This is my first blog in quite a while, and my blog friends, I am totally confused in regards to what for me is the most important issue: healthcare.
I live in puerto Rico, where sixteen years ago Governor pedro Rosselló started a Health Reform. Everyone that qualified had a card to be presented to the primary doctor, (who had a capitation), and sometimes, if you REALLY NEEDED the help of a specialist, your doctor would have to "sacrifice" part of his/her capitation, so many people did not go to specialist doctors, even if they needed one.
The whole process totally decomposed the "old system of health", privaticing clinics, which sixteen years after has us in an unconceivable mess.
Now, some people say that President Obama changed his point of view and now believes that parallel systems can give the so much needed services and no one would be without health coverage.
Like Barbra Streisand joked in one of her last concerts about The Prince of Tides, when she says that the Prince of Tides was neither a Prince nor a tide, and then she said: "Discuss..."
Please do so and help me understand what's going on...
eHi everyone:
I have been feeling that we can't leave our work for atwo years or a year before the elections. Right now the republicans are totally unfocused and hurt.
Nevertheless, we must not let the ourselves continue as if we were in a honeymoon, because one way or the other the Republican strategists will bounce back with who knows what.
Palin is discarded. Cheney and her are feeding our Democrat agenda as if they were puttings of wood in a California fire, (this is so sad. I guess my mind had to get it out one way or the other,,,).
But as I told you before we have to keep our people involved, moving, giving good ideas for 2012.
Let me know how you feel about this.
Yes we can!,
José
Actress Ashley Judd stars in a new campaign targeted at Sarah Palin's alleged "anti-conservation agenda" and her promotion of the killing of wolves and bears in Alaska.
Defenders Action Fund launched the campaign today with a new Website, EyeonPalin.org. In a video, Judd condemns Palin for promoting the aerial killing of wolves and even accuses her of suggesting $150 bounties for the severed forelegs of killed wolves.
"Now back in Alaska, Palin is again casting aside science and championing the slaughter of wildlife," Judds recites somberly.
"Palin even proposed a $150 bounty for the severed foreleg of each killed wolf. And now she is encouraging even more aerial killing. it is time to stop Sarah Palin and stop this senseless savagery."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/02/ashley-judd-slams-sarah-p_n_163312.html
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There has to be a balance. Today President Obama signed the Kids Health Insurance Bill (http://news.aol.com/article/obama-signs-kids-health-insurance-bill/316804?flv=1) while poor Sarah Palin still continues on her wolk killing sprees, backing the continuity of shooting wolves, (even pups), in order to "protect" her loved Kariboo hamburguers. But, there are voices and there are voices.Actor Ashley Judd has literally caught the bull by the horns and there is a new group, (as mentioned in the article above), that has determined that they will spend their time Palin watching, and good for them. These are no times to be risking children's futures by allowing a mad woman from Alaska, (she should be taking care of her constituents, and lets pray for them, because a volcano is about to erupt in ALASKA), to go around killingg animals that are harmless to humans unless attacked. Try to watch Ashley Judd's video. It is so sad I just can not post it...
I would have never stopped my life to write this note if I had known that she has her boots on and is getting things rolling in case that the scenario gets bad and people have to be rellocated to safe grounds.But, thinking about it, what does a volcano eruption mean for the environment, and the other 49 states, and the World?
Say no to Sarah Palin, loud and clear. This is the time to renew America, and surely, you do not do it by killing wolves!!!
GOOD FOR YOU ASHLEY JUDD...
I knew that the USA had two options, two different routes to take. One, the continuation of the Bush politics, and two, the politics of Hope and change that barack offered.
Miraculously, the Nation decided for the second. It was difficult to break the stigma that historically existed for centuries in the Nation. Who could have ever thought that an African-American could reach to the White House as Pesident of the United States.
Even though I found it to be difficult, I have learned that nothing is impossible. I have lived with AIDS for sixteen years, and I have never let this disease overcome my willpower to serve and deliver help to those that need it.
