Limbaugh dissed by Irsay on Rams deal.

[rambone]

"I had learned not to care," he wrote. "I blew a few smoke rings, remembering those years. Pot had helped, and booze; maybe a little blow when you could afford it. Not smack, though."

-Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

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[Bigum1969]

Agreed...if it's good enough for one drug addict...it should be good enough for another.

It's the American way!

 

[elaw555]

Explain what this means:"I, myself, couldn't even consider voting for him," Irsay said at an owners meetings. "When there are comments that have been made that are inappropriate, incendiary and insensitive ... our words do damage, and it's something that we don't need."
Like I said, I'm not a big Rush fan, but it sounds like the forces of political correctness at work here.

Of course it is, but Irsay is thinking about his multi-million dollar business that relies heavily on the liberal elite that buys his overpriced tickets and pays millions to watch the game in an air conditioned box separated from the dirty peons around them. He knows having an owner like Rush would cause a portion of that liberal elite that invests heavily in the NFL to cease buying tickets, suites, etc. You call it being a liberal elite (which he probably is anyways) but I call it running a successful business.

If you owned a rolls royce dealership I imagine you would keep your politics to yourself and tell your employees to do the same because you don't want to jeopardize a six figure sale because your salesman let it slip to a wussified liberal that he is a raging conservative. That doesn't make you a liberal, just a good businessman.

 

[CarmelHP]

The NFL, as most professional sports, is a private business undertaking,...

Used to be, now they're taxpayer subsidized. They want to play with their toys, let them build and pay for their own stadiums to do it in.

 

[Boilers]

Nothing Irsay has ever said makes me think he has a brain.
Rush says stuff in ten minutes that proves he does.
And like everyone, both of those guys are human, and have their own mistakes/baggage. We all do. Glass houses you know?

 

[groovatron]

Limbaugh is a douche bag royale. He is out of touch with the real world, but I suppose if I made $39 million to set behind a desk and cock off all day about the democrats, I would probably do it too. He is also a degenerate drug addict. He might be on the road to recovery right now, but let it be a congressman or senator that this happens to and let's see where it goes. As far as the NFL, if he has the money he should be allowed to purchase the Rams. Don't think the league will allow it though.

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I agree....total douche, but you can't blame him for being rich....that being said, owning an NFL team, or any other major sportsteam is not just about the money. It's about being accepted into their private little club. I think Limbaugh has already achieved his goal here...more attention. He wouldn't fit in as an owner, political views aside. He is just too obnoxious and draws too much attention to himself. He would find a way to tie his ownership into his raging political agenda. I just don't think that the rest of the "club" is down with that.

 

[38special]

Wow. You folks are harsh.

I hope I never need to have back surgery and then get addicted to the pain drugs.

Yeah, I speak out against drugs now. But God forbid somebody make a mistake.

 

[rambone]

Wow. You folks are harsh.

I hope I never need to have back surgery and then get addicted to the pain drugs.

Yeah, I speak out against drugs now. But God forbid somebody make a mistake.

They are just repeating what Keith Olbermann says. Right guys?

 

[ddenny5]

Limbaugh is a douche bag royale. He is out of touch with the real world, but I suppose if I made $39 million to set behind a desk and cock off all day about the democrats, I would probably do it too. He is also a degenerate drug addict. He might be on the road to recovery right now, but let it be a congressman or senator that this happens to and let's see where it goes. As far as the NFL, if he has the money he should be allowed to purchase the Rams. Don't think the league will allow it though.

First of all I like Rush Limbaugh. If it was not for him you would not have any guns right now. He stood up to the Clintons and led the way for the republicans to take congress in 1994. Because of that, the assult weapons ban expired and we can now have hi cap mags. You stated that he is a "degenerate drug addict." He had a severe back injury and was addicted to perscription pain medication. His doctor shares some of the blame. When you are in pain you will do anything to make it go away. I also have hurt my back and had to take pain meds to relieve the pain. Let me tell you something; the pain is not fun. So get your facts straight be for you start name calling.

 

[public servant]

They are just repeating what Keith Olbermann says. Right guys?

Nope...just quoting Limbaugh himself...

"Drug use, some might say, is destroying this country. And we have laws against selling drugs, pushing drugs, using drugs, importing drugs. ... 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," Limbaugh said on his short-lived television show on Oct. 5, 1995.

That's one of few intelligent things I've heard him say. I guess it was just a smoke screen for his own addiction.

His doctor shares some of the blame. When you are in pain you will do anything to make it go away. I also have hurt my back and had to take pain meds to relieve the pain. Let me tell you something; the pain is not fun. So get your facts straight be for you start name calling.

Personal responsibility. Stop making excuses for drug addicts. That's why they are the way they are. Someone is always quick to say..."It's not their fault". Wow...I almost worked up a tear there...then I realized I just poked myself in the eye.

A person has an addiction...fine. It happens. Get the help you need and move on. But don't blame others and be two-faced about it. Accept responsibility for your own actions. And certainly don't jump from doctor to doctor because one cuts you off...or wait until you're busted to come clean about it.

You'll excuse me if I don't prop him up on a pedestal as you do. I don't need a hypocrite to take up my cause.

I find it funny that people come to his defense...but slam BHO for his admitted drug use from his book. It's just one more reason he's a scumbag. Would you be defending the founders of the Huffington Post or say Nancy Pelosi...or any other outspoken Democrat? I doubt it. I don't like any of them. I know I wouldn't be. They may well all be dopers. I just don't care enough to do the research.

 

[rambone]

I find it funny that people come to his defense...but slam BHO for his admitted drug use from his book. It's just one more reason he's a scumbag.

I just quoted BHO since he too has battled with addiction, and its important to see that both of these men have overcome, addmitted their problem, moved on, and been successful.

