Yes To Democracy

"I'm not a racist! (when I get caught that is)"

(crossposted from Bad Fiction)

More fallout on Dr. David McKalip's racist email. Seems the Florida Medical Association took him out behind the woodshed.

"The Florida Medical Association is an organization with a zero-tolerance for racist or discriminatory behavior. As such, we do not condone the circulation of what has been described by the press as a racist depiction of President Obama by David McKalip, MD. Dr. McKalip's actions do not in anyway reflect the positions, attitudes or culture of the Florida Medical Association.

The Florida Medical Association finds the actions by Dr. McKalip to be hurtful and in poor judgment. Further, we find his actions disrespectful to President Obama and the Office of the President. The Florida Medical Association is disappointed by Dr. McKalip's actions and urges Dr. McKalip to extend President Obama an apology for this egregious deed."

In addition to that, Florida State Rep Darryl Rouson called for Dr. McKalip to resign his positions as president-elect of the Pinellas County Medical Association and as a board member of the Florida Medical Association.

"This is absolutely terrible," wrote Rouson, D-St. Petersburg, in an e-mail to the St. Petersburg Times Thursday night. "I am immediately calling for his resignation and for the FMA to right now distance themselves from this outrageous act."

Rouson is the former president of the St. Petersburg NAACP."

Dr. McKalip did offer an apology though a PR rep.

"DR. DAVID MCKALIP SENDS APOLOGY DIRECTLY TO PRESIDENT OBAMA
McKalip apologizes for sending insensitive image via e-mail

St. Petersburg, FL (July 23, 2009) - David McKalip, M.D., brain and spine neurosurgeon of St. Petersburg has never been shy in expressing where he stands regarding President Barack Obama's health-care reform. Despite McKalip's position on health system reform, he sends a sincere apology for a forwarded image of President Obama in an e-mail depicting the president in Papua New Guinean tribal garb with a logo beneath it saying, "Obama Care."

"I genuinely regret the decision I made in passing this e-mail message along. Directly to President Obama, I sincerely apologize for offending him. This was, in no way whatsoever, my intention. The image has nothing to do with my feelings or thoughts on any race or culture. I recognize that this image is offensive and hope that the nation refocuses on assuring all Americans have access to high-quality, affordable health care with no party interfering in the patient-physician relationship. My intention is to focus directly on the issue at hand, which is putting financial and decision-making power into the hands of patients and taking it from government and insurance companies," said McKalip.

The image forwarded was from a long chain of e-mails and not created by McKalip."

One has to wonder if he's more upset that he got publically caught in his racism. Because this is what he sent his "tea bagging" friends.

"I have had a very hard day. When you stand up and fight effectively for freedom and to protect the rights of patients from control by the government and insurance companies - you develop powerful enemies. They have used the opportunity of a lapse in judgment to try to discredit me since they can't discredit my arguments. I am proud of my accomplishments in this fight. I am more proud of the hundreds of thousands of Americans I have come to know who feel as I do and are willing to stand up for freedom. The next few days will be difficult, and I ask for your support."

Yeah, I think he's sorry. Sorry he got exposed as a racist pinhead. Sorry he publically got called out on it. Sorry that it might affect his pocketbook. But sorry for the racism? Not at all.

You know, maybe he should get together with Dr. Orly's zampolit Dr. Earl-Graef. They're both examples of doctors who are letting their personal feelings and hatreds overwhelm their common sense.

(On Edit) More info coming in:

Dr. McKalip is resigning as President-elect of the Pinellas County Medical Association

"I believe that it would be in the best interests of the Pinellas County Medical Association and its mission to serve patients, if I step down from the association at this time," McKalip wrote in his resignation letter. "I will remove myself from the debate on health system reform so that my efforts do not become a distraction to the efforts to protect patients from intrusion into their medical care by government and insurance companies."

And he's withdrawing from the public healthcare reform debate

"For now, in the interest of protecting this movement from any collateral damage, I am withdrawing from making media appearances on health system reform," McKalip wrote this morning in an email -- obtained by TPMmuckraker -- to fellow members of an online health-care discussion group affiliated with the Tea Party movement. The email went to the same recipients to which McKalip sent the original racist email."

Of course, some of his fellow teabaggers fail to understand the problem.

