Yay!

So what does this do to his plea deal. Is violation, yes?

I’ve been scanning the cable news chanels – I guess Olbermann ran this, but I haven’t seen it anywhere on the teevee yet myself.

Rush Limbaugh doesn’t seem to understand what Personal Assistants are for.

>>What’s the frequency, Rushbo?

Are our uniforms on the way? Or are we just talkin”?

In Russia, prescription drugs smuggle *you*!

I… have no idea what that means.

Fitz!

Rush we can’t miss you if you won’t go away

TOSS THE FAT BASTARD IN THE SLAMMER AND THROW AWAY THE KEY!!!!

And I say that with love.

My post got mangled, and it was only two sentences. How did I do that?

Anyways…what’s the frequency? Why, twice a day, as needed. Right?

I hadn’t followed what Rush says on the air until I started reading blogs last year but, to the best of my knowledge, Rush is still unmarried. Unless Viagra has some alternative use, like how young women use birth control pills to regulate their cycles, this kind of “activity” would go against his social conservative views, wouldn’t it?

Anybody know of any quotes of his on pre-marital sexual relations, etc.? Much like how people used his 1995 quote on drug offenders against him when he got in trouble with the law for his pill poppin’ habit.

Assuming you don’t want a typo in the title:

Inconprehensible should be Incomprehensible

What an interesting dilemma in the Banana Republic of Florida. On the one hand there’s the rabid anti-drug extremism angle, but Rush is a “truthteller” for the movement so maybe John Ellis “Jeb” Bush will help out the way he flew in a discredited coroner to help out with Scarborough’s Lori Klausutis problem.

Jane, are you in the Circle City now? Where’s the FireLamb Rally point?

jlr –

I fixed it to “save face,” as Bush would say.

Is he still seeing Darin Kagan?

Sign of the endtimes: Viagra abuse – yup, go here for the lowdown (not a pun).
Funny ha-ha: Busted for Viagra abuse.

angie –

I believe they split up some time ago. If I am not mistaken, he mentioned it on the air.

Franken was right. Limbaugh IS a big fat idiot.

Rush likes marriage so much that he’s been married three times but he’s currently divorced. With all that Viagra, surely he wasn’t intending to fornicate? Jesus doesnt like that shit…

TBogg: seriously in need of spam control

Inconprehensible should be Incomprehensible

I guess at some point, it might be ex-conprehensible.

John Amato is quick

Rush with a four hour boner. Wow.

Jane: this is a lousy topic for moderators! The language that’ll be used here will trigger so many auto-moderations that black-costumed stagehands will be working fulltime to approve salaciously-worded comments …

thanks, Matt O. ! Wonder if she came to her senses…

J.Donne –

I am seriously thinking about moderating that comment out for the sake of everyone’s sanity NOT to get a mental picture of such a thing…

Smuggling viagra back from the DR. Just a yuppie with a big mouth and a limp sense of theics. Ha-ha…”Is that a banana in your pocket or are you excited by the Customs official?”

In Russia, prescription drugs smuggle *you*!

I%u2026 have no idea what that means.

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

I am in Indianapolis right now. Dogs are pooped after a hard day of Starbucks roaming.

that’s “ethics” damnit!

I could have lived a happy life without the mental image of Rush and his Viagra.

Excuse me while I rinse my eyes with Clorox…

Awww, poor Rushie was caught with Viagra that wasn’t prescribed to him.

Does this violate his parole? And what about the doctors? It doesn’t sound kosher – writing a prescription to yourself and then giving it to a patient?

You’re right, *ilson. It’s gonna trigger every SPAM filter we’ve got.

Rush and Kagan:

In August 2004, Limbaugh was reported to be dating CNN television personality Daryn Kagan. Kagan and Limbaugh reportedly broke up in February 2006.

Source: Wikipedia

Roy Black…Loonbaughs shill just issued a statement, that the drugs he had on him were unders his doctors name for “privacy reasons???? WTF…..My partner(a doc) just told me that , that is illegal…You cannot write a prescription for someone under another name…..

NBC, Associated Press, etc.

http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/search?p=rush viagra&c=

BWAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!

Who’s the most reprehensible between Rush, O’Reilly and Hannity?

Who’s the most reprehensible between Rush, O’Reilly and Hannity?

That’s a toughie, but I have to go with Rush.

It is illegal, Franco.

Fargo B&N has both Starbucks and wifi–other B&Ns may be an option on your travels.

Arcane trivia–Steinbeck’s Charley was also a poodle, of the mini variety…and they came thru Fargo.

Rush rushed…gotta love it.

Everythingseemsoneat says:
Who’s the most reprehensible between Rush, O’Reilly and Hannity?

what is 3 x 0 ?

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Rush Limbaugh was detained for more than three hours Monday at Palm Beach International Airport after authorities said they found a bottle of XXXXX in his possession without a prescription.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200…..h_viagra_2

WITHOUT a prescription. Book um, Dano

Heres an article…He was detained 3 1/2 hrs…LMAO

http://www.nbc6.net/news/94298…..p;psp=news

So is flush going to jail? (hopeful)

It’s not quite Fitzmas, but it’d cheer me up a helluva lot.

*ilson, Jane, I think it’s spelled V*agra. I hope that helps.

“Forget it, Jake. It’s Florida.”

Damage control

Rush Limbaugh’s Attorney Roy Black Responds to Media Inquiries

Miami, FL — June 26, 2006 — Roy Black, Rush Limbaugh’s attorney, issued the following statement today in response to several inquiries by the media:

While going through routine Customs inspection of luggage at Palm Beach International Airport upon his return from an international trip, Rush Limbaugh was detained by customs agents after they noticed a non-narcotic prescription drug, which had been prescribed by Mr. Limbaugh’s treating physician but labeled as being issued to the physician rather than Mr. Limbaugh for privacy purposes. After a brief interview, Mr. Limbaugh was permitted to continue on his journey.

Source: Roy Black

Amir Forester
Vice President, Public Relations
Premiere Radio Networks

You got to wonder if the “mythical little guy” didn’t say, uhmmm this man is a known junkie%u2026 sir we need search your belongings, stand aside%u2026 now. HAHA. Karmic Justice will eventual get miserable S.O.B’s if nothing else.

This dude is a colossal junkie, I can’t imagine he’s stayed clean for the last 2 years or so. He took so much dope he went deaf. Think about that! Keith Richards never went deaf! Actually, Keith Richards probally doesn’t even get searched anymore probably, he’s royalty compared this scumf**k.

I am in Indianapolis right now. Dogs are pooped after a hard day of Starbucks roaming.

Oh, wow, Jane. The wife’s family is from there. Great Peruvian restaurant on the west side…

Machu Pichu is the name. Went there on my birthday.

It’s on the northeast corner of West 38th Street and Moller Road.

Get the chicken with mushrooms and rice.

Wouldn’t it still be within the new journalism ethics set today by Howie Kurtz to ask Daryn if Rush had to use Viagra to “perform” when they were still together?

Matt O…that “BRIEF” interview is now CONFIRMED at 3 1/2 hours…it was just on a news blip here in Ft Laud….they said more infor to come at 11.

Wonder if it was really Viagra in the bottle, lots of possibilities.

Machu Pichu is the name. Went there on my birthday.

