Monday, September 12, 2016

"Oppression & Bobble Head Candidates"

Hello to all, it's been a while, I know. Let's start with the topic du jour, oppression. It seems that a few professional athletes have decided to suddenly notice how America oppresses blacks and people of color. Never mind the fact useful idiots like Colin Kaepernik  played in the NFL for years and never had the presence of mind to notice this terrible abuse, let alone protest it. Never mind the fact we have a (half) black POTUS and a cabinet to match. Never mind the fact the NFL & NBA are majority black athletes and blacks in this country succeed at rates unseen in any other nation. This is all about the NFL's gang, thug mentality and their increasing allegiance to BLM. Given the pathetic season opener our hapless Dolphins gave us yesterday, I think the NFL players might wanna concentrate less on protest and more on hanging onto the damn ball or scoring some points! It's ironic that useful idiot, Kenny Stills (WR), was one of the protesters and later dropped an easy TD pass laid perfectly in the right place by Miami's mediocre QB, who rarely displays the ability to throw a deep or touch pass with precision, LOL. True to Dolphin ineptitude, near the end of the game Stills was again open for what would have resulted in a game winning TD or FG, had he been tackled short of the goal line. But Tannehill, true to his usual form, over threw Still by 2 yards. These players are not too bright, for the most part, but they do hire smart, overpaid agents to be their mouth piece and brain. You'd think these agents might earn their pay and tell these morons the #1 rule of business, you don't poop where you eat.
 Our 1st amendment does give these players the right to protest, it also gives us the right to respond. I, for one, have better things to do than watch a crappy team with zero sense of what really matters.
 If they truly believe their people are oppressed, why aren't they in da hood helping out? The first thing any professional athlete does upon signing their contract is to GTHO of the ghetto, I don't blame them. So, please, spare us the pseudo indignation and social awareness. I wonder if these fools have any idea of what real oppression is? Do they know what goes on in places like N. Korea, the Middle East, Cuba, most of Africa? I doubt it. BTW, for any of you who know me and my deep involvement with politics, wonder if I practice what I preach, YES. There are no campaign signs, buttons or similar materials on my office, building or vehicle. I don't want to put off any pts. who may have different views. As for any bumper stickers, liberals don't respect freedom of speech and will vandalize cars with Trump, Rubio or any other Republican stickers.
 Now let's look at bobble heads, that's what HRC looked like at a recent campaign stop. This looks to me like a Parkinson's episode, see for yourselves:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=hillary+has+seizure+on+camera
What it reminds me off was when Michael J. Fox intentionally skipped his Parkinson meds when he testified before Congress, so they could see what it looked like unabated.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECkPVTZlfP8
 Some might say, okay, so Hillary has Parkinson's, so what? My reply would be to remind people of the major stink the Dems made about McCain and his illnesses in 2008. If it mattered then, it sure as hell matters now. HRC is already unfit to be POTUS for reasons like her abysmal record as Sec. of State, flagrant dishonesty and corrupt dealings through the Clinton  Foundation, her instrument for selling influence and access to foreign nationals with anti-American interests and intentions. Her utter hypocrisy as a so called "feminist" is also disgusting, given the fact she's taken $ millions from nations that systematically subject women to violence, genital mutilation, "honor" killings, slavery, denial of basic rights like studying, driving a vehicle or having their own bank account, and even death by stoning for such heinous crimes as being raped but not having 4 male witnesses to corroborate it. Let's face it, if her last name weren't Clinnton, HRC would be a relatively unknown, mediocre lawyer, who was booted from the Watergate attack team for blatant dishonesty.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/925684/posts
