Surprised nobody is mentioning the death of Tony Snow

[jer-z jock]

I've watched cancer eat my old man alive. And as in anything else in this country, money trumps everything. As long as a single chemotherapy visit to Dana Farber costs 40 thousand + every week, there will be no cures. That's the dirty Secret.
That's what the average citizen doesn't get.

My old man kind of Figure this out. his doctor, a famous Dr. at Dana Farber (Dr. OH), told him their goal with cancer is to control it, and make it a chronic disease, like diabetes, not a cause of death
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this way they can continue charging exuberant amounts of money for chemotherapy on a prolonged basis.

Shamrock, sorry to hear of your loss, and I TOTALLY AGREE with this post here, UNFORTUNATELY I lost my mother at age 53 to this dreaded disease VERY RECENTLY (7-1-08----R.I.P MOM-will always be loved and missed) and I thought to myself many of times as these "test" were being ran and the Oncologist gave different opinions along with the home nurses running in and out, "this shit is making LOTS of money for the medical field" it's hard to deal with when all you can basically do is comfort someone who realizes they are in a fight thats very difficult to walk away from a victor....some have done it and a BLESSING THAT IS to be given a second chance at life. But it made me wonder---we as a nation can create CLONES of people, dogs, chickens, and sheep....and have made a few other scientific miracles happen, but this awful disease has been around for quite sometime and theres been not many break throughs in BEATING it, the earlier its caught the better ofcourse....but something such as HIV hasnt been around for a fraction of the time and theres been leaps and bounds in the medicines made available. The medical field is a cash cow and it baffles me as to why we arent working on better quality of life for all through cures and preventions versus suppression of some sicknesses. But the government isnt shy about issuing a new shot or drug thats come back to do more harm then good in some cases (HPPV for ladies comes to mind off hand) as if we are living lab rats sometimes.
RIP-Tony Snow and the one and only lady of MY life, who gave me so much for so little on return!

If you have a spare dollar or happen to be filthy rich--dont hesitate to donate to the United Cancer Society. Its a sad sad disease and if youve been lucky enough to never witness its destruction, pray that you never do...along with changing any habits that you may have that may put you in the cross hairs of it!!!

 

[dawgball]

Here's a book that I read several years ago about natural preventive measures that have basically been removed from our shelves. I don't consider myself a conspiracy type of guy, but I do have a tendency to believe this one.

Funny how Amazon does not have a single copy or even a review on this book...

 

[gardenweasel]

Shamrock, sorry to hear of your loss, and I TOTALLY AGREE with this post here, UNFORTUNATELY I lost my mother at age 53 to this dreaded disease VERY RECENTLY (7-1-08----R.I.P MOM-will always be loved and missed) and I thought to myself many of times as these "test" were being ran and the Oncologist gave different opinions along with the home nurses running in and out, "this shit is making LOTS of money for the medical field" it's hard to deal with when all you can basically do is comfort someone who realizes they are in a fight thats very difficult to walk away from a victor....some have done it and a BLESSING THAT IS to be given a second chance at life. But it made me wonder---we as a nation can create CLONES of people, dogs, chickens, and sheep....and have made a few other scientific miracles happen, but this awful disease has been around for quite sometime and theres been not many break throughs in BEATING it, the earlier its caught the better ofcourse....but something such as HIV hasnt been around for a fraction of the time and theres been leaps and bounds in the medicines made available. The medical field is a cash cow and it baffles me as to why we arent working on better quality of life for all through cures and preventions versus suppression of some sicknesses. But the government isnt shy about issuing a new shot or drug thats come back to do more harm then good in some cases (HPPV for ladies comes to mind off hand) as if we are living lab rats sometimes.
RIP-Tony Snow and the one and only lady of MY life, who gave me so much for so little on return!

If you have a spare dollar or happen to be filthy rich--dont hesitate to donate to the United Cancer Society. Its a sad sad disease and if youve been lucky enough to never witness its destruction, pray that you never do...along with changing any habits that you may have that may put you in the cross hairs of it!!!

that was a great post,jersy....as a guy who`s mother passed away last september,it really hit home for me...

mom lived through 3 cancer bouts(both breasts and colon) and after being given a year to live back in "97",she lasted until september of "07" with an excellent quality of life...

and it wasn`t cancer that got her...

still,the funding of aids vs cancer has always baffled me....and it`s one of the main reasons why i`ve always believed that "political correctness" isn`t only silly....it can be deadly....

i don`t have to remind the guys here how near and dear mom`s are for us...guys and their moms......you`ll never have a better friend...or someone that will love you in that unique way...unconditionally...

i`m sure stw has a mom....and all i can say is "god bless" her...i may hate the guy,but i certainly wish his mother a long and healthy life...

if you`re lucky enough to still have your mom with you,appreciate her....make sure you let her know how important she is to you....

btw...shammy...i think you "misspoke"...i don`t think you revel in someone else`s suffering,regardless of political affiliation.....

i know you`ve been there yourself...

