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Let's talk about "free speech"...

So it's been reported that rock legend, Ted Nugent, has been cited as unamerican or at the very least unsupportive of our President.  And I say, "so what?"... It's his freaking right!

"I'm a citizen, this is my President. And in this country it is not only permissible to question our leaders it's our responsibility! "  (The American President 1995)  

Our country was founded on the premise that we govern ourselves and live in a democracy; so with that we have developed a checks and balances system to prevent the big bad government from running over the little guy.  Part of that checks and balances system is our right and responsibility to question our government and our chosen leaders as they dispense that government. 

Theodore Roosevelt once said,"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president."  The office of the presidency is an institution and the man whom assumes that position is just that.... a person. who is capable of mistakes and therefore is not beyond reproach! 

The best example of this is cited again from a movie, but it begs the question, why is a man being questioned and harassed for speaking his mind? to the point of being questioned by the U.S. secret service, seriously?? so here is my example of what an american citizen is :

"America isn't easy. America is advanced citizenship. You gotta want it bad, 'cause it's gonna put up a fight. It's gonna say "You want free speech? Let's see you acknowledge a man whose words make your blood boil, who's standing center stage and advocating at the top of his lungs that which you would spend a lifetime opposing at the top of yours. You want to claim this land as the land of the free? Then the symbol of your country can't just be a flag; the symbol also has to be one of its citizens exercising his right to burn that flag in protest. Show me that, defend that, celebrate that in your classrooms. Then, you can stand up and sing about the "land of the free"." (The American President 1995)

Nurses being mandated to wear white uniforms....

What a crock of “you know what”! To say that a Nurse is not a Nurse until HE and/or SHE dons the “Virginal White ” is lunacy at its finest. Obviously, not a decision made by Nurses but rather that of bureaucrats and those not involved in the clinical setting. Citing examples of the “Cleveland Clinic”, which is a fine institution, but it is know first hand and by reputation not to be Nurse friendly…. It is Physician run, Physician focused and Physician implemented. Having to wear white in a post surgical ICU setting is costly, and difficult to maintain. The idea that a Nurse is not a Nurse until we wear white is probably one of the blunders that perplexes our Nursing world….

First, recognize that the success of your hospital depends not on the color that Nurses wear but the compassion that lays in their hearts and the Professionalism that gets exhibited in their daily care. Second,…. How about leaving the “decision making processes” on issues that affect Nurses up to the Nurses….. Pro self governance, now there’s a concept!!!!
Third…. how about recognizing that what is wrong with our health care system has little to do with what color scrubs we wear but rather , our delivery models of said health care.
Wearing virginal white is an egotistical and antiquated idea that is neither historically correct or even practical. Even “Florence Nightingale” herself saw this as the first nursing uniforms of the 19th century were blue.

Me n T-man

Coca-Cola Zero countdown!!!!

March 31 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Coca-Cola Zero Countdown (Viewing Party to follow)
11 a.m. Park opens to the public
11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Funky Meters
1:30-2:30 p.m. Blondie
3:15-4:30 p.m. The Black Keys
Just in case anyone was wondering where I'd be today!!!!

Chris Rose: Steve Gleason

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Manning’s to open Thursday

Manning’s to open Thursday: New restaurant features a Southern-centric menu and a sports-themed setting.