"In response to McKalip's announcement, many fellow Tea Partiers pledged their support. One, Nancy Meinhardt, wrote:

Ok I had not seen the picture before and it reminded me of all the hellish depictions of our former Preisdent, the legitimate one. I would not have apologized to the fraudulant (sic) President. But thats (sic) just my opinion.

and

"In response, one recipient, Robin Stublen, listed as the "FL Co-State Coordinator Tea Party Patriots" wrote:

What we cant tell them to kiss our white ass anymore? Man you guys are no fun at all."

"But we're not racists, honest!!!!"

Racist Neurosurgeons against Health Care reform

(crossposted from Bad Fiction)

Meet Dr. David McKalip, a Florida neurosurgeon, and a member of the American Medical Association's House of Delegates.

He's also the founder of the anti-reform group "Doctors for Patient Freedom". According to Talking Points Memo:

"He's also an energetic conservative opponent of health-care reform. McKalip founded the anti-reform group Doctors For Patient Freedom, as well as what seems to be a now defunct group called Cut Taxes Now. Last month he joined GOP congressmen Tom Price and Phil Gingrey, among others, for a virtual town hall to warn about the coming "government takeover of medicine." And in a recent anti-reform op-ed published in the St. Petersburg Times, McKalip wrote that "Congress wants to create larger, government-funded programs for health care and more bureaucracy that ration care and impose cookbook medicine.""

So how does he show his opposition to Obama's call for health care reform?

By posting on a "Tea Party" forum pictures like this.

He may be a talented Neurosurgeon, but I suspect he's going to have to consult a Proctologist to find both his brain and his heart. I wonder how much payola he's taking from the insurance industry - or if he doesn't ever notice the people needing his services that are dying due to lack of coverage or not having the money to pay the remainder of the cost.

Classy with a K(KK)....

Lawsuits for Dummies - Birther Update

(crossposted to Bad Fiction)

This update is very media-heavy. The birthers are getting media coverage - and it's not really in their favour.

Now this is interesting. It's an article on the right-wing blog "Liberal Smash" from 1 March 2008. Does it look familar???

"Saturday, March 01, 2008
Obama is a Kenyan, But Not Really or IS He?

Much has been said in the New York Times about the legality of John Sidney McCain III being able to assume the Presidency of the United States because he was not actually born in this country. What the Democrats want you to believe is there is a legitimate problem created by his being born in the Panama Canal zone on a United States military installation. His father was active-duty Navy and was sent to the canal zone by the United States government. There is no problem at all with McCain's bid. The one glaring thing that they overlook is that Barry Obama is not the offspring of American citizens. Let's look at the real problem.

Barry's father was Kenyan. Was he even legally in this country? He was NEVER a citizen. Did Ann Dunham become a citizen of Kenya when she married the Kenyan? Granted, it has become law of the land that if two criminals make it into this country and spawn, their offspring by right becomes a ward of the Fed. Yes, a ward of the Fed because from that point on, we pick up the tab for everything that child needs.

This comes from the basic premise that two negatives equal a positive. In math, that's great, but in this social experiment we call the United States, is that right? Two criminals make a legal citizen? Folks, that is crazy.

I have it from a pretty good source that Ann Dunham, Barry's white mother, renounced her citizenship. She married her second foreign student, Lolo Soetoro, in 1967 and moved to Indonesia. Did Barry's mother ever become legal after her return to the states? Is Barry actually Indonesian? This is actually a REAL citizenship problem for a Presidential candidate, can a person who is born an American citizen, renounce their citizenship, become a citizen of another country, and then become a "NATURAL BORN CITIZEN" again? It seems farfetched to me.

I think that we need to actually challenge Barry's candidacy and eligibility to run for President. It seems that our government is just going to look the other way as an attempt to gain more power over our lives.

Please take the time to comment.

UPDATE: You know, I THOUGHT that most people could make the assumption that this post was written in response to the idiotic drivel by the New York Times about McCains' eligibility. I was wrong. This is pointing out the stupidity of the lies printed by the Times. And it is lying stupidity."

You know, this marks the earliest reference to the birther spew I've found to date. The kicker that according to the author, it was written as a joke to protest a New York Times article on McCain's eligbility.

What if they gave a strike and nobody cared??

(crossposted to Bad Fiction)

So a group called "ACTIVE" (aka "American Constitution and Capitalism Defense Front") has called for a "National Strike Against The Dictator" on 4 November

"A National Strike against the dictator is being called for Wednesday, November 4.

Do not go to work. We will begin coordination with Tea Party groups. We are planning street action.

