Moyers

Saw Bill Moyers on Bill Maher. He confirmed that, as I suspected, a lot of what is wrong in this moment stems from the decades-old conceptualization of the corporation as having the rights of the citizen.

I know there must be an action typically and legally taken by corporations, almost that defines the corporation, that disproves the notion of citizen. I just can't think of it. (Give me a minute.)

Necessity

"Military necessity does not admit of cruelty nor of torture to procure confessions." — Abraham Lincoln

I think that Cheney and his ilk think of themselves as basically decent individuals. Unfortunately, that thinking seems to have subsumed reality, perhaps as he, Rumsfeld, and their partners threw their moral compasses under a bed. They do not know their history, these men.

Mistress of the Dark

I'm sorry that this is going to sound mean. But am I the only one who, whenever I see Marie Osmond, think that it's a younger version of Elvira?

Fundamental Human Right

"This is the cause of my life... Now the issue has more meaning for me - and more urgency - than ever before, but it's always been deeply personal, because the importance of healthcare has been a recurrent lesson throughout most of my 77 years."

"[H]ealth care is...a fundamental human right."

RIP, Edward Kennedy.

Meanness

"When we Europeans – the British included – contemplate the battles President Obama must fight to reform the US health system, our first response tends to be disbelief. How can it be that so obvious a social good as universal health insurance, so humane a solution to common vulnerability, is not sewn deep into the fabric of the United States? How can one of the biggest, richest and most advanced countries in the world tolerate a situation where, at any one time, one in six of the population has to pay for their treatment item by item, or resort to hospital casualty wards?"

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/mary-dejevsky/mary--dejevsky-a-mean-streak-in-the-us-mainstream-1776795.html
(another one from Sherman's Blog, http://global-equality.org/news/blog/)

Gingrich

Remember when he openly advocated for orphanages and a return to work houses?
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6581189.html
(courtesy of Sherman's Blog: http://global-equality.org/news/blog/)

Let's Get It Done

Health Care Reform Visibility and Petition Drive (Let's Get It Done: Health Insurance Reform Now—-Public Event)

Please join us for a Health-care Reform Awareness and Service event, Saturday, August 29, from 10:00 AM to Noon in Haverhill near the Farmer’s Market, where we will distribute educational materials and petitions on healthcare reform with a public option. We will also hold rally signs to increase awareness and express our support for healthcare reform.

For more information send an e-mail to info@haverhillforobama.com or go to www.haverhillforobama.com and stay tuned for more details in the coming days.

Take exit 51 on Rt.495 to Rt.125 South. Rt.125 South becomes the Main Street. The Market is located on Bailey Boulevard on GAR Park across Main St. from the Haverhill Public Library.