Do they have Inka Cola?

al-Scooter @ 47

effing perfect !

and oh btw, please don’t turn me in to the Kos Thought Police – but TBogg is God !

Josh says that the Viagra was among the drugs found. I wonder what the others were? My money’s on Vicodin or his all time fave, Oxycontin. Can you say, “parole violation?”

As for the V., we knew he was a dick, and now we know he’s a limp dick.

Rush doing the *hard* stuff…..

He probably got them from Bob Dole…

I also wonder if Rush was trying to smuggle in COMMUNISTIC CUBAN CIGARS too?

Ah, this explains it all. And one of Wolcott’s very, very best IMHO.

http://jameswolcott.com/archiv…..ad_lap.php

Here ya go…sorry I am just having a great time with this one.
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Prostitution and Sex Tourism in the Dominican RepublicSex Tourism Dominican Republic.Unfortunaltely there are not only the temperatures and the white beaches that bring the german tourists to the Dominican …
http://www.flunk.de/english/sex-tourism.php – 16k – Cached – Similar pages

Wired News: The Web, Where ‘Pimps’ Roam FreeIndeed, the Dominican Republic is one of the biggest sex tourism destinations in the world, thanks in part to Internet sites that extol the country as a …
http://www.wired.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,44888,00.html – 27k – Cached – Similar pages

Holding another man’s Viagra, what metaphor.

I also wonder if Rush was trying to smuggle in COMMUNISTIC CUBAN CIGARS too?

For when the Viagra runs out?

Mega Oxydittos Rush.

Do they have Inka Cola?

In the 2 liter bottle!

Jane,
I have this vision of you driving along on the endless highway with your faithful companions listening to “the Viagra Man” calling on Christian Americans to reject the evils of “liberal America.” You’ll get great inspiration for future FDL essays.

In the 2 liter bottle!

Whoa. We have a halfway decent Peruvian restaurant here in Pittsburgh, but they’re more like a cafe that sells overpriced Peruvian clothes and knick-knacks.

“We believe there may be a second degree misdemeanor violation, which is possession of certain drugs without a prescription, because the bottle does not have his name on it,” Miller said.

http://www.bradenton.com/mld/b…..908131.htm

Mwahaha!

I hope he is squirming and sweating in the FL heat.

Oh, not Machu Pichu. We had a fantastic meal there.

Papas Huancainas is really good there. So was the Peruvian version of arroz con pollo.

I think it might actually be spelled Inca Cola, though. Not sure. It’s TASTY….

Jeralyn had the dope on Rush’s plea deal back in April. Looks to me like it’s now invalidated.

http://talkleft.com/new_archives/014694.html

Rush may have bigger issues than a four-hour boner.

cbl #55:

Thanks for the kind words. Agree about the other blogger as well.

Sheriff’s investigators confiscated the drugs, and Limbaugh was released around 5:30 p.m. without being charged.

However, the sheriff’s office plans to file a report with the state attorney’s office.

“We believe there may be a second degree misdemeanor violation, which is possession of certain drugs without a prescription, because the bottle does not have his name on it,” Miller said.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/ne…..-headlines

I think it might actually be spelled Inca Cola, though. Not sure. It’s TASTY%u2026.

We’re *both* wrong!

So Rush gets “prescribed” Viagra here in the U.S. He goes to the Dominican Republic on a little vacation, or whatever. Now he comes back here. Daryn wasn’t with him. So why did Rush need his boner pills when he was out of town without his “mistress”? Sounds like trouble in paradise to me :D

OW! OW! OWWWWWWWW! I’m howlin’ like a wolf here in LA!

Just got off the phone with someone in the know…Ol’ Loonbaugh is in trouble…whether or not he pays for it remains to be seen….Jebby boy has alot of favors he can call in, here in So Florida which is SO corrupt.(although it is getting better)

YAYES!!! I get to meet Jane tomorrow morning for coffee … she is still effervescent on the phone after such lengthy travelling …

Jeralyn had the dope on Rush’s plea deal back in April. Looks to me like it’s now invalidated.

That was my first, very hopeful thought.

But he’s an important Republican, so someone will figure out a way to let him wriggle out of it.

“And why is Rush Limbaugh, suitcase loaded with V*aGra, going to the Dominican Republic?” he asks, giggling to himself.

This is just like the ReTHUGS…they feel like they are above it all……next Miss Piggy Rover(now feelin his oats) will make a mistake, just wait and see.

I suspect any commenter trying to use the “p” word will have a problem with the filter.

but — but — but now Rush is an international drug smuggler — not a mere junkie like he used to be !

Eli @ 7:28 pm (#80) – Hopefully, Christy or looseheadprop will stop by, but I think that what happens next is up to the DA who made the deal with Limbaugh. That could mean many things, including that Rush skates because he’s an important Republican in a state that seems to be run by them.

The Abbey has awesome coffee, not sure about WIFI though.

Jamie –

Rush hasn’t dated Daryn since February 2006, according to Wikipedia.

That could mean many things, including that Rush skates because he’s an important Republican in a state that seems to be run by them.

That’s my suspicion. I don’t think he would have skated in the first place if the fix hadn’t been in.

Jeb will probably get him off (in the end) but this has to be a violation of parole.

Plus, why would an unmarried man have Viagra?! (I mean I understand%u2026 but the lack moral values and all! What will the children think? ). Sex , drugs and well at least he got an once of the devils rock in him or I’d be a trifecta!

Kinda gives new meaning to the phrase, “wouldn’t touch him with a ten-foot pole.”

http://www.firedoglake.com/200…..-pee-deal/

neurophius @ 7:30 pm (#83) – Things may have changed, but the last time I tried it the “p word” got through OK.

I need hardly point out that prisoners don’t have access to prescription drugs. Which means that Rush won’t be a top man, if you get my drift.

Looks like the San Quentin softball team will be getting themselves a fresh new catcher. If… ya know… what I mean.

Har.

The judge is not going to like this. The 18 months probation are not over. If Pigboy doesn’t get some cooler time over this I give up.

Matt O, I had no idea you were so into dish, lol.

Here’s Christy on his deal

http://www.firedoglake.com/200…..-pee-deal/

I wasted too much of my misspent youth at the old Abbey Coffeehouse in Indianapolis where they did have WiFi — it was half a block from my office.

Matt O-

Thanks. I wasn’t aware of that. Perhaps he was down there searching for a new mistress then :D.

a double post ?

Oh the horror !

Off to shop. Make me proud Firepups.

Couldn’t happen to a fatter windbag. ROTFLMBFAO!

Best unintentionally funny ditto-head comment:

..if Viagra was the best they could come up with, I have my reservations. I hope he hasn’t pulled a boner, I really have a soft spot for Rush.

Matt O is going off to shop? Who was it that said Matt was incorrigibly str8?

why, i’m sure rush is living up to every one of his christian values. he’s got to be using viagra for some other reason.

maybe he needs a place to hang his hat while he’s broadcasting?

Just heard on the CBC network that Limbaugh is changing his radio network name from EIB (Execellence In Broadcasting), to EWV.

In other entertainment news, Eddie the dog from “Frasier” has gone to doggie heaven. Very sad.

But if the Dominican Republic is now known for its underage male prostitution lounges, perhaps Ms. Kagan’s inability, as suggested by Wolcott, pushed him into the arms of the other team?

