Yeah, here's some more.
First up, Tim Wise. I thought I had already posted this clip, but I hadn't. Obviously. After him, a health insurance whistle-blower.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
More Gravy for the Healthcare Train
The brutal truth about America's healthcare
An extraordinary report from Guy Adams in Los Angeles
at the music arena that has been turned into a
makeshift medical centre
Saturday, 15 August 2009 The Independent [UK]
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/the-brutal-truth-about-americarsquos-healthcare-1772580.html
They came in their thousands, queuing through the night
to secure one of the coveted wristbands offering entry
into a strange parallel universe where medical care is
a free and basic right and not an expensive luxury.
Some of these Americans had walked miles simply to have
their blood pressure checked, some had slept in their
cars in the hope of getting an eye-test or a mammogram,
others had brought their children for immunisations
that could end up saving their life.
In the week that Britain's National Health Service was
held aloft by Republicans as an "evil and Orwellian"
example of everything that is wrong with free
healthcare, these extraordinary scenes in Inglewood,
California yesterday provided a sobering reminder of
exactly why President Barack Obama is trying to reform
the US system.
The LA Forum, the arena that once hosted sell-out
Madonna concerts, has been transformed - for eight days
only - into a vast field hospital. In America, the
offer of free healthcare is so rare, that news of the
magical medical kingdom spread rapidly and long lines
of prospective patients snaked around the venue for the
chance of getting everyday treatments that many British
people take for granted.
In the first two days, more than 1,500 men, women and
children received free treatments worth $503,000
(#304,000). Thirty dentists pulled 471 teeth; 320
people were given standard issue spectacles; 80 had
mammograms; dozens more had acupuncture, or saw kidney
specialists. By the time the makeshift medical centre
leaves town on Tuesday, staff expect to have dispensed
$2m worth of treatments to 10,000 patients.
The gritty district of Inglewood lies just a few miles
from the palm-lined streets of Beverly Hills and the
bright lights of Hollywood, but is a world away. And
the residents who had flocked for the free medical
care, courtesy of mobile charity Remote Area Medical,
bore testament to the human cost of the healthcare mess
that President Obama is attempting to fix.
Christine Smith arrived at 3am in the hope of seeing a
dentist for the first time since she turned 18. That
was almost eight years ago. Her need is obvious and
pressing: 17 of her teeth are rotten; some have large
visible holes in them. She is living in constant pain
and has been unable to eat solid food for several
years.
"I had a gastric bypass in 2002, but it went wrong, and
stomach acid began rotting my teeth. I've had several
jobs since, but none with medical insurance, so I've
not been able to see a dentist to get it fixed," she
told The Independent. "I've not been able to chew food
for as long as I can remember. I've been living on
soup, and noodles, and blending meals in a food mixer.
I'm in constant pain. Normally, it would cost $5,000 to
fix it. So if I have to wait a week to get treated for
free, I'll do it. This will change my life."
Along the hall, Liz Cruise was one of scores of people
waiting for a free eye exam. She works for a major
supermarket chain but can't afford the $200 a month
that would be deducted from her salary for insurance.
"It's a simple choice: pay my rent, or pay my
healthcare. What am I supposed to do?" she asked. "I'm
one of the working poor: people who do work but can't
afford healthcare and are ineligible for any free
healthcare or assistance. I can't remember the last
time I saw a doctor."
Although the Americans spend more on medicine than any
nation on earth, there are an estimated 50 million with
no health insurance at all. Many of those who have jobs
can't afford coverage, and even those with standard
policies often find it doesn't cover commonplace
procedures. California's unemployed - who rely on
Medicaid - had their dental care axed last month.
Julie Shay was one of the many, waiting to slide into a
dentist's chair where teeth were being drilled in full
view of passers-by. For years, she has been crossing
over the Mexican border to get her teeth done on the
cheap in Tijuana. But recently, the US started
requiring citizens returning home from Mexico to
produce a passport (previously all you needed was a
driver's license), and so that route is now closed.
Today she has two abscesses and is in so much pain she
can barely sleep. "I don't have a passport, and I can't
afford one. So my husband and I slept in the car to
make sure we got seen by a dentist. It sounds pathetic,
but I really am that desperate."
"You'd think, with the money in this country, that we'd
be able to look after people's health properly," she
said. "But the truth is that the rich, and the
insurance firms, just don't realise what we are going
through, or simply don't care. Look around this room
and tell me that America's healthcare don't need
fixing."
