# Rush's unfortunate boner... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 27, 2006, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rushs-unfortunate-boner/362361 "2006-06-27T17:09:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rushs-unfortunate-boner/362361/21 "2006-06-27T19:12:22Z")
Channeling Jack Nicholson: _Is there another kind_? ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rushs-unfortunate-boner/362361/22 "2006-06-27T19:14:21Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Here’s the deal about drugs. They have side-effects. Other drugs you might be taking also have side-effects. IANAMD, but the severity of the potential hazards and side-effects of a drug seem to have something to do with whether it goes OTC or remains prescription only - the idea being that you don’t want someone happening into taking a combination of drugs that could kill them. Individual responsibility is great, up to the point where the typical individual can’t reasonably be expected to have sufficient knowledge to exercise that responsibility properly. (That should really be another thread, but WTF, I’ll say that much here.) > Much tighter rules have always applied to bringing stuff into the country, compared to carrying it around in the back seat of your car. (You really want to get into a discussion of that? That would DEFINITELY be a whole ‘nother thread by itself.) Since this is the Pit, I’ll say that, with respect to drugs at least, you’re freakin’ crazy. It would add a smidgen of risk, and a shitload of complexity (in holding the added risk down to a smidgen) to most people’s lives. There’s theory, and then there’s real life. Sometimes they even coincide, but it’s not to be relied on. And like I said, my opinion is that personal responsibility trumps those ideas. Don’t like it? Meh. Inversely, I could point out all of the foibles with the FDA and what they don’t/do let go to market. (Ahem, [VIOXX](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/july-dec04/vioxx_11-18.html) or [Plan-B](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/31/AR2005083101271.html), ahem). The best thing is for consumers to be self-educated enough to make their own adult choices. Reliance on a fallible system has its own inherent risks that adding a pile of laws to will not help. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rushs-unfortunate-boner/362361/23 "2006-06-27T19:18:10Z")
> [@Duke of Rat](#): > > So yours is bigger, but his is more dense. Longer, too! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rushs-unfortunate-boner/362361/24 "2006-06-27T19:18:18Z")
Rush Limpbaugh ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rushs-unfortunate-boner/362361/25 "2006-06-27T19:19:31Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Since this is the Pit, I’ll say that, with respect to drugs at least, you’re freakin’ crazy. It would add a smidgen of risk, and a shitload of complexity (in holding the added risk down to a smidgen) to most people’s lives. There’s theory, and then there’s real life. Sometimes they even coincide, but it’s not to be relied on. Hell, with some, like antibiotics, you’re not just putting yourself at risk. Abusing antibiotics has the potential to cause strains of antibiotic resistant bacteria, which fucks over everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rushs-unfortunate-boner/362361/26 "2006-06-27T19:19:47Z")
His, I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rushs-unfortunate-boner/362361/27 "2006-06-27T19:21:00Z")
> [@wring](#): > > Channeling Jack Nicholson: > > _Is there another kind_? Serendickity? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rushs-unfortunate-boner/362361/28 "2006-06-27T19:23:51Z")
The strangest thing just happened… I opened the link but it was loading very slow, I’m thinkin’ from spyware, and when I grabbed the page and pulled it down it took Limbaugh’s picture right at his neck and stretched it all the way down so that it looked for all the world like Rush’s face on top of a really big dick, kinda like a giant, pornographic albeit conservative Pez dispenser. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rushs-unfortunate-boner/362361/29 "2006-06-27T19:25:24Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Here’s the deal about drugs. They have side-effects. Please don’t bring up the “for more than four-hours” thing…I get chills… ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rushs-unfortunate-boner/362361/30 "2006-06-27T19:31:37Z")
> [@stpauler](#): > > And like I said, my opinion is that personal responsibility trumps those ideas. Don’t like it? Meh. Ah, then you just want to say, “this is my opinion,” without having to defend your POV. OK, my opinion is that you’re an idiot. > [@](#): > > Inversely, I could point out all of the foibles with the FDA and what they don’t/do let go to market. (Ahem, [VIOXX](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/july-dec04/vioxx_11-18.html) or [Plan-B](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/31/AR2005083101271.html), ahem). That’s like saying that because my car’s brakes could fail, I just shouldn’t bother with brakes at all. Or, at least, that’s my opinion. > [@](#): > > The best thing is for consumers to be self-educated enough to make their own adult choices. Reliance on a fallible system has its own inherent risks that adding a pile of laws to will not help. You’re right - everybody should have a pharmacist’s degree, or suffer the consequences. My opinion is that you’re really, _really_ stupid. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rushs-unfortunate-boner/362361/31 "2006-06-27T19:39:04Z")
