Comments on: Harassing Obama, Decision Fatigue, and the Necessity of Vacation https://theexaminingroom.com/2011/08/harassing-obama-decision-fatigue-and-the-necessity-of-vacation/ A physician's commentary on current issues in medicine, clinical research, health and wellness. Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:21:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Greg P https://theexaminingroom.com/2011/08/harassing-obama-decision-fatigue-and-the-necessity-of-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-1721 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:21:02 +0000 https://theexaminingroom.com/?p=1164#comment-1721 Aside from the specific issue of Obama’s vacation, I cannot recall, even looking back to the prejudiced attitude that John Kennedy faced as a non-WASP President, a time where there has been such a mean-spirited and persistent attack on a President of the US. We had proclamations, loud and vocal, that at every effort, the main theme from some would simply be to ensure that Obama’s presidency would accomplish nothing, so that anything he wanted to do regardless of its merit would be opposed. No attempt to shape his idea into something workable, simple opposition. By this sort of reckoning, Ronald Reagan as a Democrat would have been the most despised president in Republican eyes.
I do not agree with Obama on all issues, I can’t even say I agree on most. I don’t yet know how to assess all of the impact of health care reform as it was enacted.
What I can say is that I see any failure to deal with our current situation as being a greater failure for those entrusted with actually making legislation, the Congress, than I see with Obama. He has had precious little to either pass or veto, and this isn’t his responsibility.

]]> By: Solitary Diner https://theexaminingroom.com/2011/08/harassing-obama-decision-fatigue-and-the-necessity-of-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-1701 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 05:31:39 +0000 https://theexaminingroom.com/?p=1164#comment-1701 I would go one step farther and say not only does vacation help us to be better at our jobs, but vacation is also something that we deserve to have. No one, be they a physician or a president, should be expected to sacrifice their entire life and enjoyment of the same for their work.

]]> By: Dr. Psychobabble https://theexaminingroom.com/2011/08/harassing-obama-decision-fatigue-and-the-necessity-of-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-1689 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:08:25 +0000 https://theexaminingroom.com/?p=1164#comment-1689 post-partying in Phuket, definitely!

It pains me that this is one of those “that’s so obvious, duh!” concepts, yet is one that we continually have to drill in our brains!

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http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1109601

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