The “purchasing-sex” team, not my team.

Rush L, in the Dominican Republic, ALONE, with a bottle of pills including viagra.

I start down any of the many possible avenues, and I have to stop and turn around.

It’s just too disgusting to contemplate.

This is totally off-topic but I really wanted to share. From the washington post there was a live discussion today with columnist Jeffrey Birnbaum. One of the descriptions of what a lack of net neutrality would mean cracked me up and I think would be appreciated by all here:

Aaaaarrrggghh!: And you managed to miss the point entirely on Net Neutrality, by typing a he said/she said bit.

It is not that network providers will intentionally block or degrade service.

It is that tiers implicitly will cause this effect.

Here’s one example. Let’s say the Washington Post hires a blogger who has issues with plagiarism. The Washington Post has big, big money, and gets to drive the Lexus lane with nice speedy content delivery. Meanwhile, the people who are trying to get the plagiarism info out are individuals and low funded groups, and sputter in the ever more crowded and slow “commoner lanes”. Given that Nielsen/Norman studies have shown people leave sites unless they get click response in seconds…gee, who’s gonna win? The truth, or the Post?

This could be replicated in consumer sites vs. corporate sites, political sites unpopular with moneyed interests, etc…

One side gets a kazoo, the other a 50K Watt broadcasting station.

That’s what you have without NN provisions. McCurry likes to shill around this point, but neither he nor any of his paid shills will reply to that point.

Nothing like bashing the Washington Post while makeing a point about net neutrality.

Here goes the link…

http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..00791.html

Probably off to Home Depot to shop for power tools, y’know?

Gives new meaning to the name Flush Limp-baugh.

Maybe he’ll change it to Excellence in Prison.

Is the Abbey at the corner of College and Mass Ave? Spent some time in the Cafe in Broad Ripple that became Old Pro’s Table. Those guys were ahead of their time.

Eli #87 & Hayduke #88:

Offhand, I can’t remember anything other than his own issues that he knows about, so his megaphone might be his only leverage. Could be wrong about that, though.

IMO, the Dominican angle actually might be the bigger of the two stories here. If there’s a provable sex angle, he just might start hemorraging listeners – in which case, look out below!

TeddySanFran#104…he plays on Miss Piggy Rovers team…THAT IS FOR SURE!

Matt O. has to eat, doesn’t he?

He’s str8, I have really good gaydar and he didn’t set off the I’m gay bells and whistles.

He’s a cute young fellow. With a girlfriend, *ilson, down boy!

zenn’s right.

thats the Old Abbey, now torn down to build condos … it’s now on Pennsylvania across from the Main Library …

TPMuckraker will have some work to do tomorrow on this, maybe they’ll report live from the DR, interviews would be nice.

Memo: Rita Cosby,

Your next assingment…go to the Dominican Republic and see what SHOCKING dirt you can dig up.

Your boss,

Dan Abrams

#108 Urban Pirate, yeah that’s what occurred to me to. On the way to the Dominican Republic with a big bottle of Viagra …. yikes.

Matt isn’t doctor shopping is he ?

To continue my half-formed thought (sic) at #113, when does he become more trouble than he’s worth? Wouldn’t he make a great example of “impartiality” in the courts by cutting him loose? ANd based on what I saw at tehh end of tonight’s Tweety, Melanie Morgan seems more than ready to slide into that slot.

Wow – Tbogg is omniscient too.

I could tell you all about my cross country flight with the kid with the bible AND bible CDs, and the mom with the Ann Coulter book; but I won’t bore you. They were harmless, although I do wonder why they are visiting the liberal freak show that is NYC. Actually, studying on the flight kept me occupied for most of the 6 hours – so sometimes, studying IS good for you.

What is all this lamb stuff? Someone might have mentioned this, but does it have anything to do with the Paschal Lamb – Agnus Dei? Is the liberal blogosphere being accused of being too Christ-like?

(I’ve never understand the whole Agnus Dei thing, although I do love good leg of lamb).

Matt seemed amused to have his sexual preference under review because of his FDL connection. NTTAWWT.

According to the AP, the drug was Viagra.

Until a few months ago, Rush was dating Daryn Kagan of CNN.

Say what you want about any woman who would date Rush, but I can’t imaging dating Daryn and needing Viagra.

Of course, he’s not dating her anymore, which might explain why he’s taking Viagra.

It’s all very simple yet very complicated, in a male sort of way.

Another late breaking story on the CBC, is that Mr Limbaugh has purchased the Dominican Republic rights for Snap-On Tools.

Will try to verify later

Teddy, honey, I’m sorry I didn’t get a chance to have coffee while in SanFran, I had very lazy boys who thought going to the city was work. They hate shopping, so all I got to do was hit the edge of Chinatown and the Sanrio store in Union Square (Hello Kitty freak). I will be back at some point with my best friend whose mom lives down in garlic land, she’s way more fun!

Well, give Jane a hug from me and tell her to keep on kicking asses. Holy Joe ain’t gonna know what hit him.

EPU’d:

Hi there, here’s some chats for tomorrow’s WaPoO. Questions can be submitted now….

Michael Abromowitz, White House Political Reporter, at 11 eastern:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..01339.html

‘Unity 2008′ knucklehead Doug Bailey at Noon eastern:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..01406.html

Any more questions about Murray Waas’ cancer? Howie Kurtz at 1pm eastern:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..00607.html

Local politics commentator from WTOP radio Mark Plotkin, either at noon or 2pm eastern, both times listed in different places on the site (anybody proofing your website, Brady?):
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..00730.html

That would be “imagine” of course.

For the life of me, I don’t understand why he needed to have his doc’s name on the script for privacy. Who the heck cares about him taking Viagra? I bet you there was something else…either in the bottles or more to the story.

OT –

al-scooter – I cought that harpy.

What the fuck is with people claiming, still, that Plame wasn’t covert. EVER.

Tweety of course just sits there.

I mean, a total fucking lie. Not dancing around the edges, but a total lie. Unchallenged. I had to turn the channel.

al scooter – He NEVER becomes more trouble then he is worth – “Hell hath no fury like a Limbaugh scorned.” I am sure that is what they are thinking. I doubt Rush would go quietly, and I bet he knows a lot of shit.

Evil Parallel Universe @ 7:47 pm (#122) – It has to do with David Brooks’ latest effort at torturing the english language. I’m pretty sure that one of Christy’s posts earlier today had a link to it.

What the heck is a Melanie Morgan? I’ve never heard that name before today. Where did she come from and how do we make her go away??

EPU, I guess you didn’t get the memo. Kobe’s now in charge, so we’re all Lambs of Dog.

Oh, and if Kos calls, humor him. David Brooks and Newsweek think he’s in charge.

Me & *ilson have a date.

Twisted Martini — I just sent you an email.

zen 134: SF hate radio.

zennurse 127 -

If your next visit to SF allows, I’d be delighted to meet you….

may the cloves be with you.

Um, Jane, don’t get your hopes up.

al scooter – I think I once read a book or saw a movie called the The Silence of the Lambs of the Dogs of War. Is that what they are talking about.

puppethead at 52: The story’s “out there,” you know. It would be irresponsible not to ask.

</noonan>

Morgan is chairman of Move America Forward–

puke.

