tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313604522011-12-27T12:36:25.391-06:00GoLytely for your head...DMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07422936473180390453noreply@blogger.comBlogger341100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31360452.post-66465752750718745092009-07-23T12:00:00.003-05:002009-07-23T12:15:43.453-05:00

I say she is absolutely NOT too overweight to serve as Surgeon General. But that doesn't make her weight a non-issue as we've seen in the media the last few days.What does her weight have to do with anything? Well the Surgeon General is the leading spokesperson on matters of public health. Obesity in the United States has reached epidemic proportions. Does her own struggle with weight leave her

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I went to a street fair today in my neighborhood, and saw booths for organ donation, and prostate cancer research. I was very happy to see both. Several black women worked the organ donation booth and I had a nice chat with them. However, the prostate cancer booth was being avoided by black men like it was the entrance to Hell.Black men in America have the highest incidence of prostate cancer in

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A stumbled upon KevinMD's Blog while I was Googling for information on the anti-vaccination movement, which in turn lead me to the L.A. Times article. Apparently this movement seems to be catching on in the online black community (or maybe just the nutty sites to which I've found myself strangely attracted lately). As there is already a fair amount of mistrust of the medical establishment by the

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I should probably try to make some effort to fill this space. I'm not going to pretend that I'm some sort of gifted writer, or even well read. But I'll try to write something at least once a day for the next month. Right now I'm interested in the Health Care Reform debate, but it's been difficult to get anyone else (especially other physicians) involved. Maybe I need to do more?

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WHY IS NOBODY CALLING JOHN McCAIN ARROGANT, PRESUMPTUOUS, OR UPPITY?? Barack Obama goes to Berlin and gives a speech, people cheer. The media are all over him from "acting Presidential", " he's being presumptuous".John McCain USURPS the roll of the current President of the United States, threatens a foreign power, doesn't know his roll. He's showing "strength".And people are attempting to tell me

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Wow, so much has happened since I last posted my insignificant views. I'll make an effort to post at least once a week. I wish I'd had time to post during the Obama-Clinton duel...that would have been fun. So far McCain has not disappointed. I only need see a picture of him now and I collapse in a fit of laughter.

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James Brown was probably some of the first music I was introduced to as a child. The Godfather is dead. Music seems to be dying. Nina Simone, Ali Farka Toure, John Lee Hooker. Yet another legend I was not able to see live. How depressing. I've been playing James Browns Funky Christmas all day. Santa Claus go straight to the ghetto...James Brown is singing in Heavens ghetto tonight.

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Russell Simmons apparently doesn't have very good interview skills, so I can only guess that DeBeers hired him on to be their shucking and jiving bitch in 21st Century "Black Face" is because there are so many other shucking and jiving fools spending all of their fleeting funds at the alter of conspicuous consumption, also worship his skinny, goofy ass. I guess DeBeers recognizes that they can

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Oh, God, where do I begin. This is just WAY too easy. First off the place is called "CRACKER Barrel" and it's in South Carolina. Second it's CHRIS ROCK'S mother. The CEO of that company must have his head in his hands right now crying. Not only does he have to deal with the always Pimptastic Preacher Al "where's my hairdresser" Sharpton, but also with one of the funniest comedians of all time.

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The US Army is getting OLDER, DUMBER, and NICER. Way to train men for combat Army. Nope the War on Terror hasn't degraded our military at all...everybody thank George... "THANKS GEORGE!!"Please don't tell me if my beloved U.S. Marine Corps decides to take this approach.

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What a wonderful person to award this prize to. Someone who turns around and uses the winnings to continue his selfless work. Great inspiration. I wonder if he'll catch as much hell as Warren Buffet when he tried to help the poor.Some past Nobel winners blow their winnings on drugs, and surfing. But to each his own...http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/10/13/nobel.peace.winner.ap/index.html

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I was watching Egypt, Engineering an Empire tonight on the History Channel. It made me think of one of the worlds first super powers. I also thought of Timbuktu (TOMBOUCTOU) one of the intellectual centers of the world a few hundred years ago. Here in the U.S. we've forgotten that superpowers eventually fall, usually because of some strategic mistake.Egypt, Engineering an EmpireI just wish

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The Battlestar Galactica premier had some interesting political commentary last night. The humans are the insurgents (and are polytheistic), and the Cylons are the occupation/liberation forces (and has a monotheistic almost Christian-like religion). All of the characters are painted in shades of gray on this series. Very well written."As for the early insurgency plot, Eick said it's an

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THIEVERY CORPORATIONWarning ShotsThey try their best just to mash up the resistanceWarning shots and sirens from a distanceRiot gear and barricade for an instanceAnd the words from mi mouth, mi nuh responseHollywood sending signals of destructionStereotype the ghetto youths as the bad manOvercome the rough times and we grow strongStep up in a life, now them want to shake we handWe are eternal,

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The "Decider" will now be the person deciding what is or is not torture. What happened to checks and balances?Senate passes bill on terror trials - Politics - MSNBC.com

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"Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) today urged all members of Congress to vote against the Military Commissions Bill this week. PHR is gravely concerned that the bill allows coerced testimony to be admitted in trials, eliminates the right of habeas corpus and could authorize the continued use of tactics that amount to torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. This 'compromise' bill

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Whether long range weapon or suicide bomberWicked mind is a weapon of mass destructionWhether you're soaraway sun or BBC 1Disinformation is a weapon of mass destrucYou could a Caucasian or a poor AsianRacism is a weapon of mass destructionWhether inflation or globalizationFear is a weapon of mass destructionMy dad came into my room holding his hatI knew he was leaving,he sat on my bed told me

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A great loss to the world. Such powerful music. I never got to see him live, nor did I see John Lee Hooker, or Nina Simone before they passed away. I do regret...

