Rachel Maddow looked so ill - possible oil/dispersant related?

[truedelphi]

Immediately upon turning on the Tube to watch Rachel last night,I was struck by how puffy her face looked. Her eyes looked like the area around them was swollen.

Her face looked swollen also.

Toward the end of her broadcast on one or two occasions, she slurred her words.

It looked like she spent a great deal of time yesterday out on the Gulf, inside boats taking her to view the effects of the oil spill. Although she was wearing sensible shoes, the biologist from Tulane University was in hip waders, totally protected.

RM - if you read this, get some glutathion immediately and take a dose and a half. (Available at a health food store, including GNC.) Scientist/researcher Marc Lappe recommends this product to anyone who encounters toxins.

Maybe see an acupuncturist. If you can afford the time away from work, maybe chelation?

Parkinson's is now deemed by many to be a toxin-consumption related event. I believe that in many cases, MS is formaldehyde related. Goddess herself probably doesn't know what is in that Crap Dispersant.

And the rest of us can keep our fingers crossed or pray that this fine person returns to full health.

[jillan]

1. She said the smell was horrible. Hopefully she just needed a good nite's rest.

I noticed it too :(

[Warpy]

5. She might need more recovery than that

but all the health food crap won't do a thing.

Poisons are sequestered by our livers quite effectively, it just takes some time to do it. Yes, the hip waders would have helped.

They might have helped for the snake oil, too.

[aquart]

9. If she can smell it, it's in her body and doing harm.

Unprotected spill workers are getting sick enough to be hospitalized. This stuff is toxic and the smell is drifting into homes all over the coast.

I don't know how bad it is or will be. It's different substances, but I live 32 blocks from Ground Zero and after 9/11 I went from needing an inhaler two or three times a year to four or five times a week for the next five years. And then it went back to what it had been.

Stuff in the air can make you sick.

[musette_sf]

44. My first time back to NYC after 9/11

was a year later. I took the train to Rector Street to meet my sister at the just-reopened Winter Garden. As soon as I got to the street I smelled and sensed that the air was still messed up.

I worked in lower Manhattan for years. I know how the air is normally. It blew my mind that a year later, I could still smell and feel crap in the air. Went straight to my throat.

[aquart]

77. Think about the sanitation workers cleaning that ash day after day.

We remember and honor our cops and firemen, but the sanitation workers who cleaned lower Manhattan? The fires went on, I don't know how long, the ash kept coming back, the place looked snow-covered. And they waded in and got rid of it. It covered everything, it was full of heavy metals and they got rid of it.

Like the people who are out there cleaning the oil. But I don't remember anyone thanking the sanitation people.

I never identified the smell as burning, oddly enough. To me it smelled dank and musty, like someone disturbed a mummy's tomb.

[musette_sf]

100. It was part faint acidy smell, like burnt metal,

and the other part like breathing air tinged with finely ground fiberglass.

Re NY sanitation workers:

http://wasteage.com/mag/waste_dday_ny_sanitation/

[Ian David]

2. Until you said acupuncturist and chelation I thought you were serious for a second. n/t

[wolfgangmo]

46. A few salient facts.

Accupuncture has been found effective for many types of pain, and given that almost all pain is made worse or caused by inflamation that we a visible symptom, then it could be helpful.

Secondly chelation does work. Your belief or disbelief does not constitute refutation. Whether or not it would be effective in this case is a matter of lab tests to detirmine what heavy metals are present if any. Not all that you decide is woo actually is (and please don't post anything from Quackwatch - they are too quacky for me and anyone else who reads peer reviewed literature.) Here is a wiki link (not peer reviewed but it is able to be accessed for those who don't subscribe to research service). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMSA

Thirdly, glutathione is necessary for phase 2 liver methalation which is the main system in the body to process and remove heavy metals from the body. However I would never purchase over the counter.


All of these suggestions are sound but I would recommend that Rachel see a doctor who is trained in Functional Testing so that she can detirmine is a problem exists that can be traced back to exposure to toxic chemicals.

[bobbolink]

48. "I would recommend that Rachel see a doctor who is trained in Functional Testing "

Damned good thing Rachel can afford it.

Too bad for those millions of others who can't.

Too bad.

So sad.

[MineralMan]

69. How is it that you do not see the problem with some

random DUer offering a diagnosis and treatment regiment for a person he or she has never met, and only based on some perception of facial swelling, which may or may not even exist?

