<p>Is Karl next? When will King George himself join the ranks…? Ooops, I forgot. He is above the law, just by declaring so…</p>
<p>Just another drug felon.</p>
<p>I hope he receives the treatment he requires.</p>
<p>Oh, Dig, you’ve stepped in it again. But at least you were first. And Mini, deservedly was the also-ran. </p>
<p>Read, and digest: should be your mantra, both of you.</p>
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<p>Slime ball.</p>
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Deferred prosecution (Like Collin Finnerty just had revoked, for those of you still at the Duke rape trial) Sounds like an appropriate deal for the charges.</p>
<p>Now, THIS I can roll out the glee for.</p>
<p>Praise a just Lord!</p>
<p>And Cheers is the third one in the pile! Keep on, people…it will all be clear to you in the morning.</p>
<p>Driver, I wouldn’t be so sure that you’re not the one who has fallen for some artfully crafted spin, here. Paying a fine and being on an extended period of probation for a minor ofense is not exactly “exoneration” in my book. I doubt that Limbaugh was actually ever facing serious time for his sleazy pill snagging antics in the first place. Looks like everyone gets to claim that they’ve won and go home. The ditto-heads will buy Limbaugh’s story, the DA has something to put in his file, and everyone’s happy.</p>
<p>The story that I buy, Kluge, is that the man became addicted to pain-killers subsequent to a severe back problem, and unsuccessful surgery. He may or may not have broken the law in feeding this addiction, but the full force of law enforcement was unable to make that case. He has already spent more than two years recovering from this addiction under a doctor’s supervision. The prosecution was obviously political from the outset, and if the prosecutor had anything at all to go on he wouldn’t have agreed to this humiliating settlement…Limbaugh forced to pay 30K on a multi-million dollar investigation? And continue on the rehab regimen he’s already been doing? I don’t think anyone outside of the Limbaugh camp is happy (except Cheers, who is still rolling, but hasn’t figured it out yet).</p>
<p>Some people rejoice in personal redemption stories. Some people laugh and make sneery remarks. Another <em>poof</em> in the canyon for the coyotes.</p>
<p>While I am no RL fan, the plea deal seems okay to me. RL is continuing his treatment and as a first time offender, any harsher punishment would have been inappropriate piling on IMHO. Lets all hope that he is well,well along on the recovery road.</p>
<p>PS I never did understand the legal strategy which claimed RL’s medical/doctor records were off limits. If some criminality is suspected, any privacy rights should be suspended on behalf of law enforcement requests.</p>
<p>Can’t any of you liberals read?</p>
<p>There has been no conviction of any kind. Mini’s conviction of Limbaugh for a felony (“Just another drug felon”) explains a lot about his rush to judgment in the Duke lacrosse case.</p>
<p>At the end of 18 months, the charge is dismissed. Again that means no conviction. </p>
<p>Rush’s attorney, Roy Black said:
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<p>Can you read that – “Not Guilty”. </p>
<p>Given the Democrat prosecutor’s political agenda against Rush, I say he is really the one who really lost! The prosecutor wasted a lot of people’s time for nothing.</p>
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Merely suspected? Well, then we have no privacy rights at all. Any law enforcement person can suspect anything.</p>
<p>Gee, yeah, driver, that is something we “liberals” have been talking about with the eavedropping and spying on Americans…gosh you have been converted</p>
<p>um “not guilty” was a quote</p>
<p>if RUsh promises to get treatment and not buy illegal drugs again, the charges will be dismissed, that is very different from not guilty</p>
<p>its like saying a person who beats someone up, and gets a chance to do community service is not guilty…they were guilty, just got out of jail time</p>
<p>and driver, you seem so understanding of a drug addict, do you have the same for other drug addicts? or is it just white collar drugs you approve of</p>
<p>Good morning CGM!
