"MOM, Crapple Pie & Banana Tinpot Puppets"

Wow, over 2 months have passed since my last post , let's get to it! MOM refers to our Mission of Mercy event, in which Ara & I participated in Orlando. It was a great success and we delivered over $2 million in pro bono services. My congrats to all the Central District organizers and all who volunteered at every level. Terrific people doing God's work, I can't wait for MOM to come to Miami!
We also defeated the DHAT forces for yet another legislative session, great! That said, this is a fight we'll be in for years to come, these usurpers are never going away.

 Yeah, I know the term is "Mom and apple pie", by crapple pie, I'm referring to what the anti-Trump conspirators are now eating with big spoons and both hands, LOL. This mob, which failed miserably in their attempted coup d'etat, consists of most Dems, the so called mainstream media, the Deep State and many neocon & RINO ass clowns who would have preferred to have The Hag and all the misery she promised, in the WH than the resounding success we're now seeing across the nation, just because they don't like an outsider who's not in their little clique, incredible! The Mueller Report is kaput and so is the obstruction farce they're trying to save this turkey with. What I'm really gonna enjoy is when AG Barr starts the process of investigating these traitors and prosecuting those who committed crimes. He just laid down the law this week and made it quite clear that Jug Ears Jeffy Sessions is gone, their coup is over and he's coming full bore, sans Vaseline, for the lot of them. Order more orange jumpsuits!
 It's hilarious to see the 20+ Dem hopefuls who all think they can be POTUS. They make the much maligned GOP 16 of 2016 look like the Founding Fathers and they look like the interstellar cantina scene from Star Wars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDpDhofRoXA
I'm really looking forward to seeing them out Marxist each other in the primaries and then the chosen commie run against the best economy and jobs numbers since 1969. The fact lightweight Mayor Pete even has a shot tells you this out of touch, failed party really has no viable candidate. It reminds me of trying to find a decent program or movie on Hulu. Grab the popcorn, my friends!
 I'll end with the tinpot aspect, which is the tragedy we're seeing in Venezuela right now. Maduro is every bit the classic banana republic puppet-not too bright, run by outside forces and destructive as hell. Both he and Mr. Potato Head (Chavez) relied on Cuban and Russian military to guard them and prop them up. Venezuela is occupied by both communist nations and has been run into the ground in every way possible. We're seeing what a disarmed populace looks like and how defenseless they truly are.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xrwFdW77uc
Every time I hear Pompeo talk about all options being on the table, I cringe because I don't see them doing what must be done to resolve this and bring about the desperately needed regime change the Venezuelan people are clamoring for- a targeted decapitation strike to remove this POS thug dictator! Maduro's dug in and so are his top military honchos. They know if they're ousted, they'll either be shot on sight (what they richly deserve) or find themselves in front of war crime tribunals for their many atrocities. Putin is ass deep into this and he's got nothing to lose. If we don't either form a coalition to go in there or do it ourselves, Venezuela will sink into a decades long communist dictatorship and all the misery we see in Cuba. Putin will have a strategic base of operations and mayhem in our hemisphere and Trump will look like his bitch on the world's stage. I know Americans don't want our blood and treasure spilled on yet another screwed up place. But I also think they fail to realize we made that mistake in Cuba (thanks a lot, JFK!) and have been paying dearly for it in the form of communism spreading, mass exodus and the economic hit the U.S. takes when they end up here, as well as drug trafficking regimes that have popped up all over Latin America. See Cuba, Nicaragua, Chile, Venezuela, Bolivia and to some extent, Brazil.
 I recall many Venezuelans who told Cubans on talk radio or in person we'd "lacked the pantalones" to remove Fidel and that that would never happen to them. Sadly, they're now seeing that it's very difficult to remove a communist dictator by mere talk and economic pressure. Cuba's been a festering, crumbling toilet for decades and nothing improves. I hope we see some decisive action and the U.S. really does employ all options. For those who fear a protracted fight, the Cuban military folded like wet tissue in Grenada and so will these banana goons when confronted by a real military. It would be poetic justice to see Maduro end up like Saddam Hussein or Muammar Gaddafi!

