Notes from the waiting room

I've been wandering this wilderness for years, warning we should take care of our own problems before the suits do, but this seems like a case of the exception proving the rule.

By Denis Storey | May 19, 2010 at 08:00 PM

So I spent most of the day at the hospital yesterday.

(Would love to tell you all about it, but, for starters, we're just not that close. And, besides, I'm sure it would violate all kinds of HIPAA rules.)

Anyway, while it was refreshing to see both the nurse and the doctor toting little netbooks in and out of the room, I couldn't help but wonder (again) how out of touch Congress is. I mean, this is right up there with Bush Sr. and the grocery store scanner.

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