SCHIAVO'S FEEDING TUBE WILL NOT BE INSERTED! THE JUDGE HAS RULED.

Now watch how fast the Republicans create another diversion from real issues. Time for a terra alert huh Bush?

oh hell yeah, Judith, a terra alert is comin'! I remember the last one when they warned that them sand nigguhs are going to shoot up movie theaters and lessee, McDonald's, nail salons!

I ordered my Twit Happens bumpsticks yesterday in anticipation of a large backlash that I know is coming in spite of the Congress who won't fight for the majority of the Americans who didn't vote for shitter in charge.

better idea: health professionals should contact the TN state medical board and request investigation of comments for "unprofessional conduct."
he does maintain an active medical license in the state.

http://www2.state.tn.us/health/Boards/ME/index.htm

What a great idea. Holding a Republican accountable to his oath.

Holding any of these sleaze-bags accountable would be a good thing.

there will be no accountability until either the House or Senate is recaptured.

It would appear Dow 11,000 is going to wait awhile.

Frist is an idiot...but are we now going to be the opinion police. The man knows more about her condition than me and he stated an opionion. So what? Just don't go to him for heart surgery, I know I would'nt

The MSM sure have forgotten this little scandal. Remember Gannongate?

Gannongate threatens to expose a huge GOP pedophile and male prostitution ring.

Gannongate is reminiscent of a huge political scandal that surfaced in Nebraska in 1989 when it was learned that Lawrence King, the head of Franklin Community Credit Union in Omaha and a rising African American star in the GOP (he sang the national anthem at George H. W. Bush’s 1988 nominating convention in New Orleans), was a kingpin—along with top Republicans in Nebraska and Washington, DC, including George H. W. Bush—in a child prostitution and pedophilia scandal. King was later convicted and jailed for fraud but pedophile and prostitution charges were never brought against him and other Nebraska Republican businessmen and politicians.

The scandal, investigated by Nebraska State Senator Loran Schmit, his assistant John DeCamp (a former GOP state senator), State Senate Committee investigator Gary Caradori, and former CIA Director William Colby, reached the very top echelons of the George H. W. Bush administration and GOP. Child prostitutes from Boys Town and other orphanages in Nebraska as well as children procured from China were reportedly flown to Washington for sexcapades with Republican politicians. GOP lobbyist Craig Spence and a number of GOP officials in the administration and Congress were implicated in the scandal, including Labor Secretary Elizabeth Dole’s liaison to the White House. Young male members of the military in Washington, DC, were particularly sought after by the prostitution ring. During the early 1980s, a number of naval officers were implicated in a child pornography ring that extended from Oregon to the San Francisco Bay area and to Chicago and Washington, DC. The story about that ring was covered up by then-Secretary of the Navy John Lehman.

The Nebraska pedophile scandal was similarly covered up on orders from the highest levels of power in the senior Bush White House. Caradori and his young son were killed in a suspicious plane crash in Illinois in 1990. Colby was found floating dead in the Chesapeake Bay, near his home, in 1996. Craig Spence allegedly committed suicide in 1989. Witnesses, many of whom were abused themselves, were intimidated and subsequently jailed in Nebraska and the investigation of the pedophile scandal eventually collapsed. The entire military aspect of the King-Spence scandal is now being repeated in Washington in Gannongate.

Below is an excerpt of a letter I sent to the Tennessee Medical Association on March 22 concerning Senator Frist's violation of American Medical Association policies regarding medical testimony.

On March 17, 2005, Senator Frist made a statement on the floor of the Senate to persuade his colleagues and make his case in the court of public opinion that he questioned the diagnosis of Ms. Schiavo's 15-year persistent vegetative state based on viewing a four-year-old videotape for one hour in his office.

Senator Frist's comments appear to contradict the policies set forth by the American Medical Association (AMA) concerning medical testimony given to assist in the administration of justice. The AMA policy states “when physicians choose to provide expert testimony, they should have recent and substantive experience or knowledge in the area in which they testify and be committed to evaluating cases objectively, and deriving an independent opinion” (H-140.881 Medical Testimony).

Was Senator Frist, as a non-practicing general and heart surgeon, able to speak to this issue with recent and substantive experience? Probably not. Was there any conceivable way, as a politician pandering to a group of outspoken minority constituents, that Senator Frist could possibly have given an objective assessment of Ms. Schiavo's medical condition? Undoubtedly, no. Especially with no first-hand evaluation of the patient. Is it the obligation of the Tennessee Medical Association (TMA) to address Senator Frist's actions and determine if improper or misleading testimony was given and if so, does his ethical conduct warrant disciplinary measures by the TMA or other governing board? I feel it at least deserves a comment by the TMA.