I love him!
I had a meeting with a Republican State Senator this am. He’s running for Congress neat year. I told him to stay off cable news and model his public behavior after Feingold (D), Paul Ryan (R) and Al.
I have been in there talking to him a couple of times and realized today that his policy analyst is a former member of my kids little 4-H club. We had one of those aha moments.
I like Franken a lot. He’s matter of fact and to the point.
leslie Reply: October 26th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
@Sage, I have felt the same about Franken. He has taken this role as Senator seriously as all senators should. I hope he continues to be the person who (nearly) fills Wellstone’s shoes.
Cancer Survival Rates? Dr.F is implying that French and German or Swiss systems don’t have good survival rates due to poor medical care? I suppose our inability to buy care will take us right to where she is wanting to peg the universal healthcare systems in those countries.
Didn’t Farrah Fawcett go to Europe for cancer care and ended up in remission? Her cancer was incurable but they got her into remission when the US facilities couldn’t
@Wizcon, it was Germany.
Germany is the same country that, when my daughter was injured in an accident, cared for her with the best medical skills and charged her nary a farthing, pence, penny, cent. Didn’t ask for anything but her name.
@Sage, A relief it most assuredly was. And a year ago, when she was riding her bike and was hit by a car near her home, the first thing the Boston hospital ER did was ask for her insurance card. She had a broken collarbone, a twisted leg, and was dizzy from the blow to her head – but she had to figure out where her insurance card was (not on her person…she was riding her bike).
Hmmmm, sounds like she lives a risky life. Not necessarily, but she is more active than her decrepit old mother.
October 26th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
I love him!
I had a meeting with a Republican State Senator this am. He’s running for Congress neat year. I told him to stay off cable news and model his public behavior after Feingold (D), Paul Ryan (R) and Al.
I have been in there talking to him a couple of times and realized today that his policy analyst is a former member of my kids little 4-H club. We had one of those aha moments.
Sage Reply:
October 26th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
I like Franken a lot. He’s matter of fact and to the point.
leslie Reply:
October 26th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
@Sage, I have felt the same about Franken. He has taken this role as Senator seriously as all senators should. I hope he continues to be the person who (nearly) fills Wellstone’s shoes.
Sage Reply:
October 27th, 2009 at 12:40 am
I think he’s worked extra hard to be taken seriously. I like what’s he’s been saying and doing so far.
October 26th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Cancer Survival Rates? Dr.F is implying that French and German or Swiss systems don’t have good survival rates due to poor medical care? I suppose our inability to buy care will take us right to where she is wanting to peg the universal healthcare systems in those countries.
October 26th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
Didn’t Farrah Fawcett go to Europe for cancer care and ended up in remission? Her cancer was incurable but they got her into remission when the US facilities couldn’t
Sage Reply:
October 26th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
I don’t know, Wizcon. Could be.
leslie Reply:
October 26th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
@Wizcon, it was Germany.
Germany is the same country that, when my daughter was injured in an accident, cared for her with the best medical skills and charged her nary a farthing, pence, penny, cent. Didn’t ask for anything but her name.
Sage Reply:
October 27th, 2009 at 12:41 am
Wow….that must have been a relief.
leslie Reply:
October 27th, 2009 at 1:12 am
@Sage, A relief it most assuredly was. And a year ago, when she was riding her bike and was hit by a car near her home, the first thing the Boston hospital ER did was ask for her insurance card. She had a broken collarbone, a twisted leg, and was dizzy from the blow to her head – but she had to figure out where her insurance card was (not on her person…she was riding her bike).
Hmmmm, sounds like she lives a risky life. Not necessarily, but she is more active than her decrepit old mother.
Sage Reply:
October 27th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
I know. You can be bleeding to death and the first question is “where’s your insurance card.”
October 27th, 2009 at 11:56 am
That woman behind Al is having a hard time keeping a straight face.