SHAME AND IT'S A
PROBLEM GOING FORWARD.
THEY HAVE TO BE DEFEATED,
BEATEN.
>> Chris: THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> Rush: IS THAT IT?
THAT'S AT?
WE ARE OUT OF TIME.
>> Chris: 14 MINUTES.
WE FLEW BY.
ANYWAY, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO TALK