Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Rush Limbaugh detained.....for Viagra

Thanks for that, 1AK! That'n'll get ALOT of mileage! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Don't care for the god of radio, but he surely is a big fat target!

Pop had only had an 8th grade education, but he was smart and educated himself really well. Just one of those guys with a natural curiosity about him that seems to run in hand with smart folk.

Trundling along behind him in the fields cutting hay, doctoring livestock and fixing fence was probably more valuable to my education than all the days I sat behind a school desk. I was lucky indeed to have him as part of my life.

Am thinking Mickey Coleman would have liked him, he was wealthy, but not cause what he had in the bank.

One of the best men I've ever known (a sentiment shared by many that knew him) I just won life's lottery and he happened to be my Grandpa.

Wish I could be more like him, but I'm not. I tend to run more to the hotheaded than coolheaded. Not something I'm real proud of.

Where the [bleep] did you get that one from?As far as I can tell,those two don't think very highly of each other,and have never had nice things to say about one another.I don't see them partying together.

Hey,Rush is human.And he isn't a politician,or a priest.He is intitaled to do with his life as he pleases,and that includes smoking cigars,drinking fine wine,and taking Viagra.

As for his perscription problems-if you went by what he got in trouble for his "doctor shopping",I'd be in trouble to.He got busted for having overlapping perscriptions.I have overlapping perscriptions all the time,and usually for powerful painkillers.My doc perscribes X painkiller at X dose this month,with refills to last 3 months.I go back after 1 month and tell him thats not a strong enough dose,and he up's the dose,and gives me another persciption for 3 months.So right there I have two overlapping perscrtions for 6 months which I could still fill if I wanted to.Then,after another month,I go back and say that doesn't work,and he gives me another pain killer,and so forth and so on.Now,I don't take advantage of these overlapping perscriptions,mainly because I don't need that many pills and I don't want to risk pissing off my insurance company.But this is EXACTLY what Rush got busted for.And whether or not he took advantage of the overlapping perscriptions is unclear,because you know how many "illegal" pills he had?40.Wow.Those could have been left over from various other previous perscriptions.Dig around my medicine cabinet and you'ld probably find more than that.

And the whole "street buying" thing with his maid was a complete crock-she made it all up to get immunity for her husband who was a drug dealer who had just gotten busted for selling perscription drugs.She knew Rush had problems,so immediatley knew could make up that story and bail her hubby out.Don't you think if there was an ounce of truth to it that the prosecutor would have presuded it?That's a much bigger charge than "doctor shopping".

If you're a Republican,and have a flaw of any kind,your a rat and need to be sent up state and get raped by the biggest bull queer there.If your a Democrat........you poor thing!You need to go to rehab,then we'll pray for you and maybe if we caught you with a half pound of cocaine,we'll make you wash police cars for a day or take some disadvantaged kids camping for one night.Give me a break.

WB.

I'm willing to bet that this latest episode with Viagra will make Rush an even bigger prick.

If you can get your mitts on a HoboJim CD (or tape), give a listen to his song An Educated Man I believe you'll like it and see Pop in it.

Funny thing, Pop-pop was my grandfather's familial name also.

Thanks for sharing your memories - much like mine of Pop!

+1, I've picked up on those different standards myself

If you really believe all of that then so be it good for you. I bet you listen to Party Hat Hannity as well---both of these guys are more mainstream than Savage and do help the cause but Rush is now a liability�he needs to just fade away into OxyContin and hydrocodone land. You won�t see him being a spokesperson like Tony Snow---he would be under the influence and roll off of the stage! Rush has had his time in the sun---it is setting as it should! DITTO!!!

Thanks Savage and keep it that way, please. I sure wouldn't want to see you or those like you confused by any facts. BTW, it's "you're (you are) on ignore" not "your".


