Posted on 10/04/2007 4:14:11 PM PDT by SubGeniusX
They’re watching you right now.
They counted every beer you drank during last night’s Red Sox game.
They see you sneaking out to the garage for a smoke.
They know if you’ve got a gun, and where you keep it.
They’re your kids, and they’re the National Security Agency of the Nanny State.
I found this out after my 13-year-old daughter’s annual checkup. Her pediatrician grilled her about alcohol and drug abuse.
Not my daughter’s boozing. Mine.
“The doctor wanted to know how much you and mom drink, and if I think it’s too much,” my daughter told us afterward, rolling her eyes in that exasperated 13-year-old way. “She asked if you two did drugs, or if there are drugs in the house.”
“What!” I yelped. “Who told her about my stasher, I mean, ‘It’s an outrage!’ ”
I turned to my wife. “You took her to the doctor. Why didn’t you say something?”
She couldn’t, she told me, because she knew nothing about it. All these questions were asked in private, without my wife’s knowledge or consent.
“The doctor wanted to know how we get along,” my daughter continued. Then she paused. “And if, well, Daddy, if you made me feel uncomfortable.”
Great. I send my daughter to the pediatrician to find out if she’s fit to play lacrosse, and the doctor spends her time trying to find out if her mom and I are drunk, drug-addicted sex criminals.
We’re not alone, either. Thanks to guidelines issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics and supported by the commonwealth, doctors across Massachusetts are interrogating our kids about mom and dad’s “bad” behavior.
We used to be proud parents. Now, thanks to the AAP, we’re “persons of interest.”
The paranoia over parents is so strong that the AAP encourages doctors to ignore “legal barriers and deference to parental involvement” and shake the children down for all the inside information they can get.
And that information doesn’t stay with the doctor, either.
Debbie is a mom from Uxbridge who was in the examination room when the pediatrician asked her 5-year-old, “Does Daddy own a gun?”
When the little girl said yes, the doctor began grilling her and her mom about the number and type of guns, how they are stored, etc.
If the incident had ended there, it would have merely been annoying.
But when a friend in law enforcement let Debbie know that her doctor had filed a report with the police about her family’s (entirely legal) gun ownership, she got mad.
She also got a new doctor.
In fact, the problem of anti-gun advocacy in the examining room has become so widespread that some states are considering legislation to stop it.
Last year, my 7-year-old was asked about my guns during his physical examination. He promptly announced to the doctor that his father is the proud owner of a laser sighted plasma rifle perfect for destroying Throggs.
At least as of this writing, no police report has been filed.
“I still like my previous pediatrician,” Debbie told me. “She seemed embarrassed to ask the gun questions and apologized afterward. But she didn’t seem to have a choice.”
Of course doctors have a choice.
They could choose, for example, to ask me about my drunken revels, and not my children.
They could choose not to put my children in this terrible position.
They could choose, even here in Massachusetts, to leave their politics out of the office.
But the doctors aren’t asking us parents.
They’re asking our kids.
Worst of all, they’re asking all kids about sexual abuse without any provocation or probable cause.
The American Academy of Pediatrics has declared all parents guilty until proven innocent.
And then they wonder why we drink.
I’ll be perfectly happy to lie to every single one of them.
That will get you charged with the felony of “lying to a state officer.”
You might ask him tonight if it has aready happened. You might be surprised.
I'm not a huge fan of Romney but don't give him credit for things he didn't do.One thing that people outside of Massachusetts must understand about Romney is that for his entire tenure as governor is that the RATS held about 90% of the seats in both houses of the legislature.He was,for all practical purposes,a totally powerless governor.
If “CWII” does happen, will we have to shoot the pediatricians?
I’d be highly suspicious about what the doc might be doing if he/she insisted on some alone with my child without me present.
Some of those docs may be setting themselves up for a complaint to DFACs with that kind of behavior.
Anybody read Orwell’s 1984? Child snitches were an important part of the gov’t oversight.
I’d be highly suspicious about what the doc might be doing if he/she insisted on some alone with my child without me present.
Some of those docs may be setting themselves up for a complaint to DFACs with that kind of behavior.
I am a Second Amendment Sister. (No kidding)
Go here:
http://www.2asisters.org/education/PhysicianAffidavit.pdf
Print it out and make any quack sign it that will be discussing this issue with you or your kids.
NEVER let them see your kid alone. They have NO right to do so.
See my #29
It’s no wonder medical care is so expensive; instead of treating your ills they spend time with this crap.
See my post# 30.
Might be worth another ping.
(Thanks for ping me!)
No. From reading some of the things Dr.’s have done I no longer answer questions they ask truthfully. A man in the next County was asked how much he drank and lost his driver’s license for drinking a six pack IN HIS OWN HOME. Another guy lost his job because he had three,-four cigars a week. They ask ME “did you quit drinking?” ‘Yup.’ “did you quit smoking?” ‘Yup.’ “did you cut your d#ck off?” ‘Yup.’
This crap was started and promoted during the first period the Klintons were in office. As far as I’m concerned, those two are solely responsible -well, along with their allies-the media-for the birth and fanning out of the nanny state. Which is why I’m filled with so much hatred for them. God help us if they get in again.
This questioning, as many posting replies are testifying, is nothing new, but it is getting much more invasive. We believe it is part of the gear-up for nationaized health-care
We had a son who required palate surgery some years ago. While waiting for the conclusion of the surgery, two women approached us in the waiting area and INSISTED that we enroll our son in various welfare programs. These women are paid to go through private records, locate parents, and persuade them to “nationalize” their children. While our son was recuperating, we never entered the hospital facility without being approached by these women
Yes, I was asked about gun ownership by a doctor in New Mexico in 1999.
Big part of Hitler's too - so why aren't we getting this out to the media and to the people - this must be stopped NOW - It HAS to be unconstitutional.
Bet Fred would have something to say about this...
In addition, it's child abuse! Think of how it makes a child feel.
That's against federal law. You should've reported them for that.
ping
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