President Obama's healthcare plans had been a central
plank of his first-term programme, but his reform
package has taken a battering at the hands of
Republican opponents in recent weeks. As the Democrats
have failed to coalesce around a single,
straightforward proposal, their rivals have seized on
public hesitancy over "socialised medicine" and now the
chance of far-reaching reform is in doubt.
Most damaging of all has been the tide of vociferous
right-wing opponents whipping up scepticism at town
hall meetings that were supposed to soothe doubts. In
Pennsylvania this week, Senator Arlen Specter was
greeted by a crowd of 1,000 at a venue designed to
accommodate only 250, and of the 30 selected speakers
at the event, almost all were hostile.
The packed bleachers in the LA Forum tell a different
story. The mobile clinic has been organised by the
remarkable Remote Area Medical. The charity usually
focuses on the rural poor, although they worked in New
Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Now they are moving
into more urban venues, this week's event in Los
Angeles is believed to be the largest free healthcare
operation in the country.
Doctors, dentists and therapists volunteer their time,
and resources to the organisation. To many US medical
professionals, it offers a rare opportunity to plug
into the public service ethos on which their trade was
supposedly founded. "People come here who haven't seen
a doctor for years. And we're able to say 'Hey, you
have this, you have this, you have this'," said Dr
Vincent Anthony, a kidney specialist volunteering five
days of his team's time. "It's hard work, but
incredibly rewarding. Healthcare needs reform,
obviously. There are so many people falling through the
cracks, who don't get care. That's why so many are
here."
Ironically, given this week's transatlantic spat over
the NHS, Remote Area Medical was founded by an
Englishman: Stan Brock. The 72-year-old former public
schoolboy, Taekwondo black belt, and one-time presenter
of Wild Kingdom, one of America's most popular animal
TV shows, left the celebrity gravy train in 1985 to, as
he puts it, "make people better".
Today, Brock has no money, no income, and no bank
account. He spends 365 days a year at the charity
events, sleeping on a small rolled-up mat on the floor
and living on a diet made up entirely of porridge and
fresh fruit. In some quarters, he has been described,
without too much exaggeration, as a living saint.
Though anxious not to interfere in the potent
healthcare debate, Mr Brock said yesterday that he, and
many other professionals, believes the NHS should
provide a benchmark for the future of US healthcare.
"Back in 1944, the UK government knew there was a
serious problem with lack of healthcare for 49.7
million British citizens, of which I was one, so they
said 'Hey Mr Nye Bevan, you're the Minister for
Health... go fix it'. And so came the NHS. Well, fast
forward now 66 years, and we've got about the same
number of people, about 49 million people, here in the
US, who don't have access to healthcare."
"I've been very conservative in my outlook for the
whole of my life. I've been described as being about
90,000 miles to the right of Attila the Hun. But I
think one reaches the reality that something doesn't
work... In this country something has to be done. And
as a proud member of the US community but a loyal
British subject to the core, I would say that if
Britain could fix it in 1944, surely we could fix it
here in America.
Healthcare compared
Health spending as a share of GDP
US 16%
UK 8.4%
Public spending on healthcare (% of total spending on
healthcare)
US 45%
UK 82%
Health spending per head
US $7,290
UK $2,992
Practising physicians (per 1,000 people)
US 2.4
UK 2.5
Nurses (per 1,000 people)
US 10.6
UK 10.0
Acute care hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
US 2.7
UK 2.6
Life expectancy:
US 78
UK 80
Infant mortality (per 1,000 live births)
US 6.7
UK 4.8
Source: WHO/OECD Health Data 2009
An extraordinary report from Guy Adams in Los Angeles
at the music arena that has been turned into a
makeshift medical centre
Saturday, 15 August 2009 The Independent [UK]
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/the-brutal-truth-about-americarsquos-healthcare-1772580.html
They came in their thousands, queuing through the night
to secure one of the coveted wristbands offering entry
into a strange parallel universe where medical care is
a free and basic right and not an expensive luxury.
Some of these Americans had walked miles simply to have
their blood pressure checked, some had slept in their
cars in the hope of getting an eye-test or a mammogram,
others had brought their children for immunisations
that could end up saving their life.