The argument is not against chelation or any other therapy. It is against amateur diagnosis and prescription by people not qualified to do either.

You forgive me if I am not convinced by your argument, which is not even to the point.

[LeftyMom]

3. Sensible shoes? Did you have to use that phrase?

:eyes:

FWIW, she's appeared to feel unwell on the show before. I hate to play Dr. Frist, but puffy face, bags under the eyes and being a little slurry sounds like allergies and allergy meds to me, which would make sense considering she filmed outside for a while.

[rusty quoin]

7. I figured allergies too. n/t

[cwydro]

51. Lol, or a hangover...she always talks about drinking.

Or maybe she had a fight with her partner.

Who the hell knows, but I'm sure not looking forward to breathing that shit.

[complain jane]

76. I'm with you.

I didn't witness it but I love Rachel (obviously, see sig) and I hope whatever it was, was the byproduct of a hangover.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

4. Probably.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-uSqZbEiJk&feature=PlayList&p=60E30160C978BFBF&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=8

[MineralMan]

16. Oh, no...not the Morgellons...the howwow!

I do believe that this thread is the pinnacle of amateur diagnosis and treatment suggestions. I though I had seen it all, but I was wrong, apparently.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

20. That's why I'm K&Ring this thread.

[MineralMan]

23. Indeed! We need more such threads. Many more.

DU WILL CURE THE WORLD'S ILLS! It will. Truly!

[truedelphi]

49. It was posted as a matter of concern for Rachel...

But for the dozen or so of you that found it absolutely hilarious to mock me, GLAD I COULD ADD TO YOUR AMUSEMENT.

jeeSH!

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

50. You're welcome.

[REP]

6. Here's another, less dramatic, explanation: traveling is tiring

She lives and works on the east coast. Traveling to the Gulf coast and doing her shows is tiring. When people are tired, their eyes are often puffy.

OR! Extreme orbital edema is a symptom of nephrotic syndrome. Maybe she's developed kidney disease!!11!

[Mimosa]

42. My eyes swell up after I fly too n/t

[calimary]

98. It wouldn't surprise me if what she'd witnessed down there had made her cry.

Maybe a lot. You could tell she was visibly moved and upset and shaken and disgusted. And yeah, probably took in a few too many oil vapors.

[SidDithers]

8. You're suggesting chelation based on a video diagnosis?...

From the American Heart Association:

Can chelation therapy be dangerous?
EDTA isn’t totally safe as a drug. There’s a real danger of kidney failure. (renal tubular necrosis). EDTA can also cause bone marrow depression, shock, low blood pressure (hypotension), convulsions, disturbances of regular heart rhythm (cardiac arrhythmias), allergic-type reactions and respiratory arrest.

In fact, a number of deaths in the United States have been linked with chelation therapy. Also, some people are on dialysis because of kidney failure caused, at least in part, by chelation therapy.

http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3000843

Chelation should only be used as a treatment for heavy metal poisoning.

Sid

[truedelphi]

36. I was HARDLY rolling into the East Coast with chelation therapy

Equipment and setting it up in her basement...

But once you are impacted with toxins, you need all the suggestions in the world to consider.

The way out of a toxified body, especially if formaldehyde and other heavy metals, and VOC's could be part of the damage being done, is a most difficult one.

Rachel is one intelligent person. If she needs de-toxifying, she will figure it out.

[wolfgangmo]

47. I am kinda woo (according to some on the DU)

But I do run a medical clinic and for once in my life I find myself in complete agreement with Sid.

DMSA should not be used without a doctors supervision which will include functional lab testing and close follow up monitoring. Do we use DMSA at our clinic, you betcha. But mostly it is used to provoke a heavy metal flush just prior to a lab test to ensure that we have accurate results.

[truedelphi]

67. Did I say that this was what the woman should definitely do?

I posted this out of concern for Rachel. I was concerned about the way that she looked last night.

Should she go to a GP, she will get the run around. That is a given. Headache? She is tired or under stress, the physician will say. Skin rash - same thing. It is that her job is demanding, or her airplane travel caused jet lag.

If she continues having major symptoms, she will probably still be told that she is tired and under tress.

For most of us who have been severely compromised health wise from toxins, we have gotten this run around.

And we eventually have to go to practitioners who're a bit out of the box. However as time has gone on, there are more and more doctors who have attended med school and are there to help.

