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Prescription drug addiction & UFO's
In early October 2003 and in the same week as the McNabb controversy, the National Enquirer reported that Limbaugh was being investigated for illegally buying prescription drugs. Limbaugh's former housekeeper, under investigation for drug dealing, alleged that Limbaugh used prescription opioid painkillers such as OxyContin and Lorcet (a combination of Paracetamol (acetaminophen) and hydrocodone) and that he went through detox twice. Other news outlets quickly confirmed the beginnings of an investigation.
Limbaugh has been a vocal critic of drug users as well as an avid supporter of the War on Drugs (see the "On Drug Users" section of Limbaugh's quotations at Wikiquotes, cited at the bottom of this article).
On October 10, 2003, Limbaugh admitted to listeners on his radio show that he had abused prescription painkillers and stated that he would enter inpatient treatment for 30 days, immediately following the broadcast. He did not specifically mention which pain medications he had been abusing. Speaking about his behavior, Limbaugh went on to say:
"I am not making any excuses. You know, over the years, athletes and celebrities have emerged from treatment centers to great fanfare and praise for conquering great demons. They are said to be great role models and examples for others. Well, I am no role model. I refuse to let anyone think I am doing something great here, when there are people you never hear about, who face long odds and never resort to such escapes."
"They are the role models. I am no victim and do not portray myself as such. I take full responsibility for my problem. At the present time the authorities are conducting an investigation, and I have been asked to limit my public comments until this investigation is complete."
Following Limbaugh's admission of drug abuse, his detractors reviewed prior statements by him about drug use as examples of hypocrisy. Several statements were found, in particular, on October 5, 1995:
"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."
and on August 8, 2003:
"These tough sentencing laws were instituted for a reason. The American people, including liberals, demanded them. Don't you remember the crack cocaine epidemic? Crack babies and out-of-control murder rates? Liberal judges giving the bad guys slaps on the wrist? Finally we got tough, and the crime rate has been falling ever since, so what's wrong?"
and on March 12, 1998:
"What is missing in the drug fight is legalization. If we want to go after drugs with the same fervor and intensity with which we go after cigarettes, let's legalize drugs. Legalize the manufacture of drugs. License the Cali cartel. Make them taxpayers, and then sue them. Sue them left and right, and then get control of the price, and generate tax revenue from it. Raise the price sky high, and fund all sorts of other wonderful social programs."
This last quote, however, contradicts several previous statements in which Limbaugh condemned legalization. For example, on his TV show on December 9, 1993:
"I'm appalled at people who simply want to look at all this abhorrent behavior and say, "Hey, you know, we can't control it anymore. People are going to do drugs anyway. Let's legalize it." It's a dumb idea. It's a rotten idea, and those who are for it are purely, 100 percent selfish."
An article in the January 12, 2004 issue of Human Events (The National Conservative Weekly) presented its reaction to the media attention of Limbaugh's addiction, calling it a 'Network War' against Limbaugh. It charged network anchors with engaging in exaggerated and inflammatory rhetoric by implying Limbaugh was involved in "drug sales" or "drug gangs." Human Events Online reported in January 2004 a timeline of events in this matter from September through December 2003.
An investigation into "doctor shopping" concluded in the state of Florida under the Palm Beach State Attorney in April 2006. Limbaugh's attorney Roy Black alleged that the chief county prosecutor investigating Limbaugh, an elected Democrat, is politically motivated. The ACLU, an organization often lambasted by Limbaugh, has come to his defense, claiming that the district attorney violated Limbaugh's constitutional rights by "fishing" through his private medical records. Assistant State Attorney James L. Martz, on November 9, 2005, stated "I have no idea if Mr. Limbaugh has completed the elements of any offense yet." Then on December 12, 2005, Judge David F. Crow decided to prohibit the State from questioning Limbaugh's physicians about "the medical condition of the patient and any information disclosed to the healthcare practitioner by the patient in the course of the care and treatment of the patient."