We’re the lambs – a whole squadron of rabid ones. But definitely not silent.

Kobe, OTOH, would make a great dog o’war. Standards are hunting dogs, ya know. Maybe he’ll bite some Vichy Dem on the leg.

with 3 poodles around, I will be the perfect gentleman !

The Gilroy Garlic Festival!

Figured from your reports here, z, that the lads were keeping you busy, or on a short leash. Was it just swell to see them?

Next time we’ll shop in the Castro — Redd will attest to my skills as a tour guide for an afternoon of SF Gay Fun!

Evil Parallel Universe

I think that in this case it may be a matter of Angus Dei. A whole lot of bull.

Neuro – Angus Young is Dei!

neuro #146: ROFL-time!

Anybody out there have a doctor who would authorize medication prescribed for you to be labeled in the doctor’s name? Anyone?

Can you even imagine having that conversation with your doctor? Anyone?

Does the doc in question have his own pharmacy? ‘Cause I’m trying to picture the confusion any one of us would encounter when we picked up – or tried to pick up – the prescription.

Something smells funny; there’s gotta be more to this story.

Aaaah, thanks al scooter. Well, Teddy, didn’t you say pride was coming up? couldn’tyou rally round her office and do something about her? Send in the leather queens or dykes on bikes? That might scare her enough to shut up!

After the walk for the AIDS Action Committee about 18 years ago when my youngest was a cute little bolnd boy, he was passed out in my lap on the banks of the Charles River and these two adorable leather boys walked by in short shorts, boots and those cute little caps. They stopped in their tracks and Ooohed and Aaahed over him and asked if they could adopt him. Cuddly teddy bears, they were. So sweet.

al-Scooter @ 7:56 pm (#145) – We’re the lambs – a whole squadron of rabid ones. But definitely not silent.

But we’re pretty sure we’re not flying.

If Rush were starving in a morphine desert… I’d make him a Democrat, I swear!

Billmon take another shot on goal:

http://billmon.org/archives/002485.html

considering the recent kerfuffle Rush has had concerning prescription drugs, any doctor would be most wary of even contemplating anything ‘clever’ with a prescription of anything for Rush …

Teddy, it was great to be with my firstborn, now 24. My youngest lives a mile away. We drove over to Half Moon Bay and got some incredible fish, went down the PCH for a picnic another day and really just hung around for part of it. Very very nice, but I’m glad to be home. It’s kind of wierd I know, but I missed work.

When I first started reading blogs I always skipped the comments section……never knew what I was missing!

Priceless.

Anne – I think that two doctors werelisted on the script. Maybe one doctor in a practice wrote it for the other???? Two drs just wanting to help the ole guy?

Why doesn’t Billmon have comments? That’s silly.

Mmmmmmm, schadenfreude, yum….

Those docs should be in trouble too. You can’t do that stuff. Something is tres fishy.

Kirk Murphy, just saw your comment, I’ll make contact before I come out. Gotta buff up the vacation time, but I’m hoping before Christmas.

Jon Stewart is demolishing Gonzalez and his Miami 7 fraud —

zennurse @ 8:05 pm (#160) – Why doesn’t Billmon have comments? That’s silly.

It sure seems silly when he asks us a question, doesn’t it? Who’s gonna answer??

It’s perfectly understandable to me why Rush needs Viagra. If I were Rush Limbaugh’s penis I wouldn’t stand up proud unassisted either.

I can see a Doctor giving out free samples – as far as I know they do with all types of drugs w/o a prescription. Writing a prescription in the doctor’s or someone else’s name? No. It is also illegal to share YOUR prescription drugs with friends, even if you are a doctor I presume, unless of course it was a sample. My guess is he was found with more than a “sample.” The AP article seems to make it sound like there were drugs other than Viagra, although Viagra is the snarkiest so its ok by me.

I thought about tuning in to Rita Cosby to see if she was on the Rush story, but I just couldn’t bring myself to do it.

Didn’t I just read that she was going to be replaced by reruns of documentaries, or something?

No one could have anticipated the problem with carrying medications prescribed by someone else for someone else.

Professor Foland @ 8:06 pm (#161) – Guilt-free schadenfreud – a thing to be treasured.

Billmon used to have the most brilliant comments section ever! Keeping up and moderating such a high-quality blog simply burned him out … we are still blessed when he does write something up …

that’s “ethics” damnit!

I don’t know, “theics” might be useful too, say when discussing the beliefs of obvious charlatans like Pat Robertson or … Limbaugh.

The viagra was prescribed to his doctor? So Rush has his man doctors man pills? A convicted junkie would read his pill bottles closer than a pharmacy tech. A whole new wedge issue and whole new meaning for limbaugh.

A Customs inspector going through the baggage of conservative radio show host Rush Limbaugh on Monday afternoon found 29 small blue tablets XXXX

http://www.miami.com/mld/miami…..erald_news

Zennurse – Billmon used to have comments. From what I remember, things got pretty out of control before he shut them down. Maybe Siun could tell the story. (I think she used to post there.)

neurophius @ 8:09 pm (#166) – Didn’t I just read that she was going to be replaced by reruns of documentaries, or something?

I think they should just take things to their logical conclusion and replace her with videos of bikini models swimming in slimy substances.

Anne #150:

It’s not unknown for some medical practices, particularly highly specialized ones or smaller ones located in rural setting to dispense.

Black’s statement (IIRC) referred to “…a prescription non-narcotic analgesic…”, but I’m not sure if that was the bottle that didn’t have RL’s name on it. The term “non-narcotic analgesic” has a specific meaning in medicine.

I’ll reserve judgment until I see a brand or generic name for the medication. If it was a controlled substance as ID’d by the DEA, things could get ugly for RL, his MD and pharmacist. As it is, these folks still have some ’splainin’ to do re: the label.

I’m with angie – tres, tres fishy…

Bet them docs is sweatin’ a bit tonight…

Jane-pinged you back.

Coz – 29 is NOT “sample size.” It also means he probably used ONE of the thirty – unless he got a supply for February in a leap year.

Cujo – You stole my idea – which is a show called T&A – very little dialogue. I was trying to pitch it to Fox.

There is no way in hell this is just for Viagra. No way. He may have had that too but that isn’t the whole story. Like someone else said, Viagra is not regulated as a “controlled substance” in the same way, opiates and amphetamine type drugs and there derivatives are regulated differently.

Does he have his own plane or was he flying commercial? If he got busted and he has his own jet he might be living higher and wilder (and dumber) than I ever gave him credit for. Maybe he was visibly loaded. Can’t believe he wouldn’t have some aide carry his stuff for him. It would be consistent his style, like having your maid cop your dope for you.

I always kinda reckoned he was a cokehead (or taking some major upper) as well too, coke and heroin are the classic combo. It would be hard to be on air w/ out nodding off for 5 plus years w/ out something to counter the dope. Hard hard hard, impossible pretty much at the levels he was using.

ummmm … I recall reading somewhere that V*agra comes in sample flat-packs of 6 pills — OK dammit, my doc gave me a couple of sample-packs for whatevah …

Limp-Wad Limbaugh

Have we got a new name here, people?

Soft banana Republicans.

