He's somewhat right; it ruined his hearing and almost destroyed his career. Good thing he got help. Sounds like he's talking about illegal drugs not prescription. But you're right it does make him kind of a hypocrite. That was 11 years ago and illegal drugs, his addiction was a year or two ago with regulated drugs. If he says that now about prescription drug users than he's definitely a hypocrite.
On 6/16/06, Howie Hamlin wrote: > Limbaugh quotes - sounds like a good Friday afternoon exercise. > > ############################################# > > 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. > > ....We are becoming too tolerant as a society, folks, especially of crime, in > too many parts of the country.... This country certainly appears to be > tolerant, forgive and forget. I mean, you know as well as I do, you go out > and commit the worst murder in the world and you just say you're sorry, > people go, "Oh, OK. A little contrition."... People say, "I feel better. He > said he's sorry for it." We're becoming too tolerant, folks. > > --Rush Limbaugh TV show (10/5/95) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:209660 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