When years passed and I saw the amount of money spent in a useless war, I asked myself: whu are we not fighting the real war? The war against illnesses, poverty, foreclosures, unemployment, drugs and the maany teenagers that decided to take the illegal fast tracK, and stopped going to school.
Sometimes I really felt that we were working against the impossible.
And then came Obame, change and Hope. And as i did, so did millions all over. We needed to do something and the Obama Brigades were creted by special people who also wanted to be part of change. And activities to raise money started, and like I did, many waited for their dissability cheacks or social security checks, or pensions, and we started contributing to the campaign.
And we broke records, because we had a cause and the man that would deliver it: the change and Hope that Obama offered us.
And our union in hearts and spirits made the change come true. Barack Obama is the President of the United States. he is everybodys President, and that makes me feel really good.
I would love to be in Washington DC on November 9th. It would really be a miracle. i am just waiting for it to happen...
God Bless You All!
The National Minority AIDS Council, (NMAC), based in Washington DC, will hold its annual conference in Miami, Florida from September 18-21, 2008.
Our presidential candidate has been invited and I truly believe his presence in this important Conference will enhance the efforts made by so many hands all over the World to end this pandemic which started twenty-eight years ago.
President Clinton promised that by 2005 his effort to contain the epidemic would cut the amount of new HIV infection in half from the new 40,000 cases infected each year. Now the number is higher: 42,000 new cases yearly.
if we had gotten two weeks of what is being spent in the Irak war a tremendous amount of services, treatments and investigations would have undoubtedly improved the spread of his deadly disease. please let us get out of this false complacency that the HIV/AIDS problem is over. Let us convince our candidate to take a day and go to Miami...
HOPE, CHANGE, LET US SAVE FUTURE GENERATIONS!!!
July 10th, 2008
Below is an organizational sign-on letter opposing any attempt to remove this critical provision from the Senate’s PEFPAR legislation. Please join this important effort to reject discrimination and stigma towards people living with HIV/AIDS and add your organization’s name to the letter by emailing adamf@immigrationequality.org by Friday, July 11th at 12pm (noon) EST.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Adam Francoeur via email at adamf@immigrationequality.org or call 917.573.3773 x 21. Or contact Dena Wigder Feldman at dena.feldman@hrc.org or 202.216.1574.
Dear Senator:We, the undersigned organizations, write to voice our strong support for Section 305 of the Tom Lantos & Henry J. Hyde U.S. Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 (S. 2731). This important provision removes the statute which permanently bans people living with HIV/AIDS from entering the U.S. or obtaining legal permanent residency and restores authority to HHS to determine, based on sound medical and public health reasoning, whether HIV status should be grounds for inadmissibility. We strongly urge you to oppose any attempt to remove this critical provision from the legislation.Congress first adopted this policy in 1987 through an amendment directing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to add HIV to the list of medical conditions barring visitors and immigrants to the United States. In the early 1990’s, when, after careful consideration of the public health consequences, HHS sought to loosen these restrictions, Congress reacted by codifying the ban in our nation’s immigration laws. To this day, HIV is the only medical condition listed in the Immigration and Nationality Act as a basis for inadmissibility. By contrast, the admissibility status for any other disease is left to the discretion of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, based upon the risk the illness poses to the public health. This draconian policy has negative consequences for our nation. Medical professionals, researchers, and other exceptionally talented people have been blocked from the United States. Since 1993, the International Conference on AIDS has not been held on U.S. soil due to this policy.In addition, the United States is out of step with the international community and most other countries. The International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights, produced jointly by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and UNAIDS, state that “there is no public health rationale for restricting liberty of movement or choice of residence on the grounds of HIV status.” In June of this year, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called for an end to discriminatory travel restrictions based on HIV status. The U.S. is one of only 12 countries in addition to Armenia, Colombia, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Sudan, and Yemen to have such harsh travel restrictions on people living with HIV/AIDS.Removing