 Yesterday was the 15th anniversary of 9-11 and things are no better now than then. Domestically, we've had numerous attacks, some that failed while others did not, by Islamic terrorists who either came here as "refugees" or were born here and radicalized by local influences or even trips abroad to terrorist nations, while our impotent security agencies watched and played pocket pool. The Middle Easy has never been more unstable or dangerous. Europe is on fire and shows no sign of being any safer anytime soon. Americans are certainly in more danger from a domestic terror attack than ever before. I place most of the blame on the Obama-Clinton foreign policy and willingness to accept the pitiful concept of "acceptable losses". If one of these domestic attacks killed the family of a lawmaker or other high ranked govt. official, I'm sure the response would be different. But they have 24/7 armed security and don't really care if any of us are in SF (Kate Steinle) or the Pulse night club in Orlando. The same applies to when Obama tries to ram tyrannical policies down our throats like holding decent communities hostage to having to accommodate low class rabble into their community in order to build a suburban development. I mean, OMG, where will all those newly rich jocks flee to?http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/05/09/one-obamas-last-acts-will-punish-suburbs-white-wealthy/
As always, this rabble will never get anywhere near the Obamas, Pelosis, Reids, Clintons, etc. only our communities that we worked and sacrificed to live in and enjoy a decent quality of life. Besides, if LBJ, all his successors and the Food Stamps Pres. have fixed all the social ills of our society's down trodden, why do they need to leave their communities and come mess up others? Could it be, dare I suggest that this is an admission of the sad reality that no amount of handouts or other social engineering can fix degraded humans and their contra survival choices? Remember, the black family somehow managed to survive slavery, the KKK and Jim Crow, only to be done in by "helpful" govt. programs. For any of you who might think my observation insensitive, let me tell you from whom I took that historical fact, Dr. Thomas Sowell, a black professor. See quote #4.
http://www.aei.org/publication/quotations-of-the-day-from-thomas-sowell-2/
 Let's end with dentistry. We have a great opportunity to take out one of dentistry's sworn enemies, Sen. Miguel Diaz de la Portilla, this Nov. His opponent, Jose Javier Rodriguez, has served 2 terms in the FL House and has been a steadfast friend of dentistry from the get go. JJ sponsored the bill to require foreign dental grads to complete 2 years in a U.S. general dental program before they can sit for the ADEX in FL. He also sponsored a bill for recognition of Periodontal Awareness Month. For those of you who may not be aware of the years long adversarial relationship with the DLP family, let me explain. Back in 2011, former (1-term) Rep. Renier DLP became (and still is) the lobbyist for 50+ Cuban dental grads who work under public health permit in CA. they decided to seek legislation to allow them to come here and sit for the ADEX without any US training. We beat that back like a drum and it was Miguel DLP who pushed the most for a Sen. committee hearing, in which we prevailed, thanks to the efforts of Cesar Sabates and Sen. Alan Hays. JJ defeated career politician, Alex DLP, who'd served in both House & Sen. but decided to recycle himself, anyway, hence my career politician label. Jose Javier's stellar record with dental issues is proof positive that when we go to Tallahassee, we're neither Democrats or Republicans. we're the Tooth Party-he's a Democrat but helped us blunt bad dental bills proposed by Republicans. JJR will be joining us tomorrow night at Happy Wines in the Grove for the first meeting of MDDS, come out and meet him!
 One last dental item. We often hear that if we have issues affecting our practice, we should let our elected dental representatives know so they can help us. My friend and colleague, Dr. Richard Sherman did just that about 3 issues and has received no clear answer or solution to any of them, which he first brought up 3 years ago! The issues are: 1) Delta Dental unilaterally changing and ADA code to their benefit and to deny coverage for a procedure. 2) Refusing to pay for a tooth that was filled on the occlusal surface 3 years ago and later on the buccal surface, note the 2 different surfaces. This was followed up by prohibiting the doctor from charging the pt. for the work DD didn't cover! 3) Refusing to cover an indirect pulp cap with the excuse it was an "inappropriate" procedure. If our ADA & FDA leadership want us to contact them, then do nothing but lip service, "we're working on it" or "we'll look into it" is it any wonder we're losing members by the bunch?

"Oppression & Bobble Head Candidates"

Hello to all, it's been a while, I know. Let's start with the topic du jour, oppression. It seems that a few professional athletes have decided to suddenly notice how America oppresses blacks and people of color. Never mind the fact useful idiots like Colin Kaepernik  played in the NFL for years and never had the presence of mind to notice this terrible abuse, let alone protest it. Never mind the fact we have a (half) black POTUS and a cabinet to match. Never mind the fact the NFL & NBA are majority black athletes and blacks in this country succeed at rates unseen in any other nation. This is all about the NFL's gang, thug mentality and their increasing allegiance to BLM. Given the pathetic season opener our hapless Dolphins gave us yesterday, I think the NFL players might wanna concentrate less on protest and more on hanging onto the damn ball or scoring some points! It's ironic that useful idiot, Kenny Stills (WR), was one of the protesters and later dropped an easy TD pass laid perfectly in the right place by Miami's mediocre QB, who rarely displays the ability to throw a deep or touch pass with precision, LOL. True to Dolphin ineptitude, near the end of the game Stills was again open for what would have resulted in a game winning TD or FG, had he been tackled short of the goal line. But Tannehill, true to his usual form, over threw Still by 2 yards. These players are not too bright, for the most part, but they do hire smart, overpaid agents to be their mouth piece and brain. You'd think these agents might earn their pay and tell these morons the #1 rule of business, you don't poop where you eat.
 Our 1st amendment does give these players the right to protest, it also gives us the right to respond. I, for one, have better things to do than watch a crappy team with zero sense of what really matters.
 If they truly believe their people are oppressed, why aren't they in da hood helping out? The first thing any professional athlete does upon signing their contract is to GTHO of the ghetto, I don't blame them. So, please, spare us the pseudo indignation and social awareness. I wonder if these fools have any idea of what real oppression is? Do they know what goes on in places like N. Korea, the Middle East, Cuba, most of Africa? I doubt it. BTW, for any of you who know me and my deep involvement with politics, wonder if I practice what I preach, YES. There are no campaign signs, buttons or similar materials on my office, building or vehicle. I don't want to put off any pts. who may have different views. As for any bumper stickers, liberals don't respect freedom of speech and will vandalize cars with Trump, Rubio or any other Republican stickers.
 Now let's look at bobble heads, that's what HRC looked like at a recent campaign stop. This looks to me like a Parkinson's episode, see for yourselves:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=hillary+has+seizure+on+camera
What it reminds me off was when Michael J. Fox intentionally skipped his Parkinson meds when he testified before Congress, so they could see what it looked like unabated.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECkPVTZlfP8
 Some might say, okay, so Hillary has Parkinson's, so what? My reply would be to remind people of the major stink the Dems made about McCain and his illnesses in 2008. If it mattered then, it sure as hell matters now. HRC is already unfit to be POTUS for reasons like her abysmal record as Sec. of State, flagrant dishonesty and corrupt dealings through the Clinton  Foundation, her instrument for selling influence and access to foreign nationals with anti-American interests and intentions. Her utter hypocrisy as a so called "feminist" is also disgusting, given the fact she's taken $ millions from nations that systematically subject women to violence, genital mutilation, "honor" killings, slavery, denial of basic rights like studying, driving a vehicle or having their own bank account, and even death by stoning for such heinous crimes as being raped but not having 4 male witnesses to corroborate it. Let's face it, if her last name weren't Clinnton, HRC would be a relatively unknown, mediocre lawyer, who was booted from the Watergate attack team for blatant dishonesty.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/925684/posts
 Yesterday was the 15th anniversary of 9-11 and things are no better now than then. Domestically, we've had numerous attacks, some that failed while others did not, by Islamic terrorists who either came here as "refugees" or were born here and radicalized by local influences or even trips abroad to terrorist nations, while our impotent security agencies watched and played pocket pool. The Middle Easy has never been more unstable or dangerous. Europe is on fire and shows no sign of being any safer anytime soon. Americans are certainly in more danger from a domestic terror attack than ever before. I place most of the blame on the Obama-Clinton foreign policy and willingness to accept the pitiful concept of "acceptable losses". If one of these domestic attacks killed the family of a lawmaker or other high ranked govt. official, I'm sure the response would be different. But they have 24/7 armed security and don't really care if any of us are in SF (Kate Steinle) or the Pulse night club in Orlando. The same applies to when Obama tries to ram tyrannical policies down our throats like holding decent communities hostage to having to accommodate low class rabble into their community in order to build a suburban development. I mean, OMG, where will all those newly rich jocks flee to?http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/05/09/one-obamas-last-acts-will-punish-suburbs-white-wealthy/
As always, this rabble will never get anywhere near the Obamas, Pelosis, Reids, Clintons, etc. only our communities that we worked and sacrificed to live in and enjoy a decent quality of life. Besides, if LBJ, all his successors and the Food Stamps Pres. have fixed all the social ills of our society's down trodden, why do they need to leave their communities and come mess up others? Could it be, dare I suggest that this is an admission of the sad reality that no amount of handouts or other social engineering can fix degraded humans and their contra survival choices? Remember, the black family somehow managed to survive slavery, the KKK and Jim Crow, only to be done in by "helpful" govt. programs. For any of you who might think my observation insensitive, let me tell you from whom I took that historical fact, Dr. Thomas Sowell, a black professor. See quote #4.
http://www.aei.org/publication/quotations-of-the-day-from-thomas-sowell-2/
 Let's end with dentistry. We have a great opportunity to take out one of dentistry's sworn enemies, Sen. Miguel Diaz de la Portilla, this Nov. His opponent, Jose Javier Rodriguez, has served 2 terms in the FL House and has been a steadfast friend of dentistry from the get go. JJ sponsored the bill to require foreign dental grads to complete 2 years in a U.S. general dental program before they can sit for the ADEX in FL. He also sponsored a bill for recognition of Periodontal Awareness Month. For those of you who may not be aware of the years long adversarial relationship with the DLP family, let me explain. Back in 2011, former (1-term) Rep. Renier DLP became (and still is) the lobbyist for 50+ Cuban dental grads who work under public health permit in CA. they decided to seek legislation to allow them to come here and sit for the ADEX without any US training. We beat that back like a drum and it was Miguel DLP who pushed the most for a Sen. committee hearing, in which we prevailed, thanks to the efforts of Cesar Sabates and Sen. Alan Hays. JJ defeated career politician, Alex DLP, who'd served in both House & Sen. but decided to recycle himself, anyway, hence my career politician label. Jose Javier's stellar record with dental issues is proof positive that when we go to Tallahassee, we're neither Democrats or Republicans. we're the Tooth Party-he's a Democrat but helped us blunt bad dental bills proposed by Republicans. JJR will be joining us tomorrow night at Happy Wines in the Grove for the first meeting of MDDS, come out and meet him!

