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brewens

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27. The grin tells you that she "knows". Quite a few right-wingers know it's bullshit but love

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Fri Mar 8, 2013, 04:27 PM

Mar 2013

knowing it's out there. A nurse should know better. There's a person that works a significant percentage of time courtesy of government run health care. Most of the rest she should thank organized labor for. That's where big medical insurance companies came from in the first place. Employers didn't just decide it would be a more wonderful world if they gave us health care insurance. That's the last thing they wanted to do. Workers got out the axe handles and made them want to!

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Fox News in the waiting room [View all] reflection Mar 2013 OP

Don't go there anymore then and tell them why you aren't going there n/t Kurska Mar 2013 #1

yes. reflection Mar 2013 #3

Not a good idea jehop61 Mar 2013 #4

Hospital cafeteria HockeyMom Mar 2013 #2

When you think of the morning alternatives, The Weather Channel is about the only choice.... OldDem2012 Mar 2013 #6

And they wonder why so many patients get high blood pressure readings lunatica Mar 2013 #5

that's actually not a bad point. reflection Mar 2013 #9

i would tell them that i am being treated for high blood pressure and the bullshit dembotoz Mar 2013 #7

Get them to put it on a sports channel. backscatter712 Mar 2013 #8

I am purchasing a small $5.00 universal remote. Most waiting room tv's don't have boxes and Lint Head Mar 2013 #10

Hear Hear! DonRedwood Mar 2013 #11

Tell them it's bad for your blood pressure. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2013 #12

I have sucess with asking for 'no news' rather than 'no Fox' to get Fox off public screens. Bluenorthwest Mar 2013 #13

TV-B-Gone Fat Bastard Mar 2013 #14

I have one of these. reflection Mar 2013 #21

Why in the hell does every establishment .... llmart Mar 2013 #15

Part of being a good physician is ... IggleDoer Mar 2013 #16

NEVER EVER get confrontational with your vampire until AFTER the blood is drawn!!!! talkingmime Mar 2013 #17

I should have known that. reflection Mar 2013 #19

That's not a particularly attractive term. It rates up there with proctologist. talkingmime Mar 2013 #26

We often get up and change it ourselves. jwirr Mar 2013 #18

Update on OP reflection Mar 2013 #20

Fox isn't a news station - it's narrative-shoving propaganda. HughBeaumont Mar 2013 #22

Asking for your medical records is not a red flag at all. LeftInTX Mar 2013 #23

Thanks for the input. reflection Mar 2013 #24

You could consider filing a complaint with the state medical board LeftInTX Mar 2013 #25

Respectfully, that doesn't sound like a good use of state resources. reflection Mar 2013 #30

The grin tells you that she "knows". Quite a few right-wingers know it's bullshit but love brewens Mar 2013 #27

I am in the hospital almost weekly, I just walk up and change the channel. 1-Old-Man Mar 2013 #28

I have found that Fox is default across country in a wide variety, some paid to play graham4anything Mar 2013 #29