The Obamas finally picked a breed.Â
I guess all that talk of rescuing a dog was smoke being blown up our asses to make him seem like an Average Joe. They should have just gone to a shelter and picked a mutt to save, instead of perpetuating the notion that a pure-breed is somehow superior. They will end up paying $2000 or more for a puppy, when the rest of the country is in a recession.
S.L. Ehrisman (c) 2/25/09
Have I mentioned that I thank God everyday that McCain and Gov. Moose Drool were not elected?
But while our economy may be weakened and our confidence shaken; though we are living through difficult and uncertain times, tonight I want every American to know this:
We will rebuild, we will recover, and the United States of America will emerge stronger than before.
Governor Jingle Balls had to put in his 2-Cents . . . Yawn
But Democratic leaders in Congress rejected this approach. Instead of trusting us to make wise decisions with our own money,
You are kidding right? Blobby? Wise decisions?! Blaahahahahahahaha! You, Boner Boehner and Ironic Johnny Thune need to sit down and come up with a new strategy, seriously, I’m starting to feel sorry for you.
So Avera now is asking there employees to help pay for other people’s healthcare?
Fred Slunecka, Avera McKennan regional president, and other top managers will take a 6 percent pay cut. Other managers will take a 5 percent cut. Other employees will see a 4.75 percent reduction. Employees also will lose five days of paid vacation.
But doctors will have no paycut? How is that across the board? Sacrifice is sacrifice isn’t it? So the receptionists and janitors have to take a cut but not the highest paid employees? The doctors? Typical.
So far, the reductions do not include physicians,
Avera McKennan had a record number of patients this past year, according to Krebs. But accompanying that was a sharp increase in the number of people who sought treatment who were unable to pay for it.
How is this fair to the employees who work hard? I think it is a combination of increased needy patients and Avera trying to keep up with Sanford’s expansion and using the recession as an excuse.
“Our main project is the Avera Cancer Institute,” he said. “It’s a $90 million facility. It is still scheduled to open in fall of 2010.”
Funny, Munson mentioned on Inside Keloland Sunday that the Healthcare industry is doing great in Sioux Falls. Must not have gotten the memo. A hiring freeze and a paycut at one of the top hospitals in the state isn’t exactly ‘doing great’.
Angry Guy 
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