No Surgeon General Job for Sanjay Gupta

Less breaking news than let's say an arrest warrant being issued in the Chandra Levy murder case, but hey, I've got to report something. Looks like Dr. Sanjay Gupta has withdrawn his consideration for Surgeon General saying that he will not leave his job as CNN's chief medical correspondent. And I'm glad. Remember this interaction between Gupta and Micheal Moore when Gupta admits that he denies patients who don't have healthcare simply because he's in the pocket of insurance comanies who tell him who he can and cannot operate on? Or how about when he admits our health care insurance industry is a "precious" commodity, further admitting that for him as a doctor it's not about healing but about the money. Check it out for yourself:

Thought of the Day

Why don’t sheep shrink when they are out in the rain?

I Shutter to Think

Obama has told us over and again that the worst is still yet to come. Well, maybe this job-loss chart will help Americans realize just what that word "worst" means. Here we are now:

Rush Is a Big-Fat Liar!

Political cartoonists are a dime a dozen these days, but very few of them have mastered the use of irony as Tom Toles of the Washington Post has. Yesterday I posted one of his cartoons regarding the economy and how it's in the "shitter" as my old man used to say. But today I'd like to use this cartoon from Toles depicting a grossly obese Rush Limbaugh high on his throne. The depiction isn't unique. There are many who feel this gluttonous wretched bastard revels in his own filthy pool of anger, hate, and food addiction. Sorry if that last sentence had faulty parallelism, but my point is that Limbuagh is a disgusting wretch who doesn't need to be propped up in our society, even for the sake of ratings. And it bothers me that even moderate Republicans bow to this man, as Toles so clearly has drawn into his cartoon. With that said, this is the last thing I will post about Rush the magic blowhard. Enjoy Toles' cartoon: