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| I'd love to take a moment to savor yesterday's Supreme Court decision, but we don't have time. Already, Mitt Romney and Republicans are out with outright falsehoods about Obamacare -- their favorite distortion being that this is somehow a broad tax on the middle class. In reality, this is all about personal responsibility -- and the "tax" they are trying to scare everyone about is actually a penalty for the 1 percent of people who can afford insurance but still choose not to buy it, leaving the rest of us to pay for their health care when they head to the emergency room. Just like they did when the bill was before Congress, Republicans are playing fast and loose with the truth, making up scary consequences to keep you from knowing all the good things Obamacare does. They're not telling the truth about what this reform means for millions of middle-class Americans, so I need you to help get the facts out there. Let's break it down. #1 Republican distortion: "The President promised he wouldn't raise taxes on the middle class by a penny with this health care law. Well, that's been proven false now." The facts: President Obama has cut taxes by $3,600 for the average middle-class family over the last three and a half years, and the Republicans fought him nearly every step of the way. From cutting taxes for every working American through the Making Work Pay and payroll tax cuts, to the American Opportunity Tax Credit which gives up to a $10,000 tax credit to help families pay for four years of college, the President has put more money in the pockets of middle-class Americans. Here's another fact: Obamacare includes the largest middle-class tax cut for health care in history. According to the independent Congressional Budget Office, 19 million people will receive tax credits -- worth an average of about $4,800 each -- to help afford health care. These tax credits will finally put health insurance within reach for millions of American families. In short, Obamacare cuts taxes for middle-class families. Period. Around 1 percent of people -- those who can afford to buy coverage but instead choose to opt out, shifting their costs to the rest of us -- will pay a penalty. The Supreme Court acknowledged yesterday that this penalty will be charged through the tax code -- but that doesn't change its purpose (to ensure everyone who can afford insurance buys it) or its effect (to lower costs for everyone). It's also the same policy Mitt Romney implemented when he signed health reform in Massachusetts. For many folks in Massachusetts, the penalties under Romney's reform were even bigger. In fact, here's a video of him extolling the virtues of his penalty. #2 Romney distortion: Romney said Obamacare meant "a larger and larger government, more and more intrusive in your life -- separating you and your doctor." The facts: Totally dishonest. In fact, this is one of the most dishonest claims in American politics. First, this isn't about government. Obamacare builds on and improves the nation's private health care system. Second, here's what it fixes. Before Obamacare, insurance companies had free rein to arbitrarily cap and cancel coverage, and they could waste our premiums on overheads and big CEO bonuses. With Obamacare, there will now be clear rules of the road to give patients and doctors more control over their health care. These rules will make sure that you and your doctor -- not your insurance company, and certainly not a Washington bureaucrat -- have control over your health. #3 Romney distortion: "Obamacare also means that for up to 20 million Americans, they will lose the insurance they currently have." The facts: Outright false. If you like the insurance you have, you can keep it. The only thing that's changed is that your coverage is stronger. Here's how: -- If you had a lifetime limit (and about 60 percent of employer-based plans did), it's been lifted. -- If you have a child under the age of 26, they can stay on your plan. -- Insurance companies can no longer discriminate against children with preexisting conditions. -- Starting in 2014, insurance companies will no longer be able to deny anyone insurance based on preexisting conditions, helping up to 129 million Americans get the care they need. -- Insurance companies will no longer be able to charge women more than men for the exact same coverage. -- 54 million Americans already have access to better preventive services, free of charge. -- And if you get sick, your insurance company can't drop your coverage, and if they deny you a treatment, the law makes sure you have a chance to appeal. Republicans who tell you Obamacare won't let you keep your plan if you like it are lying to you -- and it is shameful. #4 Republican distortion: "Costs are going up." The facts: Health care costs have been going up for decades -- that's one of the reasons President Obama fought to pass the Affordable Care Act. Obamacare makes targeted changes to hold costs down. The President started by taking on the insurance companies. As he said yesterday, the law ensures that insurance companies spend 80% of your premium dollars on your health care, not administrative costs or CEO bonuses. If they don't follow that rule, they have to send you a rebate. This month, more than 12 million Americans will receive over $1 billion in rebate checks, and we're all seeing lower premiums because of it. The law also takes on waste in our health care system. Let's take just one example. We spend billions of dollars every year treating people for infections they get while they are in the hospital. The health care law helps hospitals take simple but necessary steps to prevent infections. These types of reforms will save up to $35 billion and 60,000 lives. #5 Romney distortion: "Obamacare adds trillions to our deficits and to our national debt." The facts: Wrong again. The Affordable Care Act cuts the deficit by over $100 billion during the first ten years. In the following decade, it cuts the deficit by another $1 trillion. Not only is the Romney campaign misleading people about the President's deficit plan, they won't tell the truth about their own. Romney would grow the deficit by as much as $5 trillion by giving tax cuts that favor millionaires and billionaires while taking away health care benefits that people rely on. We can't let them get away with it. I'm going to be perfectly clear: Mitt Romney has promised that if elected our next president, he will repeal Obamacare on Day One in office. Immediately after the Supreme Court ruled to uphold health care reform yesterday, Romney reminded his supporters: "When I'm President...Obamacare will be over." If Romney gets his way, 105 million Americans could see their lifetime caps reinstated, and more than 3.1 young Americans could be booted off their parent's plan and could again be without insurance. Up to 17 million children with preexisting conditions could, once again, be at risk of being denied coverage, and insurance companies could once again drop you if you get sick. That's why the Truth Team's work to spread the truth on Obamacare is so critically important. Luckily, we have the facts to stop Romney, and the progress I just laid out to back us up. Please spread the word, and forward this email to your friends and family. Thank you, Stephanie P.S. -- When we talk about how Obamacare affects Americans across the country, these are just some of the people we're talking about. |
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Two years ago, my mother, Rhonda, lost her job. Then she lost her health insurance. She needed major surgery, but was so worried about bankrupting our family with hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical bills that she waited. She waited until she couldn't hold off any longer without risking her life.