If the dude needs a pep pill to perk up the pudgy pope, it is nobody’s business but his own. Where his idiocy lies is not even consulting his attorney on the legality of the name switcharoo when he has a plea hanging over his head. Does Viagra suck all the blood out of the upper brain? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rushs-unfortunate-boner/362361/32 "2006-06-27T19:41:20Z")
> [@Uvula Donor](#): > > There are women out there who’d actually let him fuck them? Wow. Takes all kinds. It’s a eugenics thing. He and Ann Coulter are attempting to breed/hatch a demon spawn who will get the Republican nomination in 2052. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rushs-unfortunate-boner/362361/33 "2006-06-27T19:42:56Z")
[Rush Speaks](http://movies.crooksandliars.com/rush-viagra.mp3) ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rushs-unfortunate-boner/362361/34 "2006-06-27T19:43:07Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > I opened the link but it was loading very slow, I’m thinkin’ from spyware, and when I grabbed the page and pulled it down it took Limbaugh’s picture right at his neck and stretched it all the way down so that it looked for all the world like Rush’s face on top of a really big dick How’s that different from the way he usually looks? ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rushs-unfortunate-boner/362361/35 "2006-06-27T20:02:33Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Ah, then you just want to say, “this is my opinion,” without having to defend your POV. > > OK, my opinion is that you’re an idiot. And my opinion is that you can’t defend your position with _ad hominems_. So, meh. > [@RTFirefly](#): > > That’s like saying that because my car’s brakes could fail, I just shouldn’t bother with brakes at all. Or, at least, that’s my opinion. Wow, that’s some lazy logic. To make it a comparison that would be more apt would be to discard the car since the brakes failed. > [@RTFirefly](#): > > You’re right - everybody should have a pharmacist’s degree, or suffer the consequences. Again, it’s not an either/or syllogism or false dilemma. If folks chose not to educate themselves, they can go to…hmm… maybe a doctor or pharmacist who would recommend the drugs they should take. As an adult they’re allowed those choices. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rushs-unfortunate-boner/362361/36 "2006-06-27T20:27:02Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > If the dude needs a pep pill to perk up the pudgy pope, it is nobody’s business but his own. Where his idiocy lies is not even consulting his attorney on the legality of the name switcharoo when he has a plea hanging over his head. Does Viagra suck all the blood out of the upper brain? [Peg Bundy]Yes, and then the brain will promise anything to get the blood back…[/Peg Bundy] ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rushs-unfortunate-boner/362361/37 "2006-06-27T20:33:24Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > [Rush Speaks](http://movies.crooksandliars.com/rush-viagra.mp3) Figures. All he can do is joke about it. Would that he would rack something besides his brain. . . . Slimebaugh’s lawyer is saying the bottle was intentionally mislabeled. Wouldn’t it be illegal for a pharmacist to knowingly print false information on a prescription label? Anyway, given the terms of his plea agreement, it looks like Rush is, ahem, going down. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rushs-unfortunate-boner/362361/38 "2006-06-27T21:25:23Z")
I doubt it, but one can hope. Viagra? More embarassing than Celebrex, but hardly more mind-altering. The judge would have to have a har…eh, a great desire to prosecute, and Rush is well-represented. One thing though: What’s this muttering about “sex tourism”? Apparently Rush was returning from the Dominican Repub., which reportedly is turning into a Caribbean Bangkok of sorts. I see potential in that angle. Muahahaaa. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rushs-unfortunate-boner/362361/39 "2006-06-27T21:33:48Z")
I dunno. How is this all that much different than accepting a sample of a prescription drug from your doc? I mean, apart from the conditions imposed by his previous conditions. After all, it appears the Viagra was perscribed by his regular doc, right? ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rushs-unfortunate-boner/362361/40 "2006-06-27T21:42:28Z")
I hope he gets a stiff penalty. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rushs-unfortunate-boner/362361.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rushs-unfortunate-boner/362361.md?page=3)