Wow, great photos: health care march across Brooklyn Bridge

[ProSense]

A Beautiful Day to March Across the Brooklyn Bridge (photodiary)

















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[sandnsea]

1. Awesome! Here's one from the Medford OR rally

People can sign up for the MoveOn virtual march too. http://pol.moveon.org/virtualmarch10/?rc=p_hcan

[pleah]

2. K AND R!

[Liberal Gramma]

3. Why don't these rallies get the press that the TeaPartiers do?

They have 600 people at a conference, it's in prime time. We have a protest of ANY size and it's not news. Corporate ownership of the media? Isn't there a word for rule by corporate powers? I think if we're not there yet, we're headed there.

[Beartracks]

7. Doesn't fit their narrative.

Which is: Rightwing groups are "the little guy" struggling against the tide of "liberalism" and a "liberal media." (insert rolling eyes here)

Even under Bush, when the Republicans had total control, THAT was made to come across as the minority, right-minded, common-sensical little guys finally getting a chance to run things, struggling to protect their birthright against "liberalism" and a "liberal media" that wanted to wrest control from them.

It's all just narrative. Plus, conflict sells. Well, conflict and sex. There, that's pretty much media programming in two words right there.

[sandnsea]

4. Melanie's March is in Maryland

Today and tomorrow. Lots of great videos at the site.

http://melaniesmarch.com/

[ellenfl]

5. awesome. thank you. k& r eom

[Oregone]

6. Wow. I'm surprised people want mandated private insurance enough to show up and protest

Fuck it. Give it to them until it bleeds then.

[slipslidingaway]

8. Please make us buy insurance, not health care, from private companies....amazing No...

:wtf:

[ProSense]

10. Maybe you could

organize a counter march, set them straight.

[slipslidingaway]

14. As if us peons have the financial resources to counter this diversionary movement...

away from a national, not for profit HC system.

Honestly, whoever heard of the public option before 2007/2008, since the late 1980's the majority of people have favored a national HC system such as the Canadian or UK system. T

Then along comes the public option and the marketing campaign behind it...the rest is history.

The PO is just like Medicare ... BS!

But it sure played well in the polls.

[ProSense]

16. Always an excuse. n/t

[slipslidingaway]

19. All of the sudden Health Care for America was formed in 2008 and became

a major voice in the HC movement, that does not happen overnight without money and cooperation from the corporate sector.

Just the facts.

[ProSense]

20. Yeah, remember when

the millions who marched against the Iraq war sat around and complained about the "corporate sector"?

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[ProSense]

25. A march is a march.

An excuse is an excuse.

[slipslidingaway]

26. There is no comparison between the two and this administration has done a great

a great job of selling this mandate to buy a private product.

Health insurance companies know what will come starting in the next few years, the boomers begin to retire and they move to Medicare. Enrollment in Medicare goes from 46 million to 79 million.

They Need, Need customers and their product has become increasingly too expensive for more and more people.

To the rescue comes mandated, tax payer subsidized purchase of private insurance. The Republicans could not have sold this to us, only our own party could have pulled this off.

And just to make it sweeter the administration makes a back room deal with Billy Tauzin so that this HC reform bill will not allow Medicare to negotiate for drug prices...remember those boomers as they are key! Remember the campaign promise and the ad "Billy" by the Obama campaign.

It does not matter that he campaigned on the idea of allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices, saving hundreds of billions of dollars. Also the proposed HC bills shift savings from Medicare to partially pay for the private insurance mandates!

What's not to like.

:shrug:

[slipslidingaway]

32. ..... n/t

[ProSense]

9. Knew you would be. n/t

[Oregone]

12. Isnt this where you call me a liar about 'mandated private insurance' (because of the public option)

Because thats the bullshit line you pulled all fuckn summer rather than actually debate the structure of this "health insurance reform". Well, whoops, bait and switch.

LOL.

Hey....you know what makes me laugh? The signs that say "Health Care For America Now". Health Care? They think thats what this is about? What a riot.

[ProSense]

15. No,

this is the point where people march to support something they believe in and you complain.

[Oregone]

18. Health Care for America Now? Thats what they believe in? Thats what they march for?

Sure fine...but they might be dismayed to learn the "solution" is not health care for America, but mandated multi-tiered private insurance.

Im not complaining. Its a fucking riot.

[ProSense]

21. "Im not complaining. "

Now that's a riot.

:rofl:

[Oregone]

22. Was that supposed to be another "zinger"

Oh, um, wow, you sure showed me.

[slipslidingaway]

11. When did Health Care for America start, who funded and backed this movement...

the original 2007 plan by Jacob Hacker was called Health Care for America. Then in 2008 Health Care for America Now was formed and became the dominant voice for HC reform.

:shrug:

The PO that has been proposed in no way resembles the original Hacker plan.

[Oregone]

13. I wonder if Hacker was an architect or just a hapless pawn used in this bait-and-switch "chess game"

[slipslidingaway]

17. Just my humble opinion, he was the original architect going back to his

2001 paper, then "went along" and became a tool as the plans were weakened. There comes a point when you no longer want say the emperor has no clothes, and I think that happened to others who originally backed his plans. They just kept making excuses as the original plan became weaker and weaker.

[Cha]

23. Good! People who do want Health Care to

be more accessible and are out there Marching for it!

Instead of sitting around complaining! And, how refreshing..No, Prez Obama is a commie signs:silly:

[FrenchieCat]

27. Excellent!

Thank you Activists! Thank you very much!

:applause:

[mzmolly]

28. Good going progressives!

:toast:

[firedupdem]

29. K&R

horrible that this won't be covered in the msm.

[Tarheel_Dem]

30. Good on them. (nt)

[ChicagoSuz219]

31. Great photos! Thanks for posting! n/t

[FrenchieCat]

33. Kick!

[tilsammans]

34. K & R!!!

:kick:

[Cha]

35. Kick again for people actually getting out and Marching

for Health Care Reform while others sit back and complain about it.

[mariawr]

36. More marches are needed....

...do not stop the good fight. March and be seen and heard.

I noticed little coverage of this in the MSM... keep marching until they have to take note.