-GSD

Roy Black issued a statement that the drugs were iaauws under his doctors name for “privacy reasons????
Rush thinks he can find privacy in Bush’s America? Oh my, that is so quaint! Hahahahhahahaaaaaaaa.

Limpbaugh

Since priaprism is a known side effect of viagra and the like, could that explain why no blood gets to Limbaugh’s (and others) big heads?

Just out of curiousity, does anyone know if Ann Coulter’s been in the Dominican Republic lately?

Evil Parallel Universe @ 8:14 pm (#178) – Well, if they don’t buy it, there’s always CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, or the Game Show Network. I’ve heard the GSN have some high standards, though. For instance, something about the show has to be unpredictable.

Hey – I got moderated for the first time in my life. I’m curious which word did it.

C-Span reran the Menendez(D)/Kean Jr.(R) NJ debate. Kean Jr. strikes me as quite a lightweight. Menendez did quite well, but I will never forgive him and his brother for shotgunning their parents in California.

-GSD

This situation would not be as amusing if it were not for the fact that Limpo acts like such a big dick…

Evil Parallel Universe,

“29 is NOT “sample size.” It also means he probably used ONE of the thirty – unless he got a supply for February in a leap year.”

No, it’s not “sample size” for sure. That’s a grey area that I’m unfamiliar with. That was a prescription. I can’t imagine there are exceptions for “privacy issues”. ROFL!

Cujo – For me, “unpredictable” and “wardrobe malfunction” are synonomous.

I didn’t mean to imply that Billmon was silly, but you knew that. I’m sorry he got burned out, but after hearing what our faboo moderators and hostesses go through, I’m not surprised.

HOw has this thread been tonight, did it attract every erm, enlargement offer on the web??

I mean with so many mentions of the V word, we must be some guy in the dark somewhere with our credit card clutched in our…. well, never mind about our hand…..

ewwww, maybe I should delete?

Nah.

Hayduke says at 8:14 pm – “Maybe he was visibly loaded.”

Cocked and ready?

As for the picture, sometimes a cigar is just a symbolic fill-in for one’s own flaccid member. Puts a whole different spin on his resentment of the Clenis, doesn’t it?

Jawohl.

Evil Parallel Universe @ 8:19 pm (#187) – I’ll bet it was “priapism”. Sure fire clue it’s an ad for a certain drug. Mentioning four-hour boners seems to be OK, though.

To the powers that be – So, which word was it?

193 – obviously he wants to do more than just blow smoke.

Cujo – Noted. Thank you.

The irony of it all is that if he weren’t so concerned about “privacy” (ego?)issues, he could have gone public and made a lot of money off it like Bob Dole…

EPU 167 — that’s the weird thing. One of my best friends is a doctor, she just gives people samples of things and Pfizer is very generous with their wares, I’m guessing Viagra would be no exception. I can see Rush not wanting to stand in line at the Rite Aid while the pharmacist screams out “Viagra ready for Limbaugh!” but why would a doctor hand him a pill bottle with his own name on it? And who would be stupid enough to be on probation and toting someone else’s prescription around? It’s just recklessly odd in a way that only makes sense to addicts.

Isn’t Rush’s show four hours long? Ugh, see a connection…

neurokosis – he still may, good point.

Re: Viagra and Mr. Limbaugh. Consider the body’s dilemma and cast no stones:

If I were a Rush Limbaugh Body Part (I assure you I am not a Rush Limbaugh Body Part), I couldn’t stand up proud without assistance, either.

Jane,

Addicts or modern day Elmer Gantry types.

-GSD

Rush will be starring in a remake of the Matthew McConaughey movie “Ed TV.” Of course it will be renamed “E.D. Radio.”

gap between 17 and 47
gap between 158 and 173
what and why am I missing?

So what does this do to his plea deal. Is violation, yes?

A-yep.

Limbaugh’s attorney, Roy Black, is spinning like mad trying to claim that the drug bottles didn’t have Rush’s name on them “for privacy reasons”. As if the sort of pharmacy that richie-rich boys like Rush would use wouldn’t castrate its employees on the spot if they dared violate a customer’s privacy.

testing, testing, testing. Have I done a bad thing? testing, testing, testing.

I seem to be fading away, like someone’s little soldier.

If I said a naughty, I apologize.

*ilson @ 164. You mean the Apple Dumpling Gang? Busted by Apu and the Gang that Couldn’t Shoot [Talk] Straight….

Apologies to those landing in moderation (and to *ilson who is pulling them out), unfortunately “Viagra” is probably the most common SPAM term there is, with “erectile dysfunction” running a close second.

No it’s not WordPress in open revolt at the thought of Limpbaugh and…(*shudder*)….ugghhhh.

Never hold another man’s rhubarb.

205 – 45 little blue pill comments about a sorry old windbag out of hot air.

I’m changing my name to neuroKosius.

Is RGB around? Asked me a question on the Willy Nelson thread earlier today.

Jane – Absolutely – there is no way it was a sample – samples don’t have anyone’s name on them to begin with, like a prescription does. And the drug companies are really no different than the pusher giving out samples to kids – be it claritan or viagra or whatever.

As dumb as the situation sounds, I often tell my Dad, about his clients, “What makes you think they’re smart?” And since they are usually on trial for some serious white collar crime or another, I am usually proven correct.

Helen Thomas is going to be on the Colber Repor

JWR @ 195.

Horrible visual!

Oh, and Ann Coulter has been really partying too. That look she had on the Today (or whatever show that was) when she slandered the 9/11 widows was the look of someone who just pulled an all nighter, and not an alcohol only all nighter. I bet she gets arrested for something or another very soon too (beside voter fraud), something drug or alcohol related. These are the kind of people that were too big of geeks to party in high school, andwhen you are a late bloomer with that kind of stuff its usually a very bad scene, much worse than if you had gone through it as a teenager.

Can’t stay but …

Zen asked about Melanie Morgan

al-scooter said she was affiliated with Sf hate radio

Angie said she was with MAF (not giving them the pleasure of free advertising by spelling their name)

Read about the mouth breathers

Their office is about two miles from where I sit at this moment … (gag, gag, achhhkk…)

This is a “celebrity doctor” we’re talking about, and a famously arrogant blowhard. He was flying in on a private plane, I’m sure believing he would never be searched. I agree that it’s a stupid move, and I really like the Dominican Republic Angle vis a vis the Right’s opinion of him. But I think Rush just doesn’t think anyone can catch him; I hope the probation department and the judge agreeing to the sweetheart deal will see that this is continued addictive behavior, that the substance doesn’t really matter.

njr @ 8:27 pm (#206) Just a guess. Seriously, you may have a browser problem, or it’s possible you’re running out of either disk space or memory.

A quick look at the prouduct’s labeling shows that bottles of 30 are the smaller trade size. Of course, the physician’s Rx would determine how many tablets the pharmacy would dispense. There was no indication in the labeling about sample sizes, but that’s not unusual.

I would’ve linked, but the url has the product’s name. I’m hoping to spare the mods a little goaltending here.

I imagine that there will be a few reporters from the Enquirer booking flights to the Dominican Republic as we write. We’ll learn about El Limp-Bo’s “depraved sex tour” soon enough.

I smell some more ratings dives for the plump and lonely one. He has always been a chump, but now it is so apparent.

God knows what that headline will be.

-GSD

ET—great timimg. I just finished dinner and was going to check back at that thread.

