Memo to Mr. Limbaugh: We’re pretty sure you’ve had fill-in hosts* before.

Well, yesterday found us getting even more statistical support for our cause when the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a Washington think tank, came out and said that Americans don’t get nearly enough vacation days. Well there, Sherlock, you just might be on to something.

You’d think that a place bold enough to call themselves a “think tank” would “think” up ideas that weren’t, I don’t know, over a month old. But in case you missed the study, it basically tells us what we already know: that the fat cats over there in France and Britain are having all the fun while we’re over here getting the ol’ chimney sweep treatment.

So what did today have in store for us? A new critic of the American vacation. Mr. Rush Limbaugh. OK, what in the name of Bele Chere is going on here? Last week it was the Donald. This week it’s Rush Limbaugh. Who’s gonna come out against vacation time next week, Oliver North?

Now, we could sit here all day and argue over what things Rush is and isn’t prescribed to. But he certainly doesn’t prescribe to the notion of guaranteed vacation time. In fact, just this morning he said:

Workers of America, unite! March in to your boss and demand more paid holidays… Don’t take no for an answer! ... And, after he fires your lazy butt, apply for work at the Center for Economic Policy Research. They must have a great vacation plan!

Now Rush, we may not be rocket scientists, or failed sports commentators for that matter, but we know sarcasm when we see it. Sure, you are a radio super-mega-star. But no one, not even someone as successful as you, is above the good ol’ American vacation. Because the last time we checked, there wasn’t a $218 million Chevy Chase comedy franchise about a chubby radio host.

*Our man Roy McCrerey actually tangled with one last week when he and Michael Medved, a regular Rush fill-in, went toe-to-toe over American vacation time.