FROM THE FRONT IN WISCONSIN – AT 10:31 A.M. ET:  "A note from your doctor" takes on an entirely new meaning in the state that gave us, we say with thanks, the Green Pay Packers.  From Fox:

As thousands of protesters on both sides of an epic budget standoff in Wisconsin faced off Saturday at the Capitol, alleged doctors were handing out "fake" sick notes to protesters -- allowing them to call in sick while the budget impasse continues.

Protesters told Fox News they obtained the notes from alleged doctors standing on street corners handing them out to whomever asked. The protesters said doctors did not examine or inquire about their current health condition before passing the notes out.

In other words, don't ask, don't tell.  Wasn't the progressive left against something like that?

One note obtained by Fox News asked for the recipient's full name, birth date and estimated dates that they would be missing work. A request for identification to receive the document appeared only optional.

On the note, the doctor's name linked back to the University of Wisconsin Family Medical Program, although the doctor was only one of many distributing the paperwork.

I am rushing to Wisconsin.  I want a note saying that I am pregnant with triplets.  I've always wanted to be the center of conversation.

Stay tuned for more news from the front.

February 20, 2011