Or maybe it's just a sleazy attempt by the left wing media to silence a voice for truth.....
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posted on November 20, 2003 08:48:27 PM new
As I understand it, money laundering is any machination in which funds are diverted and thereby hidden so as to disguise their source. I think the allegation is that by repeatedly withdrawing just under the legal amount required for IRS reports, Rush helped his drug suppliers conceal income. How they can prove where the cash went is beyond me though. It was his money, I don't know why he should have to say what he spent it on. I just think it's fun watching this hypocrite squirm under the public magnifying glass after his ridiculous rants about "zero tolerance" for druggies..great fun, at a pompous blowhard's expense...
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posted on November 21, 2003 06:29:47 AM new
He may need another loan from God in the form of dollars rather than talent to dig himself out of this hole.
Rush's lawyer, Roy Black, who is known among drug dealers as "Black Magic" said "He will tell the story, and he will tell it himself. Everybody will see what has really gone on here." I wonder if he will tell his story before or after the terminator tells his tawdry tale about how he gropes women.
posted on November 21, 2003 05:29:45 PM new
Twelve, how many first-offense drug users that are normally upstanding citizens have you heard of that got jail time? Especially one who voluntarily went into and finished rehab? It may or may not have been completely his own decision, we'll never know, but it appeared to be his choice. I think he's handled the situation as well as possible considering the circumstances.
The money laundering thing has a LOT more chance of having legal consequences.
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posted on November 22, 2003 12:29:23 AM new
There are alot of first time drug offenders that are sentenced to 10 years under the Fed's mandatory sentencing guidelines.
I make no distinction between the millionaire drug abuser and the $5 crack addict. While I beleive that both should recieve medical treatment rather than jail, if the crackheads do time, so should Limbaugh.
But I have a feeling that Limbaugh is an addict like Robert Downy Jr.. We haven't heard the last of his problem.
posted on November 22, 2003 05:16:30 AM new
The Feds like a Calvinist preacher would have you think that two days after taking an experimental puff of a gateway reefer everyone is laying in the gutter covered with vomit and so vile even their dog won't acknowledge them.
Truth is I have worked with all sorts of people who use drugs and hold down a job - sometimes very successfully - and take care of their family and obligations just fine. Some people even have a body chemistry that precludes addiction to opiates just as some are immune to nicotine addiction. And street drug dealer will tell you that they have 'skippers' or other slang for people who can buy heroin or other drugs and them skip a month without withdrawl before having some spare cash and buying again. Drug experts are well aware of all this but can't say it because it doesn't fit the party line of the war on drugs.
posted on November 22, 2003 12:28:00 PM new"The Feds like a Calvinist preacher would have you think that two days after taking an experimental puff of a gateway reefer everyone is laying in the gutter covered with vomit and so vile even their dog won't acknowledge them."
LMHO!!
I've yet to meet a person that isn't on some kind of drug. Do you know any?
posted on November 22, 2003 12:49:05 PM new
Here's a story (a bit off topic), but one that might be of benefit to overweight people...
Reefer Sanity The brain's cannabinoid receptor is the target of a rush (ha!) to develop new drugs.
By Meredith Wadman
If you're among those of us who did inhale, you'll recall one of the weed's enjoyable side effects: intense attacks of the munchies that sent you scurrying for baked beans and Moon Pies faster than Pooh after honey. So you may appreciate this tasty irony: Drug companies are racing to develop pills that plug into the same brain-signaling system that once had boomers flying high—this time to help them lose weight.
Experimental drugs that block the brain receptor activated by marijuana—called the cannabinoid receptor—are showing clear promise in fighting obesity. And that's not the only vice that may soon be treatable with this new breed of mind medicine. Predilections for Marlboros and martinis are also targets of a new drug now in human trials and nearing the clinic, with imitators hot on its tail.
posted on November 22, 2003 02:23:38 PM newI've yet to meet a person that isn't on some kind of drug. Do you know any?
Medicinal or recreational use?
I take Lipitor for cholesterol, but that's it other than an occasional aspirin for a headache.
Recreational? Not me. I don't drink, smoke (cigarettes, marijuana or anything else), or take drugs for the fun of it. Lots of people are with me in this.
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posted on November 22, 2003 05:35:50 PM new
I meant ANY drug, bunni - even caffeine. Many people are dependent on certain chemicals without even thinking they're drugs. Then there are others that think if they're taking a prescribed medicine, it's somehow better for you than street drugs, so you can allude the "doper" handle.
posted on November 22, 2003 07:54:46 PM new
Kraftdinner said:
"Then there are others that think if they're taking a prescribed medicine, it's somehow better for you than street drugs, so you can allude the "doper" handle."
Excuse me? I take prescription medicine for Blood Pressure, and you are equating me with a drug addict?
I've never had a problem with your posts before, but now I have to believe that you either worded that statement very poorly or that are in fact an idiot.
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posted on November 22, 2003 08:00:09 PM new
Apples and oranges, KD Censorship, like charity, should begin at home; but unlike charity, it should end there --Clare Booth Luce
posted on November 23, 2003 07:53:56 AM new
KD is a pot smoker... enough said... she doesn't have rational thoughts on this subject... let her ramble after all she is in the Socialist Union of Canada...
posted on November 23, 2003 01:09:48 PM new
Oh brother!
Regardless of what a drug does to you, a drug is still a drug, whether it be caffeine or nose drops. I was referring to drugs being part of our society and people thinking factory produced drugs (such as the ones Rush was/is on), aren't really drugs, like street drugs are, so they're not really dopers, like the street people.
People on these "factory made" drugs, such as Rush, talk about how bad drugs are because they don't think they are on drugs... just like a person taking heart medication, etc., doesn't think they are on drugs either.
