Doctor Notes at Wisconsin Union Protest Rally (Video and Commentary) of These Obnoxious Citizens.

UPDATE:  February 20th, 2011:  UW Madison Family Medicine Residency Director  says teachers "have no choice" 

If you haven't heard about the 14 disgraceful Democrats who abandoned their duty  as public employees to cross state lines on taxpayers'  time instead of showing up for work to vote on a bill that would strip many unreasonable protections public unions have enjoyed for decades, you have now.  These people are an embarrassment to their profession and to their fellow citizens and probably felons for stealing taxpayer time  money and crossing state lines in the process. 

And now we learn a bunch of doctors are writing  medical notes to give rally protesters to excuse them from work and give them protection from employers  (such as the government supported with tax dollars) who don't find it acceptable for their employees to go spend valuable company/government time protesting their political views.  I believe this might be an abuse  of power by doctors who hide behind their cloak of doctor-patient confidentiality in the name of political motivation.   

Over at the Pundit Press, Unlikely Hospitalist gives us his take on the doctor's notes being handed out at the Wisconsin Teacher's Union rally:  Here's a  second follow up article to the doctor note story:

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If I was an employer who received one of these sick notes, I would demand proof of a billing statement from the doctor's office before I would let it slide.  There is no place  for this in the work place.  And those doctors should be investigated by their state certifying organizations  for not  possibly having adequate documentation of their confidential patient interactions.

To make matters even worse, what we have here might be theft of state taxpayers' money.  Every protester who doesn't show up for work but brings back a sick note is stealing money from the government.  In fact, the 14 Democrats who left state lines on the clock might  even be considered felons for stealing their salaries and crossing state lines.

And you wonder why the government is going bankrupt.  It is a systemic sense of entitlement and dishonesty that has made public service the golden ticket for those in the club and the road to ruin for everyone else paying their bill.  With just about every state in this Union being threatened with unfunded  and unsustainable pension liabilities, I commend Wisconsin for taking the bold step to keeping Wisconsin in the game for years to come.  Everyone who feels threatened by their actions should feel threatened.  

The Game Is Over.  Your Government Lied to You.  They Promised You More Than They Could Deliver.  

Move On.