Beautiful letter. Deb :)
On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 4:49 AM, Eric Vought <evou...@pobox.com> wrote: > > I just made an interesting discovery and sent this letter to the News > Leader: > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Many people, Barack Obama, the Democratic National Committee, and > quite a few in the media, have said that the opposition to "health > care reform" is phony. There has even been an accusation (from Mr. > Obama himself) that Israeli intelligence agents are stirring up > dissent in the US to embarrass our president. > > I am one of the people stirring up opposition to the health care > proposals. I have mailed letters, made phone calls, shown up at our > representatives' offices, organized meetings, and read through > hundreds of pages of incredibly complex, difficult, and just plain > convoluted bills to try to understand the proposals. I am not paid, > either by the insurance industry, the Republican Committees, or the > Israeli government, just an ordinary citizen who is quite concerned > about our choices in healthcare. I work with a number of other > concerned, ordinary citizens. > > But that does not appear to be the case for people pushing the health > care bills. In preparing for an upcoming town hall with Senator Calire > McCaskill, who presumably represents me in DC, I went to > my.barrackobama.com to see what others were doing in the area. I found > this: > > "We are making calls for Claire's Town Halls so come on out. We are > making calls from national audio on 309 E water st. springfield mo > from 6-9. So please bring your cell phone, charger, and also your > desire to fill those town halls with Claire's Supporters." > > Mass calling events like this are scheduled for the entire two weeks > leading up to the town hall. A town hall meeting is supposed to be > where a politician meets with citizens, finds out what their concerns > are, answers their questions, and, in general, learns what she has to > do to represent them better. Instead, the Senator is having people > spend 3 hours a night for 2 weeks to "fill those town halls" with > people who already support her own pre-planned agenda because she > distributed it before hand. What can either a voter or a Senator learn > in such an environment? > > Of what possible benefit can such a completely scripted meeting be? To > fool the media, of course. So that the Press sees row after row of > shiny happy health care "reform" supporters and so no one has to > answer embarrassing questions, even if the answers would make a better > bill or a better country. So that they can prove that opposition to a > "public option" is entirely fake. > > Something is certainly fake here, but I do not think it is the concern > of private citizens for a complex, expensive, and ill-thought-out > piece of legislation. I would be one of "Claire's Supporters" at this > town hall if I thought for a moment she cared what we all thought and > why we are worried, but that is clearly not the case. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > The events I describe are found at: > http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/search_results?event_type > []= > 254 > &event_type > []= > 255 > &event_type > []= > 256 > &zip_radius > [1]=70&type=advanced&orderby=zip_radius&zip_radius[0]=65810&x=28&y=17 > > e.g.: > http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/letsgetitdonehealthinsurancereformnowpublicevents/gpfkxz > > This whole thing is a new and disturbing trend in politics. I have > reports of staged events and bussed in demonstrators all over the > country. > > Sincerely, > > Eric Vought > "Faith does not absolve us from trying to understand our world and > make moral distinctions with the eyes and brain given us. Religion is > as much responsibility as direction: Duty not Distinction." > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ This is a Free Speech forum. The owner of this list assumes no responsibility for the intellectual or emotional maturity of its members. If you do not like what is being said here, filter it to trash, ignore it or leave. If you leave, learn how to do this for yourself. If you do not, you will be here forever. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
