DrToketee's Comments (38)

“I, for one, am entirely fed up with Obama supporter/turncoats who childishly expect this morass of corruption would just vanish like a mist in the "Dawn of Obama" and suddenly everybody would wake up with a rainbow over their houses and pots of gold on their doorsteps. If you had the courage of your convictions and any intelligence whatsoever, especially intelligence about political processes and the REALITY of the office of the POTUS, Not since Lincoln inherited a terrible secessionist environment that led to civil war has a president entered office to face the impending end of this nation.

This same ilk sat silent and afraid while GWB and company murdered hundreds of thousands, including American soldiers and never, in two terms, 8 years signed a petition or supported a referendum to impeach them for war crimes and treason. You make the job of neocon fear seeders who deliberately post these poison pill posts easy and fun. They know you are cowards. It's not Obama who's weak. He lives every damned day with his life on the line and one lapse in security away from a bullet in the head just for being the first black president of the United States. It's the uninformed, politically naive losers who about face at the first sign their spoiled little agendas don't magically appear in the first year of a tough presidency who are weak. Frankly, he's better off without supporters like that.”

“drama drama drama....geesh.”

“His speech on race gave some insight on the depth of misunderstanding and a new beginning point for bridging, for those willing, that divide. His speech to our Muslim brothers and sisters affirmed the stance that Americans are not at war with them and IMO set the stage where when we confront Iran it lessened the rhetoric from The Muslim world about U.S aggression. We are again the most admired country (http://www.reliableplant.com/article.aspx?articleid=20439). I do believe China is near to making firm commitments in CO2 omissions. Health Care will pass., I believe the Congressional Budget Office scores it not only not increasing the deficit but saving, at this point, 8 Billion yearly. Remember the last Administration took us to ruinous deficit from surplus.

I think one measure of leadership is in vision and he, Pres,Obama, has certainly shown that has that. Given time his leadership will without doubt prove more effective than the last.”

“What have you done? Have you given money or time to anyone fighting in congress to repeal this issues? Have you worked in your community to raise money for LGBT and LGBT friendly candidates? Have you done anything except wait for someone to save you? Have you filed a lawsuit? You want a civil rights solution to a political and civil rights problem. Here is how you get it, elect people who agree with you! Raise money. Pick candidates. There are 5 open senate seats and about 5 more that are in play, why hasn't the LGBT community picked those candidates. I keep hearing that you guys are an ATM that you have all this money and all this muscle. Why hasn't anyone in the LGBT community used it. For example, FL, there are about five dems fighting for the nomination, which ones are good for the LGBT community? How much money have you given them? How many letters and how many phone calls have you made on their behalf? When there are five people looking at an open seat early money changes the game for someone. Pick a candidate and flood them with money, you can push the other, unfriendly people out of the race. But instead of doing that what are you doing, besides trashing the only President in history who actually gave a s**t about your issues. If you forgot the other guy signed DADT and DOMA.

J”

“The Lilly Ledbetter Act was preceeded by a such a speech.

This thread is disgustingly ignorant.”

“sooooo negative”

“You don't ask. I won't tell.”

“I assume that you believe that more governmental control is what is needed. Well, I believe in freedom. Being able to choose how I live without government intervention is indeed the most peaceful and profitable way to live.

Give the government more power, and you will give the government the ability to wage more war...”

“You have no idea what Obama has watched, will watch, or wishes to watch. I doubt that he would share that information with you anyway.

I suppose you'd rather have another Reagan-esque president that quoted lines from movies he had starred in as if they were real.”

“Why is Obama a coward? He has been in power 9 months. He cannot create Utopia out of ashes in such a short time. He has plenty on his plate, I wouldn't consider anybody that wants to deal with the state of this country, a coward. Cowards are the ones that left the mess behind.”

“They find him dangerous. Remember what Beck said about him.”

“Thanks, Doc

Does that mean you are taking odds on a 99 to 1 bet. I'll take some of that action...”

“I understand what this person is saying. Somewhat speculative, yes. It's hard to know the truth about anything, really.

