THE PERSECUTION OF RUSH

The Logical View ^ | 12/26/03 | MARK A SITY

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THE PERSECUTION OF RUSH GOES ON MARK A SITY 12/26/03

Years ago, Brett Favre had a problem with pain killers. He was buying them illegally after a prescription ran out for after an injury that still hurt. He became addicted. After the news came out, he apologized to his fans, went into treatment, and all was right with the world. Not a soul seems to be interested in investigating Ozzy Osbourne’s drug use, but there might be a reason for this. Ozzy seems to be attempting to prove the theory of evolution by devolving into lower forms of life before our eyes. Ozzie is an interesting scientific experiment.

Yet, Rush Limbaugh is reported to have a problem with an addiction to pain killers, admits it and goes into treatment, and all is still not right with the world. Rumors are reported first that he’s part of a drug ring investigation. Ok, it seems this is true in that his name turned up as a customer. Then rumors were reported that he was buying these prescription pain killers in 1000+ lots. Then rumors were reported that he was involved in selling the drugs (like he really needs the money!). Then it was money laundering. Now he is under investigation for the very serious crime of “DOCTOR SHOPPING”. It seems this is a huge crime in Florida.

This makes me wonder. If I take my family to Florida for a vacation, and our daughter hurts herself, let’s say she hurts her leg. Being from Wisconsin we wouldn’t know who the good FL doctors are and who the quacks are. We’d probably take her to the closest doctor. So let’s say we get Dr Quack. Dr Quack takes her into the X-ray room, and comes out with an X ray showing a hairline fracture in her calf bone. We would assume a leg cast is in order. Dr Quack comes back with not the plaster cart, but a laughing gas cart and then pulls out a big meat saw. Dr Quack tells us he will have to amputate her leg for the hairline fracture. If we decide to take her out of the office (with both legs attached) and look for a second opinion are we in violation of FL law for “DOCTOR SHOPPING”?

I don’t claim to have any inside information on Rush’s situation, but drawing on what he has said, it seems that he had a painful back problem and went to Dr Quack. Dr Quack recommended surgery. Dr Quack messed up the surgery. Dr Quack prescribed a pain killer to Rush for temporary relief of a long term problem. Dr Quack’s prescription ran out on Rush, leaving him in debilitating pain. Rush knew the pain killer could allow him mobility, and Dr Quack offered no option other than permanent debilitating pain for the rest of his natural life. It seems to me that Rush should have been “doctor shopping” a long time ago!

Why is Rush on trial here, without even any charges being filed? Shouldn’t Dr Quack be the one being investigated for leading an innocent victim down the path of lawlessness and drug use? Where is the AMA? Could it be that they, along with the press have an anti-Rush agenda? Nah, couldn’t be. If I believed that I’d be one of the black helicopter conspiracy types then, wouldn’t I?

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[Dane]

YOU ARE DEAD WRONG. Rush ONLY sought treatment AFTER he was caught

Huh even the National Enquirier said Rush sought treatment twice before, but you keep on posting and digging yourself a deeper hole, that is what irrational envy does to people.

[Trust but Verify]

Please, let's have the evidence you have for him sneaking around and buying drugs from his maid. Secondly, why go after him on doctor shopping if they have a case against him for buying drugs on the street? Why don't they follow proper procedure and get a subpoena for the records instead of a search warrant? What about the prosecutors leaking all this stuff? Should Rush just allow this to happen without doing something about it? These prosecutors are on a fishing expedition, which is plain to see.

[Pkeel]

People taking only the prescribed dose of some of these drugs become addicted.

They.

Can you say Rush did not abuse drugs? He can't.
Can you say Rush never took any non prescription pills? He hasn't.

I truly wish he had kept with the I will cooperate with the investigation tack. I do believe in taking the punishment you are due for your transgressions. That is why if I were to become addicted to prescription drugs it would not be my doctors fault. It is up to me to be in charge of my self. That includes knowledge of my own addictions.

Rush attempted twice to break his addiction. That is knowledge of abuse. Any actions following that are obviously his responsibility.

As to golfing, I do think it is significant that with all the complaints about abusive prosecution that over a lengthy time of abuse he did not appear to curtail activity which puts him at risk of aggravating his pain.

[lucysmom]

"Doctor shopping" is crime... why? Why is it the government's business what you do with however many doctors you want in any interval you want?

Its already been explained that Doctor shopping in this context means visiting several doctors to get more drugs than a ethical doctor would prescribe. My guess is that if Rush saw a hundred doctors and got no prescriptions for controlled substances, or did not fill the prescriptions, there would be no problem.

Rush has admitted that he is an addict. He said he didn't take the drugs because he was in pain but because he liked them (first day back from rehab)

Similarly, "structuring" is a crime only because the government wants to stick its nose into every financial deal larger than buying a used Yugo.

