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October 12, 2005
The Incorrigible Malfeasance of Dr. Irwin Redlener
Some Ivy League syncophant was on the tube tonight droning on and on about how idiotic George Bush is and how this country is not adequately prepared to handle a disaster. Like these pseudo-intellectuals have all the answers. They don't seem to get that you can't prevent hurricanes and suicide bombers. Here's the reality, if some turban-headed camel jockey wants to wade into a crowd of strangers wearing a vest to TATP, there is absolutely nothing you can do about it. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Searching every man, woman, and child when they go into grocery stores or to a football stadium will make no difference.
Dr. Irwin Redlener is the head of the National Center For Disaster Preparedness at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. So, I went to his website. And, guess what? One of his presentations on Disaster Preparedness lists everything you need in an emergency, including a can opener, blankets, radio, flashlight, batteries, cash, etc. But guess what's missing? That's right. A firearm.
This guy just wants to bash president Bush and advance his own insidious agenda of disarmament. How despicable that the mindless drones continue to advance their political agenda of gun control at the expense of the safety of the American citizens. This is the very definition of malfeasance. These pompous, overeducated, condescending dolts should be flogged with a cat o' nine tails in Jackson Square for betraying the very people they're supposed to be protecting.
Update: I'm not sure if this is the same Dr. Irwin Redlener or not, but Dr. DeTar wrote to the Office of Professional Misconduct, NY Department of Health:
"I allege that Irwin Redlener, M.D., has scandalized the entire medical profession by his words, actions, and deeds and that he is therefore a proper candidate for loss of Medical License and criminal prosecution.... As a matter of public record Dr. Redlener wrote a letter, appeared on television and in radio interviews, and by other other public actions did appraise the patient [Eli n Gonzalez] ... and provide an opinion on the home in which the patient was resident, holding that the patient was in a state of `imminent danger to his physical and emotional well-being in a home' ... that was `psychologically abusive.' Dr. Redlener therefore claimed competence to provide an opinion on a patient whom he had never met, interviewed or examined (even rudimenta- rily), also claiming intimate and personal knowledge of the patient's home environment....
"If the behavior of Dr. Redlener is not an appropriate subject for your investigation, ... then any other physician will be free to duplicate his atrocious activities. The discrediting of the medical profession will then advance ... to general toleration of ... the illegal practice of medicine without the patients even knowing that they have been evaluated in absentia...." (See New York State Education Law, ยง6530).
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Posted by Peenie Wallie on October 12, 2005 at 11:48 PM
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