Wheelchairbandit, when I hear someone justifying another's f'kups , repeatedly, by comparing themselves in the same likeness,,,,,well, birds of a feather, eh? From that, I'm sure you forgive all of the Kennedys, past and present, for their 'transgressions'. It's the cowboy way and the right thing to do. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Old Toot

harrassment pure and simple!
While I am not a big fan of Rush, I believe the law is basically as follows:
1) while customs can certainly sieze improperly imported and undeclared drugs, the fact that the tablets were in a U.S. prescription bottle makes their action unreasonable in that there is no evidence that the Viagra was imported.
2) Law enforcement was likely unaware of the huge legal distinction between controlled substances and mere prescription drugs. I am under the impression that simple possession of non-controlled substance prescription drugs, is not by itself illegal under Florida or federal law. The broad class of prescription drugs includes such things as certain vitamin preparations, saline solution, ointments and thereaputic mouth-washes. Barring some statute specifically criminalizing a particular prescription drug e.g. Viagra, it seems no law would have been violated even in the absence of a valid prescription.
Of course, violation of probation is another matter.

Poor 0ld Rush. He can't win for losing.

The Feds made a real drug bust. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

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LMFAO BIGMOUTH LIMP DINK,

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Investigators were trying to determine Tuesday whether Rush Limbaugh violated a deal with prosecutors in a long-running prescription fraud case when authorities found he had a bottle of Viagra that was apparently prescribed to someone else.

Limbaugh, 55, was detained for more than three hours Monday at Palm Beach International Airport after he returned on his private plane from a vacation in the Dominican Republic. Customs officials found Viagra in his bag, but his name wasn�t on the prescription, Palm Beach County sheriff�s spokesman Paul Miller said.

Limbaugh�s lawyer, Roy Black, said the prescription was written in Limbaugh�s doctor�s name �for privacy purposes.� The conservative radio host was released without being charged and investigators confiscated the Viagra, which treats erectile dysfunction.

Limbaugh joked about the search on his radio show Tuesday, saying Customs officials didn�t believe him when he said he got the pills at the Clinton Library and he was told they were blue M&Ms. He later added, chuckling: �I had a great time in the Dominican Republic. Wish I could tell you about it.�

It is generally not illegal under Florida law for a physician to prescribe medication in a third party�s name if all parties are aware and the doctor documents it correctly, said Mike Edmondson, a spokesman for the state attorney in Palm Beach County. He would not discuss specifics in the Limbaugh case Tuesday.

The sheriff�s office was continuing its investigation and would turn the case over to prosecutors in several days, Edmondson said. The alleged violation could be a second-degree misdemeanor if Limbaugh�s doctor doesn�t confirm the prescription.

Under last month�s deal with prosecutors, authorities will dismiss a �doctor shopping� charge if Limbaugh doesn�t get arrested for 18 months, among other terms. Prosecutors had said he illegally deceived multiple doctors to get overlapping painkiller prescriptions. Limbaugh denied the charges but admitted he was addicted to painkillers.

This latest case may simply be dismissed if prosecutors can confirm with Limbaugh�s doctor that the prescription was indeed for Limbaugh, said Kendall Coffey, a former U.S. attorney in Florida.

�It�s perhaps a little embarrassing but not highly incriminating,� Coffey said.

In addition, possession of Viagra is in a �completely different universe than a matter that would involve Schedule Two (controlled) substances such as OxyContin� Coffey added.

According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, Viagra is not considered a controlled substance because �it�s not something you can be addicted to,� said DEA Investigator Maria Gilbert.

The Food and Drug Administration oversees regulations concerning non-addictive drugs that are not considered controlled substances, Gilbert said. A telephone call to the FDA was not immediately returned Tuesday.
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Note this part-"It is generally not illegal under Florida law for a physician to prescribe medication in a third party�s name if all parties are aware and the doctor documents it correctly, said Mike Edmondson, a spokesman for the state attorney in Palm Beach County." So,he did NOTHING illegal under Florida law.

WB.

Oh,give me a break.

Rush didn't kill anyone like Teddy did,and he didn't go driving around at night on Ambien like Teddy's son did.He was hooked on pain killers which is nothing different than a gazillion Hollyweird celebs and musicians.They all own up to it,check into treatment,and then get a nice pat on the back for it.Rush owns up to it,checks into treatment,then gets demonized.He wasn't buying coke or heroin off the street like many celebs do,who NEVER get prosecuted.

