tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post1990362919247881002..comments2024-02-18T13:53:30.168-08:00Comments on Surgeonsblog: The Mendacity of DumbSid Schwabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-12389922738026924222008-06-07T10:04:00.000-07:002008-06-07T10:04:00.000-07:00Good news, then -- you won't have to hold your nos...Good news, then -- you won't have to hold your nose and vote for Clinton.<BR/><BR/>I was a John Edwards supporter, and in the Texas primary voted and caucused for Obama. <BR/><BR/>But if we Democrats nominated Bozo, I'd still vote for him. Anything on earth is better than four more years of Republican thuggery and treasonous dismantling of the Constitution.<BR/><BR/>Annie, I have been making a study of the Revolution and creation of our country. Have you read "Miracle at Philadelphia"? It's a readable and illuminating account of the Constitutional Convention. <BR/><BR/>I have bookmarked your blog and will be visting very soon.Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377350508311660619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-14221931928386335762008-05-09T07:54:00.000-07:002008-05-09T07:54:00.000-07:00Yeah. The way I feel now I'd have a real hard time...Yeah. The way I feel now I'd have a real hard time voting for her, because it would be a validation of her style. On the other hand, I'd never vote for McCain. Hopefully, there won't be a need to face it.Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-52150909518730396372008-05-09T05:13:00.000-07:002008-05-09T05:13:00.000-07:00Anonymous Republican:I'm a democrat, and I feel th...Anonymous Republican:<BR/><BR/>I'm a democrat, and I feel the same way you do about Hillary............UGH!!!! I think I won't vote at all if she becomes the nominee....I'm not sure......if I did end up voting for her by reason of insanity, I'd probably wind up going out that night with friends and getting totally blotto to forget the dirty deed........<BR/><BR/>Sid: dipped into the toilet? No way! She crapped in it, drank from it, and then threw it at Obama............shit and all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-65164861874862267332008-03-15T23:18:00.000-07:002008-03-15T23:18:00.000-07:00anonymous "canadian" person: I deleted your post. ...anonymous "canadian" person: I deleted your post. I don't mind disagreement. I do mind when it sinks to the level of your diatribe. Please don't bother to return, unless you can think of a way to make your arguments civilly. I can see why you are threatened by a person like Barack Obama: he can make his case without resorting to gutter talk. Evidently, you can't.Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-46499648227624824372008-03-15T22:36:00.000-07:002008-03-15T22:36:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-62986082947646415092008-03-13T10:41:00.000-07:002008-03-13T10:41:00.000-07:00Gdad: This.Gdad: <A HREF="http://images.art.com/images/-/Im-with-Stupid--C11754284.jpeg" REL="nofollow">This.</A>Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-72892687470530622222008-03-13T10:19:00.000-07:002008-03-13T10:19:00.000-07:00Dr. Schwab,I like the picture of the shirt at the ...Dr. Schwab,<BR/><BR/>I like the picture of the shirt at the top of this post. I've thought of making a similar one with the finger pointing down.<BR/><BR/>GDadNot Importanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18307127026012212518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-56029524143096344092008-03-11T07:34:00.000-07:002008-03-11T07:34:00.000-07:00Anonymous 3/10, 1:59--As I've said to many a repub...Anonymous 3/10, 1:59--<BR/><BR/>As I've said to many a republican friend (and foe), "How many members of our armed services lost their lives because Bill Clinton got a bj?" The illegalities of this administration supercede anything attributed to the Clintons. But I guess if you say "God speaks directly to you", somehow it's ok. If Clinton had done a tenth of what w has done in office, he'd have been drawn and quartered. w has NO moral (or ethical) superiority over Bill & Hillary.gay CME guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05817474200268605557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-15341328819568998842008-03-10T13:59:00.000-07:002008-03-10T13:59:00.000-07:00I'm a card carrying republican. Dislike John McCai...I'm a card carrying republican. Dislike John McCain. If Obama is the democrat nominee, I will vote for him. If he's not, i'll vote, with a frown on my face, for McCain. NO WAY ON EARTH I WOULD EVER VOTE FOR HILLARY. The clintons have brought enough smut, sleeze, illegal behaviour, ect to the white house, I'm in no mood to go through another 4-8 years of it. uck!!!!<BR/><BR/>The reason I like Obama, is I don't think he is full of sleeze. I don't always agree with what he wants but I also know some of his more "liberal" idea's have to get past the senate and house of reps, so I don't worry too much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-70488668504267424122008-03-10T13:06:00.000-07:002008-03-10T13:06:00.000-07:00Bongi:Justice Scalia recently made some similar po...Bongi:<BR/><BR/>Justice Scalia recently made some similar points about torture to the BBC. As always, he made a good case.