Many factors led to my own personal conclusion (posted prior). Here are a few more:

A person I knew directly involved with groups that produced genetically modified foods would only eat "organic" foods himself. Kinda made me wonder why he wouldn't drink his own lemonade?!

Pushed cattle once and the ranchers started this "new" grain. That was the year I was there and we had to pump the cattle with tons of penicillin just to get them to move. The ranchers decided to go back to "organic" due to the amount of cattle sick that year than in the past. The cattle's immune systems had been compromised. The ranchers believed the "new" grain was part of the problem.

Ya gotta wonder if this/that works for you or not and decide for ourselves. People need to come to their own conclusions either by stories shared, facts or research. They keep selling "what ever", because people keep buying it, and It's easier to follow and then blame. Would we even be able to recognize the truth or trust it was the truth if someone was handing it out for free?!

Reminds me of the old commercials in the fifties: The doctors were smoking cigarettes.

We have the freedom to believe something or not. If we continue to be told, they will continue to tell.”

“The problem is that, if you wait for "recognized, clinically-proven data" before you take action, you could be seriously damaging your body. Research is often funded by drug companies so their studies are highly suspect. Large corporations that produce frankenfoods and pesticides are big lobbyists in Washingto so don't wait for the government to come out and publish studies to give impartial information.

People like Dr. Hyman are leaders in their field. Do yourself a favor and heed their advice before you or members of your family get sick.”

“i certainly am concerned that (what comes with foods that are not grown organically) are harmful. there is quite a bit of opinion about engeneered food, both pro and con. and there is a long list of chemicals that have been shown to affect health, which you may consider to be speculative. you may wish to look up the compound ddt, for example. i can only speak for myself. i'm not sure how many people drtoketee is, but i don't think he/she speaks for more than one person; or whether your dr. moniker is even genuine, or just an username. it's interesting that you criticise a blanket statement by making several blanket and unsubstantiated statements. you also fail to mention empirical evidence, and focus myopically on clinical evidence, which you yourself do not produce. and no, clinical and impirical are not the same; just as studies and experiments are not the same. instead of being sad, why not spend your time more productively. seek and ye shall find. if you don't know about something, then go find out more about it. public libraries, the internet, medical journals, the dr. you have available to you here, etc. baseless criticism is a waste of your time.”

“It is just logical.

If they've invented a food that has never been seen by the human immune system it is logical that they immune system may recognize the hybrid as foreign and attack it.

Makes perfect sense.

There are no scientific studies that prove it is safe for me to have fingers on my hand. Just because o that I'm not going to cut of my fingers!

People should start thinking logically.”

“Thank you for your post! Why don't people understand that traditional breeding practices are also "genetic modification"? Do you think that a potato from 2000 years ago looked like it does now? Of course not, it has been selectively bred to be hardier, larger, etc. I think most of our problems come from over-eating and under-exercising, not GMO wheat in bread, sorry.”

“I understand you wait for clinical evidence before making health-related decisions, and you suggest others do the same. You do not believe organic foods offer any benefit, or that GMO foods have the potential for harm, because there are no supporting studies.

This may come as a surprise to you, but there are others who are willing to take their health into their own hands, and have confidence they can make intelligent risk/benefit decisions, given sufficient information. These people are extremely interested in correlations, and may decide to act upon them without waiting for studies that may never happen and/or be incomplete. It is called common sense.

Here is one example where the medical community acted on correlation. They pulled thimerosal from many vaccines without any studies proving harm. Those who closely follow correlation had the advantage of deciding to opt for preservative-free vaccines many years before the government acted. There was no downside to doing so, eliminating a potential risk factor.

The entire organic food industry is based on correlation. There are no definitive studies that show pesticide residue is harmful. The downside is cost. The upside is the elimination of another potential risk factor.

There is correlation evidence that GMO foods cause harm in some mammals, but no studies. That is enough for me to avoid them - I can take a hint from nature.

Some wait for studies, others act on common sense.

Roy Mankovitz, Director
http://www.MontecitoWellness.com”

“He says "He thinks." Are doctors not allowed to speculate? You can not say with scientific accuracy that GMO foods pose no risks.

