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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (745343)	7/14/2006 4:46:35 PM
From: pompsander	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I agree....the Florida/Cuban waters are a natural shallow water oil reservoir. Easy to reach, easy to drill, easy to get to refineries.....Why is Jeb Bush not supporting this? It could provide thousands of jobs for Floridians? We need the oil and it is closer than ANWAR. Hey, I've walked the Santa Barbara shoreline lots of times and the slight smell and goo on the beach (from natural seepage) is no big problem..

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (745343)	7/14/2006 4:52:26 PM
From: pompsander	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Rush gets off the hook.....his psychiatrist had agreed to put his own name on the bottle so poor Rush would not be embarrased if the pills were discovered...Do ya think that worked out for him??? Why is using Viagra a problem? Bob Dole uses it. And why does Rush need a psychiatrist? Poor guy...life is tough. ____________________________ Prosecutor: No Charges for Limbaugh Over Viagra Incident July 5, 2006 12:43 PM PDT WEST PALM BEACH (AP) -- Rush Limbaugh will not face charges in Palm Beach County for the bottle of Viagra found in his luggage that was prescribed in his doctor's name, prosecutors said Wednesday. Charges could have nullified the conservative radio host's plea agreement in a "doctor shopping" case. Limbaugh, 55, was detained for more than three hours at Palm Beach International Airport on June 26 after he returned on his private plane from a vacation in the Dominican Republic. The state attorney's office said Dr. Steve Strumwasser's name was on the Viagra bottle, not Limbaugh's. Strumwasser, who is Limbaugh's psychiatrist, told authorities he "agreed to have his name on the label in an effort to avoid potentially embarrassing publicity for the suspect," according to a filing by the prosecutor's office. "Thus, the medication contained in the subject pill bottle was legitimately prescribed to the suspect by his physician," the filing said. It is generally not illegal under Florida law for a physician to prescribe medication in a third party's name if all parties are aware and the doctor documents it correctly, said Mike Edmondson, a spokesman for the state attorney in Palm Beach County. However, since the doctor wrote the prescription in Miami-Dade County, the case has been forwarded to prosecutors there for review. The Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office had no immediate comment. Charges in the Viagra case could have nullified a deal Limbaugh reached with prosecutors last month in which a single "doctor shopping" charge was deferred for 18 months. The deal required that Limbaugh not get arrested for any reason. Authorities had accused Limbaugh of illegally deceiving multiple doctors to get overlapping painkiller prescriptions. Limbaugh denied the charges, but acknowledged he was addicted to painkillers. The office of Limbaugh's lawyer, Roy Black, referred questions Wednesday to Limbaugh spokesman Tony Knight, who did not immediately have a comment. The Palm Beach County state attorney's office also said it forwarded the matter to the state Department of Professional Regulation and the Department of Health to determine if the doctor breached ethics. There was no immediate response to a call seeking comment from Strumwasser at his office. His home telephone number is not published