Apnews.myway.com reported on President Obama’s weekly radio address this past Saturday saying, “President Obama said the GOP leadership has chosen to "filibuster our recovery and obstruct our progress" by blocking votes on agenda items the president says would breathe life into the economic recovery.”
Hearing President Obama once again blaming the Republicans for a lifeless economic recovery, when he holds all the power in Washington and is calling all the shots, I couldn’t help coming up with the following absurd scenario to highlight how I believe a lot of people probably feel about our president these days:
Barely clinging to life after numerous resuscitation attempts, the gravely ill patient lies helpless on an ER gurney at the mercy of the attending young intern.
A rookie at best, the attending intern, in charge of the Emergency Room for the first time during his residency, seemed in over his head as he frantically attempted to find a way to breathe life back into his critical patient.
Calling, “stat” this and “stat” that, the intern’s highly academic mind raced far ahead of his alleged outstanding abilities leaving him frozen in fear like a deer in the headlights. Nothing he attempted brought any positive signs of recovery – nothing, as the patient continued to slowly slip away before the eyes of everyone working the ER that day.
At a complete loss for what to do next, the frustrated young intern began yelling and blaming everyone, including the nursing staff and other interns assisting him.
Outbursts from the intern of, “This patient was here when I came on duty - I know exactly what I’m doing - don’t you dare question me!” could be heard up and down the hallways of the crowded emergency room. People in the ER waiting room were beginning to get frightened at the loud outbursts and starting to stare down the hall to see what all the commotion was about.
Trying her best to help the situation, a seasoned ER nurse took the arrogant intern gently by the arm and said, “Calm yourself, Doctor - you’re not helping things with all these wild rants and accusations. Think back on your specialized training - take charge of the situation – you can do this!”
The problem was, the incompetent intern was doing just that; thinking back on his specialized training – everything was happening so fast - he hadn’t prepared for anything like this.
“How the hell did I get myself into this mess?” the intern thought, and “How the hell am I going to get myself out of it?”
At this point, the critical patient seemed secondary to the dazed intern; it was the intern’s personal image that he kept focusing on. The self-centered intern wondered to himself: “If the patient doesn’t recover and actually dies, how will it reflect on me?”
Jolted back to reality by a firm grip and shake on his shoulders, the intern found himself face-to-face with the hospital’s Chief Cardiac Physician.
Giving the young intern the benefit, the Chief Cardiac Physician asked him, “How are things coming with this patient Doctor? Is everything under control?”
Somewhat stunned at the appearance of the Chief Cardiac Physician in the midst of the crisis, the intern panicked and immediately pointed to the attending nursing staff and fellow interns and said, “It’s all their fault - I’ve tried everything but they’re not cooperating with me – nothing is working - the patient isn’t recovering because of them!
Sensing the young intern’s instability in the face of a life and death situation, the Chief Cardiac Physician quickly pushed the intern aside and took over the treatment of the gravely ill patient.
As the intern stepped back and watched the Chief Cardiac Physician take charge, he could still only think about himself. “What will become of me if the patient dies? Who will I be able to blame? How will I be able to take credit if the patient recovers?”
The Chief Cardiac Physician immediately declared a Code Blue and the entourage of nurses and interns rushed the patient down the hall to the emergency operating room.
As the Chief Cardiac Physician ran towards the operating room, he paused and turned back to the incompetent intern standing in bewilderment in the hall and yelled, “I’ll do what I can to save the patient Dr. Obama - in the meantime – clean out your locker - you’re relieved of your duty!”
Let’s all hope the economy can hang on to life support until the current crop of incompetent economic interns in Washington get relieved of their duty, starting with this November’s elections and finishing in November 2012 with the ouster of the leader of the entire economic malpractice team, Barack Obama.
Maybe then some competent leadership will begin to actually “breathe life into the economic recovery” and restore America’s economy to complete health once again.
