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eyeontheprize Donating Member (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 01:29 PM
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Rush Limbaugh Poised To Return To The Dial
"Rush Limbaugh will return to the radio airwaves Nov. 17, MediaDailyNews has learned. The move follows the conservative radio talk show host's well- publicized stay in a treatment center for substance abuse."
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"The talk show host's name came up Tuesday morning during a conference call discussing third-quarter earnings at Clear Channel Communications, the huge radio station owner that also owns the Premiere Radio Networks unit that produces Limbaugh's show. A Clear Channel executive said that Limbaugh should be out of the rehab hospital within seven to 10 days and that a full recovery is expected."
http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?newsID=224935

It went on to say that they haven’t lost any advertisers since he left, everyone still loves Rush.

Can one maintain recovery of such a massive addiction in such a short amount of time?
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La_Serpiente Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 01:32 PM
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1. Oh my goodness...is it possible that he has turned into a...a..aa..aa
LIBERAL!!!!

HAHAHAH
well, he might have since he hanged around all of those hippies and petting horses and stuff.
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Code_Name_D Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 01:34 PM
Response to Reply #1
3. Naw
More likly, he found a doctor willing to prescribe as much oxey as he wants. No way has he been able to kick the habitin 30 days.
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Beaker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 01:42 PM
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12. BINGO.
although I would suspect that he'll get a script for methadone rather than Oxy. And he'll be eating those 10mg. methadone tabs like they were so many tic-tacs.
Addicts can function just fine as long as they have their fix. And when it's pharmecutical grade, as opposed to the pigeon-shit you buy on the street, it's all the more easier.
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MUAD_DIB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 03:16 PM
Response to Reply #3
86. But...But...But....

Rush is a conservative! He is the UberRush! Drugs wouldn't affect an conservative the same way that they would the Dirty LibRuls.

He is clean and cleanliness is next to Godliness.

</sarcasm>


Now why hasn't this fat-ass ben arrested? Is the hypocrite hiding behind the Clear Channel lawyers?


I'll ask again. Why isn't this fat-ass in jail?


Sauce for the goose.
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onebigbadwulf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 01:33 PM
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2. No.
The physical addiction- yes it's possible but not probably.

The psychological addiction- impossible unless you change your entire mindset and environment.

If he isn't an apologetic, humble, and loving post-12 step person when he gets out, you know he hasn't beaten the problem. I guarantee.
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La_Serpiente Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 01:34 PM
Response to Reply #2
4. Maybe he will finally realize
that it is a disease, not a choice.

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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 01:34 PM
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5. Funny how he has absolutely no fear of being arrested
after he's released for trafficking in massive amounts of illegal narcotics. Must be nice to be ultra-rich and above the law.
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tom_paine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 01:40 PM
Response to Reply #5
10. Imperial Family allies are not under the Rule of Law
Which, I suppose, is quite in keeping with the fact that we live in an Empire.

I never thought for a moment that Bushevik Capo Limbaugh would be arrested.

Not for a moment.

Totalitarian Societies are so easy to predict.
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tnlefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 01:35 PM
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6. Recovery didn't work so well for him the first couple of times
So I guess it's hard to say whether this one will take or not. Should we check with Bill Bennett to see if he's placing bets on this one?
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 01:37 PM
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7. I bet he's become a Jesus freak
er, born again.
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Beaker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 01:45 PM
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13. The polling numbers are through the roof on that one...
Rush will publicly put himself in the Christian God's hands, and privately he'll put himself in the hands of an open-ended script for methadone.
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Military Brat Donating Member (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 01:38 PM
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8. Absolutely not!
In my line of work, I heard a doctor just the other day discussing another doctor who was dependent on -- you guessed it -- hydrocodone. They have people in rehab for years! Hydrocodone is extremely seductive because, frankly, it makes you feel good. And OxyContin is even worse (or better, depending on how you look at it). Also, I think Rush was taking Oxy to help him keep the weight off; it works as an appetite depressant, too.

I'm still waiting for Rush's doctor to mention that he warned Rush of possible addiction. But of course, Rush being such a smart smart smart man, he knew better.

Rush is in it for the long haul, but he's just too stupid to realize that yet. I bet they have him on another drug to counter the withdrawal "pains."

Anyway, if all goes well, Rush will lose his "edge" from being hyped up on all those drugs.
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ChickMagic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 01:38 PM
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9. Unlikely
Especially since this is his third trip into rehab.
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Galley_Queen Donating Member (462 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 01:41 PM
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11. Speaking of the Pig Boy
I finally had enough this morning! I sometimes take a bus from the parking lot to my office and the busdriver always has Rush on the radio being played throughout the bus. I hate it. I've not said anything to him until today so as I walked off the bus, I glanced over at him, put a smile on my face and said,

"Do you know Rush Limbaugh is a junkie?" He looked at me and said "Is that right?" to which I replied...."Yup! Disgusting, isn't it?"

I'm seriously thinking about contacting the bus authority and requesting that they not allow Rush to be played on the buses. These are college buses and I just don't think having to listen to that gasbag is right on a public school bus.

What do you think?

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Beaker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 01:47 PM
Response to Reply #11
14. Rush being a junkie isn't disgusting-
His hypocricy on the subject is.
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Galley_Queen Donating Member (462 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 01:57 PM
Response to Reply #14
17. That Depends
On whether he truly had pain medication prescribed to him for a back operation. If he did, him being a junkie is still disgusting BECAUSE its hypocritical. If he didn't, that makes him tht much more disgusting.

The term junkie defines one thing. Addicted defines another.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:05 PM
Response to Reply #17
19. HEY GALLEY
Don't you think if RUSH LIMBAUGH had really had surgery WE WOULD HAVE HEARD ALL ABOUT IT?? IT'S A F***ING LIE.
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Wellong Donating Member (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:09 PM
Response to Reply #19
20. What evidence
do you have that it is a lie? I have never seen any confirmation of his surgery, but I have more importantly never seen anything confirming it is a lie.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:18 PM
Response to Reply #20
23. OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DON'T YOU THINK IF IT WAS TRUE THEY'D HAVE SOME FREAKING DETAILS, LIKE, SAY, *WHEN* this so-called surgery took place???? COME ON.
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Wellong Donating Member (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:27 PM
Response to Reply #23
32. I am not saying it isn't a lie
I am asking for definitive proof that it is a lie.

I remember an article posted here a few days ago that claimed it was a lie based on the fact that Limbaugh plays golf and one couldn't play golf after back surgery or with "chronic back pain". I dismantled that claim in quick fashion.
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thebigidea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:28 PM
Response to Reply #32
33. defending Limbaugh in quick fashion, that's Wellong
wherever a Limbaugh is mocked,
whenever a Limbaugh is derided -
Wellong is there to stem the tide of liberal lunacy.

Good work, sir. We could all use more fine patriots like yourself.
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Wellong Donating Member (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:30 PM
Response to Reply #33
36. I have posted on two
Limbaugh threads. Two. Not exactly what you would consider someone running around defending Limbaugh.

And the points I have made are accurate, factual, and beyond dispute.

Now, if you could. Show me how my posts haven't been?
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thebigidea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:31 PM
Response to Reply #36
38. You have me wrong, friend
Edited on Wed Nov-05-03 02:32 PM by thebigidea
I admire your selfless determination to set the record straight when Rush Limbaugh is involved. He is a fine human being and a credit to his race.

And I sincerely hope that 2 multiplies to 20, and in time - to 200. When Limbaugh bounces back with his charicteristic vigor, I expect you to lead DU in Limbaugh Appreciation.
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Wellong Donating Member (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:37 PM
Response to Reply #38
45. I am not a limbaugh fan
or listener. I am not hear to defend Rush. But I am here to defend and promote the TRUTH on all subject matters that I post on.
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thebigidea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:38 PM
Response to Reply #45
49. yet you somehow know when and where he's on, hmmm?
Edited on Wed Nov-05-03 02:41 PM by thebigidea
if you're not here to defend Rush, you've chosen a very bizarre way of not defending him by defending him several times.
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Galley_Queen Donating Member (462 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:40 PM
Response to Reply #45
53. By Implying That I'm a Liar??
That's how you promote the truth?

Ha.

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Wellong Donating Member (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:45 PM
Response to Reply #53
55. Could have been wrong
I could have been wrong on Limbaughs schedule in your area, but for him to be on in the morning means they are playing old shows. Which does not seem like it would be the case.

How about being a peach and posting a link to the web site for the station he is on in your area so we can look at their broadcast schedule.
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thebigidea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:46 PM
Response to Reply #55
57. snicker
"but for him to be on in the morning means they are playing old shows. Which does not seem like it would be the case."

uh, have you even read the posts? The one saying "best of Limbaugh"?

Plus the fact that he's in rehab, which would make playing old shows a good idea?

"How about being a peach and posting a link to the web site for the station he is on in your area so we can look at their broadcast schedule."

How about being a plum and stop defending Rush Limbaugh?
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:48 PM
Response to Reply #57
59. he can't stop
he's a dittohead
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Wellong Donating Member (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:48 PM
Response to Reply #57
61. Old shows
if they are playing old shows, why do I see threads here all the time talking about the guest hosts and the assinine things they are saying?

Or is that station playing old shows while the rest of the stations are playing live shows with guest hosts?
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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 03:00 PM
Response to Reply #57
73. LOOK YOUI!!!!
Don't you start that shit up again!!!

:D

:D
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thebigidea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 03:03 PM
Response to Reply #73
75. sadly, it may be too late. I think I've been too serious to get silly
I wonder what Alan Colmes thinks about all this?

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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 03:09 PM
Response to Reply #75
80. I ORDERED MY OWN PERSONAL ALAN COLMES
AND IT ARRIVED WITHOUT CLOTHES. *shudder* YOU NEVER F***ING SAID CLOTHES WERE AN ACCESSORY. :O
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thebigidea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 03:11 PM
Response to Reply #80
83. hell, even his eyebrows and glasses are accessories
notice he didn't come with the FOX NEWS Action Playset w/ Swivel-EEE Stool and Murdoch-Minder(TM) Teleprompter either... $39.95 if you want that.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 03:12 PM
Response to Reply #83
84. WELL
I THINK HE LOOKS BETTER WITHOUT EYEBROWS.
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Galley_Queen Donating Member (462 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:51 PM
Response to Reply #55
67. I Have No Idea
what station that piece of worthless trash is on. I don't listen to AM. But I'll tell you what. Tomorrow MORNING, if I catch the bus again, I'll ask the freaking bus driver. Who knows? Maybe he loves Rush so much he has everything taped and is playing back his most favorite shows??? Or maybe they play Rush on more than one station and MORE THAN ONE TIME?

Regardless, perhaps you'd like to explain to me what motivation I would have for lying about something like this? I really resent your whole tone. Me thinks you doth protest too much.
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Wellong Donating Member (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:57 PM
Response to Reply #53
71. Well, well, well
I did a little research and found that Limbaugh is broadcast on WAJR 1440 AM in your area. I went to their site, http://www.wajr.com and guess what time Limbaugh is broadcast. Thats right. 12 - 3. And I checked out their streaming broadcast. No "best of" to speak of but the live show with the guest host.

So what was it you were saying about morning broadcasts and best of shows?
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thebigidea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 03:02 PM
Response to Reply #71
74. he would've gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids!
Wellong, we bow down before you.

you make Bruce Wayne look like... uh, Burt Ward.
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Galley_Queen Donating Member (462 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 03:04 PM
Response to Reply #71
77. I Don't Know What to Tell You
But I will say this. I've been hearing Rush spew forth on this bus FOR MONTHS IN THE MORNINGS. Since the fuck is in a rehab center, they are playing OLD SHOWS. I know Rush comes on in the afternoons but apparently he is AIRED IN THE MORNINGS TOO.

What part of that don't you understand???????
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 03:10 PM
Response to Reply #77
81. what he doesn't understand
is that we are not freeper idiots who bow at this feet
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EggieDrudge Donating Member (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 06:19 PM
Response to Reply #45
98. Rush by his own definition is embracing evil
"I am not hear to defend Rush. But I am here to defend and promote the TRUTH on all subject matters that I post on."

