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- mstachiw, on 01/07/2009, -5/+89This week's tip from the Surgeon General: Put your unripe bananas in a paper bag to make them ripen faster
- wesholing, on 01/07/2009, -6/+88This misses the most important question about a surgeon general: Where does he stand on masturbation?
- evilcaptain, on 01/08/2009, -1/+64Over the sink?
- psibladeZX, on 01/07/2009, -24/+84I thought Obama was smarter than this... Sanjay Gupta? He's just some dumbass celebrity...
- Frankyfan3, on 01/08/2009, -4/+50I like this guy for a TV Doctor, with limited clout and a nonsensical idea that smoking is the only way to ingest cannabis, he's just fun to laugh at... but as Surgeon General?
Hell the ***** no.
Get Dr Drew on that list before Dr Gupta.
I would think there are plenty of other non-tv doctors available and far more credentialed for this position. Obviously I don't know them, because they're not on TV and I am not a doctor... but this is disappointing.
Bring back Joycelyn Elders... I still think masturbation should be taught in our schools!
(this doesn't mean practiced, this means taught how to do it safely and in moderation in appropriate settings and times, with an emphasis for self-exploration and abstaining from riskier sexual acts... just FYI to the puritanical weirdos who think this stance means kids will be freely wanking it in the classroom) - Dalhectar, on 01/07/2009, -3/+47I'm not sure its a good idea to have a Sanjay and Daschle (Obama's pick for HHS) fighting it out in public over universal health care. That's great way to prevent change.
- xprojects, on 01/08/2009, -16/+42He said the reason to maintain the illegality of pot was because it's bad for you.
Not only is it not overtly bad for you (says the RESEARCH), but that's a terrible reason to make anything illegal.
This man is a god damned ass hat. I wouldn't even trust him to be my personal physician. - BelatedHero, on 01/08/2009, -13/+35I can't stand that guy. He seems like a real prick.
- milkmage, on 01/08/2009, -1/+19just because he's on TV doesn't mean he doens't have skills.
In 2003, Gupta traveled to Iraq to cover the medical aspects of 2003 invasion of Iraq. While in Iraq, Gupta performed emergency surgery on both U.S. soldiers and Iraqi civilians. Gupta was embedded with a Navy medical unit at the time. A Marine named Jesus Vidana suffered a severe head injury and the Marines asked for Gupta's assistance because of his background in neurosurgery. Vidana survived and was sent back to the United States for rehabilitation. - AdeleMor, on 01/07/2009, -6/+23the surgeon general's just a figure head anyway
- Frankyfan3, on 01/08/2009, -7/+23Because prohibition of cannabis was always based on health and public safety. /s
"It has been known to make white women go to bed with negros"
-Harry Anslinger, testifying to congress about the devil's weed, trying to keep himself and his colleagues employed after the demise of the alcohol temperance movement.
Prohibition is not democratic, capitalistic or based on the principles of individual responsibility and freedom that our country was founded on.
With a vaporizer or eating, cannabis causes less harm to your body than corn syrup, and probably helps your immune system a lot more. Look up the studies, and quite regurgitating this crap that only degenerate stoners understand the injustice and corruption that is prohibition.
You don't have to be high to be confused by our counterproductive, violence inducing, teenage enthralling, prison filling policies against one of man-kind's most useful and sacred plants.
See:
AMERICAN DRUG WAR shows how money, power and greed have corrupted not just dope fiends but an entire government. More importantly, it shows what can be done about it.
This is not some 'pro-drug' stoner film, but a collection of expert testimonials from the ground troops on the front lines of the drug war, the ones who are fighting it and the ones who are living it.
http://americandrugwar.com/
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8740703353 ... - coldwind777, on 01/08/2009, -4/+20Well, he received an MD degree from one of the top medical school in the country so I'm pretty sure he's not just some dumbass celebrity...
You may not like him or his opinions, and that's fine. But he's a smart, smart man and trying to deny that would be foolish. - xDynaBlade, on 01/08/2009, -3/+18Dugg for all 6 on one page.
- GrodyChamp, on 01/08/2009, -3/+16Breaking news: Obama has appointed Iron Chef Mario Batali is the new head of the FDA
Chuck Norris might become secretary of defense at this pace. Actually, that would be bad ass. - diemunkiesdie, on 01/08/2009, -5/+18Gupta, is that you? You silly goose!
- twiztidsinz, on 01/08/2009, -1/+13Which he's against.
- mlvassallo, on 01/08/2009, -0/+12Ah, there is the rub. He is against decriminalization of pot. That's why TDG and Digg hates him.
