BARBARA'S TCHATZKAHS

I love this!! I myself have argued with doctors and gotten up and walked out of offices without paying... and guess what? It's my body and I have ALWAYS been right! You go, Jessica! TEEN OUTSMARTS DOCTORS By Emily Feldman When doctors didn't give a Washington state high school student the answers she wanted, she took matters into her own hands. Eighteen-year-old Jessica Terry, brought slides of her own intestinal tissue into her AP science class and correctly diagnosed herself with Crohn's disease. "It's weird I had to solve my own medical problem," Terry told CNN affiliate KOMO. " There were just no answers anywhere... I was always sick." For years she went from doctor to doctor complaining of vomiting, diarrhea, weight loss and stomach pains. They said she had irritable bowel syndrome. They said she had colitis. They said the slides of her intestinal tissue were fine, but she knew that wasn't right. "Not knowing much about a disease you...

From THE REAL BARACK OBAMA by Procrustes There’s probably no more powerful a reminder of just how out of touch and clueless Barackistan HQ is than Organizing for America’s latest email directive issued by O for A’s David Plouffe — “June 6th: It all begins”. There was ZERO headscratching here at RBO HQ about the significance of June 6th. It just happens to be the 65th Anniversy of D-Day, the Battle of Normandy, June 6, 1944. So, is that what Plouffe is talking about? Hardly. Once again, POTUS and his faithful hord are deliberately tone deaf. And just what is the It that is to “begin” on June 6th, you ask? Well, here’s the email message: We especially like this part: We will look back on that day as the moment when the fight for real health care reform began in your neighborhood — perhaps even in your own living room. Hey, numbskulls, you just don’t get it, do you? FYI — The D-Day Museum in Portsmouth, England, reports on the human sacrifice from the battle: The Allied casualt...

Obama's POTUS less than Three Months and already he's exposed that he really is The Music Man! Not Your Sweetie writes: Credit for the cartoon Only yesterday (see update) I was mentioning Rasmussen’s +4 indicator (down from +30). Today, Zogby comes with the new numbers which tell us : Americans split on the president’s performance. He said the score factors out to “about 50-50.” According to Boston Herald, Zogby attributes this to : “It’s not because of the gaffes, but a combination of high expectations and that things aren’t moving fast enough with the economy.” To which they add the disastruous media appearances, where the teleprompter was left behind and the “gallows humor” brought along. Here’s my theory. Zogby is of course right - the lack of economic change is a good part of the reason. Some of the 50% who now disapprove may also know the definition of insanity - doing the same thing and expecting different results. A few of us noticed Obama is repeating the B...

The Associated Press article by Matthew Perrone (February 8, 2009, “Drugmakers’ push boosts ‘murky’ aliment) has drawn several comments. Click here to read the article. See below to read the NFA’s response to the Associated Press as well as comments and letters by others. Focus on the Facts The recent Associated Press story on fibromyalgia hardly qualifies as news; it merely regurgitates the same arguments that have been published in the past and offers the opinions of the same two men who have built careers out of drawing attention away from the hundreds of scientists who continue to make amazing scientific strides toward understanding the underlying cause(s) and pathophysiology of what fibromyalgia patients experience. By perpetuating this message, the article implies that it is more acceptable to debate names or labels for this “set of symptoms” and to point fingers at the usual “villains” (i.e.: pharma and the nonprofits who accept money from them), than to focus on the millions of...

FROM INDIVID: Although Gov. Palin NEVER had creationism taught in Alaska's schools, she was unfairly tarred with that lie by the Media. Yet, We have Obama pushing, as a major part of his platform, the equivalent in terms of economics, and the Networks, CNN, and other major leftist media outlets are silent. Obamanomics, which is not economics at all, but merely flat-Earth-ian, Creationist-style, relegated to the dustbin-type, Marxism, includes the heavy handed, felonious Robin Hood-type "stealing from the entrepreneurial, and giving to the poor". As this story documents , a blue collar plumber asked if Obama's tax plan would increase taxes on his small, start-up plumbing company. Obama's response was YES! "It's not that I want to punish your success," Obama told him. "I want to make sure that everybody who is behind you, that they've got a chance for success, too. Then, Obama explained his trickle-up theory of economics. "My atti...

by Larry Johnson (from No Quarter) When I went thru paramilitary training with the CIA 22 years ago I learned more than how to shoot weapons, throw a grenade, reisist interrogation, or navigate rough terrain. I also got a chance to gauge how my classmates reacted under pressure. Most did very well. I learned, for example, I could trust Valerie Plame, Jim Marcinkowski, Mike Grimaldi, Brent Cavan, and others who, because they are still undercover, must remain anonymous. There were a few who cracked under the stress of limited sleep, physical exertion, and psychological pressure. Those folks you wanted to keep in positions where they would not be responsible for the welfare and safety of others. I learned I would like to know ahead of time what someone would do when the chips were down. You normally don’t want to wait until your house is on fire to learn your roomate is afraid of fire. Remember George Bush on the morning of 9-11 after he was informed a second plane had hit a tower of the ...

Translation: Without a prepared script and someone to tell him what he thinks about issues he’s lost. Why? Because he’s clueless, that’s why. And if he has to debate McCain it will be obvious that he’s way, way out of his league : According to several Democrat political consultants presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama spent part of his Hawaiian vacation working on weaning himself from a heavy dependence on teleprompters. Even in what are staged as “town hall” events for Obama, remarks are scripted or formatted into bullet points that scroll on teleprompter screens. Obama has had several embarrassing events where the teleprompter either malfunctioned or the screens were not fully visible. “He just locks down and can’t get the words out,” says one political consultant. “For such a fine speaker, it’s really quite remarkable that he’s had issues.” Obama’s troubles with unscripted moments contributed to his campaign’s refusal to participate in town hall format debat...

Childrens Do Learn, Preznents Duzzn't "I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance". - Socrates Anyone like myself, who has children in the Public School Systems knows what a JOKE No Child Left Behind is. I personally am on round three with the Very (NOT) Helpful NYC Department of Education and this time I am forced to bring a parent advocate and an attorney with me to get services for my child - that my taxes PAY FOR and that Pres. Chimpy's initiative assured all us parents we would have free and easy access too. Right. And just off topic here - I have a parcel of swampland in Florida up for sale just right for development along with a shiny, barely used Bridge in Brooklyn going cheap. I am usually a very peaceful person. I am forgiving for the most part, even when I shouldn't be. But I do NOT suffer fools gladly. Stupid really irritates me like a bad rash. And Pres. Shrub is an idiot. My Nana of blessed memory would NEVER allow my brother or I to use t...

OH NO, NOT FRIEDMAN AGAIN! We women have all been to those parties, right? Those social gatherings, usually at someone's home or backyard where the obligatory husband/boyfriend/flavor of the month that we all want to avoid comes. He knows you're into social issues or politics or whatever so you are too polite to just tell him he's a moron so you listen. You listen to him drone on and on. You nod while you look for a polite out. Usually grabbing your children, making for the powder room, anything to shake him off. When you see him you or the female nearest you leans in and says "Oh no, there's Tom again! What does she see in him?" (knowing look) and then you look for the nearest way to distance yourself from the guy. Considering Tom Friedman works for the antisemitic pooper-scooper, birdcage lining, "all the news that fits we print" New York Times I guess he's got the goods on someone there because he's such an idiot. He doesn't re...