I've never understood why Rush fans don't take him at his own word. Over eight years ago (prior to his back problems), Rush declared on his show that he was a "born-again Christian". He has talked about that several times since though not frequently. If you analyze the timeline objectively, you will see that at the time of the back surgery Rush was into heavy food worship. This is factual and cannot be twisted any other way. At the time his weight fluctuated between 340 and 370 (classified as morbid obesity). Rush had chosen a lifestyle of complete immersion in high-fat food gluttony. This is a severe sin in the Christian world as the consequences are severe damage to the holy vessel.

Throughout this period Rush also bragged on his show how he hated any type of physical exercise. He talked about this frequently when he first got to NYC. This was before he took up golf. Anyways I could go on and on. Rush violated his sacred marriage vows two times. He consciously chose to forsake his vows to God about the sacred institution of marriage. Anyways, back to worshipping food as a God. The laws of physics come into play when you are morbidly obese as Rush was. The leverage and stress caused by his extreme belly diameter and girth caused damage to his spinal tissue. That was all a direct result of him embracing a 'deathstyle' after declaring himself 'born-again'.

To make a long story short, Christians reserve a special judgement for those that hide behind religion and use it hypocritically. However Rush got involved in purchasing huge amounts of illegal drugs from black market dealers and supporting the terrorists, we should never ignore the sinful choices he made that got him there. It is pointless to debate why Rush fealt the need to commit those thousands of felonies unless you first admit the horrifying choices he made far before that.

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MUAD_DIB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 03:21 PM
Response to Reply #38
88. I think the correct term would be

Limbatic Appreciation.
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OldSoldier Donating Member (982 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-06-03 10:25 AM
Response to Reply #38
101. And what race would that be, sir?
The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race? The inner race of a wheel bearing? The race against time?

It ain't the Human Race, I know that, 'cause Rush ain't exactly human. Not if he can do a hundred oxys a day and survive.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:47 PM
Response to Reply #33
58. defending republicans
that's his game
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Wellong Donating Member (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:50 PM
Response to Reply #58
63. Find me my defenses
of republicans? And this Limbaugh thread is not a defense of republicans but a defense for those who we are supposed to support and wish well for. Those who need help recovering from drugs. Isn't our position one of treatment, not prison? Or only when we like the person?
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:55 PM
Response to Reply #63
69. stop witht the OUR POSITION
I am as compassionate a person you could ever find but RUSH LIMBAUGH MAKES ME SICK. HIS JOB IS TO LIE TO THE MASSES AND HE DOES IT WELL. THE HARM HE HAS DONE TO AMERICA MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO EMPATHIZE WITH HIM.
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Wellong Donating Member (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 03:04 PM
Response to Reply #69
76. still waiting
for you to provide me links to the posts where I defended republicans?

Don't worry. I won't hold my breath. Because you can't do it.
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thebigidea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 03:06 PM
Response to Reply #76
78. you could just scroll up, huh?
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 03:11 PM
Response to Reply #78
82. exactly
as for other threads, he "flies under the radar" but he must think we are idiots
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thebigidea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:56 PM
Response to Reply #63
70. who is this "our" that you speak of?
I don't recall joining a group with you.

"Isn't our position one of treatment, not prison? Or only when we like the person?"

countless posters have brought it up - its the HYPOCRACY. Care to address it?
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Galley_Queen Donating Member (462 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 03:14 PM
Response to Reply #63
85. What Party does Rush
Edited on Wed Nov-05-03 03:16 PM by Galley_Queen
belong to?

Treatment for Rush? Sure! Absolutely!! And I think he and Nicole Bush should team up for the best effect! Imagine how they could become mentors to all of those unfortunate addicts who can't afford the luxury rehab centers these two do.

But I think the truth will be that there is no amount of treatment that is ever going to wash out that dirty RNC sock puppet. But....perhaps I'm wrong. Maybe we'll see a new and improved Rush!

Ha.

Edit: typo
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mumon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 04:58 PM
Response to Reply #32
91. It's more likely a lie than not.
FACT: Libmaugh has lied before, from everything from "Reagan's tax cuts" to his own addiction. (He's always tried to be "honest?" about his health??? except when it came to Oxycontin?)

FACT: There is no record or story of his operation for back pain, but there was reports of his (apparently opiate induced) hearing loss.

