It was a Third World scene with an American setting. Hundreds of tired and desperate people crowded around an aid worker with a bullhorn, straining to hear the instructions and worried they might be left out.
Some had arrived at the Wise County Fairgrounds in Wise, Va., two days before. They slept in cars, tents and the beds of pickup trucks, hoping to be among the first in line when the gate opened Friday before dawn. They drove in from 16 states, anxious to relieve pain, diagnose aches and see and hear better.
"I came here because of health care — being able to get things that we can't afford to have ordinarily," explained 52-year-old Otis Reece of Gate City, Va., as he waited in a wheelchair beside his red F-150 pickup. "Being on a fixed income, this is a fantastic situation to have things done we ordinarily would put off."
Speaking of insidious manipulations, have you been monitoring the astroturf resurgence of the teabaggers? Interesting to see-know EXACTLY where that's heading.
It was a Third World scene with an American setting. Hundreds of tired and desperate people crowded around an aid worker with a bullhorn, straining to hear the instructions and worried they might be left out.
ReplyDeleteSome had arrived at the Wise County Fairgrounds in Wise, Va., two days before. They slept in cars, tents and the beds of pickup trucks, hoping to be among the first in line when the gate opened Friday before dawn. They drove in from 16 states, anxious to relieve pain, diagnose aches and see and hear better.
"I came here because of health care — being able to get things that we can't afford to have ordinarily," explained 52-year-old Otis Reece of Gate City, Va., as he waited in a wheelchair beside his red F-150 pickup. "Being on a fixed income, this is a fantastic situation to have things done we ordinarily would put off."
Rural Medical Camp Tackles Health Care Gaps
Saw a '60 Minute' story on this camp a few years ago ... saw a story on the struggles of Appalachia and getting education on an ABC news magazine.
ReplyDeleteI have always held that once a CLASS and not the specious 'race' of people found a united sense of being, that changes would be made.
But class is it own barrier. The reasons that people are stuck in the mess that they are in are as insidious as any other manipulation that goes on.
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ReplyDeleteI have always held that once a CLASS and not the specious 'race' of people found a united sense of being, that changes would be made.
ReplyDeleteBig Mark is truth.
Do you think the extraterrestrial aliens have to invade before the propagandists are silenced and that united sense permitted to emerge?
Speaking of insidious manipulations, have you been monitoring the astroturf resurgence of the teabaggers? Interesting to see-know EXACTLY where that's heading.
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