Developing…"

The funny thing about this is that they seem to have scrubbed it from their original message. Sites like "Sons of Liberty" and Orly's cheerleader "David-Crockett" still have the original though. Let me cite it, along with my comments....

"ACTIVE is mounting a full-blown, nationwide, general strike against the dictator. Specific street actions, not mere protests, will go down."

A national strike. My how European socialist of them.

"Calling all the clans: Representatives of all allied organizations are asked to contact us, and we will be contacting them."

They misspelled "Klan"

"No one is to go work. No one is to go to school. Shopowners are to keep their doors closed. Spread the word. The mobilization has begun…"

How many of these people live in a "right-to-work" state. Are they following Major Cook's lead in throwing away their jobs?? Also, how many of these people homeschool??

And once they lose their jobs, how many are going to run screaming for evil socialized unemployment insurance and the like??

"And the strikes will continue with disturbing regularity, and ever-growing numbers. We are going to shut this country down, and force them to back down."

The question is, will anybody notice their strike? I doubt strongly they have the numbers to back up their claims.

"Repeat: this is not a one-day event. We are going to shut this country down."

This sounds to me like a toddler throwing a tantrum and threatening to hold their breath until they turn blue.

"You heard about “A Day Without A Mexican”? Try a day without an American. And bear in mind that an American is not defined as an American citizen. An American is an American citizen who is an ardent, and therefor duty-bound supporter of the US Constitution."

In other words, they define "American" as "Someone who believes exactly how they do, and hang the majority of the country". Wow. I've never seen the argument that being an American citizen doesn't make you an American. *faceplant*

"The Revolution has begun. Stay tuned for details. And immediately, get ACTIVE with us."

For people that claim to be patriots, they all seem more than willing to spit on the Constitution and everything that this country stands for. Funny that.

And of course, the hatriots leave such charming replies like:

"Kathy // Jul 18, 2009 at 4:18 am
Sure! One problem! We are caucasion hard working Americans! Double standards will apply! After all, the illegal aliens are WILLING to absorb our jobs. RIGHT? NOT! Ask Red Sonja! (Sotomator)"

You know, I have to give groups like "Stormfront" credit for the fact that at least they don't try to hide their racism. The hatriots like to pretend they're not, but the evidence rarely seems to support that.

The White Feather Brigade - Birther Update

(crossposted to Bad Fiction)

The birthers seem to believe that the media attention over the last week are some "cracks in the dam" that will unleash the floodwaters of their belief upon the nation.

So far we've seen only the same old sewage in their gutters though.

Here's a question though. The birthers put a large amount of faith in the rantings of "Polarik", to the point that his writings are pretty much taken as holy writ in the Church of the Birthers.

So am I the only one who thinks that it's weird that the birthers accept claims that Obama won't prove his identity or documentation, from someone who won't prove his identity, documentation, training, education, or anything else about himself. It seems quite curious, doesn't it?

14 July - Charles Lincoln raves about Major Cook as a "Modern American Military Hero" on his blog.

"Given what he is risking to do what he sees as his Patriotic Duty, Major Stefan Cook is as courageous a hero than I for one have EVER met. He is not a sunshine soldier or summertime Patriot, as Thomas Paine once wrote (1776) in Common Sense. These ARE the times that try men’s souls. People who do not understand what it means for an officer to weigh his career against the possibilities of committing men under him to illegal wars and combat under an illegitimate leader have never learned and will never understand the lessons of history from Nuremberg or of Eichman in Jerusalem. Major Stefan Cook’s courage in facing the political onslaught he faces is much greater than the courage required to fight ignorant, poorly armed nomads and peasants in Central Asia who may or may not be associated with terrorism in the United States."

Funny how he doesn't touch on Maj. Cook having volunteered to go AFTER having agreed to be one of Dr. Orly's plaintiffs, eh???

Oh, and THIS is quite interesting:

"I for one am proud to be a part of the legal team, with Dr. Orly Taitz, which tries to realize Major Stefan Frederick Cook’s hopes and dreams for a better world and a better America."

So yep, Dr. Orly has a convicted felon and disbarred attorney on her "legal team". If Berg is smart, he'll jump on this like a Rottweiler on a kitten, because it undermines just about every claim Dr. Orly has in that case. How can Dr. Orly claim that Lisa Liberi is a felon, based on very flimsy evidence at best, when she's employing the services of a proven convicted felon who has served prison time AND been disbarred from Florida and California, not to mention being forced to give up his license in Texas.

