I’m not sure how many Red Staters there are in the Athens area, but there is a health care town hall to be held tonight at Cine in downtown Athens.  Unfortunately I won’t be there as I have to work (to pay taxes for the health care of the people who will be there), but it would be nice to make sure we have plenty of conservative representation.  Here is the information from Cine’s website (link):

OFA-ATHENS HEALTH CARE REFORM TOWN HALL – WEDNESDAY JULY 29

Organizing for America-Athens (OFA-Athens) presents a town hall on health care reform co-sponsored by Clarke County Democratic Committee (CCDC). The aims of the town hall include:

1) Educate the public on the status of health care legislation in Washington, D.C.; 2) Hear personal stories of folks struggles with our current health care system; 3) Discuss President Obama’s three core principles of health care reform; 4) Visualize the local impact of a successful health care reform effort on our community; 5) Build support for the OFA-Athens humanitarian event, House Calls, scheduled for early fall

Schedule of Events:

5p – 7p – HEALTHY HAPPY HOUR: Meet and greet with friends of OFA-Athens and the CCDC and sample tasty local ingredient food from downtown restaurants including the National and Five Star Day Cafe.

7p – 9p – TOWN HALL: Moderated by Tim Bryant, panelists include Athens-Clarke County Mayor Heidi Davison; John Drew, CEO of Athens Regional Medical Center; Phaedra Corso, economist at University of Georgia’s College of Public Health; Sherry Jackson, elderly care legal advocate and small business-owner; Fran Beall, nurse practitioner and president-elect of Georgia Nurses Association; Erin Sullivan, nurse practitioner at Athens Nurses Clinic; David Jarrett, psychiatrist in private practice; Greg Nozza, pre-medical student at University of Georgia and House Calls volunteer; and others to be announced.

9p – 11p – CELEBRATION: Music, spoken word, free speech, food, drink and plenty of fun.

ADMISSION: FREE – CONTRIBUTIONS ENCOURAGED

LIMITED SEATING – TO GUARANTEE SPACE RSVP HERE

Just heard Obama say in a speech that we shouldn’t bailout shareholders of AIG because they benefit when times are good so they should suffer when times are tough.

I agree completely.

Unfortunately, he doesn’t. Since he advocates a windfall profits tax on oil companies because they are making lots of profits, he doesn’t want shareholders to benefit when times are good. But he is okay with letting them suffer when times are bad.

I can’t quite get my mind around the logic behind that type of incentive structure, but I’m pretty sure it’s not good.

Just heard Obama say in a speech that we shouldn’t bailout shareholders of AIG because they benefit when times are good so they should suffer when times are tough.

I agree completely.

Unfortunately, he doesn’t. Since he advocates a windfall profits tax on oil companies because they are making lots of profits, he doesn’t want shareholders to benefit when times are good. But he is okay with letting them suffer when times are bad.

I can’t quite get my mind around the logic behind that type of incentive structure, but I’m pretty sure it’s not good.

The health care rankings that I am familiar with that like to list the United States far down on the list often use measurements such as infant mortality. I have seen some writings talking about how this measure can be misleading. I am wondering, though, if an infant born following a failed abortion (the kind Obama thinks should die), would count in our infant mortality statistics.

And if so, would it not be that liberal policies such as this inflate our infant mortality numbers and that liberals, in turn, use these numbers as justification for universal health care.

Seems like it would make for a nice circle.