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

"Spasiba, Vladimir! & As Europe Burns"

Hello to all, what a turbulent few weeks! Yes, indeed, thank you, Vlad, for exposing The Hag (aka Hillary) and her party's unholy, corrupt umbilical to the so called "mainstream media". When Ed Snowden fled to Europe and was coddled by Putin, the left went bonkers at how this whistle blower and American hero had to flee to avoid reprisals and how Vlad had given the USA the middle finger. But now that they, themselves, are victims of Wikileaks, it's all very different isn't it? I've always known the fix was in and the media has never covered the Dems like they do the GOP. Can any of you imagine Trump, Ted Cruz or Rubio calling up ABC or PMSNBC and  telling them they'd sent a list of questions to be asked for tonight's interview? Even SNL did a skit a few years back about how in the tank their network (NBC) was for the Dems. Yes, any GOP candidate will run against their opponent AND the state run media, it's no surprise. The worst thing about this hack is that it proves any emails HRC (I won't keep calling her The Hag, to avoid offending my more sensitive readers) was bungling on her servers were fair game and easily accessible to our enemies, yet another reason she's unfit to serve. Even funnier is the wagon circling spin that is so desperate as to even suggest Trump has the ear of Putin and Poot's helping him. Were the libs so concerned when Barry promised Vlad (via sock puppet /president Dimitri) "more flexibility"? I swear, if Barry was white he'd have been impeached for the treasonous SOB he is, assuming the GOP had a pair.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsFR8DbSRQE
Ditto the famous joke of a reset button, given by HRC to the Russkies, which is obviously not working for the Dems. It's telling that we need foreign media like the UK Guardian to report the things our own lapdog media ignores. We also need foreign hackers to find HRC's "lost" emails.
 Last week the GOP had their circus and it was pretty civil. Ted Cruz did make a fool of himself and reminded us all why he's loathed on both sides of the aisle. I think his political future has a guarded prognosis. The Dems seized on Teddy's chicanery and spun it as a deeply divided GOP, then came the last few days, LOL. The Bernie drones will not sit down & shut up, they've even booed him! Sanders spent months whipping them up into an OWS frenzy and now he thinks he can simply blow some sort of political Pavlov whistle and they'll stand down? Bernie's forced, awkward endorsement of HRC is even worse than Cruz's passive aggressive bait & switch. But make no mistake about him exacting some major concessions for this sham, Shylock will demand his pound of flesh and the cowardly donkeys will bend over to accommodate him, fearing the wrath of his rabble. Is there anything more hilarious than the blatant hypocrisy of Fakeahontas, attacking Trump for abusing the little guy? Liz may not possess honest injun genes, but she make 'um heap big wampum fleecing little old ladies for grossly under priced homes, homes she quickly flipped for huge profits.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2012/06/02/harsh-foreclosure-critic-elizabeth-warren-reportedly-made-a-fortune-flipping-foreclosed-homes/
 But my favorite Dem to be snared in this KGB net of exposure is none other than our own DWS, aka Hillary's pet gerbil. I recall a time when Deb was a FL Rep., then Sen., and a nice person to work with on dental issues. Then she went to DC and morphed into this bitter, nasty harpy, one which Obama sorely regretted giving so much power. Of course he hadn't yet removed her because to admit such an error is far more humility than a sociopath like Barry could ever muster. I said this before, let DWS be the face of the Dem party, she's the gift that keeps on giving. That said, it would be great to see her get booted in her district election. Her only hope then would be if HRC won the WH, guaranteeing a cushy cabinet position from the party that rewards corruption and ineptitude.
 Meanwhile, I've lost count of the Islamic terror attacks in Turkey, France, Germany, etc. We are at war with Islam and Europe continues to reap what it sows. It's mind boggling that the German people could be so stupid and self loathing as to have elected Merkel to a 3rd term, let alone a possible 4th. Never underestimate the guilt of the Holocaust and its lasting hold on the German psyche, pathetic! If this article bears any truth, she may save them from their spineless selves.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/angela-merkel/10964629/Angela-Merkel-does-not-want-to-complete-full-term-as-German-chancellor.html
 Let's end with dentistry. Last month (during the FDC) I was contacted by a LECOM dental faculty member, under agreed upon confidentiality, who shared the following info I will share with you. Please keep in mind, I did not seek this communication, I was contacted by the faculty member of their own volition. Many of you may remember I commented on the many problems in LECOM, both in this blog and TFDA, which brought sharp criticism of me by some students and colleagues who are LECOM insiders and felt I was goring their sacred cow. The faculty member wanted me to report this to the entire HOD attendees but I was asked not to do that. I did report it to CDEL, let's see what, if anything, they can do with this issue. I've copied the bullet points below, all I can say is see for yourselves and form your own conclusions.

