ADMINISTRIVIA: Seeking a “pediatric GI specialist” at NYP-Cornell Medical Center asap!

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Dear Blog Reader,

Time to take this “publishing press” out for a spin. Not for me, but for a little girl. It’s a long shot, but you wouldn’t happen to be drinking buddies with a “pediatric GI specialist”?

My fellow alumi, Bern Kelly, is looking for some help at getting a pediatric GI specialist at NYP-Cornell Medical Center to review her case sooner rather than later. Know anyone who can help?

If you can, I’ll owe you one and have to do pennance for all the mean things I’ve said about bloggers, blogging, and blog readers.

thanks,
fjohn

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Welcome to Caitlin’s Chronicles – created to keep our network of friends and family around the globe updated about our darling Caitlin Anne.

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Well, we’ve been quiet about being at home, because poor Caitlin’s colon continues to have troubles. She wasn’t ‘sick’ enough to keep in the hospital, but she isn’t well enough to be OK either. I called the pediatric surgeon on call at the hospital on Sunday and got Dr. LaQuaglia himself. He said to skip the low residue diet and revert back to lots of liquids, but can give yogurt, custards, some eggs, etc. After a very wakeful and painful night, I sent the following email to the Nurse Practitioners on the surgical team:

“Just checking in to find out if there has been any progress with getting a GI specialist to look at Caitlin’s case. She is experiencing quite a bit of pain – I assume it is gas pain; it is relatively random, although it seems worst not too long after she eats and at nighttime. The issue I struggle with is that there doesn’t seem to be a game plan to help her until a GI specialist examines her and I don’t know whether I am helping her by feeding her (and filling the empty stomach/giving nutrition) or if it is actually hurting her because it is creating a ‘backlog’ of gas that she is having issues expelling due to the inflamed colon. There are times where she is perfectly fine and times where she screams in pain. Please help me help her for I am at a loss.”

I was quite surprised when Dr. LaQuaglia himself called me back. He is confident she needs a colonoscopy and if things continue the way they have, there was talk of putting the ileostomy back until chemo treatments end and try again then. After all, this leukemia monster lurking in the background (for the time being) isn’t going to sit and wait patiently for the GI issues to resolve themself. We have an appointment with Dr. LaQuaglia tomorrow for him to examine Caitlin’s surgical site and, we hope, come up with a game plan. Apparently, getting the pediatric GI specialist at NYP-Cornell Medical Center to review her case sooner rather than later is easier said than done. I also placed a call to Caitlin’s pediatrician to fill them in and they are looking into pediatric GI doctors as well. Anyone got a pull at NYP?? (Hey, got to ask……..) We will let you know how the appointment goes……

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POLITICAL: “Your friends” the police?

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

http://www.lewrockwell.com/akers/akers104.html

Masterful Masters on Our Masters by Becky Akers

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Meet Tim Masters, an American of superior insight. After DNA evidence forced the State of Colorado to overturn his conviction for murder and free him from its cage, Mr. Masters knew precisely whom to blame for his ruined, stunted life. When CNN asked, “Any hard feelings toward the Fort Collins Police Department or the prosecutors in the case?”, Mr. Masters responded, “Oh, absolutely. They locked me up for a decade for something I didn’t do.”

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Anyone, who thinks that gooferment is there to help you or to “do justice”, needs to read this tale. Without punishment for the bureaucrats, they are at ZERO risk at paying for their misdeeds.

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LIBERTY: If you used the system to change the system

Monday, March 9, 2009

http://freekeene.com/2009/03/02/a-story-about-change/

A Story about Change

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Hopefully you understand why I no longer believe in using the system to change the system. I’ve found the problem to be “the system”. The process for adding, changing and removing laws of any significance in the direction of freedom and liberty is hopelessly broken. Laws still work great for giving an edge to your friends, setting up barriers to entry, consolidating power to a few large players in a given industry (power, water, telephone, cable, autos, banks, etc. . ), or punishing others with unprofitable mandates.

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A well said response to the challenge; “You and the other people who agree with you could accomplish so much more if you used the system to change the system.”

The system is broken and biased against freedom and liberty!

Just try and get a third party on the ballot. Just try and get a Ron Paul as the nominee of one of the two major parties. Just try and change ANYTHING!

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LIBERTY: With or against the Federal Government?

Sunday, March 8, 2009

http://www.freestateproject.org/node/16405   

Do you stand with or against the Federal Government?
By Russell Kanning

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The 400+ men and women that meet in the NH State House this time of year are discussing whether or not NH should remain a part of the U.S. no matter what the Feds do. A handful of reps decided to put forth a bill, HCR6 that proposes that if the government in Washington DC decides to implement measures like mandatory national service, then NH will leave the union. That seems very reasonable to me. Upon entering the US, NH like the majority of other states, left themselves room to voluntarily leave the arrangement, and this bill is patterned after similar resolutions and declarations penned by Thomas Jefferson. So I am asking you, would you prefer to stand with or against the current incarnation of the US Government?

