Irritation in the ER

I just watched last Thursday's ER. (I never watch anything at it's scheduled time, I record it on my DVR and watch it when I have the time) I am so irritated! I have been watching ER since it began over a decade ago. In the past few years though it has really been bugging me because the writers use the show sometimes as a forum for their own political beliefs, which are not my own political beliefs. It really bugs me when they do that because they don't even try to do it covertly. It is just so blatant. I am thinking, are you that talented of a writer that you can't slip it in there more non-chalantly, you just have to stick it in there just to stick it in? Anyway, the latest episode had one of the EMT's on the show with a really bad cough and he thought it was from when he went to help at ground zero after 9/11. He was blaming the government for not telling them that they needed to wear a mask when cleaning up the debris. Ok, I feel really bad for any heros of 9/11 who spent countless hours sorting through the mess and cleaning up and who might be suffering health problems now due to their courageous efforts. But really, is that the governments fault? I mean think about what was going on right after 9/11. No one was prepared for that. Everyone was in shock. Everyone was doing the best that they knew how. No one had dealt with anything like that before. But, don't you think people might think, maybe perhaps, they should put a mask on, all be themselves? I wasn't there, but I could see the smoke and debris in the air for weeks after when I watched it on TV. I wear a mask at my house when Steve is sanding drywall. No one had to tell me to do it. I just figured it out all by my little old self. I just think that people should be able to think for themselves, like big grown up people and not have to have someone constantly telling them what to do. Is that what the government is for anyway? I don't want the government constantly telling me what I have to do in my life. Do you need the government to tell you to wipe your butt after you go to the bathroom? Hello, we live in AMERICA, land of the FREE and home of the BRAVE and sometimes bravery has a price. Can't people make decisions for themselves and then face the consequences of those decisions, weather good or bad, knowing that it is a result of their own choosing and not have to pass the blame onto someone else- especially when they do it only when it is convenient for them. Grrrrr....