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-77499228298873171432008-03-10T11:28:00.000-07:002008-03-10T11:28:00.000-07:00Those are seriously flawed estimates, not actual n...Those are seriously flawed estimates, not actual numbers of popular votes.<BR/><BR/>"I have taken the total Democratic turnout as reported by state media and used the percentage of state delegates won by each candidate to determine popular votes received in states not reporting actual numbers."<BR/><BR/>As I pointed out, delegates are not distributed randomly, so <A HREF="http://www.mydd.com/story/2008/3/8/183421/1133" REL="nofollow">some delegates</A> represent many more popular votes than other delegates.scalpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12163296819469420123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-12625296570527086532008-03-10T11:15:00.000-07:002008-03-10T11:15:00.000-07:00scalpel: picking and choosing the rules, ie counti...scalpel: picking and choosing the rules, ie counting Michigan (where he wasn't on the ballot) and Florida (where all agreed -- and I do think it was stupid -- not to campaign or count the votes). <A HREF="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/03/obamas-popular.html" REL="nofollow">On the other hand</A>...<BR/><BR/>No one ever said the Democrats didn't have the ability, despite the most unpopular president ever, a tanking economy, lack of energy policy, fighting the "war on terror" in such a way as to make it worse, to screw things up for themselves and fail to win an election that ought to be a gimme. In that, they are endlessly resourceful.Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-53673007892897568762008-03-10T10:56:00.000-07:002008-03-10T10:56:00.000-07:00Oh, and if you include Florida and Michigan, Clint...Oh, and if you include Florida and Michigan, <A HREF="http://www.usaelectionpolls.com/2008/clinton-obama-popular-vote.html" REL="nofollow">Clinton leads</A> the popular vote over Obama. The Democrats ruled that the delegates from those states shouldn't be seated, not that their votes wouldn't be counted.<BR/><BR/>Obama has fought to a near tie, but his delegate lead is based upon an over-representation of the black vote because of how the delegates are apportioned.<BR/><BR/>The purpose of the superdelegates isn't necessarily to parrot the pledged delegate count, but to allow the party leaders to have a degree of influence in cases like this. I'm a big believer in playing by the rules as written, but you can't pick and choose which rules you follow. <BR/><BR/>It's entertaining to watch.scalpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12163296819469420123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-27909659601415500112008-03-10T10:53:00.000-07:002008-03-10T10:53:00.000-07:00firstly, i'm far removed from your politics, so an...firstly, i'm far removed from your politics, so anything i say must be viewed with supreme scepticism. <BR/><BR/>but having said that, i too found myself hoping for an obama in the whitehouse. today i read that bush vetoed a law making torture illegal. it seems when the bad guys torture it is wrong but when the "good" guys torture the end justifies the means.<BR/><BR/>sid, sorry to say but you are right. the vote is not based on reason but on "stupidity". why else would you lot have voted the bush in for a second term?<BR/><BR/>having said all this i think the only president worse than yours is ours (with the possible exception of mugabe), so i'm the last to speak.<BR/><BR/>maybe a second clinton is at least better than a republican???Bongihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918640034313468627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-6520553402104591942008-03-10T10:46:00.000-07:002008-03-10T10:46:00.000-07:00I'm not fond of the electoral college concept eith...I'm not fond of the electoral college concept either. Why should Florida and Ohio decide who gets to be president?scalpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12163296819469420123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-54046018577025088562008-03-10T07:45:00.000-07:002008-03-10T07:45:00.000-07:00scalpel: if "the will of the people" were the oper...scalpel: if "the will of the people" were the operative method, Al Gore would be president. Also, Obama currently has more popular vote than Clinton. I don't disagree that the primary system is screwed up.Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-74261516500306972062008-03-10T05:37:00.000-07:002008-03-10T05:37:00.000-07:00I appreciate your political posts- it's nice to re...I appreciate your political posts- it's nice to read something thoughtful about the Presidential race. Unfortunately all that they do for me is make me very glad that I'm Canadian. Not that some politicians up here don't try negative ads, but they generally don't tend to work very well. <BR/><BR/>Here's to hoping that elections (especially those that will affect the entire world), will eventually become issue-based, and not about personal power, or partisanship.