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Green Party: America needs Single-Payer, not the public health care option

•Greens blast Democrats, liberal caucuses in Congress, unions, and health care advocacy groups that have backed away from Single-Payer in favor of the public option

• Sen. Baucus and other Democratic and Republican foes of Single-Payer are taking big money from the private health insurance/HMO industry; Greens cite likely 84% reduction in administrative costs only possible through Single-Payer’s public finance-private delivery plan

Green Party leaders and health care reform activists said today that the ‘public health care option,’ promoted by many Democrats, is not an acceptable alternative to a Single-Payer/Medicare For All national health care program (HR 676). Read more »

Daniel Hauser is home: Thoughts on the government and health choices

(excerpt from) Reason
Radley Balko on Minnesota Cancer Patient Daniel Hauser, Medical Marijuana, and the Politicization of Medicine / May 26, 2009, 3:00pm

Policies governing how and when we give sick people access to the medication that could mitigate their pain, ameliorate the side effects of their treatment, or even save their lives, aren’t based on compassion, individual rights, or even an honest assessment of science and risk, writes Radley Balko. Instead, we have a patchwork of laws and enforcement policies driven by decades-old drug war hysteria, pharmaceutical paranoia, irrational aversion to risk, bureaucratic turf wars, and, of course, politics.

Read all about it here.

beat radio live in nyc 5/30/09

Hey everyone. It’s been like forever.  There are so many things I want to tell you about. It’s a long story though, and i do tend to ramble.  Perhaps i should tell you later.

There are a few items i would like to report:

1. Beat Radio’s second full length album is called Safe Inside the Sound and it will be coming out this summer.

2. We are playing live in NYC this saturday night at Pianos.  it’s a special electronic set featuring me and Dan Bills on synths/keyboards.  We’re on 8pm.  Bridges and Powerlines play at 9.  Aeroplane Pageant will be celebrating the release of their new LP with a performance at 10.  Pianos is located at 158 Ludlow Street in New York, New York, New York.   Read more »

A Democrat contender for US Senator from NY? (ie: challenge to Kirsten Gillibrand)

from Politics1

NEW YORK. Congressman Jose Serrano (D) announced he is strongly considering a primary run next year against interim US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D). Serrano, an ardent liberal, has strong ties in the Hispanic and progressive political communities. Serrano’s announcement comes just after US Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) predicted that in the end Gillibrand won’t face any serious primary opponents.

US holds journalist without charges in Iraq

Journalist Ibrahim Jassam, being held without charge

Journalist Ibrahim Jassam, being held without charge

hat tip to News for Greens. Orginal Story at Los Angeles Times

U.S. holds journalist without charges in Iraq / May 24, 2009

Ibrahim Jassam, a cameraman and photographer for the Reuters news agency, is being held by the U.S. without charges.

Reuters cameraman Ibrahim Jassam has been held since September. The U.S. military rejected a court order to release him, saying he is a ‘high security threat.’ No evidence has been presented…

Jassam, 31, has been in U.S. custody ever since [ September 2nd, when the American and Iraqi troops him from his home.] His case is the latest of a dozen detentions the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists has documented since 2001. Read more »

New Urgent Action for Troy Davis!

**NYADP URGENT ACTION TO SAVE TROY:
FORWARD WIDELY!**

Abolitionists:

Martina, Troy’s sister, has informed us of our new strategy in the fight to save Troys life: we need to get as many phone calls, faxes, and e-mails as possible to District Attorney LARRY CHISOLM. Chisolm is the first black DA in Chatham County, GA,  who campaigned on Obama’s promise for change, equality under law, accountability and fairness.  Read more »

Colleen and Daniel Hauser back in Minnesota

Monday evening update is: here.

Previous, Monday afternoon update is below and at link:

(excerpt from) The State/AP
Posted on Mon, May. 25, 2009
Sheriff: Boy who fled chemo returns to Minnesota

A sheriff’s office in Minnesota says a 13-year-old cancer patient and his mother who fled the state to avoid chemotherapy have returned.

The Brown County sheriff’s office did not provide any details Monday but said a news conference would be held later in the day at the county seat of New Ulm…

A link to our story with various opinion pieces is: here.

Finding support (or at least sympathy) for Colleen Hauser (mom of 13-year-old with chemo)

Night of Monday, May 25th Update: here.

Afternoon of Monday, May 25th Update: Please note that the AP reported around 3:30 pm on Monday, that Colleen Hauser and Daniel Hauser are back in Minnesota. Story: here.

