I think I quit posting because I found myself digressing into a negative thought process in regards to anything I faced. I am far from the eternal optimist but, man was I ever getting grumpier and grumpier. I also realized that I was banging my head against an unmovable rock wall. It was also happening in my career as well. Nursing care in an acute care surgical ICU will and can wear you the hell out. The disparities between nursing and administration are prevalent at any hospital, even at the hospital I worked with who continually touted their recognition as one of the “Best Companies to Work for in (your home state)”. I always had qualms knowing they were a county supported system. Read that as government supported, and you know when the government touches anything, they fail miserably.

I have made a rather large transition in the choice of my career field. I left a government run, bureaucratic, crap machine (no matter how wonderful they think they are) and moved into private care. You may think I am crazy with what the current administration has in store for healthcare, but this company has developed quite a niche for themselves. I still fault the governmental intrusions into healthcare for the current calamities. And then people themselves are at fault for abusing insurance as a way to pay for healthcare. Insurance was initially developed as a safety net, not as a way to completely fund your average, daily, snotty nose, ER visit.

It’s heart warming going to work for a company where no government pukes can randomly cause fear running through ‘the system’ because our success rate and performance bonuses are no longer based on customer service surveys where there is a less than 30% response rate and then 70% of those are for the most part negative. There was a time when private care actually worked in the country and I have strongly become a proponent of the cash only clinics popping up in various cities within our country. I know we still have some of our governmental regulations we will have to maintain, but there is something refreshing about a privately held company that doesn’t have such an oppressive feel of governmental intrusion.

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“It should be remembered that fiscal year 2009 began during the Bush administration, which left in its wake the worst recession since the 1930s, including a sharp plunge in revenues,” said Rep. John Spratt Jr., D-S.C., chairman of the House Budget Committee. “But today’s figures send us the latest alarm. As the economy stabilizes and starts to recover, we will have to turn our focus back to deficit reduction.”

Sir, your party has been in control of the House since the Bush administration, why don’t you pull your head out of your arse and take some responsibility for running up the bills?

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It has long been a premise of blogs and internet postings that you could with some relative ease, maintain your anonymity with your online pseudo-personality or identity. I have also long known that the extremely long reach of government could find on me anything they wanted because they have been an intrusion into the lives of well meaning law abiding citizens for some time now. The subversive guise through the idea that it is a tax issue is a wee bit bothersome. Big Brother is and has been in the house.

I would have to say that yes, my political standings are no where near in-line with the current administration or any of the goofballs in D.C. that have been in office for say…oh the past 20 years. I am no conspiracy theorist by any means and I know the internet has greatly expanded the fear mongering of those that think our government is out to get us. I am beginning to believe them. And why would they have any interest in someone like me? Someone that has next to nil readers of his little opinionated, non-revenue generating blog?  But how creepy is it to receive the following email from your internet or web host provider indicating the following:

Murse C,

In order to be in full compliance with U.S. tax laws we now require a signed W-9 tax form from all affiliates.  Please make sure you SIGN AND DATE the form before sending it back to us.  Forms can be returned via email to forms@internethost.com or faxed to 800-328-7448. If you prefer to send via post, please remit to:

InternetHost.Com Inc.
ATTN: Forms Dept.
12324 S Jacass St.
Hometown, ST 90876
USA

Regards,

InternetHost.Com
(800) 218-6666 (fax)
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Obama supporters, be honest now.  Read the following and tell me how you would have reacted:

·        If George W. Bush had made a joke at the expense of the Special Olympics, would you have approved?

·        If George W. Bush had given Gordon Brown a set of inexpensive and incorrectly formatted DVDs, when Gordon Brown had given him a thoughtful and historically significant gift, would you have approved?

·        If George W. Bush had given the Queen of England an iPod containing videos of his speeches, would you have thought this embarrassingly narcissistic and tacky?

·        If George W. Bush had bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia, would you have approved?

·        If George W. Bush had visited Austria and made reference to the non-existent “Austrian language,” would you have brushed it off as a minor slip?

·        If George W. Bush had filled his cabinet and circle of advisers with people who cannot seem to keep current on their income taxes, would you have approved?

·        If George W. Bush had been so Spanish illiterate as to refer to “Cinco de Cuatro” in front of the Mexican ambassador when it was the fourth of May (Cuatro de Mayo), and continued to flub it when he tried again, would you have winced in embarrassment?

·        If George W. Bush had miss-spelled the word advice would you have hammered him for it for years like Dan Quayle and potatoe as “proof” of what a dunce he is?

·        If George W. Bush had burned 9,000 gallons of jet fuel to go plant a single tree on “Earth Day”, would you have concluded he’s a hypocrite?

·        If George W. Bush’s administration had okayed Air Force One flying low over millions of people followed by a jet fighter in downtown Manhattan causing widespread panic, would you have wondered whether they actually “get” what happened on 9-11?

·        If George W. Bush had been the first President to need a teleprompter installed to be able to get through a press conference, would you have laughed and said this is more proof of how inept he is on his own and is really controlled by smarter men behind the scenes?

·        If George W. Bush had failed to send relief aid to flood victims throughout the Midwest with more people killed or made homeless than in New Orleans , would you want it made into a major ongoing political issue with claims of racism and incompetence?

·        If George W. Bush had ordered the firing of the CEO of a major corporation, even though he had no constitutional authority to do so, would you have approved?

·        If George W. Bush had proposed to double the national debt, which had taken more than two centuries to accumulate, in one year, would you have approved?

·        If George W. Bush had then proposed to double the debt again 10 times within years, would you have approved?

·        If George W. Bush had reduced your retirement plan’s holdings of GM stock by 90% and given the unions a majority stake in GM, would you have approved?

·        If George W. Bush had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to take Laura Bush to a play in NYC, would you have approved?

So, tell me again; what is it about Obama that makes him so brilliant and impressive? Can’t think of anything? Don’t worry. He’s done all the above in just 5 months — so be patient you’ve still got three years and seven months to come up with an answer.

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And there are numerous parts that need fixing. But the one that chaps my hide the most is when doctors know you are in the health care field,  I am forced to call my primary knowing I need a specialty consult. AND I HAVE TO GO IN, PAY MY DOCTOR FOR SOMETHING I ALREADY KNOW THEY ARE GOING TO TELL ME. “Oh, you need to go see a specialist.” No S#!+!!!  Now I am all for a capitalistic system but when this kind of nonsense is present, when does it stop?! What causes a doctor to forgo common sense from someone in the medical field? What drives a doctor to accept a minimal, measly copay? Is it a cut of ‘their fair share’? Have they been burned by the current mentality of society and system for which they now have to care? Part of my chaffing is also knowing that the specialist to whom she is going to send me… is her husband’s clinic and then I get to pay him double my copay, just because he’s a specialist?! Am I scratching the surface of an ethical issue here? These folks are well respected and are really good docs.  I guess the blame comes down to accountability and knowing those, much like our guests that come to the ER for a chronic toothache, that abuse they system are the reason for this nonsense. Thoughts?

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Anyway, I came across this little gem and I have every intention of sending to the folks at M.D.O.D. just to get their spin on it. I sure do enjoy their educational material. So check out the following and see what has been bankrupting our health care, let alone our ER’s.

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