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02809636995447795326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-84430240458475972062008-03-09T23:54:00.000-07:002008-03-09T23:54:00.000-07:00Obama wasn't going to change anything anyway, but ...Obama wasn't going to change anything anyway, but he's apparently pretty good at convincing some folks that he would have. He's the same-old same-old, essentially just another liberal wrapped in a bright, colorful, and less-annoying (than Hillary, anyway) package.<BR/><BR/>His delegate success is <A HREF="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/02/05/obama_would_get_edge_if_he_carries_black_districts/" REL="nofollow">mostly based</A> upon his victories in a relatively small number of predominantly black congressional districts in each state. Every state has some of these districts, which are gerrymandered to give minorities a guaranteed voice in government. <BR/><BR/>It was a brilliant strategy in the primaries, because it exploits the Democrats' poorly-conceived nominating procedure, but it won't work in a national election that uses the electoral college's "all or nothing" method of apportioning electors.<BR/><BR/>Clinton has a valid argument that the Democrat nominating system is flawed and that she deserves more superdelegates in order to more accurately represent the will of the people.scalpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12163296819469420123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-59993590589451147082008-03-09T21:51:00.000-07:002008-03-09T21:51:00.000-07:00I've stated my intention to post like this on the ...I've stated my intention to post like this on the weekends, on issues I consider very important; each post comes with a warning. Presumably people who read further do so of their own volition. I don't expect to change minds, only to speak mine. Those who have a knee-jerk reactionary response are warmly welcomed away, on weekends or whenever else they feel like not dropping by. <BR/><BR/>And, FWIW, since I've been doing this, my Sunday visits have increased by about 25%. Not that I care: I don't have ads, so there ain't nothing in it for me. Of about 325 posts, around 5 are overtly non-medical. Last month (short month) had more page views (±42,000) than any previous months but one (long month.) Guess now I'll have to settle for 41,999.Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-19850152305710592292008-03-09T21:26:00.000-07:002008-03-09T21:26:00.000-07:00I liked your blog so much better when it had a hig...I liked your blog so much better when it had a higher ratio of interesting medical stuff to boring knee-jerk liberalism.<BR/><BR/>Of course, you're not writing for me, you're writing for you. Out of curiosity though, which kind of post gets more page views?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-19439158767700454632008-03-09T20:26:00.000-07:002008-03-09T20:26:00.000-07:00Newsweek's take on it was, if the superdelegates p...Newsweek's take on it was, if the superdelegates put Clinton in despite the popular vote and despite the huge outpouring of new and young voters, they will destroy their own party. The assertion there was, they won't do it.<BR/><BR/>Something to take hope from.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-4084637607658493692008-03-09T19:59:00.001-07:002008-03-09T19:59:00.001-07:00A backwards compliment for Obama: here in Texas, I...A backwards compliment for Obama: here in Texas, I know staunch Republicans who voted for Hillary in the primary because they worried that if Obama won, he might be able to beat out the Republican candidate when it came to the final vote. They strongly doubt that Hillary could actually win the White House, she's a much safer opponent, and so she got their primary votes. Obama strikes fear into their Republican hearts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-64080391427937499172008-03-09T19:59:00.000-07:002008-03-09T19:59:00.000-07:00lol @ "prima facie"lol @ "<I>prima facie</I>"Patrick Bageanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17385399679860682725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-24055539221000669642008-03-09T19:34:00.000-07:002008-03-09T19:34:00.000-07:00They feel that way, but I don't.And I certaintly d...They feel that way, but I don't.<BR/>And I certaintly don't feel positive about iraq haha... I've been assigned for a government project :(xxnemesis2010https://www.blogger.com/profile/04856580196889517535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-45453023050322874102008-03-09T19:11:00.000-07:002008-03-09T19:11:00.000-07:00anonymous: meretricious is a four-dollar word. Wha...anonymous: meretricious is a four-dollar word. What's your basis for the claim? It's only true if you assume he's lying about what he believes. He may be, but I don't see it. I think his life confirms it. But any big-league politician has to be suspect, <I>prima facie.</I>Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.com