Are You In The Team Picture?

Every team I ever participated on took team pictures , from little league through high school wrestling . Most of us probably have these pictures somewhere tucked away in a box in your attic or closet along with other memories of times gone by . The difference between my little league picture and my wrestling picture is the demeanor of the players ,as young boy 9 or 10 years old we were ourselves , smiling , looking around , and generally doing what little kids do when left to their own devices . My wrestling picture is much different , we were given specific instructions on how we were to stand how to flex our muscles to make them appear larger and the expression on our faces , grim and menacing . Look like a team was the order of the day , and believe me if you had coach Grady you were not going to give any argument , where that man walked the grass stopped growing . We certainly looked like we meant business in our pictures and we did have a good team . Presenting an image was what is was all about , if we looked tough to the other teams we received a mental edge and any edge in contact sports is good . We had great uniforms , all black with a gold stripe down the leg of our tights , very dark and menacing , an edge. Sometimes an edge was not enough , sometimes the other team had more talent , and the dark uniforms , the menacing facial expressions , and a scary coach couldn't overcome the fact that they were a better team than us. Now where am I going with this , yesterday our president held a press conference at the White House to promote his health-care agenda . The rhetoric was the same script that he has been using throughout his quest for government provided insurance , but this time there was a difference , he surrounded himself with doctors. What I found to be so interesting was that all of the doctors had on lab-coats , how fortunate for the president that they all decided to wear them on the same day. Another fun fact about this is that the doctors belong to a group called " doctors for America " a group that was a campaign arm of the group " doctors for Obama" , how amazing is that. The part I have a problem with is the manipulation of the press , this was purported to be a non-partisan group , I have serious doubts this group could be called non-partisan. And the lab coats , really how theatrical can you get , this type of cheap manipulation is beneath the office of President of the United States . When Mr. Obama must rely on an orchestrated press conference filled with "ringers" to help sell his agenda then we must ask ourselves does this program have any real merit , if a program cannot stand up against any genuine scrutiny then it may not be a valid program . Mr. Obama you took a great team picture , but , it will take more then a nice photo-op to sell your plan . Why don't you let all the medical organizations into your press conferences . Do you fear an alternate view-point? All Americans want is a level and fair playing field on all important issues . Mr. Obama let's forget about team pictures and take on some tough questions about your programs , the American people deserve it !