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Critics Slam Overweight Surgeon General Pick, Regina Benjamin
abcnews.com ^
| July 21, 2009
| SUSAN DONALDSON JAMES
Posted on 07/21/2009 2:01:19 PM PDT by kellynla
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To: kellynla
From her Wiki (which has been totally revamped in the last2 weeks)...
“Also in accepting her nomination, Benjamin described her own hardships faced by disease and illness in her own family. She noted her brother, who died of HIV, as well as her father, who died of high blood pressure and diabetes, and her mother who died of lung cancer.
All of which, she implied, were “preventable diseases.”
So, being the “genius” Doctor she is supposed to be, why didn’t she prevent them?
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posted on
07/21/2009 2:43:14 PM PDT
by
papasmurf
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To: Callahan
That pic is huge and eats up bandwidth like crazy. I have 5 meg up and 1.5 down, and it took several minutes to load. LOL
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posted on
07/21/2009 2:45:24 PM PDT
by
papasmurf
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To: John123
If I had a dime for every time I saw someone riding a bicycle or doing something strenuous with a cigarette in their mouth... I would be a millionaire... Here in Floriduh! it is not unusual to see a grossly overweight middle-aged man on a motorcycle, with no helmet, and smoking cigarette while driving.
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posted on
07/21/2009 2:45:37 PM PDT
by
RightField
(A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.)
To: xcamel
lol she’s House, M.D. Get it?
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posted on
07/21/2009 2:45:42 PM PDT
by
Callahan
To: papasmurf
I didn’t realize it was that big when I posted it but it sort of adds to the effect no?
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posted on
07/21/2009 2:46:57 PM PDT
by
Callahan
To: HungarianGypsy
Why is a an orange an orange, but a banana not a “yellow?”
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posted on
07/21/2009 2:49:24 PM PDT
by
drew
To: altura; All
"Well, the president smokes (not that theres anything wrong with that) and the SG is obese." "Setting an example for Americans everywhere."
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posted on
07/21/2009 2:50:23 PM PDT
by
musicman
(Until I see a REAL C.O.L.B. BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
To: Albion Wilde
Ah, he also likes young tight booty from the looks he gave it on his last trip.
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posted on
07/21/2009 2:54:23 PM PDT
by
chiefqc
To: kellynla
Perfect—a morbidly obese Surgeon General.
She can hide his cigarettes in her flowing moo moo.
The perfect bunch to impose a marxist healthcare system on us.
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posted on
07/21/2009 2:54:51 PM PDT
by
SharpRightTurn
(White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: kellynla
Actually, busy, successful people are often over weight.
Work 14-18 hours, no time for a proper meal, exercise, or sleep, will do that to you.
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posted on
07/21/2009 3:02:17 PM PDT
by
papasmurf
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To: Albion Wilde
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posted on
07/21/2009 3:06:35 PM PDT
by
rottndog
(WOOF!!!!!)
To: Churchillspirit
.........the good doctor does not believe that doctors should make a profit.Wow, that should start a stampede to enroll at medical schools. How can anyone resist the opportunity to work free? ;-)
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posted on
07/21/2009 3:09:57 PM PDT
by
varon
(Allegiance to the constitution, always. Allegiance to a political party, never.)
To: papasmurf
"Actually, busy, successful people are often over weight. Work 14-18 hours, no time for a proper meal, exercise, or sleep, will do that to you".
Bravo Sierra...ya have to “make time” for exercise & sleep and it's actually quicker and more affordable to "prepare" wholesome meals than to "eat out" ...
And I “think” Hussein could have found at least ONE PERSON in America with an M.D. who was “fit” to be the Surgeon General...and he/she could have even been “Black” to satisfy Hussein's own prejudice.
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posted on
07/21/2009 3:11:53 PM PDT
by
kellynla
(Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
To: kellynla
...and once again, white males need not apply.
Wasn’t the whole point of the civil rights movement in the mid-60s to make race a non-issue? And then gender as well?
Hmmm. Seems like race and gender are everything with this guy, when it comes to appointments. Unless cronyism beats race and gender to the punch...
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posted on
07/21/2009 3:12:51 PM PDT
by
Tigerized
(Exactly what part of "shall not be infringed" DON'T you understand?!)
To: kellynla
I’ve always thought surgeon general was a dumb post anyway, so I don’t really care how chunky she is.
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posted on
07/21/2009 3:13:49 PM PDT
by
discostu
(Jeff's imagination has gone beyond the fringe of audience comprehension)
To: kellynla
I agree that he could have, and should have. But it’s not BS that very busy people are often overweight.
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posted on
07/21/2009 3:14:34 PM PDT
by
papasmurf
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To: Callahan
Man - Chaka Khan has really let herself go...
To: kellynla
RE: “Obama appoints a “tax cheat” head of the IRS and a Racist judge who doesn’t pay her dental bils to the Supreme Court; so what is the big(pardon the pun) deal, if he appoints some oveweight woman to be Surgeon General...”
***
Yeah, no biggie — this fat middle aged ‘minority’ female probably won’t last long anyway. She sure fits the profile of one who is at the very least, pre-diabetic, and thus predisposed to heart disease as well.
To: kellynla
citing new research that shows you cannot always judge a book by its cover when it comes to obesity.Uh, I'm pretty sure you can...
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posted on
07/21/2009 3:24:51 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(The Tree is thirsty and the hogs are hungry.)
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