... when I walked into the coffee shoppe tonight. (More on this in a moment.) I was greeted with "What the h*ll are you doing here? It's Saturday!" To which I held up the cue ball I'd brought with me (since we got a name yesterday. We actually thought that through. Go figure.)
Those who have been reading this blog for any length of time will have noticed something wrong. First, today is Saturday. Second, our group met today?!?
Yes and no. We met yesterday as well, and decided on the spur of the moment (amid a flurry of late-night emails and text messages (for those that text message. I don't.)) to meet again tonight.
It met with quite a few dropped jaws as we began to arrive at the shoppe. Bill actually brought his wife Nancy, a registered nurse at the local hospital. That marked the first time we'd been joined by a member's family. Since she's also as conservative as we are, she immediately became known as "Cee." (Although I suspect that Bill will be sleeping on the couch tonight.)
I brought this up for a number of reasons. First, it was the first time we'd been joined by a family member. Second, it marked the first time in our group's history we'd met on a Saturday. Third, we found out that many of Nancy's co-workers are vehemently opposed to President Obama's health care initiative.
And I do mean vehemently opposed. Apparently, that as well as various patients is quite the topic in various breakrooms. She named various doctors who had various negative things to say about the President's initiative.
This is in stark contrast to various organizations that state that their doctors are behind the President. Although this was in no way a scientific survey, it's quite telling. Perhaps those big organizations are out-of-touch with what the rank and file as to say ... or they've got an agenda.
God knows we've seen that before.
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