Full Version: Are you a "Doctor of the Year"?
I saw an interesting story on the national news tonight about the GOP giving out awards for "Doctor of the year" to hundreds of deserving physicians. Catch is that in order to recieve the award, they had to donate $12,000 to the GOP campaign fund. Sounds like a scam to me, but not likely that anything will be done about it. If you see a Dr. advertising as a "Doc of the year", also look for the degree from Grenada.
Here's one of them now!
"Hi, Everybody!"
"Hi, Everybody!"
I saw that too. As ABC's Brian Ross did, I will Google.
Google for \"Physican of the Year.\" Most of the ones I see at Google are legit, unlike the ones on TV tonight. Here's a doc who has purchased her award:
Dr. Gail Whitman– Elia to receive a National Physician of the Year award
[ April 05, 2005, 09:36 PM: Message edited by: twin58 ]
Google for \"Physican of the Year.\" Most of the ones I see at Google are legit, unlike the ones on TV tonight. Here's a doc who has purchased her award:
Dr. Gail Whitman– Elia to receive a National Physician of the Year award
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Dr. Gail Whitman– Elia will receive a National Physician award in Washington, DC on March 15. The award is presented each year by the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) to recognize prominent physicians who make a difference in the economy of their home states.
NRCC chairman, Congressman Tom Reynolds, will present the award to Dr. Whitman–Elia. In announcing the award, Reynolds said Dr. Whitman–Elia had shown “outstanding leadership and entrepreneurial spirit” which led to significant job creation at her practice.
NRCC chairman, Congressman Tom Reynolds, will present the award to Dr. Whitman–Elia. In announcing the award, Reynolds said Dr. Whitman–Elia had shown “outstanding leadership and entrepreneurial spirit” which led to significant job creation at her practice.
[ April 05, 2005, 09:36 PM: Message edited by: twin58 ]
QUOTE(twin58 @ Apr 5 2005, 09:25 PM) 
Regardless of her qualifications as a doctor, the award was admittedly given because she increased hiring at here practice, creating jobs, and did so by promoting one of the Repubican party's most cherished goals: promoting life.Of course no one in this article notes whether or not artificially-stimulated births produce healthy children, despite evidence of "side effects of human insemination" that are slightly unhealthy for the child and definitely psychologically detrimental to the father's connection to the child.
What is also unknown is the effect of artificial insemination on the human species as a whole. It is known that preferential perpetration of any individual decreases genetic diversity making it more likely that any future epidemic will likely be more devastating than it would have been in a diverse population. That has happened with plants and other animals numerous times. The Irish potato famine is one of the best known examples.
However the economic benefit and the assumed pro-life aspects of the methods seem to be what the Republicans stress here the most. The advances in stem cell research, which involve what the Republicans consider "murder" are already shifting to other nations, will only be available to a smaller genetic pool of the rich.
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