Suddenly Rush Limbaugh Is Concerned About Conspiracies

Chuck Baldwin Ministries ^ | 01-06-04 | Baldwin, Chuck

[Theodore R.]

Suddenly Rush Limbaugh Is Concerned About Conspiracies

By Chuck Baldwin

Food For Thought From The Chuck Wagon

January 6, 2004

Nationally syndicated radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh has seen the light, or maybe felt the heat. In either case, he suddenly realizes the consequences of living in a society where government agencies have unfettered access to personal information and where individuals have little or no constitutional protections. Welcome back, Rush.

For years, Limbaugh has impugned, denigrated, and chastised any caller who dared bring up the subject of federal encroachment on individual liberties, calling them "conspiracy nuts," or worse. He has had little patience for anyone who wanted to suggest that both political parties are trampling the U.S. Constitution and helping to create a gargantuan federal oligarchy at the expense of The Bill of Rights and personal freedoms. Suddenly, however, he is screaming that he is the victim of a (eeh-gads) "conspiracy."

The issue at hand is a criminal investigation into whether Limbaugh, who has been addicted to pain killers for years, violated the law by "doctor shopping" in an illegal bid to obtain a continuing supply of powerful drugs such as OxyContin, Hydrocodone, and Xanax. To obtain the needed evidence, authorities seized, by court order, Limbaugh's medical records. Rush is furious! He maintains his medical records should remain private and that he is being singled out because he is a popular "conservative."

Rush's inconsistency is massive! For years, his beloved Republican Party has collaborated with liberal Democrats to eviscerate The Bill of Rights, and he has fully supported them! Patriot Acts I & II, the SS-style Department of Homeland Security and dozens of other measures have come into reality with Rush Limbaugh's complete and enthusiastic support!

As a result of Limbaugh's (and other popular "conservatives") endorsement, personal freedoms affirmed under The Bill of Rights have all but vanquished. Virtually any American citizen, not just those targeted by a "left wing conspiracy," is capable of being victimized by this new federal monstrosity.

So, where was Rush Limbaugh when this "New World Order" (George Bush, Sr.) was being constructed? He was either ignoring it or demonizing those who opposed it.

If Rush was not concerned about people losing their 4th Amendment rights under The Patriot Act, why should people now be concerned about the loss of privacy regarding his medical records? What's good for the common goose should be good for the celebrated gander.

The fact is, no American citizen's medical records are private anymore. Neither are our financial records, our phone calls, our emails, or our travel records. The feds have absolute and total access to virtually every piece of information about every single one of us!

Furthermore, in the grand scheme of things, the loss of free speech (via phone taps, etc.) is far more egregious than Limbaugh's medical records. Historically, next to the preciousness of life, the freedom of speech has been held in the highest esteem by the laws of this country. No more!

Today, America's federal laws more resemble those of Stalin's, Hitler's, or Mao's than they do those put in place by Washington, Jefferson, and Madison. And, until now, Rush Limbaugh has not objected.

Suddenly, it's different! Now, Rush Limbaugh believes in conspiracies and is opposed to granting the federal government (or even state government, as in his case) access to personal information. It's amazing how one can change his tune when it's his own bacon in the fire!

Unfortunately, it appears that the Limbaugh saga is a microcosm of America as a whole. It seems that until the American people are personally affected by the tyrannical laws that we allow our politicians (including Republicans) to pass, we seem oblivious to their danger.

However, we should all realize that once we allow tyranny to take root, nothing short of revolution will stop it, and that what happened to Rush Limbaugh (and worse) will happen to every one of us. Therefore, how long will "conservatives" continue to support a Republican Party that facilitates such tyranny? Until they join Rush in jail, I suppose.

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[uncbob]

Hey Baldwin

It is the WOD that has caused the shredding of the individual liberties long before the Patriot Act

[Moby Grape]

Chuck Baldwin is a hate filled dimwit. He must be a "preferred" preacher at the Jimmy Carter school of selective-caferteria-style-theology. The stuff this small man worries about....he and his so-called ministry are a sad joke.

