Bernie Sanders Sherrod Brown and Roland Burris Offer Medicare for All Amendment.

For info, see
http://www.enewspf.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11955

Quoting from the article:

Highlights of the amendment include the following:

* Patients go to any doctor or hospital of their choice.

* Comprehensive benefits, including coverage for dental, mental health, and prescription drugs.

* …the plan saves at least $400 billion annually

* Community health centers are fully funded, giving the 60 million Americans now living in rural and underserved areas access to care.

* …provides resources for the National Health Service Corps to train an additional 24,000 health professionals.

* …modest new payroll and income taxes amounting to less than what most businesses and people now pay for insurance premiums and out-of-pocket expenses.

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Like many of my posts on this blog: I just found this.

It helped me smile. I like to share things that help me smile.

In researching the song I went to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_Rhapsody where I discovered two things I did not know:

(1) It reached number one again in 1991, after Freddie Mercury’s death, achieving total sales of 2,176,000 and becoming the UK’s third best selling single of all time—beaten only by Band Aid’s “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” and Elton John’s “Candle In The Wind 1997″.

(2) The single was accompanied by a promotional video; considered groundbreaking, it helped establish the visual language of the modern music video…. it wasn’t until after the success of “Bohemian Rhapsody” that it became regular practice for record companies to produce promo videos for artists’ single releases.

Here is a brief article: 
http://beatcrave.com/2009-11-25/the-muppets-perform-queens-bohemian-rhapsody/

The Muppets version is a bit different, though to truly appreciate it be sure to also watch the original.

Recently I went to the doctor.

During the examination the doc said he’d need a urine sample.

No problem, except that when I got to the office the very first thing I did (after checking in with the receptionist) was use the bathroom. So thenI had to sit and drink a gallon of water so I could supply the sample.

Why don’t all doctor’s offices just put sample containers in the bathroom with a note:
“While you’re here, give  us as sample. We might need it.”

http://namesofthedead.com

Right now, I’m sick. Fever, cough, scratchy throat, chills. Last night I slept mostly upright sitting in a great chair. Mother says I’m just like my father and that he did not “do” being sick very well.

My mother’s contention is that women “do” sick better then men “do”.

What do you think? Agree or disagree?

Last week, Senator Al Franken proposed an amendment that would prohibit the Pentagon from contracting with firms that force women employees to agree not to sue companies if they are raped as a result of their employment.

Thirty Republican senators voted against this amendment.

See http://current.com/items/91120110_senate-passes-amendment-to-prevent-kbr-halliburton-from-covering-up-raping-employees-literally.htm and http://www.alternet.org/blogs/healthwellness/143164/30_gop_senators_vote_to_defend_gang_rape/.

Her are those senators:

 Alexander (R-TN)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Graham (R-SC)
Gregg (R-NH)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johanns (R-NE)
Kyl (R-AZ)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Wicker (R-MS)

Recently I had a terrible customer unservice example from Wells Fargo Bank. I am not a Wells Fargo customer, but I wanted to help a relative by putting money in his account. So  went to the website and searched for a local bank. I got this page
http://bit.ly/1VBwuX

So I chose the South Shore Harbor location but could not find it when I drove there.

Turns out it is in a grocery store.

So today I called to suggest they might consider changing the address from

SOUTH SHORE HARBOR
2905 S SHORE BLVD,
LEAGUE CITY, TX 77573

to

SOUTH SHORE HARBOR
(Inside the Randalls store)
2905 S SHORE BLVD,
LEAGUE CITY, TX 77573

Unfortunately, I couldn’t even get my suggestion out because the person who answered the phone was not really interested in my suggestion. She wanted to explain that had I looked at the right column I would see it says “In-Store Branch” so they were right and I was wrong.

I was not thanked for the call. I was not thanked for my concern. Rather it was explained that Iwas “wrong”.

Even when your customers suggest “wrong” ideas, this is not the way to respond.

No one should die because they cannot afford health care, and no one should go broke because they get sick.

A couple days ago the ubiquitous grocery store bar code turned 35.

Here is the article
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/technology/26barcode.html

For me, it is difficult watching cultural icons slip into history.

Kodachrome seems now to be one of those.

Here’s the article
http://snipurl.com/kxhhr 

To hear the song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujhdf9_IO4w 

Just in case you want the lyrics
http://snipurl.com/kxhir 

And a simple bit of history
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodachrome_(song)

The first line has always been a favorite of mine.