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‘Million Med March’ Draws Hundreds in St. Louis

November 21st, 2009 · No Comments

A crowd of more than 300 gathered at Memorial Plaza outside the St. Louis County (Mo.) Government Building in Clayton Saturday afternoon as part of the Million Med March protest against health care reform measures now under consideration in the nation’s capitol.
Medical professionals, many of whom donned white coats, were joined at the rally by [...]

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Single-Payer Advocates Told to ‘Get Arrested’

November 16th, 2009 · No Comments

Sometimes experience speaks volumes.  Such is the case when it comes to Tim Carpenter.
The fifth of six speakers who addressed the 2009 Healthcare-Now.org National Strategy Conference Saturday afternoon in St. Louis, Carpenter’s resume includes having served on the team that managed the unsuccessful 2008 presidential campaign of Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio).  Today, he’s known as [...]

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Victimhood Alive, Well at Single-Payer Conference

November 16th, 2009 · No Comments

In the beginning of her speech, Ethel Long Scott didn’t present herself as the most-polished of the six speakers who addressed attendees during the opening session of the 2009 Healthcare-Now.org National Strategy Conference Saturday afternoon in St. Louis.  She did, however, come off as the loudest, most-outspoken and most-victimized liberal granted access to a microphone.
Scott, [...]

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What Has ‘Brown’ Done for You Lately? — Part 2

November 10th, 2009 · No Comments

Two months ago, I published a post (see “What Has ‘Brown’ Done for You Lately?” that included a video about efforts by UPS (a.k.a., “Big Brown”) to get a “bailout” from Congress in the form of legislation that would change the federal law under which competitor FedEx operates.  In turn, the legislation would cause Big [...]

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Uncle Jay Explains the News: Nov. 9, 2009

November 9th, 2009 · No Comments

In this week’s edition of Uncle Jay Explains the News, Uncle Jay tells us how television reporters are supposed to assess current events by (1) getting all the facts, (2) understanding the subject matter and then (3) talking about it.  Unfortunately, he reports, they often move directly to the third step.  Uncle Jay points to [...]

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