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unforetunately, as far as i'm told, i need one more quarter of school (specifically two more physical therapy classes) before I can work as a CA (chiropractic assistant) legally.

I'm sure osteopaths, JDs, and PhDs would be shocked to learn this "fact". i listed naturpaths b/c i thought some folks may not have know that. so are dermatologits, surgeons, optometrists, blah blah blah. But, PhD's aren't actually "doctors" they don't have any more responsibilities that other citizens. i think laywers,doctors, and clergy are the 3 professions as far as the law is concerned that are held to a standard. maybe politicians and military too. not sure. it's defined somewhere.

under the law, chiropractors have been concidered doctors legally since the mid 1800s. end of discussion. as for spinal misalignment being the root cause of all (or ANY) disease, this is a dated concept that bears little to no merit, and if your chiropractor believes this...run away as fast as you can. that would be like your MD pulling out his crainal protractor device to measure your bodily humors. someone should tell MDs that drugs and surgery aren't the cure to all disease. other doctors besides MD's are Naturopaths. Basically if you're not in the ER dying, it is my opinion that you should see someone who is willing to try the least invasive method to healing possible. health care should focus on prevention and address the problem, not the symptoms. sometimes drugs and surgery are like putting duct tape over the check engine light.

thanks for #50 and somebody has some free time go die on a funeral pyre, Lyger

excuse me NOLSe, but you are wrong about chiropractors not curing. the reason you may have to go to a chiropractor more than once is b/c quick fixes only cure the symptoms...which is what most MD's do. if you're ONLY talking about infectious diseases, then you are correct.

this like saying i'd like a vagina to pound instead of a girl to date.

I love how off track this has become. D.C.=Doctor of Chiropractic. It's all about the standard of care under the law...basically if you can be sued as a doctor, you're a doctor. For instance, Physical therapists are pretty close to being doctors...god knows they've had plenty of education and with an extra year of schooling, i think they should be doctors. BUT, they CANNOT DIAGNOSE (legally). With the ability to diagnose, comes the responsiblity to correctly diagnose. I think many chiropractors mis-diagnose b/c they are lazy and greedy. It pays way better to pop someones back that it does to do a screening exam, orthopedic tests, lab work, blah blah blah. ALSO insurance companies are to blame, b/c they won't compensate chiropractors for things they are trained to do, and once you're trained to do something it becomes your legal responsibilty to use that training. For example, lets say someone has a headache and the BAD chiro cracks their neck, maybe a little soft tissue. Did that chiro take a good history to screen out diabetes, glaucoma, use an opthamoscopic eye exam, etc...? It really makes me angry to see people in my profession get lazy and greedy instead of owning up to being a good doctor. those people are known as "straight chiropractors" and use the "bone out of place" model, and the "pinched nerve" model, which evidence has shown IS NOT THE CASE. i could go on for hours. the spine is not a garden hose. any other summer job ideas???? seriously. i don't have to be in summer school, but i do need $$ to justify it, and if i'm gonna be working 40 hours a week, i might as well just be in school getting it over with.

Yeah, for some reasons the bad ones get all the press. there's bad folks in every profession. how many folks do you think have been hurt or killed by MD's? No, i'm not at all knocking MD's. they kick ass. Unfortunately, Washington is the most conservative state in the union when it comes to what a chiropractor's scope of practice is...so a lot of people in WA only see quactors as back crackers. there are two camps... the physician camp that basically does the same thing an MD would do (physical exam, lab work, lifestyle recs) and uses manual therapy as their "prescription drug or surgery" and if their conservative approach doesn't work, will refer their patient to a specialist. The other camp (the Quacks) believes that the root of all disease is from spinal misalignment, and they are the loud outspoken ones you hear about and usually advertise free 1st visits and crap like that. As for doing that in the parking lot at crags...good idea except i don't have my license and would NEVER get one if caught. plus i don't know enough yet about other disease processes to comfortable treat someone who may be suffering from a serious malady. Marie, i'll take your job offer into concideration. I'm not going to drop out of summer school just based upon that offer. I'm looking into working as an assistant at a chiro office or something. I'm still up in the air about taking the summer off. so thanks for all the reccomendations. i really need a break from school, so hopefully it'll work out. -Mike p.s. if anyone has questions about chiropractic (what they do, what they treat, why, etc) PM me or ask online here and I'll try to give a good answer. snugtop, come see me when i graduate and i'll change your mind. i can only speak for myself, i can't speak for the actions of other doctors.

