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Originally posted by Astrocloud
I'm not "the Left" -repeat ad nauseum.
For your query on the government seizing medical records... Try a google search
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...ords+-limbaugh
You make too many assumptions about the positions of "the Left" and the anti-Rush people in general. You state that they are "willing to comprise the principles they claim to hold so dear" -yet Lurkette (who started this thread) is supporting his defense precisely on principle. Do you even know who your arguing against?
I assert that drug laws in this country have been controlled by right wing interests for years. The left wing has espoused treatment and the right has pushed for harder time and mandatory sentences. Now it seems like a hero for the right is going to be locked away in prison... Am I supporting this? Yes and no.
If Rush Limbaugh supporters genuinely believe in the values that he disseminates. Values like
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v03/n1594/a01.html?178
-Then perhaps this is a chance for them (his supporters) to reconsider their own priorities. Should drug offenders be given more time than murderers? The laws in this country say yes...
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Did I say you were "left" NO, ad nauseum. You are decidedly anti-Rush so you fall into the so named category. By your posts, it's clear that you are most certainly more liberal than center, so why is it you take offense at the term liberal?
Did I group lurkette in there? Nope. Where are the groups who are against mandatory minimums for drug possession? How about those who advocate treatment versus punishment? If they were SO committed to it, why aren't they speaking about Rush's case? I have yet to hear a single
As far as your google search, they are not appropriate to this case in relation to charges against Limbaugh. Perhaps they are appropriate if the target of the investigation is the prescriber but not in the case of use by Limbaugh.