"Rock Star" Treatment, in a City That's Preparing to Bury Its Dead

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Thursday August 08, 2019 · 9:07 AM PDT

2019/08/08 · 09:07

I was born in Dayton. At Miami Valley Hospital.

I know that the images and video released by Trump’s propaganda crew are just that...propaganda, but just seeing the jubilation and smiles still makes me mad.

I wrote to the hospital to let them know that not everyone is happy with this. I’m tired of staying silent, and letting all of this wash over me. Even if doesn’t change anything, I’m still going to speak out.

I'm in the process of moving my 84-year old mother back from Florida, and will be helping her get her medical relationships and protocols re-established in Dayton.

I wish I did not have to ask this question of the hospital I was born in, but I mean it sincerely and without malice: will a person who is not a Trump supporter receive equal care at Miami Valley?

I am honestly shocked to see so many smiling faces, thumbs up, and selfies being taken while the city and citizens of Dayton are reeling from this weekend's violence. It feels like a slap in the face, and makes me question if members of your staff are a danger to patients who don't agree with them. The photographs that are being shared with the world show a serious lack of judgement and professionalism.

Talk about throwing out the baby with the bath water.

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Tuesday March 15, 2011 · 11:14 AM PDT

2011/03/15 · 11:14

I find it rather depressing that this needs to be addressed at all, but it happens an awful lot around here...I find myself having to point out what should be obvious, over and over again. This diary isn't going to solve that, but it's time for a rant.

So. Kasich won in Ohio.
And I have just about had it with "well, you're stuck with him" or "people in Ohio are stupid" or other (endless) variants of the above.

Kasich barely won here. Strickland took way too long to try to define his opposition. The Democrats in general can't seem to run an inspired campaign. Turn out is always low in non-presidential elections and the other side was a lot more inspired. There are probably bad, stupid elected officials in your state too - maybe even some of them are Republicans. What happens in one part of the country effects everyone else - even if you live in a deep blue enclave. And no, I can't "just move". My life is here - and where you live is probably a lot more expensive. We are all in this together. Shall I go on?

Think about what you say before you say it. It is BEYOND DEMORALIZING when people on your own side seem to want to leave you for dead.

And if you somehow think that none of this is going to happen where you live, you haven't been paying attention.

I need some help

dg1532

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Saturday February 26, 2011 · 8:49 PM PST

2011/02/26 · 20:49

This is not an abstraction.

How do you feel - what do you do - when a person you have loved for 40+ years of your life says something that is so morally bankrupt that you can't get your head around it?

Long story very short but I got into a what I thought was a garden-variety argument with my Fox News watching Dad, but it took a very dark turn and I'm needing some support from like minded people.

Lots of tag-worthy words and topics came up - Obama, Sarah Palin, taxes, abortion, etc...the usual when you are having a life-long political argument.
Somewhere along the line, I threw out the topic of the horrible case of the murders in Arizona by the Minutemen/vigilante group, and the response I got was "so what - I don't know anything about that, but if it really happened, it's collateral damage".

I get smack talk - I get being a jerk just to piss off your "opponent". But I have never in my smart-ass life made light of the murder of a child.

And this was my Dad.

How do you deal with that?

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