tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post5382751169798782993..comments2024-01-17T02:39:06.048-05:00Comments on rude truth: about babies and healthcareJJThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920416765778868736noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-10692880538648176182009-08-18T15:48:50.008-05:002009-08-18T15:48:50.008-05:00Wow!
I should always proof!
Trithseeking!
Statatat...Wow!<br />I should always proof!<br />Trithseeking!<br />Statatatis----<br />Preg-a-nant!!!<br />I did good in English at a collige in Abilene. <br />Where is Spell Check on this blog machine!don thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16863456553834813097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-42324233053790875012009-08-18T15:43:11.322-05:002009-08-18T15:43:11.322-05:00Hi Jennifer,
Thanks for your wisdom and for the tr...Hi Jennifer,<br />Thanks for your wisdom and for the trithseeking that brings to light such important facts.<br />It is sad that it is statistially safer to be a pregnant woman in Cuba (and safer for the baby) than to be preganant in Washington DC.<br />Now a comment that is not directly on point, but is time sensitive, so--<br /> <br /> All your friends may want to know that people in the faith community will have their chance to urge President Obama not to weaken on his stand for a public health option.<br />Folks can join him in conversation on a live teleconference (2 pm tomorrow, Seattle or Los Angeles time---5 pm on the East Coast). Just grab your phone or go online with your computer. Sign up at http://www.FaithForHealth.org/<br /> I just wrote this note to President Obama: <br />William Greider said yesterday in the Nation, “After his brilliant beginning, the president suddenly looks weak and unreliable”, talking about your “ abrupt retreat on substantive health care reform”. Today Bob Herbert (NYT) writes, “The hope of a government-run insurance option is all but gone.” <br />Please say it isn’t so! <br />I have spent day and night going to the mat for our citizens on this important issue. Our California Senators are now saying “Yes” on the public option. My Congressman Adam Schiff is now saying “Yes”. How can we help you win this issue you have so often said is so the best way to go? Maybe he will answer me tomorrow. http://www.FaithForHealth.org/<br />Don Thomas MD, Pasadena, CAdon thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16863456553834813097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-19238574667652743842009-08-18T09:53:59.031-05:002009-08-18T09:53:59.031-05:00From my perspective: liberal, prodigal use of all ...From my perspective: liberal, prodigal use of all possible punctuation is my idea of style; save the semi-colon!<br /><br />My nemesis however(as you've probably already observed) is the temptation to overuse of parenthetical commentary...and ellipses...JJThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14920416765778868736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-83959588024773121602009-08-18T01:18:18.316-05:002009-08-18T01:18:18.316-05:00I have known that the United States has a ridiculo...I have known that the United States has a ridiculous infant mortality rate, but I hadn't really ever juxtaposed that in my head with the rhetoric that's going on right now. Nice. <br /><br />I have birthed from 3 different demographics-- first, as a very young, very poor, bewildered college student, then a home-owning middle class, suburban mom, and most recently a less-young, better educated, poor-again mom. The bill for the birth of my first child was footed by the state of Arkansas, the second barely subsidized by ridiculously expensive employer provided insurance, the third was paid for out-of-pocket (hospital, birth center, and home-births, respectively). <br /><br />Admittedly, I am not very well educated on the proposed reform but my personal experience has made it abundantly clear that overall our healthcare system is very very beyond screwed up.<br /><br />Do I have a point? I'm not sure. But I with birth from 3 perspectivestyped that all out, and it took awhile, so I'm going to post it. Also, I should get some kind of award for most commas used in a crappy sentence written by a woman with a degree in English.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11991077963606323191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12478084.post-26560659063719135182009-08-17T13:50:54.982-05:002009-08-17T13:50:54.982-05:00I heard Senator What's-His-White-Old-Face on M...I heard Senator What's-His-White-Old-Face on Meet the Press claim that the high infant mortalitity rate was among medicaid babies...i.e. the government was the ones killing the babies. I knew immediately that was bullshit, as did the person sitting on his right, Former Sen. Daschel. David Gregory? He let this insane bullshit go without question or fact check, and moved on to another topic.<br /><br />It's not just the Rush and Becks who are polluting the debate with made-up nonsense. It's people like David Gregory who allow their guests to say baseless, made up claims without ever even challenging them. Daschel was about to jump out of his seat...but I don't even think Gregory was listening.<br /><br />FYI...I have a thing for hating David Gregory, so my judgment may be clouded a little. ;-)Travishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15551163493010052335noreply@blogger.com