healthcare

Who Said Anything About Botox, We're Talking Healthcare Reform

September 10, 2009 by Future Majority

Just a day after Erica Williams tried to set the record straight about young people and healthcare, we get this POLITICO piece entitled, "Young adults sit on sidelines of health debate." This title is a real shame, because the article chronicles many noble efforts by young leaders and organizations in working on healthcare reform. It's as if POLITICO came to the piece with the perspective that young people are not involved, instead of investigating the rich involvement on the ground and online. Like, the opposite of journalism. At any rate, what POLITICO may be getting at is that young people aren't visible to older Americans. Fair enough, but that's a two-way street. Erica wrote a great commentary on CNN.com, which is totally read by older Americans. She explains that young people don't want to get involved in the theater of politics.

Young people were such a vital force during the election, not simply because of their own voting turnout but because of their ability to reach out to their elders and persuade them. And what could be more needed now?

KTBS, KLFY Contributing Air Time to GOP to Attack Healthcare Reform

September 2, 2009 by Daily Kingfish

Originally posted at Louisianad2d.

KTBS in Shreveport and KLFY in Lafayette will be making huge in-kind contributions to the Republican Party's efforts to kill healthcare reform by airing an all-Republican town hall meeting on healthcare and calling it a public service.

KTBS will carry the program tonight live from Shreveport starting at 8 p.m. KLFY in Lafayette will rebroadcast the program on Thursday afternoon at 4:30 p.m. There are probably other stations involved. These are the ones I have direct knowledge of taking part in this adventure.

The only panelists taking part in the forum are three Republican congressmen from Louisiana — Charles Boustany, John Fleming and Bill Cassidy. There will be no Democratic involvement in the event.

No Democrat on the panel.

And this is news?

I saw an announcement of the forum on KFLY in Lafayette on Sunday afternoon. I called the news director on Monday morning. Dwight Dugas confirmed that the three panelists were the three Republican members of the Louisiana congressional delegation who are doctors.

I asked him what the news value of such an event would be. He said "to inform the public"

Town Hall Meeting Boring and Depressing

August 26, 2009 by natchezblog

As I left the Town Hall meeting, I asked myself why in the world I went - and encouraged others to do the same. No good answer.

The first downer was discovering I had no Internet access, since I had planned on live blogging the event. No Internet in a Convention Center? What are those people thinking? No wonder Natchez has trouble competing. Memo to Walter Tipton: This is the 21st Century.

The good news was there was a good crowd there. Extra chairs had to be brought in - and there were still people standing. It's nice to know people are interested in health care reform and in their government. The bad news is these people were appallingly ignorant.

When a Democratic member of Congress has a town hall meeting, the opposition screams, interrupts, threatens, and even brings guns. We've all seen these mobs on TV. But when a Republican has a town hall, everyone is very polite. Does this tell you anything?

Senator Wicker's introductory remarks were predictable - straight out of the Republican play book. Unfortunately, most of it is not true. Is he just dumb - or does he know he's lying?

The Lion of the Senate

August 26, 2009 by NorthDecoder

As we all know now, Senator Edward Kennedy died late last night. It truly is the end of an era. Kennedy was responsible in his lifetime for passing mountains of civil rights and healthcare legislation that made our nation a better place. We owe a great debt fo gratitude to him. I sat thinking today about him and remembered that I was present at his last major public speech(that I know of) given exactly one year ago yesterday(meaning he died a year after that speech almost to the hour probably) at the Democratic National Convention. Much has been said about that famous concession speech in 1980, but Ted gave one heckuva speech in 2008 as wellTed is a guy that was far from perfect, from the Chappaquiddick incident to his personal problems in the 80s, but in the end, his legacy is his willingness to put himself and his ambitions aside in the pursuit of better policy. His career is marked by a commitment not to himself, but to public service. Vice President Biden gave a beautiful, emotional tribute this morning that is worth listening to.

Walmart pretends it cares about healthcare (via Blue Mass. Group - Front Page)

March 18, 2009 by admin