We have enough dingbats on the GOP side of the aisle, we don’t need them on ours. (Still railing on science-based medicine here.)

A whole pile of money was shoveled at the VA to study acupuncture for treating pain in lieu of medication or other proven methods of medicine.

Rep Judy Chu (D-CA27) introduced a bill called the “Acupuncture for Our Heroes Act” to require all VA medical facilities to provide acupuncture for pain.

Rep. Chu claims “discrimination against traditional Asian methods of medicine.”

Screw that. Like the rattlesnake pills above (which are traditional Mexican medicine), we don’t call proven medicine that works “traditional medicine” or “alternative medicine.” We call it “medicine.”

I do not want to be forced by the government to use quackery paid for by tax money for my benefits.

Fortunately, since the bill was introduced by a Democrat, the GOP won’t move the bill. It was introduced last year, and still sits without action.

congress.gov (bill sponsor and text)