Is structuring a crime? Isn't it just suspicious behavior that draws attention (like driving while black)? Isn't the law requiring reporting large cash withdrawals used to track terrorists as well as illegal drug activity?

[AbsoluteJustice]

If the law says probation then let it be that. If it says jail then of course jail. So is someone going to answer my question. Do you think Rush would have come out if he had not been caught? I do not.
Do you think the only reason he sought treatment is because he was caught?
I do.

This man is a hypocrit he sought treatment after the fact not prior to.

[AbsoluteJustice]

You are a fine sheeple. So answer my question. If this were Nancy Pelosi would you hold the same standard?

[Fzob]

I have not and I will, Thanks

[Trust but Verify]

If this were Nancy Pelosi, I wouldn't give a hoot and here's why: I don't revel in the destruction of other people like some do. I don't envy anyone who who has so much pain they will literally do anything to get it to stop.

[HighWheeler]

"YOU ARE DEAD WRONG. Rush ONLY sought treatment AFTER he was caught."

Speaking of "dead wrong", here's your sign.

You need to do a hell of a lot more reading before you make such incontrovertibly wrong assertions.

Rush sought treatement twice before this.

[Dane]

Excellent point. I must admit I don't know much about the Favre or Matthew case. Were the facts of those cases similar to what we know about the Rush case?

They were all addicted to pain killers and were non-violent and non-trafficking first time offenders. They sought treatment, and in the case of Favre and Perry, that seems to be the end of the legalities, but not in Rush's case. Of course Favre and Perry didn't have a demo hack Palm Beach prosecutor to deal with.

[Catholicguy]

He will NEVER sue the Enquirer. Every single line in such a major story like this one is vetted repeatedly by lawyers before publication.

Rush will use rhetoric, but not legal action, to go after The Enquirer.

[JudgemAll]

Rush MAY have gooten help for doing the good... and that is why he is hunted.

If he had been like Ozzie promoting help to do some evil useless act of debilitation, then he would have been praised.

And the fact that the prosecutor is a democrat shows that the dems have no shame in their illegal conflict of interests.

how many drug crimes did this prosecutor not pursue? I bet dozens of them.

[Trust but Verify]

So how far should he cooperate with the prosecution? Should he just hand them the rope with which to hang him, or should he fight to make sure the process is fair and he is treated within the confines of the law and expect the prosecution to be ethical as well.

[AbsoluteJustice]

If that is the case then I will retract and say I was wrong. See this is the difference between you and I, I am able to retract. Are you willing now to call this man a hypocrit? Are you willing to say that he espouses himself as a moral authoritarian and then in the same breath abuses drugs? And IF FOUND that he was doctor shopping will you then say Rush mislead people?

[Trust but Verify]

Have any of you read the transcript whose link is posted at #89. You should. It's very informative.

[AbsoluteJustice]

"If this were Nancy Pelosi, I wouldn't give a hoot and here's why: I don't revel in the destruction of other people like some do"

I don't either but I suspect you would not be so quick to defend Nancy is this were her.

[AbsoluteJustice]

"Have any of you read the transcript whose link is posted at #89. You should. It's very informative"

Will do.

[DaGman]

There appear to be several "dead ends" in this investigation. In the case of the money laudering investigation, I haven't seen where this has come to an end. However, politics being what it is, I wouldn't be surprised to see the DOJ let this go by the wayside. Similarly, I don't for a second doubt that there is some political motivation on the part of the PB prosecutor.

As a matter of fact, I'm not sure the two morons that went to the Enquirer to sell their stories change the facts of whether or not they sold Rush drugs illegally. However, going to the Enquirer does nothing to enhance their credibility.

And no, I was not aware that leaking an investigation was a crime in FL but it sure should be a crime.

"Furthermore, in Florida's constitution there is a right to privacy that is guaranteed by that constitution."
As stated previously, in the FL constitution, the operative words are "except as otherwise provided herein".

And, it wasn't until reading this thread this morning that I became aware of the claim that two of the doctors were in the same practice and two more were audiologists in CA. Where is this information coming from and how do we know this if the records in FL cannot be leaked and there has been no action in CA?

[Pkeel]

Local radio host had an Enquirer reporter on.

The reporter claimed to have e-mails requesting "little blues" or something like that.

He also claimed to have other records of conversations with Rush to the maid. May have been answering machine tapes.

I agree he will NEVER sue the Enquirer.

[Dane]

You are a fine sheeple. So answer my question. If this were Nancy Pelosi would you hold the same standard?

If Nancy Pelosi admitted that she had an addiction and was seeking treatment and was non-violent and non-trafficking, I would wish her well and pray for her recovery.

And before you decide to compare Rush to Clinton, Rush never pointed his finger at me and say, "I did not have addictive relations with that drug, oxycontin" and he didn't send out goons to intimidate innocent people.