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I sure hope you know a lot of people.

ME too!!!!!!!  Does it all boil down to the better of two evils????

ABRN2GO, are there issues on both sides, after this hilatious weekend, I am numb, what issues.  Hasn't that question been asked??? I still haven't heard any issues????  Well maybe four years from now HEE HEE

AbusyRN2go says ...

 I hope we hear more info than "change is coming" change IS NOT a destination, we need to know Obamas destination??? 

The destination of our country if McCain is in the White House wil be to Hell in a hand basket.

kayakrn7 says ...

More Company!     

 

 

what do you call 100 politicians at the bottom of the ocean?

 

a good start!

 

 The destination of our country if McCain is in the White House wil be to Hell in a hand basket. CD comment this

CD I think that was just wrong, I read a post you just did on NOT insighting fighting with posting and being adults, that is YOUR opinion only I could say the same thing in reverse, but I will not.

 There are less than a month until the election, an election that will decide the next President of the  United States . The person elected will be  the president of ALL Americans, not just the Democrats or the Republicans.  Let's show our solidarity as Americans, let's all get together and show each  other our support for the candidate of our choice. It's time that we all came  together, Democrats and Republicans alike.

If you support McCain please drive with your headlights on during the day.

If you support Obama please drive with your headlights off at night. 

hockeylvn says ...

to the comment of getting to hell in a handbasket id we get mccain....

lets all face the truth.. a nurse is punched in the face and spit upon.....administration says lets see what is going on with the patient the police are called and state we can't take a report he is drunk or on a 5150 so no charge  will stick. meanwhile the ok to book pt is cuffed and in a cruiser sdince he mouthed of to a cop and will spend the night in jail

family and pt say you are a worthless peice of s__t ...because you can't give them more demerol/dilaudid/ morphine or whatever their drug od choice is ....or you are unable to answer 6-8 call lights simultaneously.. or they think you are the wrong color/race/ or religion and management continues to say lets keep those pt survey scores up...cant you be more polite than you are? (and you are polite as mother teresa but your pts have the manners of a drunken sailor in a bar fight)

management sees all gurneys full.. hallway gurneys full... EMS traffic waiting for beds.. and a lobby full of awaiting pts from coughs to god knows what..... and asks cant we move faster folks? to the nurses

meanwhile you work to get ahead and everyone from uncle sam to the politicians have their hand out to you saying we can make a change send me more money again...

your license and livelihood always in jeapordy due to the hungry lawyers out to make a killing on any healthcare person or company to turn a buck not caring about the actuality of a burdened healthcare system that is the whipping boy of any liberal that says healthcare is a right not a privilege (rights are given and inalienable without a cost...privileges you earn or pay for....) your rights do not make my paycheck possible

i am a democrat that is fed up with the idea of a welfare state.. higher taxes that historically follow all the democratic presidencies..the rhetoric of change without action...and ashamed that the majority of RN unions that wanted to support an ignorant candidate in  clinton who would break the budgets and be unable to pay for a losing position and still put her bills higher and now cries through her "Network" about inability to pay and how obama should bail her out

hell in a handbasket with  mccain and palin??? sister we are already their for the last 20-30 years..nurses are degraded and discounted ..no wonder we are not respected or empowered ..and our ranks never keep up with demand

society erodes without responsibility ...if we cant support an individual being responsible for themselves in all actions...how can we expect that quality in an individual in a government post

give me the freedom to work, save, and make my slice of america heaven. let me climb maslow's heirarchy to affect others to a greater quality of life. and let me give the credit to Jesus Christ for saving my eternal life and changing me from a selfish jerk to one who cares about how i affect others and effect true change...not just "buzzwordology"  <-- i like that word  i may use it in scrabble..lol

see im not all serious.:)

ok i am ready for all the flames to come jb

No flames here!  Well stated!

Regarding all of the posts on the politcal forums:  This is depressing.  I'm almost ready to learn how to mix paint at Home Depot. We're nurses!   I remember all those nights I pulled allnighters studying for tests and certifications................maybe I should have gone on more dates and went out drinking.  Too late, lol.  My husband said something that made me really happy when I was telling him the posts on the nurselink forums.................about politics and nursing.  My brilliant husband <said........................dont worry about what other people think, read up on info they offer, quit arguing, quit saying 'mean stuff' <he doesn't cuss either>,  be happy you're a smart RN, be happy you live in the greatest nation on earth, and remember....................we have had bad presidents before and survived".  Crap, if I went out on more dates and went drinking, I wouldn't have landed the most brilliant husband on this planet!  Talking to myself like this is very therapeutic. 

I have said alot of depressing things in other forums which threw more kerosene into the fire too, It was bad to do so and I'll probably speak my mind again!    One of the things I do like and admire Gov. Palin.  I do think she'd be a great VP.  I'm wondering what would go through her mind if she saw alot of the mean things that were said, or for that matter, Sen. Biden, Sen. Clinton.  In another forum, I went to peek at what was said after one of my previous posts and there was a really horrible looking add about Obama.......made me ashamed of being a redneck.  I didnt even read it......looked nasty by the headline.  I bet all candidates, including leaders who ran and did not get their party's nomination would be disappointed.  Hockelvn............alot of us know how you feel about us being the punching bag with our patients.  Not fair, not nice and no solution I know of.  Id love re-education on it if there is a plan though.

I thought liberals were supposed to be good-hearted, open-minded and non-judgmental.

Tell that to the angry Left's favorite piñata, Sarah Palin. As far as liberals are concerned, Palin can do no right just as Barack Obama and Joe Biden can do no wrong. In fact, Biden is catching more passes than an NFL wide receiver.

As Palin herself pointed out in a recent CNN interview, imagine if she had been the one to imply that electing Obama would invite calamity. Biden does it, and the media shrug.

The latest media template is that the vice presidential nominee is a drag on the GOP ticket. Pundits detect a backlash, not just among Democrats who love to hate Sarah Palin but also among women, independents and seniors. They cite polls showing Palin with an unfavorable rating of 50 percent.

So what? We're in the post-Clinton, post-Bush era of polarization where any politician with a pulse -- Sorry, Joe Biden -- will be loved by half the country and hated by the other half.

It's surreal. Before McCain put Palin on the ticket, he was getting 200 people at campaign rallies, and now, when he appears when Palin, he gets 20,000. Yes, definitely a drag. iReport.com: Rock star welcome for Palin in Ohio

McCain oversold it when he said Palin was the most qualified vice presidential candidate in recent history. Better than Dick Cheney? Could she be worse? Obama might have paid Biden the same compliment if his running mate hadn't already told supporters that Hillary Clinton would have been a better choice.

Then there is the faux-scandal that the Republican National Committee shelled out $150,000 in the past several weeks on Palin and her family for campaign wardrobe, accessories, makeup, etc.

Many Americans don't see why it's a story. Fellow hockey mom Page Growney of New Canaan, Conn., asked The Associated Press, "What did you want to see her in, a turtleneck from L.L. Bean?"

Still, we're told, this tempest in a Gucci bag has some Republicans worrying that shopping sprees at Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue might undermine Palin's everywoman image. To think, just last month, the criticism was that Sarah the Moose Hunter wasn't sufficiently sophisticated or glamorous. Now her wardrobe signals the hockey mom is high-maintenance.

Just how many more caricatures -- some of them contradictory -- can we expect the left to throw at Sarah Palin before time runs out on this election?

prettykitty64 says ...

 "Just how many more caricatures -- some of them contradictory -- can we expect the left to throw at Sarah Palin before time runs out on this election?"

 

Have you asked yourself that question with respect to the slanderous remarks from the right regarding Obama?

I do....

When might the irrational allegations of muslim, terrorist, communist, socialist, marxist, baby killer  blah blah blah BS......stop???????  Never, because they are acts of desperation.  I suppose it is a defense mechanism so as not to realize that McCain/Palin just are not favored and are not viewed as being the best for the job by the masses.

A U.S. military official tells NBC News they were making preparations for Sen. Barack Obama to visit wounded troops at the Landstuhl Medical Center at Ramstein, Germany on Friday, but "for some reason the visit was called off."

One military official who was working on the Obama visit said because political candidates are prohibited from using military installations as campaign backdrops, Obama's representatives were told, "he could only bring two or three of his Senate staff member, no campaign officials or workers."  In addition,

"Obama could not bring any media.  Only military photographers would be permitted to record Obama's visit."

The official said "We didn't know why" the request to visit the wounded troops was withdrawn.  "He (Obama) was more than welcome.  We were all ready for him." July 24, 2008

Obama didn't go perhaps because he wasn't allowed to bring reporters and camera's with him.  He was more important than visiting men and woman who are injured defending HIS right to run to be President of the USA.

teiladay says ...

I don't believe in taxing the wealthy because they are wealthy.  I truly am against that.  Taxing the wealthy to death simply means that they make it up elsewhere (translation = less jobs, more stir-fried-accounting, and more under the table business & outsourcing)...  I also don't agree with throwing money at a lot of government programs to "fix" a problem.  I like people being responsible for their own actions..  But there comes a time when people need help.  There are too many people trying to honestly help themselves that can't get a fair shake, and as an American- I advocate helping these people... even if it means that I have to swallow a bit of nonsense and watch ridiculous programs come about.  What's best in the long run?  Our current model, tweaked a bit... or a larger change initiative?

I like to think that I look at the big picture.  I don't see America healing under McCain/Palin.

 I don't care how many times Obama went to a particular church.  I care about his capacity to lead & understand our economic woes.  I GREATLY respect McCain and his military service, but being a POW has nothing to do with having the capacity to lead the nation...  nor does it signify (by any means) a sound capacity to lead the military, as one has little to do with the other and are by and large, totally unrelated.

