Rush Limbaugh on crack.

“From: Rush in Rehab Hendrik Hertzberg in the New Yorker

"Limbaugh deserves compassion no less (and no more) than any other drug addict. It would be a travesty of justice to lock him up for ingesting chemicals, an activity whose only victim, if any, has been himself. But the four hundred and fifty thousand Americans already in jail for breaking the drug laws also represent a failure of justice, and an even bigger failure of policy."”

“Too bad he didn't overdose. Now that would have been a travesty.”

“He might die of fright before they actually lock his ass up.”

“Thinking of all those drug addicts he pissed off while shooting his mouth off on his little radio show. All are lineing up to take it out on his arse!

He won't go to prison though. He will pay his way out.”

“I think that Rush should get the same treatment that he recommended for everyone else. HE's a hypocrite for sure.

Ok...so, violin...what are your "types" and what are your "beliefs"?”

“"Ok...so, violin...what are your "types" and what are your "beliefs"?"

Italic, Boldface

He believes that New Jersey is the center of the universe.”

“Someone needs to teach you the difference between belief and knowledge Mr. Terrific.”

“Zealot!”

“"Italics and Bold Face"....Another cute but nonsensical soundbite.

No answer to my question violin.

As this thread goes on and on, with people piling on Limbaugh, I detect a bit of hypocrisy creeping, rushing in....as in, because Rush is a total hypocrite about drug abuse it's OK for people to go ahead and abuse drugs. What a load of crap.

If someone called you a "moral degenerate" that's wrong and hurtful. I'm not saying that you did this violin, but giving teenagers (young developing minds and bodies without the cognitve ability to fully make rational decisions) the impression that substance use, abuse, whatever is OK for them is plainly wrong. "Ya haven't got a leg to stand on".

All these cool computer generated pictures of Rush are very funny but in the end people are just playing politics with drug abuse.
I'm a father of teenagers and a teacher. This stuff is important.”

“fairy tales can come true, it could happen to you....if you're young at heart...”

“Where's that thread about band names....

Rush Crack”

“tilt, this is no lie....my brother and i once played a jam night gig in tulsa....we couldnt think of a name so my friend(flaming liberal) suggested "rush nazis". it was so funny we couldn't refuse....my mom even made me a t-shirt with the name on it. the croud loved our music but hated the name, lol......OIL WELL!”

“If you still have that shirt, you need to take a new picture for the Photo Page, LOL


Tulsa? wow.

I've heard some interesting stories about Oklahoma, the reservations, the Feds and the oil companies. All anecdotal, tho'.

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If we want to discuss hypocricy, what about people who screech and rend their clothing over Freedom and Personal Responsibility... but only as long as the freedoms fit into their tidy world view?

Keep kids off drugs? Absolutely (you might want to include Ritalin and Dexamil in that). But to treat the entire populace as if they were twelve years old just isn't working. The so-called War on Drugs is a crashing failure and always will be.


If what Limbaugh does has an effect on anyone's life.... that's just sad.”

“naw, the T is long gone. that was 8 years ago.

i once got sent home from 7th grade for wearing a "disco sucks" shirt to school. man, was my mom ever piSSed for that!

i think rush did take responsibility.

i agree on your comments re; the war on drugs. REFER MADNESS !”

“I couldn't agree with ya more Tilt.
It's a public health problem all the way around. The "war" is a waste of time. It cracks me up to hear potheads ( drunks by another name) rant about the virtues of medical marijuana ( of course it's useful and should be legal ) when
they're trying to justify their own
abuse.”

“

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“Thank you, Aaron Magruder!”

“Finally, Violin posts something that is absolutely friggin hilarious.


LMDAO.”

“Yeah violin....when you're not paranoid about Republicans or fixating on orange-clad men with long, straight, hot tubes of steel, you've got a great sense of humor.

LOL

:)”

“Now, that's funny!”

“That sucked total assage. Everyone knows Hillary Clinton set Rush up.”

“I'm glad she did :)”

“That is pretty funny.”

“(AP) Biotechnology company Pain Therapeutics is developing an abuse-resistant version of the painkiller OxyContin.

The San Francisco-based company said Wednesday its experimental gel capsule resists the easy tampering that turns the approved pill from a legally prescribed painkiller for long-suffering patients into a potent and sometimes fatal high for drug abusers.

OxyContin was hailed as a breakthrough in the treatment of severe chronic pain when it was introduced in 1996. But the drug has become a problem in recent years after users discovered that crushing the time-release tablets and snorting or injecting the powder yields an immediate, heroin-like high.

Pain Therapeutics chief executive Remi Barbier said the company's Remoxy is a sticky gel cap, which makes it hard to ground into powder and that the active ingredient — oxycodone — is difficult to extract when submerged in alcohol and water, two popular ways to refine OxyContin for abuse.


http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/11/06/health/main582245.shtml”

“Can't ya just picture Rush snorting it.”

“Rush is such an appropriate name. I tuned into his show the other day and the ditto heads were still singing his praises and justifying how his addiction is "different" than other peoples'.”

