This Obama approval stuff is enough to give one whip lash.
With the Presidents speech last Wednesday his approval rating according to Rasmussen went from 45% to 52% … VERY NICE!
By today (a week later) they have dived to 42% … HOLY CRAP!

I have talked about this before but I think its worth a mention again.
This is not JUST OVER OBAMACARE.
Obamacare was just the trigger that kicked everything into high gear.
It was the light that made “we the people” dig a little deeper and they were staggered and sickened at what they saw.

The TRUTH is simple.
So now the GRASSROOTS is kicking some Obama ass and both he and his followers literally do not know what to do about it.

HOPE & CHANGE has quickly turned into RACK & RUIN for those who have passed 4 th grade math.

With Glenn Beck shining a HALOGEN on Van Jones, ACORN and the other un-American Czar ties implemented by Obama … the giant gave a final snore and bolted upright into fighting mode.

Obama and his supporters marginalize the mass? Why?
Apparently they are having a hard time wrapping their minds around the millions that marched in the USA Sat. had 20, 30, or more supporters each who could not make it in person for various reasons.
You know the old tip of the iceberg syndrome?

Does this give you all a clue how TOTALLY OUT OF TOUCH those in charge of our country actually are?

It makes me laugh out loud to think no amount of spin, name calling or scare tactics will fly with “the mass” who has locked onto the magnitude of the governmental core corruption we all face.

MINION MEDIA … I just love this term (from WND) for the main stream media of the day.

Anyone with a rational functioning brain caught on long ago what was going on in the Media (even before Bernie Goldberg came out with his “SLOBBERING LOVE AFFAIR” book) .

These news organizations should have been relabeled long ago as LAZY TALKING AIR-HEADS.
The real news media might have drifted away with the retirement of Edward R. Murrow.

From my perspective of “lets call a spade a spade” without frills attached … there is only one guy left on the scene that remains totally center of the road.

That is BILL O’REILLY … my concept of him is simple … he is an equal opportunity BASHER!

Like HIM and what he says or not … at least you get the straight scoop.

Don’t you think it takes a lot of self discipline to argue for a side you know is flat outright outrageous and pull off a center approach?

I know its an ugly job but someone has to do it!

I give him credit because under all of that “center line reporting” there is clearly a cognitive thinking mind at work.

So Bill gets my BRAVO.

This racism theme started long ago.
The video below is from 2007 perhaps 2008 … the point is when the “MINION MEDIA” runs smack into opposition they whip out RACE.
Well the public is tired of blacks being dragged into an issue that is NO LONGER an issue.

WOLF (RACEST) has been cried to the point of ad nauseam.

Interesting what one can pick up as one visits website to forum and spaces in between.
I actually spend a lot of time reading the stuff swirling on the net daily.
Not so much for material on this blog but just to see what is going on and why.
EXACTLY what makes someone tick.

I am actually AMAZED at what I run into.

For instance:
A majority of the opposition who HATE O’Reilly dismiss him with an adamant “HE LIES”.

Funny … I have come up with a whole new cipher for decoding what people actually mean. I do have to take into consideration who is saying what to/about whom in applying this method of unraveling what is actually being said however.

So in this case … HE LIES … means: … “I do not listen but I HEAR that he does not agree with my side so HE LIES.” WOW! that is true rational logical conclusion for the truly ignorant … don’t you think?

I remain awestruck at the “usually intelligent” individuals that are polarized into this opinion of the O’Reilly program.
I watch the guy almost every night.
I do not agree with all that I see but I KNOW it is at LEAST on the square.

Somewhere in my education of LONG AGO I was taught to think for myself. I know it is a novel and interesting concept today … especially for a large majority of the young.

Apparently that is a concept long squashed and replaced with the new “POLLY PARROT MODE”.

In my opinion Bill O’Reilly news is the way TRUE NEWS NEEDS TO BE PRESENTED.

This I don’t like what he says = therefore he lies (without actually checking out the facts themselves) puts them in a “new ignorant class of Lemmings” that we all need to consider then IGNORE.