FACT: I don't believe you "dismantled" any claim that one can play "pretty good" golf under severe pain.

Chalk it up to another Limbaugh lie; it's par for the course for him.
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Galley_Queen Donating Member (462 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:20 PM
Response to Reply #19
26. I Agree
I doubt he ever had surgery! Which makes his addiction even more DISGUSTING.

I have empathy for addicts, regardless if it's prescription medication or not. I know that more people die in this country from prescription meds than all illicit drugs combined. But I have 0 tolerance for anyone who is a JUNKIE. And Rush, in my opinion, is a JUNKIE.

I'll say it again. He's disgusting.
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leesa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:30 PM
Response to Reply #17
35. What difference does it make if it was originally prescribed
for back surgery??? The POINT is that he was purchasing them without a prescription which is a federal crime. He belongs in jail as he would be the first to point out.
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Galley_Queen Donating Member (462 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:37 PM
Response to Reply #35
46. If it was Prescribed
it would explain what he was doing with pain pills to begin with. However, having said that, I know several men who have had back operations (and that is another subject that pisses me off) and they aren't addicted to pain pills, screaming at others with the same problem, or being lying AWOL, cyst infected gasbags.

My theory when he 'lost his hearing' was that he just got tired of listening to his own lies. Perhaps that's the real reason he's a junkie.


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Wellong Donating Member (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:15 PM
Response to Reply #11
22. I think your full of it
This is my personal opinion, but i find your post very hard to believe. First thing, in West Virginia, where you live, Limbaugh doesn't come on till noon. That is not "the morning".

Also, how did you hear him this morning?

And as far as Rush, drug addition, and disgusting goes I completely disagree.

My cousin is a huge Rush fan and the whole family knows it. My aunt said to him, "so, your buddy Limbaugh is a drug addict" with the express intent of pissing him off and getting him going. To my shock, and actually to my applause as well he replied "no one in the family, and none of our friends here have any right to criticize Rush's drug use. Shall we discuss your son, the cocaine addict who stole your car and sold it to buy drugs? Or possibley Uncle X who was busted growing MJ in his attic?" A stunned silence fell over the gathering, and a quick realization of reality sunk in.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:19 PM
Response to Reply #22
25. BULLSHIT
Edited on Wed Nov-05-03 02:19 PM by Skittles
WE HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO CRITICIZE THIS LYING HYPOCRITICAL GASBAG.
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Galley_Queen Donating Member (462 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:24 PM
Response to Reply #25
30. Thank You
He's a huge creep and he's a phucking junkie. He had a housekeeper, for gods sakes, prowling around looking for drugs for him. If that isn't the definition of a junkie, I don't know what is.


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Wellong Donating Member (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:28 PM
Response to Reply #25
34. Right to criticize
yes. But when a women whose son is a full blown coke head jokes about Rush being a druggie, she is wrong.
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thebigidea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:30 PM
Response to Reply #34
37. what's a little hypocracy where Limbaugh is concerned?
Did her son rant about druggies on the radio for years?
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Galley_Queen Donating Member (462 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:34 PM
Response to Reply #34
43. Of course she can criticize Rush Limbicile
She probably doesn't think much of her son's addiction either. I mean, does she defend him and his addiction and his car stealing? I would hope not. But perhaps she's also in a position to speak from experience...
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Wellong Donating Member (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:37 PM
Response to Reply #43
48. Oh, she defends him alright
far more than even "motherly love" should go.
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thebigidea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:39 PM
Response to Reply #48
51. and YOU are the judge of that?
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:49 PM
Response to Reply #34
62. NO SHE IS NOT
Being addicted to drugs is one thing; being addicted to drugs WHILE SLAMMING OTHERS WHO ARE ADDICTED TO DRUGS IS JUST PLAIN SICKENING.
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thebigidea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:51 PM
Response to Reply #62
65. notice he won't address that
though its been brought up multiple times...

apparently Wellington Wellong believes that a guy growing pot in his attic is the SAME THING as Rush Limbaugh.

My goodness, where's the moral clarity here? Calling Bill Bennett...
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LeahMira Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:58 PM
Response to Reply #34
72. Pot. Kettle?
Edited on Wed Nov-05-03 03:00 PM by LeahMira
But when a women whose son is a full blown coke head jokes about Rush being a druggie, she is wrong.

