Day: April 28, 2006

I receive “Breaking News” email alerts from CNN. Moments ago, I received this one.

Rush Limbaugh arrested on prescription drug charges and released on bail, law enforcement officials in Florida, tell AP.

Now, doesn’t that sound like Rush was on a street corner in Florida with a dime bag in one hand and a wad of bills in the other? Well, that wasn’t it at all. They just felt like sensationalizing it. Here’s the real story.

Rush Limbaugh reached a settlement with prosecutors Friday in a fraud case involving prescription painkillers, though the conservative radio commentator maintains his innocence.

Limbaugh turned himself in to authorities about 4 p.m. on a warrant for fraud to conceal information to obtain a prescription, the first charge in the nearly 3-year-old case, said Teri Barbera, a spokeswoman for the state attorney. He was released an hour later on $3,000 bail.

Under the deal, Limbaugh would eventually see the charge dismissed in 18 months if he continues treatment for drug addiction, Black said.

Limbaugh also must continue to seek treatment from the doctor he has seen for the past 2 1/2 years, Black said.

Limbaugh entered a plea of not guilty in court Friday.

Drudge has Roy Black’s statement.

Those guys at CNN are a bunch of weasels.

That’s how many people died at the hands of terrorists in 2005.

Terrorists killed more than 14,500 people in 11,000 attacks across the globe last year, the U.S. State Department said in its annual report on terrorism.

Fifty-six of those killed were Americans, the report said. Three thousand of the deaths were attributable to 360 suicide bombings. There were 25,000 people wounded and 35,000 people kidnapped, the report said.

Have you let your guard down?

The al-Qaeda terrorist network remains a threat, with plans to attack the U.S. in a manner to match “or even surpass the terror of 9/11,” Henry Crumpton, the U.S. State Department’s anti-terrorism chief said.

Wake up people and get your priorities straight.

I don’t think it’s a matter of “if” but “when”. Yet, Democrats and wimpy Republicans are trying to drag Americans back to a pre-9/11 mindset by doing things like stripping the government of the tools they need to fight terrorism. Aided by the media, Americans are taking the bait. While we’re sitting around whining about gas prices and marching in the streets in favor of criminals who are in our country illegally, the terrorists continue to plan the next attack.

A Brit and a bunch of rappers decided it would be a great idea to record a Spanish language version of the U.S. National Anthem. I think it’s outrageous.

Some Internet bloggers and others are infuriated by the thought of “The Star-Spangled Banner” sung in a language other than English.

“Would the French accept people singing the La Marseillaise in English as a sign of French patriotism? Of course not,” said Mark Krikorian, head of the Washington-based Center for Immigration Studies, a think tank that supports tighter immigration controls.

Exactly.

And to rub our noses in it, a remix of the record is to be released in June which will contain several English lines that condemn U.S. immigration laws.

President Bush remarked today that he thinks our National Anthem should be sung in English, and only English.

“One of the things that’s very important is, when we debate this issue, that we not lose our national soul,” the president exclaimed. “One of the great things about America is that we’ve been able to take people from all walks of life bound as one nation under God. And that’s the challenge ahead of us.”

He’s right.

More. Here.

Professor Krauthammer provides the history lesson of the day.

Opinion Research Corporation was commissioned by CNN to conduct a poll asking the following question.

“Who would make a better candidate, Hillary Clinton or Hillary Rodham Clinton?”

I’m not kidding…

James Joyner has more.

Well, that was interesting.

It seems that Hosting Matters, the web hosting company that houses PunditGuy along with a ton of other blogs, got hit with a Denial of Service attack today. From what I can tell, it started at 8:06 AM Pacific Time and ended at 9:32 AM.

So, we’re back up, for now.

Michelle Malkin has details.