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Re: Judge rules for UP in border drug dispute
Author: What the . . .???
Date: 12-30-2011 - 17:59
MeMyselfAndEye Wrote:
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> So wait a minute...Dr. Zarkoff and What the...?
> are one-in-the same people? Okay, whatever....
Nope. Not sure how you came to that conclusion, but you'd make a piss-poor cop. But I'm flattered that you think so.
> Your understanding of the "facts" regarding Rush's
> case is incorrect. First of all, the event in 2006
> is NOT as you describe. The FACTS of this incident
> are that Rush traveled out of country on his
> private jet. I'm not going to Google this and look
> up the facts
OK, let's Google "rush limbaugh drug bust," and see what we get. Hmmm, 75 pages of links related to it. Here's the very first one, a story from The Washington Post titled "Rush Limbaugh Turns Himself In On Fraud Charge In Rx Drug Probe." [www.washingtonpost.com] So you're saying the Post got it all wrong? What about the other 74 links? If that's the case, then your beef should be with the media, not Dr. Zarkoff and me. Maybe you should start a campaign to Save Rush.
>(because I'm getting bored to be
> quite honest), but off the top of my head I think
> this occurred at a small, private airport. There
> are a lot of politics that went on with the
> District Attorney in this case, and if you examine
> things closely, you will see that Rush was treated
> much differently (harsher) than the average Joe.
> The DA was out to get Rush---at any cost. On that
> day in 2006, the DA directed his buddy at Customs
> to go and setup a whole slew of people in a
> private hangar to pull a surprise on Rush, and go
> through everything with a fine tooth comb. This
> was highly unusual and completely out of the
> ordinary. As the Federal goons searched through
> Rush's personal possessions, those of his
> passengers, and through his entire private jet,
> they found ONE bottle of Viagra that had someone
> else's name on it. That bottle of Viagra belonged
> to Rush, and the name on the label was his "stage
> name" that he uses so that the tabloids won't get
> a hold of what he, as a private citizen, does in
> the privacy of his own home. It was NOT illegal
> what took place that day for Rush to be in
> possession of Viagra in someone else's name. He
> was on probation at the time, and if anything
> illegal was taking place, he would have been
> arrested. Nothing happened out of that incident
> because nothing illegal was going on---just more
> harassment by the government of a private citizen.
> For you to bend that into something else is being
> very intellectually dishonest.
As stated in the Post article I linked for you above, the "spokesman for the state's attorney's office, Mike Edmondson, said the agreement dropping the charge is "standard for first-time offenders who admit their addiction." So he received what anyone else would've in the same situation. He wasn't setup or targeted as you claim.
>
> Af far as Rush fighting the DA every step of the
> way, you're damn right I'm glad he did that. I'm
> glad for him, and I'm glad for all of us as well.
> It is none of the government's business to see
> what we have in our personal medical files,
But it's OK for a cop to demand to see the vehicle driver license of a railroad engineer, even though it's expressly prohibited by law?
> and the DA was once again playing dirty and playing
> political because he was out to get Rush from the
> beginning. Rush has the money and resources to
> fight this, and I'm sure if you were in a similar
> situation, you would fight it as well. Again, for
> you to twist this into something else is being
> completely dishonest as to the facts that took
> place. Perhaps if you LISTENED to his program and
> stopped reading things that other people write
> about him, you would be more informed.
Should I also, then, stop reading what you write about him? I hope not, because it's so entertaining!
> Rush got hooked on painkillers, admitted the
> mistake, got treatment, and in the end he took a
> plea deal and was put on probation. So what the
> hell is your point?
My point is that he's just another "Shock Jock" who uses the power of the airwaves to spread his so-called message. Most people don't fall for it, but some people, like you, do. Otherwise, why would you be so intent on defending him?
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> So wait a minute...Dr. Zarkoff and What the...?
> are one-in-the same people? Okay, whatever....
Nope. Not sure how you came to that conclusion, but you'd make a piss-poor cop. But I'm flattered that you think so.
> Your understanding of the "facts" regarding Rush's
> case is incorrect. First of all, the event in 2006
> is NOT as you describe. The FACTS of this incident
> are that Rush traveled out of country on his
> private jet. I'm not going to Google this and look
> up the facts
OK, let's Google "rush limbaugh drug bust," and see what we get. Hmmm, 75 pages of links related to it. Here's the very first one, a story from The Washington Post titled "Rush Limbaugh Turns Himself In On Fraud Charge In Rx Drug Probe." [www.washingtonpost.com] So you're saying the Post got it all wrong? What about the other 74 links? If that's the case, then your beef should be with the media, not Dr. Zarkoff and me. Maybe you should start a campaign to Save Rush.
>(because I'm getting bored to be
> quite honest), but off the top of my head I think
> this occurred at a small, private airport. There
> are a lot of politics that went on with the
> District Attorney in this case, and if you examine
> things closely, you will see that Rush was treated
> much differently (harsher) than the average Joe.
> The DA was out to get Rush---at any cost. On that
> day in 2006, the DA directed his buddy at Customs
> to go and setup a whole slew of people in a
> private hangar to pull a surprise on Rush, and go
> through everything with a fine tooth comb. This
> was highly unusual and completely out of the
> ordinary. As the Federal goons searched through
> Rush's personal possessions, those of his
> passengers, and through his entire private jet,
> they found ONE bottle of Viagra that had someone
> else's name on it. That bottle of Viagra belonged
> to Rush, and the name on the label was his "stage
> name" that he uses so that the tabloids won't get
> a hold of what he, as a private citizen, does in
> the privacy of his own home. It was NOT illegal
> what took place that day for Rush to be in
> possession of Viagra in someone else's name. He
> was on probation at the time, and if anything
> illegal was taking place, he would have been
> arrested. Nothing happened out of that incident
> because nothing illegal was going on---just more
> harassment by the government of a private citizen.
> For you to bend that into something else is being
> very intellectually dishonest.
As stated in the Post article I linked for you above, the "spokesman for the state's attorney's office, Mike Edmondson, said the agreement dropping the charge is "standard for first-time offenders who admit their addiction." So he received what anyone else would've in the same situation. He wasn't setup or targeted as you claim.
>
> Af far as Rush fighting the DA every step of the
> way, you're damn right I'm glad he did that. I'm
> glad for him, and I'm glad for all of us as well.
> It is none of the government's business to see
> what we have in our personal medical files,
But it's OK for a cop to demand to see the vehicle driver license of a railroad engineer, even though it's expressly prohibited by law?
> and the DA was once again playing dirty and playing
> political because he was out to get Rush from the
> beginning. Rush has the money and resources to
> fight this, and I'm sure if you were in a similar
> situation, you would fight it as well. Again, for
> you to twist this into something else is being
> completely dishonest as to the facts that took
> place. Perhaps if you LISTENED to his program and
> stopped reading things that other people write
> about him, you would be more informed.
Should I also, then, stop reading what you write about him? I hope not, because it's so entertaining!
> Rush got hooked on painkillers, admitted the
> mistake, got treatment, and in the end he took a
> plea deal and was put on probation. So what the
> hell is your point?
My point is that he's just another "Shock Jock" who uses the power of the airwaves to spread his so-called message. Most people don't fall for it, but some people, like you, do. Otherwise, why would you be so intent on defending him?