You can laugh, but sooner rather than later, you yourself, or someone you know will be hit with a lifestyle severely altered by what Rachel is possibly facing. A substantial numbers of Americans have had this happen to them.

Period.

So very sorry that it offended those it offended.

If it amused you then, goodie, as this has been a tough week and we all need a laugh.

[MineralMan]

70. As a matter of fact, you did exactly that. I quote from your OP:

"RM - if you read this, get some glutathion immediately and take a dose and a half. (Available at a health food store, including GNC.) Scientist/researcher Marc Lappe recommends this product to anyone who encounters toxins. "

Do you not even remember what you wrote?

[prolesunited]

10. Are you a doctor?

This is irresponsible advice.

BTW, I have allergy/sinus problems and a severe bout can make my face and eyes swell. I don't think I'm being chemically poisoned.

I have asked the mods to lock this thread since we shouldn't be dispensing medical advice here.

[MineralMan]

18. Of course not. Everyone knows that doctors are slaves to

Big Pharma and the enemies of good health. Only quack medicine can save Rachel now. :sarcasm:

[wolfgangmo]

56. I hope the moderators DON'T lock the thread.

What we are doing is NOT giving medical advice. If we were talking to Rachel in person and presenting ourself as a doctor we would be. But that is NOT what is happening here.

I don't happen to agree that this is advice that Rachel should necessarily take without the advice of a doctor who is trained in functional medicine (or perhaps a licensed naturopathic doctor (only available is some states)). However no one here is making the representation that they are a doctor and giving doctor level advice. So get off your high horse.


And yes, if you are having allergy attacks you are being chemically poisoned - the only question is what chemical or substance is causing your body to exhibit the typical hyperinflamitory immune response that characterizes allergy attacks. Is it pollen. BTW you have my sympathies. I don't have those kind of allergy responses but we see plenty of that kind of suffering in our clinic.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

61. I hope they don't lock it either.

Shit is cash.

[Codeine]

11. Lots of travel,

dispersant fumes, allergies from being in a new environment, the effects of allergy meds, and a self-professed love for cocktails all add up to something infinitely more sensible than Unspecified Toxins.

And seriously -- acupuncture?! :rofl: Maybe she needs a homeopathic dose of crude oil!

[SidDithers]

19. Homeopathic crude oil...

:rofl:

http://www.bayho.com/p/334275.html

Sid

[MineralMan]

21. And only about $8 for a full 80 sugar pellets.

What a bargain! A cure for petroleum toxicity. Homeopathetic medicine is truly miraculous. Why is the government keeping these secrets from us? I know, I know...Big Pharma. Truly we are doomed. Perhaps the cure will be GOOPonium 30x.

[truedelphi]

55. No where in my post did I mention Homeopathy, which I never cared for. My post

Was meant as an expression of concern for Rachel.

Most of you who are all under the age of forty five can laugh all you want at the suggestions of acupuncture. But wait until some cancer invades your system, and the chemo and radiation do little to help you.

Most of you have never been impacted by a heavy duty chem poisoning. If you are, and your GP tells you it is all in your head, and offers no solution, you start looking for solutions.

I first had Multiple Schlerosis symptoms way way back in 1994. The advice of several research scientists, among them Marc Lappe, kept me from being all out sick.

i usually keep those symptoms at bay by avoiding all exposures to chems, and by eating lots of the greener greens - thistle, dandelion, and others and taking glutathion. I also am pretty much forced to be living in the more rural part of the world.

Some of the people laughing hardest at my remarks will be affected at some point in their life time. It is now known that 6 to 15% of the population cannot tolerate many common place chems, including smoke from nicotine cigarettes. These numbers are increasing every year. If you're bothered by cig smoke, you are probably ten years away from being afflicted with more pervasive symptoms.

[Codeine]

57. A lot of folks in my family get cancer

so I won't be shocked if I do as well. I damned sure won't be treating it with Magical Needle Pokies.

[truedelphi]

60. it doesn't surprise me that a lot of people in your family get cancer.

being convinced that de-tox is silly and being convinced that glutathion is a travesty, those attitudes are pervasive among humans who end up getting cancer.

[Codeine]

62. Mostly it's because they eat like shit and smoke like chimneys.

Didn't Detox Lappe get cancer?

[prolesunited]

95. No one in my family has ever done any of those things

and not a single one in my immediate or extended family have ever had any kind of cancer whatsoever. What do you think that means?

