Friday, April 26, 2013

A Terrorism of Indifference


"I would invite anyone in Washington to come look my patients in the eye and tell them that waiting for a flight is a bigger problem than traveling farther and waiting longer for chemotherapy."  ~  Dr. William Nibley, of United Cancer Specialists in Utah.

It came home to roost this past week.  The IT is sequestration.  You remember sequestration don’t you?  It’s only been about 8 weeks since President Obama and Congress foisted the sequester on the folks they’re paid to serve, and for the most part it’s been almost forgotten; by the public, by the media and most of all by the men and women who are responsible for it.  Perfectly content and comfortable with sequestration conveniently out of the news, they were no doubt equally disappointed when it came back to the headlines with something of a vengeance.


Monday, April 15, 2013

Dog Tired


I’m not angry this time.  If anything I’m just exhausted.  That kind of tired that you feel after you've had an argument with a loved one and all the vitriol has just been wrung out of you and all you really want is for all of the bad feelings to go away and for everything to be at peace again.  It’s an empty dullness that makes you just want to lie down on the couch in the quiet house, exhale and look up at the ceiling.  Maybe I’m just getting numb to it all.