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By Khaidji - Nov 26th, 2009 at 6:09 am EST

This Thanksgiving Day there are many things on my list to be thankful for. In fact, I anticipated this and started giving thanks with each morning I awake. Still, my list is unending and I must continue to give God thanks for all those things He has done, the things He is doing and the things He promises to do. I give Him thanks for me and for all the glory He rains down on my family and friends.

Happy Thanksgiving Day

How magnificent is the Lord Almighty

And forgiving His glory

Padre Nuestros en Los Cieolos above

Praises we give you with our undying love

Your hand has guided us yet another year

Today with families we gather and share

Hours of joy over a specially prepared meal

And give thanks for all the things we feel

No worries will overcome us today

Kneeling together and to you, pray

Sorrows we forget as you descend

Give us your blessings and our problems mend

It’s great Lord to give you thanks for family

Very great for friends, our jobs, health and opportunity

I know Lord some will gave you thanks for their Governments

National Organizations, Churches and resolved arguments

God our thanks is as varied as you have made us all

Diverse as the snow flakes on the winter snowfall

And still one thing is possible, where ever we may stay

You God make it possible to have a Happy Thanksgiving Day!

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Survivor

By Khaidji - Nov 11th, 2009 at 7:17 pm EST

Let us salute all those veterans throughout the world. Let us pay close attention to bettering the life of all of them remembering what they did to make us who we are today. But as we remember them let us not forget the surviving veteran from World War I, Mr. Frank Woodruff Buckles. I salute his longevity and recognize the problem that we have just to go across the street to buy some bread yet he has survived a century and more.

Survivor

Served from Aug 14, 1917 in World War 1

US Army received him with others but all others are gone

Remember all who fought and remember him too

Value Frank Woodruff Buckles who served for me and you

Incredible that this 108 years old is the only to survive

Valor has any man who after a century on this earth is still alive

Our Wars and weather, riots and crime

Remember friends all our veterans and Frank Buckles at this time

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Remembrance Day

By Khaidji - Nov 11th, 2009 at 7:12 pm EST

Today we remember those who fought in the Wars on our behalf. Those who do not believe in war must still remember that the fought for them too. Most of what we have today has been influenced by the outcome of these wars whether we like it or not. The millions of people who have died may not have had a choice like we do; they may have been drafted to fight. What ever the reasons or circumstance, you may wear to poppy to acknowledge the lost of these lives or the disfiguring of the many others. Those with haunting pains deserve some support.

Remembrance Day

Red poppies worn to show that we

Empathize with those of the military

Men and women who were in battle slain

Enemies took their lives and never again

Met with their families

Battled for us and our sovereignties

Remembering those too who where injured

And returned home and though honored

Never got solace when they slept at night

Couldn’t separate themselves from the fight

Even those that survived with no haunting pain

Don’t have the legacy of wartime gain

All those people who chose and went in battle for me

Yes, I’ll give my dollar and I’ll wear a red poppy.

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Our Spirits Soar - Dedicated To Our President, A Year Ago Today

By Ken - Nov 4th, 2009 at 6:39 pm EST

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To live
Under the open sky
Dreams unbounded
And hopes unfurled
Rippling
In the wind
Our spirits rise
Catching its current
And soar
Through time
And space

Across the land
Over the seas
Into the heavens
Our spirits soar
An aerial ballet
Of aspiration
And ambition
An ambassador
Of our life
To the stars.

Into sun swept skies
And harsher climes
Our spirits soar
Ever higher
Unbound by rooms
Or rules
Or guarantees
They roost
Only to rest

Beneath these skies
Our spirits root
Freedom and fulfillment
Partners to the land
And foundation
Of our great claim
Let lightning strike!
Let kingdom come!
We do not fear
Our spirits soar!

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The Nobel Peace Prize

By Khaidji - Oct 9th, 2009 at 1:42 pm EDT

President Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States of America and the first African-American president elected there, today receive the greatest honor bestowed on any man in the world forum when he was given the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009. This caught the world by surprise since he was only in office just weeks before the nomination closed in February of this year. The team Obama must be applauded for their foresight to take this initiative and note must be taken to the change that has overcome the nations of this world. Still in his humble demeanor, President Obama reminded the world first of the responsibilities to family

The Nobel Peace Prize

This morning he awoke to Malia saying dad you won!

He didn’t start celebrating before more followed on

Eagerly she continued, dad it’s Bo’s birthday!

