Yeah, Democrats need to grow a pair. That is what's been hurting them.They need to unite and stop this faction BS. At least the Repubs are united and they understand what they want to do. I do support the annual percentage of income being taxes because that's pretty progressive and that would help a lot of states balance themselves if it were on the state and federal level. What gets me is simply this: We find out that people don't pay their taxes until YEARS later if they're richer--if they weren't rich, they'd be tossed in jail for tax evasion or something. The disparity between rich and poor is just the way the Repubs want it.
In MN, Mark Dayton has been forced a gov shutdown because he wants to put a progressive tax on the wealthiest 2% of Minnesotans but the Repub majority won't allow it. However, the only notably infamous legislation they're currently known for is passing a mini DOMA referendum to the state.
I'm sick of this bi partisan rhetoric and BS. DEMS need to step up and be united instead of always ready to compromise. Some things shouldn't be compromised AT ALL!
From: DTM <dtmccall@gmail.com>
To: Peckers_Pics@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, July 8, 2011 12:47 AM
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I agree...the Democrats have been way too passive. When the Republicans threaten a filibuster...make them actually do it, make them stand up there and talk to keep things tied up not this nonsense of 'We don't have the votes to close debate so we're not even going to bring it to a vote'...
Make the Republicans step up and actually be seen bringing the business of the Senate to a grinding halt...put their obstructionism right out
in front of the American people.  In Short, Grow A Pair!
Yes...I'm frustrated with both parties...the Republicans for constantly obstructing what needs done, and the Democrats for making it easy for
them to do it. Time to bring stuff to a vote when you have the votes to win (ie. 51+ ), and let the Republicans actually filibuster and reveal
themselves for what they really are.
Do what's best for the bulk of the American People...not what's best for the richest 5%. Trickle down economics has never worked, and never will work. Tax cuts for the rich generate nothing.
Frustrated American Voter.
On 7/7/2011 6:29 PM, Ken Gailey wrote:
Make the Republicans step up and actually be seen bringing the business of the Senate to a grinding halt...put their obstructionism right out
in front of the American people.  In Short, Grow A Pair!
Yes...I'm frustrated with both parties...the Republicans for constantly obstructing what needs done, and the Democrats for making it easy for
them to do it. Time to bring stuff to a vote when you have the votes to win (ie. 51+ ), and let the Republicans actually filibuster and reveal
themselves for what they really are.
Do what's best for the bulk of the American People...not what's best for the richest 5%. Trickle down economics has never worked, and never will work. Tax cuts for the rich generate nothing.
Frustrated American Voter.
On 7/7/2011 6:29 PM, Ken Gailey wrote:
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Just for a change of pace and conversation! I wish the Republicans would quit saying increased income taxes for the wealthy are off the table! Let me see them live on social security alone per month and see how they live paying their bills and their prescriptions monthly. It is just discusses me they have such lack of common sense and expect the young people, the middle class and the seniors to pick up the slack so they can continue hoarding their millions and cry baby cry cause they may have to give a little. Democrats it is HIGH TIME to grow a back bone and say enough is enough and demand some real answers and stop cowardly backing down. WE THE PEOPLE HAVE HAD ENOUGH!
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The ingredient in a Botox injection probably won't help ease neck pain, nor will it help neck pain sufferers do physical activities any better or improve their quality of life, a new review of past studies suggests.
"The available evidence just suggests that it doesn't work," study author Dr. Paul Michael Peloso told Reuters Health. If patients have neck pain, "they and their physicians should be discussing other therapies," Peloso added.
The ingredient in Botox, called botulinum toxin, is used to treat a range of conditions, including wrinkles, migraines, and excessive sweating. Botox is just one of several brand names for the drug, which is given through injections. None of the brands has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat neck pain -- but doctors may use the drug "off-label" for that purpose.
A recent report from the Institute of Medicine suggested that chronic pain, including neck pain, costs the United States more than $600 billion each year and affects about four in 10 adults (see Reuters story of June 29, 2011).
