From the Chicago Tribune's Rick Pearson:
A day after making racially charged remarks warning critics of Roland Burris's appointment to the U.S. Senate to "not hang or lynch the appointee as you try to castigate" disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich, U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush said today that senators "don't want to see themselves in the same position" as George Wallace, Bull Connor and others who promoted segregation in the Civil Rights era".
Burris, appearing this morning on WGN-TV, defended Rush's comments and denied the South Side congressman -- whom Burris invited to yesterday's U.S. Senate announcement--was playing racial politics.
Rush, Burris said, was just relating "facts and not playing the race card and not being emotional about it."
Well, they're refusing to seat the guy, as he was appointed by Blago, who's about as white as wonder bread. And they said they wouldn't seat any Blago appointed well before he named Burris.
So, if it goes to a general election, will the entire population of Illinois be "racist" if we don't elect Burris?
Considering Obama has issued a statement saying he does not support Burris' appointment, apparently he's racist too. Maybe Bobby Rush can start calling him "Bull Connor Obama".
Link to the Trib:
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2008/12/bobby-rush-to-critics-take-a-chill-pill.html
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Sunday, December 14, 2008
"volumes" vs. "utilization"
Every Thursday is inservice day. This means that most Thursday mornings, I get to nosh and sit in a comfy chair while the educator points out the features of a new and exciting device (that we have to buy 100 of, even though a newer and excitinger device will be out in a month). Occasionally someone, maybe the safety officer, gets up and mumbles something to the effect of "public health and JCAHO will be here soon so quit wearing all your jewelry, you look like Mr T. fer chrissakes".
This last Thursday, the manager got up and informed us that the administration is upset because "our numbers are down". Much confusion immediately manifested. "Whatthefuh, we're all pulling 8 hours a week of OT, we're all staying late 3 times a week, what are they complaining about?"
Our brilliant administrators:
1. Are phasing out our minor (mainly eye) surgeries, and phasing the surgeries in at other hospitals in the chain.
2. Are having surgeons schedule more and more whipples, which are 5-6 hour cases. They hired a surgeon for chief of surgery that promised to make our hospital the whipple capital of the state.
3. Have brought on Slow and Slower, the ENT/Neuro combo trying to do transnasal brain surgery without training in the technique (wherever else it's done) first.
4. Want our hospital to be a spine hospital. Ortho spine: moderately fast.
Neuro spine: never fast.
As the whipples come in, the easier surgeries (like gallbladder removals) are increasingly sent out to other hospitals in our chain instead. But the administration is concerned that we "aren't doing as many cases" as we did last year. News flash: If you take out all of our short cases, and replace them with mind-numbingly long ones, we can't do as many. Duhr!
The manager has tried to explain utilization (high!) vs case volume(low!), but it's falling on deaf ears. It seems so simple to the nurses, it's hard to believe the MBA's can't get it.
This last Thursday, the manager got up and informed us that the administration is upset because "our numbers are down". Much confusion immediately manifested. "Whatthefuh, we're all pulling 8 hours a week of OT, we're all staying late 3 times a week, what are they complaining about?"
Our brilliant administrators:
1. Are phasing out our minor (mainly eye) surgeries, and phasing the surgeries in at other hospitals in the chain.
2. Are having surgeons schedule more and more whipples, which are 5-6 hour cases. They hired a surgeon for chief of surgery that promised to make our hospital the whipple capital of the state.
3. Have brought on Slow and Slower, the ENT/Neuro combo trying to do transnasal brain surgery without training in the technique (wherever else it's done) first.
4. Want our hospital to be a spine hospital. Ortho spine: moderately fast.
Neuro spine: never fast.
As the whipples come in, the easier surgeries (like gallbladder removals) are increasingly sent out to other hospitals in our chain instead. But the administration is concerned that we "aren't doing as many cases" as we did last year. News flash: If you take out all of our short cases, and replace them with mind-numbingly long ones, we can't do as many. Duhr!
The manager has tried to explain utilization (high!) vs case volume(low!), but it's falling on deaf ears. It seems so simple to the nurses, it's hard to believe the MBA's can't get it.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Friday, December 5, 2008
Pricey wheels
I loves me some 2-wheeled machines. I've taken to scooters lately, on account of the ease of using an automatic transmission in nasty Chi-town stop-n-go-n-stop-some-more traffic. I recently saw that Honda was bringing out an automatic transmission motorcycle that they had also introduced overseas. A bigger scooter, honestly. I thought it was arse-ugly, but the idea of a city bike that I could take on road trips out-of-state had it's appeal... Until I saw the price tag. $14,599. For a freakin mega-scooter.
Um, thanks, Honda, but at that price, I can buy an automatic-transmission _car_.
For fun, google the "DN-01" and boggle at the unfortunate combo of sportbike and chopper styling. Ugh.
Um, thanks, Honda, but at that price, I can buy an automatic-transmission _car_.
For fun, google the "DN-01" and boggle at the unfortunate combo of sportbike and chopper styling. Ugh.
Friday, November 28, 2008
Rickrolled FTW!
The Macys Thanksgiving Parade gets rickrolled. Heh.
I don't know if this signals the end of the rickroll phenomenon, but I imagine it's close.
I don't know if this signals the end of the rickroll phenomenon, but I imagine it's close.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
If.
If:
A. You are a rep from an ortho company, and if
B. you are here because of your company's failed implant, and if
C. you have brought in 20 trays to go with the three I use, and if
D. you are whining while the patient's blood pressure is 58/40, and if
E. you are whining while the patient has no radial pulse, and if
F. you are complaining that the circulator is ignoring you while she tries to get the patient's positioning equipment away from the abdomen where it's pressing hard enough to stimulate the vagal nerve, and if
G. you are still complaining after the abdominal positioner is removed and the BP is now in the 200's and the patient still has no radial pulse, and if
H. all your complaining is because you don't think the extra back table in the hallway is big enough for the scrub nurse to put six trays on, and if
I. you're calling the circulator offensive names and inferring that she's harming her patient as she ignores your whining,
you should be subjected to bilateral orchiectomy via bolt cutter. But I'm gonna be satisfied with barring you from the corporation's properties. That includes all those ortho-specific hospitals, asshat...
A. You are a rep from an ortho company, and if
B. you are here because of your company's failed implant, and if
C. you have brought in 20 trays to go with the three I use, and if
D. you are whining while the patient's blood pressure is 58/40, and if
E. you are whining while the patient has no radial pulse, and if
F. you are complaining that the circulator is ignoring you while she tries to get the patient's positioning equipment away from the abdomen where it's pressing hard enough to stimulate the vagal nerve, and if
G. you are still complaining after the abdominal positioner is removed and the BP is now in the 200's and the patient still has no radial pulse, and if
H. all your complaining is because you don't think the extra back table in the hallway is big enough for the scrub nurse to put six trays on, and if
I. you're calling the circulator offensive names and inferring that she's harming her patient as she ignores your whining,
you should be subjected to bilateral orchiectomy via bolt cutter. But I'm gonna be satisfied with barring you from the corporation's properties. That includes all those ortho-specific hospitals, asshat...
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