By Manifesto Joe
In 2002, as I was about to undergo cataract surgery, I had the misfortune of being in a room in which the surgical nurses were playing Rush Limbaugh's radio show. I was hearing Rush while I briefly underwent sedation, and when I woke up, Rush was still on. That made me think, just for a moment, that I had died and my soul had entered a place of eternal damnation.
Perhaps I should have sued for malpractice, but unfortunately I think I waited until the time after the statute of limitations had passed.
Now, I understand that a Harris County woman who was briefly in custody of the Houston police in 2010 is suing because she was forced to listen to Lardbaugh while she was in the squad car. She claims that Lardbaugh was making derogatory remarks about black people (not a big stretch, that one) and that the police officer was laughing at them (not a big stretch, either).
Following is a link to the story, courtesy of Yahoo! News.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending-now/woman-froced-listen-rush-limbaugh-files-lawsuit-too-154424839.html
(Sorry this isn't in the usual link form, but Blogger isn't letting me do this the usual way.)
Police torture?
They might consider using this method at Guantanamo Bay. It might work even better than waterboarding.
According to the story:
Bridgett Nicholson Boyd filed a lawsuit against the city of Houston for being forced to listen to Limbaugh's radio show. In 2010, Boyd was ticketed for driving on the shoulder of a road (even though she said her car was breaking down). The police officer also arrested her and drove her to the local jail. During the ride, Boyd said, she was forced to listen to Limbaugh make "derogatory comments about black people" (which the officer was laughing at). Though the charges against Boyd were immediately dropped, she's now claiming defamation, false imprisonment, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. On his radio show, Limbaugh weighed in on the case. "We don't make derogatory comments about black people," he said. "We make derogatory comments about liberals."
Boyd was apparently a completely innocent person, but even if she were a convicted felon, might this not constitute cruel and unusual punishment?
Manifesto Joe Is An Underground Writer Living In Texas.
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2 comments:
I'm with you, Joe. Even looking at a picture of that bigoted drug fiend would constitute cruel and unusual punishment. That cop should be fired.
Viscious, mean-minded little pond-scum like rushlimbo are a punishment we all endure. Bring back the fairness doctrine.
Liberals is a code word among his followers for traitors. To me liberals are heroes and the limbos, ailes, murdoch's, ban'tors, et al are the saboteurs and traitors.
But with this Supreme Court and its lesser courts, what CAN we do?
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