Nobel Peace Prize is great but other responsibilities he had to portray

Obama always said he was first a dad

Bo the family pet was the only dog they had

Letting this Birthday past would be a major wrong

Even though this award was great he must first get along

Pets are like family and must not be set aside

Every occasion with family Barack smiles wide

And though he is humbled that the world nations believe

Change can start from ideas small men conceive

Even though he is the first sitting President in 90 years

Presented with this honor for his approach to world affairs

Rights of world citizens are in his forefront but close at home

Is the responsibility of family and Nation where ever he may roam

Zilch is the significance of personal grandeur and so he

Emphasized the involvement of all people and it starts with family

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The Time To Say Thank You

By Khaidji - Aug 27th, 2009 at 9:56 am EDT

The following Acrostic Poem, though fictional, is base on the lost of a close friend and having the chance to say Thank You. Too often we lose love ones and do not have the opportunity to have those last words with then. Senator Ted Kennedy held on to life long enough to give us all the opportunity to say good-bye, unlike his other brothers whose deaths came so tragically. President Barack Obama said we were given this amazing man, who because of his accomplishments, can easily be considered the most critical person to our progress in immigration, civil rights, education, health and so much more. His most recent pursuit was for Universal Health care and for this he passed the proverbial torch

The Time To Say Thank You

The dream shall never die

He clench my hand, I started to cry

Edward said I’m passing the torch to you

Then he smiled and I knew

It was soon going to be that time

My friend was saying good-bye, but I’m

Emotional with tears and could hardly say

The one thing that mattered most today

Over and over I rehearsed what I would do

Such words I would say, with appreciation too

And though we all knew this time would come

Yet, it’s here and my lips are dumb

The hours of preparation make no sense to me

Hours wasted rehearsing what should come naturally

And then in a prayer I asked for the Lord’s hand

Not just for guidance but that I’ll on His command

Keep my friend’s request and that the torch never goes out

You are ready, the Lord said, there mustn’t be a doubt

Occasions have come before with no time to say adieu

Use this time to say farewell friend and a special thank you

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The Lion Of The Senate

By Khaidji - Aug 26th, 2009 at 8:17 pm EDT

We can’t possibly outline the numerous, 300 or more, bills that Senator Edward Moors “Ted” Kennedy wrote and made into law. Most people may not fully appreciate the difficulty in getting legislation passed. Well, if you can’t, think about the trouble the Obama’s Government seems to be having with the Heath care Bill now

The Lion Of The Senate

This death, although we tried to prepare

Has grabbed tightly, people everywhere

Every political figure and every constituent

Lost this iconic figure and his needed involvement

I watched closely and read how he

Organized bipartisanship and caused both sides to agree

No other senator served in this way

Only he made crossing sides seem okay

Forty seven year he worked hard to enact legislation

The Cancer, Disabilities, Civil Rights Acts. Nationality and Immigration

Health Insurance, Children’s Health program, Mental Health Parity

Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, most recently

Senator Kennedy worked with President Bush, the two parties combined

Enacted in 2002 an educational Act, No Children Left Behind

Numerous other bills, over 300, in his political odyssey

Are now part of the Lion’s great legacy

Ted passed the torch to Barack before he passed away

Expecting Americans will enjoy Universal Health Care soon, one day

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Tribute to Senator Ted Kennedy

By Khaidji - Aug 26th, 2009 at 8:11 pm EDT

The Kennedy family has been riddled with tragedies. The history books are crowded with the many tragic incidences that described this family. Yet with all this, their contribution has been enormous. They never stopped trying to help, to change. Only one of the brothers lived to have grey hair, yet these boys will always be remembered for their grandeur. Ted Kennedy died Aug 25 before midnight. On his dying bed he was living one of his passions. He was trying to get changes in legislation passed that would see his prompt replacement. My deepest sympathy goes out to all the Kennedy Family and friends