[wolfgangmo]

63. Sid - stay on point.

I know it's hard but please try.


The OP didn't mention any homeopathics.

[SidDithers]

73. Codeine did, in post 11...

I wasn't replying to the OP.

Sid

[SargeUNN]

12. It is a stressful area to be in

I was in Katrina and dealt with all the crap after it for a year and a half until I had to leave. The stress and always in your face of that was such you couldn't escape it and certainly with the odor, the stress of financial losses, and pain from it, it takes a toll. I saw people come in after Katrina and when they saw the actual horrors they cracked and it is possible Rachel saw so much that took her down and stressed her that it showed. I for one could understand it.

[MineralMan]

13. Now you're giving medical advice to television news people?

Truly? Uff da! I'm sure that Rachel can afford to see a doctor when it's necessary. Your amateur advice is really, really presumptuous, I think.

[wolfgangmo]

64. IMHO the OP wasn't about medical advice (which it wasn't)

But rather concern for a woman who is IMHO a national treasure. The OP was showing concern. What is wrong with that?


Oh yah - it wasn't the approved MineralMan method trademarked concern. Concern, as we all should know, is only legitimate if it is given in a way that meets with MM approval. C'mon dude. Lighten up.

And not all of the advice was bad necessarily. See another post of mine. I don't agree with it based on a video (Terry Shiavo, anyone?) but in the proper clinical setting with the proper diagnostic tests ... it could be just what the doctor ordered.

[MineralMan]

71. For pete's sake. Did you even read the OP. I will quote from it

for you:

"RM - if you read this, get some glutathion immediately and take a dose and a half. (Available at a health food store, including GNC.) Scientist/researcher Marc Lappe recommends this product to anyone who encounters toxins. "

That is a direct prescription for a treatment for something the poster doesn't even know Rachel has. It is medical advice, pure and simple. You are saying the thing that is not.

[CreekDog]

14. Well she also traveled a lot, was in a humid environment, was physically stressed

and doing a live tv show is quite stressful without all the other factors.

so anything is possible i guess, but there are lots of conventional explanations that get us a long way there as well.

[JitterbugPerfume]

15. I think Rachel is smart enough

to take care of her own medical needs

[MineralMan]

17. No...No! She needs expert amateur advice. Everyone knows that

DU has the best amateur diagnosticians and prescribers of patent medicines anywhere.

Rachel MUST listen to this sage advice so she will be well again! :sarcasm:

[OKNancy]

22. The whole premise of this thread is off if you ask me.

The posts states an opinion that Rachel looks bad and slurred her words.
Here is the video: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x471791

She looks fine to me. If she is puffed up with anything it is righteous indignation.
Her commentary was spot on. I loved it.

[MineralMan]

25. Whatever can you mean? This is a brilliant, brilliant thread.

Full of sage (30x) advice, and loaded with the wisdom of unsung heroes. Here, take two pellets of Sarcasticum Profundis (20x) and you'll know truth.

[Codeine]

26. She ALWAYS looks fine to me.

;)

[MineralMan]

27. Indeed she does. I have the most mad crush on Rachel.

My wife scoffs...

[Codeine]

29. My girlfriend's reaction to my Rachel Fixation;

"Hmmmm. . . unattainable lesbian light-years outta your league? You go ahead and dream, big guy." :rofl:

[MineralMan]

31. My wife is more subtle with her ridicule, but the effect is the same.

My opinion is that I may freely crush on anyone who is not available. We do not speak of my wife's celebrity crushes.

[SargeUNN]

24. I can tell you this

When someone like Rachel goes into and sees the horrors it affects them. I would tell people coming into the area after Katrina to be aware that what they would see would have a depressing and troubling affect on them that might cause trouble sleeping, and other related issues. I can't actually recall one who didn't admit to me afterwards they had tried to heed my advice and even with it they found it affected them more than they thought. They usually got over it for the most part in a couple days and while the horror of their memories never went away, their depression and fatigue did. I am sure Rachel is experiencing such and she probably is worn from it since it really is a hell of a thing to see.

[MineralMan]

28. It appears that the OP has fled the interview...

Ah, well...I was so looking forward to more expert medicalish advice.

[Codeine]

30. It's a homeopathic post.

The more it gets diluted by our responses the more powerful it becomes.

