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Rush Limbaugh: 'Ashamed of my country' [AUDIO]

Radio shock jock Rush Limbaugh is fed up with Washington's budgetary shenanigans over the sequester, due to take effect next week.
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Conservative talk show radio host Rush Limbaugh speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington on February 28, 2009. UPI/Alexis C. Glenn
Conservative talk show radio host Rush Limbaugh speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington on February 28, 2009. UPI/Alexis C. Glenn 
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Published: Feb. 22, 2013 at 11:02 AM
By GABRIELLE LEVY, UPI.com

Radio shock jock Rush Limbaugh told his audience he's fed up with America's bad behavior.

The straw that broke the camel's back? The sequester, set to take effect next week, which will implement $85 billion in drastic and indiscriminate cuts across the federal budget.

"Here they come--sucking us in, roping us in, panic here, fear there, crisis, destruction, no meat inspection, no cops, no teachers, no firefighters, no air traffic control," he said. "I'm sorry, my days of getting roped into all of this are over. We have the media play along with all of this, the ruling class of both parties play along all of this -- it's insulting. I don't know how else to describe it!"

"For the first time in my life, I am ashamed of my country," he said.

The feeling may be mutual, Rush.

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