Some of Lincoln's readers aren't buying into it though:

" CZ // July 14, 2009 at 2:44 pm | Reply

I’m a retired Army NCO and I haven’t seen or heard of such cowardice wrapped in such bull crap as this Major is attempting to do. I’ve served under democrat and republican presidents and this takes the cake on cowardice. I’ve served during Just Cause, Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Now we have conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan both are the results of a republican president and this sissified coward has come up with the most lame excuse for not serving in a military that he has collected a check from for at least 10 years. Piddle piddle coward.

CZ Ret Army NCO"

" Iraq War Vet // July 14, 2009 at 11:53 pm | Reply

Hero? Not even close. As someone who has actually seen combat I believe that it is safe for me to assume that this is a support officer. Clearly he does not serve in a ‘Combat Arms’ capacity. This ’soldier’ (if you can call him that) is a piece of shit and a disgrace. How the hell do you volunteer for a deployment only to refuse it? These lawsuits have been thrown out all over the country, and for reason. Keep looking for those black helicopters."

Court to Dr. Orly - no, Cook can't have lawsuit. not yours.

(crossposted to Bad Fiction)

Looks like Dr. Orly's trip to Georgia was a bust. The court ruled in favour of the defense and dismissed Major Cook's case as "moot"

"A federal judge this morning dismissed the suit filed here by a U.S. Army reservist who says he shouldn't have to go to Afghanistan because he believes Barack Obama was never eligible to be president.

Judge Clay Land sided with the defense, which claimed in its response to Maj. Stefan Frederick Cook's suit, filed July 8 with the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, that Cook’s suit is “moot” in that he already has been told he doesn’t have to go to Afghanistan, so the relief he is seeking has been granted.

"Federal court only has authority of actual cases and controversies," Land said. "The entire action is dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction."

Something that doesn't sit well with me though is he appeared in uniform and is on video questioning the eligibility of the President IN UNIFORM.

This is not only tacky, but I can't see how it can't be a violation of the UCMJ. Uniform guidelines state:

Wearing Army uniforms is prohibited in the following situations:

In connection with the furtherance of any political or commercial interest, or when engaged in off duty civilian employment.
When participating in public speeches, interviews, picket lines, marches, rallies, or public demonstrations, except as authorized by competent authority.
When attending any meeting or event that is a function of, or is sponsored by, an extremist organization.
When wearing the uniform would bring discredit upon the Army.
When specifically prohibited by Army regulations.

And I'm sorry, I don't believe this part for a second:

“I’ve received quite a bit of popular support from officers in my grade and some officers a grade above and some officers a grade below,” he said. “Thus far, I’d say about 90 percent positive.”

is at all indicative of over all support for his position. I think he's gotten that "popular support" from retired officers or members of the 101st keyboard commandos claiming to be such. But I doubt that it translates into real support. Not to mention people like Mr. Fitizpatrick or Dr. Earl-Graef. (both of which, curiously enough, are or were in the grade range mentioned. Hmmmmm.)

He certainly doesn't seem to be reading the various MilBlogs, many of which are conservative in nature, and most of which think he's a "blue falcon" or worse.

So in the space of a few days, Major Cook has lost the respect of his peers. He's pretty much nuked his military career. He's lost his security clearances, and his civilian job. And how he's lost in court. One bad week. But at least he's got the respect of the tens of birthers and the chickenhawks at Free Republic.

He did it to himself. Bed, made, lie.

Night of the Living Birthers - Birther Update

(crossposted to Bad Fiction)

I'm going to post this update a bit early, since things in birtherville have gotten interesting the last few days......

13 July - The LA Times reports on Dr. Orly's courtroom trip for Keyes v Obama.

"Supporters of a case that disputes the legitimacy of Barack Obama's presidency claimed a small victory today when U.S. District Judge David O. Carter told them to fix their paperwork and that he would listen to "the merits" of their case. But others present for the hearing Monday at the federal courthouse in Santa Ana stressed that the case remains a long way from ever getting a full airing in court and may never get to that point.

The case, Alan Keyes, et al. v Barack H. Obama, et al. was filed on Inauguration Day and is one of a raft of suits alleging Obama is ineligible to be president because he is not a "natural born citizen.” Such claims have fared badly in court to date. In December, for example, the Supreme Court dismissed without comment a case challenging Obama’s right to take the oath of office.