Hi Jane- I just got back in. I tried to tell everyone that it was spelled V*agra, but you know how that goes…. ;)

neuroKosius – thought you might like that. hehe

Neuro,, changing your name that way constitues indirect feeding of trolls, I think.

Have to go to bed here on the east coast. Have a good Late Nite, seeya tamarah.

john #221:

To be more specific, morning drive on KSFO AM560. She also put together the bus tour for the Cindy Sheehan counter-demonstration in Crawford a year ago.

Liberals. We get Matthew McConahey playing the drums in the nude whilst baked.

Conservatives. They get Rush Limbaugh taking a private jet loaded with boner pills to a nation known for underage sex tourism .

We report, you decide.

-GSD

Will Rush get a urine test? Does a person on probation get to leave the country at will or did he have permission? All rich republicans fly to the islands for banking purposes and pills don’t they?

GSD @ 8:39 pm (#228) – We report, you decide.

I’ve decided I’d rather have bikini models swimming in slimy substances.

g’nite, nurse.

neurophius

I used to quickly change the channel after tweetie just so I wouldn’t have to hear her voice……

Also couldn’t help myself and turned on scarbur country to watch a quick clip of “psycho bitch from hell” Coulter tonite……her makeup….looks like she’s going all out for the dominatrix thing.

oops, that should have been “timing”

… nice with the bold and underlining, RBG. Talented!

The Pfizer reps would come to my private practice office at a med school and offer “sample packs” of the V-drug in addition to the psych meds they were there for.

The proffered V-drug sample packs appeared to be “blister packs” with several individual pills.

(and the only reason I met with drug reps was to obtain samples for our patients who otherwise would have gone without access to treatment)

I can’t imagine any circumstance in which – as a doc – I’d provide a patient with container of medications prescribed for me. When the med is provided in a sample form, why wouldn’t I just give the patient the samples?

Of couse, I’m not a celebrity doc. No thankee…..

TSF—I thought I learned it from you.

Essentially, if Limbaugh hasn’t already been subjected to what is termed as an “observed urinalysis” (a sworn officer watches your hand and your tool interact as you urinate into a container provided to you by the correctional system. It is done in a controlled facility, so as to maintain chain-of-custody of the sample), his probation monitoring is nothing more than a sham.

If he’s been busted at a border crossing with ANY substance not checked off as OK on his supervision agreement, he IS in violation of that agreement, notwithstanding any other problems which may ensue from his faraudulent entry into our country. Hmmmm, fraudulent entry into our country? Wasn’t he just railing about people doing that on his show?

fraudulent entry?

Cujo

With unplanned wardrobe malfunctions?

Hesiod in a comment at Eschaton found this Rush transcript (Google cache, no free hits for Free Republic) from a couple days ago talking about his upcoming trip to the Dominican Republic:

Let’s see, we got a lunch tomorrow after the thing is over, and then a bunch of us are flying to the Dominican Republic tomorrow afternoon, just for some downtime to veg, and we’ll be back on Monday, then back to work on Tuesday. So that’s the scoop.

Who were Limpy’s traveling partners, hmm? Besides his invisible talking penis, I mean.

badick 8:47 p.m.

I once used the term “braying” to describe it here, and received a pretty good response.

Sorry to disappoint — looking at you Teddy ;)

For those interested, here is a picture of me and my girlfriend from Las Vegas, a week after my 21st birthday last November.

neuroKosius @ 8:51 pm (#242) – That’s what pixelation is for, right?

Oh yeah.

Let’s not forget to shove the Coulter “law of liberal infallibility” back down her throat here.

The rightwing is going to go apeshit over how poor Rush is a victim of drug addiction and overzealous prosecutors too.

We can’t attack Rush, he is a sad, drug addicted, bald, thrice divorced, childless, plump, sweaty faced, limp-weenied shell of a human.

Cut him some slack. Ho..ho..ho..lots of slack.

-GSD

and puppethead, that would be spelled pen*s HTH

Here’s the link to the Rush transcript. Either I messed up or the moderator jail ate it.

Kids?

Late Nite is coming, I swear. It just isn’t quite soup yet.

RBG,

I’ll be in Seattle from July 22 through August 6. I’d like to meet up with you on netroots help for Diane Benson’s campaign against Don Young. It is a long shot, but…? At least the progressives up here would learn a lot working with national grassroots organizations within the umbrella of the Democratic Party.

I’ll be speaking with Kris J. Pierce, her campaign manager, tomorrow morning.

Phil Munger
niklake AT mtaonline DOT net

njr @ 209
Just saw your 209…
Using Safari on a Mac running OS 10.4.x by any chance?
If so, clear caches & reload page. If not resolved, close out current page & open new Safari window.

Now we are little goats, TRex???????

neurophius a.k.a. neuroKosius 8:19pm —

…Limpo acts like such a big dick%u2026

Nah, he acts like the dick he wishes he had.

Oh fer crissakes, the link works in preview.

Rush transcript. If this fails google for “limbaugh live dominican” and it should be the first link. I feel it’s important to document my sources, unlike certain right wing “journalists”.

CSpan replaying Dem Policy Commitee Pre-War Intelligence hearing from today… DiFi on now.

AND, EVERYONE, THE REFRESH COMMENTS BUTTON DOES NOT SHOW COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN RELEASED FROM JAIL. YOU HAVE TO RELOAD YOUR BROWSER PAGE TO SEE THEM. BAD WORDPRESS!!!!!! bAd DoG. sIT.

bigjim,

any time you cross a border and are asked to make a written declaration about items you are bringing in, and are then found in an inspection to be at variance with the declaration, you have entered that country in a fraudulent way.

angie @ 8:57 pm (#253) – As long as we’re still rabid and venomous. I’d hate to give up an edge.

Now we are little goats, TRex???????

No, for the last time. You are

VENOM.

SPEWING.

RABID.

LAMBS.

God. Get it STRAIGHT.

Zenn dear – Billmon used to have great comments and we all had a rather wonderful time but he wearied of keeping us in line and didn’t want to accept the offers of help with moderation. He’s a slightly curmudgeonly fellow at times and we overstayed our welcome one of those times. He decided to quit blogging and kicked us all out. We gathered at a friends site and discussed what to do since we did not want to lose the community but it did not go well.

Two sites eventually grew out of that situation (there were some battles in between) – one is the one I helped build – lespeakeasy.org which has very little traffic today but a lot of folks feel a fondness for it and some still use it for conversations outside the bustle of the blogosphere (we had complaints that it was too pretty so folks didn’t want to post and mess it up – grin – I found that folks are not comfortable with a completely community run site and where everyone can be a frontpager which is an interesting lesson)The other is moonofalabama.org which is run by Bernard in Germany and was designed to specifically provide a clone of Billmon’s site with comments on his occasional posts. It still has a solid group of posters and some great content – though Bernard occasionally talks about closing it so I’m not sure of it’s longevity.

And I should say that Speakeasy is an open space and FDL folks who want to start a thread about some OT thing or just have a spot for an extended discussion of something are very welcome to use it. (which means I better go make sure the cobwebs are swept out!)

newtonusr– thanks! I streamed it today and it was damning; will be nice to see it on the big screen.

Trex, you’ve escaped!

