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Re: James M. Thunder's AMA: Marriage is the Cure:

Mr. Thunder is misinformed. The AMA does not have a position either supporting or opposing gay marriage, but did examine the health care disparities that exist in same-sex households.

The AMA House of Delegates, the nation's largest, most inclusive group of physicians and medical students in the nation, meets twice a year to review hundreds of issues and to form policy. A report that examined health care disparities affecting same-sex households that evaluated whether or not exclusion from civil marriage contributed to these disparities was a part of this year's agenda. As a physician organization, we are concerned with the health of all patients and work to address health disparities to improve the quality of care in the U.S. The full policy adopted on the issue of health care disparities in same-sex households can be viewed here: http://www.ama-assn.org/assets/meeting/mm/i-09-policy-health-disparities.pdf.

In regard to AMA efforts to cover the uninsured, over the last few years we have invested more than $15 million in our Voice for the Uninsured campaign to call attention to the uninsured crisis and lay the groundwork for health reform that expands coverage to all Americans. As you can see from the recently passed House health bill, efforts to expand health insurance coverage are already underway. All Americans deserve access to affordable health insurance coverage, and the AMA will continue advocating for this and other reforms that benefit patients and physicians.
-- Rebecca J. Patchin, M.D.
Board Chair, American Medical Association

NO PROTOCOL
Re: Andrew Cline's American Buffoon:

While the name on the door of the White House Chief of Protocol may read "Ambassador Capricia Penevec Marshall" it should read "Mammy Yoakum." By this time Ambassador Marshall should have drummed into Obama's head "the President of the United States does not bow to ANYONE!"

While the Obamas haven't (yet) turned Washington, DC into the "Dogpatch-on-Potomac" of the Carter era, they still have another three-and-a bit years (sigh) to get there.
-- Gretchen L. Chellson
Alexandria, Virginia

"The reason for this is simple and obvious: Obama's singular arrogance. Only arrogance can explain the way Obama has treated Gordon Brown. Only arrogance can explain the president's snubbing of Germany and repeated refusal to learn the proper protocol for greeting other world leaders."

No, there is another even more obvious reason. It is often overlooked because it is almost impossible to fathom. Obama hates America and wants to destroy it as it has until now existed. Those who have surrounded him all his life feel the same. Otherwise, why insult our friends and apologize to our enemies?

His arrogance comes from his power as President of the United States and he uses it in an in-your-face sort of way. He revels in tweaking the nose of "The Great Satan" as no one else ever could. His intention is the complete transformation of the USA from what it was founded to be into a country controlled from the top by him and his
acolytes.

Sound outrageous? Simply follow the bouncing ball of what he has done and is trying to do as you connect the dots. That leads to the obvious as I have stated above.

It is very similar to seventy plus years of the media letting the Democrats off the hook when their socialist schemes lead to their obvious destination. Had one not bought the rhetoric used to enact those socialist programs and had instead looked at them objectively the results would have been anticipated and programs probably not enacted. The media have always excused those results as "unintended consequences." Sooner or later we must determine that those consequences were not unintended at all.

We should look at the actions of this present administration as more of the same.
-- Larry Chandler
Cedar Park, Texas

A REAL CELEBRITY
Re: R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.'s Why Is No One Laughing?:

Mr. Tyrrell writes a good column as usual. I thank him and you and everyone else at The American Spectator for holding true to the ideals of the founding...as opposed to the sometimes creepiness of National Review.