I'm sure everyone has had to go to a lab such as Gamma-Dynacare to have fasting blood work done as part of your annual physical.
I'm sure you've all had to wait in a long lineup too at 7:30 in the morning before going to work without breakfast.
What bugs me, and I don't even have to go to work, is that the lab has only one person at the computer and two drawing blood when there are 45 people waiting for morning (fasting) blood work. Then when the, and I quote, "worst part of the day" is over 3 more staff come in to work.
Why do they not have a full staff on to do the bulk of the days work? People are having to stand and wait in the hallway outside since there are only 35 chairs, and some of course may eventually pass out after standing over 30-45 minutes waiting their turn with no food in their stomaches.
I don't know about you, but I'm not waiting 45 minutes to an hour for blood work to be done when I haven't even had a coffee yet. My family doctor will just have to open up earlier in the morning and draw the blood himself if this isn't going to change.
Why should I bother since I'm not going to take that statin drug he's going to offer me anyway...
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
The Good Guys and The Bad Guys
When I was a boy in the 1960's you could tell the Good Guys from the Bad Guys. The good guys always wore white hats and the bad guys wore black hats. (we had a lot of Western shows on T.V. then).
When we were kids we played outdoors dressed up like Cowboys and Indians and the Cowboys were the good guys and the Indians were the bad guys. This is not politically correct today of course but it did happen. At that time The U.S.A. and Canada along with Western Europe and Great Britain were the Good Guys and the U.S.S.R. were the Bad Guys.
Today... people don't wear white or black hats, Indians are called First Nation people and are given the respect they deserve, the Cold War is over and the U.S.S.R. is no more.
We have "Peace Keeping" missions through the United Nations which I honestly don't understand since they're still at war in most places the U.N. is involved with. We have wars between the U.S.A. and anyone who threatens Homeland Security. This can be interpreted pretty liberally by the U.S.A.
Fear mongering with regard to immunization, terrorism, global warming and other scare tactics may very well lead to Warmongering.
Since the end of the Cold War the U.S.A. has not had a real or visible enemy, until 911. Although they stuck their noses in several places many believe it didn't belong. Now there is a constant threat of Terrorism within the borders of the U.S.A. for the first time in many years. Why is this happening now? Who's to blame for Terrorist attacks on the U.S.A.? Is this something brought on by the U.S.A. trying to dominate the world peacefully? What is the truth behind the Iraq war(s)? Where are the weapons of mass destruction? Was this all just about oil and power?
It has become, in my opinion, much more difficult to distinguish the Good Guys from the Bad Guys today.
Will the good guys please stand up.
When we were kids we played outdoors dressed up like Cowboys and Indians and the Cowboys were the good guys and the Indians were the bad guys. This is not politically correct today of course but it did happen. At that time The U.S.A. and Canada along with Western Europe and Great Britain were the Good Guys and the U.S.S.R. were the Bad Guys.
Today... people don't wear white or black hats, Indians are called First Nation people and are given the respect they deserve, the Cold War is over and the U.S.S.R. is no more.
We have "Peace Keeping" missions through the United Nations which I honestly don't understand since they're still at war in most places the U.N. is involved with. We have wars between the U.S.A. and anyone who threatens Homeland Security. This can be interpreted pretty liberally by the U.S.A.
Fear mongering with regard to immunization, terrorism, global warming and other scare tactics may very well lead to Warmongering.
Since the end of the Cold War the U.S.A. has not had a real or visible enemy, until 911. Although they stuck their noses in several places many believe it didn't belong. Now there is a constant threat of Terrorism within the borders of the U.S.A. for the first time in many years. Why is this happening now? Who's to blame for Terrorist attacks on the U.S.A.? Is this something brought on by the U.S.A. trying to dominate the world peacefully? What is the truth behind the Iraq war(s)? Where are the weapons of mass destruction? Was this all just about oil and power?
It has become, in my opinion, much more difficult to distinguish the Good Guys from the Bad Guys today.
Will the good guys please stand up.
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