Rush Limbaugh: Open Line Friday [Confirms Some Aspects of Drug Story, Checking In To Rehab]

[I Am Not A Mod]

A thread for those listening to today's show.

[RandallFlagg]

I have it all recorded on my CC Radio and Versacorder. For my PERSONAL archives....

Crashed DU...BWAAAHAHAHAAA!!!!

[Jaded]

Well said Michael. I couldn't agree with you more.

[cyborg]

Yes...there are some pains even a sleep number bed can't get rid of. Seriously, Rush Limbaugh has gained profound respect in my eyes. I was amazed at the number of liberals calling and saying how much they admired Rush.

[rdb3]

Betamethasone is a steriod, not an opiate.

You're absolutely right. Betamethasone gave me some relief, and when I didn't have any I flipped out badly. It was psychological, not physical. Imitrex helped me out a lot as well.

Cluster headaches are believed to have a causal relationship with heavy smoking and/or allergies and are referred to as "suicide headaches."*

Or "executive headaches" tied to a Type-A personality. Surprise, surprise.

[rdb3]

I had cluster headaches for years, it was the most painful thing I have ever endured. I really thought I would die from the pain.

You got that right. I'd be telling a fib if I said that putting a bullet through my head didn't cross my mind while under attack. It's that serious.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Addiction is medical problem , not a crimanl matter

IMO, it can be both, depending upon the addict's behavior.

[gore3000]

Sweetheart, Rush IS a druggie. He admitted it today.

I heard what he said, he is no druggie. He is a man in pain and if you had been in the same situation you would have done the same. I don't give a darn how he obtained the pills, it should not be illegal for someone in his situation to have to get them in the first place.

It is not about back pain, the kind we all have. It is about excruciating pain. You are just a Rush basher, you are not taking any high road, but a very low road.

As for "whatever organization.....which have allowed this country to be filled with hard drugs", I assume you are referring to illegal, not prescription, drugs as "hard drugs."

Yup, hard drugs. That druggies use this stuff does not mean that Rush is a druggie, he is a man with serious medical problems trying to continue to function. He is a man with dedication to his work. Any other man would have taken his money and gotten out of this crazed out situation. He is not doing that, he wants to continue to do his work and the sob's who should be chasing the real drug criminals are going after him. Why don't that bunch of cowards go up against some Colombian or Mexican drug lords? Afraid to get shot? That's why our cities are infested with drug crime - so called defenders of society going after headlines instead of criminals.

[gore3000]

There are those who use drugs to function in the world. There are those who use drugs not to function in the world.

A druggie is in the latter group. Rush is in the former.

Exactly my point. This is political persecution, plain and simple and we all must stand up against it.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Pretty hateful post there, Wolfie.

Wolfie is stuck in a leftist paranoid delusion. Please do not disturb him with facts. He is already on maximum med count. We are all hoping for his recovery.

[Georgia on my mind]

You wrote: God helps those that help themselves....Actually the scripture says: God helps those that can not help themselves...

I think this will mean more to Rush than your version....
May God bless and help you, Rush...

[Rudder]

Why all the fuss over Rush's drug addiction? This happens more often than not to people who suffer chronic pain, and there are millions of those. Rush, as have many before, will get over this without too much stress. His career will not be damaged one bit and life goes on...why such a fuss?

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

why such a fuss?

To ask the question is to answer it...

[Tribune7]

Exactly my point. This is political persecution, plain and simple and we all must stand up against it.

Yup. It's amazing. You got the holier-than-thou types allied with the drugs-are-my-right-any-kind-any-time crowd.

[Rudder]

Easy for you to say.

But your reply makes no sense.

[Tribune7]

Crashed DU...BWAAAHAHAHAAA!!!!

Twice. That was classic. :-)

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

I see your point, and I agree. My point is primarily that the fuss is precisely because he is not an ordinary man to many -- he is Rush, the Conservative icon. This means that he is beloved by many and despised by many. After you have entered "the arena", you are no longer "ordinary". I hope this makes sense to you.

[over3Owithabrain]

Does anyone remember if Rush ever mentioned back trouble and surgery? If not, that would be puzzling. That in itself would not be a thing to hide. It surely would have come up during his show at least in passing.

[Rudder]

Bingo!

I think making a BIG TODOO over this overstates the "peril" Rush is in and it caters to conservatives' enemies.

BTW, thanks.