My Son Is Gone. Our Conversation Goes On. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/style/modern-love-my-son-is-gone-our-conversation-goes-on.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
This is a lovely story. It speaks to what so many of us believe. Love is eternal.
Posted by @dannyboy:
My mother is calling members of congress today to see if she can drudge up support to confirm me as Surgeon General today. My qualifications you ask? I once had surgery and I eat General Mills cereals.
@dannyboy, I'd confirm you.
@deetoo We could definitely run this country! I'm liking you for Sec. of Education. ❤️
I want to be part of the cabinet. I prefer to be head of the CIA. My qualifications are that I am curious, value intelligence, and have a vast hope that this country becomes more secure, harmonious, and prosperous.
We have a number of Libras here, including myself. We should all get jobs in the Department of State. 😎
I would love to be Secretary of the Interior. Please!!!
OMG! THIS SONG!!
Currently in the lounge listening to Natalie Merchant singing Which Side Are You On.
Do you know it? I didn't until I heard it as background music for a social media post on upcoming protest actions across the country.
OMG!!!
It was written in the 30's by Florence Reese, the wife of a coal miner during the violent Kentucky coal mine worker/operator clashes in the 30's. Pete Seeger recorded it in 1941 and it was a protest song in the 60's.
THIS rendition by Natalie Merchant is incredible and haunting. Take a listen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcaPvCLue7g
Just wanted to share some positive energy. I am in Boston at the moment to visit my daughter. She is participating in her college Model United Nations 4-day conference. There are over 1600 college students here from over 45 countries. These students are challenged to discuss and debate difficult topics from around the world, including the US. The energy here is incredible! Gives me hope for the future.
One of the speakers just stated - we are here to challenge the status quo, we believe real change happens in many ways. We are resilient! With the looming challenges that face us in the upcoming years, it is a bit heartbreaking to hear some of their speeches. However, their energy is palpable, so inspiring.
What position would I like? Since my background is in healthcare finance, i.e., Medicaid and Medicare, I'd go for the job of finding taxpayer savings in these programs without sacrificing needed patient care.
I could save the $800 million that 47 and the GOP are planning to cut but without harming the most vulnerable. The recipients aren't wasting tax dollars. The health care industry is, and they are laughing all the way to the bank.
The US has the highest per capita healthcare costs in the world, i.e., double, yet we are about 16th in quality and accessibility and of per capita care among peer nations. Think about it. We pay double all the other countries, and yet are at the bottom in what we get for our money.
I spent a few years as a Medicaid expert tasked with saving tax dollars. We focused on the way hospitals and pharmaceuticals were reimbursed, not on cutting people from the rolls.
If you (the government), know you can get a volume discount since you are the largest payor of healthcare, wouldn't you take advantage of that? If 47 is such a big dealmaker, then where's the deal with the health care industry? It's such a no brainer since our government is by far the largest payor of health care.
But the GOP has never been interested in using tax dollars to help people. They are in politics to transfer money from the poor and middle class to the uber rich. So that $800 million Medicaid cut they are trying to pass? It isn't to save tax dollars. It is to cut money from the poor and middle class and give it to the rich.
In pharmacuticals alone, T has already raised a cap on what they can charge for drugs. He is literally throwing money at the most profitable sector of the health care industry.
Nevermind, don't want to be HHS director, unless I can pick the president, and have a blue congress and Scotus.
@jeanne-mayell I have never been to Circle before this morning. I was compelled to come about 3 mins before you started. It was an incredible experience and release for me and I needed to hear everything you said. Sorry Im not an on-camera person, lol, but I very much know I was and am exactly where I need to be at this point my life. I cried mostly through it because it was such a beautiful release. thank you so much!
@impassionate Thank you, dear Tara. I was so happy you were there. Come anytime! Come a lot!
Just gonna leave this here :
https://www.facebook.com/reel/4039110302977090?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v
Leaving this here as a fun thought, and a laugh. I started reading a newer Lee Child, Reacher book. I do like the Reacher character. He may be a tough ex army military police dude, but he always wants to do the right thing. He travels light, unlike me. He carries an expired passport, ATM card, a few bucks, and a fold up toothbrush. Reacher relies on a monthly deposit to his bank account. I would imagine if he were a real person, and his monthly deposit was mucked up, he would want to get to the root of the problem and right a wrong. Hold those who perpetrated this wrong, accountable.
So, long story short, we need a Reacher to right this ship called the USA. If only we could find one...
Just smile if you know what I'm talking about.😊
Okay. I would like to press secretary. I could dress like a stepford wife, maybe put my hair up in a behive.