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From Twitter 10-26-2009
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Oct. 27th, 2009
Arguments for the idea
Arguments against
What do you think?
I consider myself a reasonably intelligent, informed citizen. But all the raging on and on about health care reform is extremely frustrating to me, generating much more heat than enlightenment. One side bays that a proposed solution is absolutely necessary or we'll all be paying every penny we earn to fat cat doctor and hospital groups and insurance companies. The other bays that it will bring about the absolute end of American civilization as we know it. Both sides rage on about all the people getting rich at the expense of normal American citizens. Who ARE those people? All I know is that I'm getting a damn sight poorer every year as I try to manage our health care expenses. At this point, I hardly care which side is right. I just want something to pass so that I don't have to worry about affording my (and esp. my daughter's) skyrocketing prescription medication, or having my coverage cut off, or double-digit increases in premiums, year after year.
Jesus, Christ Almighty. Just act like the rest of the industrialized world, wouldja? Just PASS HEALTH CARE REFORM.
Arguments against
What do you think?
I consider myself a reasonably intelligent, informed citizen. But all the raging on and on about health care reform is extremely frustrating to me, generating much more heat than enlightenment. One side bays that a proposed solution is absolutely necessary or we'll all be paying every penny we earn to fat cat doctor and hospital groups and insurance companies. The other bays that it will bring about the absolute end of American civilization as we know it. Both sides rage on about all the people getting rich at the expense of normal American citizens. Who ARE those people? All I know is that I'm getting a damn sight poorer every year as I try to manage our health care expenses. At this point, I hardly care which side is right. I just want something to pass so that I don't have to worry about affording my (and esp. my daughter's) skyrocketing prescription medication, or having my coverage cut off, or double-digit increases in premiums, year after year.
Jesus, Christ Almighty. Just act like the rest of the industrialized world, wouldja? Just PASS HEALTH CARE REFORM.
Someone I admire tremendously
Oct. 27th, 2009 03:15 pmHere's a man who decided to decrease worldsuck in a BIG way, and who has achieved some remarkable results in just three years. I first learned about his campaign Charity:Water on Twitter (follow Scott Harrison)
Here's his personal story. An excerpt:
Scott is extremely gifted at understanding the harnessing of social media to promote his cause. I highly recommend following him on Twitter. You'll also find him on Youtube, Facebook, Myspace, and a ton of other places.
Here's one of their very effective ads:
Here's his personal story. An excerpt:
In 2004, I left the streets of New York City for the shores of West Africa. I'd made my living for years in the big Apple promoting top nightclubs and fashion events, for the most part living selfishly and arrogantly. Desperately unhappy, I needed to change. Faced with spiritual bankruptcy, I wanted desperately to revive a lost Christian faith with action and asked the question: What would the opposite of my life look like?
Scott is extremely gifted at understanding the harnessing of social media to promote his cause. I highly recommend following him on Twitter. You'll also find him on Youtube, Facebook, Myspace, and a ton of other places.
Here's one of their very effective ads: