04/15/2008 Blog «The Legel Report»

MjL 15 Apr 2008, 4:01 a.m.

15 Apr 2008, 4:31 a.m.

#MedicalMafia
My trip to the medical clinic wasn’t so bad. They faxed the results of my blood work and that was bad. My blood sugar is indeed too high as are my triglycerides. Coincidentally I received a letter from my Caterpillar directed prescription drug insurance that says the drug I’m taking to lower my triglycerides now has to be “pre-approved” and I should take some generic drug they approve of to lower THEIR costs. My costs they could care less about. So I have an appointment already and I will have to see what we do from here. I think I will ask about a long acting insulin but I will hear the doctor out first.

MjL 15 Apr 2008, 5:00 a.m.

#EducationMafia
This is a very troublesome topic for me. I can’t count the number of times my children have come home with some harebrained nonsense they were taught in school. The “scathing report” link opens a PDF file that really brings home the depth of the misinformation and / or political bias of an “American Government” text book. It took the efforts of a high school student to bring this to light. Shame on the schools and administrations who simply allowed this to be taught for all these years without challenge. I will be asking my boys if they use this textbook or any texts written by these politically motivated “scholars”. I would suggest we all should get a little more involved with what is being taught in our educational system.

A Textbook Case of Bias and Misinformation

MjL 15 Apr 2008, 6:00 a.m.

#EducationMafia
It’s good to see someone step up and speak out. I know our school has books from this publisher but I don’t know about the authors. I’ve often come across some paragraphs in science and history books that more so express the thoughts of the authors instead of the real facts and info. The books should be non bias and give the information, leaving the reader to make his/her decision.

K. Monroe 15 Apr 2008, 7:00 a.m.

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