Cue Nelson Muntz

Ha HA!

From the AP:

Rush Limbaugh arrested on prescription drug charges
Associated Press

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Rush Limbaugh was arrested Friday on prescription drug charges, law enforcement officials said.

Limbaugh turned himself in to authorities on a warrant issued by the State Attorney's Office, said Teri Barbera, a spokeswoman for the State Attorney's Office.

The conservative radio commentator came into the jail at about 4 p.m. with his attorney Roy Black and bonded out an hour later on a $3,000 bail, Barbera said.

The warrant was for fraud to conceal information to obtain prescription, Barbera said.

Black said his client and authorities reached a settlement on a single count charge of doctor shopping filed Friday by the State Attorney will be dismissed in 18 months.

Prosecutors seized Limbaugh's records after learning that he received about 2,000 painkillers, prescribed by four doctors in six months, at a pharmacy near his Palm Beach mansion. They contend that Limbaugh engaged in "doctor shopping," or illegally deceived multiple doctors to receive overlapping prescriptions.

Limbaugh has not been charged and maintains he's innocent. He has acknowledged he became addicted to pain medication, blaming it on severe back pain, and took a five-week leave from his radio show to enter a rehabilitation program in 2003.

I shouldn't mock the man. I shouldn't revel in the misery of others, nor make fun of someone with an addiction problem. I shouldn't sink to the depths of some of my compatriots.

I shouldn't.

But I will.

I just imagine Rush and Habay sharing a cell... maybe toss in some WorldCom and Enron executives, Scooter Libby, Duke Cunningham... Yeah. That would be a good episode of Oz.