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Good post! As far as what is going on with this, from a Nurses perspective, Information tends to get manipulated. Drug companies want the business, so they go on and on spending billions advertising their products, often through fear of the disease. They create "Me too" drugs, drugs which do the same thing as an existing drug after the patent expires and generics can be made to increase or maintain their profits. Often, the "me too"s are tested against a placebo, and not against an existing drug that does the same thing. The Pepcid, Prevacid, Protonix drugs is an example of this. Drug companies also know which docs push their products, and encourage them to do so with kickbacks such as paid for educational trips, grants for research, and the like. The American Medical Association and pharmaceutical agencies are powerful lobbies to government, and like their little status quo, spending lots of money and effort to maintain it.

Sorry for the rant..

This was not a instantaneous change, but a downward spiral that has been occurring throughout this presidency. The gas prices have risen constantly since the occupation in the middle east, and will do so until we have someone other than oil company puppets in the white house, they are gouging while they can, because they know the party is over soon. The housing market has been also trending this way for several years, the dollar is declining in value due to our accumulated debt these republicans built while cutting taxes for the upper class (during a time of war) and privatizing government functions which has costed the government more instead of saving money. Most attempts by the Democrats to do things they either promised or to fix some of this damage ends up filibustered (Republicans hit the 2 year record for filibusters in under one year since the dems took office) or Vetoed. The real question should be, Can we Afford to keep THESE republicans (not all are crooks, just all these) in power....

Will check them out!

I know, I have pulled up others playlists just for the tunes while doing housework before..

What I said is "Comedy SKIT" not event. You might need to reread my comment. And she was asked to come, she didn't just show up drunk as you are insinuating. Randi has been right on target on many issues (Caging lists, Torture, CACI involvement (they even brought a lawsuit against her for exposing their participation in the physical and sexual torture, she won), and the outing of a covert CIA agent (aka treason) and her entire company (which just so happened to be investigating the recently exposed situation of high level Pentagon officials trying to sell 'Nuklear' secrets to Pakistan and other terrorist nations, as well as her getting the agency to double check (and debunk) the yellow cake claim.

Hey, being consistant, maybe you should run. You would already have one up on McCain...

And Believe me, as someone who WORKS in healthcare 36-48 hours a week, since 2001, Health care IS in crisis. A money racket by both hospitals and insurance companies. And while costs and insurance prices went up, wages adjusted for inflation have dropped or stayed stagnant this entire presidency. Not a liberal ploy, just a fact. I can't speak for what happened in the early 90s, but now (SCHIP, and more) has been either the results of filibusters or Vetoes, by Republicans. The blame goes only where it should. The republican idea with health care seems to be love the fetus, F**k the child (no pun to Mark Foley (et. al.)intended). THESE Republicans had their hayday, made their buddies rich, and ensured a near sweep in 2006 and coming in 2008. Maybe its time you started blaming YOUR reps, for destroying and/or weakening your parties power for years to come due to their own corruption.

I figured you would have been amused by Randi calling ole Hillary a F***in Wh*re at a comedy skit.

"Think about the children" You must be joking about that AR. Let me weigh this, Language problems & Health Care or no obscene language problems and dead from health neglect after being ignored by another republican (or having your health care filibustered, vetoed or the like)....Hmmmm Priorities priorities...

I heard about this. Although some of his social and political views bugged me, he was in his day an asset to film and theater.

welcome aboard...

Thats what texans call botox injections. "getin stabbed in da face"

Yep!!

Nice pic, sounds like a beautiful place. Always wanted to check out Australia some day. Heard lots of great things about it.

1998

Randi was doing a comedy skit though. I have the video on my blog, she called them both whores (Ferraro and clinton..LOL)

Why Michigan,,,too cold..