{"id":799,"date":"2009-08-17T20:47:36","date_gmt":"2009-08-18T03:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/?p=799"},"modified":"2009-08-17T20:47:36","modified_gmt":"2009-08-18T03:47:36","slug":"its-a-matter-of-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/?p=799","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s a Matter of Perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/japanese-doctors.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/japanese-doctors-300x263.jpg\" alt=\"japanese-doctors\" title=\"japanese-doctors\" width=\"300\" height=\"263\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/japanese-doctors-300x263.jpg 300w, http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/japanese-doctors.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The American Medical Association weighs in on healthcare reform:<\/p>\n<p>The Allergists voted to scratch it, but the Dermatologists advised<br \/>\nnot to make any rash moves.<br \/>\nThe Gastroenterologists had sort of a gut feeling about it,<br \/>\nbut the Neurologists thought the Administration had a lot of nerve.<br \/>\nThe Obstetricians felt they were all laboring under a misconception.<br \/>\nThe Ophthalmologists considered the idea shortsighted.<br \/>\nPathologists yelled, &#8220;Over my dead body!&#8221; while the Pediatricians said,<br \/>\n&#8216;Oh, Grow up!&#8217;<br \/>\nThe Psychiatrists thought the whole idea was madness,<br \/>\nwhile the Radiologists could see right through it.<br \/>\nSurgeons decided to wash their hands of the whole thing.<br \/>\nThe Internists thought it was a bitter pill to swallow, and the<br \/>\nPlastic Surgeons said, &#8220;This puts a whole new face on the matter.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe Podiatrists thought it was a step forward,<br \/>\nbut the Urologists were pissed off at the whole idea.<br \/>\nThe Anesthesiologists thought the whole idea was a gas,<br \/>\nand the Cardiologists didn&#8217;t have the heart to say no.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, the Proctologists won out, leaving the entire decision up<br \/>\nto the assholes in Washington.<\/p>\n<p><em>H\/T and thanks to my favorite liberal, Kathleen!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Medical Association weighs in on healthcare reform: The Allergists voted to scratch it, but the Dermatologists advised not to make any rash moves. The Gastroenterologists had sort of a gut feeling about it, but the Neurologists thought the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/?p=799\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Xq4i-cT","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=799"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":803,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799\/revisions\/803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}