Looking over the meat-and-potatoes of each candidate, I can't in good conscience support McCain, because I can see the lack of understanding and leadership in the man.  Sure, he might be great for business... but not for millions of fellow Americans who need, want and deserve better that what they've gotten in a president over the years.  I think it's time to vote for what's best for most Americans..

 

I don't believe in taxing the wealthy-just because they're wealthy, either. Most of them worked hard to get there, so should they be punished for that? Our tax code is already a progressive code, so they are taxed at a higher rate: but if we tax them to give a credit to others, they won't have much of a reason to succeed, a reason to invest in their business, They'll have every reason to employ less people, take their businesses off shore. Supposedly Obama would attempt to prevent this by taxing them offshore and again, when they return on shore-or some form of double taxation. But, isn't that one reason we fought a bloody revolution against King George? Taxation w/out representation?

Yes, there comes a time when people need help; your're the one with the business background. Do you INCREASE taxes in a recession, giving the GOVERNMENT more revenue, but ME less? I don''t know if I can or WANTto trust the government to help out the less fortunate, but I know that I can be relied on. The government is just going to create more social programs to try to help and usually when they stick their noses in, they don't do much but raise taxes and increase bureacuracy.

I believe that what this country needs is a small government and I, and many more would prefer to help out our less fortunate neighbors. I thinnk more power should be returned to the states with the federal government funding what is reasonable-voted on by referendum.

I don't care how much Obama went to a particular church; but when patterns of questionable judgement and association come up time after time, I can''t help but draw a few conclusions. i mean, "...if it looks like a duck, acts like a dcuk, walks like a duck and clucks likd a duck..." is there a possiblilty that it is a duck? Most recently, I heard that Barack Obama received a letter of recommendation to Harvard from an associate of Kahlil Sheik Muhammed (sp?)

I do care about Senator Obama's ability to lead and he hasn't shown me that he has what it takes to lead; when even his VP nominee questions it and says that he'll need our "support." I'm supposed to know my job without asking him for "support;" isn't he supposed to know his job without calling me at 3 AM? Joe Biden loves to hear himself talk and has a sever case of "hoof in mouth disease."

I do disagree with the knowlege of the miliary gleaned through service in the military and coming from a military family. Senator McCain's experience as a POW doesn't make him commander-in-chief material, I 'll grant  you; but life experience does. What commander-in-chief material does Barack Obama have; whoops, I forgot that he spoke with a few foreign leaders this year and was greeted by a crowd of 200,000 in Berlin.

One more reason; with an Obama Presidency, we'd have an unltra-liberal executive branch, liberal Congress, Liberal Senate with @ 3 vacatiing Supreme Court seats. WHERE would be the nations checks and balances?

See, looking over the meat and potatoes, I can't come to any other conclusion than that john McCain and Sarah Palin will work to deliver the change that we so desperately need. I agree with their health care policy (capitalism is what has made t his country great and starting a NHS is taking a step down that slippery slope to a universal healthcare system. So, as you can tell, this election is a no brainer for me: McCain/Palin '08

mg1021 says ...

prettykitty64 says ...

A U.S. military official tells NBC News they were making preparations for Sen. Barack Obama to visit wounded troops at the Landstuhl Medical Center at Ramstein, Germany on Friday, but "for some reason the visit was called off."

One military official who was working on the Obama visit said because political candidates are prohibited from using military installations as campaign backdrops, Obama's representatives were told, "he could only bring two or three of his Senate staff member, no campaign officials or workers."  In addition,

"Obama could not bring any media.  Only military photographers would be permitted to record Obama's visit."

The official said "We didn't know why" the request to visit the wounded troops was withdrawn.  "He (Obama) was more than welcome.  We were all ready for him." July 24, 2008

Obama didn't go perhaps because he wasn't allowed to bring reporters and camera's with him.  He was more important than visiting men and woman who are injured defending HIS right to run to be President of the USA.

 

 

you're funny ;-0

I fail to see the humor in the fact that a Presidential candidate who was so close would not go to the Military Hospital that is the last stop for wounded soldiers until they are stable enough to be transferred back to the US.  These people are not suffering from "flesh wounds", "minor lacerations" (by the way I'm not quoting you) or the like they are severely wounded people who will more than likely never be the same because Freedom is not free would not go and see them despite the restriction he not bring camera crews and reporters with him.  No, I fail to see the humor in that.  These men and women gave him the freedom to run for President and the the Freedom of Speech for you to post on this site your views.  I have spent time in the middle East where you would be beheaded for doing much less.  I also worked in Kenya for awhile.  Try speaking against the goverment there and see if it is tolerated.

And please do not refer to me any more with pet names such as a "sweet little angel" (That is a quote) or anything like it.  That is demeaning and I don't appreciate it.