In a stunning and unusual act of doing their job, senators finally confirmed Dr. Vivek Murthy for surgeon general, a position that has remained vacant for more than a year because it's not like that's one of those important jobs. Unless, of course, there's an outbreak of Ebola -- or at least an outbreak of Ebola paranoia -- in which case, it's kind of handy to have some dude or dudette already on the payroll, ready and able to explain some basic healthcare stuff to Americans like they're idiots, which they are, so you don't have to scramble to appoint someone
How dare Congress do something! Especially something the NRA doesn\&#039t like! Obviously everyone has to go buy six more guns to make up for it. For freedom.
I don&#039;t get it. He&#039;s not the Overall-Stay-Healthy General; he&#039;s the <em>Surgeon</em> General. And has there ever been a better job creator for surgeons than the NRA?
The Big Book of Democratic Excuses keeps getting bigger and bigger every day. It takes a real talent to keep losing races to a group as dysfunctional as the GOP
&quot;Vivek&rsquo;s confirmation makes us better positioned to save lives around the world and protect the American people here at home.&quot;
&quot;from guns,&quot; he added under his breath.
Any scientific problem the Rethugs would prefer to ignore becomes a &quot;political&quot; issue. If they were flat-earthers, they&#039;d be trying to defund NASA, because taking pictures of Earth from space is &quot;politcal activism.&quot;
Certified by the Rand Paul Board of Certification of Rand Paul. You can&#039;t get more authoritative than that -- I mean, who knows more about Rand Paul than Rand Paul?
How dare Congress do something! Especially something the NRA doesn\&#039t like! Obviously everyone has to go buy six more guns to make up for it. For freedom.
What could the American College Of Emergency Physicians know about gun injuries that an eye doctor doesn&#039;t?
And what about tongue/flag pole injuries?
Murthy sounds Irish, is he sober?
I don&#039;t get it. He&#039;s not the Overall-Stay-Healthy General; he&#039;s the <em>Surgeon</em> General. And has there ever been a better job creator for surgeons than the NRA?
When the NRA learned it could rake in money from paranoia.
Is &quot;Surgeon General&#039;s Warning on guns and ammo&quot; already a right-wing trope?
The Big Book of Democratic Excuses keeps getting bigger and bigger every day. It takes a real talent to keep losing races to a group as dysfunctional as the GOP
&quot;Vivek&rsquo;s confirmation makes us better positioned to save lives around the world and protect the American people here at home.&quot;
&quot;from guns,&quot; he added under his breath.
Any scientific problem the Rethugs would prefer to ignore becomes a &quot;political&quot; issue. If they were flat-earthers, they&#039;d be trying to defund NASA, because taking pictures of Earth from space is &quot;politcal activism.&quot;
Certified by the Rand Paul Board of Certification of Rand Paul. You can&#039;t get more authoritative than that -- I mean, who knows more about Rand Paul than Rand Paul?