I am so proud of my mom who is voting for the first time....

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Monday November 01, 2004 · 2:27 PM PST

2004/11/01 · 14:27

My mother who is 62 years old, is voting for the first time tomorrow. She and my dad came to the US for the first time in 1971 from South Korea, then left for Europe for a few years, and finally returned to CA in 1984.

During all this time, she had retained her korean citizenship and finally decided to apply for her american citizenship this year. Well, she was sworn in as a proud new citizen in July 2004, and she registered to vote at that time. Read More

Healthcare for Veterans and Active Military? A joke...

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Thursday October 21, 2004 · 11:34 PM PDT

2004/10/21 · 23:34

This diary had been brewing in my mind ever since the last presidential debate and I wanted to respond to Bush's claim that there was no problem with the healthcare available to our veterans and active military staff. What a pathetic and frankly inexcusable lie.

I am a urologist (please no need for jokes, I have heard them all...) who has been practicing in Oregon for the past two years. I see a number of family members of active military personnel, and their insurance plan - Tricare - is probably one of the worst that I have encountered. It's comparable to Medicare (and that's not a positive comparison), with some of the WORST reimbursement rates for medical services (often less than half what an average commercial insurance carrier will pay). For this reason, a lot of physicians don't accept this insurance because they end up actually LOSING money when they take care of these patients. Read More

iN Demand Pulls F9/11

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Friday October 15, 2004 · 11:12 AM PDT

2004/10/15 · 11:12

Cripes, I hope no one else has reported this yet, but I just heard this on CNN and I really thought it warranted a diary.

iNDemand, which was supposed to air F9/11 on election eve has apparentely bowed to unamed pressure and pulled the movie. Obviously, they've refused to comment on their decision, but I really think this helps put the whole Sinclair debacle in perspective...we're fighting an uphill battle here.

Frankly, I think iNDemand needs to be punished. As an act of solidarity, my spouse and I who are huge basketball fans and always order NBA League Pass have decided a little sacrifice is in order. We'll be following the NBA in the newspaper this year. Fuck you, iNDemand.

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