DU-Please write a line or two praising my friend's column in our red paper

[w8liftinglady]

you can write here-it was a brave thing for the editor to give her space,I know he has caught a ton of crap for publishing her and paying her.I really need 100 of you guys to e-mail Neal.Thank you SO much!

[e-mail]


http://thedailylight.com/articles/2007/09/24/dailylight/opinion/editorials/column1.txt
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Question: What does President Bush have against little kids? Answer: Nothing, really. It just looks that way.

This week the committee that meets to work out differences between House and Senate legislation came up with a final version of the SCHIP bill, renewing and expanding the program that makes health care available to children whose parents cannot afford to purchase private medical insurance.

The next step is to submit the bill to the House and to the Senate separately for final passage by each body.

After that, the bill goes to the President for veto.

Now, the President famously doesn’t veto very often, but he says he feels very strongly that continuing to provide medical insurance for 6.6 million poor children at the levels established ten years ago is bad enough, but he sure doesn’t want another 4 million added to the program.

Nosiree, Bob. I mean, that would SO offend the health insurance industry — you know, the good folks who brought us Harry and Louise back in the 20th century — no doubt they would much prefer to have poor families who can’t afford to buy insurance just go away. Or go without medical care. Or take their petty little fevers and broken bones to the emergency room and drive up the cost of care for the rest of the population (but don’t worry, your insurance company will just increase your premiums to cover this).


What? I shouldn’t pick on the insurance companies, those warm and caring folks you just love having to beg for treatment approval?

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[gateley]

1. Great editorial and it was my honor to send a comment to the editor. K&R nt

[w8liftinglady]

2. Thank you SO much-it took 3 years to finally get her column

[w8liftinglady]

3. I'm kicking this and Schuster's thread-at times we feel impotent

but when OUR views are represented in a real,tactile way-we need to be willing to show Madison Avenue,and the writers,that their efforts are noticed.
Thanks,everyone who emails my friend's editor.He reads all email,and has commented multiple times to her how the readership of the paper has gone up since she and I have been contributing....

[w8liftinglady]

4. and again-thanks to all who have written

[w8liftinglady]

5. allow me to kick once more for the night crew.Please email a thoughtful compliment to my editor

[Perseid]

6. k and r and

sent an email. Hope more do also.

[w8liftinglady]

7. thank you-I live in a 65% Repub area

my editor is a small town Edward R Murrow.I want him to get recognition.Thanks,again

[w8liftinglady]

8. I know a lot of y'all who wrote didn't post

please encourage more progressive editorials in rural America-write my editor and encourage Natalie
thank you!

[w8liftinglady]

9. kicking again for the AM crew-please drop a line