Images from Sing Out for Single Payer

Dr. David Gilmour

Anne Feeney, Jason Luckett and Raina Rose

Anne preps the crew

Single Payer Press Conference – July 6, 2009

Here are images from the Sing Out for Single Payer Road Show Press Conference held on July 6 in front of Senator Wyden’s Medford Office.

July 4 Parade – Ashland Oregon

Sing Out For Single Payer

SING OUT FOR SINGLE PAYER ROAD SHOW TRAVELS FROM BORDER TO BORDER JULY 2-27, 2009

Frustrated that patients, nurses and doctors have been largely excluded from the debate, Anne Feeney and almost four dozen professional musicians decided to launch the Sing Out for Single Payer Road Show. How can our health care system be improved when the only players at the table are huge hospital chains, big pharma and insurance companies? Why should we be surprised when their best ideas to save money involve eliminating patients’ right to sue incompetent and negligent doctors? So Feeney and her colleagues are taking the debate to college campuses, church halls, small theaters, union halls and public parks throughout California, Oregon and Washington.

6:00 PM, JULY 7 in Ashland
Sing out for Single Payer Road Show with Jack Williams, Anne Feeney, Jason Luckett, Raina Rose, Trevor Smith, Andrew Pressman, Pat Dodd, Citizens’ Band and a special guest!
Unitarian Center
87 Fourth Street
Ashland, OR 97520
Price: $10-20 donations suggested, no one turned away
Wes Brain is the contact – brain@mind.net

– Sponsored by Southern Oregon Central Labor Council and Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice –

SING OUT FOR SINGLE PAYER ROAD SHOW
http://www.annefeeney.com/specialevents.html

Anne Feeney’s webpage: http://www.annefeeney.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SING OUT FOR SINGLE PAYER ROAD SHOW TRAVELS FROM BORDER TO BORDER JULY 2-27, 2009

CONTACT: Anne Feeney – 412-877-6480 – anne@annefeeney.com
http://annefeeney.com/specialevents.html

As the debate on how to resolve the nation’s health care crisis continues, one singular answer has been widely ignored in the public debate, despite its popular appeal: a progressively financed, comprehensive, universal health care system – otherwise known as single-payer. That doesn’t sit well with Pittsburgh activist and labor singer Anne Feeney. She says she’s been ‘comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable’ with her music since 1968.

Frustrated that patients, nurses and doctors have been largely excluded from the debate, Feeney and almost four dozen professional musicians decided to launch the Sing Out for Single Payer Road Show. How can our health care system be improved when the only players at the table are huge hospital chains, big pharma and insurance companies? Why should we be surprised when their best ideas to save money involve eliminating patients’ right to sue incompetent and negligent doctors? So Feeney and her colleagues are taking the debate to college campuses, church halls, small theaters, union halls and public parks throughout California, Oregon and Washington.

Modeled after the traveling chautauquas of the 1930s, these barnstorming concerts will take place nightly and run from San Diego, CA to Bellingham, WA. “This is a pivotal moment in our nation’s history. It’s a great opportunity for Americans to improve the health of the nation and bring quality health care to everyone in the United States. We’re on the road – entertaining, mobilizing, educating, inspiring and energizing folks on this chance of our lifetime,” says Feeney.

Some musicians will sing at one location – others, like David Rovics, Brian QTN, Green Mountain Grass and Citizens’ Band will do several shows. Jason Luckett, a Los Angeles based singer-songwriter who has been described as “Billy Bragg meets Stevie Wonder” will do the entire tour with Feeney. Several of the shows are being presented by physicians.

The two-hour concerts feature lots of community singing, humor, harmonizing and jamming. The shows are sponsored by the California Nurses’ Association-National Nurses’ Organizing Committee, Universal Health Care for Oregon, Jobs with Justice, The Labor Campaign for Single Payer Health Care, the Solidarity Education Fund, Physicians for a National Health Plan and Unions for Single Payer HR 676. The musicians are traveling with lots of information to distribute on national health care. Their slogan is “Everyone In! Nobody Out!”

House Fire in Talent Oregon

House Fire at 301 Main St. – Talent Oregon

Here are some images I took of a house fire at 301 Main Street, Talent Oregon around 6:15 on June 22, 2009.

Foreclosure Prevention Action at Multnomah County Courthouse

A motley crew of 35-40 pissed-off Portlanders disrupted the auction of foreclosed homes by bank-fraudsters yesterday morning at the Multnomah County Courthouse before being removed by Sheriff’s deputies from the lobby of the courthouse, some violently. Attendees shouted slogans and made “bids” on properties (e.g., “I bid that you keep people in their homes”).

The law-unenforcers outrageously claimed that the courthouse lobby and steps were not “public space”, and that they therefore were entitled to grab and shove members of the group away from the building. One deputy said, “I’m the judge” of what’s public space.
The banking industry has been obstructing attempts by activists to require pre-foreclosure mediation between themselves and homeowners because such mediation has been shown to keep people in their homes rather than out on the streets, where “unnecessary” people should apparently be.
[ Read More | forclosure resistance in portland | Fight the Banks: Foreclosure Prevention Direct actions ]

Net Worth

Sending Online Messages To Troops

Here are a few resources to send a Online Message to troops:

Canadian troops:
http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/Commun/message/index-eng.asp

American Troops:
http://www.momentofthanks.com/
http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/tooursoldiers/

British Troops:
https://www.ebluey.com

Australian Troops:
http://anzacday.telstra.com/

If anyone has any FREE sites for troops from other countrys, feel free to respond to this message or email thankstomilitary@gmail.com

http://www.twitter.com/thankasoldier

Backers Of Low-Power Radio Bill Dial Up Their Optimism

by Katie Sanders

Rep. Mike Doyle, D-Pa., assured supporters of his renewed effort to  expand low-power, noncommercial FM radio stations that bipartisan  legislation reintroduced in February is likely to become law this  year, saying there are no valid arguments for not taking action.

He told a roomful of self-proclaimed “community radio advocates”  preparing to lobby for his bill that House Energy and Commerce  Communications Subcommittee Chairman Rick Boucher, D-Va., seemed  “inclined” to schedule the measure for a hearing and markup soon.

“Once we get this out of committee and onto the floor, I think we’ll  just sail it through the House,” said Doyle, whose bill has 38 co-sponsors.

The measure would statutorily repeal “third-adjacent channel”  restrictions imposed by the FCC that have prevented the licensing of  more stations that generate signals of no more than 100 watts. A  companion bill has been introduced by Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.

Past bills have been opposed by the National Association of  Broadcasters, which has argued that a proliferation of low-power FM  stations can significantly interfere with transmissions from larger  commercial radio stations.

Doyle called the assertion a red herring that has been refuted by a  2003 MITRE study, which found no significant problems with  interference. The study’s findings have been challenged by the NAB.

Representatives from low-power FM radio stations, joined by New  Jersey musician Nicole Atkins, said easing FCC restrictions would  bring more diversity in station employment and programming while  offering an outlet for discussions on topics pertinent to local  audiences.

The community stations are also critical for spreading local  emergency alerts, said Liz Humes, national programming director of  Richmond Independent Radio.

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