“good grief.”

“did anyone hear walter williams today? i love it when he is on.

dan , you have a distorted version of reality. can you show us specifically what someone said to verify your claim? all i've heard people say when they call in is that their prayers are with him and they look forward to his return. also , his brother calls in weekly and gives updates. he says rush is really enjoying the process and that it's a very positive thing that anyone could benefit from.

so, nanny nanny boo boo...”

“Yeah, anyone with an opiate addiction!”

“In the interest of balance, Rush reportedly said the following a few years back:

"Based on the reality of how we're going after cigarette smokers, the thing that we cannot do in the drug fight right now is regulate because it's illegal."

www.intellivu.com”

“i think we should legalize turds in backpacks.....#&%!$packers are people too!”

“Hey. My quotation got cut off. Here's what I meant to post:

"Based on the reality of how we're going after cigarette smokers, the thing that we cannot do in the drug fight right now is regulate because it's illegal. Drugs are against the law and so the manufacturers are illegal. They're not even on shore; they're down there in Colombia and the Cali Cartel and they're working to poison the brains and minds of the future of America. And so what we do is to try to keep those drugs from getting in. And I agree with you that it's a half baked effort ...

It seems to me that what is missing in the drug fight is legalization. If we want to go after drugs with the same fervor and intensity with which we go after cigarettes, let's legalize drugs. Legalize the manufacture of drugs. License the Cali Cartel. Make them tax payers and then sue them. Sue them left and right and then get control of the price and generate tax revenue from it. Raise the price sky high and fund all sorts of other wonderful social programs.

Because it seems to me, flippant as though it may sound to you, that what gives us the power to do what we're doing, what gives the government the power to do what it is doing, state and federal, in cigarettes, is that it's a legal substance regulated by the federal government. And they don't have any such power and control over drugs because it's illegal. So let's legalize them and then go after them the same way ..."

My original link is dead. Here is one with more of the conversation from 1998.”

“Here is one with more of the conversation from 1998.”

“violin, i agree with the substance that quote....waht is your opinion?”

“I think the price of illegal drugs is already sky high. Its highway robbery.”

“I've been seeing at the title of this thread for quite a while now, and it really did grate.

The question it always posed in my mind was: "If Limbaugh were on crack, how the hell would anyone be able to tell??"


And now we know.”

“actually, there have been several times in the past when i noticed a slur in his voice. i noticed it on his last day on air. i think he was going for one last good high before he took the leap......

if i was rich, i'd be a junkie too, lol!”

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“"actually, there have been several times in the past when i noticed a slur in his voice."

"if i was rich, i'd be a junkie too, lol!"
stratdewd
10:12:04 PM


That jerk's show is all about slurring people.

Naw dewd, you don't want to be a junkie!”

“Isn't that the truth.”

“WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) -- Authorities are investigating whether Rush Limbaugh illegally funneled money to buy prescription painkillers, a law enforcement source who spoke on condition of anonymity said Wednesday.

In his third day back on the air after rehab, Limbaugh responded with a blanket denial of the allegations first reported Tuesday by ABC News.

"I was not laundering money. I was withdrawing money for crying out loud," Limbaugh said in his three-hour broadcast.

Law enforcement sources in Palm Beach County, where Limbaugh owns a $24 million oceanfront mansion, previously confirmed that a criminal investigation into a prescription drug ring involved the conservative radio commentator. His former maid, Wilma Cline, reported supplying him with OxyContin and other painkillers.

Authorities learned two years ago during an investigation of U.S. Trust bank in New York that Limbaugh withdrew cash 30 to 40 times from his account at amounts just under the $10,000 bank reporting requirement, ABC News reported Tuesday. A bank employee was reported to have delivered some cash to Limbaugh.

Limbaugh told listeners the report was misleading and said that he had the bank bring cash to him at his New York office "maybe four times, if that many." Otherwise, he said he obtained cash from a bank in Florida, where he was living.

Limbaugh's lawyer, Roy Black, did not return a phone call for comment Wednesday.

It can be a federal crime to structure financial transactions below the $10,000 limit to avoid the reporting requirement.”

“Nah. He was just being a nice guy by saving them all the paper work.

Oh what a tangled web we weave...”

“Heeeeeyyyyy.... If he was buying these pain killers without paying the appropriate tax, wouldn't that be tax evasion?

Err. Probably not.”

“PINKO!”

“wattaguy, huh?”

““a law enforcement source who spoke on condition of anonymity said Wednesday.”

Why is it the best scoops always come from unnamed sources? To think someone with that much money has to launder money is ludicrous. And I ain’t even a dittohead.”

“I don't think laundering is te issue. That's limbaugh speaking. I think it's illegal to move the cash with the intent of hiding the transaction from the government to buy drugs...

Authorities learned two years ago during an investigation of U.S. Trust bank in New York that Limbaugh withdrew cash 30 to 40 times from his account at amounts just under the $10,000 bank reporting requirement, ABC News reported Tuesday. A bank employee was reported to have delivered some cash to Limbaugh.
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