this morning i arrived at quest diagnostics to find a line of outpatients waiting at the door. more than half are neh's with their ailing parents and wailing children. for every neh foreign "talent" that the u.s. import, he or she would burden the healthcare system with 4 old parents (own and in-laws), 1 spouse, and 2 to 3 kids. that is the phenomenon i'm seeing at the clinical lab this morning. almost all of the dependents are fob's, just arrived by sq at sfo a few weeks ago via sin and hkg from india. only 2 angmo, 3 far east asiatics, and a dozen unmistakable pinoys in line. the lab opens, and the water cooler gets swarmed. i'm seated now right next to the water cooler, looking at an empty 5-gallon inverted bottle. :*: