Battle of the Bilge

New Feature

Today we’re rolling out a new monthly feature for Battle of the Bilge – Comments of the Month. Each month, we’ll choose from the comments made in the previous month and restate it. The criteria is simple, any comment that generates discussion, hits the proverbial nail on the head or is a good example of industry or ideological clone web troopers that re-iterate the same issue that others have said. April was a pretty slow month for comments (and articles, with my apologies), but this one was definitely not a comment that reflected the general calm on the email front lately. And it is dead on.

Reader Comment of the Month

In response to the artile debunking the myth that the health care reform bill created a ‘Private Army’, a reader using the name Mark RN posted the following:

You are pretty much on track. I work for the Bureau of Prisons as a RN. I work with many USPHS Officers. And let me attest to this, a secret militia they are not… USPHS serves in many different areas. Mostly they are stuck working the government medical jobs nobody else wants. Like in Federal Prisons, Indian Health Services, etc. I think they are also involved in the CDC and some other areas. They are all Dentists, Dental Hygienists, Nurses, Nurse Practioners, Pharmacists, Doctors, Medical Record Specialists, and I think even some Engineers. As far as a militia… they are not even allowed to participate in the firearms training here at the prison (mandatory for every other employee) because under their USPHS oath, they are to never knowingly or willfully bring harm to a human being. (Similar to the nursing oath, I think) I am actually thinking about transitioning to USPHS, but am concerned about being pulled away from my family when deployed for national needs. But on the other hand, I would like the opportunity to be dispatched to areas in need of emergent health care… kind of what I got inot nursing for. Anyways, I guess if the USPHS is Obama’s secret personal militia, then there are a bunch of middle aged overweight liscensed medical people out there just waiting to be called to arms!… as long as we don’t have to do push-ups and there is decent coffee available

Now that’s a great comment. Factual, coming from someone in the know and with a good amount of experience to back him up and very good humored as well, especially the last sentence.

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