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Ok, I am a physician who did not benefit from tax dollars in my education. I had to join the military and serve for 6 years in order to fund my college/medical education.

Chiropractors ARE quacks. There is NO science in what they do. The good results that patients claim are actually a consequence of two effects: the placebo effect, and the fact that neck/back problems feel better after physical massage/manipulation. There are NO spinal curvature problems that can be corrected by external manipulation. The spinal curvatures that the chiropractor points out with all of those unnecessary xrays are the result of muscle spasm pulling the spine to one side; in other words, the curvature is a RESULT of the spinal pain, NOT the cause.

Although chiropractic is a sham business with laughable medicine show practices, people indeed have the RIGHT to visit chiropractors. They also have the right to wear magnetic jewelry to ward off various diseases, and the right to go to palm readers as they choose. I don't think they have the RIGHT to fund these practices with my tax dollars.

I will take it as the gospel that you are a physician. After that you seem not to admit to reality. Indeed you got your education at tax payer expense.

I think it is shameful the way you approach this subject. Indeed you make the case for those that find your diatribe less than honest. You bandy around words that are not fitting for this thread or anywhere else.

If you take a closer look at the Chiro profession, you'll discover they have a "society" that awards various levels of "Knighthood" based on earnings (which are driven by repeat visits). This is not the kind of incentive I would expect from a medical professional.

Ok, I am a physician Elite Alert.

Although chiropractic is a sham business with laughable medicine show practices, people indeed have the RIGHT to visit chiropractors. Thank goodness I can still use my own money to go to the witch doctor of my choice.

They also have the right to wear magnetic jewelry to ward off various diseases I use this as part of my pain relief regimen. It is cheaper and safer than Celebrex.

Chiropractic is a moderately successful business technique based on the (extremely powerful and very real) placebo effect Too bad Mainstream Medicine can't seem to figure out the placebo effect.

I suppose you have never heard of the lower back commonly known as the saroilliac, this is an old expression that means the lower back, which is the only part of the back that can go "out". Most chiropraters I have visited do not subscribe to the old theories about curing everything but when I need my sacrem put back in place they can do it, and the pain goes away. It has nothing to do with placebos. I have also had my shoulder wrenched out of its socket and MDs wanted to drug me for it, but a chiro put it back in place and killed the pain. I would have worn a sling and taken drugs if I had gone with the MD and my shoulder would have frozen most likely. Chiros have their place if they are the more modern type and stick to putting bones back into place and don't advocate a cure for every desease that afflicts man by adjusting your spine. I have had success with them that I couldn't get from MDs. However I would not go to one for a heart ailment for instance.

to get back to the point of this thread, which is does the afford said congressman have the right to put this school on this campus. I say yes.