(He’ll soon be starring in T-for-Trendsetta, ready for Easter Week 207 release.)

well, you did call us kids in your 260, sir.

al-Scooter? T-for-Trendsetta?

Are you America-hating terrorists???

TRex- hay waz ’soup?

2007 release. Why do my fingers not work?

Bush and Cheney on Olbermann, really losing it over the NY Times reporting on their illegal spying on bank records without a warrant program.

ET—mail will be headed your way shortly.

Matt O – great photo

Matt O.- so, you are finally coming out of the closet with your sense of humor ;) ;)

Matt O. #265:

We’re not the poor, little lambs you’re looking for.

Rush Limbaugh is a drive-by lover.

angie @ 262
Pillar, Ford, Wilkerson – the trifecta of truth?

Eureka Springs — Thanks.

V.G. — Er, I don’t follow. Are you saying I haven’t been funny until now??? =)

From TPM. A nice quote of a Republican house member using the troops in Iraq as nothing more than a political football.

What is the best thing to do for Ameri…I mean the party..hmm..

(Snip)

The Hill, May 3rd, 2006: “The withdrawal of 20,000-40,000 U.S. troops from Iraq this fall would greatly help Republican chances in the November election, Rep. Mark Souder (R-Ind.) said at a fundraiser Thursday at the National Rifle Association. Souder acknowledged in his remarks that the war in Iraq has dampened support for Republican candidates but added that withdrawing 30,000 troops could have a big impact, said Martin Green, Souder’s spokesman.”
– Josh Marshall

-GSD

Hayduke — That. Was. Funny.

Looking at that picture of the Great Bloviator, it occurs to me that Jack Nicholson would have a ball playing the Scourge of Wingnut Radio. We need to fatten Jacko up a bit first though. No problem since Jacko loves his grinds.

The trend is your friend.

neurophius @ 9:04 pm (#268) – The NYTimes reporter who broke the story and some pussbag of a congressman were on The NewsHour this evening. It’s probably tough to tell, but I was only listening intermittently. The congressman was lambasting this NTY reporter, who just said that he thought the press had a duty to oversee the government. I was shouting at the TV during that one.

TRex 9:00 p.m.

But only after we unleash our venom.

TRex- did you not notice that the title of Jane’s post is “incomprehensible demoralization”??????

siun—Annie Robbins was part of our recent WA Roots meeting and remembers you fondly from the original Billmon days. She specifically asked that we send you her best.

Yes, newtonusr– the next panel is pretty amazing too: Barton, Smith and Cirincione.

Matt O. Matt O. — omigod what have I said???? It’s just that your EXTREMELY IMPORTANT and well written and well researched articles at FDL are of a serious nature, and that doesn’t give you a lot of latitude for humor.

angie – Someday Powell is gonna have to weigh in on this shit, and it will be hellish.

Okay, kids. Up it goes. I am going to be correcting for a few minutes on the fly, so if you see a typo, refresh the browser. If it doesn’t go away or a link is broken, tell me in the comments.

THANKS!

V.G. — I shall continue this conversation in the Late Night…

kirk james murphy, m.d.,

Blister Packs are the routine way to hand out samples, “sample size”, 2,4,6 count for doctors to hand out. I used to work for a pharmaceutical manufacturer. BOTTLES though, sheesh, not!!!

I wish Powell would do the honorable thing and come clean now…

He could have stopped this war single-handedly. ;(

FWIW my own theory is that the NYT was set up by the White House. Keller claims that the WH knew that the Times was coming out with the story after three weeks of hashing it around. Now the WH is using the flap to rally the base, and the wingnuts and freepers are frothing at the mouth, just as expected. Rovian? You bet.

What happened to the Late Nite?

it was there a few minutes ago– I got a 0. It’s hilarious, too.

yoo-hoo

OJsuit, that might explain the delayed reaction. They needed to get the talking points out and wait for Monday to really hit it right.

As Freud also said: Sometimes a cigar is not just a cigar.

Sample drug medications have several uses. Drug companies give them out to physicians as freebies as a way of marketing their products. They can be used as an inexpensive way for the patient and physician to see if the drug is useful and well tolerated by the patient. They can be used to help indigent patients. They can also be used to start a patient on a drug “for free” but which is more expensive than other available and possibly generic alternatives (the hook).

Limbaugh didn’t need samples for financial reasons nor would he need so many if he just wanted to try out the drug if it were indeed V*agra. He wouldn’t need 30 to get some idea if it was the drug for him. Also as Limbaugh is a drug offender on probation, a physician whose brain was still operating would be careful about what drugs to give him, how many, and how they were dispensed. Nor would said physician prescribe under a false name. This is at the least extremely sloppy and could well violate the conditions of his plea agreement.

Late nite linky no worky.

Fat Rush winky no worky.

LOL @ Urban Pirate.

When the Supremes had spoken in 2000, we all thought, “Well, at least Powell will be there to keep this ride on the rails.”
I feel like such a dope…

angie,

“for Brutus is an honorable man”. Shakespeare knew his snark. I agree with your thought about coming clean. That one particularly hurts, Colin Powell I mean. Don’t know why though as Calley’s My Lai trail should tell all one needs to know of Powell. Those strings go way back. Still maddening.

V.G., sent ya somthin over e-mail.

Cozumel at 9:15 pm – My physical therapy doc handed me a plastic bottle of Lyrica, 30 caps, for nerve pain, and it’s clearly labeled as a professional sample – Not for sale. (I never took ‘em, but just wanted to mention that.)

angie,290″ “He [Powell] could have stopped this war single-handedly. ;(

No effing way.

The blame lies on Congress and Big Media, and ultimately, us folks who didn’t do enough to get Gore elected.

Can’t use Powell as a scapegoat, culpable as we was.

I don’t know. I saw it too. Maybe TRex went back to change “comtempt” to “contempt”.

orangejumpsuit 9:19 p.m.

On some kind of level that seems in the same league the White House orchestrating the “cut and run” opposition in the Senate to the Iraq timetable amendment, all the while making plans to unveil their own cut and run troop reduction plan. Let’s see, lying and hypocrisy, does that about cover it?

Hi Cozumel -

They sure weren’t handing out the V-drug by the bottle!

Blister packs were the routine sample distribution method.

My practice may have been atypical (I was a consulting shrink with large medical teams treating patients who often had no drug coverage for the most appropriate psych meds), but some sample meds were provided in bottles containing 30 (or more) pills….

I’m trying to imagine the appropriate use of 30 dose samples of V*agra. Indigent porn stars? Shy male strippers lacking health insurance?

Enquiring minds may want to know…but stomachs may rather not….

Coriolanus!!!!!!! Yea!!!!! I was just last night wondering (to myself, not on the blog) where you were. Well, I know where you are…. I was just wondering if you were having costume problems or something. ;))))

It’s back, and V.G., our last conversation is continued at #5.

Ed*ard Teller at 258,

Sorry I was too dry with my play on your words. I should have asked, “Does using V*gra constitute ‘Fraudulent Entry’?”

orangejumpsuit @ 301
If Powell threatens to leave and flip, and do it very early, he could have put a serious crimp in their plans. Once time had passed, though…

I agree OJS — plenty of culpability to go around. I do think that if Powell had resigned in protest, he would have created bedlam with Congress and the media. I still think his speaking out would have stopped the train from hurtling off the cliff.

