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RedHotz
01/07/09

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Well I am about to admit that I have ate squirrel, raccoon, snake,deer and probably many different meats that many on this board would never in their lives ever consider. Having family that hunt, fish and raise our food was a big reason. I still raise my own garden and I have my uncles raise the pigs and cows that we eat. I get some meats from the store but not much. My family also does their own fresh water fishing but if we want sea food then yes we have to buy that.
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yvanehtnioj
01/07/09

@RedHotz: I've had snake and deer, but not squirrel or raccoon. I would eat either, given the situation. However, I would NOT eat possum. They freak me out. I've never seen a possum that didn't look like it had been dead for 3 weeks. Yes, even the live ones. Gross.

/no judgment
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biminitwst
01/07/09

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Many, many many years ago, when I was in school, "squirrel" was a term used to refer to that mysterious patch of hair between a female classmates legs.
Armed with that bit of trivial knowledge, how do you feel about eating squirrel now?
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ellaesther
01/07/09

@biminitwst: I would imagine that many of the ladies here (not to mention many of the men) feel emboldened!
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sybann
01/07/09

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We're all going to be eating squirrels before too long. Luckily my dogs are very fast - now I just have to convince them to actually catch the little rodents instead of stopping and letting them run up the trees.
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SarahMC
01/07/09

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Gupta is an offensive choice and I still can't believe Obama picked him.

[krugman.blogs.nytimes.com]

Oh, and he said single moms are to blame for the "obesity epidemic" among kids.
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eatsshootsleaves
01/07/09

@SarahMC: I don't find that first thing offensive, and I'm not going to waste any energy getting offended over the second. Overall, I think he's a great choice that can bring needed visibility to the position of the Surgeon General and can put a trusted face on Obama's health care plan. Compared with that, the nature of people opposing him seems incredibly trivial.
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umamimama
01/07/09

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The last thing the Obama administration needs is more celebrification. Now we get a celebudoctor for surgeon general? C'mon, guys, let's start taking this seriously.
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ucelluccia
01/07/09

@umamimama: Um...he's a real doctor, though, with a degree and everything, unlike the other "doctors" (Who, House, Venture, etc.) we've been joking about here in the comments. Just sayin'.
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umamimama
01/07/09

@ucelluccia: Yeah, I know, but the doctors I know do NOT take him seriously. They think this is a total joke. One quote, "at least no one takes the surgeon general seriously."

The surgeon general should be a seasoned public health policy advocate, not a celebrity reporter with an M.D.
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funnyface
01/07/09

@umamimama:Really? Because I know people who work with him at Emory who do take him seriously.
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umamimama
01/07/09

@funnyface:I'm sure he's good at what he does, but I will stick to my contention that there are many more qualified applicants for surgeon general than someone who was one of People magazine's sexiest men of 2003. Being a famous doctor just doesn't cut it.
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SarahMC
01/07/09

@umamimama: Agreed. It's embarassing.
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eatsshootsleaves
01/07/09

@umamimama: He is more than just a famous doctor (a famous NEUROSURGEON, ahem). The surgeon general is essentially a PR role. Giving it to someone who actually understands the media strikes me as rather brilliant.
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formergr
01/07/09

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This is blowing my mind and I almost dropped my laptop when I read about this last night. I worked for a summer after graduation as a tech at the U of Michigan Hospitals Operating Rooms, and Sanjay Gupta was a neurosurgery resident at the time so I saw a lot of him. I had minimal interactions (I think I talked to him like twice ever), but he just seemed like a fairly nice guy, though a bit on the dorky side, and yet somewhat arrogant at the same time (so, typical surgeon).

Everyone gave him a lot of crap though because apparently he'd entered himself to be featured as Cosmo magazine's bachelor of the month or whatever, and gave them his real U of M email address that he used for work to include. When the profile appeared in the magazine, he got so many emails the IT department finally had to shut down the account!
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J.D.Regent
01/07/09

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Also, I seem to have lost my star. And after participation in a COTD yesterday! humph.
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funnyface
01/07/09

@J.D.Regent: I can't see mine either.
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Dottie Gale
01/07/09

@funnyface: You have one; J.D. doesn't.
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Brigit
01/07/09

@J.D.Regent: Noooo, they gots your star!

Hand back her star right now, young ladies!
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J.D.Regent
01/07/09

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omg they are seating Burris. I KNEW IT. God Reid is such a weakling.
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stacyinbean
01/07/09

@J.D.Regent: stfu. WHY!
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Brigit
01/07/09

@J.D.Regent: Wait, what?
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J.D.Regent
01/07/09

@stacyinbean: @Brigit: [www.talkingpointsmemo.com]
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Brigit
01/07/09

@J.D.Regent: ... the fuck? Invertebrates?
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J.D.Regent
01/07/09

@Brigit: it just makes the display yesterday look so pitiful. God I hate being wedded to this party sometimes.
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stacyinbean
01/07/09

@J.D.Regent: Might have been a lie!