1-The current interim dean is not a dentist, the person he sent to address the HOD is an attorney and not even an assistant dean.
2-All decisions re: faculty, curriculum, critical equipment, & supplies are made by non-dentists. The dental faculty have no say.
3- There exists a serious faculty shortage, with only 6 full-time preceptors and a student to faculty ratio of greater than 10 to 1.
4-There are only 4 pre-clinical faculty in the simulation labs and they're responsible for all the lectures.
5- All hiring is done by the LECOM provost, the faculty are not vetted and have no dental experience.
6- Any financial shortfalls offered as excuses for these problems are negated by the fact LECOM dental school made $5 million last year.
7- The dental program is operated more like a trade school than a healthcare institution. Clinics are called "training centers".
8- To date,  LECOM is only partially accredited and CODA has given them 1 year to obtain 10-11 benchmarks that they are highly unlikely to be able to accomplish in that time period.


Tuesday, June 14, 2016

"We Are At War!"

Yes, Islam has openly and flagrantly declared war on America! It's even been as obvious as Iran's "president" chanting "death to America!" to a stadium full of moronic zealots. In his usual anti-American mode, Obama richly rewarded Iran with over $100 billion and the ability to pursue nukes in a site they know will be off limits to prying infidel inspectors. This weekend was the worst mass shooting in US history, carried out by an Islamic terrorist. Everyone says Trump is nuts to suggest such a ham handed approach to dealing with Muslims, then we get San Bernardino and now Orlando. In an even more pathetic display of spinelessness, Obama blames guns and tells us we need to question our values and what kind of nation we wanna be. It's clear what kind of cowering, dysfunctional, bankrupt nation Obama would like us to be and has worked tirelessly to achieve. All I can tell you with certainty is that the list of Islamic terrorist attacks on US soil under Obama is around 15 and there's no end in sight. It's also clear most Americans don't possess the kind of self loathing that the disgrace in the WH does, thank God. Let's talk more about self loathing.
 The POS (I refuse to name the monster) who massacred 49 innocent Americans was not some recent arrival from a Middle East toilet who lived in a dirt shack and crapped into a hole in the ground. He was born in the greatest nation on earth from parents who fled such a toilet. We wonder how this POS could so hate himself and others to do such a thing? Maybe the fact his father has lived here for decades but still hates America enough to support ISIS & the Taliban might be a factor. Forgive me if I don't abide by the sins of this demented father for a son who was 29! It turns out the POS had been in Pulse nightclub at least 12 times, even being escorted out drunk on occasion.
http://americanactionnews.com/articles/breaking-orlando-shooter-s-shocking-secret
So, look at the blatant contradictions and hypocrisy. This loser hated gays, but had gay apps on his phone and frequented a well known gay bar. He loathed the drinking of alcohol, as per his Islamic "faith" yet had no problems getting drunk enough to need escorting out. Lastly, his father claims the attack was set off when his son recently saw 2 men kissing, but all the other times he'd seen that in Pulse or elsewhere had no such effect? This is the self loathing that is Islam, which means submission or surrender in Arabic. Let's not forget that Muslims don't only hate non-Muslims, they also hate other Muslim sects. If we played back a typical news report about sectarian violence in the M.E. but substituted the religions & places named, it would sound like this: "Continued sectarian violence plagues Indiana as Methodist fighters from Evansville overran and seized South Bend, a well known Catholic stronghold. This level of escalation and bloodshed was almost as bad as last fall, when 7th Day Adventist militia from Terre Haute stormed a Baptist youth fair in Gary and killed 100s. Yes, I know it's ridiculous and would never happen here or among those faiths, but that medieval absurdity is explained away and excused by the left as something we just don't understand and must learn to accept from the great religion of peace. It is also repugnant in its degree of hypocrisy. People like this scumbag's parents leave the very hell holes where they cannot live as decent human beings, then export that very hatred and backwardness they fled to the new nation whose only sin was welcoming them. So, how is it they live here and go undeterred?
 The FBI and other alphabet agencies are neutered by a disgraceful Cmdr.-in-Chief who blames America for the atrocities of Islamic terrorism. Until we treat Muslims differently, they will continue to be inspired by ISIS and carry out their carnage. I don't give a damn who that offends, especially the "peaceful" Muslims who cry foul but never seem to march, demonstrate, inform on or even just speak out against their murderous brethren. I'm 100% positive that the families of those who were slaughtered are far more offended and will never get over it. Of course, all we need is more gun control, right?
 How did this guy legally buy 2 firearms if he had a history of domestic violence? I ask that because the anemic excuse of FBI Dir. Comey was that he'd done nothing wrong up to this weekend, so there were no red flags in the background check. What's clear is we need to pass laws that anyone, of any ethnicity or faith, who logs onto terrorist sites is subject to arrest. The only exception would be a journalist doing research and having prior clearance. Sounds draconian? The US has such a hair trigger and zero tolerance for child porn, why not terrorism? We also need to pass legislation that any American or foreign national living here who travels to a nation that's a state sponsor of terror loses their citizenship and is forever barred from entering the USA or its territories. Right now, Obama is spewing his BS about how solving this more aggressively would have us eroding the very values that make us great. The Constitution was never meant to be a suicide pact! If the Obama IRS can target Tea Party members, we can target Islamic terrorists!
 There has also been scant coverage of the fact this club had 2 doors in the back that were padlocked shut. This made it very easy for the terrorist to come in, block the only entrance and shoot fish in a barrel. The off-duty cop was rendered useless in short order and I've heard no mention of any bouncers present to stop this act of carnage. Aside from the obvious fire code violations, the club owner should be arrested for reckless endangerment and/or negligent homicide. This incident makes that RI nightclub fire, where doors were blocked and many died, pale in comparison.
 Now let's cover dentistry. Most of you already know there was a tragic death of a 17 year old during oral surgery under sedation in Orlando. I hope all of you saw the news report the FDA emailed to all members. It's obvious the news media and politicians were quick to jump on the incident and do what they do best. In the case of the media, that was finger pointing. For the pols it was "we gotta examine this and revisit our laws". It turns out this dentist, whose office sign reads "Oral Surgery" is not an oral surgeon and practices gypsy dentistry, which is called itinerant in PC lingo. Before any of you millennials have a fit over my terminology, I fully understand many of you are recent grads and cannot open your own practice, often having to work in more than 1 place to make a living and pay your staggering loan debt. But if you're a specialist, consider that you may be opening yourselves to practice settings where you won't have full autonomy and decision making authority. No G.P. will refer you their pts. if they're gonna be seen in some other G.P.'s office. So, you may find yourself having to practice this way for a long time, if not forever. Those are the decisions today's young dentists have to grapple with. I've seen the collateral damage to our affiliates when young members who serve on the executive councils have to leave for reasons of relocation.
 It also appears this Orlando dentist did not follow proper guidelines and might be subject to BOD sanctions, made all the worse in a wrongful death case. But if this is the issue, let the proper bodies deal with this. The legislature doesn't need to open up the Dental Practice Act and pass a bunch of new laws. If existing laws, of which FL has some of the toughest in the nation, were broken, let that be adjudicated. Last but not least, the nurse anesthetist lobby was also quick to pounce, as their representative was seen addressing proper procedures for sedation in the news report. I'm sure they'd love nothing more than to have a law passed that would force us to hire them in our offices. In the past, we had a legislator whose mom had a tough time getting affordable dentures (makes me wonder why didn't the representative pay for her mom's work?) so she teamed up with the denturist lobby and we had to fight the issue. There was also the time Rep. Stan Jordan decided to throw a sop to some dental lab constituent and sponsored a bill to require a CDT in every lab. It never occurred to him that all our vocational programs combined don't produce enough CDTs for the 1,100-1,200 (licensed) labs in FL.Let's face it, not even FDR put a chicken in every pot! I don't believe the interest by legislators in this case is self serving or misguided as the 2 examples from the past I mentioned. I think they want to protect the public but need to not fix what ain't broke and tweak what needs tweaking.

Friday, May 13, 2016

"The Lady Was Right!"

