Healthcare Reform We Deserve – Leftward-Ho

I want to thank those who have supported me personally and politically as I have struggled with this decision. I ask for your continued support in our ongoing efforts to bring about meaningful change. As this bill passes I will renew my efforts to help those state organizations which are aimed at stirring a single payer movement which eliminates the predatory role of private insurers who make money not providing health care. I have taken a detour through supporting this bill, but I know the destination I will continue to lead, for as long as it takes, whatever it takes to an America where health care will be firmly established as a civil right.

It becomes more clear with every passing day that we must combine actions in the streets with the aggressive lobbying of elected officials and supporting new candidates who understand our issues.

In the future issues of BlackCommentator you are going to see more and more information about where demonstration actions are taking place. We can not allow the ignorant activists on the right to get all the attention. Don’t say they don’t deserve it because they are making the effort to demand getting what they believe they do deserve.

If we continue to sit back in large numbers we will certainly get what we deserve and it will continue to be a lot less than we want.

As usual I end this column with information you should use to communicate with our elected officials.

Signing petitions is good, but a personal call, letter or email is best.

For the U.S. House of Representatives: http://www.house.gov/ (enter your zip code in the upper left corner of the page)

For the U.S. Senate: http://senate.gov/ (choose your state using the drop down menu in the upper right corner)

White House Comment Line – 202.456.1111

White House Switchboard – 202.456.1414

White House Website contact form: http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact

BlackCommentator.com Publisher and Chief Technical Officer Peter Gamble, is the recipient of a national Sigma Delta Chi award for public service in journalism and numerous other honors for excellence in reporting and investigative reporting. The “beats” he covered as a broadcast journalist ranged from activism in the streets to the State Department and White House. The lure of a personal computer on his desk inspired a career change in 1985 and an immersion into what he sees as the future of communications. The acquisition of computer programming skills made it possible for Peter to achieve an important level of self-reliance in the technology of the 21st century and to develop BlackCommentator.com. Click here to contact Peter.