Peloso, the head of clinical research at the drug company Merck in Rahway, New Jersey, said doctors might consider using the Botox ingredient for neck pain after other more common treatments, including drugs like Tylenol and aspirin or exercises, haven't worked.
Each injection typically costs a few hundred dollars, and patients may need repeat injections every few months for the drug to have a continued effect.
The new review analyzed the combined results of nine studies that tested botulinum toxin A -- sold as Botox by Allergan -- in people with new or chronic neck pain and related headaches.
Those studies compared the effect of botulinum toxin with drug-free sham injections or other pain treatments, using patient reports or doctor observations of pain, physical abilities, and quality of life. Altogether the studies involved 503 patients, including 272 who received injections of the drug.
Peloso and his colleagues noted that some of the studies had limitations -- for example, it wasn't clear how some had split the patients up into Botox and not-Botox groups, or researchers hadn't kept treatment types hidden from patients or from those who measured their symptoms.
But taken together, the studies suggested Botox had done nothing to help relieve neck pain or related headaches, either alone or when added to exercise programs or other medications, when researchers reassessed patients at four weeks and six months after injections.
In addition, people given botulinum toxin were more likely to have a side effect, including soreness or flu-like symptoms, than those not given the drug.
The researchers concluded that almost all of the studies showed that any possible benefits were not worth the potential harms. Their findings are presented in the Cochrane Library, a publication of the Cochrane Collaboration, an international organization that evaluates medical research.
A company spokesperson told Reuters Health in an email that "Allergan does not have clinical programs evaluating the efficacy and safety of our botulinum toxin products in patients with subacute or chronic neck pain," but that Botox is indicated to treat "cervical dystonia," in which neck muscles contract involuntarily, and neck pain linked to the condition. She also pointed out that the review didn't focus only on Botox-brand treatments.
Peloso said that while some evidence suggests injections of steroids or anesthetics might help people with neck pain, the best pain-relief choice right now seems to be exercises that strengthen muscles and improve range of motion.
However, he pointed out, "The problem is as you would guess for exercise that it's just not as simple as a one-time visit" or a daily drug -- one reason his team was interested to see if Botox might have some benefit.
He said that companies have little incentive to study treatments for neck pain, which can be caused by anything from overuse of neck muscles to diseases such as arthritis and gets more common with age. Peloso added that his company does not make a Botox competitor, although it does market pain products that could be used for neck pain.
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India's health minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad, who told an AIDS gathering this week that sexual relations between men were "unnatural" and "a disease," on Tuesday clarified his remarks in a singularly unclear fashion.
"I have said something but half has been quoted, half has not been quoted," Mr. Azad told reporters. "We don't want controversy because we have had already enough in two years."
Mr. Azad, who appeared to be referring to his government's bad publicity over corruption allegations, also said that he never even used the word gay in his remarks.
"I am sorry if I have hurt feelings of any section of the society. During my speech I used technical words. I kept myself very clear, didn't use the word homosexual or gay," said Mr. Azad, according to a report on the website of news channel NDTV. "The subject was HIV, [I] used man having sex with man in Hindi for contracting HIV."
That was not what it sounded like on Monday, when Mr. Azad spoke to a gathering in New Delhi of district council leaders from across the country.
"Unfortunately, this disease, where a man has sex with a man, which is absolutely unnatural and shouldn't happen but it is happening, is spreading around the world and has also come to India," said Mr. Azad, speaking in Hindi. "Even in our country the numbers of men having sex with men is significant."
Gay people and AIDS prevention activists said they were horrified, with some calling for his resignation. By the time Mr. Azad clarified his remarks, even the United Nations AIDS organization had weighed in.
"India's rich tradition of inclusivity and social justice must include men who have sex with men and transgender people," said Michel Sidibé, executive director of UNAIDS, according to a statement. "There is no place for stigma and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation."ÂÂÂ
 
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