You know I wasnt goin to bring this up...but this just happened last week in my office....a patient came in I recogonized from a few years ago...older man and a thick German accent....then it hit me...I remember him saying he had been in the German Army WW11....I seated him...Doctor came in..we did our prelims on the guy...and we have TV's in every operatory...this man started beating Bush to death on some issue that came up on CNN...As I was doing my thing and listening ....I snapped...I flipped around and out of my mouth came stuff I had no control over....I still dont recall all of it....I do know it started with " You better remember, you as an immigrant, and a German soldier no less, should get down on the ground and Thank God your in this country" my doctors eyes got as wide as dinner plates. I kept going, "Just remember you are in the most powerful country in the world" and there is a damn good reason for it"...Nobody said nothing for a while, we finished our procedure...all the while I am thinking Valerie, my God talking to a patient like that...I was wondering what my doctor was gonna say afterwards....well, he never said anything....he and I are on the same page about most everything..dont know why I brought this up...but sometimes you have to take a stand...
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