Should fatness be a factor in choosing the surgeon general?

[SlowwHand]

They may go out of business.

So Doc, your point is just another reason why outlawing marijuana, and the potential successes down the road, is ridiculous.

[Zkribbler]

She wasn't even a full dean, let alone having held senior-level administrative positions in other government agencies.

Are you saying that only high-level bureaucrats are qualified?


BTW: Ben's analysis went far beyond that of the Faux News interview, which focused only on the Surgeon General's weight. Faux News's modus operandi is to always look for the distraction and to never, ever focus on what's important.

[onodera]

I'd rather O brought Minnie Joycelyn Elders back. She's black, smart and not fat.

[Az]

wanted to post something mocking the usual suspects being against a black woman getting into higher office, but it's not serving my goals right now:


seriously: yes, she should set an example. However, this is one factor among many others.

[Dis]

Ben is right, if you look at this position there are some things you should want your SG to have. She does not have those. She is black, Obama is all about promoting blacks into power positions, as we have seen he loves to leave out whites. Hell he only picked Biden because he knew if he picked an ethnic or woman he would have lost.

She is not qualified. Oh big whoop she knows medical, hell I know docs in the Army that have more qualifications to be SG than she does. Ben is dead on, affirmative ****ing action. Shes gonna get this job strictly because she is black, and this whole bull**** "must be racist" cause shes black thing is tired. She could be purple, who doesnt matter, she isnt qualified and because of her skin color noone will say no.

I agree, but I really didn't want to touch the race issue. Luckily the surgeon general doesn't do anything important anyways.

[Lefty Scaevola]

I think all persons in government and power should be fat and old. All you skinny and young scum should be serfs.

[DinoDoc]

She's not even a surgeon! What qualifies her to be a leader of surgeons?

[OzzyKP]

Nor is she a general.

[Dis]

my earlier post got me thinking. What does a surgeon general do anyways?

I think they say crap about the basic food groups, although that's well established by now. I remember one got forced to resign for encouraging masturbation. heaven forbid!

[Darius871]

She is massively unqualified.

You say that as if SG is a position with any significant authority.

[Dr Strangelove]

They may go out of business.

So Doc, your point is just another reason why outlawing marijuana, and the potential successes down the road, is ridiculous.

No my point is the FDA could stand to re-think its priorities. Twenty-five percent of American adults are morbidly obese. Denying them a medication that might halve their numbers just to protect a few potheads from going into withdrawal when taking the drug seems to me to be a serious error in priorities.. It would be better to approve the drug and stick a warning label on it.

[Lefty Scaevola]

my earlier post got me thinking. What does a surgeon general do anyways?

I think they are supposed to teach the public how to masturbate.

[onodera]

I remember one got forced to resign for encouraging masturbation. heaven forbid!

That's the one I was hoping they would bring back.

[Provost Harrison]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,534745,00.html



Well it appears she's a fattie. And more telling is she really did nothing to curb the obesity problem in Alabama.

It looks like she did a very effective job of curbing the pie overpopulation there though

[Provost Harrison]

It's not just me, but she reminds me a little bit of this: