• Dentistry,  Dr. Tommy Murph,  The Daily Extraction

    The Daily Extraction: Lower Molar by Dr. Tommy Murph

    January 16, 2011 /
    Extraction of tooth #30 with a 301 elevator and 23 forcep

    An extraction from yesterday the other day by Dr. Murph. Note the pumping action of the 23 forcep after elevation with the 301 elevator.

    Dr. Murph is a South Carolina dentist who practices general dentistry who really excels in extracting teeth. For patients in the Myrtle Beach area, I can heartily recommend Tommy as YOUR dentist.

    For dentists, Dr. Murph has a number of resources for you in extracting teeth, including one on one courses in his office.

    Dr. Murph’s website is here and his extraction manuals are here on e-Bay.

  • Mike Huckabee,  Mitt Romney,  President 2012,  Sarah Palin

    President 2012 Poll Watch: Obama Approval 48% Vs Disapproval 43% – Leading all GOP Candidates

    January 16, 2011 /

    The latest Marist Poll has Barack Obama doing well against all possible Republican contenders.

    Obama Job Approval

    48% Approve, 43% Disapprove

    Obama Vs. GOP Contenders

    • 56% Obama, 30% Palin
    • 51% Obama, 38% Romney
    • 50% Obama, 38% Huckabee

    With poll numbers like these, I doubt there will be too much exuberance from Sarah Palin to enter the race. But, the Presidency will be decided not in national poll numbers but in a few battleground states. However, it is chilling to fundraising and donors may wish to concentrate on the U.S. Senate in 2012 and the Presidency in 2016 when the seat is open.

    Besides, the GOP now controls the House and are only a few seats away from control of the Senate – which will be able to neuter any radical left overtures from Obama.

  • Rudy Giuliani,  Sarah Palin

    Video: Rudy Giuliani Defends Sarah Palin Over Blame for Tucson Shooting – Nothing to do with a Map

    January 16, 2011 /

    Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Face the Nation

    Link for the video is here.

    The Mayor picks up around 3:00 of the video and discusses mental illness as the cause of the Jared Loughner Tucson shootings and at 8:30 defends Sarah Palin.

    Giuliani said during a “Face the Nation” interview on CBS that her use of that term was off the mark — but the former New York City mayor also defended Palin.

    He called her response to the blame “one of someone accused” unjustifiably, adding “facts and circumstances” uncovered thus far show alleged shooter Jared Loughner was not motivated by an politician or ideology. Rather, his apparent unstable mental condition is to blame, Giuliani said.

    “This had nothing to do with left or right,” Giuliani said. “Or a map.”

    The transcript of the Giuliani interview is here (PDF file).

    I think the Mayor makes the correct analysis, defends his colleagues and develops a sensible plan for the future. A problem solver, Giuliani remains one of America’s best.

  • Michael Reagan,  Ron Reagan,  Ronald Reagan

    Michael Reagan Calls Brother Ron an Embarassment over Alzheimer’s Flap

    January 16, 2011 /

    Michael Reagan, conservative talk-show host, author and Ron Reagan, liberal MSNBC commenter, former talk-show host, author

    The Ronald Reagan centennial celebration coming up in a few weeks should bring some very interesting family dynamics – as the two Reagan brothers are already fighting.

    Ronald Reagan’s conservative son called his liberal half-brother “an embarrassment” Saturday for speculating in a new memoir that their father suffered from Alzheimer’s disease while president.

    “Ron, my brother was an embarrassment to his father when he was alive and today he became an embarrassment to his mother,” Michael Reagan posted on Twitter.

    My brother seems to want [to] sell out his father to sell books,” he added in another tweet.

    The sibling tension bubbles over just three weeks before Ronald Reagan’s 100th birthday, which will kick off a year of events to honor the 40th president.

    In “My Father at 100,” Ron Reagan recalls early warning signs of his father losing his mental faculties. “The question,” he writes, “of whether my father suffered from the beginning stages of Alzheimer’s while in office more or less answers itself.”

    Michael Reagan, adopted during President Reagan’s first marriage, comes out with his own book on Tuesday. It’s a polemic called “The New Reagan Revolution: How Ronald Reagan’s Principles Can Restore America’s Greatness.” Newt Gingrich, a likely 2012 Republican candidate for president, wrote the foreword.

    Well, there is little doubt that Ron Reagan wants to sell books and his new one looks like a winner. But, to drudge up this Alzheimer’s rumor which has largely been debunked is certainly over the top.

    Here is a CNN video that discusses the issue with David Gergen, a former advisor to President Reagan.

    I would recommend to the brothers to STOP IT and support Nancy to have the very best birthday party ever for their father.

    By the way, the Reagan Foundation issued the following response on the Alzheimer’s issue:

    “We believe Ron has written a wonderfully warm and engaging book about life with his father, Ronald Reagan,” the foundation said. “It offers a tribute that only a son could present. As for the topic of Alzheimer’s, this subject has been well documented over the years by both President Reagan’s personal physicians, physicians who treated him after the diagnosis, as well as those who worked closely with him daily. All are consistent in their view that signs of Alzheimer’s did not appear until well after President Reagan left the White House.”