He should be removed from the board for expressing his opinion? Whatever happened to free expression in America?

This guy needs a brain transplant.

This smells like McCarthyism to me.

Expose his politics – sure, he’s already doing this. And the FMA denouncing him is just clarifying that he doesn’t speak for the FMA.

Samboating. The original teabagger blend.

“Conservatives for Patients’ Rights”

What rights are those precisely? The right to be denied medical care? Or just the right to pay exorbitant insurance premia? Or the right not to be treated by brown people or, worse, alongside brown people, as equals? ;-P

You have the right to give all of your current and future earnings to some deserving rich white guy.

They have their lying BS talking points that grandma won’t get that hip replacement because the government won’t cover it.

Grandma is already using socialized medicine, but they forget that she’s happy with Medicare.

He’s a board member of the FMA. You think the Florida Medical Association should have board members who distribute blatantly racist emails?

The man has a right to his opinion. The imputation of racism is yours, not his.

Love the hammer and sickle touch. Looks like we back to chasing the Commies too.

Mckalip sued Florida to try to prevent Hospitals having to report whether they require Surgical
Infection Prevention (SIP) Measures ( http://www.fdhc.state.fl.us/sc…..aItem3.pdf).
McKalip testified at a city council meeting about services for the homeless… that:

Added local surgeon and tax-cut advocate David McKalip: “I’m being told I have to give to others who refuse to work for themselves. I’m sick of it.”

I’d love to see what kind of castle Dr. McKalip lives in.
I don’t know the man but I’m betting he lives the high life. All the time worrying about what others are trying to take from him….

How do you pronounce McKalip’s name? Mc CAL ip? Or…?

Fantastic find.

Very compassionate man, yes?

Panelists will include racist Neurological Surgeon David McKalip, M.D., Kidney Specialist Tim Youell, M.D., Rick Scott former hospital corp thief with Conservatives for Patients Rights formerly known as swiftboaters, patient activist Cindy Youell, and concerned healthcare professionals and patients.

fixed

You’ve got to admit it is kind of funny.
Nobody is taking this guy seriously.

The truth is coming out. McKalip is a closet witch doctor.

Torgo, if you look around you’ll see that he’s been a keynote speaker at a recent event in Washington on healthcare, which also featured a Republican congressman. And he’s been using his credentials as a member of the FMA, AMA and as an MD to further his far-right political agenda.

I don’t think we should laugh people like this off.

For payment in his office he accepts Visa, MasterCard, and shrunken heads.

McKalip’s apology to Obama. Need to check additional sources to authenticate:

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.

Concerning “This was, in no way whatsoever, my intention,” er, what then was your intention, dude?

McKalip also makes house calls by swinging on vines.

Racism goes to the very heart of this health care debate. The reason we do not have universal health care is racism.

Pronounced Mc Polyp. *grin*

He’s just mad ’cause he is going to have to work more and thus his golf handicap is going to go up. Poor guy.

Nut jobs

Kaiser Permanante was considered “Communist” and its’ doctors unable to join the AMA.

HMOs are now very common.

It’s about greed (excessive payment for procedures), and fear of loss of income. These nut jobs’ only solution to the un and under insured is “drop dead”, I’ve got mine.

I, sadly, have to agree.

“McKalip noted that he helped organize a career counseling day several years ago for African-American Boy Scouts and blamed liberal activists for promoting the witch doctor image more than he did. He called the e-mail “satire,” but later Thursday night released a statement apologizing to Obama.”

Source.

McKalip resigns over email depicting Obama as Witch Doctor

This morning on the WMNF 88.5FM program True Talk, incoming Pinellas County Medical Association president Dr. David McKalip apologized for an email and resigned as president elect.

And finally (maybe), from a Tampa Bay area blogger (and we all know how reliable they are):

And we’ve got the latest example. On Sunday night, Dr. David McKalip forwarded to fellow members of a Google listserv affiliated with the Tea Party movement the image below. Above it, he wrote: “Funny stuff.”

wOOt!!!

No apology is accepted by me. I hope he is brought up before the AMA. Racism is no longer okay in this country. Doesn’t appear that the Rs and others get it – they can no longer hide.

…Good Lord, I knew this crap happened, but that picture is just disgusting.

Pinellas County physicans announce the commencement of their office hours with the sound of bongo drums.

Doesn’t appear that the Rs and others get it – they can run for office but they can no longer hide.

Fixed it for ya! *g*

Much better. :)

The natives are getting tired of stewed missionary for dinner. Tonight they’re having neurological surgeon.

I agree. There are some things that you.just.do.not.do. This is one of them. The Rethugs do not get it. No apology is going to help dig this guy out of the hole he has put himself in.

Above it, he wrote: “Funny stuff.”

