Comments on: Late Night: Para Normal Activity of the Republican Kind http://firedoglake.com/2009/10/29/late-night-para-normal-activity-of-the-republican-kind/ Firedoglake weblog Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:48:18 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: lilly http://firedoglake.com/2009/10/29/late-night-para-normal-activity-of-the-republican-kind/#comment-2005251 lilly Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:25:54 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=47586#comment-2005251 If only sexual peccadillos were the only problem in South Carolina. Recently a security officer shot a knife welding autistic teenager FIVE times. Haven't heard whether the shots were in the back but it wouldn't surprise me. If only sexual peccadillos were the only problem in South Carolina. Recently a security officer shot a knife welding autistic teenager FIVE times. Haven’t heard whether the shots were in the back but it wouldn’t surprise me.

]]> By: robspierre http://firedoglake.com/2009/10/29/late-night-para-normal-activity-of-the-republican-kind/#comment-2005246 robspierre Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:44:44 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=47586#comment-2005246 "Look, there’s simply got to be something in the South Carolina water" Uh...that's not water they're drinking. “Look, there’s simply got to be something in the South Carolina water”

Uh…that’s not water they’re drinking.

]]> By: gtomkins http://firedoglake.com/2009/10/29/late-night-para-normal-activity-of-the-republican-kind/#comment-2005166 gtomkins Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:38:47 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=47586#comment-2005166 Testosterone toxicity It's not in the water, though if you could take testosterone po, I'm sure that SC would put it in the water supply, since its use is so common down there. A phenomenon that's starting to receive some attention lately, is the tendency for different regions of the country to have sometines widely disparate medical practices. In my own career, I had the opportunity to practice medicine in many different parts fo the country, and so got some first-hand expereince of some of these differences. The hands-down most peculiar of these regionalisms is the tendency for men in this part of the country, SC and coastal/eastern GA, to be on testosterone supplementation. Guys come in to your office expecting it, and many, many clinicians down there obligingly draw serum teestosterone levels and "treat" with supplementation just for a combination of extremely vague complaints of just about anything, plus any testosterone level below the statistical mean -- a statistical mean derived from a population of young men at that. Talk about a place where all the man-children are above average, damn! So if SC seems like the one place in the country that could maybe use some testosterone suppressant in the water supply, there is a pharmacologic explanation for that. Testosterone toxicity

It’s not in the water, though if you could take testosterone po, I’m sure that SC would put it in the water supply, since its use is so common down there.

A phenomenon that’s starting to receive some attention lately, is the tendency for different regions of the country to have sometines widely disparate medical practices. In my own career, I had the opportunity to practice medicine in many different parts fo the country, and so got some first-hand expereince of some of these differences. The hands-down most peculiar of these regionalisms is the tendency for men in this part of the country, SC and coastal/eastern GA, to be on testosterone supplementation. Guys come in to your office expecting it, and many, many clinicians down there obligingly draw serum teestosterone levels and “treat” with supplementation just for a combination of extremely vague complaints of just about anything, plus any testosterone level below the statistical mean — a statistical mean derived from a population of young men at that. Talk about a place where all the man-children are above average, damn!

So if SC seems like the one place in the country that could maybe use some testosterone suppressant in the water supply, there is a pharmacologic explanation for that.

]]> By: TarheelDem http://firedoglake.com/2009/10/29/late-night-para-normal-activity-of-the-republican-kind/#comment-2005142 TarheelDem Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:20:42 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=47586#comment-2005142 Come on. Cut the Assistant Attorney General a little slack. Mark Sanford made it impossible for him to put a motel on his state credit card. Where else was the poor besotten jerk supposed to go to park? The Walmart parking lot? Among colorful South Carolina politicians, this guy is just a novice. South Carolina just has a higher profile because Bob Jones University has given the state politicians with a holier-than-thou attitude. I think that similar incidents are found in Louisiana, Georgia, probably New Jersey, and definitely Illinois. But there, they're consider normal, colorful, legendary, and another link in a great storied tradition. You think Tennesee Williams or William Faulkner were writing fiction? Come on. Cut the Assistant Attorney General a little slack. Mark Sanford made it impossible for him to put a motel on his state credit card. Where else was the poor besotten jerk supposed to go to park? The Walmart parking lot?

