Things are heating up in Washington this week on Health Care Reform and there might never be a better time for us to make our voices heard. I stumbled upon this blog this morning and was left not knowing if I should laugh or cry:
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This is a quick poll to see where the U.S. Newsvine community sits on the insured/uninsured scale. I know there are Newsviners who are not U.S. residents so I'm asking for votes only from U.S. Viners.
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I was at CVS to pick up a few things. It's been a rough week. Actually a rough week following a very long and very rough week. The cashier asked, "Did you find everything OK?" "No," I said. "I couldn't find a brain for my 16 year old son."
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A man was murdered in a house of worship yesterday. Some people want to excuse it or justify it because the man performed a legal medical procedure that some disapprove of because the procedure violates their moral and/or religious beliefs.
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A little thing, some would say, but that's not how I saw it and clearly the gentleman most hurt by the ignorance didn't see it that way. My sixteen year old turned to me and, trying to make light of what clearly shocked him, said "See, that's why no one trusts Whitey."
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Barbara is 52 years old, a college graduate who has worked since she was 14 years old at one job or another.
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I have just gone through and de-tracked alot of the seeds i was following. The reason being - I just can't take it anymore. The hatred, the under valuing of people, the bigotry, the judgments. I am saddened to find that the biggest offenders are people that claim to be Christian.
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I'm sorry, I just can't put this delicately. I'm a Canadian, after all, and our universal health-care system is a key component of our national identity, of our just society, and of what makes this country great.
Whether you VIners have been naughty or nice, you know that you'll be getting some great gifts this Christmas.
Here's how an accurate-but-slanted story becomes an outright lie: the conservative (and rapidly collapsing) Moonie-owned Washington Times notes that Republicans didn't show up to Obama's dinner. Then, Fox takes over.
This is downright infuriating. Perhaps you recall this story: while driving down the road one day, Charles Diaz grew upset at seeing a man riding his bike on a busy street with his 3 year-old son. So he shot him in the head.
Pat Lebeau today criticizes Democrats for criticising the wars in the Mid East, saying that most Americans feel that it undermines troop morale:
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Hey Kate, not sure if you can make this event or not but I wanted to make sure you knew about it in case you might be able to. Check out Victoria Wood's article about the JazzFest/VineMeet next year.
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Kate... Thanks for the birthday message. I hope to make this year better than the others.
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