Day: May 30, 2009

2009 Anal-Ocity

I admire the Pres. for his oratory, but unfortunately he is NOT above making an anal statement.  And he has done just that, in my opinion.

In LA at a fundraiser, Obama was talking about the economy and how we have pushed back from the brink of disaster.  His rosy scenario was all well and good but he then said:

“We can’t return to a bubble-and-bust, borrow-and-spend economy based on maxed-out credit cards, over-leveraged banks, and financial profits that were only real on paper,”

But if you take a long hard look at what is being done with the economy, we are doing just that–returning to borrow and spend and a push to make credit more readily available, which in turn could return the maxed-out cards.

Sorry dude—anal is anal.

National Day Of Action For Single Payer Health Care

Today is 30 May and is the National Day Of Action for health care.

The Green Party of the United States has endorsed the national Day of Action for Single-Payer national health care (Medicare For All) on Saturday, May 30 (http://www.healthcare-now.org/campaigns/may-30th-day-of-action).

The Day of Action is being organized by Healthcare-Now (http://www.healthcare-now.org) and other groups dedicated to winning a health care system that covers all Americans, providing treatment regardless of employment, income, age, or prior medical condition, with full choice of physician, hospital, or other health care provider.

A more immediate goal is to have Single-Payer advocates — who speak for the will of a majority of Americans (http://www.wpasinglepayer.org/PollResults.html) — represented in all congressional and White House meetings, roundtables, and hearings on health care. Single-Payer has been barred from the public debate, because of the influence of insurance, HMO, and pharmaceutical lobbies, through campaign contributions, ‘astroturf’ (false grassroots) operations, and dishonest advertising.

Similar events will take place throughout May. On Wednesday, May 13, a ‘Single-Payer Solidarity Rally’ will take place in Washington, DC, as part of National Nurses Week. Participants will gather at the Washington Court Hotel at 11:45 am and then march to a rally at Upper Senate Park, which will take place from noon until 2 pm. The California Nurses Association expects 500 nurses to lobby and rally for Single-Payer legislation, along with others in the Leadership Conference for Guaranteed Health Care.

Two Single-Payer bills have been introduced in Congress, HR 676 and S 703, under the leadership of Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (Ind.-Vt.).