Calling Rush Limbaugh or Barack Obama a "degenerate drug addict" carries the same weight at this point. Simply a smear tactic. Carrrying signs calling BHO a degenerate drug addict would just get you some weird looks. Same applies here.

The majority of his message is for smaller government, free-markets, and exposing socialism for what it is.

 

[ArmedProgrammer]

The drug use question ignores the reason that NFL club doesn't want him... they simply don't want anything that attracts negative fire. If we're throwing stones about drug use/abuse , then Bret Favre would be out too... Just being even handed here... I suspect that many have forgotten that he got hooked on pain killers too...

As an ex-Californian from Sacramento - I've know of Rush for a very long time - long before he came to prominence nationally. He says a lot of politically incorrect stuff. This was even more true before he became known nationally.

The NFL guys are simply trying not to make waves - things that stick up get hammered down... especially in the Age of Obama and Rahm and Co. They can score points by not allowing Rush into the club. And they would lose points, and draw fire by including him. They are protecting their interests. Period. I submit that it really is that simple...

As for drug use/abuse... I can honestly say that I live a very boring life and have neither smoked, drank, used drugs, etc. in my entire life. Do I think that makes me better than anyone else? &^*&^*&^ No! Not in the least! I don't have a problem with BHO, Rush, Clinton or anyone else over drug use. I do have a problem with people over their stated beliefs and actions. THAT's the nature of my disagreement with BHO - not the color of his skin, not what he may have smoked - but the nature of what he's doing in office! Ditto Pelosi, Harry Reid, et al...

From all indications, Irsay does run a class organization with the Colts. Good for that. In general, it would be wise to keep his mouth shut, and just vote it up or down as is his right as an NFL owner.

Remember that the rest of the NFL owners aren't anybody to write home about either.... Carmine Policy - errr... mob connections and the old 49er's regime?, Al Davis??, Jerry Jones?? yeesh they are all a bunch of class acts, right?

 

[10ring]

Personal responsibility. Stop making excuses for drug addicts. That's why they are the way they are. Someone is always quick to say..."It's not their fault". Wow...I almost worked up a tear there...then I realized I just poked myself in the eye.

A person has an addiction...fine. It happens. Get the help you need and move on. But don't blame others and be two-faced about it. Accept responsibility for your own actions. And certainly don't jump from doctor to doctor because one cuts you off...or wait until you're busted to come clean about it.

How asinine. You better hope you never become injured to the point you need painkillers and become addicted to them like so many have. And I don't recall Rush blaming anyone for his addiction.

Brett Favre, is he a drug addict? He was taking Vicodin 13 at a time when he finally entered himself into rehab.

How about Tony Mandarich? Or the 1 in 10 players in the NFL that are addicted according the the New York Times? Are they all responsibility dodging scumbags?

Why don't you just say "I don't like Rush" and leave it at that, instead of attacking people for being addicted to drugs that were originally prescribed by a doctor.

 

[public servant]

Why don't you just say "I don't like Rush" and leave it at that, instead of attacking people for being addicted to drugs that were originally prescribed by a doctor.

I don't like Limbaugh...mainly because I don't like hypocrites. Better? Prescribed by a doctor?? Are you serious?? Which doctor out of those he was shopping do you want to blame it on??? Hell...let's blame it on anyone but him. Do you blame someone for being an alcoholic on the bartender? And when you jump from one bar to the next to the next...it's obvious what you're up to.

All the while he was saying how drug users should be in jail...then illegally using prescription drugs himself. With nothing ever said about it until the news breaks that he was being investigated for doctor shopping and had been arrested for illegal possession of prescription drugs. That...makes one a hypocrite. That's my beef with the guy.

As I said...people become addicted. No problem. Get help and get over it. I have no issue with anyone that says...you know...I may have a problem and I need help. Just don't condemn those that do and say they should be in prison while you do the same thing. You just show yourself to be the phony you really are.

I didn't hear Favre (vicodin) or Mandarich (steroids) go on national radio or television and profess drug users should be in prison. But in my opinion...they should have been banned from the NFL. They make **** poor role models. Do that a few times and watch the NFL clean itself up.

Sorry...I'll watch Glenn Beck...he just murders people. And at least he's funny!!

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[Blue Tile Spook]

Nevermind.

 

[tedbower]

I am for mandatory random drug test before every game in profesional sport. Clean them all up .

 

[public servant]

I am for mandatory random drug test before every game in profesional sport. Clean them all up .

 

[Cain71]

Did limbaugh take the nfl for no free lunch?

 

[Hotdoger]

Every cop ,DA, prosecutor and judge should have to pee test and get a hair pulled everday before work too , RIGHT?

 

[public servant]

Every cop ,DA, prosecutor and judge should have to pee test and get a hair pulled everday before work too , RIGHT?

Works for me. I'm subject to random drug testing at any time. Once my number is pulled I have 45 minutes to report for the test...any time day or night. Once my number is pulled it goes back into the pool. It doesn't get excluded for any length of time. I've been tested 3 times in just over a couple of months before. And then there have been periods where I've gone over three years without a test. If I were to test positive for an illegal drug...prescription or not...I'll probably be unemployed as soon as the results are presented to my boss. Seen it done.

If you're taking my opinion as meaning that someone who does not use drugs is better than someone who does...you're taking it wrong. If that's how you took it then perhaps my deliver wasn't that good.

Just don't be a hypocrite is my only point. Don't host a nationally syndicated radio and television show and sit there and tell me that anyone who breaks the law and uses illegal drugs should be in prison...then rush (pun intended) back stage to get high on your pain killers.

This is all merely my opinion. OK...I'm done as I apparently brushed too many Limbaugh lovers the wrong way.