<div dir="auto">I think of him as a wounded hippo and I don't love him in the least.<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">---<br>Frank C. Wimberly<br>140 Calle Ojo Feliz, <br>Santa Fe, NM 87505<br><br>505 670-9918<br>Santa Fe, NM</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct 7, 2020, 4:30 PM Steve Smith <<a href="mailto:sasmyth@swcp.com">sasmyth@swcp.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Gotta love watching Trump "crack the whip" by tweeting that he's ending<br>
COVID relief negotiations, watching the market dip, then implying to<br>
turn them back on and watching it bounce back up. What a power trip! <br>
Imagine that while on Steroids! I've never taken Steroids, what do I<br>
know... but it sounds like it might be a really heady experience...<br>
next thing you know he'll be dating his daughter too? Gotta love the<br>
poor little imp.<br>
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On 10/7/20 4:08 PM, Prof David West wrote:<br>
> AMA should get credit for what they do that is creditworthy.<br>
><br>
> They should also be chastised, to a lesser but somewhat lesser degree, for the harm caused when they assume the role of a "union" protecting members at all cost. "Bad" doctors are more likely to be incompetent or impaired than evil. That said, there is a lot of similarity between what police unions do to protect those who should be drummed out and doctors that should lose licenses.<br>
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> In my opinion only.<br>
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> davew<br>
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> On Wed, Oct 7, 2020, at 3:40 PM, jon zingale wrote:<br>
>> I think I agree about the AMA deserving credit for the very good work they<br>
>> perform. They train very good doctors. Since in life it appears we only get<br>
>> to perform "Quality Assurance" in production, I am dismayed to see that we<br>
>> have uncovered more than a few bugs in our democratic process recently. I<br>
>> cannot help but wonder with what probability a quiet, thoughtful,<br>
>> compassionate, homely, and capable individual is predicted to be president,<br>
>> or with what frequency one can expect the nation to need one.<br>
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