I knew weirdness would emerge about this guy. Quack, who knows, but it sure starts to make sense that a doctor deep in debt would be the only one who agrees to be the personal physician to a drug addicted millionaire recluse. And now that '4 hour physical/clean bill of health' has to be in question too. Clearly, it was in the doctor's best interest to say MJ was well enough to go on tour--he was being paid by the tour promoters. Whole thing is just a sad, sad shit storm of money and ego.
While I'll admit the running out on child support is sucky, I do think the term "Divorcee" (which, given the company it keeps in the sentence seems perjorative), is a trifle quaint.
@SarahHeartburn: The "divorcee" in the headline sealed the deal for me on his shady nature. I was launched back into the '50s and morally crucified him in my mind.
@Foster Kamer: How about student loan defaulting, mortgage evading, malpracticing deadbeat dad who got his diploma out of a box of Froot Loops? That has a nice ring to it.
MJ had a lengthy history of associating with con artists and quacks. Who better to get you the drugs you want and claim you need? "Doctors" Farshchian, Sebi, the phony Saudi princess who conned MJ, it goes on and on.
When someone told MJ no, he cut them out of his life and looked for someone who'd tell him yes. He wanted to do what he wanted to do and to hell with anyone telling him otherwise.
Just some clarification about the soy/thyroid angle, if you take your thyroid medications in the morning without food like you're supposed to (because sorry Oprah, you're never getting that hormone back no matter what you eat, so you may actually have to swallow a pill like us mere mortals) and don't eat 30 to 60 minutes afterwards, you can have soy by 3:00 p.m. or so, because your body would have absorbed the medication by then. I cut my soy quite a bit overall during my struggle with hypothyroidism, but do enjoy it time to time and it hasn't impacted my T3 and T4 levels.
And please note - this is coming from someone who has hypothyroidism and wasn't sad, but instead suffered an array of other problems as a result of it. This condition is nothing to brush off, it can lead to severe heart complications if left untreated. In short, it can kill you. And there's probably some viewers who are ignoring potential symptoms, not aggressively monitoring it or taking medication and making the appropriate lifestyle changes (I saw parts of the episode where Oprah talked about her post-hypo diet, there was no fiber, kinda important if you have hypothyroidism actually).
It's a little pathetic, when you think about it, that the world's richest woman can't handle something millions of men and women deal with everyday, without access to healthcare, organic food, assistants, etc. I really hope this story blows up, as it would at least help educate the American public about hyper and hypothyroidism and the autoimmune disorders that can cause it.
@Sonadelite: Thank you for this information. I had no idea that soy isn't a good idea when you are hypothyroid. Clearly I have to do more research about what I've missed since my diagnosis many years ago.
The New England Skeptical Society has been saying this for YEARS! And I don't even live in New England. But yeah, she needs to be stopped. If just because she foisted Drs Phil and Oz on us.
@apocalypse-nowish: Dr. Oz is light years away from Dr. Phil, in terms of his credentials & the advice he dispenses. You may not like his stage presence, but the things he says are actually pretty solid. Dr. Phil & The Secret on the other hand...unforgivable.
@valet_of_the_dolls: Have to disagree with you on Dr. Oz. Some of his info is ok, but he is really irresponsible on some other stuff. One example is that he has repeatedly said that diabetes can be reversed, and subsequently CURED by losing weight and exercising.
I certainly wasn't aware their was a cure yet. Maybe he knows something the rest of the medical community doesn't?
@MsMuffinMcGuffin: Wow. I was totally unaware of that. I was thinking more of his diet & exercise advice (America's twin obsessions), but yeah, that's pretty irresponsible.
@MsMuffinMcGuffin: For someone with very early Type II diabetes, before their pancreas has burned itself out trying to produce overwhelming amounts of insulin, diet and exercise can actually reverse the course of the disease. Now, maybe 5% (generously) of patients might see that outcome, but that's because overeating and laziness got them into this problem in the first place, and people hate to change their habits, especially the ones they enjoy.
@icelight: Actually that is incorrect. Patients can potentially reverse pre-diabetes i.e. before they are diagnosed if they are vigilant. Once that ship has sailed then too bad. As to the overeating/laziness, ever hear of heredity? Much more a part of the dynamic than you would ever imagine.
@Baroness: Beautiful. A character so slick you don't notice he's stolen a scene until he's walked out of it.
On topic: Jenny McCarthy=Depressingly nuts. I used to think she was refreshingly entertaining and wacky. Why are these traits so close together on the personality tree?
Don't mess with Oprah citizens, she will find you and destroy you.
Oprah is all powerful, her disciples come from every walk of life and are everywhere, watching and waiting to crush all those opposed to her agenda.
To criticize or poke fun is to tempt fate. Her organization is more formidable than the national security agency. They know where you live. They know how to get to you.
They know where it hurts the most. Consider yourself warned.
@stanhalen: I know this. We all know this. Remember when some sales jerk at Harrod's closed the door in her face just because she was Black and it was closing time? She had Mr Harrod on her program and on his knees with billions watching.
Wanta go a couple fast rounds with da Grand Ole Oprah?
@Tremonius: It was actually Hermes, and there is no "Mr. Harrod" (there is, however, a Mr. El-Fayed who owns Harrod's). But yeah, she'll cut you. & Grand Ole Oprah made me laugh.
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Hellfire! Brimstone! Divorce!
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When someone told MJ no, he cut them out of his life and looked for someone who'd tell him yes. He wanted to do what he wanted to do and to hell with anyone telling him otherwise.
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Lots of new lawyers out there. Here it is, the most important summary of how fucked we are, to date:
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And please note - this is coming from someone who has hypothyroidism and wasn't sad, but instead suffered an array of other problems as a result of it. This condition is nothing to brush off, it can lead to severe heart complications if left untreated. In short, it can kill you. And there's probably some viewers who are ignoring potential symptoms, not aggressively monitoring it or taking medication and making the appropriate lifestyle changes (I saw parts of the episode where Oprah talked about her post-hypo diet, there was no fiber, kinda important if you have hypothyroidism actually).
It's a little pathetic, when you think about it, that the world's richest woman can't handle something millions of men and women deal with everyday, without access to healthcare, organic food, assistants, etc. I really hope this story blows up, as it would at least help educate the American public about hyper and hypothyroidism and the autoimmune disorders that can cause it.
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Dr. Phil & The Secret on the other hand...unforgivable.
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I certainly wasn't aware their was a cure yet. Maybe he knows something the rest of the medical community doesn't?
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On topic: Jenny McCarthy=Depressingly nuts. I used to think she was refreshingly entertaining and wacky. Why are these traits so close together on the personality tree?
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Don't mess with Oprah citizens, she will find you and destroy you.
Oprah is all powerful, her disciples come from every walk of life and are everywhere, watching and waiting to crush all those opposed to her agenda.
To criticize or poke fun is to tempt fate. Her organization is more formidable than the national security agency. They know where you live. They know how to get to you.
They know where it hurts the most. Consider yourself warned.
All hail Oprah. Queen of America.
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Wanta go a couple fast rounds with da Grand Ole Oprah?
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But yeah, she'll cut you.
& Grand Ole Oprah made me laugh.
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