In the week that Britain's National Health Service was
held aloft by Republicans as an "evil and Orwellian"
example of everything that is wrong with free
healthcare, these extraordinary scenes in Inglewood,
California yesterday provided a sobering reminder of
exactly why President Barack Obama is trying to reform
the US system.
The LA Forum, the arena that once hosted sell-out
Madonna concerts, has been transformed - for eight days
only - into a vast field hospital. In America, the
offer of free healthcare is so rare, that news of the
magical medical kingdom spread rapidly and long lines
of prospective patients snaked around the venue for the
chance of getting everyday treatments that many British
people take for granted.
In the first two days, more than 1,500 men, women and
children received free treatments worth $503,000
(#304,000). Thirty dentists pulled 471 teeth; 320
people were given standard issue spectacles; 80 had
mammograms; dozens more had acupuncture, or saw kidney
specialists. By the time the makeshift medical centre
leaves town on Tuesday, staff expect to have dispensed
$2m worth of treatments to 10,000 patients.
The gritty district of Inglewood lies just a few miles
from the palm-lined streets of Beverly Hills and the
bright lights of Hollywood, but is a world away. And
the residents who had flocked for the free medical
care, courtesy of mobile charity Remote Area Medical,
bore testament to the human cost of the healthcare mess
that President Obama is attempting to fix.
Christine Smith arrived at 3am in the hope of seeing a
dentist for the first time since she turned 18. That
was almost eight years ago. Her need is obvious and
pressing: 17 of her teeth are rotten; some have large
visible holes in them. She is living in constant pain
and has been unable to eat solid food for several
years.
"I had a gastric bypass in 2002, but it went wrong, and
stomach acid began rotting my teeth. I've had several
jobs since, but none with medical insurance, so I've
not been able to see a dentist to get it fixed," she
told The Independent. "I've not been able to chew food
for as long as I can remember. I've been living on
soup, and noodles, and blending meals in a food mixer.
I'm in constant pain. Normally, it would cost $5,000 to
fix it. So if I have to wait a week to get treated for
free, I'll do it. This will change my life."
Along the hall, Liz Cruise was one of scores of people
waiting for a free eye exam. She works for a major
supermarket chain but can't afford the $200 a month
that would be deducted from her salary for insurance.
"It's a simple choice: pay my rent, or pay my
healthcare. What am I supposed to do?" she asked. "I'm
one of the working poor: people who do work but can't
afford healthcare and are ineligible for any free
healthcare or assistance. I can't remember the last
time I saw a doctor."
Although the Americans spend more on medicine than any
nation on earth, there are an estimated 50 million with
no health insurance at all. Many of those who have jobs
can't afford coverage, and even those with standard
policies often find it doesn't cover commonplace
procedures. California's unemployed - who rely on
Medicaid - had their dental care axed last month.
Julie Shay was one of the many, waiting to slide into a
dentist's chair where teeth were being drilled in full
view of passers-by. For years, she has been crossing
over the Mexican border to get her teeth done on the
cheap in Tijuana. But recently, the US started
requiring citizens returning home from Mexico to
produce a passport (previously all you needed was a
driver's license), and so that route is now closed.
Today she has two abscesses and is in so much pain she
can barely sleep. "I don't have a passport, and I can't
afford one. So my husband and I slept in the car to
make sure we got seen by a dentist. It sounds pathetic,
but I really am that desperate."
"You'd think, with the money in this country, that we'd
be able to look after people's health properly," she
said. "But the truth is that the rich, and the
insurance firms, just don't realise what we are going
through, or simply don't care. Look around this room
and tell me that America's healthcare don't need
fixing."
President Obama's healthcare plans had been a central
plank of his first-term programme, but his reform
package has taken a battering at the hands of
Republican opponents in recent weeks. As the Democrats
have failed to coalesce around a single,
straightforward proposal, their rivals have seized on
public hesitancy over "socialised medicine" and now the
chance of far-reaching reform is in doubt.
Most damaging of all has been the tide of vociferous
right-wing opponents whipping up scepticism at town
hall meetings that were supposed to soothe doubts. In
Pennsylvania this week, Senator Arlen Specter was
greeted by a crowd of 1,000 at a venue designed to
accommodate only 250, and of the 30 selected speakers
at the event, almost all were hostile.