Senator Edward Moore “Ted” Kennedy

Shook their hands and reached across the isle

Edward “Ted” Kennedy was versatile

November 7 in 1962

Assigned to the Senate and from there this icon grew

Tragedy came to his brothers very early

Oswald shot and killed JFK then Sirhan shot and killed Bobby

Remorse clouded Ted’s good judgment they say, over these 5 years

Emotions overcame Ted and little could dry his tears

Driving from a party in ‘69 his car broke a bridge

When it overturned in the water, he escaped and fled to a ridge

Abandoning the accident where his passenger had drown

Reported his guilt of fleeing and accepted the mandate of the crown

Darkness plagued Ted and he needed great light

Mounded himself into work and there shone bright

Over the next four decades his records would show

One man who became an icon that both sides will know

Reached out first as a friend to all in the House

Encouraged all other Senators to dispel political grouse

Then get to the root of the problems before they decide

Even chose to stand in the way before them, if tempers will collide

Decades of work, he wrote over 300 bills

Kept busy, they called him “The Lion Of The Senate,” for his skills

Enormous contributions he made to affect all Americans’ lives

No other Senator has done more, I hope his legacy survives

Not through his name alone but the differences he laid

Equality, Civil Rights, universal health care and immigration aid

Dogs were his passion, sailing, fishing and saying “You tried!”

Yesterday, before midnight, Senator Edward Moore “Ted” Kennedy, died

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Motivated By Money

By Khaidji - Aug 22nd, 2009 at 6:46 am EDT

It is very easy to convince people that those with better facility will give them greater care. The problem is that I have seen fancy doctor prescribe expensive unnecessary test with one purpose in mind. In fact, many surgeries are elected that may not have been necessary procedures. Isn’t it funny how almost all doctors portrayed by Hollywood are more lovable when they take no personal gain from it, when they have no ambitions of grandeur or wealth? Funny how the one great money making doctor moved away from the city to live in the countryside where he open a practice and offer all his services free of charge to all Everwood. It is profHannity to mix money with medicine, as we know; the greatest healer of all sought no monetary gain

Motivated By Money

My illness exposed me to doctor who

Only seemed interested in the money they accrue

Tonight in regular profHannity the TV host suggest

If doctors are not paid top notch money expect mediocre test

Viewers were asked to believe that the young doctors who pursue

Ambitious salaries will take better care of you

This can’t be so from what I have seen

Every doctor motivated by money seem to act mean

Doctors who quickly operate because you can pay

But never concerned that diet can take your trouble away

You can’t expect such doctors to forgo good surgical money

Making decisions to treat patients more inexpensively

On TV we met most doctors that chose to work without pay

Nursing patients to live beyond another day

Efficiency comes best from caregivers who aren’t economical scholars

You get better care from doctors not seeking the almighty dollars

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Alternative Invocation

By thepoetryman - Aug 19th, 2009 at 4:34 pm EDT

Also listed in: President Obama, Please Get FISA Right

Through flood… and quaking earth
And winds, those before our grand machinery
Anointed the solemn granite
With our foundation, left great trust in the future
Of their manuscript here
Upon our country's doorstep,
That such swaying of the pillars toward failure
Be remedied in the steadfast parchment.

On this day of days
Let us consider love,
Compassion, freedom, hope.
The sky, ocean, seas, soil,
Home to our limbs and joy
Long misplaced and low,
A glee sunken in our brow
Like the whisper of our end
Bending the corners of our mouths

Misplaced in the shadow of sand and war.
Let this day be remarkable with its coming,
Daring our better selves to stand upon
The shoulders of history and predict our future
With its smiling on the children of peace

In one long, joy filled stride.
We have but to embrace ourselves; the wish
We formed at this day’s birth
Beneath the sun, reaching down to us, above
The staining of men in trenches
Whose lives wait in favor of ours.
Holding for a rise from ashes,
To cleanse this; our foul-bred hunger.
Equipped with mercy

And kindness
The prayer need rise out of us, but no further
Than we might travel among the poor.

No further than the broken,
The weary, hunkered down, begging
Of our hands to fetch them up.

All of us, our strength, a sturdy column
Unbent by the weight of courage,
Tempests in the empty halls of power,
Rumbling a refrain of unity
As we break open the shackles of misuse
Long left to fester on the people’s steps,
Find that this dawn is upon our shoulders,
It is we, who now negotiate with our own death,
Our girth of indifference.

Rise now to greet this day,
Our moment elevated from spirit,
Breathing, throbbing, ready,
Not for one, not for country,
But for love.

Use it for more than our self-seeking,
Use it as if it were the breath of mercy kneeling down.
Indulge its hunger, it has been waiting so long,
Hunkered down, bound and bleeding, ready
For our rising shoulders to hoist it tall again.

© 2008 mrp/thepoetryman

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Protesters With Guns

By Khaidji - Aug 18th, 2009 at 8:45 pm EDT

In an interview one speaker said that the people sense a change is coming about and that they don’t take too kindly to removing them from they comfort zone. I seem to remember Obama saying it differently during his campaign in 2008. In fact Obama was scoffed for the use of the word bitter, but I agreed at the time. He, not wanting to separate his public took it back. Well, what are they now if not bitter? And are they not clinging to their guns?

