White House to Host Online Town Hall on Health Care Reform Wednesday 7/1

[Clio the Leo]

On Wednesday, the President will get all twitterpated hosting an online town hall re: health care reform. For the love of all things decent let's HOPE Jacko's funeral isn't that day....

SATURDAY, JUNE 27TH, 2009 AT 3:40 PM
Your Turn: Join the National Online Discussion on Health Care Reform
Posted by Macon Phillips
The weather isn't the only thing heating up in DC this summer. Health care reform is already a hot topic, and as legislation moves through Congress, Americans across the nation have questions about how costs will be brought under control to make quality affordable health care accessible to everyone.

That's why the White House is taking another step to connect with people outside of Washington and answer some of the most common questions you have. In the coming days, we're going to focus on your questions about health care, with President Obama and some of his top health care advisors providing answers.

On Wednesday, the President will hold another online town hall to answer more of your questions. This online town hall will be a little different than the last one. This time around, we are engaging online networks outside of WhiteHouse.gov, such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/A-National-Discussion-on-Health-Care-Reform/

Remarks by the President ......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY7HccFXjZU

The President will also be taking questions by Iranian citens pre-selected and relayed via Huffington Post staff writers. (that's a joke! :) )

[flamingdem]

1. Let's tear up da place nt

[rocktivity]

2. Well, he's listened to the pundits and the lobbyists

Why not get the patients' input, too?

:headbang:
rocktivity

[rocktivity]

3. These need to be our talking points

1. The profit motive is at the core of the failure of our health care system
2. Congress is ignoring the public/single payer option because it will cost them lobbyist money
3. The national media is ignoring the public/single payer option because it will cost them advertiser money
4. We must place a higher value on keeping all American alive and well than on keeping some Americans rich
5. WE WILL NOT SUPPORT POLITICIANS WHO DO NOT SUPPORT A PUBLIC OR SINGLE PAYER OPTION

:headbang:
rocktivity

[arcadian]

4. Yeah, sure, here is what happens when you 'stay connected' with the Whitehouse.

http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/blogspotting/archives/2009/06/flickr_setting.html?chan=technology_technology+index+page_top+stories

[HopeOverFear]

6. whatever

take your negativity somewhere else

[jenmito]

5. Joe Jackson/Al Sharpton just held a press conference. Someone asked, "Will the funeral be

Wednesday?" Joe said he doesn't know yet. They're just waiting for some tests to be completed. It's just our luck that it WILL be Wednesday. :mad:

[HopeOverFear]

7. Maybe the WH can move it up to Thursday then

[jenmito]

8. Nobody seems to know yet whch day it will be, darn it.

[Clio the Leo]

10. The funeral?

ha ha ...kidding

there's no way, at the pace they're going, it will be Wed. I predict Saturday at the earliest. Joe sounded like he had in my a grande affair.

[Clio the Leo]

9. I THOUGHT I heard that it WAS Wednesday...

... I sleep with the TV on and thought I heard them saying on Morning Joe that it was Wednesday. (Was there also video/photos of his practice session the day before?) but I could have been dreaming. lol

[jenmito]

11. For some reason, a reporter asked if it WOULD be Wednesday...

I wonder why they'd pick that day out of the air...

[Clio the Leo]

12. to torture me no doubt. :-) NT

[SpartanDem]

13. kick

[jenmito]

14. I JUST heard on MSNBC that MJ's public viewing will be held...

FRIDAY! WHEW! :D