Among colorful South Carolina politicians, this guy is just a novice.

South Carolina just has a higher profile because Bob Jones University has given the state politicians with a holier-than-thou attitude. I think that similar incidents are found in Louisiana, Georgia, probably New Jersey, and definitely Illinois. But there, they’re consider normal, colorful, legendary, and another link in a great storied tradition.

You think Tennesee Williams or William Faulkner were writing fiction?

]]> By: Suzanne http://firedoglake.com/2009/10/29/late-night-para-normal-activity-of-the-republican-kind/#comment-2004942 Suzanne Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:08:49 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=47586#comment-2004942 yeah we had a hiccup and i got logged out too. easily fixed by signing back in yeah we had a hiccup and i got logged out too. easily fixed by signing back in

]]> By: openhope http://firedoglake.com/2009/10/29/late-night-para-normal-activity-of-the-republican-kind/#comment-2004938 openhope Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:07:43 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=47586#comment-2004938 Hey all, I was just going to lurk until I heard Jayt's anger and angst. I'm assuming that the Baby Killer comment was directed towards a vet. And probably Vietnam since not many Americans are concerned about killed babies in Iraq, Afghanistan, or Pakistan. I actively protested the Vietnam war starting in '68 when I became aware. I married a Vietnam vet. Many of our friends are Vietnam vets due to their age and the draft. I NEVER heard ANY person of true character mention Baby Killers. That's only the talk of cowards and wannabe's. 2 dimensional posers. Let it go. Hey all, I was just going to lurk until I heard Jayt’s anger and angst. I’m assuming that the Baby Killer comment was directed towards a vet. And probably Vietnam since not many Americans are concerned about killed babies in Iraq, Afghanistan, or Pakistan.
I actively protested the Vietnam war starting in ’68 when I became aware. I married a Vietnam vet. Many of our friends are Vietnam vets due to their age and the draft.
I NEVER heard ANY person of true character mention Baby Killers.
That’s only the talk of cowards and wannabe’s. 2 dimensional posers.
Let it go.

]]> By: Kelly Canfield http://firedoglake.com/2009/10/29/late-night-para-normal-activity-of-the-republican-kind/#comment-2004936 Kelly Canfield Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:06:43 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=47586#comment-2004936 Evil server logged me out, dammit! Made a nice reply and pfffft! Oh well, my point was, look, what is it that I want? What I want is equality. How I'm going to get it is by acting EQUALLY! I don't need permission. So as far as the insults are concerned, so what? Go through life insult free? That ain't in the Constitution honey. But your pursuit of happiness is. Pass on the assholes, and get in the fast line on the pursuit; there is where your happiness lies, not in old and outmoded wars, of the actual war-like persuasion, or the cultural type. Just my opinion, jayt. Evil server logged me out, dammit!

Made a nice reply and pfffft!

Oh well, my point was, look, what is it that I want? What I want is equality. How I’m going to get it is by acting EQUALLY! I don’t need permission.

So as far as the insults are concerned, so what? Go through life insult free? That ain’t in the Constitution honey. But your pursuit of happiness is. Pass on the assholes, and get in the fast line on the pursuit; there is where your happiness lies, not in old and outmoded wars, of the actual war-like persuasion, or the cultural type.

Just my opinion, jayt.

]]> By: Margot http://firedoglake.com/2009/10/29/late-night-para-normal-activity-of-the-republican-kind/#comment-2004933 Margot Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:04:06 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=47586#comment-2004933 Here's Muddy Waters and Mick singing <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYO2oxDv_ZU" rel="nofollow">Mannish Boy</a> Here’s Muddy Waters and Mick singing Mannish Boy

]]> By: Suzanne http://firedoglake.com/2009/10/29/late-night-para-normal-activity-of-the-republican-kind/#comment-2004930 Suzanne Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:02:01 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=47586#comment-2004930 <a href="http://firedoglake.com/2009/10/29/late-late-night-fdl-got-my-mojo-workin/" rel="nofollow">late late nite</a> upstairs late late nite upstairs

]]> By: Suzanne http://firedoglake.com/2009/10/29/late-night-para-normal-activity-of-the-republican-kind/#comment-2004929 Suzanne Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:53:13 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=47586#comment-2004929 g'nite petro g’nite petro

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