Funny stuff too when he becomes a laughingstock in Pinellas County and he has to close his practice.

Speaking of racist, homophobic, spend-and-charge-and-spend-some-more, census-phobic Republicans, the NCRR has put Michele Bachmann on its endangered species list for 2010 House races. Whoda thunk it?!

One distraction down?

President of CNN tell Dobbs to drop the birther crap.

If you want to show a little “love”, Dr. McKalip’s e- mail address is
dmckalip@neuro3.net

No, it’s not. That image is objectively racist.

Better yet, stick some sharp pins in your Dr. McKalip doll tonight.

It’s all in the eye of the beholder. Some may view it as satire…

McKalip is a neurosurgeon in St. Petersberg

The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care says
St. Petersberg has 1.58 neurosurgeons per 100,000 people
Minneapolis has .85 neurosurgeons per 100,000 people
Medicare costs in St. Petersberg are $9,102.55 per year in Minneapolis they’re $6,705 a year.

The Dartmouth research shows that the number of back surgeries in a community is proportional to the number of neurosurgeons and has nothing to do with the age or health of the populations.
Researchers have known this for 25-30 years, Obama’s going to act on it.

Nah, Dobbs is just a distraction no matter what he’s blithering about.

This is tantamount to shouting fire in a crowded theater. It’s similar to the hateful propaganda used by the Nazi’s in attacking their enemies, particularly the Jews. You would seem to equate license with liberty.

What! I’ve lived in places where they dressed like that. They were not presidents or anything, just locals. It’s the height of fashion in some villages and tribes.

I think the FMA should follow its bylaws on what to do with board members that distribute offensive material as individuals. If he was imputing FMA approval of the material I’d expect him to be removed. if he just has ugly bigoted opinions then I’d say it is FMA’s judgment as to appropriate action.

Their judgment may be influenced by other factors – maybe he’s a good fund raiser. Maybe he gives them a lot of positives we don’t see.

There’s a whiff of McCarthyism that is apparent to my nose. Looking at the other comments makes the stink stronger.

True dat. I expected him to head off to Fox long ago but alas…

Out of compassionate conservatism, the Torture Party should establish a colony somewhere for all its train wrecks (Bachman, Palin, etc.). It can tap into the Bush family narcotics money to pay for it.

Look at the picture. Inwardly digest.

A colony. Great idea. What about Kennebunkport?

Interesting stats.
http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/23404.html

After the war crimes trail Kennebunkport will be confiscated by the feds and converted into a wilderness area. There are a number of abandoned strip mines out west which would serve as better venues for the colony.

Houston, we have a problem.

Respiratory disease child death rate per 100,000

Canada: 0.62
United States: 40.43

Thanks for the info. It’s amazing he seems to have so much of a following. Surely this will hurt that following no matter what their politics.

When you follow him be sure to take your bongos tongo, torgo, or whatever you call yourself.

Man, I do not laugh it off. But it hits incredulity off the charts from those folks who are so outdone at an “acted stupidly” remark. What words shall we use? Sweet Jesus…start with the log in one’s own eye. Maybe the photo is a hate crime?

This guy got thru Medical School…??? Putting out pics of our President like that and writing insulting racial remarks are usually the property of the small, small, minds…and also men who seem to have very small important parts of their anatomy..lol! Oh God, save us from these scummy people and let us grow as a human race here in America! Visit my petition at ThePetitionSite “Rid the Airwaves of Hate Radio” and sign your name, for we have to right to demand Limbaugh, Savage, Levin, Beck, and so on..off our airwaves. They are inciting warped minds like Dr. Strangelove to take very serious and possibly dangerous stands. Remember small minds usually possess large gun collections! Thanks for signing…

RevDev, it really is funny because the asshats are making themselves such glaring objects of ridicule. Good, clean ridicule is loads of fun. You ought to join in.

O My I’m not Dev. You are the same one who objected to “endlessly stupid” earlier.

Please do not tell me what I “ought” to do. Racial contempt and mockery are not amusing to me; not my kind of sick fun.

Dr McKalip was a guest on True Talk, a Muslim hosted talk show on WMNF Tampa this morning. On the air he announced that he would not take up his post on the board. State Rep Daryl Rousson (sp), who had called for the Dr’s resignation was also a guest.

On edit: The archived show should be up on WMNF’s site sometime this weekend. Go to http://www.wmnf.org/programs/256 and follow the directions.

I seem to recall the rather obscene pix of President Bush and Vice President Cheney. I think both sides use satire and you all ought to “move on”, in the words of that famous organization.

A brain transplant performed by the Gumby brain specialist in this classic Monty Python specialist:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M68GeL8PafE

“It will have to come out! All the bits of it!”