Protesters With Guns

People who sense change sometimes act

Riotous against anything rather fiction or fact

Obstructing progress to improve they own lives

Taking up guns and replacing their knives

Economy is hard and health care strained

So Government proposes a cure, so why did they complained

They were conned by haters into believing it would

Euthanize granny with Death Panels, clearly the Bill is misunderstood

Regardless to the efforts of the President and his team

Such bitterness pour into our streets with actions extreme

Watered from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants

I would not believe this was Thomas Jefferson’s aspirants

That men would wield guns before their President

Have a misguided fortitude that it makes them independent

Governor once and President would be Palin planted a seed

Under her mischief the bitterness would feed

Nibbling away all good intensions and leaving an evil shell

She has managed to make innocent people blindly rebel

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The Right To Bare Arms

By Khaidji - Aug 18th, 2009 at 12:44 pm EDT

It concerns me that we have so much regulation on so many other things that are harmless and now allow something as potentially volatile as caring a very visible side arm in public and worse, at a politically charge meeting. Why all the checks of people going into office buildings, air craft and all the others. This Right To Bear Arms has now blown out of proportion and I think its interpretation should be re-examine. Surely this right is with held when we are going into court rooms, Government buildings, schools and many other places. Why then is the right not with held at the President’s town Hall meeting?

The Right To Bare Arms

The people are not bitter Obama, with guns on their hips

Holstered during their rallying trips

Everyone can within the law demonstrate

Rights to carry these weapons as they participate

Imagine such civil unrest that these

Go church with side arms strapped above the knees

How worrying to see students on our corridors

Turning out like Billie the Kid to resurrect more horrors

The parks where we go to meditate

Or walk our dogs, gun fanatics now populate

Brothers now scaring brothers if when they open the door

Are people packing semi-autos and some packing more

Rubbish, this must be rubbish to hear

Every one by the law can choose to wear

A gun while present in a politically volatile crowd

Restricting guns at other grouping will soon be disallowed

Me, I’m still having difficulty why churches have alarms

Sleeveless tops banned, ladies don’t have The Right To Bare Arms

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Palin's Panels

By Khaidji - Aug 12th, 2009 at 12:09 pm EDT

One minute he is a racist and hates White people next they think he is like Hitler, the man who killed millions so as to purify the White race. I think that these cries against President Barack Obama are larger than the people themselves.

We need to look inwardly when we find ourselves amused by such evils around us and wonder if these actions aren’t people being slaves to evil, if we aren’t acting through Satan’s will and at his beck and call.

At His Beck And Call

A stunning remark on Fox which deserved a fist

They say that President Barack Obama is a racist

Had no reservation and got no rebuke

It was as if Beck’s action didn’t seem to spook

Smiles emerged with approval on each face

Beck’s attempts to substantiate his remarks on race

Evoked nothing from the threesome sitting there

Couldn’t see any repugnance, they didn’t care

Kept listening but wanted so much to turn them off

And it only got worse when I saw no one scoffed

No one seeing any wrong in this

Didn’t understand how anyone can think Barack’s a racist

Come a few days later I heard Barack was like Hitler

A man who opted for genocide to make the Whites purer

Looks like they are bent on painting our President as evil

Like they are controlled by a dark and more sinister will

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At His Beck And Call

By Khaidji - Aug 12th, 2009 at 10:49 am EDT

At His Beck And Call

A stunning remark on Fox which deserved a fist

They say that President Barack Obama is a racist

Had no reservation and got no rebuke

It was as if Beck’s action didn’t seem to spook

Smiles emerged with approval on each face

Beck’s attempts to substantiate his remarks on race

Evoked nothing from the threesome sitting there

Couldn’t see any repugnance, they didn’t care

Kept listening but wanted so much to turn them off

And it only got worse when I saw no one scoffed

No one seeing any wrong in this

Didn’t understand how anyone can think Barack’s a racist

Come a few days later I heard Barack was like Hitler

A man who opted for genocide to make the Whites purer

Looks like they are bent on painting our President as evil

Like they are controlled by a dark and more sinister will

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Happy Birthday Mr. President

By Khaidji - Aug 3rd, 2009 at 6:55 am EDT

I am a mere pauper with a grand wish. I wish President Barack Obama a very Happy Birthday. He deserves the best and if it were in my power then it would be so.

This president had a campaign built of hope and believing. These two things when used together will guarantee the intercession of our Lord and the delivery of our desires.

Ramans 15
13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

Happy Birthday Mr. President

How can I say, Happy Birthday?

And how can I in a day, his troubles allay?

Paupers like me never get to see

People like he, with such pedigree

Yes we can was his cry, but how can I

Bring happiness to a President, how ever hard I try

I’ve seen the joy one man can bring

Realized that if you believe, you can do anything

The audacity of hope is within my reach

He taught me to believe and then each

Dream can be made into a reality

And so I’ll believe and with audacity

Yes I can give the President what I desire

May this day be as my dream, and as I require

Real happiness amidst his busy schedule

Peace from the haters, backstabbers, and all things cruel

Resolve of the problems of immediacy

Enemies no longer a threat to our country

Soft answers to carry away people’s rage

Integrity to know the time to turn a new page

Devoted colleagues that will always have your back

Economy, Health Care and Immigration put back on track

Nothing can stop my dreams and my earnest pray

To wish President Barack Obama a Happy Birthday!

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Acrostic Poetry on Barack Obama
By Khaidji
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The Police Acted Stupidly

By Khaidji - Jul 24th, 2009 at 10:02 am EDT

Imagine the conversation in the USA was about Health Care and suddenly twisted to race because a Black Professor from Harvard who lectures about race is arrested in his own home by Sergeant Crowley because a neighbor saw him breaking into his own home. If the neighbor was close enough to see the incident, why doesn’t the neighbor also know that the professor is a disabled Black man who walks with a cane and therefore recognized him? Given it was dark and they couldn’t see properly, why doesn’t the police quietly knock on the door to establish contact? Why the, “Step Out” routine. If they can’t go in then why would they expect a burglar to come out?

The Police Acted Stupidly

The President dared to say what he can

He described actions and not the character of the policeman

Even with his measured and careful word

People attacked what they think they heard

On that night when the arrest was made

Lawman, who trains other acted stupidly, I’m afraid

Invading ones own home, how could this be?

Could a man jimmying his own lock be described as guilty?

Even when he says to the police he’s the lawful owner

Are there no checks that would verify this, is there no procedure?

Can I expect that had this man been a White

That he would’ve been meted out that same treatment, that night?

Ever considered the mood you would have been in

Disgusted from your circumstance now the police, outside, beckoning?

Sir! Get out the house! And you asked, Why? Cause I’m Black?

This is no reason for the police to get out of whack

Using a cane, standing 5’5”, with proof of ID

Police surely could’ve walked away, even without an apology

I agree with the President and think our trained policemen

Diffuse many more volatile incidents, so why not then

Locked emotions, Professor Gates and Sergeant Crowley

Years of racial mending being broken because the police acted stupidly.

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Did You Cry To See That Fly Die

By Khaidji - Jun 19th, 2009 at 8:25 pm EDT

There was a bug in the White House but President Barack Obama destroyed it with his own hands. This is one time that bug would have preferred to have just been a fly on the wall.

With great precision the President was able to take it out even with his less dominant right hand. Since then there was much talk, especially from PETA who have been very critical of what they consider a very inhumane show of the previously undisclosed side of the President.

Did You Cry To See That Fly Die

Dastardly act PETA say

Immoral show of humane decay

Destroying any life, how could he

You saw it, they showed it on TV

Outrageous and shameful

Uncaring and disgraceful

Catching the fly could’ve been done humanely

Rush! He could have shouted to his security

You didn’t have to see the cruelness

They could’ve stopped to get rid of the pest

Oops! Did I say pest when I should have said fly

Some didn’t think this harmless insect should die

Even though he tried to chase it away

Even though we all could hear him say

Things like, get of here! before he raise his hand

Hit it with precision like he was always in command

And with respect he took a tissue to remove the bug

Took it up before it dirtied the rug

Flying Little Insect Exterminated Swiftly

Like this President does all things accurately

Yet PETA finds something to say, why

Did You Cry To See That Fly Die

I wonder what if it were a tick, mosquito, a louse or a flea

Even these are animals too, so would PETA have screamed cruelty?

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Remembering Tim

By Khaidji - Jun 13th, 2009 at 8:30 pm EDT

Tim Russert was one of the best TV broadcasters is not the best. He showed his total devotion to the task at hand by always ensuring that all the research was ready and in queue for those surprise questions that he snared his unsuspecting guest with, just as they started patting themselves on the back. It has been a year now since his passing and I wish to pay this Tribute to Tim Russert as I remember the irreplaceable lost to TV, his family and friends, the world and me.

