the storm has passed. glenn: i hope to god he s right. i really do. but i was reading today in the newspaper something that the left has mocked me for, because i said we re going to lose their triple-a status, which means our interest rate on our loans is going to go through the roof. here is the article here. u.k., u.s. move closer to losing rating, moody s says. they give us the credit rating. they say also things are going to further deteriorate before things start to stabilize. mr. president, i thought you said the worst was behind us? everyone in their gut knows the worst is not behind us. you know that. it s not difficult to see the current spending is unsustainable. at some point, there is a brick wall if front of us. we re on the brink and the president has already taken bloated government that was out of control before he got into office, and he s making it bigger. it s like the fat lady that i read about today. i don t know if you read there she is. she is 700 pounds. she
give you charity. government to be the grantor of rights. two days before christmas, we celebrated real savior s birth and tom harken said this. i want you to watch and listen to this carefully on what he said about rights. here it is. what this bill does is we finally take that step. as our leader said earlier, we take that step from healthcare as a privilege to healthcare as an inalienable right of every american citizen. as i said before, this bill is not complete. i used the analogy of a starter home. in which we can add additions and enhancements as we go into the future. like every right that we ve ever passed for the american people, we revisit it later on to enhance and build on those rights. glenn: listen, here is the thing. can you just bring up the part where he is saying about what we do with rights?
here it is. like every right that we ve ever passed for the american people. every right? tom, i don t know if you ve read the declaration of independence but you don t have the power to grant people rights. you don t create them. you don t enhance them. they are not yours. in case you missed it, let me show you. the declaration of independence. bring it up. we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, and endowed by their creator. endowed by their creator. with certain inalienable rights. who the hell do you think you are, congress? you re not god! last time i checked i am imperfect so you could have created me, but i don t think you did. america, if you start depending on the government to grant you rights, what they grant, they can take away. if you depend on them to
we are expected to believe that after this government takeover of the healthcare system, these kind of tragic, tragic stories will never ever happen again. that defies all logic and all reason. not only will the government cause these types of tragedies, but i think we can expect they ll happen even more often. after all, every bit of care was available under medicaid. created specifically for people exactly like tiffany owens. why is she dead today? the government program existed. let s fix that one. the bottom line question in all of this sad tale of marcellis owens is what is the real motivation of these u.s. senators? is it compassion and charity? or power and control? w
won world war ii. it wasn t the government. it was us. we are the people that concurred tyrants in every coroner corner of the world. make no mistake, washington. that s what you re messing with. you can try to fundamentally transform this country all you want, but if you do americans are on the other side. we re not europeans. we won t go back to sleep. glenn: find a local office. be peaceful, be kind. but sit down and don t move. you re an american. demand that your rights come from god. not from a politician. when we come back, a lesson from ben franklin.