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By Gene - Nov 8th, 2009 at 8:41 am EST

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The House has passed a health insurance reform bill. Certainly, this is an historic step. But it is only one step. It is now up to the Senate to act. I remain hopeful that comprehensive health insurance reform will be enacted by year's end.

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Hooray!

By Spin Detective (St. Thomas, VI) - Nov 8th, 2009 at 12:49 am EST

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The House Health Care Reform Bill has passed. The SILENT MAJORITY’S “public option” train has left the station.

Next stop – the US SENATE at...

www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm www.congress.org

Republican Senatorial ‘conductors’ have pledged to DELAY our ‘arrival’ at the Universal Health Care Reform station.

Get on board. It’s going to be a bumpy ride, BUT don’t let them stop us from getting to our “public option” destination BEFORE 2010!

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I Declare! We're Almost There!

By Spin Detective (St. Thomas, VI) - Nov 7th, 2009 at 12:37 pm EST

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Members of the SILENT MAJORITY, we’re almost there! Write and call “Blue Dog” Democrats and ALL Congressional House representatives ALL DAY AND NIGHT. The public option is up for a vote in the House. Go to…www.house.gov/writer and/or www.congress.org

Yesterday the House Minority Leader quoted words from the Declaration of Independence as words from the “Constitution” at an Anti- Health Care Reform rally. Today Republican “Break Obama” Lawmakers are conducting a media blitz declaring that they WILL NOT vote for the Health Care Reform Bill and equating the public option with a loss of freedom. Since they don’t know the difference between the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, it’s not surprising that they don’t know the definition of “Option” which is associated with having a choice. "Freedom" of choice is what the "public OPTION" is all about! Functional illiteracy is no excuse for throwing the wishes of 62% of Americans under the bus.

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Endorsements

By Gene - Nov 6th, 2009 at 3:46 pm EST

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The AARP and AMA endorsements will, hopefully, help when the House votes Saturday on health care/insurance reform.

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You Snooze, You Lose!

By Spin Detective (St. Thomas, VI) - Nov 4th, 2009 at 7:22 am EST

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62% of Americans WANT THE PUBLIC OPTION. Don’t let the public option suffer the same fate as Virginia and New Jersey. New York and California election results proved that you can lose the battle, but not the war! The SILENT MAJORITY must act now, or suffer the consequences later!

1. Expose and challenge “BLUE DOG” DEMOCRAT Congressional Representatives who do not support the public option on ALL Internet venues, in local newspaper letters to the editor and on CONSERVATIVE and MAINSTREAM radio and television talk shows.

2. WRITE to ALL Congressional Representatives! Flood their Congressional mailboxes with letters and e mails detailing your health care woes, your family’s health care woes, and your friend’s health care woes. Send them the DOLLAR FIGURES of your health care physician and hospital balances. WRITING is proven to be the most effective way to make your point when it comes to influencing Congressional representatives. Contact Congressional representatives at…

www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm www.house.gov/writer www.congress.org

If we blow this one, we can’t blame Obama, we can only blame ourselves!

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From a Distance

By Gene - Nov 3rd, 2009 at 5:53 pm EST

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President Obama will be in Madison tomorrow to talk education reform. Unfortunately, the closest I will get to the president will be watching from my office window as Air Force One flies in and out.

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Get out in Front, Mr. President

By Gene - Oct 30th, 2009 at 7:36 pm EDT

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I don't know what President Obama is doing behind the scenes, but it seems to me that he ought to more out front in supporting specific aspects of the respective House and Senate health reform bills, especially as it deals with the public option.

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With A Cheesy Apology To Old St. Nick...

By Spin Detective (St. Thomas, VI) - Oct 28th, 2009 at 10:06 pm EDT

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Twas the night before November 3rd and all through the states
The pundits were debating the ELECTION fates
In places like New York, New Jersey, Virginia and Nevada
The SILENT MAJORITY arose with a clatter
They threw the “Break Obama” curse out the door
And remembered the ‘dissing’ of Chief Justice Sotomayor
They were unhappy with the blocking of health care for all
The hate, the posters, “You lie!” and more
They were tired of REPUBLICANS with “just say no”
And felt that anti-bi partisanship had to go
They wanted “for the people” representatives to elect
And decided, “I’ll cast my vote” – What the heck!
Fed up with the Limbaughs, “Tea”, FOXes and such
They SILENTLY shouted “Enough is enough!”
Members of the “MAJORITY” spread the word
Make it happen on NOVEMBER 3rd!

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President Obama is Coming to Madison

By Gene - Oct 28th, 2009 at 6:00 pm EDT

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President Obama is coming to my adopted hometown, Madison WI, next week to talk education policy. Hopefully it will be a public event so I can attend. More hopefully, I'd like to get my photo with the president since he wasn't able to meet with volunteers after his February 2008 Madison event.

