Pubdate: Sat, 06 Dec 2003 Source: Winston-Salem Journal (NC) Copyright: 2003 Piedmont Publishing Co. Inc. Contact: http://www.journalnow.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/504 Note: The Journal does not publish letters from writers outside its daily home delivery circulation area. Author: George A. Bedsworth LIMBAUGH'S LESSONS When I first heard that Rush Limbaugh had gone deaf, I assumed that it was because of atrophy. Now it appears that the culprit could have been OxyContin. I certainly do not bear him any ill will and hope that he recovers from his addiction as well as he did from his deafness. I just wonder if he will turn himself in to authorities so they can send him up the river, since he is a white guy who got addicted to drugs. That seems doubtful, though, given reports that Limbaugh, lawyer-basher extraordinaire, hired one of the best criminal lawyers in the country. That's understandable, because when a person obtains controlled substances without a prescription, they call that a crime. Is it possible that next Limbaugh will be asking the courts for some of that old-fashioned liberal compassion? GEORGE A. BEDSWORTH Winston-Salem. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom