Health Care Reform?

Health care reform has been a passionate topic for debate for many years. With Senator Kennedy's death still fresh in our minds, I thought a video from him discussing health care would be appropriate. Although I realize many people have concerns about his tumultuous and troubled past, I feel he like many people deserve a chance to show the greater good they can accomplish. He was a multifaceted and complex person. No person is entirely good or evil. I hope we can focus on the strengths of this man and his life, not ignore anything, but to simply focus on the good in his passing.




In the last six months with town hall meetings across this country, tempers have been flaring. Last Wednesday, there was a town hall meeting in Eureka with Congressman Mike Thompson. The large crowd was pretty well divided on their political views.



I observed several disagreements between people who were standing next to one another. People had a few heated words and then moved to another part of the crowd. However, I was pleasantly surprised that although people disagreed, they were able to be somewhat polite. I only witnessed one person being removed from the town hall meeting. Thankfully, no fisticuffs or biting happened during our local meeting. Here is a video composed by the local conservative group old glory radio. While I do not agree with their agenda, I thought it was interesting to see their coverage of the meeting.



Alas, they chose not to show the young veteran who proposed marijuana hospitals or the community member who proposed that Jesus was a socialist.