Thanks, basil9..

It was funny that Obots were described as Whole Foods nation and now the Whole Foods CEO wrote an oped critical of Obama healthcare and Obots are protesting and threatening to go elsewhere for their arugula and organic veggies.
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# Carol Says:
August 15th, 2009 at 11:22 am

What about rounding up all the centrist and moderate blogs and trying to start an on line independent party geared for 2012? Start interviewing possible candidates…etc. The Hillary voters against Obama got alot of media attention during the campaign. Isn’t it possible for powerful blogs to get attention again.

I’m sorry about your loved one. In my case it was my father who smoked heavily and ended up with cancer twice, the second time, although he went cold turkey after the first scare, being fatal.

In obama’s case, I understand how hard it is to stop a habit like this, but for his children’s sake, I hope he does it soon.

While I don’t know anything about medical equipment I would imagine reading the images is an ‘art’ something like the difference between a trained instrumentalist vs. a synthesizer with no human oversight.

Recently I had a couple of MRI’s and upon a second look, another radiologist(?) discovered stuff the first had missed which turns out to be very important for my diagnosis.

Sorry, but whoever is telling you that doesn’t know what they are talking about. It takes trained human eyes, with the JUDGEMENT to understand the implications of what they are looking at. Medical imaging films are not a cut-and-dried, positive vs. negative kind of test. An actual thinking brain has to interpret what they are seeing, and weigh whether it’s concerning or not.

The technology being developed is intended as an AID to radiologists in isolating pixel anomalies, so that they can do a better job of interpreting the scan, and not miss things. You will still need a human.

distinctions.depaul.edu/Pages/CT%20scans.aspx

There in lies the problem, they are lying to the public about it, saying he has quit, then admitting he has not. End result is a better case for not trusting anything he says. You are right, if he was upfront about his addiction, many would understand, but he hids it and lies about it.

I really think he has a health risk. I live with a former smoker, and he fights the health issue everyday. I really don’t believe his health reports, and with the stress he is under, I think he is at great risk. Of course, you don’t wish the health risk on anyone, and I think he is like many others who really don’t understand the devistating health risks until something happens to him. With mine it was a heart attack at 38, and bypass surgery.

It’s kind of like the boy who cried wolf. One lie, although bad for a potus, he can get away with. When he lies every minute on the hour, it gets to the point that no one believes anything that comes out of his mouth.

I wouldn’t have a problem with him saying he still smokes but is trying to quit. I know many people who have struggled in the same way. But he should be setting a better example.

I guess if he is still doing it, I don’t consider it a misrepresentation. However, even thought he is smoking, they just have not caught him at it (great secret service no doubt). However, the image is causing a stir.