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<p>WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) ? Authorities are investigating whether Rush Limbaugh, already reeling from drug problems and his expulsion from ESPN, may have driven his vehicle just below the posted speed limits on numerous occasions, a law enforcement source who spoke on condition of anonymity said Wednesday.</p> <p>As long as four years ago, local law enforcement manning Florida DUI checkpoints and 'speed traps' repeatedly clocked the ultraconservative demagogue at anywhere from one to six miles per hour below the applicable speed limits. Unconfirmed reports indicate that Limbaugh was also seen proceeding through intersections while traffic lights were yellow.</p>

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Authorities are investigating whether Rush Limbaugh, already reeling from drug problems and his expulsion from ESPN, may have driven his vehicle just below the posted speed limits on numerous occasions, a law enforcement source who spoke on condition of anonymity said Wednesday. As long as four years ago, local law enforcement manning Florida DUI checkpoints and 'speed traps' repeatedly clocked the ultraconservative demagogue at anywhere from one to six miles per hour below the applicable speed limits. Unconfirmed reports indicate that Limbaugh was also seen proceeding through intersections while traffic lights were yellow. One...

<p>November 18, 2003 -- RUSH Limbaugh made an unforgettable return to the airwaves yesterday - painful, funny, awkward, emotional and occasionally very raw.</p> <p>Limbaugh sought to assure his listeners that no efforts had been made to turn him into a "linguini-spined liberal," and at least half the show was dedicated to his usual topics: contemporary politics and the failings of Democrats and the Left. "Memo to you liberals," he said at the end of the show's three hours. "The party is over. I'm back. See you tomorrow."</p>

Limbaugh Is Back on the Air, With Fans and Foes All EarsBy JACQUES STEINBERGPublished: November 17, 2003 Associated PressRush Limbaugh, the conservative radio talk show host, addressing the National Association of Broadcasters on Oct. 2 in Philadelphia. ore than five weeks after he entered a residential treatment center for what he described as an addiction to prescription pain medication, Rush Limbaugh is to return to the airwaves today. While his voice will be beamed into an atmosphere swirling with questions — not the least of which center on whether he acquired some of those drugs illegally — one point...

Tony Snow is doing an Excellent Job filling in for Rush Limbaugh today. Right now he is talking about the war and how you will always have complaining in the middle of a war zone. It isn't specifically this one that is causing the complaining. Tony says we should get the stupid arguements off the table. The UN doesn't want to rebuild, they want to own it. He says the UN wants to see the US fail. Go Tony! The UN needs to start thinking about how to get into our good graces not the other way around. Now there...

Someone send this guy a pair of Birkenstocks, a foxhole conversion is under way. Beyond the damage Limbaugh has done to his highly burnished conservative credentials, his sensational fall has added to the woes of another group: those in chronic pain who rely on OxyContin to relieve their torment. This kind of adverse publicity will only make it harder for patients to get access to the pain medication they need. As chair of the Department of Pain Medicine at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte, N.C., and past president of the American Academy of Pain Medicine, Dr. Gerald Aronoff has seen the...

Rush Limbaugh may not be arrested, let alone spend time behind bars, for illegally buying narcotic painkillers. "We're not sure whether he will be charged," a law enforcement source told CNN earlier this month. "We're going after the big fish, both the suppliers and the sellers." If the conservative radio commentator escapes serious legal consequences, there will be speculation about whether a pill popper who wasn't a wealthy celebrity would have received such lenient treatment. Yet the distinction between dealer and user drawn by CNN's source is both widely accepted and deeply imbedded in our drug laws. That doesn't mean...

The entire nation owes radio broadcaster Rush Limbaugh a debt of gratitude, Libertarians say, because his ordeal has exposed every drug warrior in America as a rank hypocrite. "One thing we don't hear from American politicians very often is silence," said Joe Seehusen, Libertarian Party executive director. "By refusing to criticize Rush Limbaugh, every drug warrior has just been exposed as a shameless, despicable hypocrite. "And that's good news, because the next time they do speak up, there'll be no reason for anyone to listen." The revelation that Limbaugh had become addicted to painkillers -- drugs he is accused of...

Great sadness came with Rush Limbaugh’s announcement that he needed to take a break from his wildly successful radio career to conquer a prescription-drug addiction. Few things can be more humiliating than to have to admit in front of an entire nation that you are ... a junkie. And yet that’s exactly what Rush did -- with no excuses. Humiliating, maybe. But also highly courageous. From coast to coast, the Limbaugh nation is hoping and praying that, after taking 30 days off for rehabilitation, he’ll be bouncing back, liberated from his demons, sharper and happier. A few hours after Rush...

45,000 E-mails and Counting – Thank You October 6, 2003 2:08 PM ET BEGIN TRANSCRIPT Rush Limbaugh Radio Show Let me again express a sentiment of pure love and appreciation for all of you. Since last week, when the ESPN brouhaha hit and the drug story hit, the number of e-mails is unbelievable to me. It's approaching the 45,000 mark now. I continue to be overawed by it. And I just want to take some time here to acknowledge a vast majority of people's support. It is overwhelming. And I want you to know I'm getting it and I receive...

