Urgent Message for Caregivers - Contact Your Senators

I received the following message Friday evening.  I’ve already contacted both my Senators, please contact yours ... or delay much more costly nursing home or foster care placements.  In these difficult financial times ... with most disability, health, education and social service programs funded at the FY 2008 level [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 23:10:00

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Considering Weight Loss Programs & Weight Loss Dieting

Almost everyone has a New Year’s resolution whenever a new year approaches which often includes weightloss ... , go to school and in many cases also have families to take care of. These people come home too tired ... for it to be a health risk. These risks are not exaggerated; over 400,000 people die each year due [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 22:37:05

More Budget Intrigue

A few quick updates. First: Two great sources of Twitter updates. John Myers Capitol Notes here and Anthony Wright of Health Access here ... to get Prop 10 (tobacco tax) money diverted from children's health care programs. So far, it seems ... , thereby taking his ball and going home: "For these reasons, I believe it is appropriate [more...]

Date: 2009-02-15 07:39:41

Woman in Morgan Freeman crash: Not his mistress

Woman in Morgan Freeman crash: Not his mistress The woman who was with Morgan Freeman the night of a car crash that injured both of them insists she ... America doesn't need a 'health care czar' Men charged with running prostitution ring Many ‘broken’ ... -home sales dive in Jan. » Lanier doles out medals for concierge, tour guide work » The Examiner's [more...]

Date: 2009-02-25 23:44:28

How has economic crisis changed your daily life?

From CNN’s Jack Cafferty: As President Obama gets ready to address a joint session of congress tonight — he’ll also be talking to a nation that’s ... to get by on one less salary while trying to pay rising bills for things like health care and education ... popularity as people are starting to save their money at home. A new CNN-Opinion [more...]

Date: 2009-02-24 23:00:39

Barack Obama's Inaugural Address

I'm still reeling from SCOTUS Chief Justice John Roberts f*cking up the oath of office. How hard was it for the Bush-selected Justice to read this? ... . Homes have been lost; jobs shed; businesses shuttered. Our health care is too costly; our schools [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 17:20:10

Still More Details About MPFT Closures

Still More Details About MPFT Closures I have been trying to get my hands on an internal Motion Picture & ... care hospital and long-term care nursing home at the end of 2009. Please, someone, forward me a copy ... for a week, according to nursing staff. Another, who had been in apparently good health, died very [more...]

Date: 2009-02-09 05:08:35

Ex-Detroit Mayor's New Gig

Kwame Kilpatrick is back and it looks like Dallas will be his new home ... executive working on getting government health care programs online ( memo ). "We hired someone [more...]

Date: 2009-02-13 16:46:06

Bronfenbrenner: Employee Free Choice Is Key for Women

      Cornell University’s Kate Bronfenbrenner, a leading scholars in labor studies, ... to gain from unionization. Industries like health care, hospitality, and retail are all sectors where ... regular, workers get health and welfare benefits, the ability to know what time you are going home [more...]

Date: 2009-02-26 21:55:58

Glenn Beck Likens Obama To Heroin Pusher

Guest blogged by Julie Glenn "I'm not going to share my toys" Beck is at it again, ... who, after working at McDonald's for four years, just wanted some health care - how dare ... to get a job, find a home, improve the family's station [more...]

Date: 2009-02-16 02:40:30

Moderate Democrats Poised to Become 'Partisan Obstructionists' to Obama Agenda

John Boehner isn't the only one getting tougher on Obama this week ... against elements of Obama's sweeping plans. They're wary of the omnibus spending bill, health care ... (HR 1106) to allow bankruptcy judges to modify home loans. Although only a handful of moderate [more...]

Date: 2009-03-04 22:15:41

Four-year-old girl raped in Delhi

New Delhi, Feb 24(IANS) A four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her Delhi neighbour who lured her with a toffee, the police said Tuesday, ... for cooperation in health care Bengal circle direct tax collection rises 23.8 ... was not home and mother was busy in household work, the police said. “The girl was going [more...]

