Health Care

"Sicko" is the latest documentary by muck-raking filmmaker Michael Moore. Those expecting a Republican-bashing film like "Fahrenheit 9/11" will find some of that here, but primarily this film attacks the corporations responsible for the deplorable state of health care in the United States. Nearly 50 million citizen have no health care, and while these people are certainly highlighted, "Sicko" mainly focuses on those of us that do have health care.

Dr. Wasfi concluded her prepared remarks with this question: " Since 1958, Iraqis have hoped that each regime change might bring a better life. Have they hit rock bottom now?"

I declared them to you from of old, before they came to pass I announced them to you, lest you say, "My idols did them." (Is. 48:5) (Psst!) "He's so Gad-damn stupid, he'd make a GREAT cop!"

The major problem with Michael Moore’s new movie “Sicko” is that the movie is right on; the movie takes aim at America’s healthcare system and how profit and cost has taken priority over patient care.

HPV: What You Need to Know and Why with Dr. Robert Rose, Associate Professor of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Rochester

This event is a collaboration between the Perinatal Network and Planned Parenthood of the Rochester/Syracuse Region.

Wednesday, May 16, 2007
2:00 – 4:00 pm

Brass Chandelier Room, Monroe Community Hospital

435 East Henrietta Road, Rochester, NY 14620

Human Papilloma Virus, commonly referred to as HPV, is a string of sexually transmitted viruses known to cause cancer primarily in women and in rare cases in men.

Rochester, NY — Planned Parenthood activists and supporters are standing up against the Supreme Court’s recent federal abortion ban decision which tells women that politicians, not doctors, will make their health care decisions for them.

* WONDERING why we're still fighting for comprehensive sex education in schools when each year one million American teens become pregnant?

* OUTRAGED that companies can deny coverage for birth control while they provide it for Rogaine(TM) and Viagra(TM)?

* LOOKING for a way to promote birth control, celebrate choice, and support women's sexual health?

Then you've GOT to CHECK THIS OUT!

JOIN OUR PLEDGE-A-PICKET CAMPAIGN!

There are a variety of proposals for funding human embryonic stem cell research currently being considered in NYS. Find out:

WHY STEM CELL RESEARCH

IN NEW YORK?

From the medical, economic and religious ethical perspectives

An Interfaith Impact briefing FEATURING
DR. HOWARD FEDEROFF University of Rochester Professor of Neurology
REV.

Prohibition Rides Again...but NOT against Chlorine/Dioxin, heaps of Pesticides, and even Radiation in typical smoking products. It is so much easier for corporatized officials to Prohibit natural, public-domain plants...as ever.

Hawkins for US Senate
Media Release
http://www.hawkinsforsenate.org/

May 20, 2006
For More Information: Sally Kim, (518) 364-2968, green_sallyk@yahoo.com
Howie Hawkins 315-425-1019, hhawkins@igc.org

Hawkins Wins Green Nomination for US Senate vs. Clinton

Malachy McCourt Wins Nomination for Governor

Peace, Global Warming, Health Care Top Green Election Agenda

(Albany) Longtime peace activist Howie Hawkins easily won the Green Party nomination Saturday afternoon to face Hillary Clinton in the race for Senate.

The Green Party launched its effort to reclaim official ballot status in New York State by nominating author and Irish activist Malachy McCourt for Governor. McCourt, winning in a landslide, is widely viewed as having the name recognition and public support needed to get over the 50,000 votes need for Governor.

Also nominated for statewide office was labor and lesbian activist Allison Duncan; attorney Rachel Treichler, a former Green Party Congressional candidate, for Attorney General; and, former New York City Mayoral candidate Julia Willebrand for Comptroller

Hawkins will challenge Clinton over the war in Iraq. The Greens support bringing the troops home immediately and believe that President Bush should be impeached for lying to the country about the reasons for the illegal invasion. "We have to stop going to war for oil," stated Hawkins.

In Iran, Hawkins supports diplomacy rather than military confrontation. Hawkins supports the nuclear disarmament of all countries.

Hawkins, a member of the Teamsters Union, won 12,616 votes among Green Party State Committee members, which is weighted based on the prior Gubernatorial election results. Sandor Hicks, a 9/11 Truth Activist, won 2,778 votes. Steve Greenfield, a New Paltz resident, finished third with 2,752 votes.

Hawkins and the Greens will challenge the two major parties, including both Bill and Hillary Clinton, for failing to respond to the growing threat posed by global warming. Hawkins supports major investments in energy conservation and efficiency, as well as an investment in renewable energy sources such as solar and technology. The Greens believe such investments will produce much needed job creation, especially in upstate New York.

Other key green issues in the 2006 election include abolition of the death penalty, same-sex marriage, reproductive freedom, living wage jobs, immigration rights, mass transit and agriculture sustainability. The Greens support the shutdown of nuclear power plants, starting with Indian Point.

Hawkins supports shifting more of the tax burden at the state and federal level to the wealthiest taxpayers and polluters rather than low and moderate income Americans. Hawkins opposed the recent Congressional vote for a $70 billion tax cut package that overwhelmingly favored the rich. Hawkins believes that a fairer tax system would allow for increased state and federal funding of schools, reducing the burden on local property taxpayers.

"Every politician tells you that they want to cut taxes. What they don't tell you is that they want to cut taxes for the rich while cutting essential services and shifting more of the tax burden onto working families," added Hawkins.

While the Greens failed to retain ballot status in 2002 when Stanley Aronowitz fell eight thousand votes short (41,797) of the 50,000 mark, they successfully sued in federal court to retain the right to enroll as Greens. 36,141 New Yorkers are presently enrolled Greens. The Greens will need to collect 15,000 signatures from registered voters (of any party) to get on the ballot this fall.