Yes. They have an extremely broad scope of practice too, and are the experts on neuromuscular skeletal disorders and are concidered portal of entry physicians.

yeah, i make a pretty good she-whore. but i got a short haircut now and i don't own a wig. anyone seen anything good or have any BETTER ideas? oh, and john muir didn't have student loans, car insurance, rent, and visa bills to pay. also, the park service is less forgiving to dirtbag bums these days. unfortunately i'm pretty fucking plugged into the system to completely unplug for the summer. if i did unplug, i think i'd have to leave the county and never come back. there are a few countries that don't require a doctor's license, which could prove useful....but anyway, stay on track. i need good ideas to keep me out of trouble.

Once again, Kurt's assumptions and research are correct. Kurt kicks ass. Basically, if you want to shut me down, just email Cafeshops and they'll ban something of mine just to avoid ANY legal issue or trouble. but, they do alert me to who is the troublemaker, so if you want to play a joke on me, i'll know who did it...and i can be quite vengeful. you should've seen what Polish Bob did to this Douglass Canning dude. i'm serious. it was kinda a big deal. thanks never do that again, polish bob!

anyone got a good idea for a summer job that would allow me to climb a lot and not work that hard? anywhere in cascades, preferably bellingham or east side (mazama,winthrop,leavenworth,ellensburg) i have no job skills i'm thinking Bus Boy

step one: steal underpants step three: world domination

yeah, and the sun is rubbing it in to add salt to the wound. pictures are always very helpful, i think.

the thing is, i don't print any of the items. i'm just the artist and check casher.

or your really slow i kid b/c i love

sparky, after enough times of the other party saying no, you'll change your mind. if you read carefully, i said be polite about it, just don't make it an option for them.

All my "Got Milf?" clothing is also gone forever. same deal. Some of you cc.commer long-timers might remember that as my autosig...i believe i was the 1st to use that term of anyone in the universe...started using it in 2000. fucking people on this earth just suck my ass

KNELSON - you hit the nail on the head. VERY well put. Marie - you are completely kick ass for buying, wearing, and advertising my shirts! thank you. i owe ya a drink too! Billcoe, i'm not sure what you're doing wrong. maybe scroll down or something. there should be a "view larger image" button. i have sooo many people telling me they can't read the images, cafeshops should fix that problem. entire world population - please buy just one sticker each and set me up for life.

It's true. kinda awkward though

I fell the entire legnth of the sword dihedral on the grand wall and ripped a nail clean off, but it was onto a .75", so it wasn't little gear. the best part was having to re-climb it again sans gear. note to self, bring doubles. thanks for the reminder nick

30 foot upsidedowner onto a #2 nut after running it out on st. vitas direct start when i reached for the bomber jug and got an eye full of water instead. years ago with my very fist pitch ever climbed with necronomicon as my partner.

The images below are BANNED and ILLEGEAL, not safe for work On another note, So far no answers on my ad:

My website store www.cafepress.com/alpinist will no longer offer any items with the word "Dirtbag" on it, which includes the picture of the little stickmen dumpster diving at trader joes for bagels. Why? Douglass Canning of Dirtbag Clothing (dirtbagclothing.com) copyrighted the word dirtbag and made my supplier dump that image in case of litigation. His sales must be skyrocketing with me out of the way.

No more "Dirtbag" t-shirts with the little stick figures dumpster diving are available, or stickers, or anything with the word dirtbag for that matter. Thank Douglass Canning at Dirtbagclothing.com for that.