Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for November 01, 2012

My doctor is a Romney supporter.

Tonight’s Daily Show had an hilarious skit on political campaign managers who take over running campaigns for two eighth- graders running for student counsel president. It’s a must see !

Now I see what Alex meant, back on July 30, when she said she was going to take over and become the “controlling authority” of the strip.

http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2012/07/30

I see a permanent wheelchair in Joan’s future, if she ignores sound medical advice. Hip replacements are not to be messed with.

What’s one woman’s mobility compared to the risk of a Tea Party-controlled Senate? I’ll distract the security guard in the lobby.

Had to suspend Monday and Tuesday for Sandy, so maybe we will get a Friday show. It’d be a stretch to do the eighth grade skit on election eve.

DFTT, FTT

“…once you reach a certain age you’re just no longer hip.”

That’s what hip replacement is for!

You go Joanie!

Like it really matters which pack of sleaze-balls and con-artists are voted into office.

You can’t reply to a dentist with all that stuff in your mouth. I fervently ask my dentist not to discuss politics or religion.

You’ve mentioned being from SE Mich before, may I inquire where? I’m in AA. (Not that one to folks who don’t know MI)

The doctors cratered Hillary’s attempt at healthcare reform and they’d be happy to do the same to Obama’s.

It’s fear of change, even though doctors are currently at the mercy of the insurance system.

I hope Obama wins so my dentist’s office can have 4 more years of being miserable watching FoxNews and complaining about evil Barack and Michelle. My dentist deserves it, for forcing their patients to watch FoxNews unless they request a channel change on the TV in each individual operatory room.

Not all docs are in the GOP. I wish she would stay put in hospital. There can be complications after surgery but this is a cartoon strip so I guess GT can fix it.

DFTT = don’t feed the trollFTT= flag the troll

AA = Ann Arbor. Where my husband went to college and med school. Go blue.

Can’t Joanie just conference into the meeting? If she can’t, I would just make her stay in bed a couple more days.

My late husband’s dentist used to babble on about the short age of the earth and how the neanderthals never existed.

Hate to bust your Ayn Rand loving bubble, bud, but when and if Mitt gets elected, the Republicans will come up with a health care plan which you will hate. The big corporations are tired of offering health care benefits, and they want the government to take over. They run the country, and they will get what they want. The real question is whether the Democrats or Republicans get the credit for the change and which special interests get which special little perks.

Don’t forget the wheel chair?

What a jerk, how to I get rid of this jingo?

i am reminded of the story of mouseland. the mice pick either the black car or the white cat, but never a mouse. because, they are worried about the wrong cat in charge.

Studies from what is called EBM or evidence-based medicine now suggest that Joanie Redfern should undergo the care of a physiatrist or a licensed physical therapist. Patients recovering from hip replacement need hip-replacement therapy. Such as, say, a recumbent bicycle and other machines for upper body exercises. The WORST thing she could do as she recovers would be to lie in a bed with NO EXERCISE at all. Ideally she should be visiting a gym every day under the care of a licensed physical therapist.

This is a MA Dr. !

I am so glad to hear that so many folks seem to be able to so quickly recover on this thread. My mom had heart surgery a few years ago and she was intubated for several days after that. She was not going anywhere with that tube down her throat. She was not happy about it, but she was stuck. She needed to be where she was for a few days after the surgery and I am glad that we were able to keep her there. They did make sure that she was not too immobile, steps were taken for that in order to avoid complications, but she did stay in hospital to recover for a few days. I am sure that in many cases they would like to move people out before they are ready, there is a cost to be considered both financially and in terms of safety for the patient. We didn’t want mom to suffer another heart attack or complication outside of the hospital, away from the experts.

I am sure that the pain meds will have her on top of her game.

I didn’t mean that you can’t argue on the phone, only that it would seem to solve the conflict of Joanie having to leave the hospital, since she would be able to attend the meeting through a conference call.

The whole thing about medical insurance is avoidance. I don’t know about your state, but anyone poor enough(either at first or after paying medical costs) is covered (somewhat) This insures that the hospital and doctor get paid. Any time care is tweeked, it just gets more expensive for everyone.

I have been in the hospital a few times, and they have always kicked me out before I felt ready.(It must be the HMO)

Once you reach a certain age you’re too smart to care.

Mass. politics!

So what’s up with Chris Christie? Did Mitt eat the last french fry the last time they had lunch together?

At the hospital where I work, it always amuses me that the anesthesiologists are the most virulently anti-Obama. They don’t have practices to run, they just work for a group and take the patients that come in, spending maybe five minutes with each one. The ACA will probably never affect them, and they don’t want anyone else to have it. Hard to keep my mouth shut.