Remembering Tim

Remorsefulness I could feel no more

Everything is different than before

My thoughts now are the wonderful memories

Episodes when he interviewed celebrities

Meet the Press was a great addition to my Sundays

Dialogs well research and presented in fresh ways

Ever political leader invited for a chat

Respectfully grilled to discern fiction from fact

I think I learnt more from these interviews

No twisted focus and distortions as in the news

Got the fact straight once and for all listening

Tim’s Christian nature brought an unusual christening

I felt renewed interpretation when I listened to him

Meet the Press continues and in a way so does Tim

In Loving Memory of Tim Russert

Died June 13, 2008

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” Path To The White House”
Acrostic Poetry on Barack Obama
By Khaidji
The Bajan Poetry Society

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HealthCare Kickoff

By Eleanor - Jun 9th, 2009 at 4:08 pm EDT

Wow! Saturday was awesome! Messy house and all, I was determined to host a HealthCare kickoff meeting, and I did, in the backyard. Angela and I dragged tables, umbrellas, HDTV, speakers and laptop outside with a few plastic chairs and TV tables to make our own Healthcare Viewing Room under the Fremont sun. Between sneezes from her allergies, Angela set out bottles of juice and water, healthy snacks, and connected everything up. I made lots of copies for our little group and ran the video.

Paul, the intellectual among us, wrote his own manifesto, which you can view at our Yahoo! Groups website. http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/irvingtonfremonthealthcare/

Glenn even wrote a poem, just for the event which he delivered and I recorded! You can listen to it here:

The End

by Glenn Meisenheimer
© Copyright 2009 All Rights Reserved

http://www.glennmeisenheimer.com/the_end.htm

Also, here are all our stories, showing the wide disparity of experiences in US healthcare:

“I was working for a dot com company when the bubble collapsed. This (because of my age) left me out of work for 2 years. During that time I was dealing with severe back pain but couldn’t afford to see a doctor. I wasn’t eligible for Medi-Cal because I was desperately trying not to lose my house. Because I owned the house I couldn’t qualify for assistance.”

“My best friend died fighting to find doctors to assist with her heart condition. She was on Medicare and Medicaid. It took over a year to find a willing doctor to perform the surgery. Her heart was too weak by that time to survive the procedure. She passed June 12, 2008.”

“As an uninsured (unemployment for >1yr) my husband had a fall. Emergency room was $10,000. Health Care reform is needed because of all the debt created by unpaid medical bills. Either it takes all savings or ruins chances of credit in the future. Husband has given up on any kind of financial self-sufficiency. We need it for the overall health of our country.”

“My husband and I are self-employed, we have to purchase our own health insurance, premiums are way high and do not cover our dental neither eye surgeries, which are considered ‘cosmetic’ and cost us a total of $8,000. Both of us ended up getting private laser eye surgeries and going to Mexico for dental care. Fortunately, my sister is a dentist and she helped us with low pricing so we could afford it. We want more coverage and more affordable prices.”

“When my husband had a job that did not provide health care, we attempted to get health care on our own. Due to pre-existing conditions, we were uniformly denied coverage by many providers. We did get on minimal county insurance we were not covered. I had to go to the hospital and for a one day visit which turned out was not covered by the county, we received a bill for $7,000. We also delayed needed medical tests. One clear thing was that any catastrophic medical issue would have ruined us.”

So much to be done! Will we get there? Will we effectively render a positive change? Stay tuned!

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Renegade - 2

By Khaidji - Jun 3rd, 2009 at 6:57 pm EDT

Things done differently make sense, especially when the way they were done before proved insufficient and unproductive. We all wanted to see change but we are not all able to identify with the new turns and twist change requires. Going down a new way means cutting a new path, nothing is paved for you not even broken twigs or crushed grass. There is nothing to follow, just trust and faith. At some time you have to let go.

Renegade - 2

Roads of uncertainty, in fact not even a path

Every step we take, every row of the wrath

Nothing there to guide us but faith and trust

Each decision is his and so we must

Give him the opportunity to lead the way

All our efforts before him had led us astray

Doing things against the grain needs someone who’s not afraid

Electing Barack Obama gives him the chance to be the Renegade

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” Path To The White House”
Acrostic Poetry on Barack Obama
By Khaidji
The Bajan Poetry Society

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