this discriminatory ban from our nation’s statutes is a crucial step towards strengthening our nation’s leadership in the global fight against HIV/AIDS an important goal of the PEPFAR program. We understand that the manager’s amendment includes an offset for this provision ensuring that no additional costs will be associated with its inclusion in the legislation. We strongly urge you to reject discrimination and stigma towards people living with HIV/AIDS by ensuring that this important provision survives Senate consideration of PEPFAR reauthorization fully intact. Sincerely,(List in Formation)AIDS Action CouncilThe AIDS InstituteGay Men’s Health CrisisHIV Medicine AssociationHuman Rights Campaign Immigration EqualityNational Immigrant Justice CenterNational Minority AIDS CouncilPacientes de SIDA pro Política SanaSan Juan, Puerto Rico
Dear Senator:
We, the undersigned organizations, write to voice our strong support for Section 305 of the Tom Lantos & Henry J. Hyde U.S. Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 (S. 2731). This important provision removes the statute which permanently bans people living with HIV/AIDS from entering the U.S. or obtaining legal permanent residency and restores authority to HHS to determine, based on sound medical and public health reasoning, whether HIV status should be grounds for inadmissibility. We strongly urge you to oppose any attempt to remove this critical provision from the legislation.
Congress first adopted this policy in 1987 through an amendment directing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to add HIV to the list of medical conditions barring visitors and immigrants to the United States. In the early 1990’s, when, after careful consideration of the public health consequences, HHS sought to loosen these restrictions, Congress reacted by codifying the ban in our nation’s immigration laws. To this day, HIV is the only medical condition listed in the Immigration and Nationality Act as a basis for inadmissibility. By contrast, the admissibility status for any other disease is left to the discretion of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, based upon the risk the illness poses to the public health.
This draconian policy has negative consequences for our nation. Medical professionals, researchers, and other exceptionally talented people have been blocked from the United States. Since 1993, the International Conference on AIDS has not been held on U.S. soil due to this policy.
In addition, the United States is out of step with the international community and most other countries. The International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights, produced jointly by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and UNAIDS, state that “there is no public health rationale for restricting liberty of movement or choice of residence on the grounds of HIV status.” In June of this year, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called for an end to discriminatory travel restrictions based on HIV status. The U.S. is one of only 12 countries in addition to Armenia, Colombia, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Sudan, and Yemen to have such harsh travel restrictions on people living with HIV/AIDS.
Removing this discriminatory ban from our nation’s statutes is a crucial step towards strengthening our nation’s leadership in the global fight against HIV/AIDS an important goal of the PEPFAR program. We understand that the manager’s amendment includes an offset for this provision ensuring that no additional costs will be associated with its inclusion in the legislation.
We strongly urge you to reject discrimination and stigma towards people living with HIV/AIDS by ensuring that this important provision survives Senate consideration of PEPFAR reauthorization fully intact.
Sincerely,
(List in Formation)
AIDS Action CouncilThe AIDS InstituteGay Men’s Health CrisisHIV Medicine AssociationHuman Rights Campaign Immigration EqualityNational Immigrant Justice CenterNational Minority AIDS Council
Pacientes de SIDA pro Política Sana
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Millions of human beings have HIV or AIDS in every corner of the World. Complete societies have lost a whole generation due to the epidemic, which has struck Africa the most.
Meanwhile, George W. Bush, Jr. and the present candidate of the GOP, McCain, says that if we have to, we will stay in the wrong war for one hundred years more. They simply ignore those who do not have the resources needed to survive the illness.
I truly believe that Obama knows what I am talking about and that he WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!
Thank you.
Senator Clinton keeps on repeating the fact that she has worked as a public servant for thirty years now. I guess that she might have had good intentions, but we all know where we are right now. Her work did not give us neither change nor hope. Senator Clinton represents the status quo when Senator Obama claims for change. You choose. I know where I stand. Join in...
No more establishment machineries!
The PEOPLE have the voice and the power to create a better World!
