Coburn understands quite well.

Again, the failure of the SCLM and the Dems to use the totally accurate and appropriate word "liar."

Horsepucky! These aholes are the FIRST ones to ask if mammograms, pap smears and maternity benefits are NEEDED and then try to SCARE women with a tax??? They outta be kicked out on their patooties...NOW!

If you can't pronounce the word, LIE, then you don't deserve to make a comment. Call this Dr. a liar and give chapter and verse how what he is saying is a lie. I just read where Conyers, in an interview with Bill Press, said he is tired of pullng Obama's ass (paraphrased) out of the fire on healthcare, etc. He dropped the ball on Single-Payer because he said it cannot win(I actually heard the interview with Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!). How would he know that? Because he failed to put it on the table. He should also tell his Detroit Lions to not show up for football because they have demonstrated repeatedly that they cannot win.

What sick SOBs both Conyers and Coburn, and most of the rest of Congress, are. Dennis Kucinich has more courage than the rest of Congress, combined, and he continues to win in his mostly conservative district by huge margins.

Rambling, again, but I am not willing to shut up because people will not listen to me. At some point, the Truth will be known and we will wonder what took It so long.

peace,
st john

Nothing new here, move on!

"Political parties exist to secure responsible government and to execute the will of the people. From these great tasks both of the old parties have turned aside. Instead of instruments to promote the general welfare they have become the tools of corrupt interests, which use them impartially to serve their selfish purposes. Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to dissolve the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics, is the first task of the statesmanship of the day."--The Progressive Covenant With The People, Teddy Roosevelt speech (August 1912)

The "unholy alliance" of Blue Dog Democrats and right-wing Republicans will prevent anything meaningful in health care, finance reform, credit card usury, etc.

It's odd that two recommendations for less screening of women for breast and cervical cancer have popped into the discussion this week. Coburn's bald faced lie about taxing breast reconstruction is vile hackery, but what's driving the new recommendations (which promise saving to insurance companies)? Cervical cancer is virtually 100% curable if caught early. Breast cancer is less so, many women credit early screening for their lives. Colon cancer too: it's very curable if pre-cancerous polyps are removed; the recommendation used to be once every five years after age 50 and is now every 10. A lot can happen in ten years.

Just one more hypocrisy, the R’s claim preventive health care will not reduce cost and save lives, but cry Crocodile tears for the untold victims when the recommended screening intervals are increased.

So Coburn is concerned mightily about women's health. Hah utter bull shit. What about the millions of women who have no insurance. Do they get reconstructive breast surgery? Tom Coburn you're a lying sack of shit.

I think one of the problems is that republicans have committed so many vicious, insane and criminal acts during the past 15 years that we've come to expect it of them. Coburn is a republican, so obviously he's going to utter despicable lies on the senate floor. It's like expecting people to be outraged that Charles Manson is still dangerously crazy.

To answer Ms. Marcus' question, yes, the GOP arguments against health care reform are so weak that they need to resort to lies. This should have been evident when Sarah Palin started spouting her 'death panel' drivel.

-Z

So Coburn is concerned mightily about women's health. Hah utter bull shit. What about the millions of women who have no insurance. Do they get reconstructive breast surgery? Tom Coburn you're a lying sack of shit.

why gandalf, i'm surprised at you. don't you know these women can go to the emergency room?

Hey, isn't ALL surgery elective?

-unless congress wants to pass another emergency "Terry Shiavo Law," forcing us to undergo unwanted medical interventions. . .

Republican men really are quite ignorant and obtuse. I believe it is a genetic defect that prevents any of their brain cells from functioning properly.

That would be DR. Coburn.
Amazing!

How did this guy or for that matter any wingnut doctor manage to get through medical school anyway? On the other hand, a special tax on elective plastic surgery is kind of ridiculous and a needless complication. Surgeons will be claiming a nose job is required for a deviated septum or something etc. Collecting the tax will cost half what it brings in. Much simpler to adjust upper income tax brackets upward and/or eliminate taxes that particularly distort the economy like tax write offs on interest for mortages or corporate borrowing.

Coburn is a piece of crap. In at least 1 case, and several more that I have heard about, he sterilized women without their consent.

Sterilized women without their consent.

This is certainly true, and speaks to the kind of physician that he is - one without the ethical core to practice medicine.

He's a piece of crap.