Shining a Light on HealthCare

Last night for an hour I broke away from the hustle and bustle of Christmas shopping and held a candle in support of Health Care for America. It felt good seeing a majority of support from a busy beeping traffic at the corner of Wolf Road and Central Ave, Albany. If only they too could have stopped and increased our size of 35.

Fred let me borrow his gloves because my digits were freezing. Joe, Nancy and Betty got me up to speed on the progress of the controversial government-run public insurance option. And Frank made me laugh when a lone Prius driver gave him (and us) the bird. A Republican hybrid driver? It's the devil disguised in sheep's clothes.

Several fear-mongering AM listeners jumped on our coattails to disrupt our hopeful spirit. They brought their own signs and banners. They shouted hateful mantras like "Kill the Bill that gives free insurance for food stamp recipients." We countered their ignorance with "What do we want? Healthcare for All - even Republicans!"