[MineralMan]

32. I had not thought of it that way. The tiniest hint of

the OP has more value than a great deal of it...yes...I see that now. :rofl:

[LeftyMom]

33. *snort*

:rofl:

[truedelphi]

37. I was HARDLY giving expert advice.

Except for the recommendation of glutathion. Which was given tome by an expert, Marc Lappe, and I feel glutathion is invaluable as far as remedial agent for inadvertent exposure to toxins.

[Codeine]

39. I will agree that you were not giving expert advice.

On that point I believe we are all in agreement.

[MineralMan]

40. Well, that is most certainly true.

Then, Marc Lappe has examined Rachel. I did not know that. Gosh...I feel rilly, rilly bad now...:rofl:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

53. Marc Lappe is dead of cancer.

I guess the astrology charts didn't show that one coming.

[MineralMan]

72. I'm sorry for his family. He's beyond sorrow.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

52. Maybe you mean glutathione.

The peptide that the body already produces in massive amounts.

[wolfgangmo]

65. Meeeeeee toooooooooo.

It would go well with the triple helping of condescension and derision served up daily here at DU for any opinions that are not officially sanctioned by certain members.

[renate]

93. thank you

:thumbsup:

[truedelphi]

96. Please see post 68 and 79 -- straight from the horses' mouth

Rachel apparently discussed her health situation on TV.

Friday night she was discussing what it felt like starting with her first being on the water on Thursday.

[Are_grits_groceries]

34. I think Rachel is sick at heart.

She has never been in that area before. So while she absorbs the beauty and breadth of the area, she realizes at the same time it will be irretrievably damaged. It's like meeting a different person you become
enchanted with and realizing they won't be there for long.

I think it makes her angry and sad. I think she was furious last night, but what she got through to people with was her passion, disgust, and the sadness behind it all. The sadness was in her face and eyes.

When JFK died, the WaPo columnist Mary Mcgrory told Daniel Patrick Moynihan,"We will never laugh again."
Moynihan, who worked for President Kennedy responded, “Mary, we will laugh again. But we will never be young again.”

I don't think Rachel will ever be young again.

[glowing]

38. Yes, I think you nailed it. Her absolute disgust and realization of what

this oil spill is really doing to the gulf states.. a way of life, tradition, what makes us live on shitty wages and deal with asshole pukes and republican dicks in charge is because it becomes you. Its like having a piece of your heart ripped out... Its losing a family member... Its really hard to describe in words the emotions of watching the destruction of the gulf and the coast and the animals..

[Desertrose]

74. Yeah, I agree...she's sick at heart like so many of us are.....

and probably exhausted from touring the devastation all day.
:(

[RT Atlanta]

35. C'mon folks...

She and her crew let off some steam on Bourbon Street before heading home - hence the paleness, puffy face, slurred speech, etc. the next day.

:sarcasm:

[izzybeans]

41. Out of studio camera?

I noticed that Olbermann looks more puffy off set than on.

[MineralMan]

43. And we needn't mention Tweety at all, I think.

I did notice, though, that after some time away from the set, Mika's breasts seemed somewhat puffy. I'm concerned for her well being. What if her ankles begin to swell? Uff da!

[mitchtv]

45. she looked hung over

the French Quarter can be alluring

[izzybeans]

80. We all know how puffy morning Joe is.

Puffy Joe brewed by Starbucks.

I worry about Mika's breasts too. :)

[elehhhhna]

54. no studio lighting. mystery solved. end of thread.

[Codeine]

58. I've reviewed the bit you're talking about and one thing is clear.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

59. I recommend a magic ion bracelet.

[Feron]

66. She looked tired to me.

Being outside during a typical summer Southern Louisiana day will wear you out.

[Missy Vixen]

68. Rachel Maddow posted less than ten minutes ago on Twitter

she's ill due to the fumes.

So. Think good thoughts, say a prayer, whatever. Anderson Cooper is down there as well.

While you're thinking of them, think of the thousands who are now out of work due to this, and those who live on the beaches who will become ill as well.

[Judi Lynn]

79. She mentioned it on her show Friday night. Said it hit her as soon as she got out there.

Said the oil smell is overwhelming, and she immediately felt dizzy, and almost drunk, as soon as she got out there. She was on a boat when she discussed it. She compared the smell on the water to the smell of a very dirty garage, or something similar. I didn't hear the words she used right before saying "garage" clearly enough, as I had gone out of ear range for a moment.