La Senadora Clinton no representa un cambio. Ha estado treinta años en el gobierno y miren donde estamos. Démosle una oportunidad al Senador Barack Obama para que sea el presidente entrante en el 2009.
Muchísimas gracias.
Mr. José F. Colón
I believe that right now everyone that can donate at least $1.00 to Obama's campaign, please do it. If you can donate more, fantastic. We must understand that to send a positive image of an extremely charismatic person the campaign needs money. If you can donate on line, great. If not, ask where his campaig office is the closest. And if you still can't, send it by mail! to his headquarters!
Thank you for sharing this historic moment!
"The rapid spread of HIV/AIDS and its devastating consequences poses a threat not only to the United States, but also to the interests of peace and prosperity throughout the world. In the past two decades nearly 60 million people have been infected by HIV and more than 20 million women, men and children have died of AIDS worldwide. As a member of the Senate Global AIDS Taskforce, I am committed to increasing the resources available to fight this epidemic in the rest of the world. I support allocating full funding to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), and have worked with my colleagues in the Senate to provide additional funding to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria." Hillary Clinton
http://clinton.senate.gov/issues/health/index.cfm?topic=hiv
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"The danger with bills like the PEPFAR is that they do find support amidst the more conservative policy planners in the country -- which is a dangerous trend when it comes to dealing with issues like HIV/AIDS. For instance, an earlier administration in India actually followed a deliberate policy of shifting focus of AIDS prevention campaigns to sexual abstinence and marital fidelity, relegating condoms to a distant third going so far as even removing condom advertisements from state-run television networks in the name of decency and to keep in line with their own orthodox policies. The irony is that in India the virus has confined itself to a sexual triangle of poor, male migrant workers, the sex workers they visit and the wives they leave back home. So any bill carrying provisions like the PEPFAR in effect excludes from its group of beneficiaries a substantial portion of the high risk populations in the country."
http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2008/03/24/no-room-for-orthodoxy-in-hiv-prevention-in-india
http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/tag/pepfar
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee ignored sound public health strategies and passed their version of PEPFAR with little debate -- so $50 billion will be spent without any attention to the facts. Some in DC will toast this as a political success while more African women and girls die.
What do European AIDS advocates have to say about PEPFAR? "The ab-only earmarked funding in PEPFAR goes against modern principles of effective aid... ab-only approaches have no effect in the developing world where a significant percentage of sexual initiation among young girls is coerced or forced."
PEPFAR Introduced in the House and SenateThe "Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008" was introduced in the House on February 27, 2008 by Congressman Howard Berman and Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (H.R. 5501) and in the Senate on March 7, 2008 by Senators Joe Biden, Richard Lugar, Edward Kennedy, and John Sununu (S. 2731).
Both PEPFAR reauthorization bills would authorize $50 billion over 5 years for HIV/AIDS, TB, and Malaria efforts and provide support for health workforce and systems strengthening. Only the House reauthorization bill, however, includes a strategy to address the vulnerabilities of women, girls, and youth--drawn largely from the PATHWAY Act of 2007, H.R. 1713.
Prevention Compromised
Both bills in their current form contain problematic prevention provisions. This includes funding directives around abstinence and be faithful prevention programs, the continued incorporation of the anti-prostitution pledge, and problematic language around family planning.
http://www.pepfarwatch.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=127
I have presented some opinions regarding PEPFAR because Seantor Hillary Clinton voted for this bill. I want to also present Senator Obama's opinion on this plan.
Senator Barack Obama has said:
Reauthorize and Revise PEPFAR: The U.S. has dramatically increased funding for global HIV and AIDS programs through the President’s Emergency Program for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), but the program has faced controversy. Obama believes that our first priority should be to reauthorize PEPFAR when it expires in 2008 and rewrite much of the bill to allow best practices – not ideology – to drive funding for HIV/AIDS programs.
http://outfordemocracy.org/arch/000688.html
Sep 28, 2005 ... The killing of a fugitive Puerto Rican nationalist in a shootout with the ... Hillary Rodham Clinton canceled a planned visit to the island ...