Personally I have adopted an brand new mindset for these individuals.
That is … GO AWAY!
WHY?
Because to argue with flat out ignorance is a waste of everyone’s time (personally I really have little I choose to waste).
Someone who has checked out the facts and wants to argue/debate THOSE FACTS is totally another issue.
We can agree to disagree.

In the end IGNORANCE IS A WASTE that can be changed at will … so those who choose not deserve no time or respect.

So its time to grab the bull by the horns … call a spade a spade and start separating the wheat from the chaff.
Then understanding that what we use to call news is simply outright propaganda or worthless commentary.

Foisted onto the public by someone:

1. Not as well informed as the average Joe on the street.
2. Clue less about what the public wants or thinks.
3. Is promoting the agenda of others for self gain.
4. In hopes “we the people” are to stupid to figure it all out.
5. Who is truly a flat out liar!

So each of us are left to take a cold hard look at the facts.
Get in touch with your own personal right and wrong.
Be ready to stand beside those of like mind and team up against those who wish to snatch your freedom from under your nose.
While you are busy in the salt mine trying to provide food and shelter for those you love.

ENOUGH IS TRULY ENOUGH !

August 06, 2009
By Zane F Pollard, MD
Published on American Thinker Sept, 17,2009

I have been sitting quietly on the sidelines watching all of this national debate on healthcare. It is time for me to bring some clarity to the table by explaining many of the problems from the perspective of a doctor.

First off, the government has involved very few of us physicians in the healthcare debate. While the American Medical Association has come out in favor of the plan, it is vital to remember that the AMA only represents 17% of the American physician workforce.

I have taken care of Medicaid patients for 35 years while representing the only pediatric ophthalmology group left in Atlanta, Georgia that accepts Medicaid. For example, in the past 6 months I have cared for three young children on Medicaid who had corneal ulcers. This is a potentially blinding situation because if the cornea perforates from the infection, almost surely blindness will occur. In all three cases the antibiotic needed for the eradication of the infection was not on the approved Medicaid list.

Each time I was told to fax Medicaid for the approval forms, which I did. Within 48 hours the form came back to me which was sent in immediately via fax, and I was told that I would have my answer in 10 days. Of course by then each child would have been blind in the eye.

Each time the request came back denied. All three times I personally provided the antibiotic for each patient which was not on the Medicaid approved list. Get the point — rationing of care.

Over the past 35 years I have cared for over 1000 children born with congenital cataracts. In older children and in adults the vision is rehabilitated with an intraocular lens. In newborns we use contact lenses which are very expensive. It takes Medicaid over one year to approve a contact lens post cataract surgery. By that time a successful anatomical operation is wasted as the child will be close to blind from a lack of focusing for so long a period of time.

Again, extreme rationing. Solution: I have a foundation here in Atlanta supported 100% by private funds which supplies all of these contact lenses for my Medicaid and illegal immigrants children for free. Again, waiting for the government would be disastrous.

Last week I had a lady bring her child to me. They are Americans but live in Sweden, as the father has a job with a big corporation. The child had the onset of double vision 3 months ago and has been unable to function normally because of this. They are people of means but are waiting 8 months to see the ophthalmologist in Sweden. Then if the child needed surgery they would be put on a 6 month waiting list. She called me and I saw her that day. It turned out that the child had accommodative esotropia (crossing of the eyes treated with glasses that correct for farsightedness) and responded to glasses within 4 days, so no surgery was needed. Again, rationing of care.

Last month I operated on a 70 year old lady with double vision present for 3 years. She responded quite nicely to her surgery and now is symptom free. I also operated on a 69 year old judge with vertical double vision. His surgery went very well and now he is happy as a lark. I have been told — but of course there is no healthcare bill that has been passed yet — that these 2 people because of their age would have been denied surgery and just told to wear a patch over one eye to alleviate the symptoms of double vision. Obviously cheaper than surgery.

I spent two year in the US Navy during the Viet Nam war and was well treated by the military. There was tremendous rationing of care and we were told specifically what things the military personnel and their dependents could have and which things they could not have. While I was in Viet Nam, my wife Nancy got sick and got essentially no care at the Naval Hospital in Oakland, California. She went home and went to her family’s private internist in Beverly Hills. While it was expensive, she received an immediate work up. Again rationing of care.

