MICHAEL MOORE’S ‘Sicko’ will end American resistance to universal health care
By Pat Murphy
Sentinel Editor & PublisherCopyright © 2007 San Francisco Sentinel
A single movie — Michael Moore’s ‘Sicko’ scheduled for release June 29 — will end American resistance to universal health care.
Pre-screened in San Francisco last night, the film is airtight. It cannot be dismissed as propaganda....
Michael Moore Today
http://www.michaelmoore.com/
George threatens to veto health care for 10,000,000 children, accuses Dems of helping poor too much
September 21st, 2007 1:57 am
Bush Threatens Veto of Child Health Bill
By Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 — President Bush, bracing for a series of battles with Congress over spending, threatened today to veto a bill expanding a popular children’s health insurance program, calling it “a step toward federalization of health care.”
The program expires Sept. 30, and Congress is on the verge of renewing it by providing coverage to an additional 4 million children over the 6.6 million already enrolled — at an additional cost of $35 billion over five years. Mr. Bush says the bill would expand a program aimed at helping the poor beyond its original intent.
The veto threat is just one of nearly a dozen the White House has issued recently aimed at a variety of bills including measures on education spending and money for medical research. With the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, Mr. Bush and Congressional Democrats are headed for a showdown over spending similar to the one that preceded the government shutdown of 1995.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/sicko/news/article.php?id=10255
Physicians for National Healthcare
http://www.pnhp.org/
Single-Payer National Health Insurance
Single-payer national health insurance is a system in which a single public or quasi-public agency organizes health financing, but delivery of care remains largely private.
Currently, the U.S. health care system is outrageously expensive, yet inadequate. Despite spending more than twice as much as the rest of the industrialized nations ($7,129 per capita), the United States performs poorly in comparison on major health indicators such as life expectancy, infant mortality and immunization rates. Moreover, the other advanced nations provide comprehensive coverage to their entire populations, while the U.S. leaves 46 million completely uninsured and millions more inadequately covered.
http://www.pnhp.org/facts/single_payer_resources.php
Thursday, July 26th, 2007
See the Movie, Start the Revolution ...a letter from Michael Moore
Friends,
I am overwhelmed by the response to "Sicko." And I'm not just talking about all the wonderful, heart-felt letters you've sent me and the stories you've shared with me about the abuse you've suffered from our health care system.
No, I'm talking about how thousands of you are taking matters into your own hands and using the movie to do something. From Seattle to New England, each day I learn of numerous groups holding meetings or dinners after the movie to discuss it and to plot a course for action. A church in Plano, TX took its weekly bible study group to see "Sicko." 70 people crammed into a Wisconsin coffee shop's back room. Groups are plotting over pancakes in Illinois and microbrew in Missouri. E-mail addresses are being exchanged in theater lobbies. A Connecticut group is inviting legislators to see "Sicko" and keeping a tally on their website. Local groups have been buying out theaters to have special screenings for their members. Information tables are set up, literature is distributed, action groups are formed.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/message/index.php?id=219
September 20th, 2007 7:03 pm
Bush: MoveOn.org ad on Petraeus 'disgusting'
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A MoveOn.org political advertisement that criticized the top U.S. commander in Iraq was "disgusting," President Bush said Thursday, accusing Democrats of being afraid to criticize the anti-war group.
Bush told reporters at a White House news conference that MoveOn.org's ad in The New York Times about Gen. David Petraeus was a "sorry deal." The September 10 full-page ad was titled "General Petraeus or General Betray Us?"
"I felt like the ad was an attack, not only on Gen. Petraeus, but on the U.S. military," Bush said. "And I was disappointed that not more leaders in the Democratic Party spoke out strongly against that kind of ad."
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=10252
September 20th, 2007 7:05 pm
Senate OKs Cornyn's anti-MoveOn.org bill
By Suzanne Gamboa / Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Sen. John Cornyn won approval Thursday of a measure condemning a liberal group for criticizing the top military commander in Iraq — a measure similar to the one Cornyn was rebuffed for last week.
The Senate voted 72-25 to attach Cornyn's amendment criticizing MoveOn.org to the defense authorization bill.