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Class Struggle: 2005-09-25
The AP is reporting that "Puerto Rican police have tightened security at federal buildings and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has canceled a visit to Puerto ...
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Dear colleagues:
I decided to send you this critical situation as an example of what Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton did when facing a controlled turmoil. I undestand that the situation was critical, but I was here in Puerto Rico and saw in PR's newspapers that there was a big crowd at Ojeda's funeral, but no violent incidents occured.
Hillary Clinton's cancellation due to this incident clearly shows that she is NOT FIT to become the 3 am Commander in Chief. She does NOT deserve Puerto Rico's dekegates, nor win in the upcoming open primary.
I truly believe that Senator Barack Obama would have acted differently. Hillary chickened out.
La economía Norteamericana está en un hilo sumamente fino entre una recesión y la posibilidad de una depresión.
El Euro vale $1.56 lo cual impide, para los que quieren viajar, mirar hacia Europa.
Si a ésto sumamos el precio de la gasolina, y el decaimiento del mercado hipotecario donde cientos de personas no pueden pagar sus hipotecas y sus casas están siendo embargada por los bancos, el cuadro general no es muy halagador.
La guerra en Irak continúa socavando las bases ecónomicas de los Estados Unidos y en medio de esta tragedia, se comienza una lucha campal hacia los emigrantes no documentados.
Para la sorpresa de muchos el tema racial ha tomado el primer lugar en miles de personas en los Estados Unidos, por lo cual el candidato Presidencial Demócrata Barack Obama escribió recientemente un discurso impactante. Se abrió la caja de Pandora al tratar un tema intocable.
Ya las estructuras de poder están tratando de alguna manera de detener el “momentum” del Senador Obama. Incluso hubo despido de empleados federales por escudriñar ilegalmente los documentos del candidato demócrata de Illinois, quien va arriba en el voto general, estados ganos y cantidad de delegados. Surge un escándalo cuando su Pastor Wright del "United Church of Christ" utiliza palabras inflamables sobre el el trato a los miembros de la raza negra por parte de los esclavistas. Barack Obama presenta su discurso, el cual rechaza las palabras de quien fuera su mentor.
En el epicentro de este volcán socio-económico están las miles de personas deambulantes en la Nación, los problemas de salud y la debilidad de la educación dada por maestros frustrados que quisieran poder hacer más, pero los recursos de las escuelas son pocos.
A cinco años del comienzo de la guerra, con sobre tres mil muertos en batalla, (entre ellos decenas de Puertorriqueños) , se libra una guerra cuyos efectos a largo plazo son completamente desconocidos.
Todo lo dicho complica el lograr la cura de enfermedades mortales como lo son: el cáncer, los problemas cardiacos, la Hepatititis C y por supuesto, la plaga del milenio, el SIDA.
Miles de personas claman por ayuda, entre ellos, muchos africanos, sedientos, hambrientos, desesperados. El Caribe, Latino América y países como la India se enfrentan a situaciones muy difíciles: El Caribe está segundo en incidencia del VIH/SIDA, El África Sub-Sahariana primera, y en el Oriente cada día se esparce más la epidemia.
En diferentes rincones del Mundo se escuchan voces exigiendo justicia, igualdad económica, y necesidades tan elementales como lo es el agua. La tuberculosis y la malaria han reaparecido, luchas a las cuales se les asignan fondos.
Pero los fondos no dan y las voces se hacen cada día más altas, en demostraciones de paz en diferentes lugares en el globo, en el quinto aniversario desde el comienzo de la guerra con Irak. En otro lugar lejano, y de suma importancia, se lucha en las calles por los derechos fundamentales del ser humano: igualdad, felicidad y libertad. Los monjes budistas están encerrados por órdenes del gobierno comunista de China en Tibet.