So now you think we moms manage our grown sons? Please... think again! We always love them, but sometimes we find them a tad difficult to like.
:-)

So, let's focus on Rush, shall we? And on prescription pain medicines?

IMO, there's no disgrace to becoming addicted to prescription pain medicines. It happens to people more often than we hear about. What is a problem is when those people, finding that their doctors won't write any more prescriptions for the medicines, choose to get their medicines illegally.

I do know that doctors are under the microscope themselves for the medicines they prescribe. They need to justify every prescription they write for some medicines. Maybe that's good because it works to prevent one doctor from becoming a "source" for those who can manufacture the appropriate symptoms. I'm remembering a "doctor" who used to give out diet pills to young women like those pills candy, and a whole lot of young women took a pill when they had to clean the house because those pills kept them going until 2 in the morning.

At the same time, maybe the good doctors need to be able to use their professional judgement about what they prescribe. Now I'm remembering the time I had to be taken to the doctor because I had a headache like you wouldn't believe, and my husband had to just about insist that in addition to ordering X-rays the doctor give me something for the pain. There was nothing on the X-rays, thank heaven, but there sure was some very real, albeit invisible pain! But, not to diss the doctor, she had to watch the federal regulators and protect her practice for a lot more people than just me.

Meanwhile, though, Rush probably was in pain. And probably his doctor couldn't give him the medicine without jeopardizing his or her own practice. Where Rush went wrong was to get his drugs illegally. Too bad he didn't rally his dittoheads to get the laws enacted that would speak to the issue more adequately. And too bad he didn't rally the dittoheads to demand more treatment facilities so people didn't have to wait for months and years to be treated for addictions. For that, he might have gotten some small respect from me... grudging and small, but still some respect.

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Galley_Queen Donating Member (462 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:23 PM
Response to Reply #22
28. Excuse Me?
I can assure you that Rush shows are played in the morning here. The past few weeks have been 'the Best of Rush' or some other such horsemerde.

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thebigidea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:25 PM
Response to Reply #28
31. don't you know you're talking to the Rush Limbaugh FAQ maintainer?
he knows when/where Rush is on at ALL TIMES!

He is an endless repository of fascinating Limbaughiana!
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Galley_Queen Donating Member (462 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:31 PM
Response to Reply #31
40. Poor Guy
Why would anyone want to even have to think about him let alone follow him?

My original point and the reason I asked 'what do you think' was the fact that his show is played on a university campus bus. I'd much rather hear a local rock station than that blowhard. I don't know if the bus managment would appreciate a driver playing that. Maybe they wouldn't care. Maybe they would. I only know it annoys the hell out of me.
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thebigidea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:33 PM
Response to Reply #40
41. but to the Limbaugh FAQ maintainer, you're a devious liar!
He knows the WV schedules! He knows where you live - he knows your bus driver, and he knows it doesn't ADD UP.

Watch out! He's on to you!
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Galley_Queen Donating Member (462 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:39 PM
Response to Reply #41
50. If he Knows So Much
then he surely knows that I don't lie.

I would not put myself in a position to be anyone's slave over lies.
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thebigidea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:40 PM
Response to Reply #50
52. apparently, he's the official diviner of the unvarnished TRUTH as well
methinks his days on DU are a bit numbered.
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Wellong Donating Member (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:46 PM
Response to Reply #52
56. I have yet to see
a worthwhile, indepth, discussive post by you on any thread. Seems every post I have seen by you has been nothing more than a quick, one or two line sarcastic or smartass remark. Why is that?
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thebigidea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:48 PM
Response to Reply #56
60. as opposed to your lovely technique of saying posters are full of shit
"a worthwhile, indepth, discussive post by you on any thread. "

Yeah, I guess the hundreds of artworks, dozens of audio collages, videos, satire, and so forth that I've posted over the past two years doesn't come close to your track record of... er.... defending Rush Limbaugh.

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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:50 PM
Response to Reply #60
64. lol.......................thebigidea
you NAILED it. :thumbsup:
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thebigidea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:24 PM
Response to Reply #22
29. the Rush Limbaugh Defense League springs into action
"Also, how did you hear him this morning?"

was that claim made anywhere in the post?