She said something about the smell being so heavy, pervasive you could easily feel claustrophobic.

She made a big point of mentioning it explicitly on her last show there.

Thanks for mentioning the tweet. No doubt we'll hear more about it.

[LLStarks]

75. Pics of our sick hero? nt

[SoCalDem]

78. part of it is that there is not "stage makeup" and the temp there is hot & muggy

Most of her reporting is done outside, and anyone who has spent time in a tropical place can tell you how the heat saps your strength..and then breathing in petroleum fumes is no picnic either..

The people at MSNBC, always "pretty her up" and on location, she's just being who SHE wants to be..sans make-up & the fancy blazers..:)

[dbt]

81. Ahhhh. DU in a nutshell:

Thou shalt not think outside the lines.

Thou shalt not stray from the sacred groupthink.

Thou shalt not post upon forbidden topics.

And thou shalt dwell within the box forever.

[Desertrose]

82. You nailed it, my friend.

:hi: :hug::loveya::hug::hug:

How ARE you??

[Codeine]

83. You can do all those things and more.

And you'll get some posts of support and some posts of snark.

Not all opinions and views are equally valid in the free exchange of ideas.

[dbt]

85. Nice try!

We both know better.

[Codeine]

86. People post woo shit all damned day.

You just want to be able to post it and not have it held up to the ridicule it deserves.

[dbt]

87. Right back atcha!

You septics just want to revel in your protected status here. And people do NOT post "woo shit" all day long at DU. You would be hard pressed to show me two posts a day in GD.

[Codeine]

89. "Protected status"

Do expand on that, please.

[dbt]

90. Nice try X2

:evilgrin:

[Codeine]

92. You have nothing to add, I see.

A typical woo contribution.

[dbt]

94. I see you have nothing to add but distraction

A typical septic contribution.

[WestSeattle2]

84. So true! Well, for 90 percent of the posters....There are some

critical thinkers on here who can engage in meaningful, thoughtful debate.

[truedelphi]

97. Thank you sincerely for your support

Having lived through some of the toughest times ever back in 2005 until 2007, and just getting back on my feet over that horrid two year period, I have this to say;

One: Someone here on DU kept me alive, in the soul sense of the word "alive" and I have put that wonderfulness (from them to me) into my feeling for this board ever since. Every person on it. All of the posters here. I even took several people off ignore, and one of them has grown over the last eighteen months. And posts entirely differently than the way they used to.

Two: Those two tough years pretty much took away my sense of humor, at that point in time.

But now due to recovery, of the horrid illness my spouse faced, of the financial situation, of legal nightmares etc, I have my sense of humor. It is back in spades, and most problematic stuff makes me laugh, as nothing will ever be as bad as what I went through.

Three) I doubt anyone on this board can kill me. So if people want to be all "Neeener, Neener, Neener," maybe it means that they will kick their dog one less time. I can handle anything any poster here throws out at me.

Four: never again will I post any OP until after 10:30 Pm when my peeps on this board usually hang out. I can handle being picked on, by why deal with creeps when you can deal with "peeps"?

[Little Star]

88. Memo from Rachel: Fumes make you sick

Fri Jun 4, 2010 7:04 PM EDT

Rachel just got back to shore from reporting in the Gulf of Mexico. She writes:

I am now back at the shrimp processing plant office, where we have our computer set-up. I'll work from here til the show.

I am surprised to say I'm really lightheaded and nauseated from the fumes of being out on the water with that much oil in it -- I feel awful, and my clothes reek.

What I saw in the bay between here and Queen Bess Island was 25x worse than the worst we saw yesterday.

http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/06/04/4464777-memo-from-rachel-fumes-make-you-sick

[msanthrope]

91. "RM - if you read this"

Really? Think that's what's gonna happen?

[truedelphi]

99. As someone who had one of ____'s people (name you would know, though not Rachel's)

Respond to a phone call, directly on account of my phone call to ____, and get on a plane from Washington and go to the area that I said was having a problem, and handle that problem (AND YES, WHEN THAT HAPPENED I WAS flipping AMAZED!) I never say "Never."

Anything is possible if you believe in something needing to happen. Buddhist principle number six "Poison into medicine."

[nadinbrzezinski]

101. I sent an email

recommending she see a Toxicologists. No you were not the only one who picked on it.

That stuff can and does kill.

[inna]

102. i no longer have MSNBC so i missed that... thanks for posting this.