2009

Senator Kennedy To Stand With Us On The Public Option

by: slinkerwink

Thu May 21, 2009 at 21:29:31 PM PDT

([we excitedly welcome new user and health care / disabilities / environmental activist slinkerwink!] - promoted by los anjalis)

Senator Ted Kennedy has affirmed his support for the public option in health care reform in signing the resolution, which was just introduced onto the Senate floor that health care reform MUST include a public option. Now what kind of a public option it'll be is the question we'll be fighting to answer, and to our satisfaction as well.

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Looking back and looking forward.

by: los anjalis

Mon Jan 05, 2009 at 23:57:16 PM PST

It's 2009. In fact, it's several days into 2009. So much to look back at and so much to look forward to. In these times of human rights violations worldwide, health access issues at home (wherever home is, as access issues seem pretty universal), increased toxins in our neighborhoods, greater isolation from our communities, and our historical amnesia, there's a silver lining. There must always be a silver lining, otherwise...

Oh yes, and music. There must always be beautiful music.

Back to the silver lining. For now we'll refer to it as a few things: hope / inspiration / innovation / revolution. These are happening at the local level, inside us, in the big picture, and in our memories. Let's hold on to it -- what we remember positively of 2008, and what we look forward to together in 2009.

Here's to good health in 2009.

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