If some House and Senate Republicans have their way, the voices of top conservative talk show hosts such as Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Michael Reagan will be muzzled. That's the warning from the Wall Street Journal, which explains that the attempt to block the Federal Communications Commission's new rules, which would permit TV station owners to add a few more stations to their networks, is gaining strength in the House and Senate thanks largely to the aid of Republicans. Leftist elitists claim the new rules threaten "diversity" and our republican system of government (or, as they incorrectly call it,...

Rush Limbaugh shares his thoughts about the up and downs and that we will win in the end He says over the weekend with all the up and downs you feel down, but the fact is we will win this in the end. Some say we are fighting this as a PC war. Which sometimes makes things a little harder but we will win in the end. The less we blow up the less we have to rebuild too. It will make war longer and more deaths of Americans will be the result if we do not take out some...

Once again, the left's knives are out for Rush Limbaugh. The National Enquirer, that paragon of journalistic integrity, reported that Rush has been taking large quantities of unprescribed painkilling drugs. Now what matters is not whether Rush is or was addicted to a prescription drug but how the liberal media are treating the issue. And true to form, these political inquisitors, political assassins and carriers of the flame for the Dems are using it to try and destroy him. Of course, the National Enquirer will argue otherwise. But these are the same political bigots who gave unstinting support to Bill...

Rush Limbaugh and the Grandmother Test Jim Quinn Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2003 Ed Asner is out there bloviatiing about how "we got Limbaugh, and Hannity's next" and how he wants to play the life of the "misunderstood" Joe Stalin. OK, so Uncle Joe did starve 100,000 people to death, but he was a good dancer. One wonders if we have a Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy going on or just the ravings of a delusional old Commie who longs for a return to the days when we could all sit around at the Free Store in Berkley listening to Paul Robeson sing...

Tens of thousands of you have written the Maha Rushie to show your support, and his gratitude to each of you is profound. You have offered your best wishes and your prayers. Many of you have asked what you can do. And there is a way you can help. While Rush is away, stay tuned to your local affiliate radio station, listen, and participate as always. Tell them you're listening. You can tell us, too, at a special email address we have created: DittosRush@RushLimbaugh.com. Write us and we'll publish a sampling of the e-mails we receive. New! Send an e-mail...

I have a problem with alcohol, so I know something about this. It is something I fight against every minute of every day. I can quit drinking easily enough, but that isn't all there is to it. My body is adapted to the booze. When I quit drinking, I can't sleep. I have gone three days at a time with no sleep at all. None. I have discussed this with other aloholics. It's a common problem. Some people have told me that they have never gotten over it. That's a lovely prospect. To make matters even nicer, there are "night...

Radio host Don Imus is lashing out at rival Rush Limbaugh "even though," the New York Post pointed out today, "Imus himself was off the air several times during the 1970s and '80s because of cocaine and alcohol addiction." "Rush is a fat, pill-popping loser and an undisciplined slob who was turning his maid into a drug pusher, and she's the one who's gonna go to prison, and - as soon as he gets caught - he starts whining," Imus said Monday on WFAN in New York. "He's going to rehab because he can't get any more pills, and...

In the ongoing grudge match between liberal and conservative icons, there is little room for sympathy. On Saturday, award-winning film director and progressive liberal Michael Moore gave a sold-out speech at the University’s Sports Pavilion. Interestingly, amid sympathizing with University strikers and the many victims of President George W. Bush’s doctrine, Moore showed little sympathy for diametrically opposed Rush Limbaugh and his admitted drug problem. In the press conference held before his speech, Moore addressed a question about Limbaugh’s admitted addiction by saying Limbaugh was an “ugly, mean-spirited bastard” who was the “leading hate speech advocate of the past decade....

I was one of three panelists on Bruce DuMont's "Beyond the Beltway" radio/television show last night. Bruce had planned on spending the first 20 minutes or so of the program discussing Rush Limbaugh and then moving on to other issues like the California recall election, the war in Iraq, and the 2004 Democrat presidential race. But within minutes of mentioning Rush's name, the phone lines lit up like a Christmas tree and stayed that way for the next 2 hours. Comments from callers ranged all across the board: everything from "he's a scumbag hypocrite who got what he deserved" all...

I'm *CONCERNED* that when Rush gets out of treatment next month, the *PALM BEACH* district attorney (probably still *BITTER* over the 2000 election!) is going to try to make a *NAME* for himself by going after Rush on *TRUMPED UP* charges. I was *HEARTENED* by initial reports that Palm Beach only goes after *DEALERS*, not *USERS*, but I'm *WORRIED* after reading the *NEWSWEAK* article that says they sometimes *DO* go after users, especially *CELEBRITIES*. I think there is *LEGITIMATE* reason for *CONCERN* here, considering that Palm Beach is a *LIBERAL* county. It scarcely seems to *MATTER* that Rush never committed...