His theory is that a genecially modified food is a new organism to our body and the rest of the environment. The unfamiliar composition of the sugars and proteins may cause a immune response in some people. It's a theory that has not been proven or disproven, so take your side. Just remember how long it took for us to scientifically affirm causality of smoking related disease before you go out and eat Monsanto's latest and greatest creation.

Also you pulled a Stossel- Organic and GMO are too different issues, and no one argues that organic is more nutritious- some think it is 'healther' because it was grown with out synthetic toxins used to kill insects.Some worry that long term exposure to even trace ammounts of pesticides cause health problems. Pesticides are poisons and will harm or kill you depending on some ration of quantity and exposure. That isn't crazy or junk science- it's a calculated risk. Those that chose organic don't want the risk and will pay for it.”

“The GOP has no shortage of f00lish people.”

“There are plenty of other right wing nuts out there. Don't worry.”

“You make a good point, and it illustrates how well and truly screwed those enlisted soldiers were. They were 1/2 way around the world in a very crappy place with horrible duty, and the officers above them allowed non-military people to come in and take over. An individual soldier can't in reality become a Philadelphia lawyer and refuse orders.

The President can't pardon those poor bastards who got caught up in this until someone higher up pays...otherwise, it will look like all will go unpunished for Abu Ghraib.

Back in the 70's when Nixon was pardoned prosecutions of lower-level people like Karl Rove were dropped on the principal that you can't punish them and not the higher ups. People who were already convicted of crimes relating to CREEP weren't so lucky-they weren't pardoned. One of them was Ted Bundy.”

“Yeah their special day is pretty much ruined now. I'd ask for my money back if I were the students, just for the trauma of having this happen to their graduation. Imagine working so hard for so long, and then instead of just celebrating with your family at a wine and cheese reception, there's reporters all over the place and it's chaos because your school officials were blatantly racist and publicly dishonored the President.”

“Actually as I understand it the majority of students at Notre Dame are still Catholic however I agree that the institution really does have a fantastic focus on human progress and achievement.”

“republican opposition was partly to blame ....

and....

Having won the 1936 presidential election by the biggest margin up to that time, it seemed that everything was going well for Roosevelt and the New Deal.

In 1937, the president, in fact, believed that the nation had recovered its economic health and he tried to balance the federal budged by cutting back on New Deal programs. Roosevelt, for example, reduced funding for the WPA by half.

Such policies, however, proved disastrous for the American economy. As a result of such cuts, unemployment rose by 1.5 million by July 1937. With farm subsidies cut, farm prices also fell, and by August an additional 4 million Americans were out of work.

The economy would not recover fully from the Roosevelt Recession until the United States entered World War II.

Reasons for the Roosevelt Recession:

FDR didn't understand economics
He abandoned his New Deal policies in order to balance the federal budget
He favored political compromise over controversial commitments

Roosevelt brought about the Recession of 1937 because he refused to follow the advice of his economic aides and turned away from Keynesian economics.

Keynes claimed that there was a direct correlation between government spending and the welfare of the private sector economy....he advocated vast government spending--even deficit spending--in times of recession.

Then, when the economy had recovered, Keynes argued, the government should reduce spending. In the 1930s, however, Roosevelt remained suspicious of deficit spending during tough economic times."”

“Contrary to popular belief, public works projects and stimulus packages do not work.

The government doesn't make money, it takes money. It takes it from companies and its citizens.

If a robber stole your money and spent it on repaving his driveway, would you call his actions a stimulus package that was good for the economy? Would you say that the robber did you a favor by stealing your money and spending it? Of course not, so why should it be any different when government takes your money and spends it on pork?”

“George Will is now a wannabe Hannity.”

“I do like the Nixon comparison. This break-in, into Palin's E-mail is like the Break-in done to the DNC back in the Nixon days, only this time it is the Democrats doing the breaking in to the Republican house. I wonder if Obama will have the class to resign like Nixon did. I also think you are right about how corrupt the Democrats will get in their attacks, if we get a McCain-Palin administration.”

“That was a good read, Well thought & said!”