Lou Dobbs reporting now Justice Roberts had a seizure..AP is reporting it

[flyarm]

Lou seems to be breaking alot right now!!

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[Dinger]

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[madokie]

6. especially that one anyway

[orleans]

15. and congress is going on vacation--can you say RECESS APPOINTMENTS?

if he does die, i wonder if bushie could throw up a replacement for this position..?

[ThomWV]

20. Reid is reconviening the Senate once every 10 days I've read

Just so no recess appointments can take place.

[YDogg]

32. But, but, but ... he's so BRILLIANT!

:sarcasm:

[supernova]

3. Does Roberts have epilepsy?

Not that that should have any bearing on his job. He doesn't have to operate heavy machinery afterall, but if he does, it's a wonder it was kept out of the hearings.

Ugh. Then again, I'm not surprised. :eyes:

[orleans]

8. i heard he had a seizure 14 years ago--whatever it was due to i don't know. n/t

[flyarm]

9. i was wondering the same thing..i wonder ...he was on a dock in his yard ..

[eShirl]

17. no, he was on a boat dock

[Lex]

36. If he had slipped into the water after the seizure

he could've died. Dangerous.

[Donnachaidh]

14. perhaps he was stressed due to the thought of having to back up his buddies

in the WH when Congress starts really shaking shit up against the NeoCons.

Hey, he signed on thinking he was getting a cakewalk, not a shitstorm. :shrug:

[aquart]

33. Stress can cause non-epileptic seizures.

[http://www.epilepsynse.org.uk/PAGES/info/leaflets/factsnea.cfm}

[Alexander]

4. This is it, folks...Roberts did not mention his "condition" to the US Senate...

Perhaps concealing his health problems will be his undoing.

[aquart]

37. Or perhaps his doctor will suggest another line of work.

[orleans]

5. "fucker" on msnbc just "reported" this too. n/t

[rzemanfl]

7. Lou Dobbs is dead to me. n/t

[madokie]

10. the whole cnn crew is to me

three weeks ago tomorrow I turned their asses off and so far I haven't looked back either

[rzemanfl]

26. I didn't keep track, but I think you and I swore off the same day.

I will have to search.

[madokie]

28. for the same reason too IIRC

the hit on MM

[rzemanfl]

31. No, he lost me with "respecting the Vitter's privacy" after the

wife got up in that godawful animal print dress and whined about the media hounding them. I was thinking of another DU'er with "mad" in their name (there are a lot of you).

[madokie]

43. thats cool

[glitch]

40. That whole area of cable is dead to me.

I had that range of cable canceled in 2000 because I was sick to death of paying for my own brainwashing.

[brentspeak]

16. Why? He's the only mainstream media figure reporting on outsourcing

As far as I'm concerned, he's one of the good guys.

[rzemanfl]

27. You're entitled to your opinion. He's still dead to me. n/t

[ProgressiveEconomist]

11. When? Today, in 1993, or both?

[HeraldSquare212]

12. Previous seizures

I read one report that said he had seizures before, just as being confirmed for the district court and that they were brought on by the stress of the confirmation process. Wouldn't the stress of being Chief Justice then be something to worry about?

He's not an idiot - I doubt he wants to have seizures after every term ends. If he resigns, who's the replacement? I hear Harriet needs a job.

[OzarkDem]

46. Stress alone doesn't cause seizures

Any condition that results in abnormal electrical excitation of the brain may result in a seizure, including:

* Epilepsy
* Injury or trauma to the head
* Infection (brain abscess, meningitis)
* Brain tumor
* Stroke

Also, any medical condition that irritates brain cells may result in a seizure. Common medical conditions that commonly cause seizures include:

* Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar)
* Drug use (especially cocaine or stimulants)
* Alcohol withdrawal
* Very high fever (fever convulsions in children)


http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003200.htm#Common%20Causes

[southerncrone]

13. Perhaps it will rewire his brain

& he will come out of it as an extremely liberal thinker! :bounce:

A girl can dream, can't she?:evilgrin:

[Ian David]

18. Looks like we just picked up another seat in The Senate!

Why hasn't Vitter resigned yet?

