Rush to Judgment [Lucianne's Singularly Thoughtful Column on Rush's Drug Problem]

I would also suggest that it may be time to take some of the money allocated for aids medical research and earmark it for back problems research,....etc.

Boy, do I agree. Ever been bitten by a flea? Hurts, doesn't it. When one looks at a fleas jaws (in a microscope) they are comparatively small in relation to the pain they cause. The general public (and a lot of doctors) conceive of the cause of pain as being something BIG, like a knife or a gunshot, not a cause that is the size of a flea bite. Pain needs to be a major speciality, with equipment to match. Right now, doctors cannot "see" pain with a CT or MRI, or a PET Scan. They need to. They need to be able to image the source and the path of pain, just as they can detect a hairline break in a leg. And, as you mention, this will need monies allocated for and research dedicated to the truly effective treatment of both temporary and chronic pain. It will save us all money and pain in the end.

I can relate to your friend. After a bad car accident the doctors tried to get me in their "Medical Factory". I wouldn't go. I'd seen what they'd done to my mother after her back surgery. It took me two years to get rid of the pain that I could, and learn to live with the pain that I couldn't.

However, in Rush's case, I suspect some impatience may have added to the tragedy. I don't think Rush may have had the time and patience to do a year of physical therapy. One of the advantages of surgery is that when it works, it works fairly quick. Rush may have pushed for surgery to get the pain over with and, in doing so, only set himself up for more. Poor guy.

I read this thoughtful piece by Lucianne. Interesting take.

What it does do however is something funny. But before I explain, if you do a search here you will find that I am hard on Rush. Not because I dislike what he says (I agree with most of it)or am jealous of what he has accomplished (I respect the fact he has gone from almost nothing to being one of the most influental people in politics today albeit not as much as in the early/mid 90's). But I will hold Rush to the same standard he would hold a liberal to. While he does it as satire in many cases, the fact is, Rush piles on when a liberal makes an error in judgement or has a setback in the course of life. He should be held to the same standard that he gives.

If you read Lucianne's comments she as well as other defenders are saying or writing in their own way that he's a sad victim of addiction. They are making Rush the victim that he so clearly stated in his previously scripted on air revelation. While not expressed in these exact words throughout the various pieces a "Poor Rush", "he was entraped by his domestic staff" and on and on and on. The making of a victim.

I will encourage everyone to say prayers for a recovery from the addiction. I will encourage everyone to to pray that he finds relief from the pain that apparently pushes him toward medical relief. I will also encourage everyone to admit that IF Rush got these drugs, and especially in large quantities, in a non-legal manner, he is a criminal whether tried and convicted or not. That's if. If he did that, then his is a criminal. He would have broken the law IF he did what we have seen. Plain and simple he becomes criminal.

Again, I am tough on him. He's been tough on others. But the right has circled the wagons and has made Rush the victim he so boldly told us that he didn't want to be nor would allow himself to be.

I must be dependant on FRopiate because I did not know Lucianne was still writing.

Also hear of rumors that Drudge still has a website.

I only know what other FRopiates link me to.

(sarcasm on/off)

In all series I tune in here for my fair and opinionated media new briefs.

Thank you Freepers for posting all you do in a timely manner.

Good Luck Rush Keep your private life private and continue to be a pro at radio.

Was Rush a drug dealer or a drug user? Each state is different.

If Rush was a drug dealer in Florida, he will go to jail. If Rush was a drug user, Florida is lenient over non-violent first time offenders. He will go through Drug Court. Florida thinks its better to rehabilitate than to incarcerate. He would go through a drug rehab program and be monitored by the court for a period of time. If he stays clean and graduates from the program, the court will drop the charges.
That's if Rush is charged for using drugs with no intent to sell.

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