"Infanticide, Dem Meltdown, Imploding Coup & A One-Year Revisit"

Hello, my friends, long time no post. First of all, Happy Valentine's Day to all of you and your significant others!
Last week I did send a piece to all who serve on the FDA House of Delegates over a pressing issue, but not my usual blog to my usual list. So, here goes.
 I use infanticide because forcibly ending the life of a viable newborn, ready to emerge from the womb is MURDER!! Dr. Kermit Gosnell is sitting in prison right now for doing the same atrocious butchery in his Philly office. The blatant hypocrisy of whining about separating children of illegal aliens from their parents by those who gleefully cheer tearing them out in what is nothing less than euthanasia of babies, is disgusting. See for yourselves, you'd think the NY Jets had won the Super Bowl.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOCgD3BeueQ
All religious commentary aside, the Dems are clearly siding with worshiping death. Radical Islam is the only group I can think of that also worships death, but even jihadists don't commit infanticide, at least not on their own. Let me spell it out, pregnancy is NOT a "disease", abortion is NOT a form of "contraception" (which means avoiding conception) and killing a viable baby is NOT "reproductive health". These BS terms are spin and Orwellian new speak, classic communist deception and the only way to attempt to assuage the guilt of a woman who was too damn careless, too damn stupid and too damn irresponsible to practice safe sex (or take a morning after pill) and puts it off until her negligence leaves no option but killing a precious life she could have given up for adoption.
 The Dem meltdown is occurring for various reasons. First, the newly elected radical gals, which all dressed in white and looked like a mound of discarded Kleenex when they moved around, are so giddy and emboldened they're coming out with the most extreme Marxist, asinine proposals that would make Castro or Maduro envious. Zany Zandy (my nickname for AOC) is leading the charge and they're following her off the cliff! Her New Green Deal features unworkable insanity like eliminating all air travel in 10 years, eliminating all fossil fuels and the things they run on, confiscatory taxation that would go to 70-90% levels of grabbing peoples' money, tearing down and rebuilding all the buildings in the US to make them more environmentally efficient, guaranteed "good jobs & salaries" for all, but also a provision for "those who are unwilling to work"! This exophthalmic nut job grew up a little rich girl in a cushy suburb (as did all the founders of communism, BTW) but went over to the Karl Marx School of Imbeciles and is now spouting her gross ignorance of all that is economy & jobs. This and the radical Muslimas who are openly spewing anti-Semitic vitriol are problems for Leatherface Pelosi. She has to rein in this insanity or it may cost them giving back the House in 2020, as well as propelling Trump to a big win, while also not pissing off the far left loons without which she wouldn't be Speaker. The Muslim extremists I mentioned above are what we get from a Muslim infestation in MI & MN, and why we need to control the numbers of them coming to America. These folks DO NOT wanna assimilate or become Americans, they wanna out breed, outvote us, then impose Sharia Law. Listen to Rep. Rashida Tlaib and ask yourselves what would have happened to any GOP lawmaker who'd ever said this about Obama?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt7pcCn-cDo
 Yes, the coup is imploding, that's all the Mueller witch hunt ever was. A cabal of Deep State traitors conspired to remove a duly elected POTUS, the moment he was inaugurated. I won't get into listing all the names, but Trump's new AG needs to get a special prosecutor to investigate and punish them all. There's an adage that if you aim for the king, don't miss. They should pay a price and this farce was really a cover up for the actual crimes many of these unaccountable, unelected conspirators committed.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/with-yesterdays-indictment-more-than-4-out-of-5-individuals-indicted-by-mueller-witch-hunt-are-made-up-russians-wholl-never-see-a-us-courtroom/
The bottom line is Mueller found nothing after 2 years of expensive time wasted and lives destroyed, because there never was anything. Don't expect Shylock to issue a report or admit it, any more than we can expect the media to report it honestly. I guess that might explain why CNN is 7th among cable news outlets.
 Today marks the first anniversary of the MSD H.S. massacre in Parkland. I dedicated an entire blog to it last year and won't repeat myself. Apart from the grieving parents and friends, who'll never get back their children and spouses, the progress by Broward authorities has been snail's pace. I heard 2 of the parents who lost daughters to this monster the other day on NPR (certainly no hard right outlet) and they were not impressed and even critical of the School Sup. and how little has actually been done to keep the kids safe and the schools harder to invade. Things like a single entry source and hard corners in the school buildings and classrooms have yet to be implemented. Gov. De Santis suspended the inept, corrupt, lying coward, Sheriff Scott Israel, but the school board should remove the equally pathetic Superintendent Robert Runcie! As long as this failed loser is in charge, not much will improve. Here's an interesting, fair & balanced look at the AR-15 issue.
https://www.nbcmiami.com/investigations/One-Year-Later-Whats-Changed-What-Hasnt-and-What-Could-Change-Back-505746901.html#comments
To those who say ban them, make them illegal, I say, yeah, like we did with crack, blow, meth and heroin! How's that working for us?
 As for the wall, it's not gonna happen with Congressional help, that's for sure. The ugly truth is neither party wants to seal our border. The Dems want the permanent underclass of dependent voters for life and another excuse to tax the hell out of hard working Americans for more handouts. The GOP doesn't want a wall because they're owned by rich donors who want the cheap, unskilled labor that can't better themselves and go anywhere else for work. Neither party is affected by this demo, which comprises 1/3 of our prison inmate population but can't live in or touch the gated communities and armed security these sellout politicians have. If Kate Steinle has been the daughter of a US Congressman or Senator, things would be very different. Trump will have to start with the small piece he got funded and look for other means. Meanwhile, let the Dems be the party of MS-13 and Trump show constant video and photos of the wall being built through 2020!
https://crimeresearch.org/2018/01/impact-illegal-aliens-crime-rates/
 I wanna close on a dental topic. Last year's House sponsor of the DHAT bill is not taking it on this session but another newly elected clueless Cubano from Miami is and last year's Senate sponsor is back. I'm not gonna sugar coat it, folks, we need to get to DDOH next month in big numbers and kick their asses! I'll be there, that's for sure.