Ooops: Can’t use Powell as a scapegoat, culpable as HE was.

Just playing ketchup

Jane, as a long time resident of Indiana and someone who goes through the city all the time on my way to Indy, I have to admit I felt a twinge of sorrow for you when I saw the words, in, “I am in Terre Haute” I’m glad its behind you now. BTW – that’s where the orphaned kids on that show with Brian Keith many years ago were supposed to be from, but during the whole of the show they called it Terrie Hut IIRC.

Kirk – wherever you are, picoconsequential – I love it.

Agree to 307, 308. Plenty of blame to go around, and yes, Powell could have changed the timeframe, but Bush had a super-weapon in his hands … the terrorism scare.

OJS – Freudian we

312, touche!

Jesus! CSpan is rocking tonight!
And Freedom Fry Walter Jones looks like he’s ready for a breakdown.
Tomorrow the Swiftboating of White, Pillar, Wilkerson, Ford, and Jones begins… if anyone’s paying attention!

JWR,

“My physical therapy doc handed me a plastic bottle of Lyrica, 30 caps, for nerve pain, and it’s clearly labeled as a professional sample – Not for sale. (I never took ‘em, but just wanted to mention that.)”

That’s certainly a new one from my experience. Drug companies send out up to 50% of their production via samples to doctors but I’ve never heard that before!? Maybe a “hard sell” to your particular Doc ($!?), who knows.

Lyrica is a neurontin like drug which can take a week before it achieves its effect and is not to be stopped “cold turkey”. If the indication was a twice a day drug, you had about a two week supply, just enough to need more. I think you dodged a bullet on that one, JWR.

Cozumel – No idea why he had such a thing, but it’s a squat plastic bottle, 30 ct. Go figure. But 50% of production out in samples?! No wonder we pay so much for the stuff.

Late to the party, but may I add that someone on probation and under supervision for drug abuse should be taking care to have his prescription drugs in order. Hard to imagine otherwise. Samples would not have a physician’s name on the bottle.

However, Rush (and Karl) are not mere mortals. If they were, we wouldn’t be so desperate to see them jailed.

Cozumel – One last point. The drug in question is supposed to be taken over a short period of time, much like some of those mood elevator drugs, in order to build up to whatever benefit they may provide, so sample size would go up accordingly.

V*agra, OTOH, well, how far “up” does one need to go?

I think a full expose of the Dominon Republic’s reputation for ‘fun and games’ needs to be front page news. Why did he go there? And return with ‘extra’ pills? did he take them there? Did he get them there?

I want to know more about DR.

Hugh at 9:45 pm – I read up on it before even thinking about trying it. Not the sort of drug I wanted swimming around in my system.

Jeralyn’s opinion (TalkLeft) seems to be about the same as mine. Of course, it counts considerably more when she says this because she actually knows what she’s talking about:

What will happen to him? The matter has been referred to prosecutors. Possessing drugs without a proper prescription can be a class two misdemeanor. It could revoke his deal.
…
Any violation of the law could result in a revocation of his deal, which would mean he’d have to stand trial on the doctor shopping charge. The decision will be up to prosecutors.

My prediction: He’ll skate, since viagra is not a psychotropic substance. And because Roy Black is a great lawyer.

http://talkleft.com/new_archives/015177.html

Cujo359 at 10:17 pm – Yeah, but Jeralyn also said that T.O. was full of it and that Rove would walk.. Oh wait.

Mary 311 -

Thanks! You wield a mean keyboard, and your incisive words are the proof.

(I’m in SF – where I and hundreds of thousands of progressives are not represented by our congresscritter Dear Leader Pelosi.

Where’bouts are you? Is your congresscritter a verebrate? If so – what’s that like?)

kirk murphy @ 324
You might be lucky with Pelosi. I live on the Peninsula, and we got Lantos!

#25 Rush with a 4 hour boner…yuck!

newtonusr 326 -

ewwww!

(and condolences)

but thanks for adjusting my frame of reference…the Dear Leader nancy could be worse

Greasy slimy fat impotent fascist junky. What more could the ladies want?

kirk murphy @ 327
She does bring home the bacon, though. Wait – did I just insult poor Nanceeeee?
She should have the Murtha burned in her mind!

So, out of curiosity, I put “dominican republic” sex into Google…

The news story said that there were two doctors’ names on the bottle. Since a prescription only needs one doctor’s signature to be valid, I took this to mean that there was one doctor listed as the prescribing physician, and another doctor was listed as the patient for whom the medication was prescribed. I can well imagine a scenario where Limbaugh’s physician had the prescription filled in a colleague’s name, had the prescription filled, and then handed the prescription bottle to Limbaugh.

Bad, bad idea. Even if this was a legitimate prescription for someone else (the presumed colleague), transferring a prescription to someone else is definitely not kosher.

Willow @ 332

Bad, bad idea.

Lie down with dogs… Lose your license? Are these docs in any real legal jeopardy? ’cause if they are, the Facist Fuck can’t escape, either.

P*nis on loan from Pfizer.

Boner on loan from Pfizer.

I re-read the article and it said the bottle was “labeled as being issued to the physician rather than Mr. Limbaugh”. So perhaps the “two names” on the bottle were the same name physician’s name, one as the prescribing physician and one as the patient. It’s hard to tell because the story is internally inconsistent.

Also, it occurred to me that there could have been a mistake in that the person filling the prescription typed in the same name for “patient” and “prescribing physician”. But that seems unlikely.

Yes, the prescribing doctor would be in real trouble with the state medical board if indeed he wrote a prescription to himself or another doctor and gave it to Limbaugh. It wouldn’t surprise me if he were to offer a defense along the lines of “I absentmindedly wrote a prescription to myself instead of the patient.” If the medical board were to find that he did this deliberately and not by accident, I don’t know if they would revoke his license (this is usually reserved for really egregiously bad stuff like sexual abuse of patients or prescription narcotic abuse), but it could mean temporary suspension of his license or some other censure.

The medical board’s actions are separate from any legal action the state may take. I think it’s unlikely the state will pursue criminal charges against this doctor, unless they had evidence that he did this repeatedly, or there were other abuses of his prescriptive authority.

But this is all speculation on my part, obviously.

hehehe….

..maybe if ol gimmie that “Rush”, all else be damned…..had eaten well and excercised he wouldn’t be earning his nickname.(pills..ouch..to uhh funct-tion)…is it me or did the msm volley’s really stir some shit in greater blogtopia?

Rush can’t get it up?
June 27, 2006 05:09 AM / FUBAR

http://www.capitolhillblue.com…..it_up.html

Didn’t Bush go the UN and inveigh against sex tourism? Nobody goes to the DR in June, except to consort with the whores.

I remember when Rush was spinng the phone data mining story: “It’s just phone numbers and connections people, no names”.

And I’m sure that “just phone numbers” would not be of any use to investigators looking at, oh, something like DOCTOR SHOPPING.

What I’m wondering is, if he got off a private plane, why didn’t Customs give THAT a going over.

I’m thinking that the Dominican Republic is a great place to score…pharmaceuticals, without having to go through the hassle and now-risky business of doktor-shopping. :o)

“What’s the frequency, RushBo?”

Once a week without; 3 times a day, with.