Hello, everybody, hope all you moms had a nice Mother's Day. I'm actually gonna start with dental topics, don't be shocked. For those who don't know, our illustrious governor, Lex Luthor, threw a kryptonite veto at both of our bills we've worked so hard to finally pass and get funded! The donated services bill was vetoed first, I commented on that one last post. The dental access bill was also vetoed on the last day possible, with the following excuses: 1) Some greedy dentists might set up in a less than limited access area and make big bucks on all those rich Floridians we all have way too many of, LOL. 2) The state's wonderful govt. programs and facilities already take care of those poor people's tooth problems. We who deal with pts. know these excuses are a crock. I believe what this really was, was payback from Scott for the FDA telling him to buzz off a few years ago, when he demanded we give $50,00 to the RPOF. So, who's the lady in my title? Well, rather than repeat what I said about Lex last post, I'll let her give her opinion, which I think was correct on most counts, no matter how reprehensible the person who said it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXYzgTLoQjY
 It used to the legislature's infighting was our biggest obstacle to getting our bills through. Now that they did get through, funding and all, it's the useless governor who's the problem. No matter what we do, he can simply veto our bills and let's not kid ourselves that both House & Senate are gonna call for a special session and override him. Unless we can craft some tighter, more specific language that will deprive Lex Luthor of his justifications to veto, we're dead in the water. Even with some tweaks to the bills, he can still be a problem for us. I, for one, will be happy to see Scott out of the political landscape for good. It's sickening to see how OH passed this bill 18 months ago and Kasich signed it without any hesitation. Granted, there are differences in their bill to ours, including how it's funded. Nevertheless, they found a way to get it done while our joke of a governor found a way to do kill it. Scott was a hold your nose vote to keep Reptile Charlie out, but I wonder if Nan Rich wouldn't have been a better choice? I may disagree with her on some issues but I think she certainly would have signed these two bills.
http://www.ada.org/en/publications/ada-news/2015-archive/january/ohio-governor-signs-access-to-care-bill
 I haven't heard from any who attended the DC conference, I hope they got somewhere on McCarran-Ferguson. For those of you unfamiliar with it, McCarran-Ferguson is a law which basically says, "you doctors can't price fix or collude, coz it's anti-trust and we'll throw your butts in jail, but Big Insurance pays us off very handsomely, so they can do it". As I see it, this issue seems to be a combination of the ADA's Charlie Brown football & the GOP telling us they needed the House, getting the House but giving Obama everything he wants, using the fact they didn't have the Senate as a new excuse, then still doing nothing once we gave them the Senate. Every year we hear how we're making progress and McCarran-Ferguson and I'm tired of hearing the same old same old. Where are all the dentists and physicians we've given big $ to and put in Congress on this issue?
 As for the upcoming elections, Trump's got the GOP side. Now the RINOs, consultant idiots who've made $ millions losing 2 elections and other GOP clique members need to get over it, remove their heads from you know where, and back the candidate! After all, isn't that what they always told conservative voters to do when they ran walking dead like Dull & McLame, as well as Unfit Mitt, who lacked the 'nads to take the fight to Obama? As much as they rip Trump (not my 1st choice but I'll support him 100%) for causing his own party's division, look at Hillary. She still can get rid of Comrade Sanders and his persistence is becoming a bigger problem for her. Why? Because the longer this Marxist hangs around, the more infuriated his clueless but fanatical followers will be when their messiah gets the inevitable shaft. Between super delegates and other DNC chicanery used to deny him, they're not gonna go for the person who orchestrated it.
 Obama continues to give the middle finger to America, especially the WWII greatest generation. He's traveling to Hiroshima (why is it nobody ever visits Nagasaki?) to probably apologize for our barbarism and audacity to actually win a war. Why the hell else would he go? Barry wants the world to know he hates nukes, unless it's for his Iranian brethren. I'll gladly apologize for Little Boy & Fat Man as soon as Japan apologizes for Pearl Harbor & the Bataan Death March. What Obama can't (or won't) admit is we were attacked first and those nukes ended the war much sooner than a protracted  invasion of the Japanese mainland would have, never mind the much higher death toll it would have meant on both sides. In WWII, we wiped out cities in Germany & Japan, no civilian casualty precautions were taken. That means we punished & demoralized those populations for supporting despotic mad men, to the point they gave up and surrendered unconditionally. Look at Germany & Japan today, they are both industrial & technical powerhouses who produce many great products and innovations. Never mind cars, I challenge one of you, my colleagues, to tell me your office doesn't use at least one product from either nation.
 Now let's look at nations we went to war with and didn't complete the job. N. Korea is a 4th world hell hole and Viet Nam is a glorified sweat shop, better but not a free nation in any way. JFK pulled the plug (air support) on the Bay of Pigs invasion and Cuba continues to be a festering, crumbling whore house. Worse than that, it has served as the nidus for the spread of communism throughout Latin America, though more and more of these nations appear to finally be waking up. I hope that continues and these beleaguered nations realize communists don't believe in elections or going away quietly. This is why we fight wars these days for decades and accomplish nothing. The Middle East is ample proof of that. Bottom line, no lasting peace or stability is ever achieved in a military conflict without the total defeat and unconditional surrender of one side by the other.



Thursday, March 24, 2016

"Et Tu, Marco? & Europe's PC Suicide Pact Marches On"

Hello, my friends, so much to report, as usual! For those of you who read Julius Caesar, you'll recognize the dying emperor's remark as he fell to the long knife of his erstwhile friend, Brutus. I used the quote coz Marco stabbed himself (politically speaking) on none other than the Ides of March, last week. Most of you know I've worked with him since 2002 and was his LCD, which soon morphed into Least Common Denominator, once he reached DC. Rubio's first sin was to deny the Tea Party, whose support was the main reason he won, more times than Judas did Jesus. That sin could have probably been forgiven, had he not really stepped in it with Gang of 8 in 2013. I told Marco, back then, he'd just killed any future political ambitions, especially if they involved the WH. More recently, I also told Marco if his campaign failed, it would go down as arguably one the worst collapses in US history of a very promising career. Rubio was the GOP's darling and heir apparent after Romney's pathetic 2012 fiasco. The guy who catapulted from FL's  SoH to U.S. Sen. in a landslide, lost his way in 6 short years when he sold out to Big Biz and their lust for "cheap" labor, which we all pay for in social service costs and prison population, of which illegals comprise 30%. What a shame!
 I'm only gonna spend one paragraph on the current election mess we're in. And the nominees are: this nation has to choose from the 2 who emerge from a field that consists of a combed over, loud mouth carnival huckster, a decent, pious hardliner conservative who sounds like prosecutor and looks like Dracula, a Howdy Doody looking fraud who is loved by the DC Beltway insiders for a reason, the most cheated on woman (who'd be unknown if not for her last name and belongs in a Federal pen) in US history who thinks tolerating marital humiliation for 40 years entitles her to the WH, and a Marxist whose first wife left him coz they lived in a dirt floor maple shack and has never earned a paycheck (until age 40) in his entire life from anything but politics (since 1981) yet claims to be a outsider. Did I miss anything? It's mind boggling that election after election, we continue to get such a crappy menu to dine from. As the remaining primaries wrap up, I'll get into more detail of the candidates. BTW, notice how much Trump's comb over looks like Pepe Le Pew's?
                                                                 













Now to Europe. Once again, we see Paris repeated in the very city whose Muslim ghetto spawned the Paris massacres. The cultures and attitudes of Europeans, who elect the PC wimps laying their societies open to carnage, are astounding! A German pt. of mine told me they can't keep pepper spray on the shelves in Cologne, LOL. Where are those proud Aryans who are supposed to defend their women and the Fatherland? They're still sucking their thumbs with the guilt of the Holocaust and impotent to act. It's no surprise Belgium would be attacked, it took long enough. I believe it's the same cell and they moved up the attacks to make a statement of reprisal for the recent arrests of the Paris planner, along with 3 who hid him in the Molenbeek ghetto. I use the term suicide pact because a nation (and entire EU) with wide open borders and laws like Belgium's that prohibit arresting a terror suspect after office hours, are truly aiding and abetting those who wish to slaughter their citizens. Think I'm exaggerating? See below.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/12/17/belgium-missed-chance-to-nab-terror-suspect-due-to-law-limiting-raids-official.html
This is madness and a direct product of 2 big factors: 1) White populations who've pilled and aborted themselves out of existence and thought importing vermin would fill the gap. 2) Liberal indoctrination that seeks to blame the victims and excuse the atrocities of barbarians who claim to follow a "faith" (unreformed since the 7th century) that relies on butchery, subjugation and vicious misogyny to control its people. Our own Pres. still cannot bring himself to say "radical Islam" or "Islamic terrorism", see for yourselves.
If we think this is only a European problem, we're more delusional than the Left. Never mind the 4-5 attacks we've had since 2009, there are over 400 ISIS scumbags in the US and they're plotting as we speak. As long as we have a milquetoast, pretzel wrist "leader" who goes to Cuba to French kiss the communist thugs and spent all of 84 seconds to comment on the Brussels atrocities, ISIS will rightfully feel emboldened and not fear reprisals from the West. The myth of a Sunni coalition is as big a joke as the notion that NATO will fight these monsters. NATO troops can't even keep the unarmed refugee hordes out of their own nations, let alone fight vicious armed insurgents who worship death. I doubt Americans will want to commit troops to Europe when the likelihood of any real commitment from our Euro pals is highly doubtful. Until the people begin to vote out PC idiots like Merkel, Hollande and Michel, nothing will change. The Belgian PM has already told the 2 biggest culprits in their nation's abysmal security failure they can't resign! http://www.sify.com/news/belgian-pm-rejects-resignation-by-two-key-ministers-news-others-qdyvEkcghbhbi.html
 In Germany, there's a right wing party that was once tiny, growing in popularity and size, maybe the Germans will be the first European nationals to wake up.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/10/world/europe/germanys-embrace-of-migrants-spawns-rise-of-far-right-leader.html?_r=0
The very design of the EU is an open invitation to terrorism or at least ease of movement by any criminals who wish to remain on the lam. It's far too late to simply seal their borders, assuming the Euros even do that. The cockroaches are already in the house.
On the dental front we got our 2 biggest bills passed, loan assistance to new dentists in exchange for working in underserved areas and funding for 2 DDS (Donated Dental Services) coordinators. This was a pitiful $170,000 per year for 2 salaried positions to help us give away $ millions in free care, which Rick Scott vetoed, what a gutless t**d he is! We still need him to sign the other bill, I'm not holding my breath.