Scoop’s Views

There are at least a handful of people arguing the U.S. government needs to “do more” to regulate online pharmacies. Sure, that may be true, but right now, face the facts: most in Congress are older people who are technologically-challenged. In fact, look at legislation about most any aspect of life and you’ll see most of it is at least 10 or more years behind the times. I won’t even touch on the health care crisis in the U.S.

In a story on CNN.com, one woman cried to the cable news channel that she found her husband on their marriage bed, dead, in a pool of vomit. He allegedly died from what the woman — the widow — declares was an accidental overdose of drugs the now-dead husband received from an online pharmacy.

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It seems that Aaron Ferguson, who served as an accountant for the Rachael Ray TV show, says in his filing in Manhattan’s state Supreme Court, that he’s suffered with anorexia for about six years. In the filing, Ferguson says he was fired for complaining about comments made by a supervisor, and because he was fired, as well as the harassment, he’s suing for a cool $1 million.

Ferguson says his supervisor repeatedly exhibited “hostile behavior” and made “vile,” discriminatory, and hurtful comments regarding his anorexia, including saying things such as, “Anorexics are sick in the head,” and, “Anorexics should not be able to work,” according to his filing.

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Barack Obama has one of those names that just doesn’t roll off my tongue. No amount of practice will make that happen, it seems. In an effort to try to make his name one of those one the tip of my tongue names, I even tried using the tune from Louie Louie, a classic rock and roll song, written in 1955 by Chuck Berry, singing, Obama, Obama, but what happened next, most likely predictable, especially in this day and age, things changed.

As I sang the self-created lyrics in an effort to get Obama’s name a familiar roll on my tongue, the words, Obama, Obama … yeah, Obama, Obama became, eerily enough, Obama, Obama … Osama, Obama.

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It seems over-the-counter Zocor is just as effective as removing nasty plaque build-up from arteries, at about one-third the price of by-prescription-only Vytorin, according to a recently released study.

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Thanksgiving is over, and hopefully you walked away from the table last evening with a full belly. In my home, I know my family and extended family did, but even my dog ate better than some people did last night, or, for that matter, any night of the year. That alone was plenty for us to be thankful for, but there were many other things on our list, just to be clear.

Today, though, while clicking through various emails that have been received over the past few days, as well as the blog posts displaying in RSS that I am catching up on today, I found an interesting Black Friday Tech Freebie, one more thing that can help some have even more reason to be thankful for this weekend.

Tags: Awake In America, BiPAP, Black Friday, Black Friday Tech Freebie, blogs, Camtasia, Camtasia Studio, CPAP, donations, free, Health, health insurance, insurance, iPods, non-profits, nonprofits, PSGs, Sleep, sleep apnea, sleep deprivation, sleep studies, SnagIt, tax-deductible, Techsmith

Thanksgiving is over, and hopefully you walked away from the table last evening with a full belly. In my home, I know my family and extended family did, but even my dog ate better than some people did last night, or, for that matter, any night of the year. That alone was plenty for us to be thankful for, but there were many other things on our list, just to be clear.

Today, though, while clicking through various emails that have been received over the past few days, as well as the blog posts displaying in RSS that I am catching up on today, I found an interesting Black Friday Tech Freebie, one more thing that can help some have even more reason to be thankful for this weekend.

Tags: Awake In America, BiPAP, Black Friday, Black Friday Tech Freebie, blogs, Camtasia, Camtasia Studio, CPAP, donations, free, Health, health insurance, I Started Something, insurance, iPods, Long Zheng, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, non-profits, nonprofits, PSGs, Sleep, sleep apnea, sleep deprivation, sleep studies, SnagIt, speech recognition, tax-deductible, Techsmith, Vista, Windows, Windows Vista

Call your elected officials and get America’s old and disabled protected, giving them an extension on a screwed-up Medicare Part D program. While you have those elected cronies on the phone, be sure to tell them to dump the illegals off at the nearest port for immediate deportation — no benefits, no privileges, no nothing.

Tags: America's disabled population, America's elderly, Health, health care, health coverage, health insurance, Medicare, Medicare drug plan, Part A, Part B, Part D, senior citizens

Did modern life kill off the nap?

Does anyon…

Tags: Health, History, modern life, naps, stresses

If you live in Great Britain, supposedly the results of survey, very scientific, I’m sure, conducted by colormatters.com, says the color of your car speaks volumes about your personality, driving habits, and should possibly have an impact on your auto insurance.

Tags: black Lexus, driving, Health, parking, People, Society