Cornyn failed to get a similar amendment into the transportation and housing spending bill last week because it was ruled not germane to that bill.
"I can't believe that any member of this Senate would vote against this amendment which condemns this character assassination," Cornyn said from the Senate floor.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=10253
Democrats Throw Their Base Under the Bus; Cave to Wing-Nuts on MoveOn Resolution
By Joshua Holland, AlterNet.
Posted September 20, 2007.
On the eve of the Petraeus hearings, I wrote that if the Democrats didn't call out the general on his partisan, politically motivated spin of the events unfolding in Iraq, they would prove their irrelevance on the issue of the ongoing occupation once and for all.
In the end, it was much worse than that. Today, Senate Democrats took the time to join their Republican colleagues in condemning an ad produced by MoveOn.org that -- accurately -- pointed out Petraeus' previous spin about progress in Iraq and warned that the general would "Betray Us." The resolution passed by a vote of 72-25. Among the presidential contenders in the senate, Hillary Clinton and Chris Dodd voted against the resolution and Barack Obama and Joe Biden abstained.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/63160/
September 20th, 2007 1:40 pm
Pope 'refused audience for Rice'
By David Willey / BBC News
Pope Benedict XVI refused a recent request by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to discuss the Middle East and Iraq, Vatican sources say.
The Pope refused a request for an audience during the August holidays.
Senior Vatican sources told the BBC the Pope does not normally receive politicians on his annual holiday at the Castelgandolfo residence near Rome.
But one leading Italian newspaper said it was an evident snub by the Vatican towards the Bush administration.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=10246
September 19th, 2007 7:58 pm
Senate Republicans block Iraq bill
By Susan Cornwell / Reuters
WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked a plan to give U.S. troops in Iraq more leave time, defeating a proposal widely considered the Democrat's best near-term chance to change President George W. Bush's Iraq strategy.
The measure to give troops as much rest time at home as they spend deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan needed 60 votes to pass in the Democratic-controlled Senate; it received just 56 votes, with 44 against.
It had been offered by Sen. Jim Webb, a decorated Vietnam veteran and former Navy secretary who said U.S. troops are being "burned out" by repeated redeployments to Iraq.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=10243
Clinton's Health-Care Plan Echoes What Rivals Offered
By Aliza Marcus / Bloomberg
Sept. 18 -- Hillary Clinton's new plan to provide health care for all Americans differs more from her 1993 proposal known as ``Hillarycare'' than it does from ideas offered by her chief Democratic rivals in the 2008 presidential campaign.
Clinton's proposal, presented yesterday in Iowa, draws on the same four principles that opponents Barack Obama and John Edwards already put on the table: Allowing many Americans the option of paying to join a new government-run plan, requiring insurance companies to accept all applicants and not charge more for those who are ill, giving subsidies to help families afford coverage and raising taxes on upper-income Americans to pay for it all.
``The big message is how similar the plans are,'' said Len Nichols, who worked on health-care issues for President Bill Clinton and is now director of the Washington-based New America Foundation's health program. ``These are very smart people who are very ambitious, and they are ending up with very much the same rough contours.''
http://www.michaelmoore.com/sicko/news/article.php?id=10238
Taking the Temperature of the Presidential Candidates
Contributions from the Health Industry - January 1st to March 31st, 2007HMOs, pharmaceutical companies, physicians and other health professionals.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/sicko/sickos-for-sale/candidates/
Make Sure Your Rep. Supports H.R. 676
"Which congressional district am I in?"
CLiCK here and enter your address to find out.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/sicko/what-can-i-do/boxscore/index.php?action=print
H.R.676 Title: To provide for comprehensive health insurance coverage for all United States residents, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] (introduced 1/24/2007) Cosponsors (82) Latest Major Action: 2/2/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR00676:@@@N
Thank Joe Baca. He among the latest House members to co-sponsor bill HR 676.
Information onRepresentative Joe Bacaof Congressional District number 43 of California
http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/cgi-bin/newmemberbio.cgi?lang=&member=CA43&site=ctc&address=&city=&state=CA&zipcode=&plusfour=
Artist on Artist: Tom Morello & Michael Moore
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