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Just think, 2 weeks later her left clavicle was broken in a fall off her horse. And she's taking it in stride.
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ReplyDeleteYou may recall me saying a few days ago (Wednesday) that I left a National Nurse Info Packet at Bernie's Senate office here in Burlington. Well, here's the rest of the story:
ReplyDeleteI left the packet of information I'd put together about the National Nurse Act, in hopes of connecting with someone who could see if Bernie (who is on the Health Committee in the US Senate!) would sign on as a co-sponsor, as he did back when he was in the US House and the bill was young. I only got to show the packet to an intern, and talk for about 20 seconds with an assistant. They told me that the Burlington office is primarily for local Advocacy and that legislative matters are generally handled in DC. But that they would see that the packet got into the right hands. I left the packet, but also left rather unsatisfied.
Well, guess what. On Thursday, I decided to write a fresh email to Bernie's Health Aide in DC, who had told me back last month that Bernie would "consider my thoughts" if the bill ever made it into the Health Committee. But that hadn't been my question, I explained. I still need to know whether he will co-sponsor. Shortly after I hit "Send" I got an auto-reponder saying that the Aide was not in the office this week as she is in Vermont for meetings { !!! }, but she would check in for her email from time to time. Quick like a bunny I sent another email offering to meet with her while she's in Vermont!! She wrote back soon afterward, saying she was headed back to DC Friday morning, was mostly on the road in Vermont for meetings, but that she had been at the Senate office that morning and was given my packet!!! But she offered to call me this week and asked when is good for me. So it looks like I'll be talking to her on Tuesday!!
I'm still grinning over the odds of that happening!!! Cosmic!
For some reason I woke up Friday morning thinking about the train derailment that happened here in Vermont many years ago. I remember that my husband and I took our five young children to a company (Digital) sponsored fun day at the local fairgrounds, and all day helicopters kept going overhead. The children thought that was a hoot, but it wasn't long before we heard the reason for all the activity. Heavy rain overnight had washed out a rail bed and the Amtrak Montrealer had plummeted into a ravine. I wondered anew just when that had taken place, and what the retrospective on it turned out to be. So I looked it up and came across this wonderful article, published just last year, on the 30th anniversary of the disaster. The date of the crash was 7 July 1984. Of the 278 people aboard, 5 died and 149 were injured, which is amazing given how terrible the crash was. The accident took place shortly before 7:00am. By 8am, Vermont's Republican Governor, Richard Snelling (Howard Dean was Lt. Gov at the time], arrived on the scene unshaven, and stayed until the last body was found at 1:00am the next day. The retrospective shows that the emergency personnel who came together to rescue the injured and stranded did a truly stellar job, which every survivor on the train echoed. Amazing. This is worth a read:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/local/2014/07/15/historic-train-crash-rescue-remembered/12697769/
listener--I have some problems with Joe too; but I think that at times he can see parts of things clearly--and the evolution of politics was a lot murkier in those days than now. Re the Chicago Tribune story Bill pointed out to us on the previous thread, there certainly appears to be some truth to it--and it is downright risible to see how other candidates are trying to get onto the same bandwagon. But after letting it simmer for a few hours, I think we can make a meaningful distinction between the people attracted to Bernie and those attracted to Trump. The former are able to organized, and the latter are, honestly, anarchists (among other things). The fundamental problem with anarchism as a political philosophy is that in order to achieve any political end a group must be organized, and organization is the antithesis of anarchy.
ReplyDeleteWell, now to bed. Up early in the AM to set off for my weekend at the hospital.
Alan
Alan writes that he is trapped behind a firewall, as regards posting, so I am posting this in his behalf:
ReplyDelete"It isn't just Bernie, it isn't just the US; check out this story about Jeremy Corbyn campaigning in Scotland for leadership of the Labour Party:"
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/aug/15/jeremy-corbyn-campaign-scotland-corbynmania
--Alan
Alan adds:
"Central Valley Ag Report: Still seeing truckloads of tomatoes heading for the processing plants, more truckloads of almonds, and now a lot of grape trucks--the wine grape harvest is just starting."