"FDA House, Take Back Your Association!-100% Delegate Issue"

Hello colleagues and fellow FDA delegates. Most of you know me, some might not. For those of you who don't, I'm Carlos Sanchez and I served in the HOD for 24 years, even chaired our SF delegation for 5-6 years. I'm writing this because I see a problem we've had for years, getting worse and coming to a head with no signs of improvement. Many of you may be well aware of this but some newer delegates may not and I want to inform you. I urge all of you to read this and come to your own conclusions, the FDA's future depends on you.
 We've always had some senior delegates and chairs who believe they know best and the delegation should heed their every command, including doing what you're told in the form of block voting and God forbid you back a well qualified candidate they dislike. They have little use or tolerance for dissension and make that fact well known. Those of you in the afflicted districts know who they are and what I'm referring to. Naturally, new delegates may feel overwhelmed by the process and look to their more experienced colleagues for guidance. They may even feel that these folks have been there and done that, so their opinions and advice have more weight than a newer member's logic and instincts. If these senior leaders had a stellar record to go with their talk, it could be argued that their word is gospel and should not be ignored. So, is that the case?
 In past years, the FDA has run 3 candidates for ADA President , all from the WC district, who not only lost but lost big. They didn't lose because they weren't qualified, hard working candidates, they simply did not connect with enough voters to defeat their opponents. All 3 were anointed by the leaders I'm referring to, especially those of the West Coast and Northwest districts. It's no secret that the ADA's FL delegation is not held in the highest estimation nationwide, at least certainly not come presidential election time. Talk is cheap but actions speak loudest and the ADA House has soundly rejected our presidential candidates thrice. Some of that is unavoidable because much of the nation's blue states would love to flood sunny FL via reciprocity or licensure by credentials, which we oppose. But history shows that this mindset can and has been overcome. During recent years FL has run 2 vice-presidential candidates from the SF & AC districts, both of whom were successfully elected. Okay, I know there are big differences in the ADA Pres. election versus the V.P. electoral process. That said, the fact remains these 2 were not embraced by the aforementioned wizards of smart and even ran in spite of their admonitions to cease and desist, still winning handily at the ADA's HOD elections. This was especially true of our previous victorious ADA Veep. So,why was this winning candidate opposed by her higher ups? The reasons given were lame-she wasn't ready, it wasn't her time, she'd lose badly and take down our subsequent presidential candidate with her, etc., etc. All of that turned out to be dead wrong. I believe the opposition from those districts was simply because of envy and resentment over the fact a less senior member accomplished something they could not and refused to let them rain on her parade. It's sad to say that 2-3 of our own SF district's delegates went along with this petty opposition. It gets worse.
 These same leaders from the WC & NW districts still go out of their way to do whatever they can to hurt this now former ADA veep, including systematically block voting her out of our ADA delegation. I doubt I'm the only person who thinks it's ridiculous that a person who ran and managed to win a national campaign, with limited or no support from some of her FL colleagues, is deemed unqualified to represent her state at the HOD of the same organization in which she once held its second highest office. Stop for a moment and think about what a slap in the face this is, especially to someone who's sacrificed time away from practice and family to do what most of us won't. This is not healthy and certainly not good for future Floridians who are qualified candidates and feel that their merits should be the most important factor in their campaign, not kissing the rings of disgruntled senior members who want to stamp their authority on the FDA.
 We have an upcoming member who's had great success at both the FDA and ADA levels looking at a possible run for ADA Pres. He's got an good chance but needs the support of our entire state, including the funds it takes to run for ADA Pres. Can any of you imagine an NFL coach benching a talented impact player for personal resentment and putting in one more likely to fumble or drop a pass in a big game? The New England Patriots may not all love each other dearly and their coach is often seen as not a very nice guy, but his record of success is legendary. That personality based bias is what's been happening in the FDA and the only hope for ending it is if the grassroots delegates speak out, refuse to be bullied and vote their conscience. Stand up to any capricious vindictiveness and tell your leadership you wanna win elections and not run the FDA like the hapless Miami Dolphins. Let them know we are all volunteers, don't get paid for time away and appreciate at least that small level of recognition and confidence in our judgement and decision making process. If it takes writing letters to the FDA, do it! FL is deeply divided and cannot stand, let alone succeed, until we deal with this problem and neutralize any who don't have the greatest overall good of our FDA at heart. We have real enemies we should be confronting and defeating, like Pew, Kellogg & their DHAT invasion plans, not fighting each other! I realize this letter might anger some of my colleagues. I really don't mind and prefer to speak out, as I've encouraged all of you to do. If any of you wish to discuss this matter further, please feel free to contact me by phone or email. Thank you.

