Doctors inundate Capitol in huge insurance protest
South Florida Sun-Sentinel, FL - 3-28-03
.."Doctors are definitely squeezed to the point where it is difficult to make a decent living," said Dr. James Chong, noting that his malpractice premiums jumped by 140 percent in the last year as his income remained flat.

Specialists such as Chong often earn $300,000 or more a year. Malpractice premiums are taking up a greater share of their income, but consumer advocates say the premiums typically still amount only to a small share of their wages.
 

Canadian drug imports fuel debate
BY JASON GARCIA - Centre Daily Times, PA - Mar 27, 2003
The Orlando Sentinel
CLERMONT, Fla. - KRT NEWSFEATURES
(KRT) - Joan Rideout didn't fill her blood-pressure or emphysema prescriptions last month. She stopped her inhalant prescription two months before that.
The 65-year-old Groveland, Fla., resident, who lives primarily on $1,500 a month in Social Security and pension payments, couldn't afford them.
A few weeks ago, Rideout discovered Canada Drug Outlet, a newly opened store in south Lake County. A few days later, a three-month supply of all three drugs arrived in the mail - saving Rideout $186 compared to the usual price.

Florida Hospital quits baby deliveries
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 3-27-03
LEHIGH ACRES - Lehigh Acres hospital ends baby deliveries
A southwest Florida community hospital, citing medical malpractice insurance costs, says it will no longer deliver babies.

 

Today's cartoon was inspired by the greed of our Florida physicians. Tort reform will hurt the injured victims -- like the man who had the wrong foot amputated down here in Flori-duh.  The AMA (American Medical Ass.) would serve their profession better by clamping down on their own brethren who practice shoddy medicine and provide a national record of these repeat medical offenders, so they won't be able to jump state to state undetected adding to the cost of malpractice insurance.  Now that would be reform.  Here's a law firm that provides a great service.

   Zelda Morgan - ALL HAT NO CATTLE WAR CORRESPONDENT

"The First Sofa, Laura Bush* is the epitome of laziness. She became a librarian in Texas."

-Anita Beer on the Pepsi-sponsored Pen Pusher Fun Bus.

* My friend, Anita, and I refer to Laura, politely, as the First Sofa. She dresses like upholstered furniture. Designer Gowns by Ethan Allen

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Read THE FIRST SOFA       Click here for previous columns by Zelda Morgan

Zelda just forwarded this email in response to her RADIOACTIVE column:

Zelda,
Enjoyed your column. Just stumbled across allhatnocattle.com. Love it!
Just wanted to give you my theory on why liberals will never have that all powerful antidote to Rush Limbaugh on the radio. Liberals have too much integrity to spout lies and disinformation with a straight face.
Regards,
Gayle

"F___ Saddam. We're taking him out." Those were the words of President George W. Bush, who had poked his head into the office of National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice. It was March 2002, and Rice was meeting with three U.S. Senators, discussing how to deal with Iraq through the United Nations.

TIME MAGAZINE

I wonder if Bush was/is a happy drunk or a mean drunk?

Iraq Body Count

Love your site. How about "All  meat - no potatoes"

Donald Hill
Victoria
Australia

Good suggestion Don, there are many meatheads in the White House.

"The world has achieved brilliance without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants." - Gen. Omar Bradley

Here's an anti-war site from Canada that offers posters, etc. www.emptywarhead.com
 

Thanks to Jabbick

Bush Speechmaker - The only way you can get W to form a coherent sentence  www.downwithdubya.com

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The Worried Shrimp presents The Sum of all our fears

Yesterday's HATE Email

FROM: mike.mcfadden@charter.net

Subject: All Hat No Cattle

I received many emails about the viewer who wrote saying that he'd give me a ticket to Baghdad and have someone meet me there with an AK-47.  I also received a response from the offending emailer.

Here are some clips below:

1. How do you put up with hate mail like the idiot trash that Mike person sent you. I could not have laughed it off and handled it with the skill and patience you demonstrated. It would be hard to compare this to a chess game since you are thinking at least eight moves ahead of this guy while he isn't thinking at all, but poor little Mike never really had a prayer coming up against you. J. Abbick

2. Thanx for sharing your hate email on your website. I commend you for your more than single-celled organism replies! "Mike's" email represents the ignorance our media has "played-on" to the American masses, regarding this war...I hope you legally pursue the threats the "hate emailer", Mike sent you. Perhaps, you might stop another Bush, war-monger type, from trying to deprive us of our First Amendment Rights! At the same time, you might protect America from a terrorist. He did say he had someone to meet you in Baghdad! Your lawyers might just find that with the new terrorist laws, Mike might need to be detained for some time to see exactly what links he has to terrorists in Baghdad. G. Lowe

Actually, I feel bad for the likes of Mike.  He has been duped into thinking by our "liberal media" that Saddam took down the WTC .  Here's  a clip of Mike's response:

The comment about the AK-47 was in no way a threat on your life. Thank you for twisting a vague comment into a prospect of violence.

Mike, you said you would have me met at the Baghdad airport with an AK-47.  There is nothing vague about that statement.  But if I get shot by an AK-47, the police will know the first place to look.

You stated that " Corporate oily thugs in the White House are using 9-11 as an excuse to go to war." You just did the same thing using my AK-47 Comment out of context and twisting it to suit your needs as a response to me. That's despicable, also.

In  the past month I have posted dozens of links to legitimate sources to support my comments.  

By the way Mike.  Go visit sites that are up your alley instead of trying to stifle my freedom of speech.  I surely haven't done that to you or anyone.

Note to viewers: Sorry to bore you with Mike -- but safety first!