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To: DMaA who wrote (493604)	6/30/2012 12:29:46 PM
From: Tom Clarke	11 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

A physician's epiphany: "I was not, as I had imagined, a professional, but an employee." In the wee hours today, our commenter Pogo wrote: Can't sleep. A little over ten years ago, I had an epiphany at work. I was struggling until I suddenly realized that I was not, as I had imagined, a professional, but an employee. And my eyes opened, and I understood. The employee game is an easy one to play, unless you don't know you're playing it. So with the ACA ruling came a similarly uncomfortable epiphany. I was the rube. I was the patsy. Shit! Like the die-hard Cubs fan, always waiting for the conservatives to win, I hoped. But then Roberts ruled, and my eyes opened, and I understood. All that kabuki about conservative undercurrents in Washington was complete and utter bullshit. It was all of a piece, just different players jockeying for position. And I was the idiot, believing there was some chance of reversion to ancient times. Instead of a professional, I am an employee. Instead of a citizen, I am a serf. And the serf game is an easy one; its rules are old and easily learned. Bow and scrape, basically. Get yours. My apologies for having misled anyone otherwise. althouse.blogspot.com