Thursday, May 21, 2009
A charity worth donating to!
There is a great charity called “Friends of the Family” that I want to help build awareness for. It says on the organization’s site, “The mission of Friends of the Family is to foster strong, self-sufficient families and resilient children by providing effective mental health and human development programs in the greater Los Angeles area.” If any of you would like to visit the site to look it over and possibly make a donation, then click on http://www.fofca.org/
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Website: “Contact The CEO”
Here is a website that I stumbled across, and thought might come in handy. I cannot personally vouch for the accuracy of this site, but it looks to me as if it has a lot of valuable contact information on it.
It says on the site, “This website was founded because of this country's inability to connect with lower and middle America. Corporations are profitting BILLIONS and TRILLIONS of dollars while the average American is struggling to survive. Whats more disturbing is these CEO's are making MILLIONS and MILLIONS of dollars at the expense of YOU. YOU can be the consumer, the business, the victim, the employee, or a number of other people who they are using to make their money. Further, the CEO's hide behind many assistants, buildings, lawyers, and a number of other ways to prevent YOU from speaking your mind. WELL GUESS WHAT? America just got a little easier to find and contact the CEO of many Fortune 500 companies. Thats right. We did the unthinkable. We compiled every possible phone number, home address, and any other PUBLIC information and PUBLISHED it for YOU. They need to be held accountable, they make all of the money, but they do the least amount of work. Shouldn't they hear what YOU have to say? WE think so.”
If any of you would like to check out the site, then click on http://www.contact-the-ceo.com/
It says on the site, “This website was founded because of this country's inability to connect with lower and middle America. Corporations are profitting BILLIONS and TRILLIONS of dollars while the average American is struggling to survive. Whats more disturbing is these CEO's are making MILLIONS and MILLIONS of dollars at the expense of YOU. YOU can be the consumer, the business, the victim, the employee, or a number of other people who they are using to make their money. Further, the CEO's hide behind many assistants, buildings, lawyers, and a number of other ways to prevent YOU from speaking your mind. WELL GUESS WHAT? America just got a little easier to find and contact the CEO of many Fortune 500 companies. Thats right. We did the unthinkable. We compiled every possible phone number, home address, and any other PUBLIC information and PUBLISHED it for YOU. They need to be held accountable, they make all of the money, but they do the least amount of work. Shouldn't they hear what YOU have to say? WE think so.”
If any of you would like to check out the site, then click on http://www.contact-the-ceo.com/
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Truth about Obama and health care reform!
There is a bill that has been introduced into Congress that would provide universal health insurance in the form of single-payer health care. That bill is House Resolution 676: “United States National Health Care Act or the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act.” Former presidential candidate Ralph Nader is one of the bill’s supporters.
Elizabeth Kucinich, wife of Congressman Dennis Kucinich, has said about HR 676, “The government covers you for everything. Absolutely everything. Preexisting and future existing, long-term, you name it. As long as you’re in this country, you would get the coverage. And this is what the single-payer means, is that the government deals with the paperwork. You don’t have to deal with the paperwork. So no premiums, no co pays, no deductibles. No additional cost.”
As some of you may have read, Senator Max Baucus has been the chairman of a recent health care reform meeting or two. Representatives from the insurance industry were present, but supporters of single-payer health care were not. Some supporters of single-payer health care were in the audience, and called out for a spot at the table, but were immediately arrested.
President Barack Obama was asked during a recent town hall meeting, “I work for one of the large corporations here. But I talk to a lot of people about health care. My question is, so many people go bankrupt using their credit cards to pay for health care. Why have they taken single-payer off the plate? And why is Senator Baucus on the Finance Committee discussing health care when he has received so much money from the pharmaceutical companies? Isn't it a conflict of interest?”
Obama replied with his usual rhetoric about wanting health care reform. At one point, when he mentioned single-payer, members of the audience applauded. He responded to the applause by saying, “Got the little single-payer advocates up here.”
A little later in his answer, Obama said, “If I were starting a system from scratch, then I think that the idea of moving towards a single-payer system could very well make sense. That's the kind of system that you have in most industrialized countries around the world. The only problem is that we're not starting from scratch. We have historically a tradition of employer-based health care. And although there are a lot of people who are not satisfied with their health care, the truth is, is that the vast majority of people currently get health care from their employers, and you've got this system that's already in place. We don't want a huge disruption as we go into health care reform where suddenly we're trying to completely reinvent one-sixth of the economy.”
I might have been a little concerned about Obama’s motive to keep the insurance companies in the game of providing health care coverage because of all the money that was donated to his presidential campaign by insurance executives, but his smooth talking and slick response have put my mind at ease.
Elizabeth Kucinich, wife of Congressman Dennis Kucinich, has said about HR 676, “The government covers you for everything. Absolutely everything. Preexisting and future existing, long-term, you name it. As long as you’re in this country, you would get the coverage. And this is what the single-payer means, is that the government deals with the paperwork. You don’t have to deal with the paperwork. So no premiums, no co pays, no deductibles. No additional cost.”
As some of you may have read, Senator Max Baucus has been the chairman of a recent health care reform meeting or two. Representatives from the insurance industry were present, but supporters of single-payer health care were not. Some supporters of single-payer health care were in the audience, and called out for a spot at the table, but were immediately arrested.
President Barack Obama was asked during a recent town hall meeting, “I work for one of the large corporations here. But I talk to a lot of people about health care. My question is, so many people go bankrupt using their credit cards to pay for health care. Why have they taken single-payer off the plate? And why is Senator Baucus on the Finance Committee discussing health care when he has received so much money from the pharmaceutical companies? Isn't it a conflict of interest?”
Obama replied with his usual rhetoric about wanting health care reform. At one point, when he mentioned single-payer, members of the audience applauded. He responded to the applause by saying, “Got the little single-payer advocates up here.”
A little later in his answer, Obama said, “If I were starting a system from scratch, then I think that the idea of moving towards a single-payer system could very well make sense. That's the kind of system that you have in most industrialized countries around the world. The only problem is that we're not starting from scratch. We have historically a tradition of employer-based health care. And although there are a lot of people who are not satisfied with their health care, the truth is, is that the vast majority of people currently get health care from their employers, and you've got this system that's already in place. We don't want a huge disruption as we go into health care reform where suddenly we're trying to completely reinvent one-sixth of the economy.”
I might have been a little concerned about Obama’s motive to keep the insurance companies in the game of providing health care coverage because of all the money that was donated to his presidential campaign by insurance executives, but his smooth talking and slick response have put my mind at ease.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Congressman’s wife describes health care bill!
Here is a video in which Elizabeth Kucinich, wife of Representative Dennis Kucinich, describes House Resolution 676: “United States National Health Care Act or the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act” (a bill that was introduced into Congress on January 26, 2009). HR 676 is the kind of health care reform that we need.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Israel Bowl football game (April 2009)
American football is branching out all over the world. Back in April 2009, the Jerusalem Lions played against the Modi'in Pioneers in the Israel Bowl (which is the title game for the Israeli Football League). The following two videos have footage from that game:
Friday, May 8, 2009
“Health care reform” hearings are a sham!
I recently posted a blog entry here about how single payer health care should be implemented to provide insurance for everybody. Please see my blog mentioning House Resolution 676: “United States National Health Care Act or the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act” (which was introduced into Congress on January 26, 2009). Do you think such a bill will ever be passed into law? Not a chance. Barack Obama and the congressional leadership may pass some kind of health care reform, but it will either have little effect or even make things worse. Check out this informative video that I found on Youtube which has footage from the recent Senate Finance Committee’s meeting about health care reform!
Saturday, May 2, 2009
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