Date: 2009-02-24 09:14:18

Only In America

(Henryk M. Broder) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjnygQ02aW4 http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html? ... for a new age. Homes have been lost; jobs shed; businesses shuttered. Our health care is too costly [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 05:57:00

Barack Obama’s Inaugural Speech (Video x Transcript)

For those that couldn’t witness history live (*cough*meka*cough*) MSNBC has provided a video of President Obama’s Inaugural speech ... . “Homes have been lost; jobs shed; businesses shuttered. Our health care is too costly; our schools [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 18:32:12

Glenn Beck Likens Obama to Marxist Socialist Heroin Pusher

Glenn “I’m not going to share my toys” Beck is at it again, ... for the guy who, after working at McDonald’s for four years, just wanted some health care — how dare he! — ... to get a job, find a home, improve the family’s station [more...]

Date: 2009-02-16 17:19:29

The Beginning of the End: Now what?

I've been trying to put off coming to this conclusion ever since a nation chock full of economic illiterates elected him President, ... about the sections for creating jobs, digitizing health care records, supporting green energy development ... I honestly have no idea what to do right now, other than stocking my home with enough adult beverages [more...]

Date: 2009-02-18 06:06:00

What is the middle class?

About two weeks ago, we launched AStrongMiddleClass.gov , the home of Vice President Joe Biden's Middle Class Task Force ... of owning a decent home in a safe neighborhood with a good public school, having access to affordable health care, saving for college and retirement, and enjoying the occasional meal out, movie, and vacation [more...]

Date: 2009-02-13 15:18:00

Pelosi Statement on Labor Stats (Amended Version)

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) released a statement regarding this morning’s Labor Department statistics showing that 651, ... that will pump record amounts of pork and government bureaucracy into health care, highways and bridges ... type : “America’s workers are facing record job losses and home foreclosures since [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 17:00:59

Longest-Serving Senator Gives Obama a History Lesson

Senator Robert C. Byrd, whose career in the Senate has spanned five decades, ... and George W. Bush to drive home his concerns. He suggested that the president’s creation of offices of health care reform, urban affairs and energy and climate change policy within the White House could [more...]

Date: 2009-02-25 20:08:09

How to Handle Baby Emergencies

There’s just so much to know when you’re a new parent. But there’s no reason to worry if you know how to be prepared ... and go. Prepare your savings. Make sure you’re saving up for health care. Hospital bills can be costly ... of emergency phone numbers. Post one at home and keep another [more...]

Date: 2009-03-05 23:58:23

The Grinch Who Stole Hope

Things have gotten so out of whack in the White House that even Maureen Dowd is forced to call foul ... for the economy, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, health care, the environment and education — we don’ ... doing his best to depress and scare us at home, he has yet to figure out on the international [more...]

Date: 2009-02-22 16:49:07

Working America AND UAW Don’t ♥ Sen. Corker

    UAW and allies like Working America protest Sen. Bob Corker’s anti-worker stance ... health is poor, is at risk of losing retirement pay and health care coverage for himself and his wife ... from Shelbyville. For eight months Cynthia Cotter has been unemployed and is now facing foreclosure on her home [more...]

Date: 2009-02-17 19:50:49

F is for Funds: for The Foundation for Integrated Medicine in Africa

If you’re on a walkabout in the Yonge/Lawrence area in Toronto this Saturday and are curious about natural and preventative health care, ... business such as Bijoux Jewelry, Body & Soul Fitness, Organic Abundance and Home Sweet Home [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 22:25:17

Obama mixes grim reality, hope in weekly address

While taking care to acknowledge the strain of latest unemployment statistics ("the highest rate in a quarter century") ... in education, energy and health care reform. In a message that outlined in near-wonkish detail ... and home foreclosures, President Barack Obama  this morning in his weekly address urged upon [more...]

Date: 2009-03-07 14:00:04

Recession Overturns Gender Roles

Women are about to surpass men in their participation in the workforce. The New York Times reports that "a full 82 percent of the job losses [ ... of the economy, such as health care and education. As a result "women are now bearing the burden — ... month. However, when the wife brings home the bacon, not only does the situation hurt a man's pride [more...]

Date: 2009-02-18 02:55:06

Distressed Properties Finally Influencing Tallahassee Real Estate

For those who have been watching, the Obama Stimulus Plan seems to be moving forward for him to sign it into law now ... in appropriations, including 120 billion dollars in infrastructure, 14.2 billion dollars for health care ... there is still a tax-credit program for first-time home buyers, the $15K tax credit for home buyers [more...]

Date: 2009-02-17 11:05:21

Obama is a Manchurian Candidate

It should be clear to anyone with a brain, that's everyone who didn't vote for the Kenyan Marxist Muslim who now squats in the Offal Office, ... to nationalize the banks, health care, and the auto industry. Obama brooks no opposition. He wants ... is brilliant in it. Set in 1950's,  Korean War veteran, Raymond Shaw, returns home to a medal [more...]

Date: 2009-03-07 05:01:00

The Hand That Rocks The Cradle.

The fairer sex,as they are cordially addressed, have done immense work in raising a family, in building a nation, and formulating a society ... , is to take care of their physical health, to cater to the educational aid, is  to look ... . The women’s job , begins at home, similar to Charity ,which begins at home.The house [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 14:55:14

AP’s Loven Describes Obama Speech — 5-1/2 Hours Before It Began (See UPDATE on Cantor’s Statement)

Who knew that the Associated Press’s Jennifer Loven has the ability to see into the future? ... dramatic increases in health care coverage and wiser, “greener” fuel use. He was addressing an ebullient ... viewers at home. Just five weeks after his inauguration, Obama wasn’t charged with producing [more...]

Date: 2009-02-25 14:04:55

Listening to "Filipino Voices" in the FOCA Debate

"Filipino voices" are being touted as a force to be reckoned with in the anti-choice opposition against the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA). FOCA, a U ... reproductive health care and extends federal protection to women deciding to have an abortion. Fr ... of us back home in the Philippines, are Roman Catholics. And while it is not surprising that many [more...]

Date: 2009-02-25 03:56:40

Help is on the way

$15 billion of funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will be available in just two days, the President announced this morning, just a week after the act was signed into law. "By the time most of you get home; money will be waiting to help 20 million vulnerable Americans in your states keep their health care coverage [more...]

Date: 2009-02-23 16:57:00

Why House Calls Save Money

Dr. Jack Resnick, an internist in New York, believes that if the frail elderly are treated at home by doctors making house calls, as they did in the good old days, then medical outcomes will improve and Medicare costs can be reduced. Dr. Resnick hosted one of the community health care forums arranged by the Obama transition team on Dec [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 15:00:21

Pakistan: Why Doesn't US Media Care?

There's all sorts of stories that get buried or never reported by the US corporate mediaopolies (yes, that's my neologism of the day) ... , like the health care reform). However, here's something that they aren't reporting on their front pages, touting on the home pages of their websites or meditating upon (i.e., pundits screaming [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 08:40:38

Highly Skilled US Immigrants are Emigrating: What’s the deal?

I think it’s fair to say that immigrants have long been positive contributors to the US economy ... , and  health care related fields.  Many of these immigrants have attended US universities ... and cultural, Returnees cited language barriers, missing their family and friends at home, difficulty [more...]

Date: 2009-03-05 05:18:04

Purple Heart recipients get free license plates

KUDOS Ohio! Eliminating the license plate fee for Purple Heart recipients is a great way to directly cut expenses to war veterans while sending the ... more on medications and health care. If you could have seen his face you would know the positive ... , he lost his middle finger to shrapnel. He just returned home from the BMV beaming, "Guess [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 20:49:00

Day 662

Tanker Saw a tanker docked when Barney and I went to the beach. There were all these guys on board ... for health care. I have to laugh - he doesn't make a lot, so 5% less isn't going to be really ... sparks Tanker sparks   So, the old man comes home from work yesterday morning and I ask [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 17:21:26

President Obama calls for "era of responsibility" in Inaugural Address. Transcript.

transcript courtesy Federal News Service SEN. DIANNE FEINSTEIN (D-CA) ... for a new age. Homes have been lost, jobs shed, businesses shuttered. Our health care is too costly [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 06:34:23

Pass the Lifespan Respite Bill for Family Caregivers

Dear Caregivers, Last week the House passed the FY09 Omnibus Appropriations bill that includes first-time funding of $2 ... or delay much more costly nursing home or foster care placements.  In these difficult financial times ... , Congress will revert to a year-long Continuing Resoution with most disability, health, education [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 22:27:02

National Leader Tim Phillips Speaks to a Packed Crowd

It is great to such a good person and friend Tim Phillips back in Milwaukee ... health care.  Also, Phillips mentioned about the Omnibus spending bill, and railed against ... statistics and home ownership statistics, as Phillips mentioning that the left is insisting to increase debt [more...]