Limbaugh has said his addiction to painkillers came as a result of long-term back pain he had been suffering for several years, and a botched surgery that came as a result of that. Limbaugh opposed the prosecutor's efforts to interview his doctors on the basis of patient privacy rights, and has argued that the prosecutor has in fact violated his Fourth Amendment civil rights by illegally seizing his medical records. Thus far, the Florida courts have upheld Limbaugh's confidentiality.
On June 26, 2006, Limbaugh was detained at Palm Beach International Airport for allegedly possessing a bottle of Viagra without a prescription. He was returning to the U.S. on his private plane from a vacation in the Dominican Republic. According to Paul Miller, spokesman for the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, the bottle of Viagra was not in Limbaugh’s name but in the name of two Florida doctors. Limbaugh claims the Viagra was for his use, that he obtained it from his doctors and that his name was not listed on the prescription for privacy reasons (Viagra is commonly used to treat erectile dysfunction). The drugs were confiscated and a report is being filed with the Florida attorney's office. This latest case may simply be dismissed if prosecutors can confirm with Limbaugh's doctor that the prescription was indeed for Limbaugh, said Kendall Coffey, a former U.S. attorney in Florida.
Mr. Limbaugh did not offer any explanation regarding his use of Viagra. On his June 27, 2006 show he joked about the occurrence, saying he had no idea how Bob Dole's luggage was on his airplane, and then said his doctor misunderstood him when he said he had concerns about the upcoming election. Limbaugh also joked that Customs officials did not believe him when he told them that he got the pills from the Clinton Library. He unabashedly talked up the "great time" he had in the Dominican Republic and mentioned to his audience and staff, "I wish I could tell you about it." He said that he stayed at Casa de Campo with various unnamed cast and crew from the television show 24 for a "guy's weekend." A well-known cigar afficiando, Limbaugh also mentioned that he visited the Fuente tobacco farm and cigar factory in Santiago and made an ambiguous mention of some "amazing charity work" involving the farm.
Texe Marrs is anti-Catholic. [1]. He is also highly critical of Freemasonry and the New Age movement. He believes the King James Version of the Bible to be the only accurate translation. Marrs often distributes in anti-Semitic propaganda, alleging vast Jewish and Zionist plots against the United States , although he denies these allegations and his supporters claim that he has attacked anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial openly .
He presents a series of laberynthine conspiracy theories involving Jewish bankers such as the Rothschilds and the Rockefellers, Freemasons, Satanists, communists, and the Vatican. He is extremely conservative in his politics and opposes Zionism.
In December 1999 U.S. News and World Report reported that Texe Marrs and David Icke had accused former President and Vice President George H.W. Bush of being involved in a black mass.
President of Power of Prophecy Ministries and RiverCrest Publishing in Austin, Texas, Texe Marrs is a frequent guest on radio and TV talk shows throughout the U.S.A. and Canada.Marrs claims to be an expert on Bible prophecy, secret societies, the New Age movement, and world affairs. He has written a number of books including New Age Cults and Religions, Circle of Intrigue, Project L.U.C.I.D., and Days of Hunger, Days of Chaos, in which he argues that world events are driven by conspiratorial forces towards a New World Order. Texe Marrs’ monthly newsletter is distributed to tens of thousands of subscribers around the world. His radio program, Power of Prophecy, is beamed to over 125 nations around the globe.
Texe and his co-laborers believe and teach fellow Christians to believe that: "Jesus Christ is one with the Father and the Holy Spirit, and that He is, was, and forever shall be God and is the one mediator between man and God. They believe that the King James Bible is God's perfect word, is without error, and is man's authoritative guide for how they should live. They put great faith in the power of prayer, and that God alone has salvation power through Jesus' sacrifice on the cross for our sins and in the belief that God is infinitely more powerful than the devil (Satan, or Lucifer), whom God has already defeated. As Christians they believe they are commanded to expose evil-doers and their works, that they must courageously stand up for truth and justice, that they must confront and defeat corruption wherever they find it, and that they have the right and the obligation to stand fast against wickedness in high places, whether on Earth or in the heavens."