From the outset, I am NOT "anti Obama". I do not want to be painted with any ridiculous such label. However, if you listen to my radio show on KTAR in Arizona then you know that I am intolerant of spin that promotes disinformation and is not truthful. The U.S. Congress is considering an historic Federal spending package that, amongst many other things, allocates a considerable amount of resources to smoking cessation because of the toll that it takes on the nation's health and, as a result, on the cost of health care.

Mr. Barak Obama, our President, smokes. While not entirely "hidden" from the public, it is certainly not a well known fact. I suppose he has been seen enough times lighting up by the press that it would be fruitless to conceal it entirely anyway.

However, we have been told by his doctors that he is "healthy" and we have been led to believe that he smokes "occasionally". Let's examine this for a moment. Smoking is NOT a healthy habit. It predisposes users and those around them by the way (second hand smoke) to cardiovascular disease, lung cancer, throat cancer, colon cancer and cognition related diseases like Alzheimer's. African Americans who smoke are even more at risk and "occasional" smoking does not significantly cut the risk of these diseases. Our President eats well, plays basketball and stays slim and trim, however, none of this trumps the risks that he has as a result of smoking. If you were to apply for health or life insurance, underwriters would not consider you "healthy" - no matter your aerobic capacity- if you are a smoker.You would either pay much more for your insurance OR not get insurance at all! Yet, the medicine of the White House has re engineered the definition of health as it is used when referring to the President of the United States. For Mr. Obama, smoking does NOT make him unhealthy!

Now, as for honoring the White House No Smoking rule. Let's just play imagine. Imagine it's 3AM on a rainy and cold night in Washington, DC. The President is awaken to be told of a crisis somewhere around the globe. He is anxious, reaches for a pack of his favorite brand, calls the secret service, sticks a scrambled phone in his PJ's, puts on a robe and makes his way to the White House lawn where in the rain he lights up and is on the phone with the other hand while a Secret Service type is holding an umbrella so the President won't get wet while he takes a drag ,inhales and talks to Putin. I do not think so. So much for that fairy land story!

Now, what we have here is the typical "do as I do, not as I say"- a common government employee philosophy. You see, Mr. Obama will NOT be rated by an insurance company. He DOES get health insurance. BUT, what about you? Well, you are sick and addicted! He is healthy! So, what do you think that our new Surgeon General is going to spin this into? Sanjay explain this to me.

Mr. Obama is very intelligent. He is not afraid to take chances. BUT, he is caught in the same old, same old- hypocrisy! Our President is NOT healthy and he IS at risk. His doctors should be ashamed of themselves for prostituting indisputable medical knowledge. Which has more transcendence? Bill Clinton having a tryst in the Oval Office or Barak Obama lightning up certainly near and more likely in the White House?