President Barack Obama

What I Have Learned "Doing Civil Disobedience for Single Payer"

Carol Paris, MD
February 4, 2010

Take Action: Eat lunch for Healthcare NOT Warfare—become a brown-bagger

Published by Physicians for a National Health Program.

“People should go where they are not supposed to go, say what they are not supposed to say, and stay when they are told to leave.”—Howard Zinn

Well, that quote pretty well sums up “what to do”. But my biggest challenge is “how”. Specifically, how do I neutralize some pretty powerful fear?

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Single Payer Solution for Obama

Minnesota State Sen. John Marty
February 4, 2010, St. Paul, MN

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Published by Common Dreams.

“If anyone…has a better approach that will bring down premiums, bring down the deficit, cover the uninsured, strengthen Medicare for seniors, and stop insurance company abuses, let me know.”
— President Obama, State of the Union, January 27, 2010

An open letter in response to President Obama’s State of the Union request for a better approach to health care reform:

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Marin Voice: Is the progressive base eroding?

By Norman Solomon
Marin IJ
February 2, 2010

WHEN A LARGE crowd gathered at the Sausalito Cruising Club to watch the inauguration of Barack Obama, euphoria was in the air.

Many of us there had worked hard to make the historic moment possible. On that bright winter morning, we were proud, excited and hopeful.

Fifty-four weeks later, the mood is very different.

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Video: Doctors Flowers and Paris Arrested, Re: Obama and Medicare for All

On Jan. 29, 2010, Doctors Margaret Flowers and Carol Paris were arrested outside a hotel, at the Inner Harbor, in Baltimore, MD, where President Barack Obama was to give a speech. They were on a sidewalk outside the Renaissance hotel holding a banner. The doctors had a letter that they wanted to give to the President and/or one of his aides, re: Medicare for All. They were arrested for trespassing, according to to a police officer at the scene. Later after getting into a police car, this reporter was advised, the two doctors were released, without going to the local lockup. Each was then given “a citation” for trespassing. For background on this issue, check out Dr. Flowers’ visit to the White House, on Jan. 28, 2010, at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxziSRM6fdo

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In Marin, some see Obama speech as political switcheroo -- Marin IJ

By Richard Halstead
Marin IJ
January 27, 2010

Marin residents who listened to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address Wednesday included a progressive Democrat, who disliked many of the president’s policy prescriptions, and two Republicans, who admire many of those same policies but doubt Obama’s sincerity.

“The speech was nice but reflected deteriorating policies,” said Norman Solomon, a West Marin author and progressive activist.

Referring to Obama’s proposal for a three-year budget freeze, Solomon said, “Now he’s not only a military hawk in Afghanistan, he’s also become a deficit hawk with the domestic budget. This is exactly the wrong direction in terms of job creation. FDR would be rolling over in his grave.”

And that was not all that rankled Solomon.

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