The Affordable Care Act (aka "Obamacare") came along just in time. It saved her life, and has already helped many more Americans get desperately needed health care.
And it happened because we fought for it in Congress, online, on the phones, and in the streets.
Now that the Supreme Court has upheld Obamacare and its protections, my mother—along with millions of other Americans—can feel confident that they'll be able to get the care they need. And that makes me very thankful.
Let's join together in thanking President Obama for his work to pass Obamacare and protect the lives of millions of Americans.
Click here to sign my SignOn.org petition telling President Obama, "Thank you for Obamacare."
Under the Affordable Care Act, my mother was able to afford a state health insurance plan that included the highest-ranked surgeon in the state. She had her surgery and is almost completely recovered. There are thousands of stories like hers out there, showing how Obamacare literally saves lives.
My mom is joined by 86 million Americans who have gotten free preventive care through the Affordable Care Act, 105 million who no longer need to worry about lifetime benefits caps, and 17 million children who can't be denied care because of pre-existing conditions.
I'm glad to be a part of the millions who came together to fight for the Affordable Care Act, and to have a president who stood up for health care for all Americans.
Thank President Obama by signing my SignOn.org petition that reads, "Thank you for Obamacare."
Thanks!
–Jen Jobs
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HealthCare Upheld- in its entirety!
"A Bush appointee, joining the liberal wing of the court"...
- Thank you from those of us who prefer NOT to kill innocent others.
only Americans who have had constant, uninterrupted insurance coverage should be guaranteed access to a health plan, regardless of any pre-existing conditions.
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Trivia
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I am not sure if all of these are correct or not.
But I do now they are very interesting!
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1. Q: Why are many coin banks shaped like pigs?
A: Long ago, dishes and cookware in Europe were made of a dense orange clay called 'pygg'. When people saved coins in jars made of this clay, the jars became known as 'pygg banks.' When an English potter misunderstood the word, he made a bank that resembled a pig. And it caught on.
2. Q: Did you ever wonder why dimes, quarters and half dollars have notches, while pennies and nickels do not?
A: The US Mint began putting notches on the edges of coins containing gold and silver to discourage holders from shaving off small quantities of the precious metals. Dimes, quarters and half dollars are notched because they used to contain silver. Pennies and nickels aren't notched because the metals they contain are not valuable enough to shave.
3. Q: Why do men's clothes have buttons on the right while women's clothes have buttons on the left?
A: When buttons were invented, they were very expensive and worn primarily by the rich. Because wealthy women were dressed by maids, dressmakers put the buttons on the maid's right! Since most people are right-handed, it is easier to push buttons on the right through holes on the left. And that's where women's buttons have remained since.
4. Q. Why do X's at the end of a letter signify kisses?
A: In the Middle Ages, when many people were unable to read or write, documents were often signed using an X. Kissing the X represented an oath to fulfill obligations specified in the document. The X and the kiss eventually became synonymous.
5. Q: Why is shifting responsibility to someone else called 'passing the buck'?
A: In card games, it was once customary to pass an item, called a buck, from player to player to indicate whose turn it was to deal. If a player did not wish to assume the responsibility, he would 'pass the buck' to the next player.
6. Q: Why do people clink their glasses before drinking a toast?
A: It used to be common for someone to try to kill an enemy by offering him a poisoned drink. To prove to a guest that a drink was safe, it became customary for a guest to pour a small amount of his drink into the glass of the host. Both men would drink it simultaneously. When a guest trusted his host, he would then just
touch or clink the host's glass with his own.
7. Q: Why are people in the public eye said to be 'in the limelight'?
A: Invented in 1825, limelight was used in lighthouses and stage lighting by burning a cylinder of lime which produced a brilliant light. In the theatre, performers on stage 'in the limelight' were seen by the audience to be the center of attention.
8. Q: Why do ships and aircraft in trouble use 'mayday' as their call for help?
A: This comes from the French word m'aidez - meaning 'help me' � and is pronounced 'mayday.'
