Thursday, July 27, 2017

Make This Call Right Now

This Is Not A Chess Game. Lives Hang In The Balance On July 25, the Vice President cast a tie-breaking vote to start debate on dismantling the Affordable Care Act. Neither the Senators themselves nor the American public know for certain what the Senate will be voting on in the coming days. What we do know is that every proposal so far would result in tens of millions of Americans losing coverage and tax breaks for companies and the wealthiest (while we still shoulder the excise tax). There is much at stake with this reckless approach, whether it’s being able to keep our college-aged children insured, returning to lifetime caps, dealing with higher premiums as providers attempt to recoup costs from treating the uninsured, or worrying about how a pre-existing condition could affect our coverage and affordability in the future. Please Call 877-607-0785 right now! The final outcome is far from certain. Multiple Senators who voted to begin debate have expressed serious concerns or opposition towards past proposals. Calls are one of the most effective actions we can do and only take a moment. Please weigh in today! • • • Call 877-607-0785. The number will use your zip code to connect you. Make sure to tell your Senators who you are, where you’re from, and that you oppose this health care bill. Call back a second time to connect to your other Senator.

Friday, July 21, 2017

I Have Disgust For Bootlickers

Congress has voted more than fifty times to repeal the Affordable Care Care Act since it became law in 2009. They have had seven years to come up with a plan to replace it with but low and behold, come to find out that they have only been complaining all this time while sitting on their hands. Now, President Trump is putting on the pressure for the Senate to put something on his desk to sign and he apparently doesn’t give a damn what it looks like because he doesn’t understand medical insurance and doesn’t know what it’s like to have medical bills to pay. And these Senators, afraid of losing their cushy, high payed jobs with all the “perks” that go with it seem to be willing to just submit, regardless of how many people will lose their health insurance. They are willing to go against the wishes of their own constituents simply because they are Republicans and their political party had the repeal of “Obamacare” as one of its goals. It was a cruel, stupid goal or promise to begin with and many of them now realize it. Obamacare has helped so many people and has kept so many from declaring bankruptcy. Repealing it will result in bankruptcies to once again become the norm in America. Allowing Democrats to help them make Obamacare better than it is would be the simplest way to fix the problems with the Affordable Care Act. Republican senators don’t seem to care how many people will get hurt, suffer or die in this process. They’ll be ok, as long as they can continue to live high on the hog at our expense. We all know that there’s power in unity but there comes a time when a person needs to stick up for what he believes to be the right thing to do. Taking medical insurance away from 32 million people is not only wrong headed but it’s just plain cruel. I admire a person who is loyal, but I have thorough disgust for a bootlicker.

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Vice President Mike Pence Bobblehead

When Vice President, Mike Pence appears on the television news next to President Trump, he constantly shakes his head up and down, regardless of what the president says, which would make a really good bobblehead.

Saturday, July 15, 2017

Way To Go USW Local 12775

As of June 2017, the 1,558 members of USW Local 12775 representing the physical union at NIPSCO continues to be 100 percent union. No stinking scabs at this local union.

Death By China

Splice the Main Brace

Splice The Main Brace A sailing ship's main brace is a rope attached to its main spar. Splicing it (making a connection in it by interw...