Posted on 02/19/2011 12:20:24 PM PST by rhema
[Madison, WI] As tens of thousands of public employees skipped work this week to attend protest rallies outside the Wisconsin State Capitol, many wondered if they would face any disciplinary action for unexcused absences.
On Saturday, a group of men and women in lab coats purporting to be doctors were handing out medical excuse notes, without examining the ‘patients.’
“I asked this doctor what he was doing and he told me they were handing out excuses to people who were feeling sick due to emotional, mental or financial distress,” said Christian Hartsock. “They never performed an exam–he asked me how I was feeling today and I said I’m from California and I’m not used to the cold, so he handed me a note.”
Another woman, who wished to remain anonymous, said they were handing out excuses like they were leaflets.
“I asked if they were handing out doctors’ excuses and a guy said yes and asked me if I needed one,” she said. “When I told them I needed one for February 16 and 17th, he wondered if I wanted to come back here for the protests next week.”
What happened next?
“I said, ‘sure,’ and I received a doctor’s note for the 16th through the 25th of February, without a medical exam.”
The notes read
Feb 19, 2011
Patient’s name______
Date of birth ____/_____/_____
To Whom it May Concern:
This is confirm I have seen and evaluated the above named patient.
Please excuse from work/school due to a medical condition from
____/____/____ through
Please contact me at badgerdoctors@gmail.com if additional information is needed. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Physician Signature:
Physician Name
WI license number
Based on an examination of the signature and medical license number provided, one of the men handing out these notes was purporting to be James H Shropshire MD, a Clinical Associate Professor at the University Wisconsin Madison.
At this time, MacIver News Service is attempting to contact Dr. Shropshire to see if indeed he was the one handing out the notes on the Capitol Square.
And people still have doubts about what we’re dealing with here?
Need a birth certificate?
bfl
Since I consider these people to be without honor or integrity, this is no surprise.
Absolutely! They have demonstrated their dishonesty to the world and no longer deserve an automatic benefit of doubt for wrong doing.
Thank you so much for ALL the reference work you do on so many different subjects and the documented information you furnish this forum. I read your stuff very often and seldom comment on your fine work.
Just my experience.
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Your government agency experience is the norm. Everyone wants to get to a higher G level, which means becoming a ‘supervisor’ of a few other employees, and in having ‘perfect’ performance evaluations. Quality and quantity of production is definitely low on the list of priorities.
You are absolutely right! And, I bet it's dawned on them that they've screwed up bigtime.
Knowing the folks on the Freeper boards, I'm sure the doctor's voicemail/email accounts are full with "less than encouraging" comments promising complaint-filing based on their fraudulant actions....
There are thousands of laid off teachers all over the country as well as new teachers who just graduated college who would gladly take the jobs of these Liberal activists in Wisconsin. Fire the whole lot of them and start over. Take a page from President Reagan’s book!!!
Well, I imagine some of these teachers would be very unhappy if their students gave them fake notes from their parents.
Also, some of these teachers teach in schools that are giving what amount to fake diplomas, so I guess they don’t have a problem with fake doctor notes.
Did Ferris Bueller get one of these passes?
Bueller?
No matter, pay them fake salaries.
Hey union bastards and 0h0m0llah, how do you like them apples?
James H Shropshire MD (note the gap tooth...)
Good Job, Bob!
He needs to be reported to the Wisconsin Medical Board.
Excellent photos and video coverage of Wisconsin events .. start at the bottom of the page and work up.
FNC just did another live story. A FNC producer got a note from the doctor.
Great thread. Thanks. Just watched the Fox reporter who received the fake pass. Behind her was a large crowd who began chanting, “Fox News Lies”. Jerks. Didn’t stop the reporter from giving us her story.
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