Comments on: ‘A Fly In The Soup’: Coburn’s History Of Obstructing Medical Research http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:14:57 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: youtube http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/comment-page-1/#comment-5602297 youtube Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:39:24 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/#comment-5602297 They never take into consideration that in this country we have a COMPULSORY education system whereas in other <a href="http://www.dostcafem.com" rel="nofollow">cet</a>countries students are subjected to a series of exams to determine if they are to continue on an academic track.<a href="http://www.dostcafem.com" rel="nofollow">Bedava mp3 indir</a>Look around the world. Many countries are being way more sucessful than we are at both tasks<a href="http://www.dostcafem.com" rel="nofollow">sohbet</a>. They never take into consideration that in this country we have a COMPULSORY education system whereas in other cetcountries students are subjected to a series of exams to determine if they are to continue on an academic track.Bedava mp3 indirLook around the world. Many countries are being way more sucessful than we are at both taskssohbet.

]]> By: Cats r Flyfishn http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/comment-page-1/#comment-5095754 Cats r Flyfishn Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:37:11 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/#comment-5095754 <blockquote><em>Coburn is like a dumber version of Frist when Billy said he diagnosed Terry Shiavo from a video tape. Neither of those asreholes deserve to be called Doctor of Medicine, just scumbags.</em></blockquote> These incompetents ran for office because they were not qualified as doctors. Kind of like McCain who downed 5 planes. They got the degree but not smart enough to do the job.

Coburn is like a dumber version of Frist when Billy said he diagnosed Terry Shiavo from a video tape. Neither of those asreholes deserve to be called Doctor of Medicine, just scumbags.

These incompetents ran for office because they were not qualified as doctors. Kind of like McCain who downed 5 planes. They got the degree but not smart enough to do the job.

]]> By: Cats r Flyfishn http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/comment-page-1/#comment-5095752 Cats r Flyfishn Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:30:23 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/#comment-5095752 "Theatrics" is a great way of describing Colburn's behavior. These Republics, they are all such children. “Theatrics” is a great way of describing Colburn’s behavior. These Republics, they are all such children.

]]> By: Cats r Flyfishn http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/comment-page-1/#comment-5095750 Cats r Flyfishn Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:26:43 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/#comment-5095750 Why does Colburn hate medical research? Instant Karma is going to get him. Why does Colburn hate medical research? Instant Karma is going to get him.

]]> By: RichM http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/comment-page-1/#comment-5095684 RichM Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:21:52 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/#comment-5095684 Awe shucks lets all just get pissed off! Have you ever wondered why is it this one Republican Senator could hold up so many bills many want to see enacted and we on the left wanted one bill held up no force on heaven or earth could accomplish that? Damn, if only Coburn felt like we did FISA never would have seen the light of day. How is that? Am I mistaken in the fact that 60 votes could get any one of these bills moving again? Awe shucks lets all just get pissed off!

Have you ever wondered why is it this one Republican Senator could hold up so many bills many want to see enacted and we on the left wanted one bill held up no force on heaven or earth could accomplish that? Damn, if only Coburn felt like we did FISA never would have seen the light of day. How is that?

Am I mistaken in the fact that 60 votes could get any one of these bills moving again?

]]> By: Left Coast Mike http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/comment-page-1/#comment-5095622 Left Coast Mike Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:41:44 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/#comment-5095622 Fu(king Okies...can we just purge that wasteland of a state. Lets hope a big tornado takes out both Coburn and Inhoffe. Fu(king Okies…can we just purge that wasteland of a state. Lets hope a big tornado takes out both Coburn and Inhoffe.

]]> By: Paul W http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/comment-page-1/#comment-5095472 Paul W Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:59:27 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/#comment-5095472 <em>Currently, “Coburn has holds on about 80 bills” which are “non-controversial, bipartisan bills that he just doesn’t like.” [...] This week, Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) plans to “deal with” Coburn’s attention-seeking theatrics. According to the Crypt, Reid will “wrap most if not all of the bills held by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) into one large measure to be voted on by the Senate.”</em> How is it that Reid has allowed this one Senator to obstruct so much legislation while <em>refusing</em> to honor Senator Dodd's hold on the FISA bill earlier this year, arguably the most important piece of legislation to cross the Senate floor in recent memory. http://progressiveworldreview.com Currently, “Coburn has holds on about 80 bills” which are “non-controversial, bipartisan bills that he just doesn’t like.”
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This week, Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) plans to “deal with” Coburn’s attention-seeking theatrics. According to the Crypt, Reid will “wrap most if not all of the bills held by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) into one large measure to be voted on by the Senate.”

How is it that Reid has allowed this one Senator to obstruct so much legislation while refusing to honor Senator Dodd’s hold on the FISA bill earlier this year, arguably the most important piece of legislation to cross the Senate floor in recent memory.

http://progressiveworldreview.com

]]> By: Laszlo Panaflex http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/comment-page-1/#comment-5095272 Laszlo Panaflex Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:12:54 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/#comment-5095272 If one person can bring the process to a halt, how is this a democracy? Our system is so broken. If one person can bring the process to a halt, how is this a democracy? Our system is so broken.

]]> By: judyinnm http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/comment-page-1/#comment-5095082 judyinnm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:20:05 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/#comment-5095082 Coburn's "holds" are honored, but not Chris Dodd's (on the FISA bill). Who's in charge, here? Coburn’s “holds” are honored, but not Chris Dodd’s (on the FISA bill). Who’s in charge, here?

