tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post3120567073255570836..comments2024-03-28T13:46:15.865-04:00Comments on the daily howler: EYES WIDE SHUT: Muckrakers down!<b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-1674458448845601222016-08-04T06:56:01.300-04:002016-08-04T06:56:01.300-04:00Strange the nobody calls William Bennett a secret ...Strange the nobody calls William Bennett a secret Muslim for him being warm to Saudi Arabian laws that call for beheadings.The Burn Noticehttp://www.burnoatus.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-64847996953880165632014-03-24T02:02:06.986-04:002014-03-24T02:02:06.986-04:00Amazing this particular will be a reall amazing po...Amazing this particular will be a reall amazing post. I'm pleased I discovered dailyhowler. Thanks with regard to maintaining all of us knowledgeable.<br /><br /><a href="http://lol.mmo18.com/" rel="nofollow">League of Legends elo boost</a><a href="http://fifa14.mmo18.com/" rel="nofollow">Buy Fifa 14 Ultimate Team Coins</a>FUT 14 Coinshttp://fifa14.mmo18.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-75901825656501779662014-02-04T14:15:16.978-05:002014-02-04T14:15:16.978-05:00Wow this would be a reall impressive article. I am...Wow this would be a reall impressive article. I am happy I found dailyhowler. Thank you for keeping us informed.Candyhttp://ccstips.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-11504354251751057632013-08-19T10:03:13.396-04:002013-08-19T10:03:13.396-04:00I would like to thank you for the efforts youve go...I would like to thank you for the efforts youve got produced in writing this article.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.americanfleet.org/about-us" rel="nofollow">Boulder airport transportation </a><br /><a href="http://www.americanfleet.org/about-us" rel="nofollow">Boulder airport taxi </a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08555535510483401530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-13464862544184851762013-08-17T16:38:07.443-04:002013-08-17T16:38:07.443-04:00So am I. The TDH analyses are excellent.So am I. The TDH analyses are excellent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-32113050380583809372013-08-17T09:27:54.362-04:002013-08-17T09:27:54.362-04:00No, but seriously -- posting your ravings on this ...No, but seriously -- posting your ravings on this little blog is some serious COURAGE!! You show 'em, pork butt. Them "brave" soldiers got nothing on you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-34484589949274479582013-08-17T09:25:19.716-04:002013-08-17T09:25:19.716-04:00Got to agree.
I can think of several reasons oth...Got to agree. <br /><br />I can think of several reasons other than Rosenthal's tone for the widespread absence of discussion of these reports. Those reasons all start and end with $.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-7836669012420696152013-08-17T09:22:55.808-04:002013-08-17T09:22:55.808-04:00"me, the common man"
Thankfully, you..."me, the common man"<br /><br />Thankfully, you're as uncommon as they come.<br /><br />"not to compare my lowly self to the martyred..." which you then proceed to explicitly do. Big balls there, mister "common man."<br /><br />Knee-jerk nutcase is more like it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-58014634900534951122013-08-17T09:19:51.404-04:002013-08-17T09:19:51.404-04:00"whatever you think is important"
...an..."whatever you think is important"<br /><br />...and, clicking through Greg's profile, apparently that's hawking movie monster DVDs.<br /><br />Hooray for more-serious-than-thou-Greg!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-68255356327585967452013-08-17T08:34:14.695-04:002013-08-17T08:34:14.695-04:00I would like to know what Medicare pays for the hi...I would like to know what Medicare pays for the hip replacement? I bet they don't pay $36,000 for the artificial hip joint. And the guy getting the operation is 67 years old. Why isn't he on Medicare. It would seem that these two basic question should have been answered.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-81139083364977983932013-08-17T01:23:58.513-04:002013-08-17T01:23:58.513-04:00by not detecting a hundred style differences betwe...by not detecting a hundred style differences between me, the common man, and the erudite ppp, you say much more about yourself than either of us. <br /><br />i cant speak for ppp, but coming from an acolyte of somerby, i take your verbal strikes as badges of honor. it is for each reader to decide whose what, but i wouldnt argue your critique of me. in fact i would add pedantic and verbose.<br /><br />but brave anonymous, i will say for myself that im knee-jerk honest. just an average american who stumbled years ago into a scary fun house of a 'media' site. but to evince honesty a certain measure of courage must also be at ones call.