Guest guest Posted May 26, 2006 Report Posted May 26, 2006 Lao Tzu " He who govern least, governs best. " Sears PDX On May 26, 2006, at 1:58 PM, JPedersenDC wrote: > Colleagues: > > ......Since there are such strong opinions we have so many bad > examples > in our recent federal functionaries, > > I'd like to ask for a simple poll specifying who represents a GOOD > leadership example of 'America' in the lifetime of any DC reading > this post. > > No politics, no argument, simply vote for your very best example; 1 > person, 1 vote, 1 word. No drama, no commentary. How far will > gathering that information actually get? Prediction: not far. > > > I am concerned, given the difficulty we can't agree on what is bad, > can > we ever hope to agree on what is good? Politically, I mean. > > Lord knows we can't agree on anything else let alone 'what is > CHIROPRACTIC'....is there is or is there ain't 'subluxations'.... > > Do we or don't we 'treat'....does 'results based outcomes' and > 'clinical > evidence' somehow disqualify the 'philosophy' part of our quaint > science, art and philosophy? > > Still remaining unannointed with the Holy Oil of Chiropractic > Communion > in spite of my best efforts, I hope to see the light some day, that my > ability to understand may somehow span the No-man's Land between > 'Innate' and 'CPT codes'. Isn't THAT what really separates us as > chiropractors, rather than politics? > > On this Memorial Day, I'd like to place flowers at the tomb of our > Unknown DCs who served their whole unrequited careers for the > betterment > of suffering Mankind, without the advantages of instant vituperative > messaging and political strife on line. I'd like the Jerry Springer > College of Chiropractic Arts to offer courses on amiable resolution of > personal differences of opinion, with CE hours at reasonable fees. > I'd > like to talk to my colleagues without worrying whether my asbestos > short > liners would hold up should I not quite meet their particular notions > of > how things should be. > > As well sail into the unknown shores of tomorrow's legislation, I hope > to learn how to overlook whatever wrong-headed and idiotic political > nonsense our fellow DCs harbor, and join with them to advance > Chiropractic goals. This idea is foreign enough to our enemies they > merely appear to be united against us....all they actually have to do > to > be effective, is to distract us enough that we abandon our > understanding > of chiropractic; all they need to do is jiggle our cages now and then > so > we remain ravenous to any that approach our petty personal head-space > for any reason; all they need to do is raise suspicion about those > members of our own house. > > We can bicker about anything including politicos, who don't agree > among > themselves with NORMAL ideas let alone our peculiar health ideas, or > we > can focus on the Big Picture and move to our own agenda.... > > We learn from our past presidents: Roosevelt showed us it was a > life-long job; Truman demonstrated anyone could be president. " I Like > Ike' was example we didn't really NEED a president. > > And for me, the older I get, the better Eisenhower looks.  Won the > war. Overcame a gaggle of over revving short-sighted egotists in the > service of the Big Picture. Who knows how he'd be now. > > Eisenhower. My vote. > > > J. Pedersen DC > Guide, Tomb of the Unknown Chiropractor > > > > OregonDCs rules: > 1. Keep correspondence professional; the purpose of the listserve is > to foster communication and collegiality. No personal attacks on > listserve members will be tolerated. > 2. Always sign your e-mails with your first and last name. > 3. The listserve is not secure; your e-mail could end up anywhere. > However, it is against the rules of the listserve to copy, print, > forward, or otherwise distribute correspondence written by another > member without his or her consent, unless all personal identifiers > have been removed. > > > > Quote
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