US Attorneys

What’s up, Doc? Tuesday evening
ecthompsonmd May 24, 2011

You know, there are some days when you sit in front of the computer keyboard and all you want to do is play computer games. Today has been one of those days.   The death toll in the deadly tornado in Joplin, Missouri has risen to 122. Is there a link between the terrible tornadoes that has destroyed most of Joplin, Missouri and climate change? Of course not (click the link before you comment on my sarcasm). A new poll suggests that Americans are more worried about the deficit than they are worried about defaulting. Again, another poll that shows that

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A couple of things – Thursday Evening Edition
ecthompsonmd May 5, 2011

Isn’t calling for a sitting president to be tortured (water boarded) a treasonable offense? I might have to look that up. It’s clearly un-American. President Obama honored those who died at Ground Zero.  “When we say we will never forget, we mean what we say.” Corporations continue to pay some of the lowest taxes they’ve seen in over 50 years. As a government, our lack of revenue is the problem. The middle class is ponying up their share. It is corporations and the top 1% who are taking home more and paying less. Pakistan plays the Sergeant Schultz card. (See the

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Rove and Miers directly involved in US Attorney firing
ecthompsonmd August 11, 2009

For Immediate Release August 11, 2009 Contact: Jonathan Godfrey House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) today released over 700 pages of on-the-record interview transcripts of Karl Rove and Harriet Miers on the U.S. attorney firings and the Bush administration’s politicization of the Department of Justice. Conyers also released over 5,400 pages of Bush White House and Republican National Committee e-mails on these subjects. The released materials reveal that White House officials were deeply involved in the U.S. attorney firings and the administration made a concerted effort to hide that fact from the American people. “After all the delay and

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Errington C. Thompson, MD

Dr. Thompson is a surgeon, scholar, full-time sports fan and part-time political activist. He is active in a number of community projects and initiatives. Through medicine, he strives to improve the physical health of all he treats.

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The Thirteeneth Juror

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