A Kentucky man had his penis removed without his consent.

Kentucky man who claims his penis was removed without his consent during what was supposed to be a circumcision has sued the doctor who performed the surgery. Phillip Seaton, 61, and his wife are seeking unspecified compensation from Dr. John M. Patterson and the medical practice that performed the circumcision for "loss of service, love and affection." The Seatons also are seeking unspecified punitive damages from Patterson and the medical practice, Commonwealth Urology. A woman who answered the phone at Commonwealth Urology would not take a message for the doctor Thursday. But the Seaton's attorney said the doctor's post-surgical notes show the doctor thought he detected cancer and removed the penis. Attorney Kevin George said a later test did detect cancer. "It was not an emergency," George told The Associated Press on Thursday. "It didn't have to happen that way." Seaton was having the procedure on Oct. 19, 2007, to better treat inflammation. The lawsuit filed earlier this month in state court claims Patterson removed Seaton's penis without consulting either Phillip or Deborah Seaton, or giving them an opportunity to seek a second opinion. The couple also sued the anesthesiologist, Dr. Oliver James of Shelbyville, claiming he used a general anesthesia even though Seaton asked that it not be administered. A message left at Commonwealth Urology's corporate office in Lexington was not immediately returned Thursday. A message left for James also was not immediately returned. The Seatons' suit is similar to one in which an Indianapolis man was awarded more than $2.3 million in damages after he claimed his penis and left testicle were removed without his consent during surgery for an infection in 1997.

did you know that you can not vote if...

Did you know that if go to the polls wearing any Obama (or whoever you are voting for) shirts, pins, hats, etc. You can not vote, It is AGAINST THE LAW and will be grounds to have the polling officials to turn you away. This is considered campaigning and no one can campaign within X amount of feet of the polls. They are banking on us being overly excited and not being aware of this long standing law that you can bet will be ENFORCED THIS YEAR!!!!! They are banking that if you are turned away, you will not go home and change your clothes and return to the polls to vote. Please just don't wear ANY gear of any sorts to the polls! Please share this information with as many people as you can. If you are already aware of this, please don't take it as insulting your intelligence.

Did you know that Kentucky and Virginia are the only states that permanently disenfranchise nearly all felons from voting?

Did you know that an estimated 3.9 million Americans, or one in fifty adults, were denied the right to vote due to felony and other criminal convictions. In many cases these individuals have been permanently stripped of their voting rights.

Did you know that four states—Maine, Massachusetts, Utah and Vermont—allowed convicted felons, including those still incarcerated, to vote?

Did you know that there is a site that you can go to, to Restore My Vote?

Did you know that many ex-offenders are now eligible to vote?

Did you know that the Legislature passed a bill last year requiring that when ex-offenders complete all their punishment, the state prison system must notify them of their restored voting rights and provide registration materials.

Did you know that 15 states, all in the South and West, ex-offenders who have fully served their sentences are still denied the right to vote. In 10 of these states—Alabama, Arizona, Delaware, Florida Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, Tennessee, Virginia Washington, Wyoming, Texas—these individuals are disenfranchised for life for the serious crimes of rape and murder.

Did you know that you can vote early don't wait until November 4th?

His Pursuit of Happiness

Chris Gardner was always hard working and tenacious, and no matter what the circumstances in the early 1980’s, would not stop Gardner spirt to succeed. At one point he was homeless in San Francisco. He was unwilling to give up Chris Jr. who he was the sole guardian of his toddler son. His dream of financial independence, was not going to come easy. Gardner had to start at the very bottom of the financial industry ladder and pull his way up. He often spent his nights in a church shelter or a bathroom at a Bay Area Rapid Transit station in Oakland. The amazing story of Gardner’s life was published as an autobiography, The Pursuit of Happyness, by Amistad/Harper Collins on May 23, 2006. Will Smith portrayed Gardner in a very touching struggle.