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Frankly, I don’t think it matters.

It’s like asking if the slave master will let the serf go. Ain’t going to happen.

Unless the terrorists are landing on the shore, I’d say “against”.

Looking at the Obama acts and quotes, I’d say against.

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: “Never waste a good crisis”

Sunday, March 8, 2009

http://in.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idINTRE5251VN20090306

Never waste a good crisis, Clinton says on climate

Sat Mar 7, 2009 1:44am IST

By Pete Harrison

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told an audience Friday “never waste a good crisis,” and highlighted the opportunity of rebuilding economies in a greener, less energy-intensive way.

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The socialists, who want to boss us around, are rubbing our nose in it.

They think it’s good policy.

The sheeple don’t even notice it.

Time for a tax revolt.

“Never waste a good crisis” to force some of the slugs out of office.

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RANT: Politicians and their stooge take the “don’t ask me” route

Saturday, March 7, 2009

http://formerspook.blogspot.com/2009/02/what-about-families.html

Friday, February 27, 2009

What About the Families?

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Even by Washington standards, there’s something particularly feckless about the change in media coverage rules for the homecoming of our fallen troops.

Earlier this week, Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced that the press will be allowed to cover the return of their remains to Dover AFB, Delaware, but only on a case-by-case basis. Before being allowed to report (and photograph) the arrival of those flag-draped coffins, media outlets must gain permission from the families of slain personnel.

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That should be the real legacy of our war dead–not some fleeting image from Dover AFB, aimed at advancing a certain point-of-view. Secretary Gates should learn to respect the wishes of most military families and the majority of those who have served in the War on Terror. As the Pentagon’s most powerful official, Dr. Gates has the obligation to disagree with his boss–when the situation warrants–and tell the media “no.”

This is one of those times.

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Disgraceful!
The politicians and their stooge Gates are putting the families of the returning dead vets on the hot seat.
Just not fair! Just not proper! Just not appropriate!
Gates should revisit that BAD decision!
Argh!
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FUN: If you vote for McCain, bad things will happen

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Every once in a while my Luddite friend finds a inet fable that is humorous. (I doubt he wrote this himself. The BCC gives it away.)

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I have to admit it. My liberal friends were right.

They told me if I voted for McCain, the nation’s Hope would deteriorate, and sure enough there has been a 20 point drop in the Consumer Confidence Index since the election, reaching a lower point than any time during the Bush administration.

They told me if I voted for McCain, the US would become more deeply embroiled in the Middle East, and sure enough tens of thousands of additional troops are scheduled to be deployed into Afghanistan.

They told me if I voted for McCain, that the economy would get worse and sure enough unemployment is approaching 8.8% and the new stimulus packages implemented recently have sent the stock market lower than at any time since 1997.

They told me if I voted for McCain, we would see more “crooks” in high ranking positions in Federal government and sure enough, several recent cabinet nominees and Senate appointments revealed resumes of bribery and tax fraud.

Well I ignored my Democrat friends in November and voted for McCain. And they were right… many of their predictions have come true.

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ROFL!
Well, in actuality, he buys into the two party illusion. I’m working on making him a little L libertarian. Then, we’ll convert him to be a voluntaryist!
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GOVEROUTRAGEOUS: Ron Paul 03/04 “The end of the war in Iraq is not near!”

Friday, March 6, 2009

http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/025672.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmCquxzz3-M&eurl=http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/025672.html&feature=player_embedded

Ron Paul 03/04: The end of the war in Iraq is not near!

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It’s outrageous that the government would lie so blatantly. Obama ran as the “anti-war” candidate. That allowed him to slip in on Hillary’s left flank. THe American people outraged at the Republicans whisked him into office. Only to find, he IS that 100% liberal they were warned about, NOT REALLY anti-war at all, and a typical Chicago crook appointing all the same old same old crooks.

Outrageous!

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POLITICAL: If we can’t kill the FED, should they get a proctology exam?

Friday, March 6, 2009

http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul509.html  

End the Fed’s Secretiveness by Ron Paul

Before the US House of Representatives, February 26, 2008

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Madame Speaker,

I rise to introduce the Federal Reserve Transparency Act. Throughout its nearly 100-year history, the Federal Reserve has presided over the near-complete destruction of the United States dollar. Since 1913 the dollar has lost over 95% of its purchasing power, aided and abetted by the Federal Reserve’s loose monetary policy. How long will we as a Congress stand idly by while hard-working Americans see their savings eaten away by inflation? Only big-spending politicians and politically favored bankers benefit from inflation.

Serious discussion of proposals to oversee the Federal Reserve is long overdue. I have been a longtime proponent of more effective oversight and auditing of the Fed, but I was far from the first Congressman to advocate these types of proposals. Esteemed former members of the Banking Committee such as Chairmen Wright Patman and Henry B. Gonzales were outspoken critics of the Fed and its lack of transparency.

