OUR PARTY NEEDS TO ACTIVELY OUTREACH TO HELP PEOPLE AGAIN - IT CREATED FERVENT PARTY LOYALTY

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Monday November 28, 2022 · 12:23 PM PST

2022/11/28 · 12:23

The Democratic Party should again be funding its workers to go door-to-door asking what problems the family is facing and how the Party can directly help in some way or facilitate connecting them with existing safety net assistance — like they used to.

TRUTH, in 1952 when I was 10, a worker from the local Democratic club visited. Immigrants from Puerto Rico, my mom, (a seamstress) and pop (a proud WW2 vet then a restaurant worker)...asked for help to somehow escape the rat-infested tenement we were living in ( a rat bit me at age 3 there ). The folks at the club, active locals, quickly got us placed into a newly-built public housing apartment . Our quality of life increased immensely. We were so happy. After that my parents spoke frequently about how the Democratic party helped poor working people improve their lives.

GOING OUT OF THEIR OFFICES AND HELPING FAMILIES ON A ONE-BY-ONE BASIS CREATED LOYALTY TO THE PARTY. My parents have since made sure to vote in EVERY election - “right down the Democratic line” as my father used to say, and as I and my family do now.

Let’s get our party to use our financial contributions working to benefit us. To put boots on the ground, on a face-to-face basis, to help people improve their and their families’ lives.

People naturally respond to this type of kindness / assistance and will — without badgering - spontaneously vote for what they know will be in their own interest, ….vote for our Democratic candidates.

CARPE DIEM! Now's the time for our DEMOCRATIC Health Plan!

Medman

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Sunday March 26, 2017 · 9:21 AM PDT

2017/03/26 · 09:21

Other People's Countries: Women Who Fought for France, including Joan of Arc, Charlotte Corday and Madame du Barry. Here we see women helping to storm the Bastille prison in 1789. Original artwork from Look and Learn no. 93 (26 October 1963). Kindly lent for scanning by Mick Harvey..

All the people have now seen and been repulsed by the REPUBLICAN plan for their health...namely 24 Million losing health coverage, no coverage for women health, no Medicaid coverage for children and for the elderly when they need a nursing home, capped insurance etc while paying higher regressive income tax ( that’s coming )... to pay for the health care tax breaks and income/estate tax breaks for the rich ( coming soon — watch ).

Thousands upon thousands of people traveled distances, even braved snowstorms to attend Town Hall meetings to voice their rejection of this AWFUL destruction of our evolving social-democratic society.

WE, THE PEOPLE DON’T WANT a “HEALTH INSURANCE” business contract between us and a private insurance company that’s there to maximize profits for their shareholders by restricting our health care coverage to maximize those profits.

WE WANT and need:

HEALTH CARE that’s there for us all the time, not maybe depending on our sex, our age, our financial or job status —
PREVENTIVE CARE like annual physical exams, screening tests, vaccinations etc to keep us healthy,
ACUTE CARE for when we’re sick, either in outpatient or in- hospital…. coverage IN FULL for when we need surgery, cancer therapy, rehab therapy, mental health and opoid
MEDICINES with minimal or no copay from profit-limited pharmaceutical companies that compete with each other for our benefit.

NOW IS THE TIME to clearly state our progressive DEMOCRATIC Health Plan, namely MEDICARE FOR ALL.

Lastly let me remind you of what one courageous constituent demanded from her Senator, Tom Cotton at his Town Hall.

“WE WANT WHAT YOU HAVE”

Sharia Law- No dancing in Isis, Utah, Iran

Medman

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Friday October 31, 2014 · 11:37 AM PDT

2014/10/31 · 11:37

See KOS diary about Utah police raiding community party specifically to prevent dancing > http://www.dailykos.com/...
>>See story about dancers in Iran sentenced to 91 lashes for dancing >> http://www.rollingstone.com/...
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HIT THEM WHERE IT HURTS THEM

Medman

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Sunday October 20, 2013 · 9:22 PM PDT

2013/10/20 · 21:22

NO MORE SHOPPING AT WALMARTS, SENDING A HALLMARK CARD, EATING AT APPLEBEES, OR PIZZA AT PAPPA JOHNS ETC. ALL THOSE EASILY IDENTIFIED RIGHT WINGNUT SUPPORTER BUSINESSES ARE POISON TO US PROGRESSIVES.

WHY FEED OUR ENEMY?

WE ALL NEED TO BOYCOTT THESE LOUDMOUTH ANTIDEMOCRATIC BUSINESSES THAT ARE MONEY GENERATORS FOR THEIR RIGHTWING FUNDING OF TEA PARTY/BODERING ON NEO FASCIST, MYSOGYNISTIC INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS.

LETS SUPPORT ONLY PROGRESSIVE-OWNED BUSINESSES, PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATES AND HOMEGROWN AMERICAN SOCIALISTS LIKE GOOD OL' SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS.

Owning guns did not protect her

Medman

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Sunday December 16, 2012 · 7:05 PM PST

2012/12/16 · 19:05

Pro-gun advocates argue that gun owners are protected from being killed by keeping a gun in their home. QUITE TO THE CONTRARY, Mrs. Lanza's Sig Sauer, Glock, semi-automatic Bushmaster .223 assault rifle and shotgun unfortunately were the instruments of her death.

Guns in the home cause many intentional shooting deaths, most frequently by people known to or related to the shooting victim (in addition to accidental shooting deaths). Guns in the home do not prevent deaths nor protect the people living in the home.

I personally went through a phase in my teenage years where I was fascinated by guns and rifles. Later as a young adult I legally purchased several rifles, enjoyed having and cleaning them, went target shooting frequently and even tried out for my college's rifle team. Looking back I see myself as truly fascinated by them....something about the feeling of power they instill and the romance of "weapons" created by Hollywood. At some point though I saw how having guns in the home set the stage for fateful and catastrophic emotional actions.

Guns are for killing. Homes are for protection from the elements, for sharing love, for teaching our children, for mutual support, for rest and for happiness. The two are mutually exclusive.

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