The packed bleachers in the LA Forum tell a different
story. The mobile clinic has been organised by the
remarkable Remote Area Medical. The charity usually
focuses on the rural poor, although they worked in New
Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Now they are moving
into more urban venues, this week's event in Los
Angeles is believed to be the largest free healthcare
operation in the country.
Doctors, dentists and therapists volunteer their time,
and resources to the organisation. To many US medical
professionals, it offers a rare opportunity to plug
into the public service ethos on which their trade was
supposedly founded. "People come here who haven't seen
a doctor for years. And we're able to say 'Hey, you
have this, you have this, you have this'," said Dr
Vincent Anthony, a kidney specialist volunteering five
days of his team's time. "It's hard work, but
incredibly rewarding. Healthcare needs reform,
obviously. There are so many people falling through the
cracks, who don't get care. That's why so many are
here."
Ironically, given this week's transatlantic spat over
the NHS, Remote Area Medical was founded by an
Englishman: Stan Brock. The 72-year-old former public
schoolboy, Taekwondo black belt, and one-time presenter
of Wild Kingdom, one of America's most popular animal
TV shows, left the celebrity gravy train in 1985 to, as
he puts it, "make people better".
Today, Brock has no money, no income, and no bank
account. He spends 365 days a year at the charity
events, sleeping on a small rolled-up mat on the floor
and living on a diet made up entirely of porridge and
fresh fruit. In some quarters, he has been described,
without too much exaggeration, as a living saint.
Though anxious not to interfere in the potent
healthcare debate, Mr Brock said yesterday that he, and
many other professionals, believes the NHS should
provide a benchmark for the future of US healthcare.
"Back in 1944, the UK government knew there was a
serious problem with lack of healthcare for 49.7
million British citizens, of which I was one, so they
said 'Hey Mr Nye Bevan, you're the Minister for
Health... go fix it'. And so came the NHS. Well, fast
forward now 66 years, and we've got about the same
number of people, about 49 million people, here in the
US, who don't have access to healthcare."
"I've been very conservative in my outlook for the
whole of my life. I've been described as being about
90,000 miles to the right of Attila the Hun. But I
think one reaches the reality that something doesn't
work... In this country something has to be done. And
as a proud member of the US community but a loyal
British subject to the core, I would say that if
Britain could fix it in 1944, surely we could fix it
here in America.
Healthcare compared
Health spending as a share of GDP
US 16%
UK 8.4%
Public spending on healthcare (% of total spending on
healthcare)
US 45%
UK 82%
Health spending per head
US $7,290
UK $2,992
Practising physicians (per 1,000 people)
US 2.4
UK 2.5
Nurses (per 1,000 people)
US 10.6
UK 10.0
Acute care hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
US 2.7
UK 2.6
Life expectancy:
US 78
UK 80
Infant mortality (per 1,000 live births)
US 6.7
UK 4.8
Source: WHO/OECD Health Data 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
"I'm Not a Racist, But . . .
. . . yes, I'm comparing our first black president to a anti-semitic mass murderer even though at no point in US history have black Americans systematically murdered and terrorized white people."
Meanwhile, just today I talked to the lady behind the counter at Subway. We actually started joking about the "$5-Footlong" song. Then, in the course of our conversation, I learned that she and her husband have 5 boys between them, he just lost his job, she only works part-time, and so they have no healthcare.
Hardworking, white, Americans. No healthcare. They make too much to qualify for medicaid, for now at least, but not enough to afford private insurance. 5 boys. 5. No health insurance.
So let me know when you're ready, all of you afraid of losing your country, for a serious discussion about all of us looking out for each other; not just ourselves or the ultra-rich.
Meanwhile, just today I talked to the lady behind the counter at Subway. We actually started joking about the "$5-Footlong" song. Then, in the course of our conversation, I learned that she and her husband have 5 boys between them, he just lost his job, she only works part-time, and so they have no healthcare.
Hardworking, white, Americans. No healthcare. They make too much to qualify for medicaid, for now at least, but not enough to afford private insurance. 5 boys. 5. No health insurance.
So let me know when you're ready, all of you afraid of losing your country, for a serious discussion about all of us looking out for each other; not just ourselves or the ultra-rich.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Just a Quick Thought, Re: Obama, Healthcare, Hitler
Sorry I haven't written much. There're a few reasons. One is that I had a back and forth going on another blog with this racism-denier named Darin Johnson. I think I must have "won" the debate because he hasn't challenged anything I've said in about a week. In his last couple of posts, he tried to act as though he and I were on the same side all along - equal opportunity for everyone. But, we weren't.
