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Voyeurism Dressed As a Public Service

Achilles3 Wrote: Mar 02, 2010 5:46 PM

Very well said. And isn't it only in the U.S that this ridiculous situation takes place. So if they find an ailment you kick the President out of office as though you got damaged goods ? Time nosy members of the media had to have medicals and the results divulged and to heck with not being able to get coverage due to negative findings.

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Voyeurism Dressed As a Public Service

It's none of my business what Barack Obama's LDL cholesterol level is. And I don't have to know that he is using nicotine therapy to attempt to kick his smoking habit. But all of this and more is dutifully passed along after the president's annual physical. Want to know his resting heart rate? It's available. And we're told that President Obama has been instructed by his physicians to "eat healthier" and "moderate his alcohol intake."

What to make of this annual invasion of privacy? We've been privy to similar details about other presidents -- sometimes to an excruciating degree (President...

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