Today we held the memorial service for my 24 year old daughter in-law and her unborn baby girl. Jenny did not have health insurance and was not properly treated at for-profit ER. Within 24 hours she went to the next ER and was diagnosed with severe double pneumonia, Septic shock and Respitory failure and laid in an ICU unit for the next two months at a cost of $22,000. a day.
When there was no hope of survival we removed Jenny from life support and said our good byes to this beautiful young woman. She left behind a husband (my son) and a two and half year old daughter. Jenny's crime and death sentence was that she could not afford health-care.
In the richest country in the world our Jenny died.
Don't allow another family to suffer the pain that we have. Stand up for the Public Option, stand up for what you believe in, get out of your chairs, your house, your comfort zone and speak out for this injustice. In the richest country in the world Jenny died....don't let there be another Jenny..
I forced myself to watch Sarah Palin speak last night and to be honest she is an excellent speaker and connects with her audience very well. The problem is that most of what she said was insignifigant and did not touch on any of the issues currently facing our country. Talk about being out of touch.
I listened as she bashed Barack with fists clenched because none of it was based on fact (what a surprise) and the Republicans cheered as if they had already won the election. As I watched John Stewart last night and he showed clips of the very people supporting her commenting that she was not at all ready less than a year ago I wonder why we are not running those clips in commercials. Americans have a way of forgetting things like that and putting it in front of them again would in my mind be very beneficial.
I am standing tall and firm and I don't even mind being called the "Angry Left" as we are now being reffered to so I am ready to do battle for Barack and this country.
