Comments on: Dispatches from the Drug War http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/04/28/dispatches-from-the-drug-war-4/ Protect yourself from government gaffes, bureaucratic blunders and incumbent incompetence Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Oldgeek http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/04/28/dispatches-from-the-drug-war-4/#comment-8507 Oldgeek Mon, 01 May 2006 21:01:39 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/2006/04/28/dispatches-from-the-drug-war-4/#comment-8507 Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't see this as a white/black issue. It seems more to me that it's more of a rich/poor issue. Wealthy people have the money to buy their own justice (as well as the lawmakers themselves) while the rest of us don't. Maybe I’m wrong, but I don’t see this as a white/black issue. It seems more to me that it’s more of a rich/poor issue. Wealthy people have the money to buy their own justice (as well as the lawmakers themselves) while the rest of us don’t.

]]> By: forstand http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/04/28/dispatches-from-the-drug-war-4/#comment-8506 forstand Sun, 30 Apr 2006 19:32:47 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/2006/04/28/dispatches-from-the-drug-war-4/#comment-8506 Rush Limbaugh is a hypocrite, pure and simple. He also panders to people by telling them what they want to hear, not what they need to know. He knew that what he was doing was wrong but believed that he was above the law. I don't like the man nor his messages. I am not a ditto-head. Right, wrong or indifferent: I think for myself. Any man continuously on drugs, even OxyContin, does have his judgement impaired. That is why it is called a mood-alterating chemical (by NA and others). He took it to make himself feel good--all the time. I believe if the pills he took daily were accounted for we would find that he was on a constant high, possibly a menance to others if he was to drive, etc. But then he can afford a driver, can't he? It sounds like he was in a maintenance mode taking just enough to keep a buzz on. He did the crime so he should do the time. He won't because he is white and rich with political clout. Rush Limbaugh is a hypocrite, pure and simple. He also panders to people by telling them what they want to hear, not what they need to know. He knew that what he was doing was wrong but believed that he was above the law.

I don’t like the man nor his messages. I am not a ditto-head. Right, wrong or indifferent: I think for myself.

Any man continuously on drugs, even OxyContin, does have his judgement impaired. That is why it is called a mood-alterating chemical (by NA and others). He took it to make himself feel good–all the time. I believe if the pills he took daily were accounted for we would find that he was on a constant high, possibly a menance to others if he was to drive, etc. But then he can afford a driver, can’t he? It sounds like he was in a maintenance mode taking just enough to keep a buzz on.

He did the crime so he should do the time. He won’t because he is white and rich with political clout.

]]> By: Charles Stricklin http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/04/28/dispatches-from-the-drug-war-4/#comment-8505 Charles Stricklin Sun, 30 Apr 2006 13:08:26 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/2006/04/28/dispatches-from-the-drug-war-4/#comment-8505 I'm troubled by his making a deal in the first place. If he's innocent, then why make a deal anyway? Why not fight the malicious prosecution charge? I know $30,000 is chump change to Limbaugh, but it seems to me that if you give in on somethng minor like this just to have the charges dismissed, you're sending a signal to prosecutors that, if you disagree with a celebrity's politics then you're free to dig around until you find something to prosecute them on. I would also point out that he was talking about cocaine and crack use at the time of the comment you pulled, and that he was never (to my knowledge) disfunctional because of his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OxyContin" rel="nofollow">OxyContin</a> abuse. A minor difference, to be sure, but it should be noted. I’m troubled by his making a deal in the first place. If he’s innocent, then why make a deal anyway? Why not fight the malicious prosecution charge?

I know $30,000 is chump change to Limbaugh, but it seems to me that if you give in on somethng minor like this just to have the charges dismissed, you’re sending a signal to prosecutors that, if you disagree with a celebrity’s politics then you’re free to dig around until you find something to prosecute them on.

I would also point out that he was talking about cocaine and crack use at the time of the comment you pulled, and that he was never (to my knowledge) disfunctional because of his OxyContin abuse. A minor difference, to be sure, but it should be noted.

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