Sickening.

"no one in the family, and none of our friends here have any right to criticize Rush's drug use. Shall we discuss your son, the cocaine addict who stole your car and sold it to buy drugs? Or possibley Uncle X who was busted growing MJ in his attic?"

to which I say: "What a fucking hypocrite." The family isn't allowed to talk about Rush Limbaugh, but he can talk about relatives to their faces?

sickening. I bet you think Rush isn't a racist either, huh?


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Wellong Donating Member (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:33 PM
Response to Reply #29
42. Again you are mistaken
to which I say: "What a fucking hypocrite." The family isn't allowed to talk about Rush Limbaugh, but he can talk about relatives to their faces?

The family wasn't "talking about Rush". My aunt, with the express intent and purpose of pissing off my cousin made a direct and pointed comment to him about "His buddy Rush being a druggie." It was made for no other purpose than to try and get a rise out of him. And this from a women whose son is a coke head, whose car stealing episode was mentioned, though that is only one in a long string of things he has done.

Her comment went well beyond glass houses.
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thebigidea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:36 PM
Response to Reply #42
44. again, did her son pretend to be a staunch drug war advocate?
Edited on Wed Nov-05-03 02:37 PM by thebigidea
while deluding millions on the radio for YEARS?

hmmm?

And rather telling that this specimen would choose to defend Rush over the feelings of his own family. Disgusting.
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Galley_Queen Donating Member (462 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:44 PM
Response to Reply #42
54. Like I Said
apparently the woman speaks from experience. And since it was her SON and not her that was a cokehead, what glass house does she live in?

And that silence you talked of? Perhaps it was because everyone knew it was a sore subject. But I'll bet that everyone there knew that Rush was no better than her son....because he's a JUNKIE.

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eyeontheprize Donating Member (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:53 PM
Response to Reply #42
68. Don’t you get it?
Don’t you get it? It isn’t about addiction or Rush’s excuses for avoiding personal responsibility for his crimes. It is about Rush’s determination to condemn human weakness, his willingness to send all criminals to jail, the plain hypocrisy of the whole thing. The right likes to say Rush stopped picking on addicts once he became one, well Rush didn’t stop judging others and condemning them.

If Rush were to become an honest man I would support him. What he is likely to become is an even more closeted hypocritical junkie.

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Bridget Burke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:31 PM
Response to Reply #22
39. It's the hypocrisy.....
Your relative got busted for growing MJ. Rush was handling large quantities of pills but has suffered no legal repercussions.

Perhaps he'll return to the air a changed man, teaching tolerance of the faults of others and supporting medical rather than legal ways of dealing with drug problems.

Or maybe not.

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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:37 PM
Response to Reply #22
47. To all the Limbaugh apologists
He will return nastier and more disgusting than ever, to re-establish himself with his core audience and boost Bush. All those who feel sorry for him had better be ready to eat crow, because he is going to be one hell of a piece of work. Let's see how sorry you feel for him then. Hey, I wish everybody with substance abuse problems success, but that's not the issue. Mr. Anal Cyst is gonna throw your sympathy right back in your face, re-establish himself and it's on to 2004. You think that's great? I don't.
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mumon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 05:01 PM
Response to Reply #22
92. Too bad your family was cowered that way...
I'd have said yes we do have a right to criticize Limbaugh's drug use.

The coke addict kid? If he was as rich as Limbaugh he wouldn't have stolen the car. Moreover, that kid's not preaching to dittoheads 5 days a week spewing lies, racism, and hatred. The kid's therefore BETTER than Limbaugh.

And Uncle X? So what! MJ should be legal. It's NOT addictive.

I'll miss you when you're gone!
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MadMan Donating Member (53 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:51 PM
Response to Reply #11
66. Don't fret Galley_Queen: Here's what you do!
Next time you get on the bus, make sure you have a shitload of anti-Bush bumper stickers. Then, without word, proceed to stand up and stick them everywhere you can. Backs of seats, windows, ceilings, everywhere! Then when the Rush-loving bus driver asks what you're doing tell him you're just countering his right-wing propaganda in the interest of keeping the bus "fair and balanced."