Date: 2009-03-07 16:03:01

Stimulus Is For Suckers

James Galbraith: What began as a housing collapse will not go away soon. Empty houses wreck home values for their neighbors ... corporations, so long as they remain saddled with toxic health care costs. Regulation [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 02:43:07

Beef Consumption - The Hummer Of Food

Nice biased environmentalist metaphor, isn’t it? You know we see these sorts of stories all the time, ... . Add a little health care legislation and it’s a lock. When it comes to global warming, hamburgers ... carbon as leaving the car at home a couple days a week. The "Hummer" of food The "Hummer" of food [more...]

Date: 2009-02-17 14:00:35

Economic Wartime Presidency

He didn’t seek this crisis any more than George Bush sought 9/11. It was thrust on him ... stimulus plan, on the other hand, is underwriting health-care initiatives, restoring long-lost welfare ... and a bargain. If Obama’s plan works, fine. War’s over, we all go home. But at what point does Obama’ [more...]

Date: 2009-02-18 20:58:43

Got a tip for a post?: Email us | Anonymous form Get PEEK in your mailbox! ... " as a way to get to health care. I just don't think they'll succeed. The whole point of the villagers ... ! AlterNet Home » Post Tools: [more...]

Date: 2009-02-20 13:16:28

Charles Krauthammer: The Sleight of Hand Behind Obama’s Agenda

At the very center of our economic near-depression is a credit bubble, a housing collapse and a systemic failure of the banking industry ... , deceitful home buyers. The list is long. But the list of causes of the collapse of the financial system does not include the absence of universal health care, let alone of computerized medical records [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 14:12:47

Groom-to-be stabbed in Delhi

New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) A 22-year-old Delhi man who was to be married Saturday was critically injured after five assailants stabbed him several ... agreement for cooperation in health care Bengal circle direct tax collection rises ... by five assailants, said a police officer. “Kumar was to get married Feb 28 and was returning home a [more...]

Date: 2009-02-24 08:49:15

Yet Another Mastercard Commercial I’d Like to See

As of March 2, amount spent by the US government on the bailout of failing financial corporations : $2 ... for preventative health care: $14.4 billion   Estimated final cost of the financial bailouts ... to be spent on rent, mortgage, home improvements, furniture, property taxes, etc: $696 billion Total [more...]

Date: 2009-03-07 06:05:05

Defending the American Dream Summit

March 7th Milwaukee WI The beginning of the seminar started with the wonderful video which goes over AFP goals and events ... anything!   Also the scary new health care ideas which for me would make me lose my job.  AFP is going ... .   The colors were presented by the color guard from my home county Jefferson college Marantha [more...]

Date: 2009-03-07 16:00:09

Obama’s Weekly Video Address: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

This post contains additional media. Click here to view the full post ... degree. Because of what we did, lives will be saved and health care costs will be cut with new ... withheld from paychecks — meaning that by April 1st, a typical family will begin taking home at least [more...]

Date: 2009-02-21 11:52:32

Weekly Round-up

February 16 - 22 My week started MCing a graduation program of the Health care Services Training ... that there are addicts around. Sunday, another relaxing day at home.   Dimple and i and the cousin (my neice) watched [more...]

Date: 2009-02-23 14:36:17

Hope And Change Open Thread

How are folks loving the big speech? And speaking of lovin' Obama, ... in health care coverage and wiser, "greener" fuel use. He was addressing an ebullient Democratic congressional majority and an embattled but reinvigorated GOP minority as well as worried viewers at home [more...]

Date: 2009-02-25 01:26:18

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