Since its inception, the Federal Reserve has always operated in the shadows, without sufficient scrutiny or oversight of its operations. While the conventional excuse is that this is intended to reduce the Fed’s susceptibility to political pressures, the reality is that the Fed acts as a foil for the government. Whenever you question the Fed about the strength of the dollar, they will refer you to the Treasury, and vice versa. The Federal Reserve has, on the one hand, many of the privileges of government agencies, while retaining benefits of private organizations, such as being insulated from Freedom of Information Act requests.

The Federal Reserve can enter into agreements with foreign central banks and foreign governments, and the GAO is prohibited from auditing or even seeing these agreements. Why should a government-established agency, whose police force has federal law enforcement powers, and whose notes have legal tender status in this country, be allowed to enter into agreements with foreign powers and foreign banking institutions with no oversight? Particularly when hundreds of billions of dollars of currency swaps have been announced and implemented, the Fed’s negotiations with the European Central Bank, the Bank of International Settlements, and other institutions should face increased scrutiny, most especially because of their significant effect on foreign policy. If the State Department were able to do this, it would be characterized as a rogue agency and brought to heel, and if a private individual did this he might face prosecution under the Logan Act, yet the Fed avoids both fates.

More importantly, the Fed’s funding facilities and its agreements with the Treasury should be reviewed. The Treasury’s supplementary financing accounts that fund Fed facilities allow the Treasury to funnel money to Wall Street without GAO or Congressional oversight. Additional funding facilities, such as the Primary Dealer Credit Facility and the Term Securities Lending Facility, allow the Fed to keep financial asset prices artificially inflated and subsidize poorly performing financial firms.

The Federal Reserve Transparency Act would eliminate restrictions on GAO audits of the Federal Reserve and open Fed operations to enhanced scrutiny. We hear officials constantly lauding the benefits of transparency and especially bemoaning the opacity of the Fed, its monetary policy, and its funding facilities. By opening all Fed operations to a GAO audit and calling for such an audit to be completed by the end of 2010, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act would achieve much-needed transparency of the Federal Reserve. I urge my colleagues to support this bill.

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I can’t think of any monopoly that is allowed to exist unexamoned.

I’m hard pressed to think of single reason We, The People should permit it.

We are drowning as a nation in a sea of paper money. William Jennings Bryan, who railed about NOT crucifying the farmers on a “gross of gold”, couldn’t have forseen this “crucification” of the American people on a “cross of paper”.

Andrew Jackson went to political war over the “Bank of the United States” and won.

We have to do the same thing.

While the FED is not the source of ALL of our problems, it’s at the root of most of them.

As Thoreau said “… strike at the root”!

That’s the FED!

Don’t empower COngress with their current powers to set the value of money. Return it to the marketplace.

We do that by repealing the “legal tender laws” and allow people to use what ever they deem “money” to be.

Gold anyone?

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TECHNOLOGY: “National Cyber Leap Year” is not at all what it sounds like!

Thursday, March 5, 2009

http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-4321.htm” title=”http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-4321.htm”>http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-4321.htm”>http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-4321.htm”>http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-4321.htm

Request for Input (RFI) – National Cyber Leap Year 9110–9112 [E9–4321]</p>

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Overview: This Request for Input No. 3 (RFI-3) is the third issued under the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI), established within Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD)-23. RFI-3 was developed by the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program Senior Steering Group (SSG) for Cybersecurity to invite participation in a National Cyber Leap Year whose goal is an integrated national approach to make cyberspace safe for the American way of life. Over 160 responses were submitted to the first RFI issued by the NITRD SSG (October 14, 2008), indicating a strong desire by the technical community to participate. on December 30, 2008) expanded the opportunity for participation by permitting submitters to designate parts of submissions as proprietary. RFI-3 presents prospective cyber security categories derived from responses to RFI-1 for further consideration.

Background: We are a cyber nation. The U.S. information infrastructure–including telecommunications and computer networks and systems and the data that reside on them–is critical to virtually every aspect of modern life. This information infrastructure is increasingly vulnerable to exploitation, disruption, and destruction by a growing array leap-ahead research and technology to reduce vulnerabilities to asymmetric attack in cyberspace. Unlike many research agenda that aim for steady progress in the advancement of science, the leap-ahead effort seeks just a few revolutionary ideas with the potential to reshape the landscape. These game-changing technologies (or non-technical mechanisms that are made possible through technology), developed and deployed over the next decade, will fundamentally change the cyber game into one where the good guys have an advantage. Leap-ahead technologies are so-called because they enable us to leap over the obstacles preventing us from being where we want to be. These advances may require years of concerted research and development to be fully realized; good ideas often do. However, the intent is to start now and gain momentum as intermediate results emerge.

Objective: The National Cyber Leap Year has two main goals: (1) Constructing a national research and technology agenda that both identifies the most promising ideas and describes the strategy that brings those ideas to fruition; and (2) jumpstarting game-changing, multi-disciplinary development efforts. The Leap Year will run during fiscal year 2009, and will comprise two stages: Prospecting and focusing.

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And, how much did this cost me?

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