How is it that you have elevated yourself to the position of "playing God" when it comes to a stranger's life? Unless Derek can afford to buy a kidney on the black market or someone who is a match chooses to give him one, he is subject to the same medical scrutiny as anyone else needing a kidney transplant. If he isn't a good candidate for a transplant, he likely will not be approved for one. I wouldn't want to be the person who is in the position of making that decision since, like you, I don't have enough knowledge or experience to do that.

as of now from your posts:

- i actually believe your medical credentials

- i reaffirm that standards are dangerously low when someone with medical credentials  speaks about this , with no knowledge and the levity used by you

PS-before you say something making you look dumb once again, note that i am def not a DA schmoe

Athlete?  DA staying clean?  Hahahaha...
There's nothing in your previous posts that you couldn't have gotten from a cheap/free "Nephrology 101" ebook, you fraud.  A real doctor wouldn't come here to spread trivial and ultra-basic advice to a man with a complex condition that he knows nothing about.

Obviously a fraud.  Probably downloaded a book like "Nephrology in 30 Days" & wants to show-off his newfound "knowledge".  Oh brother...

if u are board certified nephrologist, then the medical standards these days are even lower than I feared.

what kind of moron would write a post to tell someone who has been on dyalisis for about 1 year such basic factoids??  Do you thnk DA has been skipping his dialysis sessions or faking it when he is doing them? never heard of fistulas?

god help your patients

hahaha fake sympathy being shown in this topic, who cares just another mudshark.

flat tax completely rapes the lower middle class, are you not aware of things like the price of goods etc. there is nothing fair about it. Life is not fair to start, suggesting treating everyone equally is stupid. Some are born with illness, mental or physical for example, it's not fair to not provide them with help etc.

it's too simplistic and misses the complexity that is human life.

He is useless.

Wiggs, if you want to admire a black man, admire Neil De Grasse Tyson.  That is someone to aspire to.

Trickle down economics. Meh...
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SNX, I don't believe in trickle down economics. What I do believe in is working your ass off to achieve the most you can possibly attain with what God gave you. The problem with America is the laziness and entitled mentality we spew. Look at MSNBC. Any person who is successful stole it from the poor  . The President knows that in order to maintain power and his base, he preaches class warfare. Not everyone can be a millionaire, but the system as it is now is broken and with the mentality of liberals it will only get worse. Sorry you feel like I or any other working stiff owe you something 

..without realizing the consequences of your actions!

http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2013/feb/5/obama-health-law-will-cost-7-million/


Great job

Deficit projected to shrink considerably
By Steve Benen -  Tue Feb 5, 2013



We won't know for sure what this year's federal budget deficit is going to be until the end of the fiscal year, but if the projections are accurate, a whole lot of talking points are going to need revisions.

The federal budget deficit in 2013 is projected to be $845 billion, the first time the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office has forecast a deficit below $1 trillion under President Obama.

The reduction in the budget deficit comes after Congress approved higher tax rates on households with annual income above $450,000.
The CBO also projects the deficit will shrink again next year to $430 billion.

Why is this politically significant? For one thing, congressional Republicans said raising taxes on the wealthy would not improve the nation's finances, and it appears we now have even more evidence to the contrary. They also seem to enjoy complaining about "trillion-dollar deficits every year," and will have to drop the line from their repertoire.

What's more, it appears the deficit will have been cut nearly in half -- both in real terms and as a percentage of GDP -- since President Obama inherited a massive budget shortfall from the Bush/Cheney administration.

Of course, there's also the matter of the fiscal debate -- as GOP lawmakers continue to insist Washington take the deficit seriously, and adopt austerity measures intended to close the budget shortfall in a hurry, we're reminded today that the deficit is already shrinking.


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For the record, I still think it's a mistake to assume that shrinking deficits are good news. There's a competing school of thought -- which I'm sympathetic to -- that suggests the deficit is currently too small, and that given economic conditions, interest rates, and the current yield of Treasuries, we should be borrowing far more and investing that money in job creation.

But at least as far as the establishment conversation goes, we should at least have a fiscal debate based on facts -- and the facts are that the deficit is shrinking in a hurry.