For those of you who are over 65, this bill in its present form might be lethal for you. People in Britain face rationing of care in that there is an eight month wait for cataract surgery, 11 for hernia and the same for disc and total hip The government wants to mimic the British plan. For those of you younger, it will still mean restriction of the care that you and your children receive.

While 99% of physicians went into medicine because of the love of medicine and the challenge of helping our fellow man, economics are still important. My rent goes up 2% each year and the salaries of my employees go up 2% each year. Twenty years ago, ophthalmologists were paid $1800 for a cataract surgery and today $500. This is a 73% decrease in our fees. I do not know of many jobs in America that have seen this sort of lowering of fees.

But there is more to the story than just the lower fees. When I came to Atlanta, there was a well known ophthalmologist that charged $2500 for a cataract surgery as he felt the was the best. He had a terrific reputation and in fact I had my mother’s bilateral cataracts operated on by him with a wonderful result. She is now 94 and has 20/20 vision in both eyes. People would pay his $2500 fee.

However, then the government came in and said that any doctor that does Medicare work cannot accept more than the going rate ( now $500) or he or she would be severely fined. This put an end to his charging $2500. The government said it was illegal to accept more than the government-allowed rate. What I am driving at is that those of you well off will not be able to go to the head of the line under this new healthcare plan, just because you have money, as no physician will be willing to go against the law to treat you.

I am a pediatric ophthalmologist and trained for 10 years post-college to become a pediatric ophthalmologist (add two years of my service in the Navy and that comes to 12 years).A neurosurgeon spends 14 years post -college, and if he or she has to do the military that would be 16 years. I am not entitled to make what a neurosurgeon makes, but the new plan calls for all physicians to make the same amount of payment. I assure you that medical students will not go into neurosurgery and we will have a tremendous shortage of neurosurgeons. Already, the top neurosurgeon at my hospital who is in good health and only 52 years old has just quit because he can’t stand working with the government anymore. Forty-nine percent of children under the age of 16 in the state of Georgia are on Medicaid, so he felt he just could not stand working with the bureaucracy anymore.

We are being lied to about the uninsured. They are getting care. I operate at least 2 illegal immigrants each month who pay me nothing, and the children’s hospital at which I operate charges them nothing also.This is true not only on Atlanta, but of every community in America.

The bottom line is that I urge all of you to contact your congresswomen and congressmen and senators to defeat this bill. I promise you that you will not like rationing of your own health.

Furthermore, how can you trust a physician that works under these conditions knowing that he is controlled by the state. I certainly could not trust any doctor that would work under these draconian conditions.

One last thing: with this new healthcare plan there will be a tremendous shortage of physicians. It has been estimated that approximately 5% of the current physician work force will quit under this new system. Also it is estimated that another 5% shortage will occur because of the decreased number of men and women wanting to go into medicine. At the present time the US government has mandated gender equity in admissions to medical schools .That means that for the past 15 years that somewhere between 49 and 51% of each entering class are females. This is true of private schools also, because all private schools receive federal funding.

The average career of a woman in medicine now is only 8-10 years and the average work week for a female in medicine is only 3-4 days. I have now trained 35 fellows in pediatric ophthalmology. Hands down the best was a female that I trained 4 years ago — she was head and heels above all others I have trained. She now practices only 3 days a week.

Background: Dr. Zane F. Pollard:

I did my undergraduate work at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. I graduated Tulane University medical School Alpha Omega Alpha ( medical school’s top 10% of graduating class). Internship at the Univ. of Southern California in Los Angeles, one year of General surgery residency at the U. of California in San Francisco. Two years in the US Navy. Residency in Ophthalmology at the U.of S. California in Los Angeles, fellowship in pediatric Ophthalmology at the Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia. In practice with Eye Consultants of Atlanta for the past 35 years. Published 90 papers in peer reviewed Scientific Ophthalmology Journals. Member of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Ophthalmological Society. Board certified in Ophthalmology.

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