- martalli, on 01/07/2009, -26/+38I am a doctor, and I think he would make a great choice. Except for his position on Vioxx, he was not far off with the other five points. In fact, the Surgeon General is a bully pulpit position for encouraging good health habits and best practices. The Surgeon General does not stand for new, experimental or game changing issues, unless they are absolutely critical. Dr. Gupta is intelligent and well spoken. He would make a great spokesman for the medical community in general.
- ShoggothDreams, on 01/08/2009, -0/+12Actually, Elders never went into amy detail on the subject of masturbation. That was all vulgarly blown out of proportion. She was asked, if a child asked questions about masturbation, should a teacher discuss the subject. Elders merely said yes.
- smotpoker, on 01/08/2009, -4/+16Universal healthcare and unjust persecution of pot users *are* game-changing issues to millions of Americans (despite typically being the ones corporate interests, hate-mongering conservatives and political opportunists care the least about).
- solmakou, on 01/08/2009, -4/+16I hope he learns to find out the facts before making his opinions known if he becomes part of the US Government.
- Frankyfan3, on 01/08/2009, -1/+12@coldwind777
because I'm not an idiot, and I speak with my personal physicians about many aspects of my lifestyle, including my use of alcohol and cannabis, among other things.
So we've had the conversation:
"Don't drink alcohol, it's bad for you... but a glass of red wine at night is ok, since there's some good things in there. Moderation is key, and it is ultimately a poison which can kill you if you have too much."
&
"Smoking anything is going to be bad for your lungs. Vaporizers are much less harmful if you're going to use cannabis, also eating it will get the desired ingestion of cannabinoids without the carcinegins of smoking.
It's great for nausea & cramps... also 500 people die every year from Aspirin, so don't take those things willy-nilly. They're not candy."
Also, Munchies Save Lives... LITERALLY.
@ hc1153
Alcohol is overtly bad for you.
How long did it take us to figure out prohibition wasn't working for alcohol?
13 years
It's been 75 so far with cannabis...
How many more will we wait for us to figure out prohibition only serves to keep the prisons full, keep the alcohol/plastic/pharma/corn/oil monopolies without competition from one of the most versatile plants our species has ever used, and that the black market system causes more harm than the substance itself?
Sorry to burst you bubble, idiot, but doctors disagree about many things. The article I read by Gupta about medical merijuana only addressed cannabis use through smoking, and completely ignored the numerous studies showing it's possible usefulness in a vaporized, edible or lotion state... not to mention other pharmaceutical and industrial hemp applications.
INDUSTRIAL HEMP IS ILLEGAL!
Do you understand that the stuff used to make our ship sails during the revolution was HEMP!?
It's never been about health and safety, it's always been about government corruption, racism, and MONEY.
/rant - Bukowsky, on 01/07/2009, -6/+17i'm not sure how i feel about Dr. Gupta yet.... sometimes i agree with him, other times i think he couldn't be more wrong.
- cJw314, on 01/08/2009, -2/+12ZING!
- viet10, on 01/08/2009, -0/+10wow. way to talk like med school is easy.. and youve never been. med school may be pass/fail, but you still have to pass.. like any other school and people still fail that. i'm not saying everyone in medical school is smart, but youve gotta be better than above average to go to a school like his.
- thayanmarsh, on 01/08/2009, -4/+14As a med student, I don't think that these are the best reasons to base your surgeon general pick on, but they aren't exactly flattering either.
Cloning: Probably the second most damning, gupta isn't doing his research, which he'll have to do a lot of as SG
Phthalates: the article defeats itself
MJ: He seems to be taking a more conservative line but he's not the minority of doctors that would say ignorant stuff about mj either
Gardasil: Can people stop freaking out about vaccines? Even as a male I want to get the shots. He might have jumped the gun, but if you are going to be over excited about something, gardasil is one of those things.
Vioxx: most damning point, vioxx does more harm than good, but the drug company that was pushing it got a bunch of papers published under ghostwriters that were inaccurate, so he might have been going off of that data before it was exposed as crap.
Moore: Gupta had old info, and they did run an apology for their ***** reporting.
These don't make him look good, but there probably better reasons not to pick him... like HES A FREAKING TV DOC, indeed, judge judy doesn't get supreme court consideration. - xprojects, on 01/08/2009, -9/+19This comment smells like the area in between Michael Moore's fat rolls after a workout.
- digidelia, on 01/08/2009, -0/+10yep, those are the two options
- 1longtime, on 01/08/2009, -3/+12@hc1153
Sorry to burst your bubble, neocon, but even doctors disagree on this point. - sjbdallas, on 01/08/2009, -2/+11I can't concentrate on it if i'm standing.