]]> By: nanlichi http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/comment-page-1/#comment-5094806 nanlichi Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:00:45 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/#comment-5094806 Coburn was slammimg down beers at a local bar last week and a fly just kept pestering him, buzzing around his head, landing on his arm. Coburn got annoyed and said to his buddy, "Man, this fly is treating me like shit," Friend nodded, "Hard to fool them flies." Coburn was slammimg down beers at a local bar last week and a fly just kept pestering him, buzzing around his head, landing on his arm. Coburn got annoyed and said to his buddy, “Man, this fly is treating me like shit,”

Friend nodded, “Hard to fool them flies.”

]]> By: Cal Malenky http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/comment-page-1/#comment-5094564 Cal Malenky Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:18:44 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/#comment-5094564 And another wacky Okie, James Inhofe thinks attention to global warming is a trick by the Weather Channel to raise ratings. And another wacky Okie, James Inhofe thinks attention to global warming is a trick by the Weather Channel to raise ratings.

]]> By: upside99 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/comment-page-1/#comment-5094546 upside99 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:14:44 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/#comment-5094546 Coburn is like a dumber version of Frist when Billy said he diagnosed Terry Shiavo from a video tape. Neither of those asreholes deserve to be called Doctor of Medicine, just scumbags. Coburn is like a dumber version of Frist when Billy said he diagnosed Terry Shiavo from a video tape. Neither of those asreholes deserve to be called Doctor of Medicine, just scumbags.

]]> By: Leftside Annie http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/comment-page-1/#comment-5094496 Leftside Annie Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:59:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/#comment-5094496 Jebus. I swear, I hate these evil morons. All of them. Jebus. I swear, I hate these evil morons. All of them.

]]> By: IgnoranceIsNotBliss http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/comment-page-1/#comment-5094492 IgnoranceIsNotBliss Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:59:08 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/#comment-5094492 Which at this point is probably a good thing. Which at this point is probably a good thing.

]]> By: IgnoranceIsNotBliss http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/comment-page-1/#comment-5094488 IgnoranceIsNotBliss Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:58:45 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/#comment-5094488 <i>Will he vote against Coburn’s obstructionism?</i> Nope. He won't make it in time to vote on anything between now and November. Will he vote against Coburn’s obstructionism?

Nope. He won’t make it in time to vote on anything between now and November.

]]> By: Zooey http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/comment-page-1/#comment-5094438 Zooey Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:47:05 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/#comment-5094438 We already know Sen Coburn forgot this one: <strong>I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.</strong> We already know Sen Coburn forgot this one:

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.

]]> By: Zooey http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/comment-page-1/#comment-5094424 Zooey Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:45:31 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/#comment-5094424 Forgot this, huh Dr Coburn? <strong>I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow. I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures [that] are required, avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism. I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon's knife or the chemist's drug. I will not be ashamed to say "I know not," nor will I fail to call in my colleagues when the skills of another are needed for a patient's recovery. I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their problems are not disclosed to me that the world may know. Most especially must I tread with care in matters of life and death. If it is given me to save a life, all thanks. But it may also be within my power to take a life; this awesome responsibility must be faced with great humbleness and awareness of my own frailty. Above all, I must not play at God. I will remember that I do not treat a fever chart, a cancerous growth, but a sick human being, whose illness may affect the person's family and economic stability. My responsibility includes these related problems, if I am to care adequately for the sick. I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure. I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as well as the infirm. If I do not violate this oath, may I enjoy life and art, respected while I live and remembered with affection thereafter. May I always act so as to preserve the finest traditions of my calling and may I long experience the joy of healing those who seek my help.</strong> Forgot this, huh Dr Coburn?

I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow.

I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures [that] are required, avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism.

I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon’s knife or the chemist’s drug.

I will not be ashamed to say “I know not,” nor will I fail to call in my colleagues when the skills of another are needed for a patient’s recovery.

I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their problems are not disclosed to me that the world may know. Most especially must I tread with care in matters of life and death. If it is given me to save a life, all thanks. But it may also be within my power to take a life; this awesome responsibility must be faced with great humbleness and awareness of my own frailty. Above all, I must not play at God.

I will remember that I do not treat a fever chart, a cancerous growth, but a sick human being, whose illness may affect the person’s family and economic stability. My responsibility includes these related problems, if I am to care adequately for the sick.

I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure.

I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as well as the infirm.

If I do not violate this oath, may I enjoy life and art, respected while I live and remembered with affection thereafter. May I always act so as to preserve the finest traditions of my calling and may I long experience the joy of healing those who seek my help.

]]> By: upside99 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/comment-page-1/#comment-5094392 upside99 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:33:21 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/#comment-5094392 RU, I know, he could have run for Senate but decided he had enough mental punishment, having to try to defend those two idiots in the Senate. RU,

I know, he could have run for Senate but decided he had enough mental punishment, having to try to defend those two idiots in the Senate.

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/comment-page-1/#comment-5094370 RUCerious Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:25:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/#comment-5094370 dkxkee ~ Yeah, right. The odds of that happening are beyond calculation. dkxkee ~ Yeah, right. The odds of that happening are beyond calculation.

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/comment-page-1/#comment-5094366 RUCerious Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:25:06 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/16/coburn-obstruction/#comment-5094366 Oh, and upside, may I interest you in a bottle of the Coburn '06? Oh, and upside, may I interest you in a bottle of the Coburn ‘06?

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