9. Q: Why is someone who is feeling great 'on cloud nine'?
A: Types of clouds are numbered according to the altitudes they attain, with nine being the highest cloud. If someone is said to be on cloud nine, that person is floating well above worldly cares.
10. Q: Why are zero scores in tennis called 'love'?
A: In France, where tennis first became popular, a big, round zero on the scoreboard looked like an egg and was called 'l'oeuf,' which is French for 'egg.' When tennis was introduced in the US, Americans pronounced it 'love.'
11. Q: In golf, where did the term 'Caddie' come from?
A. When Mary, later Queen of Scots, went to France as a young girl (for education & survival), Louis, King of France, learned that she loved the Scot game 'golf.' So he had the first golf course outside of Scotland built for her enjoyment. To make sure she was properly chaperoned (and guarded) while she played, Louis hired cadets from a military school to accompany her. Mary liked this a lot and when she returned to Scotland (not a very good idea in the long run), she took the practice with her. In French, the word cadet is pronounced 'ca-day' and the Scots changed it into 'caddie.'
ARF! Punk to the ResQ!
(An we ALL know what THAT means)!
Maybe it just feels like a really L~O~N~G time...
OK. That's not true.
We was just chasing my ball.
She held on tight after that, an I brought her to the dock.
Somehow, she managed to get my ball away from me.
I thought it looked just like a Baby Ruth bar.
Well I...
I was just layin' there as the lady next door came an pulled out my Kris' flower things.
I mean LOOK WHAT SHE DID!!!
She just smushed them all.
But it wasn't me.
Cuz I went and laid on the bricks, ya see?
"Someone" took this picture-
I still say that lady, Donna, did all the damage.
We went home- almost right after a squirrel ran right by my 'she'on the porch steps!
"No!" (An that's just pure stupid if ya ask me).
I s'pose my she wants to use this.
May your 'he's' and 'she's' always be ready with a lotta love fer ya!
And may your bowls always be full!
Love, Punk
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Casey will be getting here about 4:30-
We are going to have FUN listening to this lovely lady speak!
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(Homepage is http://madeinusaforever.com/).
More on *Diamond Pet Food Recall*- Bless our Furkids-
Damn sad, that.
Whew! I sure am tired of dial-up- hehehe-
Still, if only one of your dogs or cats can be helped then I am very happy to do so!
Will more foods made in Missouri be recalled?
- I don't know, but I would assume so.
Recent Dog Food Recalls
From HERE.
- Diamond Issues Yet Another Dog Food Recall (5/18/2012)
- Solid Gold Dog Food Recall (5/8/2012)
- Apex Dog Food Recall (5/7/2012)
- Diamond Dog Food Recall Summary (5/6/2012)
- Canidae Dog Food Recall (5/5/2012)
- Wellness Dog Food Recall (5/5/2012)
- Natural Balance Dog Food Recall (5/5/2012)
- Kirkland Dog Food Recall (5/5/2012)
- Diamond Dog Food Recall Expands Again (5/4/2012)
- Diamond Dog Food Recall Widens (4/30/2012)
- Diamond Dog Food Recall Expanded (4/26/2012)
- Diamond Dog Food Recall (4/6/2012)
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"NOWHERE ON DIAMONDS SITE IS THERE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST!
Diamond needs to list EVERY brand, kind etc. and get the info out. But since they are apparently too damn lazy, I guess it's up to newspapers and blogs and people like us.
Here are the recalled BRANDS in their entirety FOR DOG FOOD:
- Natural Balance
- Solid Gold
- Wellness
- Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul
- Country Value
- Diamond
- Diamond Naturals
- Premium Edge
- Professional
- 4 Health
- Taste of the Wild
- Apex
- Kirkland Signature/Kirkland’s Signature Nature’s Domain
IF YOU FEED ANY OF THESE BRANDS, PLEASE GO TO THEIR SITES AND CHECK ROUTINELY NOW FOR UPDATED RECALLS.
"The list [below] provides information gathered from press releases and other public notices about certain recalls of FDA-regulated products."
Looks like the FDA can't even get an accurate list from Diamond!?!?
What's wrong with THAT picture???
Y'all will have to compare info above from both lists/sites.
The ones that affected my Punk are Taste of the Wild, & Natural Balance. Specifically, in this case, Dick VanPatton's Natural Balance
(again, NO thanks to Diamond and/or their license to manufacture for the 2 companies we used).
Yeah. Great company, no?
"The company says it has received no reports of illnesses among dogs who consumed the food or people who handled it."
I say Diamond Pet Foods is a LIAR! And they are lying again.
I have read about more than a dogs DYING, plus their people being hospitalized from handling the product, or even just petting their sickened dog. <-- Info Easily Googled.
- by calling the consumer complaint coordinator in your area.
- ** Online go to: http://www.fda.gov/petfoodcomplaints.
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"Pet owners who are unsure if the product they purchased is included in the recall, or who would like replacement product or a refund, may contact Diamond Pet Foods via a toll free call at 1-866-918-8756, Monday through Sunday, 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. EST.