Did you roll off the couch again? When you’ve fully awakened, please rephrase your thoughts for the evening, and I’ll do my best to explain this to you.</p>
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Razorsharp - did you say that about Kenneth Starr? :)</p>
<p>I was just looking at what you said…our poor little addict!!</p>
<p>Its okay if its a white guy I guess</p>
<p>Okay, here goes, addicts need treatment, with that I agree, not jail time</p>
<p>And guess you agree with that as well, just wanted to point that out</p>
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Starr obtained convictions against sitting Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker. He obtain convictions against James and Susan McDougal. He also presented sufficient evidence to impeach a President who went on TV and told the world he did not do something he actually did. </p>
<p>I think that is a pretty good track record for a Prosecutor. Can’t say the same about the loser who prosecuted Rush and got nothing in spite of the fact that many of you were able to convicted him of doctor shopping just becuase you don’t like his politics.</p>
<p>BTW, Starr helped overturn the murder conviction of Robin Lovitt. He worked for free. I guess that means he is really a flamming liberal.</p>
<p>A variety of quotes regarding drugs and addiction</p>
<p>“Drug use, some might say, is destroying this country. And we have laws against selling drugs, pushing drugs, using drugs, importing drugs. And the laws are good because we know what happens to people in societies and neighborhoods which become consumed by them. And so if people are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought to be accused and they ought to be
convicted and they ought to be sent up.” </p>
<p>“What this says to me is that too many whites are getting away with drug use, too many whites are getting away with drug sales, too many whites are getting away with trafficking in this stuff. The answer to this disparity is not to start letting people out of jail because we’re not putting others in jail who are breaking the law. The answer is to go out and find the ones who are getting away with it, convict them and send them up the river, too.” </p>
<p>Compassion is no substitute for justice.</p>
<p>“When you strip it all away, Jerry Garcia
(former Grateful Dead guitarist) destroyed his life on
drugs. And yet he’s being honored, like some godlike
figure. Our priorities are out of whack, folks.”</p>
<p>I bet you still love this drug
addicted, law-breaking drug freek. Ever hear of ‘just
say no’ or how by buying drugs you are supporting
Osama?)</p>
<p>These tough sentencing laws were instituted for a reason. The American people, including liberals, demanded them. Don’t you remember the crack cocaine epidemic? Crack babies and out-of-control murder rates? Liberal judges giving the bad guys slaps on the wrist? Finally we got tough, and the crime rate has been falling ever since, so what’s wrong? I want to let you read along with me a quote from Jerry Colangelo about substance abuse, and I think you’ll find that he’s very much right "I know every expert in the world will disagree with me, but I don’t buy into the disease part of it. The first time you reach for a substance you are making a choice. Every time you go back, you are making a personal choice. I feel very strongly about that."… </p>
<p>What he’s saying is that if there’s a line of cocaine here, I have to make the choice to go down and sniff it .And his point is that we are rationalizing all this irresponsibility and all the choices people are making and we’re blaming not them, but society for it. All these Hollywood celebrities say the reason they’re weird and bizarre is because they were abused by their parents. So we’re going to pay for that kind of rehab, too, and we shouldn’t. It’s not our responsibility. It’s up to the people who are doing it. And Colangelo is right.</p>
<p>I have a solution for Mrs. [Jocelyn] Elders. I mean, if she wants to legalize drugs, send the people who want to do drugs to London and Zurich and let’s be rid of them. Now…The problem with legalizing drugs is, it’s just another abhorrent example of human behavior that we’ve suddenly decided, “Hey, we can’t handle it. We’ve given up and we’re going to sanction the destruction of lives. We’re going to let you destroy your life. We’re going to make it easy, and then all of us who accept the responsibilities of life and don’t destroy our lives on drugs–we’ll pay for whatever messes you get into.”… </p>
<p>I’m appalled at people who simply want to look at all this abhorrent behavior and say, “Hey, you know, we can’t control it anymore. People are going to do drugs anyway. Let’s legalize it.” It’s a dumb idea. It’s a rotten idea, and those who are for it are purely, 100 percent selfish.</p>
<p>(a presonal fave)</p>
<p>CGM:
Sorry, but I can’t buy that argument. Alcohol used to be illegal in this country some decades ago. Would you have advocated the same treatment for people who drank back then?</p>
<p>(Edited: Oops, my fault. Didn’t realize those weren’t your views/quotes. Never mind…)</p>