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Outta Here

By Gene - Oct 27th, 2009 at 6:07 pm EDT

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So, Senator Lieberman says he'll vote with the Republicans to filibuster a health care reform bill which contains a public option. Leader Reid should be very clear with Lieberman that such a vote would be a ticket out of the Democratic caucus.

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Opt Out Option

By Gene - Oct 26th, 2009 at 6:03 pm EDT

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says the health care reform bill going to the Senate will include an opt-out public option. That's a significant step. Now Senator Reid needs to get those 60 votes needed to prevent and filibuster.

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Victory is Near

By Gene - Oct 24th, 2009 at 5:09 pm EDT

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Unlike some of my friends, I believe the Obama administration has managed health care reform legislation very well. They gave republicans the opportunity to be defined as the party of no and the friend of the big health insurance lobby. He let them use their own rope to hang themselves. Now we're close to victory. The legislation is not likely to be perfect, but it will certainly give hope to millions and it will serve as a solid base for future improvements.

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Are You Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired?

By Spin Detective (St. Thomas, VI) - Oct 24th, 2009 at 7:07 am EDT

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Go to… www.honkandwaveforhealthcarereform.com AND www.michaelmoore.com

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Respond with Vigor

By Gene - Oct 22nd, 2009 at 6:02 pm EDT

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I am glad that the White House, through Robert Gibbs and others, is forcefully responding to the false claims and statements of Dick Cheney, the cable chatterers and others. I trust they will continue to do so.

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It Takes Two to Tango!

By Spin Detective (St. Thomas, VI) - Oct 17th, 2009 at 11:07 am EDT

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Any campaign promises made by President Obama that he could fulfill with a stroke of a pen were met within weeks of his coming into office. (How quickly we forget!)

Any campaign promises REQUIRING legislation from Congress has been an uphill battle courtesy of the “Break Obama” Blockade.

Ever since he got into office, it has been, blatantly, clear that that anything the President is for, the Republican Blockade is against. As long as the Blockade knows that they can count on Tea Partying Birthers, Right Wing media outlets and pundits, health insurance and NRA lobbyists, Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, and Palin to further their cause, they will continue to FORSAKE A COUNTRY for the selfish purpose of forsaking a President.

If you want “Campaign Promises” kept, block the Blockade - vote on NOVEMBER 3, 2009 and again in 2010!

(Also, join www.honkand waveforhealthcarereform.com to strengthen the point!)

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Pick-Me-Up

By Gene - Oct 16th, 2009 at 2:11 pm EDT

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For those who haven't done so, go to the White House site at www.whitehouse.gov and read President Obama's remarks from the Democratic fundraiser in San Francisco. It is a real pick-me-up.

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Anti-Trust Review

By Gene - Oct 15th, 2009 at 5:59 pm EDT

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It is certainly appropriate for Congress to review the anti-trust exemption enjoyed by the health insurance industry.

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Jobs Celebration

By Gene - Oct 14th, 2009 at 7:10 pm EDT

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The DOW topping 10,000 today is a good thing for me and millions of American's retirement funds. However, I sure hope we can soon celebrate the creation of tens of thousands of new new jobs and the return of tens of thousands to their previous jobs.

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The Sausage Making Begins

By Gene - Oct 13th, 2009 at 6:09 pm EDT

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Now that all five committees of jurisdiction have passed a health care bill, the real work of making sausage begins. It won't be easy or pretty. Hopefully, the House and Senate versions will be more similar than not. While Republican input and support should be welcome, the Democrats must get united and ultimately pass true reform.

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The “Silent Majority” Has Spoken!

By Spin Detective (St. Thomas, VI) - Oct 13th, 2009 at 5:40 pm EDT

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Good for you SILENT MAJORITY, ALL Democrat Senate Finance Committee members, and Senate Republican Snowe. We did it! We finally got the BEGINNINGS of Health Care Reform out of the Senate Finance Committee.

Our work has just begun. We cannot rest until COMPREHENSIVE Health Care Reform is signed into law...

We must continue to honkandwaveforhealthcarereform.com.

We must continue to “lobby the lobbyists” to fight for our health care rights.

We must continue to push “Break Obama” Lawmakers towards “quality, affordable health care for all”.

Here are the Republican Senate Finance Committee members who DID NOT vote Health Care Reform out of the Senate Finance Committee:

Orrin Hatch (Republican-Utah)

Charles Grassley (Republican – Iowa)

John Ensign (Republican-Nevada)

John Kyl (Republican-Arizona)

Jim Bunnings (Republican- Kentucky)

Mike Crapo (Republican Indiana)

Pat Roberts (Republican-Kansas)

Mike Enzi (Republican – Wyoming)

John Cornyn (Republican-Texas)

Here are Congressional toll free numbers to let them know how you feel:

1-800-828-0498
1-877-264-4226
1-877-210-5351

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