<br /><br />not to compare my lowly self to the martyred sen. robert f. kennedy, a good man with off the charts courage, but let me quote his brother edwards words upon rfk's death: <br /><br />“Few are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence.” <br /><br />http://tedkennedy.org/ownwords/event/eulogy <br /><br />print out this comment and re-read it till u understand it. youre welcome.chris p. bayconnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-4598364495929904462013-08-16T22:09:36.068-04:002013-08-16T22:09:36.068-04:00I think that detached, emotionless journalistic st...I think that detached, emotionless journalistic style is just really trendy. I don't think her editors are forcing it on her. I think writers think it has more impact if they write without bluster. They lay out some facts and let the facts "speak for themselves," with little additional analysis. See Dave Eggers for an example, in "Zeitoun."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-19898679246883789132013-08-16T21:30:41.272-04:002013-08-16T21:30:41.272-04:00Do you think the poo poo guy and bacon guy are one...Do you think the poo poo guy and bacon guy are one and the same? They're equally inane and boring.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-91236220791980370252013-08-16T19:55:56.648-04:002013-08-16T19:55:56.648-04:00If you start your own blog you can talk about what...If you start your own blog you can talk about whatever you think is important.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-9191396284689779242013-08-16T16:43:44.415-04:002013-08-16T16:43:44.415-04:00"...why haven’t the fiery children on The One..."...why haven’t the fiery children on The One Channel rushed to tell you about this series? Why haven't they filled in the blanks, adding the appropriate sense of outrage?"<br /><br />>>> asuming somerby is accusing msnbc fairly, there are three reasons:<br /><br /><br /><br />1.) "Do the fiery children work for The Man?" <br /><br />>>> yes. comcast is a huge company, even if they dont get many advertisemnts.<br /><br />2.) do they want favors from the man for themselves and relatives down the line?<br /><br />yes. they wouldnt have climbed the ladder this far if they werent cuthroats. and they wouldnt have been hired by comcast or ge if they couldnt be trusted to act as p.r. agents for the moneyed interests when leaned on to do so. <br /><br />3.) does the dem party estasblishment really care if the new wealth care act works efficiently?<br /><br />maybe, but i would say theyre not not nearly as passionate on health care reform as they may seem. if it wasnt for the fire in the belly pelosi exhibited, i undrstand it never would have gotten passed, even its eventual very watered down form.chris p. bayconnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-16068654704698001522013-08-16T16:31:11.427-04:002013-08-16T16:31:11.427-04:00Fascinating piece. The consortium aspect of these...Fascinating piece. The consortium aspect of these companies is really chilling. I wonder how the ACA would insure competition in the sense of small innovating companies in joint prosthetics being players.<br /><br />In reading this part of the series, I'm going to read what's described here as a long-time industry employee bullshitting reasons for these costs, to judge that for myself.<br /><br />CeceliaMchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16017255006204800193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-27432697563180276122013-08-16T15:12:04.048-04:002013-08-16T15:12:04.048-04:00Great post. Every once in awhile somebody gets a p...Great post. Every once in awhile somebody gets a peice published in a mainstream outlet on Defense Spending. a critical issue on which The Daily Howler seems as disinterested as those he decries here.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288008924419574934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-61762414042403406652013-08-16T15:10:41.972-04:002013-08-16T15:10:41.972-04:00Yep, you sure loves the sound of your keyboard. So...Yep, you sure loves the sound of your keyboard. So it's more of your foul shit, er, Poop for us. <br /><br />At least your movements are regular...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-14898144743666208022013-08-16T14:47:29.628-04:002013-08-16T14:47:29.628-04:00Poo Poo Platter (CSI Edition)
Emergency 911:. Do ...Poo Poo Platter (CSI Edition)<br /><br /><strong>Emergency 911:</strong>. Do you need police, fire or EMS?<br /><br /><strong>TDH:</strong> I'm with the media watch program in my blogosphere. Um, there has been a lot of price gouging in our health care system, and there are these reporters walking around our country looking suspicious. <br />They are looking around and not saying anything. <br /><br /><strong>911:</strong> Are they white, black or Hispanic?<br /><br /><strong>TDH:</strong> White, mostly. Do you mean the reporters? The looters look to be Iowan. <br /><br /><strong>911:</strong> What are they up to now?<br /><br /><strong>TDH:</strong> There's something wrong with this one gal. I don't know what she's up to. She's actually saying something. There's something about her tone. She doesn't even seem to have a pulse.<br /><br /><strong>911</strong> Where are they located?<br /><br /><strong>TDH</strong> They're all around me now but not even looking at me. I'm at the corner of Rodeo Drive and Potemkin Village. OMG. Now the phucking professors are with them. These assholes always get in the way.<br /><br /><strong>911</strong> Sir, are you following them?