Carlos

"Howdy Doody + GOP Cowards +The K-Bomb= Blue Ripple, Red Revenge"

I'll deal with the title topics in a few paragraphs. Yes, last night was gut wrenching, nail biting and all those other cliches. We got a split decision in both results as well as polling relevance. I'm gonna start with FL, it was a roller coaster ride!
WTH were Floridians thinking, voting for a corrupt, Bernie Sanders loving, Marxist mayor of a high crime failed city?! I was calling Gillum Obama Lite but he's actually far more radical than Obama, or at least dumb enough to reveal it. It's not that the other option was a hold your nose case like Lex Luthor, the GOP's Senate candidate. DeSantis is a young, highly educated veteran with a terrific record, but that means nothing to the zealots of identity politics. They were willing to overlook Gillum's scandals & baggage for the same PC cop out that put Obama in the WH twice. Had he won, we'd be looking at a constant battle over confiscatory taxation and choking regulation between the Gov. and GOP controlled state legislature. The fact it was so close is testament to my admonition that Miami (more on our races later) is the next L.A. and FL is the next Mexifornia if we don't control our borders. The Scott-Nelson race was as close as Scott's elections always have been. This is also a reflection of how divided we are. Any of you who remember my past blogs know I'm no fan of Scott, to put it mildly. He's certainly been no friend of dentistry and I think last night was a win-win for us. He got rid of the doddering, do nothing, liberal rubber stamp voter, Yahoo Nelson. It was high time we put the old coot out to pasture! In typical classlessness, Yahoo refuses to concede, so we'll be put through a recount, which won't save him. I say win-win because Scott, in addition to booting Yahoo, can't do any damage to dentistry in DC and will only help FL.
 The problem FL has, as well as AZ, CO, GA NV, and NC, is due in great part because liberalism is a mental disorder and it can and sadly does cross state lines. I know some of you may find that harsh and a few might even be triggered, so I'll explain. Voters in blue states flee the places they can no longer afford to live in and it's due to the multi tiered taxation and over regulation implemented by the ultra libs they elected into office. Then they come to the above listed red states but bring their liberalism with them and proceed to vote for the same crap! That's how CA, NY, NJ, IL, & MA refugees have ruined states I listed above. It would be nice if red states could pass laws that those who come from blue states can't vote for 5 years, LOL, which could never happen. The only other group who exhibits the same mental disorder of leaving a place they can't live in any longer, only to embrace and try to impose the same insanity in their new home is guess who? That's right, Muslims!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6QC_qEyl0Q&t=61s
 Now about the title and its meaning. Howdy Doody is what I call Paul Ryan. He was a wimp when he let the obnoxious, boor, Bite Me, walk all over him in their veep debate and nothing changed when he replaced Boo Hoo Boehner as Speaker. Ryan is a bean counter nerd, not a true leader who'll fight or inspire others to do the same. He presided over a spineless GOP House who never funded the wall and never repealed Obamacare in the 2 years they had total power. I won't miss Howdy Doody one bit.

GOP cowards refers to the fact 40+ GOP House members were so intimidated by the fake news of the vaunted blue wave that was gonna sweep them off the political landscape, as far back as January, that they decided to retire. Believe me, no career politician ever leaves to spend more time with their family. When you remove the most potent weapon a politician has, incumbency, it makes holding                                                              that seat much more difficult.
                     The House losses were far                             more about Republicans who                         cut and run, than they were a                         referendum on Trump. If that's                       not true, then why did nearly                         all of the senators Trump                               campaigned for win?


