Portland Healthcare Candlelight Vigil (Photos)

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Thursday September 03, 2009 · 10:20 AM PDT

2009/09/03 · 10:20

I was looking on HCAN's healthcare event locator tool thingy the other day and noticed that there was a candlelight vigil in Portland across from Senator Wyden's office last night. I've kind of decided to make a habit of photographing and writing diaries about events like these so I figured what the heck I'll go down and see what's up. I expected to see a small group of mainly retired people with a few candles and signs, but when I got there something unexpected happened.

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Will you show up at a healthcare event this month?

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Will you show up at a healthcare event this month?

Yes

27 votes

3 votes

I'll try

6 votes

bacon

1 vote

What's Their End Game? (photos)

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Thursday August 13, 2009 · 1:57 PM PDT

2009/08/13 · 13:57

I enjoy politics because I like the idea of working together to make the world a better place. Sometimes I like to think about what that place would look like, and daydream about my own personal version of utopia. I imagine living in a nice middle class neighborhood where everybody gets a decent education, quality affordable healthcare, a living wage, good public transportation, a clean environment and everybody gets along with each other more or less. Yeah I know it sounds kinda sappy, but I'm willing to bet a lot of you have a vision of what a more perfect world would look like.

The other day I went to a healthcare town hall meeting in my area, and as I was observing some of the tea party people doing their thing, and it got me thinking. What does their personal version of utopia look like? What is their end game?

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What would you most like to see in the future?

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What would you most like to see in the future?

Quality affordable healthcare for all

5 votes

Excellent public schools

0 votes

A clean and healthy environment

0 votes

A first class public transportation system

2 votes

All of the above

78 votes

Bananas Foster Waffles

5 votes

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