Mientras en el continente norteamericano se da una batalla entre dos candidatos del Partido Demócrata, quienes enfrentarán a John McCain, republicano,: Hillary Clinton, que representa el “status quo” y Barack Obama, quien trae un mensaje de cambio.
En el nivel en que se “resuelven” las cosas, hay voces de todo tipo, analizando lo que ocurre.
Mientras, el candidato McCain del Partido Republicano se turba al nombrar lugares y grupos, en su visita reciente a Irak.
Si estudiamos el récord de la campaña, veremos como el hecho de que está en segundo lugar ha hecho que la candidata Hillary Clinton revierta sus declaraciones, poniendo en primer lugar su candidatura presidencial, y luego, la verdad.
Es sumamente importante mantenerse sintonizado en el fragor del momento. Ya ha llegado la hora en que nuestras palabras escritas se conviertan en gritos por la paz y el bienestar del planeta. llegó la hora del cambio...
Please visit this link to read a letter recently sent from Senator Obama to the Governor of Puerto Rico, who has pledged his vote for Barack.
http://www.elnuevodia.com/XStatic/endi/docs/editor/pr%20letter%201.pdf
Now, Thirty years later Mrs. Clinton says all sorts of wonderful promises, (which are welcome), regarding Puerto Rico and its needs. Thank you, but you had your chance all these years and you never did a thing. I believe that Mrs. Clinton, very politically correct, but too late.
I really do not trust this sudden interest when you even cancelled a trip to Puerto Rico because you said it was not safe enough.
Yes, we have problems, we have had problems, and will have problems, but the formula that you are presenting does not consider a Constitutional Assembly, which keeps the USA violating International law, which clearly states that to be able to vote freely, Puerto rRco has to have its sovereingty and then freely choose whatever status it deems the best.
Change implies new visions, not looking back at a record that really does not rigurously and explicitely done a thing for the solution of Puerto Rico's status. I believe Obama will work vigorously with a fresh new vision, based on International law.
Thank you
Jose F. Colon
Dear friends for Barack:
These next weeks are extremely important in our struggle for change and hope. we all have seen how the Clinton campaign has done everything to impede the growth of our movevement for a better government for all citizens of the United States of America. Their low blows have just unmasked how unscrupulous their strategies can be.
In response we must unite and move out to others, letting them know and learn what our candidate stands for: a better future with justice for all.
I am in Puerto Rico who has 63 delegates. We need to send messages to Puerto Rican constituents so all of those votes go to Barack. I know it is noe easy, but it can be done...
Those who can share news of the campaign can send messages to sjubureau@ap.org, so people in the island get to know first hand what Barack's position are, including his position in regards to Puerto Rico's status.
Every second counts. We have to work strongly to get the victory that will bring hope and real change for the Unites States and the World.
Let us keep Barack strong and cared for, well protected, because we must understand that out there some people are ready to do any thing to stop him.
Let us make love strongher than hate and get Barack Obama to the White House rhese next elections.
God Bless Barack Obama!
What is done is done, its called the past, which gives you experience, which in this case has not helped much if we really understand where we are standing right now. Are we economically set? What about foreclosures? What about health care? What about the National debt?
Have we performed so well that everything is just peaches and creme? NO.
Let us look at the future and use the good things from the past?
WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR HUMANITY BECAUSE IT IS IN PERIL...
VOTE FOR BARACK OBAMA!
VOTE FOR THE FUTURE!
VOTE FOR CHANGE!
YES WE CAN!
