What You Can Do For Health Care Reform NOW

The most important thing at this stage any one can do is to remind crucial members in the Senate that the public option is what America wants, and to put pressure on them by letting them know that we are watching where they stand on it.

Forget Olympia Snowe, she's a lost cause. Here are the people you need to email, at least once, to tell them you want the public option and you want them to support it-

(It doesn't matter AT ALL if they are not from your state. In fact, that is the point. To let these Senators know that all of America is watching their stance on this issue.)

(Do not be afraid to do this!!! Every representative has their contact information posted on their site for a reason-they are suppose to hear from the people. That is how they know how to do their job.)

Senator Joe Lieberman (Connecticut)-

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If you are only going to contact one person, make it Senator Lieberman. He is the only Independent in the Senate, and with his vote all the Democrats would need to do is secure all of the Democratic seat votes. Today, Lieberman said he would join the GOP in a filibuster against the public option. Tell him that is not acceptable and the American public demands the public option.



Senator Evan Bayh (Indiana)-


http://bayh.senate.gov/contact/email/



Senator Ben Nelson (Nebraska)-


http://bennelson.senate.gov/email-issues.cfm



We have to do this. The fate of the public option is in the hands of these Senators, and without pressure saying that America wants the PO and is watching, they will probably be cowards and be content to duck away from the fight. Don't let them weasel out of this.

If you are unsure of what to say or are just shy, feel free to copy this message (it applies to all of them), that I wrote, especially for you:


"Dear Senator,

I am writing to inform you of my support for the public option. America wants the public option in health care reform and is counting on you to do the right thing in supporting it."

Short, simple, and to the point. All that needs to be said.

Take action. Be involved. Shape history.

Tea Parties, Dick Cheney, and the Public Option

Sorry it has been so long since the last update. I have been (and continue to be) sick.


Three major new blogs coming in the next week though. Stay tuned.

Until then, some thoughts on a host of issues-


Conservatives-Sorry, but it is not the 1700's anymore. We are not a thirteen state agricultural country. In a country as big as America, in this globalized world, we cannot afford to NOT have a strong federal government. (Full blog on this coming later).

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Tea Parties=sensationalism. Why did the Tea Parties, and now the "Tea Parties 2", receive twice as much coverage as the gay rights march even though the movements had the same number of people? And, on top of that, the Tea Parties have been proven to be politically organized by former Republican legislators like Dick Armey.

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In 2002 Dick Cheney said "The Taliban regime is out of commission [in Afghanistan], permanently." Obviously, this guy knows what he is talking about. /sarcasm. (This had to be right around the infamous "Mission Accomplished" scene...). Now, the Dick is chastising Obama for taking time to make a deliberate decision about sending more troops in to a war zone. Please, Mr. Penguin, shut the hell up.

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60% of Americans want a public option. At least 53 Senators are behind it. The White House is behind it. Three different House Committees have passed bills with it. Fuck the obstructionist, this needs to get done. Do it, Harry Reid, do it.

Contact House Republican Leader John Boehner

House Republican Leader John Boehner says he has "yet to meet an American who wants the public option." (Which is pretty amazing since in polls a majority of HIS DISTRICT supports it). Write Rep. Boehner and tell him you support President Obama's health reform policies and the public option.


http://gopleader.gov/contact/

Democrats Suck

Sometimes I can almost connect with the Republican stereotype of trusting your talk show hosts first. Because legislators suck.


Democratic Super Majority

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Thank you, Jon Stewart


Also, a good one from Stephen Colbert-

Send Your Medical Bills to Max Baucus

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And this from the Huffington Post-


"An investigation conducted by the Sunlight Foundation and the Center for Responsive Politics found that networks of lobbyist bundlers are funneling money to key members of Congress, including self-appointed health care reform leader Sen. Max Baucus.

Baucus, chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee, collected contributions from 37 bundlers -- outside lobbyists who collect contributions from others and direct money to a particular candidate -- representing Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), and 36 others representing drugmaker Amgen, from January 2007 to July 2009.

All together, Baucus received extra donations from 11 major health and insurance firms through 10 or more outside lobbyists, according to the Sunlight Foundation."


Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/01/baucus-other-lawmakers-ta_n_306193.html


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http://www.thedailyshow.com

http://www.colbertnation.com

Be on TV!

Add your name to a list in support of the public option that will appear in TV commercials in Washington D.C. and target states. You can also donate to help air the ad.

www.WeWantThePublicOption.com


This is a previous airing of the commercial-

65% of Americans Favor Public Option

A new poll by CBS/New York Times shows that 65% of Americans favor a public option in health care reform while only 26% oppose-



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