The K-Bomb, of course, is Justice Brett Kavanaugh. At least 4 Dem senators who opposed him lost and possibly another one will also lose. Why do I use the term blue ripple? Well, by  comparison, Obama lost 63 House seats & 6 Senate seat in his first midterm in 2010. Trump's 27 House losses are <1/2 of that and he gained 5 Senate seats. Look at the obscene amounts of $ pumped in from all over to bolster Beto O'Rourke, Stacey Abrams, Kristen Sinema, Andrew Gillum & Bob Menendez. The only one who survived was scumbag Menendez, and that's in the cesspool of NJ. With the Senate gains, Trump will no longer be held hostage by RINO turncoats, Murkowski and Collins, though Collins really stepped up with Kavanaugh. There is a chance Sinema pulls some maneuvers to magically "find" votes and eke out a win, McSally had better lawyer up to avoid her win being stolen.
 Just like before, Obama was also a big loser. Every candidate he stumped for got whooped, LOL! Contrast that to Trump's coat tails and it's easy to see that Trump's been living rent free in Barry's head for 2 years. If we didn't have enough good news, impotent Jeff Sessions, just resigned his post as AG, about damn time!!
 Locally, out DHAT nemesis won reelection and  doubt he's gonna stop his well funded (by Pew) crusade. We're going to have to prepare ourselves for a long, bitter fight and defeat this in committee, just like we did last session. This is a long fight and has been fought for years in other states, we need to have resolve. 2 Miami districts were part of the flip that changed control of the House. It disgusts me that a corrupt Clinton minion like Donna Shalala will go to the Congress. Her record as UM president was atrocious but that didn't matter to block voting liberals who've turned a once solid red district liberal. It didn't help for the GOP to run a pretty lady whose biggest claim to fame was TV reportage, as her opponent. Carlos Curbelo also lost, he's an empty suit RINO who I won't miss. If we were gonna lose the House anyway, we might as well have the benefit of this loss taking him out.
 In closing, this loss can be a gift and set up a win in 2020. My reason for believing it is fourfold. 1) It's much easier to whine and accuse than it is to legislate. The Dems, who've had nothing but hate & anger to sell, will now have to actually propose solutions. 2) The voters who elected those new Dems to office do no want them to devote their time and efforts to endless investigations and subpoenas, they want them do address the issues they see as problems. If the Dems put old battle axes like Pelosi, Nadler, Waters and Pencil Neck Schiff in charge of committees and they go for impeachment and confrontation, they'll pay dearly in 2020. The Dems are famous for over reaching, as they did with Kavanaugh, and paying the price later. 3) House Dems have the Senate, now with a bigger GOP majority, that can stall or stop anything they put forward that's seen as abusive. 4) There will be an old versus young power struggle between the House Dems. The young newbies have no appetite or patience for the long, drawn out ways of their elders. Let's not forget that these elders were the ones who lost the House 8 years ago and only regained it now due to the new batch of young members. Many of these younguns campaigned on opposing Pelosi as Speaker. If they support her, their voters will be pissed and they could wind up 1-termers. If they oppose her and Pelosi prevails, they'll be punished. It's gonna take some time for things to sort out but I believe things were far less catastrophic for the GOP than they could have been or the left wanted them to be.

"Here Come Da Justice!"