 

[gardenweasel]

btw...here`s some disgusting stuff that wasn`t edited off the l.a.times editorial page.....

great decision...and one of the reasons that newspapers like the times are heading toward irrelevancy...

5. Repeating lies day in and day out is bad for your health.
Submitted by: Chris
7:08 PM PDT, July 12, 2008

6. I definitely feel sorry for his children and wife. But TOny Snow did while he was at FOX and Whitehouse can?t be forgiven. These Republicans are criminals and the democrats who voted for this war including. I don?t feel sorry him. I think it is time for redemption. Most of us deserve the worst possible punishment for our arrogance and the crimes we committed in the name of liberty,justice and other BS on the rest of the world. THis country runs based on Greed. America is committed to destroying other religions and cultures in the world and make world into an absolute trash.
Submitted by: naagam
7:07 PM PDT, July 12, 2008

7. Lying causes cancer? Now we know.
Submitted by: Jinny Campos
6:59 PM PDT, July 12, 2008

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9. I?ve thoroughly enjoyed the first day of a Tony Snow-free world! Yay!!!!
Submitted by: Melanie S
6:19 PM PDT, July 12, 2008

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16. Because there obviously is no god, nor heaven and hell, I?ve always adhered to the idea that if you are saddned by the deaths of your friends and family, you should equally be gladdened by the deaths of people you hate. Tony Snow was a professional liar and willing member of the most notorious administration in this country?s history. I didn?t know him personally, but professionally he was a BS artist extraordinaire. This was the best cancer since Lee Atwater?s brain tumor.
Submitted by: Shaun Mason
4:02 PM PDT, July 12, 2008

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22. Just because your dead it doesn?t make you a good person.
Submitted by: Vrginia Hollender
12:55 PM PDT, July 12, 2008

:nooo:....i can`t even imagine having to live inside their heads.....

 

[jer-z jock]

Thx GW, and sorry for your losses as well...... I am glad I dont have to read through a paper full of TRASH like those last few excerpts you posted, JEEZ o MAN thats just awful, and to wish or celebrate someones demise is just flat out wrong, ontop of the freaking paper that prints it should be banned from journalism!!!! Unbelievable, but lets remember this is a nation that thrives on REALITY TV so this junk is widespread, its shameful

 

[shamrock]

Jersey & garden, so very sorry to hear of your moms passing & suffering. Awful shame the pain and destruction this terrible disease yields. I'm not a big conspiracy guy myself. But professionals, very high ranking among the medical hierarchy professionals felt exactly this way. Mass General & Brigham & Womans are Ranked #5 and #10 respectively in the world news report rankings of hospitals.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._News_and_World_Report

both of my dads Doctors said exactly this, with the enormous money by therapies being generated by adult patients cures are very rarely being sought. Rather therapies are continually being developed to extend life, and eliminate cancer as a CAUSE OF DEATH. Ideally the goal is to extend life 20-30 years with various cancers and CONTROL THE DISEASE, MUCH LIKE A CHRONIC CONDITION, MUCH LIKE DIABETES. very few studies are being done to ELIMINATE CANCER.

in children, the priorities are definitely. Efforts by the Jimmy Fund, and places like St. Judes are more targeted to eradicating juvenile cancer.

http://www.massgeneral.org/cancer/locator/search_clinician.asp?id=162

This guy is a chief at Mass General

http://physicians.dana-farber.org/d...r&pgt=William+K.+Oh,+MD&gs=pc&pict_id=0000288

this guy is a clinical director. Both share basically the same opinion regarding aggressiveness and capital being allocated to find CURES, AND ELIMINATION OF CANCER.
Lynch told my dad "after decades, and literally billions of dollars generated to battle cancer, the best thing we have, is the same thing we had in the civil war, a knife to cut it out.

But like I said, thousands and thousands of people like ants all going week after week to get chemotherapy, that costs 40 thousand each dose, then thousands for blood, and thousands more for WBC' S. sadly as I said previously money rules everything.