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So, I may have just fallen in love with a blog. (Please keep this between you and me - I usually don't even let on that I know what 'blog' means...)
Check it: Pinko Magazine brings us: Five Things You Can Do About Healthcare, In Ascending Order of Difficulty and Commitment. With Q & A!
Now, I have to tell you - I'm a total cynic when it comes to political processes. I avoid DC at all possible costs, I constantly question if any of my representatives will ever truly represent me, and I mostly believe that petitions end up in the mystery world of single socks that never come out of the dryer.
That being said, Ben from Pinko Mag totally makes me want to:
1. Sign a Petition
2. Send an email
3. Call someone
4. Give someone some money
5. Get involved with events in my community
(and #6 that made it into the comments section:) Write a letter to the editor.
Now I know you may be thinking, these sorts of actions are so my grandma's generation of old bitties who sit at home and think they're changing the world - is this really going to make any difference. Well, actually I agree with you. These actions seem to me to be really passive and contigent on different levels of privilege (aka access to money, a weekly work/school schedule that allows you to sit on the phone with your congresspeople, etc.). And I have no idea how much of a difference that they make. But I do know, we can't sit around and wait for health care to show up on our door steps. Have you ever been uninsured? I have. And it's no fun getting sprained ankles, strep throat, pap smears, etc. when you may or may not be able to find a clinic that won't break your bank.
Back to my new best friend (he doesn't know it yet), Ben at Pinko Mag: I really apprecitate how he's real with us and doesn't gloss over the facts:
1. In the end, abortion care might not be covered.
2. Racism has been all over this health care reform process (from denying coverage for undocumented immigrants to blatantly racist protesters at town hall meetings)
3. A link to debunking common health care reform related myths.
There are even some videos.
So really. Take a minute. Read the blog. Do a couple things on the list, and also challenge all those pundits and skeptics who are saying that we, "the young people, first-time voters and 2008 volunteers who ensured that President Obama won the election last November are sitting out the most important single policy fight of the Presidency itself" (health care reform).
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