Dr. Rahul K. Parikh is a physician who writes for Salon.com. His article is posted at the Toronto Star, and explains chemotherapy and its side effects. Dr. Parikh notes that, “We shouldn’t be judging the ‘chemo kid'”. And, he asserts, “Those who have been through the living hell of cancer treatment understand the Hausers’ decision to run away.”

The Constitution Party of Minnesota notes that it is a parent’s Constitutional right to make medical decisions for their children. The party’s statement was posted by a reader in the comments section of onthewilderside.com and is now posted at Independent Political Report: here.

My previous post at onthewilderside.com is here.

In a May 25, 2009 post, Barbara Simpson at World Net Daily says, “Hands off our children!” She writes:

…How did we allow ourselves to get to this point? Read more »

Troops’ Absentee Ballots Are Not Always Counted

On Memorial Day, this is a good example to me of hypocrisy. Many people in government say “support our troops” in order to promote war. But, when it comes to genuinely helping our troops and our veterans, they do not do enough. What an outrage that a citizen could be sent overseas to fight “for our country”, and in so doing lose her ability to have her vote counted.

(excerpt from) The Daily News (Stephanie Gaskell’s War Zone blog)
Troops’ Absentee Ballots Are Not Always Counted
May 17, 2009

Last year, 20,092 military personnel and other voters from New York living overseas requested absentee ballots for the presidential election. But just 13,112 were received by election officials back here at home…

New York City experiment: car free zones on Broadway

Wow. This is actually a very green idea. Wonder if the idea will spread…

(excerpt from) Newsday/AP
New Yorkers prepare for car-free Times Square

May 24, 2009

…As part of a Department of Transportation plan to make the city more livable, cars will be banned from stretches of Broadway at Times Square and at Herald Square. (Starting Sunday, May 24th at 8pm.)

The city believes the move will reduce pollution, cut down on pedestrian accidents and help traffic flow more smoothly…

Human Rights Attorney Vince Warren: Obama’s “Preventive Detention” Plan Goes Beyond Bush Admin Policies

Human Rights Attorney Vince Warren: Obama’s “Preventive Detention” Plan Goes Beyond Bush Admin Policies

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What is the balance between honoring veterans, while not promoting war?

Action Alert and info below: On Monday, May 25, 2009, March in the Bellport Memorial Day Parade with South Country Peace Group as a presence of peace.

Kimberly writes…

I totally understand that we should honor people who died in wars, or who gave their lives believing (sometimes falsely) that they were serving our country.

Though, sometimes, events to honor veternas get whipped up into a frenzy that mixes patriotism with war.

I went to the Bellport Memorial Day parade one year, and the military had a Humvee vehicle throwing candy out into the streets for children. It was about hype, glamor and military recruitment. Not a solemn event at all. Read more »

Two Sides of the Same Coin: Heads-Heads | CommonDreams.org

Two Sides of the Same Coin: Heads-Heads | CommonDreams.org
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Sibel Edmonds shares his concerns with the Obama administration, starting out with a profound quotation…

“In politics we presume that everyone who knows how to get votes knows how to administer a city or a state. When we are ill…we do not ask for the handsomest physician, or the most eloquent one.” — Plato

…And a few still continue their rationalizing and defense, with illogical excuses such as ‘He’s been in office for only 20 days, give the man a break!’ and ‘He’s had only 50 days in office, give him a chance!’ and currently, ‘be reasonable – how much can a man do in 120 days?!’ I am going to give this logic, or lack of, a slight spicing of reason, then, turn it around, and present it as: If ‘the man’ can do this much astounding damage, whether to our civil liberties, or to our notion of democracy, or to government integrity, in ‘only’ 120 days, may God help us with the next [(4 X 365) – 120] days…

13-year-old Daniel Hauser may have gained a friend

Night of Monday, May 25th update is: here

Monday afternoon update and more opinion is: here.

If you have any good words for Daniel, or any good words of patience or support for this mom who–wrong or right–is going through a great ordeal right now, please leave a comment below. (Our site has key trigger words for spam, so if your comment does not show up right away, I will click it through as soon as possible. -KW)

(excerpt from) Associated Content
Daniel Hauser is Missing: Defies Court, Runs with Mother to Avoid Chemotherapy

by saul relative / May 21, 2009

Hodgkin’s Survivor Billy Joe Best Thought to Be with Daniel and Colleen Hauser

Daniel Hauser and his mother, Colleen, are on the run. And they may have been joined by Hodgkin’s Lymphoma survivor Billy Joe Best. Read more »