Hello all. As election day comes to a close I think we should all join together here and vow to start over fresh tommorrow morning. There is no longer anything we can do to change peoples minds after tonight. I will start by first apologizing to anyone whom I may have snapped at or hurt their feelings. Tommorrow is a new day and no matter who wins or loses life will go on right. Lets all be freinds and start up some interesting topics on something else. ANYTHING BUT POLITICS PLEASE! LOL. So go have fun at your parties to those of you who don't have to work in the morning! Have a margarita for me!

Yeah right not with you (the evil woman) around!

Hey, I could still hold my own in a bar room brawl.

Apparently the brawls are not over.  It IS time to come together for the best of everyone.  I did not vote for Obama but he is now our president-elect.  Time will tell what kind of person and president he is.  Let's give him the chance to prove himself.  He has been hired for the job.  Let's allow him to take office and begin doing that job.  BOTH sides need to stop this pettiness.  The election is over.  Comon folks lets shake hands, give hugs and get on with life.

I like the idea of the "truce" too.  It seems like this election went on forever and pissed off a lot of people.  Its over now and lets just hope "change" will come to please us all.  I didn't support Obama, but I hope he'll be the kind of President our country needs.

I'm glad that there is a truce going on now because like jenny said, well i'm not a baby nurse, i'm a 'not even born yet' nurse! LOL! Anyways, because of the posts in the political forums, I had some opinions about some people before i even got to know them (you know who you are!) and know i'm glad i've gotten to know them because i made a good friend whose a great nurse out of it!!!!!

TRUCE!!!

Yes, let's stick to the truce.  There are a lot of students in the Lounge forum asking for advice from experienced nurses.  Let's help them.

Guys and Dolls. I think a truce from the bar room brawls is called for, but there is never a time to cease healthy discussion about things political. We just need to keep the discussions civil and make sure that we have FACTS to back-up what we say in our OWN words, maybe give a reference .

But, no cutting and pasting. Regurgitate what you read or heard  (this is a nursing site, so we can all handle a little regurgitation!). The election is  over, Barack Obama is our prez-elect  (and you know  how I feel about that), but now we have one prez and we need to stand behind him, right or wrong.

He faces tasks so humongous that we must all get behind him (McCain and Nader supporters) and pray that he can deliver on some of his problems.

My concern is that Nancy Pelos and Harry Reid will try to push their agendas on him, so I pray that Obama  can say: "I'm ONLY signing a bill if it has the  best  interests of the country, the whole country, at heart.

So, I think what we all need to do is follow the developments on the political scene and bring your thoughts, ready to discuss them and  LISTEN to someone else's intepretation of the same fact. This will do more to bring us together as a nation, for:  "A  House  Divided Amonsgt Itself Cannot Stand..."

WE are ALL Adults...some of us don't act like adults sometimes, but we nonetheless we are!

Nursejenny1310 says ...

I never said you couldn't participate. I only suggested a break from the politics for a while and to ask everyone to play NICE! Thats all I asked for and I don't think it was to much to expect. I know things have calmed down, but some people also haven't been back on the disscussions for a while.I don't want any of the debating to stop I just wanted people to be nicer.

Jenny, it looks like pretty much everyone is playing nice.   I feel the reason some have not  been in discussions is because of this weirdness lately.  What it looks like to me  in this thread is that you're trying to appoint yourself hall monitor.  Its starting to look like nagging.  We are adults and dont need to be spoken to like children............now, I dont think that's too much to ask either.   Its going to make alot of people upset if there is the same nagging going on about playing nice.  Oh, and we certainly appreciate you allowing us to participate.  Us supplicants are truly grateful. 

Oh, and we certainly appreciate you allowing us to participate.  Us supplicants are truly grateful. 

I also never meant anything like that either.

When i was talking about playing nice (like a week ago!) Things were still kinda nasty. One forum even got shut down. I realize everything is good know but I think it's fair that I should be able to stick up for myself.

Please tell me what other threads you are talking about. I don't think I have ever been anything but nice to you. If you want to know the truth and I don't care if the whole world knows it, the way I write is an atempt to make me sound smart and like i know what I am talking about.  Some of the things in some of these posts I had never even heard of or even had opinions of, until I went and looked it up. I mean in no way to sound like I am looking down my nose at any of you. I respect each of you for being nurses. I guess i should apologize to those that thought I was acting this way. I did not intend it to be like that. I would like to think I am easy to get along with because I have never had a problem like this one before. So again sorry.

OMG, I feel like I just returned to elementary school. Is that what this is all about? Rules, Rules and More Rules...

My rule... No rules....Just be who you are. If you get inappropriate someone on here is sure to tell you....

I just skip what I want to read and read what I feel like, no must, no don'ts and no tests thank goodness....

JUDLEERN says ...

OMG, I feel like I just returned to elementary school. Is that what this is all about? Rules, Rules and More Rules...

My rule... No rules....Just be who you are. If you get inappropriate someone on here is sure to tell you....

I just skip what I want to read and read what I feel like, no must, no don'ts and no tests thank goodness...

I'm not advocating a return to grade school with rules and rules. But we do need to have some unwritten stuff that prevents the nastiness from happening in the first place. I'm not into structure that can stifle free expression of thought and the passion that goes along with it. I like the passion. I just think we need to be aware that others may feel just as passionately-IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION- and give them their due.

Heaven forbid  this board become one where we all  have to worry about stepping on every little foot and walk on eggshells. But it seemed to me that before  the election when things were getting 'nasty' and heated, people were so passionate about their candidates or their candidates platforms that feelings got hurt.

Lets not swing that far, but lets not go so far as to take the fun and passion out of the forum.

OK everyone, enough said, let's start fresh