Perhaps because of that history, Orly Taitz, the lawyer who filed the current suit, was greatly cheered by Monday’s hearing. "He's very determined to hear the case on the merits," Taitz said, referring to the judge. "He stated, the country needs to know if Mr. Obama is legitimate, if he can legitimately stay in the White House."

That’s not quite the way Asst. U.S. Atty. David DeJute heard the judge’s comments. Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office, said that “the judge did make a bunch of comments about having the matter correctly and thoroughly aired, once and if they got to the merits of the actual lawsuit, which was not the subject of today's discussion."

The irony is that if Dr. Orly had followed the rules, she would have been to this point months ago. And isn't it funny how this report doesn't exactly mesh with what Dr. Orly told her Cavity Creeps? Not surprising, remember how Orly's version of her Glorious Peoples Victory in Moscow (Idaho) with Chief Justice Roberts didn't mesh with the videotape of said meeting?? Or how her claimed "victory" in the Brockhausen case didn't mesh the court transcript. Almost as if Dr. Orly has a problem with reality, or has to lie constantly.

Smell of Rat, laced with Skunk

I smell a rat.......

And why do I smell a Rattus rattus?? It seems that Dr. Orly's client Major Cook isn't going off to Afghanistan after all. And this after Keith Olbermann made Dr. Orly AND Major Cook the "Worst Persons In The World" for 14 July 2009.

A well deserved honor I do have to say.

Dr. Orly sees this as some Glorious People's victory.

"I didn’t even need to fight, the administration blinked and showed it’s cards, actually they showed that they have no cards to play, as they immediately revoked the order for major Cook. You can see below, the revocation is below, saying he doesn’t need to go.

What does it mean? It’s proof that we have a totally illegitimate commander in chief and they will cave in each and every situation. It means that from now on any member of the military, who doesn’t like any order , needs to call Dr. Taitz, ESQ and state that he doesn’t want to follow the order, a legal action will be initiated based on Obama’s illegitimacy in office and the military will cave in. It means that for the sake of covering up for Obama and fraud perpetrated, top brass of the US military is willing to undermine integrity of the military. This has to stop."

Funny, I didn't think Dr. Orly particularly cared about undermining the "integrity of the military", since she does it ALL THE TIME!

Voyage to the Bottom of the Brain - Birther update

(crossposted to Bad Fiction)

The racism and insanity continue in birtherville, with their new bestest buddies in the Tax Cheat and Sovereign Citizen movements.

8 July - Over at Bigfoot slayer Ed Hale's nuthouse, here's a couple winners.

"Pylgram
Jul 8, 2009 - 8:27AM

Federal Prison For Life For Socialist Treasonists

The noose is tightening on you zero lovers. You pseudo messiah worshipers who have ganged up to try to ruin this country and establish a place on easy street for yourself as a reward for your involvement.

You are all going to Federal Prison for the rest of your lives for your Treason against America.

Snicker and giggle about what you are doing little bully boys.

You will be very lucky if you are not gunned down on the streets once people recognize you as the traitors you are.

You will have to hide for the rest of your lives until you are rounded up and put in Federal Prison because the American people will recognize you as the back stabbing snakes you are.

Even the little old lady potential terrorists that you have created will be putting you in their cross hairs.

When your gang is no longer in control you will be begging for mercy.

There will be none.

Ha. Ha. Ha.

Pylgram/Patriot

State: Oklahoma"

Not to be outdone in the crazy department:

Purity of Essense

(crossposted to Bad Fiction)

In "Dr. Strangelove,", Gen. Jack D. Ripper frets about the "loss of essence" caused by floridation of water. Well, according to Brian Kilmeade of Fox News, the problem is less floridation of water and more that Americans "keep marrying other species".

"KILMEADE: Different. Leave it to the Finns and Swedes to some up with something. They literally --

CARLSON: Don't look at me, pal.

KILMEADE: Because that's a -- we are -- we're -- we're a -- we're -- we keep marrying other species and other ethnics and other --

KILMEADE: I mean, the Swedes --

CARLSON: -- causes of dementia right now?

BRIGGS: What are you getting at?

KILMEADE: See, the problem is, the Swedes have pure genes.

BRIGGS: OK.

KILMEADE: Because they marry other Swedes. Because that's the rule. Finland -- Finns marry other Finns, so they have a pure society. In America, we marry everybody.

BRIGGS: OK.

KILMEADE: So, we'll marry Italians and Irish.

BRIGGS: So, this study does not apply?

KILMEADE: Does not apply to us."

Other species, eh?? Wow, the stupid is strong with this one.