- KyleGoetz, on 01/08/2009, -0/+9That happened before Obama was elected. aclockwork3 says it's the first thing SINCE OBAMA WAS ELECTED that has hit him the wrong way.
- redcolumbine, on 01/08/2009, -1/+10Sanjay Gupta's job is going to be this: Be a familiar, friendly face that will get some attention from the majority (that's the important part; he appeals to working-class couch spuds) when he says "Finish your course of antibiotics" or "Get your hemoglobin A1C checked." I think he's eminently qualified.
- inactive, on 01/08/2009, -14/+23obama is making some suck ass moves by appointing some suck ass people in his cabinet.
- Demaskee, on 01/08/2009, -2/+10You were supposed to question Obama's judgement prior to voting him in office not after.
- noisymime, on 01/08/2009, -2/+10How was he 'not far off' when addressing Sicko? He was wrong on nearly every point he made!
- jakereilly, on 01/08/2009, -4/+12Michael Moore works out?
- farfromhere, on 01/08/2009, -2/+10You smell the area in between Michael Moore's fat rolls?
- aclockwork3, on 01/08/2009, -12/+20Obama's nomination of Sanjay Gupta makes me think less of Obama. In fact, I have started thinking somewhat negatively of him. This is the first thing he has done since he was elected that has hit me the wrong way.
:-( - wissler, on 01/08/2009, -5/+12So you believe in forcing people to do what you think is good for them. That is immoral. It's depravity. It's sick. You didn't learn much about ethics in medical school, did you?
- phauwn, on 01/08/2009, -0/+7I'm not a big fan of Moore either, but I remember seeing that segment on CNN, and I wanted to punch Gupta in the face afterwards. He didn't want to say or hear anything about the troubles of our healthcare system and laughed of every concern that was brought up. Just seemed like an arrogant dick to me since then.
- cr12345, on 01/08/2009, -13/+20Well it's only fair...
dumbass celebrities were some of Obama's most outspoken supporters. - Alias1431, on 01/08/2009, -3/+10He's pretty ***** smart actually. That goes for either man.
- KyleGoetz, on 01/08/2009, -1/+8You missed the part where the article discusses that what Gupta said were NOT facts, but falsities.
- inactive, on 01/08/2009, -2/+9Bush as president = omg he's awful and a douche and can't be taken seriously
Obama as president = he's president guys, you need to respect this serious business
Now, I'm no Bush fan, but when most people defend Obama as you just did they are being entirely hypocritical. - elipabst, on 01/08/2009, -1/+7Do you honestly think that Obama (or any President for that matter) is going to pick a surgeon General that is a vocal proponent of legalizing marijuana?
- coldwind777, on 01/08/2009, -1/+7Just getting INTO med school requires you to be a smart son-of-a-bitch. For instance, doing well on the MCATs is not just memorizing a pile of paper for 6 weeks. Both the MCAT and Medical School test scientific and medical REASONING.
Your med school friends think it's just that because the part where they are doing the things that require they be intelligent human beings has become transparent to them.
Getting to medical school requires you to be smart. Graduating medical school requires you to be smart. Being a successful medical professional requires you to be smart. You can't do any of those things without being smart. It's impossible. - GovernmentsGun, on 01/08/2009, -8/+14Using Micheal Moore to discredit anyone is funny.
- coldwind777, on 01/08/2009, -1/+7Ummm...why don't they turn to Matthew Fox and the cast of Scrubs? Probably because they didn't get M.D.'s from one of the top medical schools in the country. None of them completed any actual medical internships or residencies...as far as I know, none of them are professors at medical schools...I'm pretty sure none of them have had any medical papers published in any legitimate journals...
Listen, you might not like him or his opinions, but don't pretend he's just some TV celebrity because he's not... - RobotBuddha, on 01/08/2009, -0/+6Hell yes, Dr. Drew.
- jetx29, on 01/08/2009, -8/+14Can't argue with his criticism of Michael Moore. I'm a democrat and think Moore is mostly full of it. He's a cancer on those who reasonably espouse the views he tries to further because he DOES fudge facts, and many of those he doesn't fudge tend to be misleading.
I agree that his views on medical marijuana run along conservative lines, but he acknowledges the benefits in that article and makes a correct statement in saying that smoking pot won't do much for your health overall if you don't need it for medicinal purposes. (I apologize if I misinterpreted his statements on the subject). Anything can be addictive, even if only mentally, and marijuana can be physically addictive as well, even if only for a smaller number of people than tobacco. I agree that marijuana should be legalized, regulated, and taxed, but the surgeon general has no power over that, so it's probably a bad reason to immediately reject him. -
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