Okay, it was originally "here come da judge!" when Flip Wilson did his act, but that judge is now Justice Kavanaugh!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hIcKkKID8k
Before I delve into that, I wanna talk about our recent trip to Europe.
 We hadn't been there since 2001, mostly because they've succumbed to Islam and Euro leaders are unwilling to protect their people and tourists, as years of terror attacks in theaters, public streets, stadiums, magazine offices and markets have shown. We drove through 3 countries and there were no passport controls, armed authorities or any other means of stopping terrorists from using the EU like tourists do, but for evil intentions. We went first to Germany to visit our nephew, then Austria and finished in Switzerland. We had a great time, liked most of what we saw and noticed some improvements. Smoking is now verboten in most eating establishments, thank God! I did notice a staggering % of young people still smoke, not very encouraging, but outside. Driving is much more fun and safer than here. I was doing 85 m.p.h. (highway) in my SUV rental and "they was passin' me like I was standin' still" (paraphrased line from a classic car song, enjoy!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2b0Xi84dYY&list=RDh2b0Xi84dYY&start_radio=1
 The most  aggressive drivers (which I liked) drove Audis. Fuel, even diesel, costs $5.75/gal. in Austria and $6.50 in Switzerland, when you convert currencies and metric to English, crazy! The German govt. has no respect for its highway drivers and a 90-120 minute drive from Frankfurt to Nurnberg took nearly 4 hours. They have tons of infrastructure $ and toss sops to their road construction unions, tying up endless tracts of highways. When the same roadway is repaired every year, something's not right. I found the food (especially desserts) and beers terrific! I had more types of beers and tones than a shade guide could accommodate. The hotels in Europe are still well below ours in size, comfort and amenities, for the most part, when you compare price with value. Europeans simply don't mind a phone booth sized shower stall where you bang your elbows and knees and I think it's because showering regularly is still not a big priority. They also charge you to use public toilets, this in nations where the govt. runs everything! You'd better go get change before you find out you've gotta go. I love that they did away with 1 & 2 Euro bills for coins, like Canada. That said, Euro bills are weird, sized larger to smaller from the 100Eu-5Eu, tough to fit in our wallets. I guess Stevie Wonder has an easy time finding bills.
Everything is far more expensive in Europe, especially Switzerland. I wonder how they get by and how high their salaries are? I guess it's why they live in small flats and use so much public transportation. The Tyrol is gorgeous and I highly recommend it. We loved the Lufthansa Airbus A-380-800 we flew in! Sorry to say it but Airbus is taking Boeing to school.
 As for the Kavanaugh circus, none of it surprised me. The Dems lost in 2016, still can't accept it, and now are losing the only place they can impose their agenda on the voters who vehemently oppose it-the courts. Ford (the nutty professor) is mentally unstable and was scripted, rehearsed and highly paid to deliver her inane rant. Here's a great imitation of her, positively brilliant!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY19q3nxSpQ
 Any girl who at age 15 goes up to a room with 2 boys, is probably not going to check out their Matchbox cars or video games, assuming it even happened. The way the GOP treated her with kid gloves, which really pissed me off, probably worked by denying the feminazis one more whining point. They didn't even ask her why she felt the need to delete 3 years of yearbook posts? I can tell you no good girl who accuses bad boys of abusing her has to delete accounts of binge drinking, passing out and the power these girls had over young boys using sex as leverage. Sounds like toxic feminism run amok. The bedrock American principle of innocent till proven guilty, which sets us aside from most of the world, including Europe, was swept aside by the anti-Kavanaugh fascists who placed putting his scalp on their belt above all else.
 This was also about abortion, the altar upon which the left worships. The paid rent-a-mobs, assault on lawmakers anywhere they stand or eat, calls for conservatives to die and repealing the electoral vote system are symptoms of a political party and movement coming totally unhinged- I love it! The blatant hypocrisy is legion, and no surprise. These blue state Senators & their minions are the same folks who didn't believe Juanita Broadrrick, who reported Bill Clinton for raping her within the hour, with a torn bloody lip and his DNA inside her, but believe the loony professor with zero evidence, selective amnesia and 35 years later. They had no problem with Teddy Kennedy, who left Mary Jo Kopechne to die of slow asphyxiation in a sunken car, all to avoid letting cops know he drove off that bridge cuz he was drunk. He was also a serial groper of women in DC clubs and restaurants but the Dems anointed him the Lion of the Senate.
http://hillbuzz.org/will-they-be-serving-waitress-sandwiches-at-ted-kennedys-wake
This hypocrisy includes the fact many in the GOP voted for Obama's 2 justices but no such reciprocation was offered to them by the uber partisan Dems. This is war, my friends!
 The left has proven by actions (mostly inaction), not talk, that they don't really give a damn about minorities, women, or any other victim group they use and discard once it's no longer election time.
I admire Joe Manchin for having the 'nads to cross his party, not that running in a state Trump won by 42% left him much choice. It remains to be seen what electoral price the other red state Dems, including our own Yahoo Nelson, will pay for their "no" vote in Nov. I predict 2 of them will lose, we shall see soon.
 As for dental issues, it looks like our old DHAT nemeses (including a new Speaker of the House who seems to have no problem with DHATs) will be back and their underwriters, Pew & Kelloggs, will be digging deep into their $ to help them. Our FDA had better be ready to play smash mouth, dental pun intended. More on that as we near the new session in Tallahassee. Everyone please make sure to get out and vote, it's never been more crucial!

"Things Are Heating Up!"