[Faygo Kid]

?? How does Roberts' stroke give us a seat in the Senate?

I am dim, admittedly - perhaps you could explain.

[Ian David]

25. Sorry, wrong thread. I thought I was responding to a post about Sen Stevens being raided by The IRS.

[Faygo Kid]

30. Pour me one of those!

Been a long day, hasn't it?

I hope you're right about Stevens. Thanks for the grin on this one, though.

[originalpckelly]

19. Hmmmmmm...

Odd, didn't he have a seizure in 1993?

Are they lying to us about this guy, he's the Chief Justice after all?

[Faygo Kid]

21. I don't want him to die, just to step down. He has been a disaster.

I never held out hope for Alito, the scumbag, but Roberts looked like the best we could hope for - bright and maybe, just maybe, thoughtful. Wrong. Should have known better about ANY Bush appointment.

May he get well, live a long time and spend all of it on an island off Maine, and off the Supreme Court. At this point, no more Bush nominees to the Court. Period. Would prefer an unfrozen cave man lawyer to anybody Bush would put forth.

[Nitrogenica]

22. Time to get him to sign some paperwork!

[buzzard]

23. Benign idiopathic seizure, there is know way that they can know this is benign in

this short amount of time and idiopathic only means they don't yet know what caused it.

[The Backlash Cometh]

47. Nobody believes them anyways.

[TahitiNut]

24. "idiopathic" siezure ... i.e. unknown cause

Gotta love medical terms. They don't know what caused it.

[trashcanistanista]

29. I'n not wishing ill health on the CJ

but two people had siezures on my job and were fired immediately (after they were taken to the emergency room). It takes sometimes months to find a med that works on siezures. He should have disclosed this and he should step down. If he thinks he is under stress now, virtually getting whatever he wants, how will he be when things get really ugly?

[Lex]

34. They were fired for having seizures?

Were they drivers or something?

[trashcanistanista]

39. They were lab assistants and did

phlebotomy in the hospital. Also Radiology techs can't work if they have siezures. I'm not sure about nurses, they are unionized. They were able to get disability while going through a series of trying out different medications. One found a med to stop the siezures but is banned from working at the hospital permanently.

[TahitiNut]

38. Politicians don't lose their jobs like WORKING people.

Look at the furor over impeachment. Just WHAT employee in the Land Of Oz would get away with the kind of gross incompetence these bastards have shown without being fired?

[trashcanistanista]

41. I think a case can be made that if a judge has a siezure

in the middle of a trial it can effect the outcome of the case. Especially if it is known beforehand that he is subject to having siezures. But I'm not a lawyer.

[glitch]

42. I thought it was just docspeak for sociopathic idiot.

Edit: but then I was taking it in context.

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

35. Looks like he goes home tomorrow.

How's he get there? On his Boat, across the water, climb the dock, to get back to his house? That would be a risk, I sure wouldn't be willing to take.

[YDogg]

44. neighbors said he was foaming at the mouth

according to david shuster on MSNBC

[Radicalman]

45. But How Would You Know If A Mind Like That Has Been Affected By A Seizure Or Not!!!!!!!!

[Hepburn]

48. From Raw Story:

St. George Ambulance responded to a call at about 2 p.m. Monday of a man who had fallen 5 to 10 feet and landed on a dock, hitting the back of his head. The patient was ashen and was foaming at the mouth.

http://www.rawstory.com/showoutarticle.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mainecoastnow.com%2Farticles%2F2007%2F07%2F30%2Fcourier_-_gazette%2Fbreaking_news%2Fdoc46ae4b38ad879059499505.txt

Shit...that does NOT sound good....but it does sound consistent with the way he writes his opinions.