That oughta' do the trick!
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Galley_Queen Donating Member (462 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 03:08 PM
Response to Reply #66
79. I'm Afraid
the bus driver would quit picking me up! LMAO! Not really but thanks for responding to my ORIGINAL question! You're the only one who did!

:bounce:
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MadMan Donating Member (53 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 03:18 PM
Response to Reply #79
87. No problem GQ!!!
Will you post back on these boards the results of the bumper sticker strategy? LOL! Good luck to you. I wouldn't be as patient as you are. Personally, I would prepare a little Bush-bashing piece every morning and read it aloud on that damn bus!!!
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Zero Gravitas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 01:48 PM
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15. "full recovery is expected"
becuase if he replases they'll just cover it up.
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NoKingGeorge Donating Member (442 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 01:55 PM
Response to Reply #15
16. Experts say no.
I put a lot of faith in the folks posting here so I think his recovery is not complete. Also, I do not think any charges have been filed yet. His attorney ordered him to dry out in anticipation of the trials to come. Even if Florida police do not charge him with trafficking ,I beleive the dopers who were coping for him will sue because of the anquish he caused them.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:04 PM
Response to Original message
18. ABSOLUTELY F***ING NOT
THAT PIECE OF SHIT WILL RETURN THE SAME WAY HE LEFT: A F***ING DOPE ADDICT.
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Darth_Kitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:11 PM
Response to Original message
21. 12 Steps so fast......
Wow!!!!
:nopity: :nopity: :nopity:


:eyes: Oh, he's cured and ready for action. :eyes:
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mumon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 05:02 PM
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93. He'll be 13th stepping little boys in no time!
Just like the Jeff Christie of old!
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jsw_81 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:18 PM
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24. Rush Limbaugh
I wonder how long it will be before his old arrogance returns. I'm guessing two or three seconds.

And get this...the conservative talk-radio station here in Seattle is running ads so that his fans can send e-mails, cards, and letters of encouragement to Rush during this "difficult" time. Can you believe that?!? Try and imagine what these same people would say if a poor black man from the ghetto was in this kind of trouble.
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Frangible Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:22 PM
Response to Original message
27. Great, so when does he go to prison?
No reason not to, since he's "cured" now.
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Timefortruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 04:24 PM
Response to Reply #27
89. There is nothing, nothing Rush could do to be sent to prison.
Even if he were caught with a dead girl or a live boy. They would claim that the boy assulted Rush and put the 8 year old in juvnile hall. The girl's multiple gunshot wounds to her head would be called self inflicted.
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 04:37 PM
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90. I want to know why this fat bastard isn't in jail?
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rasputin1952 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 05:59 PM
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95. He's not in jail...
because he has millions, can afford the best lawyers, and enough 'friends in high places' to sweep away any accusations.

If this had been anyone else, of somewhat lesser means, the gates to hell would have closed a month ago, with the induction into the prison system of one more poor person.

I suppose, if you have the cash, you can be a hypocrite; if poor, you are obliged to always tell the truth and own up for indescretions. Is this part of Class Warfare? Where's Novak when I need him?

:kick:
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MGKrebs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 05:11 PM
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94. Where's the studio? Let's show up with handcuffs!
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Timefortruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 06:00 PM
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96. He will be braodcasting from NewYork
he says he will work with the investigation, but he didn't mean in a state where he can be arrested.
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Cat Atomic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 06:06 PM
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97. Just repeat to yourself, Rush, "Today is the first day of
the first period between my first detox and my first relapse".
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TBURNS Donating Member (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-06-03 01:35 AM
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99. Pain Killers
Good Point. I prefer listening to Sean Hannity over Rush Limbaugh anyday, just personal preference. If he was addicted that long, and that quick of recovery.

Scientifcally, probably not. But, if is faith is strong enouhg, hope he does. I hate to see any human suffer.

T.B.
http://conservativeissues.com
Balancing out Politics
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Cooley Hurd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-06-03 01:37 AM
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100. You'd better read Al Franken's book...
Soooo... you listen to Sean Hannity and you plan on voting for * in the next election?

Exactly why are you here on DU?
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