Yes, it continues to be a real scorcher! I've been late in my my posts, so here goes. Last week we attended a Congreso Dental held by CEOLA-HELO, something I hadn't done in ages. They're the local Latin dental study club and often hold events jointly with LAODI, a similar group with more focus on implant topics. Their courses are usually delivered in Spanish and they have translation for English speaking lecturers. I found the courses to be from very good to excellent and got plenty of usable pearls for my practice. There was a good variety of topics from cosmetic, implants, endo, materials, etc. the food was quite good and so was our room in the Doral Intercontinental. I commend CEOLA-HELO president, Dr. Libia Rios, for an excellent job with what I know from past events to be an onerous undertaking. This event is held every other year, probably a more viable option with the 2-year license renewal process. Our own SFDDA had an annual meeting every year and it fizzled. Without getting into the how & why weeds, I believe SFDDA needs to look at a similar model and if we don't, we risk allowing our society to continue on a dwindling spiral. Even though there were many no shows, the Congreso was well attended and that tells me members still want in person meetings, as long as the speakers and formats are top notch. That said, members also have to step up and show up! We whine about not getting our money's worth but often fail to partake of the many benefits our membership offers. I definitely plan on continuing my attendance to CEOLA-HELO events and will likely join this group I was once president of.
 On the dental political front, it appears our enemy in the FL House (whose name shall go unmentioned) who sponsored the DHAT bill will be reelected easily. I've never seen so many signs for 1 candidate and next to none for his primary opponent. It would be hilarious if he won big next Tuesday and lost to a Dem in Nov., the district may have shifted a bit, but I wouldn't bank on it. We have no absolute proof he plans to continue his crusade for the DHAT fiasco, but he's been very evasive when asked, not unusual for a lawyer legislator. There's no question Pew and/or Kellogg foundations greased this guy from day 1 and he suddenly became the male St. Apolonia. At least our idiot Gov. will be gone and may even serve a useful purpose, to unseat Yahoo Nelson for US Senate. Scott can't screw up dental law from DC and it would be a flipped seat. Seems to me 2 years ago we were talking about the GOP's 2 to 1 edge for 2018 in Sen. electoral contests and their chances of flipping 7-8 seats. Now we're talking about the GOP maybe losing the House and holding the Senate, what the hell?! In the Sen., it comes down to RINO cowards who wanna be all things to all people, especially when you look at spineless sops like Flake and Cochran.
 In the House, it's much of the same but without the 2 to 1 numerical factor. Look no further than FL 26, our own pathetic Carlos Curbelo, what a wuss! He was recently voted #1 in a list of the top 10 RINO cowards by a conservative blog. As much as I don't want the pathetic, spineless GOP lose the House to an even more dangerous Dem party, part of me would love to see this weasel get his ass whooped. FL 27's candidate roster looks like the bar scene in the first Star Wars, what a mish mosh. Sadly, it's probably gonna come down to $, as usual. I don't doubt Ros-Lehtinen chose to retire because she knew she'd lose this time. That district is getting too infested with out of state liberal idiots. I call them idiots because they flee blue states they can no longer afford to live in due to policies enacted by the lawmakers they elected, only to bring that same liberalism with them to red states and proceed to screw them up, too! There's also the issue of Hispanics who have no clue about American exceptionalism born of hard work, they want a nanny state and vote Dem. I've predicted Miami is the next L.A. and FL is the next Mexifornia years ago.
 The Russian hacking witch hunt is fizzling and people are getting sick and tired of Bob Mueller's obnoxious mug and his endless pursuit of nothing other than to getting Trump. They throw a new manufactured scandal person at Trump each week. First Stormy Daniels and now Omarosa whatever the hell her last name is. Trump brought some of this on himself by his penchant for hiring unqualified, unstable cretins to his cabinet.
 Midterms are more important than ever, I know we say that all the time but these really are. If the Dems take the House, we're looking at Leatherface for Speaker, though she may get strong opposition from younger commies who are pissed at her for the damage she's done to their party. Either way, they'd make immediate gridlock and be obsessed with impeaching Trump, though they have no case, it's what their donors demand and nobody's gonna talk them out of that. This will be a turnout battle, no one's gonna change anyone's mind at this late stage. If the GOP loses, they will have brought this on themselves.

"100% Dental Issue- Legislative Accountability"