LA ESPERANZA / HOPE
Vamos a abrazarla / Let us embrace it
Vamos a que nos sirva como bandera / Let it serve us like a flag
Vamos a unirnos a través de ella / Lrt us unite through her
Vamos a construir un futuro brillante con su fulgor / Let us build a brilliant future with its brightness
Vamos a convencer a otros de que sí existe / Let us convince others that it really exists
Vamos a forrar el planeta Tierra con su luz / Let us cover the whole Planet with its light
Unidos de su manos, unidos de la mano vamos a mejorar la calidad de vida de los pobres y la clase media / Holding hands with her, let us unite our hands to improve the quality of life of the poor and the middle class
Déjemos atrás las guerras innecesarias / Let us leave behind unnecessary wars
Vamos a honrar a nuestros envejecientes / Let us honor our elderly
Vamos a ayudar a los incapacitados / Let us aide the handicapped
Vamos a mejorar el sistema de salud, el de educación, el de vivienda y el de los empleos / Let us improve our health system. Our education system, living conditios and employments
Vamos a construir un futuro excelente para nuestros niños comenzando y cuidarlos bien desde ahora / Let us construct an excellent future for our children taking care of them well
De ahora en adlante vamos a encarar en futuro llenos de un compromiso de envolvernos en todo tipo de esfuerzo para mejorar todos aquellos problemas que han llenado nuestros ojos de lágrimas de pena y convertirlas en lágrimas de alegría / From now on let us face the future filled with a compromise to engage in every effort to improve all those problems that have filled our eyes with tears, and change them to tears of joy
Dejémos atrás lo frívolo y dediquémonos a lo importante, por más sencillo o difícil que sea / Let us leave behind all that is frivolous and let us dedicate ourselves to what is important, for as simple or difficult as it may seem
Vamos a trabajar siempre de buena fe / Let us alwaays work in good faith.
Vamos a votar por Barack Obama / Let us vote for barack Obama
Vamos a ganar / We will win
TENEMOS QUE LEVANTAR NUESTRAS CONCIENCIAS
Hermanos y hermanas Latinoamericanos:
Ha llegado el momento de levantar nuestra a quienes no quieren oir, que los hispano parlantes hemos contribuído mucha energía vital para mantener la Nación Americana.
Hemos hecho todo tipo de trabajo, desde concejeros escolares, hasta investigadores en agencias tan importante como la “Pan American Health Association”, (PAHO) o la “World Health Organization”, (WHO).
Tenemos representantes en el Congreso que trabajan para mejorar sus constituyentes en ciudades como Chicago o Nueva York.
Todo este trabajo debe ser un incentivo para hacer que nuestra presencia se sienta en la Convención Demócrata. Hay posibilidades de tratar de ser delegados en la convención.
No podemos dejar pasar este giro histórico originado por el Senador Barack Obama de lograr un cambio real para salir de la pesadilla que hemos vivido estos pasados ocho años.
Hay que mobilizarnos y m over a la comunidad a votar por un candidato que nos ofrece un futuro mejor, más estable, más pacífico. Tenemos que votar por Barack.
Muchas gracias.
José F. Colón López
We HAVE TO RAISE OUR CONSCIENCES
LATIN AMERICAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS:
The moment of raising our voices has come for those that do not want to hear that Spanish speaking people have contributed weith a lot of vital energy to keep the American nation standing.
We have performed in every type of work, from school counselors to investigators in important agencies such as the Pan American Health Association, (PAHO) or the World Health Organization, (WHO).
We have representatives in Congress that work to improve their constituents quality of life in cities such as Chicago or New York.
All this work must serve as an incentive so our presence is felt at the democratic Convention. We have possibilities of becoming delagates at the Convention. We must not let this historic turn originated by Senator Orack Obama to be able to get out of the nightmare that we have lived these past eight years.
We have to mobilize our community to vote for a candidate that offers us a better future, more stable, more peaceful. We have to vote for Barack...
Yes we can see the end of the HIV/AIDS epidemic if we really fight a real war against the disease using tools as prevention, diagnosis and treatments. It is very important to let our candidate know the importance of this problem. Human lives are at stake. Whole generations have died. Orphans need care. We must cover the 50+ group and send prevention messages to them, specially women. The increase of cases in this group is lethal, so we can not let them think that their symptoms are because of their age. They need to be tested. Housewives need to get tested. Please spread the wordd...
José F. Colón
San Juan, puerto Rico
jfcl211@aol.com
