Colin Powell, military leader and first Black US secretary of state, dies from COVID-19 complication

Americans must be the least educated on this planet on our own history.
I was for decades. I admit that in school we did not learn a hell of a lot of actual history. We learned the elements of our history but the more deep history we were not educated well in.
I blame we students of our era for not being very concerned with history.
Students of today still are not concerned with our history. They are learning to just get into it. But they really are not educated as we old timers are. And we are only because we lived so many years that over time we got it. if we were looking, we got it.

When you have a kid in a class for 55 minutes per day, they are not able to be taught all that much.

 

Can we all agree on this much. Colin is chilling off if not at room temperature by now.

 

Do you think the natives in America resent whites a hell of a lot? That is racism too.

 

I want to repeat my other claim. I am not, by law I am not an expert on the stock market.
My brokers license made the State of CA call me an expert on Real Estate. But more, I was also licensed as an appraiser and a Mortgage Broker. Had I told any judge I was not an expert, he would have laughed his ass off. CA has a law that alleges we are experts on this subject. Matter of fact I testified in court for a client as an expert and was accepted by the Court.

Give you one more example. When I was licensed as an Appraiser, I had to submit written proof to the License part for appraisers I had more than 110 hours of education just in appraising. More I had to submit with that 3 appraisals demonstrating I knew what do do. I took Appraisal courses in College and also at professional schools.

I have hundreds and hundreds of hours in Real estate education courses.

Last the state tested me in all phases I speak of above. I passed every test with excellent marks.

 

I was never under the assumption that you were.

 

I'm a doctor but you don't need to call me one, over here, since I'm not here in my professional capacity but rather as a regular member. I do preferentially post about medical issues; not only because that's what I know, but also because I think it's cool to try and dispel some misconceptions and be generally helpful, if possible. Still, people should not take it as medical advice. For that, people need to go see their doctors in person, not an anonymous member of an online forum.

I do see elements of radicalism in Trump. For me, a lot of what he said that seemed to encourage white supremacists is radical. Also, fostering a mob to attack Congress and trying to subvert an election is radical. I'm sure you'll disagree. We'll have to agree to disagree on this.

I do not like Trump. It doesn't make of me a leftist. I'm more center-right than center-left. Disliking Trump is not being a leftist. I don't think you do this, but other people here equal it this way, which kind of irks me.

As for Powell, if he didn't screw up, then even better. I liked him.

 

Yes, we'd all have preferred that they kept efficacy longer and were more active against Delta, but they are what they are; still pretty useful, though. Regarding advice, since Delta changed the situation, the advice evolved too. Some people blame us for changing the advice. Well, no, we shouldn't dispense outdated advice. The virus changed so the advice changed.

 

There was more, the RINO part as well; generally mocking her, while he WAS a great American.

 

You're welcome. Yes, what I meant is that Diabetes Type 2 doesn't go away; there's no regeneration of the beta cells. It can get a lot better if you lose weight, in which case you have it well-controlled even without medication but it doesn't mean you're no longer diabetic, because if you were to resume eating a lot and getting the weight back, your diabetes would still be there. Certain diabetes drugs have been shown to significantly improve the prognosis of diabetic people who catch Covid-19. Those are the dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors], pioglitazone, and especially the glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonists (like Trulicity, Ozempic, Saxenda, etc.). They are pretty expensive, though.

 

No, you made it sound like Polio these days is responsible for disabilities rather than deaths. Well, not even that. It isn't responsible for anything in the United States and almost all other countries, since it's been eradicated. If you just mean that in 4 remote countries in the world where it still exists, it is responsible for more disabilities than that, then that is correct.

 

If you were attacked daily, as viciously as was Trump, you bet the media would go at you like a tiger. Trump was attacked unfairly. Starting with the Russian con job by Obama. Surely you understand it took Obama saying go get him for intelligence to blame Trump for things said t o be done by Russians.
The media kept blaming Hillary's loss not on her, but on the Russians with the claims Trump was part of it all.

 

What does that have to do with Colin Powell?

 

For a short time I believe I was taking pioglitazone but was told to stop.

Warnings:
Pioglitazone may rarely cause or worsen a certain heart problem
I was also taking Metformin but that too was stopped.

Now I take these drugs

Aspirin Baby .81 one per day

Glipizide Er 10 mg 1 per day Glp 10 – before meal for Type 2 diabetes

Lisinopril 5 mg 1 tab per day 5 Round pink Tablet Front has 5 on it cuts blood pressure

Metoprolol Tartrate 25 Mg 2 per day M 18 2 PER DAY ½ DOSE White oval M1

Simvastatin 40 mg 1 per day 03

Terazosin 10 mg 2 per day Bedtime TL 386 Green capsule Treat high blood pressure

Januvia 100 MG 1 prior to eating 30 minute delay to eat 277

Levothyroxine 112 mcg 1 per day empty stomach Bright pink

 

Imagine Colin was attacked daily as was Trump?

 

Sticking to Colin Powell, we must all keep in mind he was a human. We humans as is commonly said have flaws. But I am sure his education and experience helped him a lot to avoid those.
I do not believe he hated George Bush. I am sure he did not like Trump. But we are all disliked by others from time to time and mostly they are wrong about me, about you and about Powell. This is my impression so take it as intended.

 

I did not mention disabilities.

 

I would like this on my record.
Trump did annoy me from time to time.
Those comments about the gold star family were pure political and not intended to be personal. I was very annoyed at that.
I voted for McCain so that too was annoying and political and not needed at all.
Still I am happy McCain did not win though Obama was not better.
I served under some Generals in the Army. Truman over the 7th Army. Mildren over 3rd Infantry Division. I served after then Col. DePuy left to become a Brigadier General and heard all the good the troops said about him.

But they put on their pants like you and I do. I would not make any of them saints just yet.

 

What's your HgbA1C?

 

It doesn't mean Trump should attack him, and not the day he died! Two wrongs don't make one right.

 

You mentioned paralysis which is a disability. Are you just trying to play semantics? I'm not interested in that.

 

Well I said from the beginning, Powell was not God, was human, and fallible. We agree on this.

 

I double checked my posts, I did not post anything about paralysis.

This is probably a misunderstanding.

 

Trump commented but all in all not that bad. We seem worried about treatment of the dead yet they are buried. I do happen to believe he is now with GOD but that should be better and not worse.

 

Yes, I checked too, and what you said was "Polio is not so much a killer than a debilitating disease." I just assumed you meant paralysis because that's what is debilitating about Polio. If I misinterpreted you, then please forgive me. Anyway, I don't know why we're going back and forth on this. I just wanted to make the point that the vaccine eradicated Polio in the US, so in the US is not even a debilitating disease because since 1879 it is unheard of. But yes, it is debilitating in a few other countries left. Four, to be precise. Although there is fear that it could have a resurgence in Africa due to the interruption of vaccination campaigns due to the disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

 

It's just disgraceful. And Trump makes everything to be about himself. 'I wish the press would treat me like this" etc. Colin Powell's passing is not about Trump so why in the hell the former Narcissist-In-Chief is trying to make it about himself??? And I'm not too sure that you read the full extent of the comments. I saw certain articles quoting him partially. When you read the full thing, it's pretty disparaging. And I find it rich because Colin Powell was a much better person and much greater American than Trump, in my opinion.