[Faith]

Are there two Rush Limbaughs? The one I listen to has been very openly critical of any administration that has attempted to advance government at the expense of the Bill of Rights.

[_Jim]

It is the WOD politics that has caused the shredding of the individual liberties long before the Patriot Act (remember Nixon?) ...

[Restorer]

Hyperbole run amok.

[WackyKat]

Wow, I agree with Chuck Baldwin

The End is surely nigh

[Theodore R.]

There are few politicians for which Chuck Baldwin would have more contempt than the former Southern Baptist Jimmy Carter. Baldwin was a former Moral Majority organizer in FL. I don't know when he broke with the GOP.

Baldwin is like Joe McCarthy. McCarthy hounded the Truman administration, then continued his attacks after Eisenhower took office. The Republicans thought that McCarthy would lighten up after Eisenhower was inaugurated. Instead, McCarthy claimed Ike was not cleaning up the Truman record on communist subversion. The end result was the censure of McCarthy, arranged behind the scenes by both native Texans Dwight Eisenhower and Lyndon Johnson. Baldwin of course has no national stature like McCarthy, but his attacks remind me of McCarthy. In fact, he is MORE fiery than McCarthy was. Often, it was McCarthy himself who was the victim of what the liberals called "McCarthyism."

[Burkeman1]

I don't think the word "Conspiracy" has come out of Limbaugh's or his lawyer's lips to date. And the maid and her petty con man and convicted drug trafficker husband are not exactely reliable witnessess.

[skinkinthegrass]

Are there two Rush Limbaughs?..openly critical..advance government at the expense of the Bill of Rights

I agree...Is he (C.B.) carping/crying/*itching for Attn.

[headsonpikes]

Arch-hypocrite and sold man Limbaugh deserves the disgrace he is experiencing.

He had his chance to stand up like a man.

[Nanodik]

I have been really flaming on RL lately because of his hypocrisy surrounding all this but this article has too many gratuitous assertions to be taken seriously. The guy needs to come up with some examples of what he is accusing RL of saying.

[KneelBeforeZod]

rush edited another story today, but it was OK, it was just to make a joke...

about the tomato soup study... bowls rigged up to keep filling, and bowls that didn't. point being people didn't even realize how much they were eating.

but he left out 98% of the story and just said the gov't spent a bunch of money to say that eating too much makes you fat. I guess he thinks no one else reads the newswires.

actually its not ok that it was a joke. he can say what he wants, but he crosses the line when he exploits tomato soup.

[Dog Gone]

Therefore, how long will "conservatives" continue to support a Republican Party that facilitates such tyranny? Until they join Rush in jail, I suppose.

And yet upChuck remains free. When Bush imprisons him, maybe I'll start to worry.

[Chu Gary]

I think UpChuck Baldwin is trying to spin a little story here. Rush DOES get hot sometimes, but he's just about the most receptive guy I've ever heard on a top-ranked program. Compare any of the screaming liberals to Rush and the golden microphone will always win the day in a fair contest.

[Snuffington]

Geeeez...

Note to any remaining rational Americans:

There are FAR worse sins to a Christian than the Secular-modernist unforgivable "hypocrisy." And most of you say far more about yourselves in your grail-like search for the hypocricy of others, than you do about your presumed hypocrite. Order your Inquisitions appropriately.

Thank you.

[al baby]

Rush is at paraniod phase of his recovey its not unesuale for someone at or around 60 days sober He was out of sorts today

[tcuoohjohn]

Come now...Rush is a victim of a heartless conniving maid, a vicious conspiracy of the left to chastise him, and a dark conspiracy by McNabb to make Rush look like a jackass. The press is in league against him and the democrats have a filthy plan to subvert Rushes rights via underhanded means.

As we all know the maid threw him down , hogtied him and relentlessly shoved opiates in his mouth till he became so addicted that could take opiates in quantities that would drop a Rhino. Yup...Poor Rush...The Saint Sebastian of Junkies. Shot through with the cruel arrows of a heartless world.