The other reason is that I've had so many thoughts about the townhalls and healthcare reform, or now, health insurance reform, that it's been hard to keep everything straight. Lastly, and ironically, I haven't been feeling well as of late.
But with all the (white) idiots comparing Hitler to Obama even though it's not accurate and makes no sense, I think it's important to point out that Hitler was a WHITE SUPREMACIST! Obama is half-white!
Hello, you redneck idiot. Er, duhr!
The other reason is that I've had so many thoughts about the townhalls and healthcare reform, or now, health insurance reform, that it's been hard to keep everything straight. Lastly, and ironically, I haven't been feeling well as of late.
But with all the (white) idiots comparing Hitler to Obama even though it's not accurate and makes no sense, I think it's important to point out that Hitler was a WHITE SUPREMACIST! Obama is half-white!
Hello, you redneck idiot. Er, duhr!
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Skip Pass Beck, Too
Message from ColorofChange.org:
Dear friends,
As you may know, right-wing talk show hosts have been bringing race-based fear mongering into the mainstream, but FOX's Glenn Beck just took it to another level. On Tuesday, Beck said:
It's part of a larger argument Beck has been making: that President Obama wants to serve the needs of Black communities at White people's expense. This kind of talk stirs up fear, hate, and it can lead to violence.
I've joined ColorOfChange.org's effort to stop Glenn Beck. ColorOfChange is already putting calls into Beck's advertisers, asking them if they want to be associated with this kind of racist hate and fear-mongering. When the advertisers see that tens of thousands of us are behind that question, I believe they'll move their advertising dollars elsewhere, and his show and platform will be history.
Will you take a stand and be counted, and invite your friends and family to do the same? It takes just a moment:
http://www.colorofchange.org/beck/?id=1756-227036
Glenn Beck is appealing to the worst in America. Of course, some Americans refuse to accept the fact that our president is Black or the idea that he could truly serve all Americans. But the only way these views fade away is if they're not reinforced by mainstream society. Instead, folks like Glenn Beck, Lou Dobbs, and Rush Limbaugh are exploiting racism and race-based fear to bump their ratings, stirring up racial discord in the process.
The dangers of these tactics are real. We saw the same dynamic during the presidential race: By the end, the McCain/Palin campaign was unable to control the violent energy whipped up by their race-baiting. It resulted in an unprecedented number of threats on Obama's life, a rise in the number of hate groups, and an increase in the number of threats and crimes against immigrants and Black people.
FOX has a horrible track record on pushing racist propaganda, but Glenn Beck appears to be taking the network to an even lower standard. He's trying to divide and distract America when we should be coming together and talking about issues that really matter--like health care and the economy.
The good news is that we have the power to stop this. All major media is funded by advertising. And advertisers care more than anything what consumers think. If we want to change what's happening and put an end to folks like Glenn Beck having a platform, we can do it.
It's up to us, and it can start now. Please join me:
http://www.colorofchange.org/beck/?id=1756-227036
Thanks.
Here are some links to more info:
"Beck: Obama has 'exposed himself as a guy' with 'a deep seated hatred for white people'"
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200907280008
"Glenn Beck: Obama agenda driven by 'reparations' and desire to 'settle old racial scores'" (One could only hope! ~ No1KState)
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200907230040
"MSNBC's Deutsch encourages viewers to demand advertisers on Beck's show spend money elsewhere"
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200907290037
"On Television and Radio, Talk of Obama's Citizenship"
http://tinyurl.com/mb467j
~ More references via email message - No1KState
1. "Beck: Obama has 'exposed himself as a guy' with 'a deep seated hatred for white people'" Media Matters, 7-28-09
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200907280008
2. "On Television and Radio, Talk of Obama's Citizenship," The New York Times, 7-24-09
http://tinyurl.com/mb467j
3. "Rush and reparations," The Nation, 5-12-2009
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion/435392/rush_and_reparations
4. "Homeland Security report warns of rising right-wing extremism, Huffington Post, 4-14-2009 http://tinyurl.com/cpgx6q
5. "Barack Obama faces 30 death threats a day, stretching US Secret Service," The Telegraph, 8-3-2009
http://tinyurl.com/nzt95p
6. "Growing hate groups blame Obama, economy," CNN, 2-26-2009
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/26/hate.groups.report/
7. "Election of Obama provokes rise in U.S. hate crimes," Reuters, 11-24-2008
http://tinyurl.com/nxfdpy
8. ColorOfChange.org email on Fox's attacks on the Obamas
http://www.colorofchange.org/foxobama/message.html
9. "An overview: Fox News and its problem with African-Americans," ColorOfChange.org
http://colorofchange.org/fox/summary.html
Dear friends,
As you may know, right-wing talk show hosts have been bringing race-based fear mongering into the mainstream, but FOX's Glenn Beck just took it to another level. On Tuesday, Beck said:
This president has exposed himself as a guy over and over and over again who has
a deep-seated hatred for white people... this guy is, I believe, a racist.