I don’t mind my doctor(s) sounding off on the Affordable Care Act, one way or the other, that affects their job, but I wouldn’t want to hear their views on anything else. I find it inappropriate.

I guess we need the Democratic controlled Senate to promote Harry Reid’s agenda which has worked so well up to this point.

Is it any wonder that Rush Limbaugh moved to Florida, the pill mill capital of the world? Perhaps drugs could be decriminalized, never legalized. Young folks are dropping like flies in areas where OxyContin is readily available.

Pain clinics involve strict contracts for patients, they are not pill mills.

Romney momentum straight to defeat acknowleged here.

@kaffekup

Second. All in favor, say “Aye.”

Aye.

Motion passes.

Elizabeth Warren is a professor at Harvard University. I am sure that most of the people who live in Massachusetts are fairly proud of Harvard University and would be impressed if someone was associated with it, as in a professor. Warren is ahead in the polls and is likely to win. It seems interesting that the other side only wishes to resort to name calling and disparaging someone’s heritage. The main character in this strip is rather devoted to getting her elected. That is part of the main story here. If I felt that I didn’t like Warren, I don’t think I would waste my time reading Doonesbury, since GT is obviously a fan of Elizabeth Warren.

“Romney momentum ignored here.”

Guess you haven’t noticed yet that the so-called “Romney momentum” evaporated several days ago.

That all you got, “She said she was an Indian”?Pathetic. And she’ll be a rubber-stamp for Obama (Fine with me)? Yet Scott Brown said "I’ll be the 60th “No” vote against Obama, and that was fine with you, and then he betrayed you by playing a moderate.And that truck with 200,000 miles on it that showed he was a man of the people? He bought it used to haul his daughter’s horse trailer while he wore a $600 barn coat. You got one?

Christy has doomed his political career. When he runs in 2016, his opponents will run endless ads of him speaking well of Obama and he’ll wash out before the first primary. As a lady said on public radio, "All he had to say was “Thank you”, he didn’t have to add all that other stuff."

BTW, I wasn’t laughing at what YOU had to say, but I did find that quote that you mentioned rather amusing…

I found Gov. Cuomo’s comments rather interesting about the link btw the storm and climate change. He seems to be very impressive in terms of the way he expresses concern about this problem. I fear that the colossal storm that just happened is just the beginning. It seemed odd that in the time leading up to the storm in NY, they had temps in the 50’s. A hurricane with temps in the 50’s? What is going on? Scientists say that the ocean temps have only increased by one degree in the last few years, but this is enough to wreak havoc.

But will the Republicans on Capitol Hill now notice the connection between global warming and more / fiercer storms (hurricanes, tornados).

Nooooooo.

Will they now cooperate with Demos to do something to reduce and sequester the atmosphere-warming CO2 spewing from exhaust pipes, chimneys, coal-fired power plants, oil-fired power plants, etc?

Nooooooo.

Will they now cooperate in stopping taxpayer subsidies to Big Oil?

Nooooooo.

Subsidizing / incentivising battery-powered electric vehicles?

Nooooooo.

Hi-tech windmill farms?

Nooooooo.

Solar panels and similar devices?

Nooooooo.

Geothermal?

Nooooooo.

New hi-tech wastewater treatment plants to turn potential-energy-containing waste into electricity?

Nooooooo.

Not on their Teapartier lives!

Glad Gary is for Obama, he has a great sense of humor but really has no common sense. Obama is smoke and mirrors!

Production of battery-powered electric vehicles + hi-tech windmill farms + solar panels and similar devices + geothermal + new hi-tech wastewater treatment plants = more new job openings. Vote Bronco Obama.

@montessoriteacher

“…how difficult it is to get our leaders to work together…”

Exactly why I thought Gov. Christie’s emphatic praise of President Obama’s recent performance was a good thing. It does not speak well of other Republicans that they did not agree.

@ DTPi

“Vote Bronco Obama”

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If he’s a Bronco, then all of “Cowlorado” should be rooting for him!

Why in the world did Joanie schedule this ELECTIVE surgery a week before the election?

Wise doctor!

Actually, as has been mentioned, you are allowed to sign yourself out of a hospital AMA. They can’t hold you hostage – that’s the insurance company’s job.

I’m not blind to anything. Only Democrats are. This crap about “rampant corporations” is “smoke and mirrors.” Without corporations your life would be a lot worse than it is now. And you’ll never know.

YIKES, this relates to me…In Massachusetts, one Elizabeth Warren’s major claims is that she’s the only difference between a Republican controlled senate… and so one person, in a hospital, tries to make that change