As for "my actions"-WTF???I was just giving an example.I have serious health problems,and have to bounce around a lot on various meds (including pain killers).I was giving an example of how you get overlapping perscriptions,and how it's mainly through the doctor's actions,not the patients.I'm not some pill junky,though I'm certainly entitled to it considering the pain I'm in.I also don't go around on the internet calling people I don't know anything about drug addicts,drug dealers,ect.

Rush had a problem.He went to treatment,got better,and has been very open about it.He now got caught with a bottle of VIAGRA for cryin out loud.It's not like he got caught with a bottle of Oxycotin or Vicodin.

I'd bet $5 that if it was a bottle of Lipitor,they wouldn't have said a word,and would have let him right through.Lipitor isn't embarrasing-Viagra is.They know nothing will come of this,but it's just another opportunity to drag him through the mud.

And as for my views on the Kennedy-I do not agree with their polictics whatsoever,and I feel that Teddy should have been looked at MUCH harded for what happened in that accident with Mary Jo.Other than that,they're all big boys,they can take care of themselves.I thought the special treatment that his son got after his Ambien incident was uncalled for,but he ended up in treatment anyway,which is where he needed to be.FWIW,he's been in treatment something like 4-5 times before,most recently only a year before this,so obviosuly he doesn't stick with it.It's his life though.I'd say if he gets in another traffic accident,take his license away.As for his congress seat.......the folks voted him in,they'll vote him out if they don't want him any more.

WB.

Any action which would enable Rush to procreate should be illegal.

Now, that is funny <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />. Tell ya what,,,,throw in the Kennedy and Clinton clans, too and we got a deal.

Rumor has it that Bill and Hillary actually did practice birth control by putting Chelsea's picture on their nightstands.

Old Toot

Hey Toot----Bill and Hillary did have one ugly child!! Does not really look like Bill---wonder if a stray got in the pen!!!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />

Limbaugh is just another entertainer. . .If he wants to take Viagra, who cares if his doctor gave it to him so he didn't (we didn't) have to endure pictures of him on the front of National Enquirer blue pills in hand, or if O'Reilly wants to talk dirty to some young gal on the phone and then pay her to shut up, or Pee Wee Herman wants to spank his monkey "Behind the Green Door", who really gives a rat's a$$? On the other hand, we should expect different standards of behavior from an elected representative, or a judge or a cop. The people who write, adjudicate or enforce the law, should behave themselves.

Couldn't agree with you more.

Had it been just some other celeberty-say,a Wynona Ryder or something like that-it would have made the front page of some trashy tabloid,and that's it.No possible charges,that's for sure.

But,because it's Rush,he's held to a different standard.If he were an elected official,a paid public servant,or a priest,I'd say he has to be held to some sort of standards.But he isn't any of those things.He's nothing more than a guy who goes on the radio every day for 3 hours and expresses his thoughts and opinions on the air.If you find them entertaining and informative,good.If you don't,change the dial.This is something his detractors just can't seem to grasp,and want him taken off the air.If you dont' like him,don't listen to him.Don't take him off the air because you don't agree with him.40 million people a week tune in to his show,so more than a few people find it entertaining.

WB.

PS-just because Rush has a radio program,doesn't make him any different than you or I.It's not like he took an oath to be an angel,just because he sat down behind a mic and talks conservative politics.He's just another person trying to get through life as best he can just like the rest of us.

I'm thinking el Rushbo must be Canadian with a softwood deal...

My point of view is that Rush represents many of my values in what he says. The thing is that Rush has said that he stands for values and in the past has one liners like "I am the kind of guy you can leave your kids with" etc.

He has lost credibility with his actions.

When one is a entertainer, talk show host or professional athlete for that matter he is a role model. Such a person can be held up to criticism.

Rush has still been good for our second ammendment rights. I wish him well.