It's part of a larger argument Beck has been making: that President Obama wants to serve the needs of Black communities at White people's expense. This kind of talk stirs up fear, hate, and it can lead to violence.
I've joined ColorOfChange.org's effort to stop Glenn Beck. ColorOfChange is already putting calls into Beck's advertisers, asking them if they want to be associated with this kind of racist hate and fear-mongering. When the advertisers see that tens of thousands of us are behind that question, I believe they'll move their advertising dollars elsewhere, and his show and platform will be history.
Will you take a stand and be counted, and invite your friends and family to do the same? It takes just a moment:
http://www.colorofchange.org/beck/?id=1756-227036
Glenn Beck is appealing to the worst in America. Of course, some Americans refuse to accept the fact that our president is Black or the idea that he could truly serve all Americans. But the only way these views fade away is if they're not reinforced by mainstream society. Instead, folks like Glenn Beck, Lou Dobbs, and Rush Limbaugh are exploiting racism and race-based fear to bump their ratings, stirring up racial discord in the process.
The dangers of these tactics are real. We saw the same dynamic during the presidential race: By the end, the McCain/Palin campaign was unable to control the violent energy whipped up by their race-baiting. It resulted in an unprecedented number of threats on Obama's life, a rise in the number of hate groups, and an increase in the number of threats and crimes against immigrants and Black people.
FOX has a horrible track record on pushing racist propaganda, but Glenn Beck appears to be taking the network to an even lower standard. He's trying to divide and distract America when we should be coming together and talking about issues that really matter--like health care and the economy.
The good news is that we have the power to stop this. All major media is funded by advertising. And advertisers care more than anything what consumers think. If we want to change what's happening and put an end to folks like Glenn Beck having a platform, we can do it.
It's up to us, and it can start now. Please join me:
http://www.colorofchange.org/beck/?id=1756-227036
Thanks.
Here are some links to more info:
"Beck: Obama has 'exposed himself as a guy' with 'a deep seated hatred for white people'"
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200907280008
"Glenn Beck: Obama agenda driven by 'reparations' and desire to 'settle old racial scores'" (One could only hope! ~ No1KState)
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200907230040
"MSNBC's Deutsch encourages viewers to demand advertisers on Beck's show spend money elsewhere"
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200907290037
"On Television and Radio, Talk of Obama's Citizenship"
http://tinyurl.com/mb467j
~ More references via email message - No1KState
1. "Beck: Obama has 'exposed himself as a guy' with 'a deep seated hatred for white people'" Media Matters, 7-28-09
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200907280008
2. "On Television and Radio, Talk of Obama's Citizenship," The New York Times, 7-24-09
http://tinyurl.com/mb467j
3. "Rush and reparations," The Nation, 5-12-2009
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion/435392/rush_and_reparations
4. "Homeland Security report warns of rising right-wing extremism, Huffington Post, 4-14-2009 http://tinyurl.com/cpgx6q
5. "Barack Obama faces 30 death threats a day, stretching US Secret Service," The Telegraph, 8-3-2009
http://tinyurl.com/nzt95p
6. "Growing hate groups blame Obama, economy," CNN, 2-26-2009
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/26/hate.groups.report/
7. "Election of Obama provokes rise in U.S. hate crimes," Reuters, 11-24-2008
http://tinyurl.com/nxfdpy
8. ColorOfChange.org email on Fox's attacks on the Obamas
http://www.colorofchange.org/foxobama/message.html
9. "An overview: Fox News and its problem with African-Americans," ColorOfChange.org
http://colorofchange.org/fox/summary.html
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
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