<br /><br /><strong>TDH</strong> No. I'm just running around the blogosphere shouting at the top of my lungs demanding these reporters and my neighbors be outraged and get somebody put on trial.<br /><br /><strong>911</strong> OK. We don't need you to do that, but it's OK if you do because past records indicate everytime you have done this nothing has come of it. You haven't been drinking any AriZona watermelon drinks with Skittles, have you?<br /><br />-----Sounds of a keyboard falling into wet grass---- Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-11332508680141096992013-08-16T14:20:57.290-04:002013-08-16T14:20:57.290-04:00It's just as ethical as the textbook industry....It's just as ethical as the textbook industry.<br /><br />Talk about damning with faint praise.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-29472884156233859472013-08-16T14:06:50.662-04:002013-08-16T14:06:50.662-04:00From the perspective of a physician, this comment ...From the perspective of a physician, this comment rationalizes wildly unethical or ethically compromising behavior. I am shocked at the analogy between catering to drug companies and getting a free copy of book to be taught.<br /><br />As for me, I never met a sales rep who was a physician and even so never ever would I include such a person when I was with a patient. I have heard of such operating room practices, but at my university they are considered compromising to a patient.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-39905068436291852102013-08-16T13:34:45.569-04:002013-08-16T13:34:45.569-04:00The spouse works at a lager medical facility here ...The spouse works at a lager medical facility here in the Alabama Triangle of PA, they no longer accept anything including ball point pens from the sales reps. <br /><br />As far as naming names of the miscreants in Washington that allow this to happen perhaps it would require its own separate edition because it would include everybody from President Obama on down. <br /><br />This information would have been useful during the debates on the Affordable Care Act too bad that and how health care is delivered and paid in the other G-8 nations wasn't brought to the floor of both chambers. <br /><br />Now sit back and wait for the criticisms from the interns of the affected legislators and media companies. Mr. Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-28546361226090446222013-08-16T12:49:36.527-04:002013-08-16T12:49:36.527-04:00I think "buying Congress" is a very seri...I think "buying Congress" is a very serious accusation. It is not the same as lobbying. I think accusations of kickbacks to doctors are also serious. Royalties and consulting are not the same as kickbacks, partly because doctors are involved in the process of developing improved joint replacements, both at the level of installation and in figuring out what product modifications will benefit patients. Further, doctors have exposure to the long term results of previous joint replacements. So, they have information to provide as consultants and their inventions are worthy of licensing, patenting, and royalties may be owed to them from these companies. When companies learn how to better provide care to patients, why is it bad for them to share that information widely among other doctors and hospitals? Further, many sales reps of these companies are themselves physicians, so their presence in the operating room is as doctors with up-to-date knowledge about their products, not solely as representatives of firms with vested interests in sales. So perhaps the measured tone of this article results from the fact that there are major gray areas involved here that cannot be exaggerated into black and white claims of bribery or corruption.<br /><br />In my field of academia, there is a similarly gray area involving textbook writing, adoption and sales. The same companies that urge professors to require textbooks of students offer publishing contracts to professors, seek their expertise about how to improve new editions, and supply free inspection copies (which can be sold to textbook buyers for real $). They pay faculty an honorarium for the time required to evaluate a book. Is this a bribe? Are the free copies offered for inspection also bribes? Professors have no budget for buying the desk copies required to teach a class. They would otherwise not be paid for the time spent helping a colleague improve a textbook. Yet, these practices no doubt increase the cost of books for students. They are so widespread that you would have to accuse nearly the whole field of corruption if you were to adopt an outraged tone about this. And it isn't going to stop unless universities pick up the costs for desk copies of books, allowing faculty to be more ethical. I suspect it is the same in medicine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-31581647722931274072013-08-16T12:41:10.385-04:002013-08-16T12:41:10.385-04:00I am so grateful for these analyses of the Rosenth...I am so grateful for these analyses of the Rosenthal series and am saddened they were evidently not formally discussed even on PBS.<br /><br />LTRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com