You have to read this to believe it and you still might be astounded:
"While I certainly can’t speak for everyone on the left, my sense is the left believes the richest Americans can afford to pay more in taxes. Some rich folks may disagree, but to see such an agenda as similar to mass murder is more than a little disturbing. What would possess someone to make such a repulsive comparison – in public, on purpose – is something of a mystery." http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/fear-progressive-kristallnacht
I think I read that he was the THIRD “Marlboro Man” to die of a disease associated with smoking tobacco…
—Alan
P.S.: Long before the Surgeon General’s report on the subject, folks referred to cigarettes as “cancer sticks.” P.P.S: COPD is a very hard, very slow way to go… think Black Lung disease or silicosis.
Yes, Alan, it is very harsh. There is nothing so terrible as not being able to breathe. When I was a chaplain intern there was a man dying of lung cancer, and he was so sad and miserable.
It wasn't the proximate cause of his death, but my father was dying of congestive heart failure secondary to inadequately treated rheumatic fever in his teens. I shouldn't be at all surprised if it were exacerbated by his forty-year smoking habit. It's been nearly fifty years since he passed away, and still I miss him badly. He doesn't often visit me in my dreams any more, but but I expect he will continue to do so from time to time.
Thinking of people who deserve to be thanked, the ER physician at the hospital where I work stuck himself with a needle while suturing an injured (wounded? I don't know) convict this past weekend. It's reasonable to assume that the patient had at least hepatitis C, and quite possibly other serious viral infections. So they ordered baseline tests for the physician and diagnostic tests for the patient. It goes with the territory--a century ago almost all physicians had TB by the time they graduated from medical school, and many (I forget the proportion, but it was substantial--say a quarter or a third) would die of it. And they knew it.
Well, enough morbid stuff for tonight, and then some. I had to work late, as is normally the case, but mopped up almost all the work I didn't finish last week. Tomorrow is another day.
By the way, there is such a thing as a Bishop Bird [Click]. I think saw somewhere that one species has established itself in the southern US. I wonder if there might be some other birds named after various types of clergy/religious. Deacon? Abbess?
Howard Dean is a bright as the sunshine outside. But nowhere near as cold (-2F).
ReplyDeleteWow, Bill, imagine it being warmer here than where you are! We got up to 29F today. If it's any consolation we have wind gusts to 22mph too.
ReplyDeleteYou have to read this to believe it and you still might be astounded:
ReplyDelete"While I certainly can’t speak for everyone on the left, my sense is the left believes the richest Americans can afford to pay more in taxes. Some rich folks may disagree, but to see such an agenda as similar to mass murder is more than a little disturbing. What would possess someone to make such a repulsive comparison – in public, on purpose – is something of a mystery."
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/fear-progressive-kristallnacht
In other news:
ReplyDelete"The Marlboro Man" Eric Lawson has died at age 72 of COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). Basically, he died of smoking.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/former-marlboro-man-eric-lawson-dies-of-smoking-related-disease/
I think I read that he was the THIRD “Marlboro Man” to die of a disease associated with smoking tobacco…
Delete—Alan
P.S.: Long before the Surgeon General’s report on the subject, folks referred to cigarettes as “cancer sticks.”
P.P.S: COPD is a very hard, very slow way to go… think Black Lung disease or silicosis.
—Alan
And "my guys" -- the researchers I support -- are currently doing laboratory studies related to COPD treatment.
DeleteYes, Alan, it is very harsh. There is nothing so terrible as not being able to breathe.
DeleteWhen I was a chaplain intern there was a man dying of lung cancer, and he was so sad and miserable.
Thank you and your guys for your important work!
It wasn't the proximate cause of his death, but my father was dying of congestive heart failure secondary to inadequately treated rheumatic fever in his teens. I shouldn't be at all surprised if it were exacerbated by his forty-year smoking habit. It's been nearly fifty years since he passed away, and still I miss him badly. He doesn't often visit me in my dreams any more, but but I expect he will continue to do so from time to time.
DeleteThinking of people who deserve to be thanked, the ER physician at the hospital where I work stuck himself with a needle while suturing an injured (wounded? I don't know) convict this past weekend. It's reasonable to assume that the patient had at least hepatitis C, and quite possibly other serious viral infections. So they ordered baseline tests for the physician and diagnostic tests for the patient. It goes with the territory--a century ago almost all physicians had TB by the time they graduated from medical school, and many (I forget the proportion, but it was substantial--say a quarter or a third) would die of it. And they knew it.
Well, enough morbid stuff for tonight, and then some. I had to work late, as is normally the case, but mopped up almost all the work I didn't finish last week. Tomorrow is another day.
--Alan
By the way, there is such a thing as a Bishop Bird [Click]. I think saw somewhere that one species has established itself in the southern US. I wonder if there might be some other birds named after various types of clergy/religious. Deacon? Abbess?
ReplyDelete--Alan
Parson bird [Click]
ReplyDelete--Alan