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Former Surgeon General Was Muzzled, Censored By Bush Administration

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  • cindylauper, on 10/11/2007, -2/+41Bush, the most degenerate dictator a democracy has ever known.
  • shawnfassett, on 10/11/2007, -0/+17How much amazing information has come out of Waxman's Committee in these past 6 months?? Imagine if Lieberman was doing HIS job on the Senate's version of the same committee (Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs)...

    Sen. Reid needs to remove Lieberman and put somebody in there who will actually ask the hard questions and turn over the rocks that Bush puts in the way.
  • reeder, on 10/11/2007, -1/+14Bush is a monster.
  • zephc, on 10/11/2007, -1/+11^^^(•..•)^^^ ^^^(•..•)^^^ ^^^(•..•)^^^
    ^^^(•..•)^^^ ^^^(•..•)^^^ ^^^(•..•)^^^
    ^^^(•..•)^^^ ^^^(•..•)^^^ ^^^(•..•)^^^
    LOOKOUT, OOLOO! SWARM OF MOONBATS!

    Go get a new catch-phrase, you jackass, you're sounding like a broken record.
  • pintomp3, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9is that you mr. bush?
  • dxgg, on 02/05/2008, -0/+9The surgeon general most certainly does not. The American people have relied on the Surgeon General's professional credentials (all have been MDs) and political independence to make themselves into the most visible and, in the public's mind, impartial and therefore trusted government spokespersons on health issues affecting the nation as a whole.
  • honkeybot5k, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9Let's make Kansas it's own independent nation, call is Jesusland, and let these little taliban-lite bastards have it. These nuts can go to the hospitals there, and have hands laid on them to cure their Parkinson's disease. Spinal cord injuries shouldn't be a problem either since TV cameras give preachers the power of healing. I see people being pulled out of wheelchairs all the time on TV!

    Regardless of what these little puritan fascists try to do, stem cell research and therapy will be a reality.
  • Dralha, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8One word: dominionism.
  • neoblaque, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8Well, when he only has one idea, one catch-phrase is only natural. BTW - the Surgeon General works for the American people.
  • JustFender, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9didnt sound like a sob story, sounded more like a your-being-*****-up-the-ass-by-the-government-and-your-just-smiling story
  • seks03, on 10/11/2007, -2/+9you would think so but the sad truth is that the government would use Bush's death as another 9/11 to make new laws that would screw us more
    Theres a great movie that was made that showed a scenario of what may happen if Bush took a dirt nap, shows how the gov would end up winning in the end. http://www.deathofapresident.com/media/index.html
  • fuzzmeister, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7That is so ignorant it is almost incredible. Do you know the first thing about embryonic stem cells? They come from the discarded embryos left over from IVF (which is _creating_ a baby, by the way, not an abortion), embryos that would be thrown in the trash if not used for stem cell research. Also, I am not sure that any person wants more abortions, they just think that people should be free to choose.
  • LilRabbitFooFoo, on 08/11/2008, -0/+7This is no surprise. From the scientific community (global warming) to the stacked deck pointing to Iraq, this is the status quo with this group. I am surprised that none of the media ever covered the WHY of why Katrina was so terribly bungled. Normally, the head of any government agency is a figurehead, appointed to the current administration to provide and personal and political buffer between the administration and said agency. The #2 person at any agency is the one with 30 years of non-partisan experience. They really run the show at FEMA, etc...or at least, they used to. When Bushco took power they sacked the top TWO OR THREE members of every agency...including FEMA..all in the name of political ideology. They wanted control over every agency, regardless of the hampering of that agency's functioning. So when "Brownie" needed to turn to an experienced #2 or #3 person in the time of crisis...they weren't any more experienced than he was. Hence no one knew what to do and spent all the critical time asking questions of people who had been unceremoniously fired and had moved on with their lives. Bureaucratic Inertia in a time of crisis.

    And this is how the entire government is structured right now. The experienced, professional, capable heads of every agency were replaced by Bushco with inexperienced, Bush-friendly, cronies with no capabilities for the job other than the ability to say "whatever you say goes Mr. Rove."
  • honkeybot5k, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7Or your head in the sand.
  • MacEnvy, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7If they thought there was a medical issue on which he was wrong, that's fine. If they oppose his medical advice on a moral basis and thus silence the one person who is charged with being a man of science in the administration, then the WH can go ***** themselves. They aren't serving this country.
  • Fordi, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6"Embryonic stem-cell advocates just want more abortions."

    You are a liar.

    Research embryonic stem cells in european countries come from failed fetuses at fertility clinics. North Korea is the only one I know of that actually uses abortion cells.

    Meanwhile, I don't see the problem in using cells from abortions; since abortion is the potential mother's choice, it wouldn't instigate any extra abortions, and it would make use of what would otherwise be waste.

    Unless you're one of those asshats who think that a woman who has an abortion should have her pickled fetus legally stapled to her nightstand (or go around waving pictures of aborted fetuses at political rallies. Either way, you're a sick *****.)
  • wmarkusen, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7Vote left.
  • feckineejit, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6This is all crap we've been saying all along but nobody but us "fringe lunatics" believed it. we were branded conspiracy nuts because nobody liked to hear the truth. lies are much more palatable.
  • MephistoX, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7Sound like 1984, anyone?
  • Fordi, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6I've just decided, I have to release this extension I wrote. Hover over a digg user's name, and it pulls up his age in days, a short list of what he's dugg/submitted, and his average/deviated comment score.

    Ooloo joined five days ago, has dugg only politically extreme right articles, and has an avg comment score of -3.8 with a deviation of 0.03.

    So yeah. Moonbat my ass; maybe, but only from the point of view of someone who has lost all touch with reality.

    Actually responding to ooloo: The position of Surgeon General should not be in any way affected by politics. No more, at least, than your own physician should be.

    Seriously, the idea that you would set something as important as public health subject to party politics is so fundamentally stupid, naive, or intentionally insane that ... that I can't even figure out a way to finish this sentence.
  • dxgg, on 02/05/2008, -0/+5Got fascism?
  • zephc, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Kill a man and you might make him a martyr - the only way to really take someone out is to publicly disgrace them (e.g. sex/drug/corruption scandals)
  • insanebrain, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6The biggest trick of the devil is telling everybody that America is a free country.
  • MacEnvy, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5The Reagan years? Yeah, totally.
  • rationalist, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Hmm, if you'd RFTA, you'd have known that the Surgeon Generals under Ronald Reagan and Bush Sr. certainly don't think so - they state this is the worst partisanship and muzzling of legitimate science they have ever seen.
  • Fordi, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4I believe the point that Carmona was trying to get across is that the Administration's values should have no bearing on the Surgeon General's decisions - be they democrat or republican.

    But, as he deftfully pointed out, Bush has so far been the worst example of the political opression of the SG's office yet.
  • Fordi, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Um. The source appears to be a congressional hearing. It may be on thinkprogress, but it's only posted there because he's saying something critical of Bush's administration. Consider for the moment that the fact that thinkprogress decided to air that video has nothing to do with its credibility.

    Then, later, when you've come to your senses, please keep your mindless astroturfing to yourself.
  • rationalist, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4The source is a Reuters news article - thinkprogress merely cites it. The original submission pointed directly to Reuters.

    You are actually afraid of reading something that might clash with your blind obedience - it's hilarious to see you folks squirm.

    Or, would be hilarious, if your unwillingness to face reality with courage hadn't cost so many lives, prolonged so much suffering, and created so much misery in just 7 years.
  • capiCrimm, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4I took the comment as destroying the FDA, DEA, et. al.
  • dn11, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4That statement does not comply, that is Terrorthink
  • Fordi, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Chill. Name calling is always the last bit of political currency an extremist has to spend. It's just a sign that he's already lost the fight.

    A little sad to watch, though, isn't it?
  • JDove6, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4ITS a VIDEO of testifying in front of congress...straight from the horse's mouth, how is that not credible? What a sheep.
  • rationalist, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5The original submission pointed directly to the Reuters news article, but folks didn't digg it up sufficiently. This is not a thinkprogress article - but then, you would never bother to read it either way, since all your information is magically revealed to you in advance.
  • JDove6, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3They have been wrong or the adminstration censoring them has been?
  • theNthDoctor, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Yes.
  • mconnors, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3What's your poiint? If democrats do this its acceptable?
  • JDove6, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3What you call whining, is imperative to a democracy as our right to free speech and the right to protest. If people don't "whine" than everyone keeps the same convoluted view that the government spews out thru propoganda and outright lies. While I think the majority of Americans are not happy with Bush, according to his sub-30% approval rating, Americans have no control over impeachment, that is up to congress which is too corrupt to actually do anything. Yea I guess "whining" doesn't get the president canned, but I don't have billions of dollars to buy out all the henchman he has bought out the protect himself.
  • honkeybot5k, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4That would just be like shooting the hood ornament off a car that's running you over.
  • stepnw1f, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Hey dude... this isn't the ***** military.
  • dxgg, on 02/05/2008, -0/+2And the Bush Administration is Monsters, Inc. ;)
  • mtbaldyred, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2I think the prob with your comment, sonickat1, is that the point here is not that a Surgeon General can be flawed. That is besides the point. The point is that all pluralism has been squashed by this administration. It is a monolithic, ideological form of totalitarianism, which is crying out for different points of view.
  • bort, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3There is a difference between thinking Bush flew planes into WTC and thinking Bush censors what his people say.
  • celopes, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN1034212120070710

    For the people that are complaining that the source is untrustworthy...
  • stepnw1f, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Hmmmm.... this ***** happened a lot in the old Soviet Republic.
  • kageki, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I hate to make a lol post, but man that is comedy gold right there. I lost it on the taliban-lite comment. Genius.
  • roaddc, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3
    Bush can manipulate everything in America. He can undermine scientific facts on stem cell research, global warming, sex, etc. He can put all his cronies in the White House to server neocon interests.

    But at the end of the day, Americans (government officials and the public) won't do a thing except whine. The majority would not care and not be brave enough to impeach Bush and Cheney.
  • roaddc, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1
    What this country needs is a revolution because the Congress would not do a thing. However, Americans won't be able to mobilize itself to save the country.
  • orelses, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I was talking about kill yourself not other people.
  • Fordi, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3Hey, digg me back up; I was talking about Carmona!
  • shmatt, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Because thinkprogress is not biased. They use hard sources, and the ***** they call out are usually pwned by their own words. As opposed to faux news, who give limited time to opposing views, distort the other sides' argument, and spew FUD all over the place.

    Like this: IS ROBDIGGITY AN ***** OR JUST BRAINWASHED? STAY TUNED THROUGH THE COMMERCIALS!
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