July 7, 2005 by s.z.

Swank o' The Day Okay, I wasted so much time looking up drug information in order to help convict Rush that I needed something easy to finish up with.  So, I was glad to see that Pastor Swank has returned from vacation, and is back to writing columns like the following WHAT ETERNAL GOOD DOES TOM CRUISE DO BY MARKETING SCIENTOLOGY?: And what eternal good does Mickey Rooney do marketing crappy insurance policies to vulnerable old people?  I hope the Pastor will write about this someday.  Scientology is amoral. But there is no such entity as "amoral." It is moral or immoral. When something is referred to as amoral it is immoral. There is no middle ground between righteousness and unrighteousness. All is either smiled upon by heaven or urged on by hell. The only entities that may be regarded as "amoral" are inanimate objects such tables and chairs. But when something is referred to as amoral, it is immoral -- so it's pretty clear that tables and chairs are going to hell.  Satan takes all praise and glory from Redeemer Christ for all honor and esteem granted Hubbard and his wild spheres of inner ascendancy. Um, right.  Everyone knows that. Cruise, like many other famous individuals, particularly actors, furthers the cult of Scientology as Satan uses this means by which to direct eternal souls away from Christ to Hubbard. So, Hubbard actually gets the souls, and Cruise is working for Satan, and Satan is really working for Hubbard.  I suspected as much. The pastor also takes on Madonna and her non-approved cult in KABBALAH: ANOTHER DETOUR AWAY FROM CHRIST Further, Kabbalah is gibberish ad infinitum. And if anyone would know about gibberish ... To the biblical Christian, it’s not so much mystical as messy thought arrangements enticing those who glee at moving into the secret caverns of the elect. See what I mean? For those not so enticed, it can become a complex pattern that breaks brain cells in quarters. Or dimes, if your brain cells weren't that valuable to start with. When reading information regarding this cult, the brain boggles at the verbiage going nowhere and everywhere. I know just what the pastor means. What then is evil? It’s the negation of good. Who defines good? Good question. Enter the devil’s nightmare par excellence via Kabbalah as predictable when a soul strays away from the biblical truth. So, the devil is behind Kabbalah too.  In fact, everything that isn't in the Bible is of the devil -- including computers, tables, chairs, and Republicans. And it wouldn't be fair to learn about Scientology and Satan, and Kabbalah and the devil, without talking about Islam and Beelzebub.  So, here's part of MUSLIM GLOBAL MURDERERS WON'T SURRENDER TILL ALLAH SAYS SO Muslim global murderers won’t stop killing in New Iraq or anywhere until Allah resends his killing dictates. Resends.  Rescinds.  Is there really any real difference between them when you're talking about Muslim global murderers? That means the deity of Islam must rewrite the Koran via Mohammed or his clone. I think that the Battle of Armageddon will be a wrestling match between  the clone of Mohammed and Jesus II (this time, it's apocalyptic!) This is not just any political war going on in Iraq. This is not just another fight. This is a religious matter. And the religion we are dealing with is straight from the corridors of hell. Allah is Beelzebub. Okay, since Beelzebub is a merely a prince of demons who ranks beneath Satan, and Satan is apparently a flunky of L. Ron Hubbard, I guess this means that the ultimate boss of the Muslims is Hubbard.  So, why not clone him and have him resend the Koran, this time as Dianetics? Islam is the only hate religion on the planet. All other religions exist for other than killing off those who disagree with the tenets of that religion. You know, the Muslims with whom I've discussed Islam told me that the five pillars of their religion were faith, prayer, charity, fasting, and pilgrimage.  But I guess they didn't know as much as about it as Pastor Swank.  Islam therefore is to be reckoned with on the long term basis. And many lives will be lost in the process. Consequently, US President George W. Bush cannot give a time exit for US-led Coalition. And while he can give a space exit, he doesn't want to. In his heart he knows the international militia will be there for quite a long, long time. And many will be lost to the bullet and the bomb. And in his heart, he knows that none of them will be anybody he actually knows, so he's not as concerned about this as somebody else might be. Finally, we no longer hear Mr. Bush and other freedom-based leaders speak of Islam as a "peace religion." Mr. Bush now refers to Islam as an "ideology that teaches hate." Um, I just Googled that phrase, and I can't see any references to Bush saying anything like that (except references to Pastor Swank's claims, that is).  So, I think that either the Pastor is confusing Mr. Bush with somebody else (could it be ... SATAN?), or else the Pastor brain cells were broken into quarters by trying to understand Kabbalah. 7:17:20 AM

Rush Limbaugh, Alleged Drug Criminal ... The REST of the Story Matt Drudge directs us to this press release issued by the druggie's lawyer: Judge Returns the Majority of Rush Limbaugh's Medical Records to His Attorney MIAMI, FL - July 6, 2005 -- Roy Black, Rush Limbaugh's attorney, issued the following statement regarding the release today of some of Rush Limbaugh's medical records to investigators and the return of most of the records to Mr. Limbaugh. I am confident that the State Attorney will find nothing in these records to support a charge of doctor shopping, because there was no doctor shopping. The records show that Mr. Limbaugh received legitimate medical treatment for legitimate medical reasons. But the judge still passed a good chunk of the records to the prosecutors, apparently just for fun. The prescription records that are in the search warrant affidavits should be put in perspective. Of the 2,130 pills prescribed, only 1,863 were painkillers, and of those only 1,733 were for hydrocodone. Well, I'm no lawyer, but I can do basic math -- and looking over the affidavit at The Smoking Gun, I count a total of 1823 hydrocodone pills listed on the search warrant:  90 of OxyContin,  1445 of Norco,  100 of  Lorcet, and 188 of Hydrocodone/APA.  (I guess Roy isn't counting the OxyContin as hydrocodone, but OxyContin is, as Rush could have told him, a trade name for oxycodone hydrochloride in a controlled-release format.)  These were to be taken over a period of 217 days, from the date of the first prescription until 30 days from the date of the last prescription. The dose averages out to a little over eight pills a day, which is not excessive and is in fact a lawful dose. Well, eight pills a day is exessive in the strengths these opiates were being prescribed for Rush.  For instance, Rush was taking Norco in the 10/325 table (10 mg hydrocodone and 325 mg of acetaminophen).  The average adult dosage at that strength is one tablet every 4-6 hours, not to exceed 6 tablets a day.  When Rush was only getting Norco from Dr. Deziel, his main supplier, it seems that the prescription was for 6 tablets a day. And the literature for Lorcet says that one shouldn't exceed five tablets a day at the 10/650 strength that Rush was prescribed for his ear pain.  I think it's telling that you are warned to never take more than 4000 mg of acetaminophen a day, for fear of damaging your kidneys liver (thanks, Dr. Dancinfool).  Eight tablets at 10/650 would give you 5200 mgs of acetaminophen a day.  It seems safe to say, based on the the way that it was prescribed by the individual doctors, that Rush should have only been taking about 4 tablets of Lorcet per day. (And it also seems safe to say that Dr. Murray and Dr. De La Cruz didn't know that Rush was also taking Norco when they prescribed the Lorcet).  In the month of June 2003, when he received prescriptions for various hydrocodone products from three different doctors, it appears that Rush was taking about 15 of these pills a day (for a total of about 150 mgs of hydrocodone, and about 7300 mgs of acetaminophen).  I really, really doubt that this is considered a therapeutic dose. Ninety-two percent of the pain medication was prescribed by two doctors who were treating Mr. Limbaugh for back pain. They work in the same office from the same medical file, and there could be no doctor shopping between them. Yes, the majority of the hydrocodone was prescribed by Drs. Drourr and Deziel (Deziel was a regular Dr. Feelgood).  But the key legal point is whether or not Drs. Murray and De La Cruz knew that Rush was already taking more than the maximum recommended dosage of Norco when they prescribed the Lorcet and Hydrocodone.  It looks to me like each of the ear docs thought they were treating Rush's pain, not knowing that Rush was getting doped to the gills from the stuff that Dr. Deziel was giving him for his back pain (pain which he later managed with anti-imflamatory drugs).  And despite what Roy seems to be claiming, you don't need 60 mgs of hydrocodone to treat your sore ear, and another 80 or so to treat your sore back. One of these doctors also prescribed 117 pills of a drug used to treat high blood pressure or to help wean patients off of painkillers. That was Dr. Deziel, who really should have known that Rush needed to be weaned off of painkillers, although I'd be willing to bet that the Clonidine was actually prescribed to treat Rush's high blood pressure.  Which brings up an interesting point: the usual adult dosage is two .01 mg pills a day.  Rush was prescribed the .01 pills.  The affidiavit shows that he got 21 pills on 6/16, 30 on 6/27, and 30 on 7/14 -- this indicates he was taking two a day.  But then he didn't get any more until 9/15 -- and he should have gotten refills near the end of August.  So, either his blood pressure suddenly improved for a couple of months, or his doctor gave up on helping to wean him off painkillers during the summer of 2003 ... or HE WAS GETTING PRESCRIPTIONS FROM ANOTHER PHARMACY (which is what the affidavit seems to hint at).  So, Rush may be an even bigger doctor-shopper (and addict) than the records so far indicate. The other two doctors are the California surgeon who implanted the cochlear implant to restore Mr. Limbaugh's hearing and a Florida doctor he was seeing for follow up on the surgery. Of the 180 pills prescribed by the surgeon, 100 were vitamin pills. And 40 were for Lorcet 10/650, and 40 were for Hydrocodone.  Again, the only question is: did Dr. De La Cruz know about the other opiates Rush was getting from the back doctors? Of the 110 pills prescribed by the fourth doctor, 50 were non-painkillers prescribed for tinnitus, ringing in the ears. Yes, 50 were for Xanax (which I imagine he wouldn't have prescribed if he had known that Rush was taking all the Oxycontin and Norco, because there can be dangerous interactions between sedatives and opiates).  And 60 were for Lorcet.   Roy, once again the legal point is whether Dr. Murray knew that Rush had gotten over 300 Norcets from Dr. Deziel during that same period.  I notice that you didn't say anything about that. The bottom line is that these prescription records might tell a story, but it is not a story of doctor shopping. Then I guess it's good that the prosecution now has the medical records, and so doesn't have to rely on just the filled prescriptions.  (But the prescriptions seem to tell me a pretty interesting story about doctor shopping, so I guess it's one of those tales where each reader may see it differently, especially if one of those readers is getting paid big bucks by the main character.) We continue to believe that Mr. Limbaugh is being pursued by overzealous prosecutors and that he should not be charged with any crime. We also continue to believe that the search warrants were issued based on faulty and misleading statements from investigators and that the search was improper under both state and federal law. If necessary, we will renew our motion to suppress all of the records at a later date. Rush is certainly getting his money's worth from Roy, even though I imagine this defense is setting him back at least as much as alimony for a fifth wife would.  However, whether or not Rush is being pursued by overzealous prosecutor, and whether or not the search was improper, it seems pretty clear that Rush is guilty of the crime of doctor shopping.  And I know that a good conservative like Mr. Limbaugh wouldn't expect to get off just because he can afford a top-notch lawyer. 4:47:52 AM