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By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:41:36 +0000

Kathleen Sebelius!!! Governor of Kansas. I’ve spoke of her before. She’ll be doing the Democratic response to the state of the union so the whole nation will be exposed to her greatness. She doesn’t have Obama’s oratory prowess, but I love, love, love her.

By: D.N. Nation

D.N. Nation — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:43:32 +0000

Thanks for the offer, but we got some rain this week. Snow, too!

By: annalouise

annalouise — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:50:13 +0000

I love and admire Shirley Franklin. We could really use someone like her in Detroit. What is we were willing to trade a million gallons of Great Lakes water for 1 year of Shirley Franklin as our mayor?
Water we got, forward thinking leadership, not so much.

By: D.N. Nation

D.N. Nation — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:49:31 +0000

For whatever it’s worth, I think Shirley Franklin (Atlanta mayor) would make a fine enough candidate. Loads better than Ghouliani if we were to tap the mayor pool.

By: Yvonne Fulbright

Yvonne Fulbright — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:00:35 +0000

Hi Jill – Somebody randomly sent me your “10 Reasons Why the Fight for Reproductive Justice Is Still Essential”, not knowing that we know each other and I was so psyched to see your name! Outstanding article – I’ve alway been so impressed with your thinking and efforts. Drop me an email and let me know the latest with you when you can! Yvonne

By: CBrachyrhynchos

CBrachyrhynchos — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:54:32 +0000

Off the top of my head, I’d be more fond Pelosi, and I’d love another LaDuke run.

With unitards accepted in the Olympic competitions, that story was rather irritating.

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:33:06 +0000

Interrobang, I don’t know where it is. I’m open to the idea that there’s a physiological disruption we don’t yet fully understand, or that it’s “psychological”. I don’t know. Nobody really knows. So there’s no way to treat the underlying cause and eliminate the problem. Once I’ve ruled out things like RA and other conditions with disease-modifying treatments available, I can confidently treat the symptoms – and I do.

I’m not sure what you mean by treating it “the same way as other mental illnesses”. There’s no standard effective way to approach all the things we call “mental illness”; again, we treat the symptoms as best we can.

There are deep, complex connections between the mind and the body and the emotions that we don’t fully understand. I’m OK with not understanding. The suffering is real, even if I don’t fully understand the cause, and I will intervene with that as best I can.

By: Interrobang

Interrobang — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:33:35 +0000

Jay, if the cause isn’t in the body, where is it? Seriously, there isn’t anything that doesn’t come from the body that affects health. Even your state of mind is, in a very real way, caused by something in your body — namely, the functioning of the brain. You seem to either be implying that what we’re currently calling fibromyalgia is psychological, in which case it should be treated the same way as other mental illnesses (which themselves often have a biological or biochemical basis), or it’s supernatural, in which case, you’ve got a daunting standard of evidence to meet.

I’m particularly curious about this one, because I have a (middle-aged male) friend with fibro (diagnosed by five specialists) and I’m wondering if I don’t have it myself. The best description I’ve heard yet for fibro and it’s physical effects (which include more than just sleep disturbances and pain, like inflammation of the soft tissues around the joints) is “fibro is to the soft tissues what rheumatoid arthritis is to the bones,” and there’s some speculation as to whether the two conditions are linked. (Another possible diagnosis for the as-yet-undiagnosed thing that’s going on with me is early RA, for what it’s worth.)

By: Antigone

Antigone — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:59:40 +0000

I’m going to seond (or third) Barbara Boxer. I would vote for her in a heartbeat.