[www.talkingpointsmemo.com]
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ellaesther
01/07/09

@J.D.Regent: Oh my heavens, I really hate saying this, because Blagoevich just played the entire country on his personal violin, but:

As the Illinois legislature (my own!) chose not to either a) start impeachment proceedings or b) call for a new general election for that Senate position (thanks guys!), Blagoevich was entirely within his legal rights, and so is Burris. The fact that the guy who sent him to Washington is an enormous dick, and furthermore, the fact that Burris likely is, too (else why take the bait?) has no bearing on the legality of Burris's seating.

Unless I'm mistaken on the law, in which case, please tell me I'm wrong, because I really don't want him to be seated.
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SomeAuthorGirl
01/07/09

@J.D.Regent: we knew they would, they can't go into Inauguration week with this hanging over their collective heads. And if they let it go much further, the legal hullaballo could start in earnest and really make everyone look like shit.

Shouldn't have gotten out of bed this morning.
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Dottie Gale
01/07/09

@J.D.Regent: I think that it's better to seat him--it is a legal appointment by the current IL governor, after all--than to try to come up with a legitimate rationale for barring him.
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J.D.Regent
01/07/09

@ellaesther: legal schmegal. They said so many times they would never seat whoever Blagoevich appointed. If they really wanted to they could put up much more of a fuss. It's the principle of the matter! However now Reid's office is denying the story so who knows. I imagine it will happen eventually.
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ellaesther
01/07/09

@J.D.Regent: Legal Schmegal, Regal Beagle! Oh wait that's a bar. Let's go drinking!
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dreamweave
01/07/09

@J.D.Regent: No dounbt that Burris is Shady McGrady, but I don't see how they can legally not seat him. Walter Delinger has a pretty convincing op-ed in the NYT today breaking down why...
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Ratinski
01/07/09

@J.D.Regent: Oh, for fuck's sake, why can't we have a majority leader with a spine?
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Breamworthy
01/07/09

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Sanjay Gupta is definitely a better choice than Sanjaya from American Idol. That's for damn sure.
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funnyface
01/07/09

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I must say, I'm loving this new feature. Megan Carpentier, you are one talented, funny, smart lady.
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Devonna
01/07/09

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which I guess means that Sarko was just a little quick to trigger and perhaps doesn't bode so well for Carla Bruni.

I am still snickering over this. I'm glad to see you have brought the same brand of humor over from CH.
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J.D.Regent
01/07/09

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Finally, I think Michael Steele is a surer bet for 2012 than Jindal.
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yvanehtnioj
01/07/09

@J.D.Regent: I'd prefer Steele to Jindal, but maybe because I don't know as much about him. Does he also not believe in evolution?
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J.D.Regent
01/07/09

@yvanehtnioj: no he is way less cray cray. he'd be a brilliant choice i think, which is why I hope they don't pick him!
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ellaesther
01/07/09

@J.D.Regent: I know almost nothing about him (what I do know amounts to: Republican that sounds reasonable) but I found myself really liking him on Election Night. His response to Obama's election was just moving and honest, and honest emotion is not a thing we see a lot of in our politicians. His honest reaction to that damnable CD strikes me as another good sign.

I understand -- and have often expressed! -- your hope that the Republicans don't start making make smart choices, but I am so tired of dealing with idiots and assholes on the other side of the aisle. Is it too much to ask my opposition to demand my A game? Or, at least, you know, my B- game? Sigh.
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mauvelous
01/07/09

@J.D.Regent: As a MD person, I was more than a bit underwhelmed by him during the last gubernatorial election. Then again, the Republican party doesn't have a broad array of exciting people--much less exciting people of color--waiting in the wings.
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J.D.Regent
01/07/09

@mauvelous is trying to keep up: Yeah I don't think he is exactly a stunning intellect but at least he is not a raging asshole. Or white.
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J.D.Regent
01/07/09

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wait, wait. CHERTOFF...HOLOCAUST? no words.
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J.D.Regent
01/07/09

@J.D.Regent: wait, those three get PAID for that? I'm sooooo witholding tax money for that one. Except I never owe any taxes bc I'm too poor.
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J.D.Regent
01/07/09

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Also, someone who knows Arlen Specter: explain the weird cowboy hat and fake Southern accent. Is he not a Jew from Philadelphia?
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Devonna
01/07/09

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I would like TV Dr. Temperance Brennan to be the Surgeon General, because while she's not actually a medical doctor, she is brutally honest to the point of hilarity.

Also, because I like Emily Deschanel better than her sister.
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