That's right, my friends, this issue is only going out to dentists and has particular emphasis for those of you who serve as FDA delegates. Since I don't send B-L to the entire HOD list, please share it with any delegates in your district who may not otherwise see it. Now, let's get started.
 My last 2 posts I've been pounding the issue of legislators who tell us they support our issues, smile to our faces as they take our PAC checks, then turn around and stab us in the back when it comes time to vote. No organization can ever bat 1.000 but this session was unprecedented in the way we were both abandoned and sandbagged with that loathsome opioid bill. I mentioned that I'd send a resolution to my delegation in the hopes they'd bring it to the upcoming HOD. In the past few weeks, I've gotten plenty of feedback from various members and FDA staff which I'll share with all of you. They've mostly been reasons why it would be a bad idea to hold legislators accountable and deny $ to those who betray us and give that as a surplus to the $ given to those who help us. I will list these objections and give my response.
 1) "We're an organization of many issues and cannot get tunnel vision on just one". Okay, can someone please tell me which one of our many issues has budged an inch in the last 2 legislative sessions? That aside, we do have many issues but most pale in comparison to the big ones that can destroy the way we practice dentistry and endanger the public.
2) "A legislator can betray us on one bill, then they might turn around and support us on another". Please remind me when that happened in the last 20 years? I recall we have our allies, we have our adversaries and the twain rarely or never cross paths. I can tell you we've had legislators that were loaded for bear on issues like allowing Cuban trained dentists to sit for ADEX with zero U.S. training, forcing every dental lab in FL to hire a CDT and implementing DHATs. Not one of those ever did squat to support us on anything else.
3) "Assigning a poor letter grade to any legislator is humiliating and will anger them". I agree and don't advocate that in any way. My resolution only asks for 2 lists to be published, one that lists those who received PAC $ and the other that lists those who voted to support our bills. These are purely informative and its up to the members to use their common sense to figure out what that means.
4) "If we talk about reducing $ contributions, we may lose $ from frustrated members who might feel we are ineffective" They already KNOW we ARE ineffective and their frustration is reflected in the fact we're $50,000 down in donations this year. That cat's been out of the bag long ago.
5)"FDAPAC and the HOD are arms length, separate entities for legal protection reasons and the HOD cannot make the FDAPAC do anything their chair and voting members don't wish to do". If that's indeed the case, the HOD should certainly be able to take up the topic and make recommendations to the PAC about this issue. When I was a delegate (since 1994) I also proudly served for many years as my district rep. in both the GAC and then FLADPAC. Folks, we are one the same and it's not right that 10-12 PAC members should be insulated and immune from HOD input that's the consensus of 102 dedicated members who give up their time to serve and know these issues.
6)"There might be delegates who are vehemently opposed to any kind of PAC $ efforts and they could demagogue the issue during the HOD, which would discourage others from contributing". If 102 delegates and trustees can't stand up to any negative discourse, offer contrary testimony and convince the delegation of what's right and wrong, then we may as well throw in the towel and give up!
7)"The drop off in $ is not only due to #4, it's also a case of older members who used to contribute retiring and younger ones who replace them who don't chip in". I agree and will cover that next.
 Now I'm addressing our younger members, whether you are grassroots dentists or involved with leadership. If you're serving the FDA in any capacity, thank you and God bless you! If you're not, don't expect a handful of your over worked pals and us old folks to carry your water forever. I know your demographic has very high loan debt and is often unable to even aspire to having your own practices. Many GPs are working in 2-3 offices or McDentist, while even some specialists are forced to be itinerant and travel to various offices. All that said, life is never fair and you're the future of our profession. That means you need to get involved with advocacy, which involves getting to know your legislators, building relationships with them and their staff, signing up to be an LCD (Legislative Contact Dentist) and, yes, writing checks to help those who help us. The fact many LCDs cover several legislators tells you we have too few willing to work and too many on the sidelines. I also know that, on top of your $ situation, you may not feel encouraged to write checks that go in vain. That's precisely why I want the FDA to get a handle on this problem so you'll feel validated and motivated to chip in and pull your weight. If you don't do these things, nothing will improve and the likelihood of a better professional life and future for you will be far less likely.
 Let me describe the current state of things in our FDA with respect to this issue. Our leadership is having to consult legal council to determine if the HOD discussing something as ridiculously simple as publishing 2 lists in Capital Report would put both the FDA and FDAPAC in legal jeopardy! While we walk on eggshells, afraid of our own shadows, our opposition can get up before House & Senate committees and lie through their teeth about how caring and altruistic they are versus how self serving we are. We don't dare do some dirt digging to properly identify the fact Pew, Kellogg and their minions stand to make $ millions when entities are set up to hire DHATs and they get to stick their big spoons in. Former dental deans-turned-shills, who stand to get sweetheart positions or contract deals if this were to ever become law, are never exposed or questioned because we're the good guys and that would be mean. Meanwhile, the same legislators who took our $ and used our good will as Charmin rushed to judgement and sandbagged us with an onerous, unfunded mandate in the form of that asinine opioid abuse bill passed with last minute haste and no debate as the fix was clearly in. This is what we're fighting, my friends, and we have an organization that has to ask permission to breathe. Our PAC has no wins in the recent past and seems content to keep using the same old playbook which no longer works. Is it any wonder we're way down in PAC $? I can only hope some of you in FDA delegations around the state will take up this mantle and make the HOD at least discuss it and inform FDAPAC of the wishes of what is the most representative body of our association. I also hope our PAC is willing to hear this and make the necessary changes to how we allocate our $. Otherwise, they're gonna find themselves all alone in a conference room, looking at each other and wondering why they're the only ones who are writing checks.
 It's clear to me that the way we used to approach dental advocacy is no longer working and we need to use our $ more strategically and effectively. Then and only then will members regain faith in what we're doing and do their part to help out. With that in mind, I urge all of you delegates to make sure this issue is front and center in next week's HOD. If you're a grassroots FDA member, please pay attention to this issue, talk to your local colleagues about it, ask your leadership all the questions you feel are germane to the problem and stay in the loop. Like an abcess, ignoring this won't make it go away and the only cure is involvement. If any of you wish to discuss this topic with me or have any questions, please feel free to contact me by text, call or email. Thank you all!