Jul. 21, 2004 - 21:48 MDT

THE WONDERING JEW

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An article by Hope Yen of the Associated Press in the Rocky Mountain News this morning -- In part:

Facts, Not Blame

Sept. 11 commission will not say attacks were preventable

"Washington -- The Sept. 11 commission's final report won't declare that the worst terrorist attack in US. history was preventable, though some panelists said during the 20-month investigation they believe the hijackers could have been stopped."

"In the end, the panels five Democrats and five Republicans did not want to draw a conclusion on that major point, believing it could open the way to partisan sniping in a presidential election year."

"My personal view is that the intelligence system we have has been broken for a long time," said Republican commissioner John Lehman, a former Navy secretary. "But we wanted to let the American people make up their mind."

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Those three paragraphs in my opinion negates any thing they might have found out and brought to the public's attention. "In the end, the panel's five Democrats and five Republicans did not want to draw a conclusion on that major point," Yeah right --- So, I wonder did they spend 20 months trying to figure out how to avoid telling the naked truth ? Or are they hiding the fact that they are not sure just what happened, how it was possible or anything else ?

I think John Lehman made a pertinent comment when he said, "My personal view is that the intelligence system we have has been broken for a long time." I think many of our country's systems are broken. I don't think enough of our country's attention has been put to aliens who have failed to leave at the end of their time. Seems to me that all flight schools should have been warned at the least, or prevented by law to give education in any flying school of any kind in our country -- proof of citizenship required. And there are myriad things wrong as well -- enough for the blame to circle around government three times over in my opinion.

One sentence in the article is, "The comission plans a briefing with relatives Thursday before the report is released. So the article is conjecture or at least a good part of it.

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There has been a big upoar over paramedics of of Denver Health mistreating patients they have been bringing in to that hospital. There is an article in today's Rocky Mountain News by Bill Scanlon -- in part:

Reputation in recovery

Abuse accusations prompt changes at Denver Health

"Denver Health is rebuilding public trust in its paramedics by interviewing every patient who arrives by ambulance, making sure they were treated right, its CEO said Tuesday."

"We're getting very positive feedback," CEO Dr. Patricia Gabow said of the 100 patients interviewed since late June. "Most are feeling grateful that their lives were saved."

"Denver Health is also revamping its training for new and veteran paramedics following patient-abuse allegations that led to the firing of five paramedics and the disciplining of 11," Gabow said."

"Denver Health's Paramedic Division has been recognized nationally for the high rate of survival of patients who arrive at the hospital with severe trauma. On the other hand, St. Anthony's Hospital officials say they no longer send their students through Denver Health's paramedic training, partly because of the rude behavior their students observed."

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I do know that at one time the emergency department at Denver Health was classified as one of the best in our nation. The overall treatment I received in September 1997 was great.

In years past I have personally been taken to the Denver Health hospital, all but one time aware of what was going on around me. I have received nothing but the best of care from the paramedics who responded to the 9-11 call on my behalf.

It does mention in the article that Denver Health has 187 paramedics who have responded to 66,000 emergencies a year. So that indicates that the percentage of abusive paramedics is actually low. But to my mind and decided opinion there is no excuse for any paramedic to abuse, deride or mistreat a patient in any way -- ever.

There is one thing said in the article too, "Gabow (CEO) noted that Denver Health's paramedics deal with an often difficult population, people who will kick and spit at them, curse them while high on drugs and out of control." So it is not an easy task to be a paramedic for Denver Health -- yet mistreatment and abuse is inexcusable in my opinion.

World is in a mess, our country about the same and look what's happening on the Home Front . . . . . . . .

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