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To: Sully- who wrote (77366)	2/9/2010 2:02:33 AM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

RFK Jr. never saw this much snow when he was a kid beltway-confidential During our last big snowstorm, in December, I unearthed an old column by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., in which he claimed that the winters in D.C. have become anemic, that global warming is to blame, and that his anecdotal memories prove the perfidy of oil companies that try to explain global warming away. His anecdotal evidence seems to be falling flat this year. The winter of 2009-2010 is already the snowiest in D.C. history, with more than five feet measured already at Dulles Airport. Not only that, but we're expecting 10 to 20 inches of snow tomorrow. None of this disproves the idea of anthropogenic global warming. But neither does Kennedy's vague memory of colder times prove anything. washingtonexaminer.com

To: Sully- who wrote (77366)	2/9/2010 2:08:31 AM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 90947

Rep. Steve Cohen, D, already chasing Murtha's ambulance By: David Freddoso Online Opinion Editor beltway-confidential 02/08/10 6:26 PM EST In a television interview this afternoon, Democratic Tennessee Rep. Steve Cohen pronounced judgment on the doctors who were operating on Rep. Jack Murtha, D-Pa., when he died. Cohen, a government attorney before he began his political career, was asked about tort reform in health care when he brought up Murtha's death: <<< "As we speak today, Rep. John Murtha died. And he was my friend, and he served this country for many years...He died because, when he went in for gall bladder surgery, his intestine was perforated. And that shouldn't have happened. It was, from what I understand, malpractice." >>> Cohen might even be right, but it would be a coincidence: he all but admits his lack of full information, and not every surgical complication is the result of medical negligence. Murtha's body is still warm. Is this the time for a congressman who lacks full information to go making pejorative statements like this on television? Is Cohen planning to bring a lawsuit himself? Will Murtha's death become a rallying cry against medical malpractice legal reform? By the way -- Murtha was one of the few House Democrats who supported medical malpractice reform. washingtonexaminer.com