Rush Limbaugh seems to be losing his grip after failing to stymie personal medical records release to authorities. Limbaugh is being investigated for doctor shopping, money laundering, illegal possession of narcotics, etc., since his housekeeper went public on him. He acquired painkillers through numerous physicians, termed "doctor shopping" and illegal, as well as apparently using his housekeeper to score more on a weekly basis using bank withdrawals of under $10,000 to prevent federal notice of the financial transaction.
Prior to that, Rush had been an avid golfer though claiming back injury after being outed caused his addiction to painkillers. He had been through at least one treatment program prior to his legal troubles and quickly went to another Tucson for a quickie stay. Anyone familiar with drug addiction can readily relate a week or thirty days of in-house treatment will not cure the affliction. Addiction is a major problem in this nation requiring drug program admission, counseling, psychological analysis and much more. The first obstacle is getting beyond the denial which Limbaugh seems to have the most difficulty with. He appeared to be somewhat sincere at first with his on-air apology, but then lapsed into the primary reason for his addiction being "the permissive Clinton years." The whole idea of "individual choice" he pushed earlier seemed to fall by the wayside in lieu of those permissive Clinton times. Not very believable, Rush!!
Normally, one should show compassion for anyone suffering depending upon the amount of remorse, honesty and efforts displayed by the suffering person. In this case, Rush has not displayed remorse, honesty nor any efforts than denial regarding his drug use or alleged violations of state and federal statutes. Consequently, he is fully deserving of hypocrisy since prior show statements indicate his feelings regarding drug culture:
"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."
-- Rush Limbaugh (Lack of) Show, Dec. 9, 1993
"I'm appalled at people who simply want to look at all this abhorrent behavior and say 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."
-- Rush Limbaugh (Lack of) Show, Dec 9, 1993
"If (Surgeon General Jocelyn Elders) wants to legalize drugs, send the people who want to do drugs to London and Zurich, and let's be rid of them.
-- Rush Limbaugh (Lack of) Show, Dec 9, 1993
"There's nothing good about drug use. We know it. It destroys individuals. It destroys families. Drug use destroys societies. 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.
"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."
-- Rush Limbaugh (Lack of) Show, Oct. 5, 1995
(Source: Conspiracy Planet)
http://www.buzzflash.com/analysis/03/10/ana03004.html
"It's kind of like sentencing. A lot of people say that we have a heavy sentence for this crime and a light sentence for another crime, and what we ought to do is reduce the heavy sentence so it's more in line with the other. Wrong. In most cases we ought to increase the light sentence and make it compatible with the heavy sentence, and be serious about punishment because we are becoming too tolerant as a society, folks, especially of crime, in too many parts of the country."
-- Rush Limbaugh. October 5, 1995 (lack of) show transcript.
http://www.takebackthemedia.com/gophotwrush.html
"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."
-- Rush Limbaugh. October 5, 1995 show transcript.
http://www.takebackthemedia.com/gophotwrush.html
There are times when the best treatment is simply letting an individual listen to their own words and then judge for themselves rather than blathering in denial. Howard Stern, whom is not on my favorite list either, recent played audio tapes on his August 4, 2005, show of Rush lambasting drugs, the legal system sentences and addicting being a personal choice. You can listen to his comments from Stern's show by following this link, http://www.crooksandliars.com/2005/08/01.html
Normally, one should show compassion for anyone suffering depending upon the amount of remorse, honesty and efforts displayed by the suffering person. In this case, Rush has not displayed remorse, honesty nor any efforts than denial regarding his drug use or alleged violations of state and federal statutes. Consequently, he is fully deserving of hypocrisy since prior show statements indicate his feelings regarding drug culture:
"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."
-- Rush Limbaugh (Lack of) Show, Dec. 9, 1993
"I'm appalled at people who simply want to look at all this abhorrent behavior and say 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."
-- Rush Limbaugh (Lack of) Show, Dec 9, 1993
"If (Surgeon General Jocelyn Elders) wants to legalize drugs, send the people who want to do drugs to London and Zurich, and let's be rid of them.
-- Rush Limbaugh (Lack of) Show, Dec 9, 1993
"There's nothing good about drug use. We know it. It destroys individuals. It destroys families. Drug use destroys societies. 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.
"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."
-- Rush Limbaugh (Lack of) Show, Oct. 5, 1995
(Source: Conspiracy Planet)
http://www.buzzflash.com/analysis/03/10/ana03004.html
"It's kind of like sentencing. A lot of people say that we have a heavy sentence for this crime and a light sentence for another crime, and what we ought to do is reduce the heavy sentence so it's more in line with the other. Wrong. In most cases we ought to increase the light sentence and make it compatible with the heavy sentence, and be serious about punishment because we are becoming too tolerant as a society, folks, especially of crime, in too many parts of the country."
-- Rush Limbaugh. October 5, 1995 (lack of) show transcript.
http://www.takebackthemedia.com/gophotwrush.html
"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."
-- Rush Limbaugh. October 5, 1995 show transcript.
http://www.takebackthemedia.com/gophotwrush.html
