" 10,9,8...3,2,1- We Have- Failure To Launch!"

Hello, my friends, it's been ages. Most of you probably know the failure in my title is the Hillary campaign. While Rubio announced to a packed house in downtown's historic Freedom Tower, Hillary hid out on social media, then in a small town Chipotle with dark glasses. We know it's not because Bubbba gave her a black eye, he hasn't touched her since Chelsea was conceived. How is it a person who wants us to meet her and vote for her would hide from the very "little people" she told she'd champion 2 days before? It's for the same reason she walked away from the media in NH and has yet to answer any questions, aside from "you want guac on that burrito?" BTW, Her Thighness neglected to even leave a tip, common for liberals who feel superior but very stupid for anyone running for office on the little guy facade.
http://dailycaller.com/2015/04/13/are-hillary-clinton-and-huma-hungover-this-photo-might-be-proof/
I swear, it looks like Huma's wearing a hijab! Hillary has more baggage than a 747 and can't run on her record. I wouldn't dream of trying to cover it all today, more in subsequent issues. It's clear even the so called "mainstream media" is fast losing patience with her delusion of total lack of accountability. Maybe she thinks they're gonna cover for her like they did for Obama. Problem is, she's the wrong age, color and has zero ability to BS (erroneously called charisma for Obama) like Barry & Bill.
 The Dems are in panic mode over the soon to be released bombshell book ("Clinton Cash" by Peter Schweizer) that chronicles in great detail not only the different big $ donations the Billary Foundation got from foreign govts., but also when they occurred and ( in some cases) what the quid pro quo was. Since the AR days, Billary (that's Bill + Hillary) have been able to dodge, obfuscate, rope a dope or all out lie about their many scandals and skeletons. But that was mostly Cheatin' Bill and an adoring media gave him a pass. His wife is tragically devoid of any humor, wit, genuineness, or the ability to "be one" with the folks- whether it's her absurd (and very lame) attempts to talk with a Black dialect from the old South or her forced, phony cackling laugh that's jack hammer annoying. If Obama needs a 24/7 teleprompter, this lady needs a personality transplant.
 Even the timing of her launch couldn't be worse, ISIS just beheaded more Christians on video. Our carrier sits in off the coast of Yemen, impotently watching Iranian ships delivering weapons to terrorists. This is the Middle East Obama & Hillary made far worse than they found it in 2009. No wonder she wants to hide out!
 Rubio has done the complete opposite, following a very successful kickoff with appearances on many news shows, mostly unfriendly to the GOP. I think the minute he decided to run, was a clear shot across the bow to Jeb Bush. If Jeb had any sense, he would've run (and won) against Yahoo Nelson for Sen. in 2012. When I saw him standing like a poser, next to Romney in 2012, I knew what he was up to. Jeb Bush MUST NOT be the GOP candidate for Pres. in 2016! If he is, the GOP will go 0-3 in the last big elections, despite their 2 mid term landslide wins. It's way too early to make predictions, but I think Walker/Rubio would be a great ticket. Once they get in the ring and take their swings, we will see who prevails and who fizzles. I think Crisco (Chris Christie) and Dr. Ben are done.
 Last week was the SFDDA's Annual Business Meeting, held in Kovens Center. It was the first time in  few years we didn't lump it in as part of the Miami Winter Meeting, whose recent Feb. outing may well be its swan song. Our keynote speaker was ADA Pres., Dr. Maxine Feinberg. I car pooled and got there a little early, so I was able to chat with her a few minutes. Don't worry, my liberal colleagues, it was all good. This lady is a class act and very aware of the problems we face. What I found most refreshing is she didn't parrot that tired PC line that the plight of the poor with bad teeth is all the fault of us greedy dentists who drive BMWs and don't care if they're in pain. The biggest problem I heard Maxine talk about is the fact the ADA has little control of and representation in CODA. You wanna know how programs like LECOM are even allowed to be created, let alone graduate deficient dentists to turn loose on the public? Look no further than CODA and its nationalist agenda. These are the folks who hold Pew & Kellogg's to be sacred, they absolve the dental poor of any and all complicity in their plight. They know the answer is not to build more dental schools, it's to put the new dentists together with those pts. most in need, in exchange for loan relief. But what they really want is to make dentistry succumb to the same generic clinical mediocrity that medicine has been hobbled by. They aim to do this by opening new programs run by corporations and not dentists, especially no specialists (pun intended). Can any of you who went to dental school even imagine how deficient your training would have been if you'd been taught the dental specialties without any specialists to do it? Call me raving mad, but I was taught perio by periodontists, OMS by OMS and endo by endodontists. My professor of anesthesia was none other than Stanley Malamed!
 My favorite anecdote of the night was about a woman in a MOM event who was waiting for pro bono care. She had a damaged dentition yet both her arms were covered with what's known as "sleeve tattoos". When she was asked how much something like that cost, she replied "$200 per inch". That's right, Drs., $200 per inch, not per arm! An average adult's arm, wrist to shoulder, measures 18", so that's $3,600 per arm!!

Of course, we're not allowed to point that out, it's judgmental and offensive. That might be true of our pts. who actually pay for our work, we're all entitled to our priorities. But, as I often mention, America is the only nation whose poor are overweight, have cars, drink beer, smoke, have cable, cell phones, flat screen TVs, A/C and food stamps so they can eat without working to produce a penny. Thank you Obama & the Democrat party! To be fair, the GOP is also complicit in ignoring this abuse, for fear of being demonized by an opposition who will never like them or vote for them. If Hillary needs a personality transplant, the RINOs need spinal & gonad transplants.
 It looks like our feature bill this session, to give dental grads loan relief in exchange for working in under served areas, will pass all committees and be signed into law. The only thing that could derail it is the old obstacle from past years, $. I hope it does pass and the state is serious about following through with the next steps needed, namely the facilities where these pts. will be treated. We cannot allow our opposition to define and demean us, we must fight back hard! Unlike medicine, dentistry is still 75-80% general to 15-20% specialist. Our model of care works and we cannot allow ulterior motives and hidden agendas to make our profession a trade and our practitioners govt. employees or tools of an industry.