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It seems that Americans are getting fatter...if that's possible. So, what is the cause? I remember hearing when I was younger that the reason French women weren't as fat as American women, despite the richness of French food, was because of something in their wine or how they chew their food etc. Maybe it's simply because Europeans drive alot less than we do. I recall one of my first trips to

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It seems that Duane at Blackinformant has returned. He was quitting just as I was setting up this modest blog just over one month ago. I'm starting to realize that blogging can be addicting.

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"It's not a lie, if you believe it"- George Costanza from Seinfeld "The Beard".Seems like our President is sounding more and more like George Costanza these days. It must suck to be a public figure, and have to keep track of everything that wanders out of your mouth in the age of the blogger. I don't envy the President. He's not very good at improvisation to say the least.I know other bloggers

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This story made me think about what it means to be a "believer" or person of "faith" as it's often referred to. There are people who claim to be believers, but their actions don't seem to confirm their stated beliefs. I tend to think that atheists and agnostics are just more honest than most people who claim to be Christians. Now, before I became a physician I spent time in the military, the U.S.

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I really like traveling. I think visiting other countries broadens a persons worldview. There are those in this country who believe sitting in front of the TV watching some infotainment of a "news channel" about foreign cultures, makes one an expert. In a country such as the US, where the population isn't very fond of wanderlust, or going walkabout, as some of my friends like to call it, todays

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Now for something completely different. Sometimes I have to force myself to not think about the negative stories going on in the world for at least a short time. I saw this story about 4 MIT students on a race to Mongolia on CNN, and thought, "...how can I weasel some time off for this?!". For anyone who is interested, here is the Official Website of the race. I've always thought if more people

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"What's happening is not right. It's murder, not war," said Dr. Joseph Khoury, a young pediatric, who had joined the protest.

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Interesting piece...I'd like to hear your comments. Here's what they have to say about the film:Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land provides a striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle East, zeroing in on how structural distortions in U.S. coverage have reinforced false perceptions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This pivotal documentary

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Wow, I didn't think the world could sink any deeper into the proverbial handbasket speeding off to hell. More evidence that humans are the nastiest of species . I love all living creatures but I never thought I would agree with PETA, but then I never thought I'd agree with anything crazy old Pat Buchanan had to say either. There are days that I wake up and ask myself have we all lost our fucking

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Well, to me at first glance, it seems that Dr. Pou did the compassionate thing, if in fact she did in fact give those patients lethal doses of morphine and Versed (strange they mentioned Ativan yesterday...). The article doesn't state the condition of the first patient, the 90 year old woman, but the 89 year-old woman had two gangrenous legs, and dementia. I can only imagine how that womans

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In the United States everyone is entitled to his or her opinion. However, unlike in our Constitution (after a lot of amendments of course) all opinions are NOT created equally. There are learned opinions from people who have a good grasp of the subject, and then the random musings of people who because of having watched 5 minutes of Fox News or CNN, suddenly feel they are then qualified to work

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It seems our decider has yet again twarted the will of the people, and instead bowed to a powerful religious minority. "This bill would support the taking of innocent human life in the hope offinding medical benefits for others," Bush said Wednesday afternoon. "It crossesa moral boundary that our decent society needs to respect. So I vetoed it." It's hard to take our President seriously when he

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Not to knock US Soccer, but I've long thought that the reason we just aren't that good is because our soccers base is the suburbs, while the worlds best "footballers" climb out of their respective 'hood. Anyway we just don't have any "funk" to our game. This is like watching a bunch of point guards a Rucker Park..

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In the News...Well, since I just started this blog (and nobody is reading it yet anyway), I'll restrain myself from commenting on the current Lebanese/Israeli/Palestininian/Syrian (and Iranian depending on what you believe) affair right now. I've got good friends from the first two countries, and it hurts to know they are in danger and are probably as we speak working extra shifts in their

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One of my favorite bloggers is hanging up his keyboardDuane at Blackinformant http://www.blackinformant.com plans to close down his site as of Friday July 21. This is sad news for me, since I really liked debating him. We didn't often agree, but I think those are the best people with whom to argue. Thanks for a good two years Duane!

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Don't worry, this isn't going to hurt...or be a blog strictly about cleansing colons prior to surgery or endoscopy. I needed a blog title, and it came to mind. When I was a surgery intern, we sometimes joked about ordering daily bowel preps for some of the more annoying patients. I'd like to think of this as more of a "mind" prep, since there seems to be too much shit flowing from the internet

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