OK, who hear believes that Newsmax.com is right wing media?  Show of hands please? One, two, three, four, five - wait, kingbee, you can only vote once.  OK pretty much everyone here.  OK, Now I am going to ask how many think that CNN is left wing? One, two, three, four, Zoomba, let Moderateman raise his hand!

OK, a couple of left of center, and pretty much all of the right of center people.  Pretty much what I expected.  OK, now for a couple of headlines:

Judge OKs subpoenas of Limbaugh doctors - CNN, December 12, 2005

Fla. Judge Upholds Rush Limbaugh's Medical Privacy Rights - Newsmax, December 12, 2005

Same story, different headlines. But the ruling was actually 2 parts:  Part one, concerned subpoenaing the doctors.  The state won that part and CNN dove right into that immediately.  However part 2 was in upholding the doctor-patient confidentiality and the state lost that one.  But how do you know that?

You had to read down to paragraph 7 to find that little nugget of information:

Roy Black, Rush Limbaugh's attorney, said in a statement that the decision upheld "our argument that the state cannot breach doctor-patient confidentiality just because it has obtained some medical records," Black said.

So if I read the judge correctly, and the actual ruling, the State can talk to the doctors anything they want, just nothing to do with the doctor patient confidentiality.  That sounds like a victory for Roy Black and Rush Limbaugh, not a victory for the state.  What are they going to talk to the doctors about?  Their golf game?  Or their latest investments?  Might make for a great discussion, but hardly something the DAs should be doing on Taxpayer time.

So now, does anyone want to change their vote?