Drudge Tease: BLITZ ON RUSH LIMBAUGH TO INTENSIFY ON THURSDAY WITH CHARGES OF DRUG ABUSE...

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[adam_az]

Didn't Ann Coulter date Ramesh Ponnunu?

[ConservativeMan55]

I don't know. I'm going to bed now and when I wake up...lets hope the world goes back to some sense of normalcy.

Everybody is being slimed in the media and Osama looks to have his own Navy?

[jbstrick]

"I bet he would pick a completely different name."

Maybe not. His AOL IM username is - mdrudge

[jbstrick]

"I bet he would pick a completely different name."

Maybe not. His AOL IM username is - mdrudge

[killerw]

"I heard Drudge and Ann Coulter were dating.

I heard that Drudge is gay...?

BTW is the freep account "drudge" him? "


I heard Drudge was dating Lynn Samuels.

[Rastus]

Didn't Ann Coulter date Ramesh Ponnunu?

Could you be thinking of Laura Ingraham and Dinesh d'Souza? They dated in college, at least.

[StriperSniper]

Yep, I agree with macamadiamia (Post 481), my only addition to the thought was that it deserves to have have a thread of its own.

I noticed that after I posted. I was reading from bottom to top trying to catch up with what was current, I started to fall way behind. ;-)

it's not as homoginated as you might think.

No, of course not. Most are good people who just want a 'good job'. It's the ones with ambition that scare me. No matter what department or agency they are in, they have the power of the state and all that entails to back them up. Not to mention the abillity to call on 'muscle' from other parts of 'The Government'. You were there, I'm sure you saw the abuses, and most of the non-abusers just keep their mouths shut.

I may be a little extra jaded living in the midst of one of the most corrupt counties in the country. ;-)

[ConservativeMan55]

Interesting. Rush has an account here too.

[TexasTransplant]

""I may be a little extra jaded living in the midst of one of the most corrupt counties in the country. ;-) ""

Not to one up you, my time was in New Orleans and Edwin Edwards was the "Govnor"

[scott7278]

Thanks for your thoughts -- you're so right.

[scott7278]

Oops. You were quoting someone else. I think we all know which side we're on!

[lonevoice]

bookmark

[Plutarch]

The medical "Law of Parsimony" states that given two different symptoms, a diagnostician should look for one disease that explains both symptoms, rather than positing that there are two diseases at once creating the two different symptoms.

Rush's two symptoms are: (1) Hearing loss; and (2) A Drudge siren about pain medication abuse (a possible third symptom is impolitic remarks on ESPN). One disease explaining all symptoms is hydrodone abuse.

Another point to consider, is if you really wanted to destroy someone without leaving a trace, how would you do it? Wouldn't getting someone addicted be the ideal method? How did he get started on the medications? Who was supplying him?

Ototoxic Medications

ASPIRIN, NSAIDS and other ANALGESICS Aspirin and Nsaids (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents) -- commonly used, and apparently only toxic to hearing . These include Advil, Nuprin, Motrin (Ibuprofen), Aleve, Naprosyn, Anaprox (Naproxen), Feldene, Dolobid, Indocin, Lodine, Relafin, Toradol, Volteran, Salicylates: Aspirin, disalcid, Bufferin, Ecotrin, Trilisate, Ascriptin, Empirin, Excedrin, Fiorinal. Arthrotec (diclofenac and misoprostel) has been associated with tinnitus and hearing reduction (Bombardier, Peloso et al. 1995).

Hydrocodone in combination with acetaminophen has also been associated with hearing loss (Friedman, House et al. 2000; Oh, Ishiyama et al. 2000).

Fiorinal contains aspirin, which is well known to be an ototoxin capable of causing a sensorineural hearing loss and tinnitus (Brien 1993).

Over the counter headache powders also commonly contain aspirin or related compounds (salicylates) and therefore have a potential for causing hearing toxicity.

Permanent hearing disturbances are possible but rare. They are most commonly seen in individuals who take aspirin in large doses for long periods, such as for treatment of severe arthritis. Occasionally persons with Menieres syndrome will develop a hearing disturbance from a small amount of a NSAID.

Acetaminophen is not generally thought to be ototoxic although in combination with hydrocodone as noted above there have been cases of hearing lost.

References: · Bombardier, C., P. M. Peloso, et al. (1995). "Salsalate, a nonacetylated salicylate, is as efficacious as diclofenac in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Salsalate-Diclofenac Study Group." J Rheumatol 22(4): 617-24.
· Brien, J. A. (1993). "Ototoxicity associated with salicylates. A brief review." Drug Saf 9(2): 143-8.
· Friedman RA and others. Profound hearing loss associated with hydrocodone/acetaminophen abuse. Am J Otol 21:188-191, 2000
· analgesics: clinical experience." Med Toxicol 1 Suppl 1: 86-92.
· McKinnon, B. J. and L. F. Lassen (1998). "Naproxen-associated sudden sensorineural hearing loss." Mil Med 163(11): 792-3.
· Oh AK, Ishiyama A, Baloh R. Deafness associated with abuse of hydrocodone/acetaminophen · .Naproxen has been associated with deafness (Kewitz 1986; McKinnon and Lassen 1998). I have also encountered patients reporting tinnitus and hearing reductions after taking Naproxen.

[scott7278]

"I truly believe, in all seriousness, that Bush is fighting a fifth column and it is led by the Clintons. The war is here at home, a civil war concurrent with the war on terror. We just don't recognize it as a civil war yet. But future historical reflection--if Constitutional America survives--will prove it so."

I'm with you!

[GWfan]

Give it up. A symptom is a subjective complaint from the patient. A sign is an observation by a health care professional or a positive, repeatable diagnostic test.

You suck as a diagnostitian. If you are a doc, I would be afraid for your patients.

One more thing. Rush's docs specifically stated that his hearing loss is not related to drug use or abuse. Rush has said it is familial.

[adam_az]

No kidding.

The headlines should be "Clinton gave Chicoms radiation hardened microchip technology for nuclear missiles" and
"Kerry Operative Behind Phony White House Scandal Involving his Wife" and "General Clark Never Registered As A Democrat."

WTF?

[adam_az]

LOL!!!!!!

I almost spit up all over my screen.

I'd kiss you for that, but you'd probably punch me in the mouth.

Dave: You have to read the post I'm replying to. It's up your alley.

[gaijin]

If he's hooked, so what? He's still speaking the truth...

If he's not hooked, he will have suffered an groundless, all-out attack by the mainstream media; Rush will be filled with an unquenchable drive to turn more ordinary folks against their TV's. That's what he did to me, anyway, and that was without really even trying.

I'm now going on my 6th year of NO TV --I do not own one, and count myself immeasurably the better for it.

[Central Scrutiniser]

Well, Rush could have used medical marijuana, and he would have felt better, and not become addicted, oh, yeah, I forgot, its against the law, and Rush is against medical marijuana....

[machogirl]

didn't roger say that bubba had a nose like a vacumn?