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The Errington Thompson Show 7-18-09
ecthompsonmd July 27, 2009

In preparing for the show, every now and then there are curveballs that are thrown your way like the great broadcaster Walter Cronkite dying on Friday night. That completely changes your Saturday morning show. Therefore, I started to show off with a trip in the “way back machine” and I tried to explain the importance of Walter Cronkite. In the 1960s and 1970s, there were only three major networks. There was no satellite and no cable TV. Most major metropolitan areas had a couple of independent stations and public broadcasting. At 5:30 or six o’clock, the national news was served up

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Obama Revolution Finally Hits Home – Regina Benjamin, MD
ecthompsonmd July 15, 2009

I know Regina Benjamin, MD. We sat on the AMA’s Committee to End HeathCare Disparities. I know her to be a very thoughtful person. She was never overbearing, yet she had a sense of urgency. She grew up and works on the Gulf shore. Her clinic was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. She understands the problems in our health care system as well as anybody in America. I could spend a moment talking about all of her accomplishments but I wouldn’t do them or her any justice. What you can’t read on a resume is the fact that she cares about her patients.

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Sarah Palin Said What, Again?
ecthompsonmd July 3, 2009

Maybe Governor Sarah Palin needs a new speechwriter.  Maybe Mark Sanford will be free soon.  Alaska Governor Sarah Palin gave a rambling and somewhat confusing speech today.  She is stepping down as governor of Alaska because she wants “no more conventional politics as usual.”  During her speech, she took a couple of digs at the press and at “big government.”  She used an analogy on basketball which almost made sense… kind of.  Then she came back to the analogy later in the speech and mentioned something about an “audible,” which I thought was a football term and not a basketball one,

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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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