Gardner was born February 9, 1954 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Gardner never knew his father. He lived with his mother, Bettye Jean Gardner, and her family and, when necessary, in foster homes. Despite a life of hardship and emotional scarring, he always had supreme love and admiration for his mother, who was a trained schoolteacher. His mother taught him some of the greatest lessons of his life, which he follows to this day. When Gardner told her he wanted to be the great jazz trumpeter Miles Davis she said, "Son, there's only one Miles Davis and he got that job. So you have to do something else.” He understood from that day forward that his job was to be Chris Gardner – whatever that entailed. Bettye Jean also taught him that in spite of where he came from, he could attain whatever goals he set for himself by saying, “If you want to, one day you could make a million dollars.” Gardner believed this to be fact, and it allowed him to persevere through the years when he and his son were struggling for survival and a better life.Straight out of high school, Gardner enlisted in the Navy, just like his uncles, his role models, had done previously. After the military, Gardner went to San Francisco and took a job as a medical supply salesman. Then he reached a turning point in his life. In a parking lot, he met a man driving a red Ferrari. "He was looking for a parking space. I said, 'You can have mine, but I gotta ask you two questions.' The two questions were: What do you do? And how do you do that? Turns out this guy was a stockbroker and he was making $80,000 a month." That pivotal encounter gave Gardner a clear career goal, but he still needed a way into the world of high finance. Without experience, connections, a degree, or pedigree, Gardner began knocking on doors, applying for training programs at brokerages, even though it meant he would have to live on next to nothing while he learned. When he was finally accepted into a program, he left his job in medical sales. But his plans collapsed when the man who offered him the training slot was fired, and Gardner had no job to go back to. Things got worse. He was put in jail for $1,200 in parking violations that he couldn't pay. Chris Jr.’s mother left and Gardner, despite his circumstances, fought to keep his son because, as he says, "I made up my mind as a young kid that when I had children, my children were gonna know who their father was." Although he managed to enter a training program at Dean Witter Reynolds, Gardner’s meager stipend as a trainee meant he, like so many working poor in America, had a job but couldn't make ends meet. Chris’s co-workers never knew he spent his evenings trying to arrange day care, find food and a safe place for him and his son to sleep. After spending nights in a locked bathroom at an Oakland subway station, Gardner persuaded Rev. Cecil Williams, founder of a new shelter program for homeless women at Glide Memorial United Methodist Church, to let him and Chris Jr. stay at the shelter. Gardner passed his licensing exam in 1981 on the first try.

Gardner is president and CEO of the Chicago-based brokerage firm Gardner Rich & Co., which he founded in 1987. Prior to launching his own firm, Mr. Gardner worked for several prestigious Wall Street firms. He landed his first job in the securities industry in 1981 with Dean Witter Reynolds, coming out of their training program. Later, he spent four years with Bear Stearns & Co., where he became a top earner.
A self-made multi-millionaire, Gardner is intent on giving back to the communities where he conducts business because he has never forgotten his humble beginnings or the odds he has surmounted. Christopher Gardner’s accomplishments are extraordinary on their own merit, but are all the more astonishing because of the unimaginable obstacles he encountered on the road to success.

He has been featured on CBS’ Evening News with Dan Rather, twice on ABC’s 20/20, as well as being the subject of profiles in newspapers and national magazines.

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The Limbaugh translation for the Hispanic

Rush the weasel Limbaugh is at it again, because of the heat that he received for his comments about "Mexicans being stupid and unskilled ”. The weasel had an epiphany to translate his message in Spanish so they could see how harmless his comments was. "wink,wink" The furnace must be hot in EIB land. For the weasel to consider spending his hard earn cash to translate 3 different messages in Spanish, so that the Mexican population could see how nice a guy he really is. Let me be the first to say that I did not really get what was being said of any of the 3 messages... I guess maybe because I don't speak Spanish. So why spend 10 minutes playing them?

The thought did cross my mind, what if the weasel did not truly translate the message that he originally stated? His misrepresentation of the facts would not be a first! So if that's the case, does he think that Mexicans are dumb? Or maybe he thinks that his listeners are dumb, simply because he only uses half his brain when he talks to us.

I am disappointed in the weasel, if he is the man... Why wouldn't he stand up and be the man? He said, yes he did... So is his weak Spanish translation really suppose to change any one's mind?

The Subprime Failure

The sub prime market is where I made the bulk of my income. I never thought that something like this could happen. Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Washington Mutual, to name a few have went under and they are dragging the economy down. I listen to McCain describe how the economy is sound??? Now at the peak of my life, my income is inconsistent and I wonder is my home going to become another crack in the government wall. Now I look at the mess that the sub prime market has caused. Hundreds of sub prime lenders has fallen by the way side. Is this really a recession, is it no wonder I find myself wondering where did my hair go!

CELL PHONE NUMBERS GO PUBLIC

REMEMBER: Cell Phone Numbers Go Public today

REMINDER.... all cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies tomorrow and you will start to receive sale calls.

YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLS

To prevent this, call the following number from your cell phone: 888-382-1222. It is the National DO NOT CALL list. It will only take a minute of your time. It blocks your number for five (5) years. You must call from the cell phone number you want to have blocked. You cannot call from a different phone number.

The financial meltdown

The financial meltdown was caused by Bush's deregulation. As a result, look what's happening to Freddy Mac,Fanny Mae,Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, and AIG. Can anyone explain the logic of the oldest and biggest financial institutions in the world going under. Although if you listen to Limbaugh ,Hannity and McCain, they make you wonder if they are living on mars and we are living on the earth? Everything is conservative, conservative, conservative and over and over we keep hearing how great the economy is doing so much better since Bush took office! Now the conservatives wants more tax cuts for the rich, and we need to continue to fight an Illegal war in Iraq. Hurricane incompetence. Bush has president has only netted three million new jobs as opposed to 22 million under Clinton,10 million under Carter,and 13 million under Reagan. We are suffering record trade and budget deficits, plus two recessions. We now have more poverty, unemployment,and people without health care. Am I missing how well the economy is flourishing...

So the next time that you hear someone talking about High oil prices, mortgage meltdown, government bailout of banks, insurance companies, brokerage firms.... I know, that's why I am voting democrat!