MoveOn.org and R.E.M. "We can't afford to wait"

[wndycty]

Run time: 03:49 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GoFj8Fc9iM   Posted on YouTube: September 03, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: September 04, 2009 By DU Member: wndycty Views on DU: 1356

 

[President Decider]

1. I can't believe I started to tear up during this song ...

Very moving piece ...

[Apollo11]

2. The tears are flowing here too

I gave this video a rec on DU and 5 stars on YouTube.

Will email the link to all my friends and family.

A well-timed initiative from MoveOn.org

Please folks - let's keep this one rec'd and kicked!

:kick:

PS - the R.E.M. song is "You Are The Everything" from the album GREEN (1988)

[catzies]

9. "I'm very scared for this world, I'm very scared for me..."

:thumbsup:

Say, say, the light...

For you alone
You are the everything

[TheEuclideanOne]

3. Can somebody explain this?

This is something that I can't understand and I am hoping somebody can explain this to me. Obama seems to be heading toward a bill that will benefit the insurance companies and not include a public option (let alone single payer). For argument's sake, let's make an extreme starting point and say that he is bought out by the insurance companies.... What I don't understand is what a President would have to gain by this. He is already the President and it must be obvious to him that passing legislature that his party is in favor of will benefit him much more than anything else can. It can't be financial since he would not have any financial issues as the POTUS. So my question is what does he think he has to gain from keeping the status quo? He is brilliant, so he must understand the repurcussions of a decision that essentially effecting almost no change on the current health care system. When I hear that the president is close to abandoning the public option, I can not help but wonder. WHY!?! WHY?!? WHY?!? Can somebody add some insight?

[Apollo11]

4. Obama can't do this on his own

He needs citizens to put pressure on their Senators and Representatives in Congress.

Let's wait to hear his speech next week before we accuse him of betraying his base.

[asdjrocky]

5. People are dying.

Dammit, people are dying.

[go west young man]

6. Just posted on my Facebook Page. Great vid. Great Band. Great Cause.

[ElusiveSigh]

7. Thank you...

Great post! Kleenex alert. I totally lost it, but I'm a sap.

[knixphan]

10. me too!

and all good guys are welcome to friend me

http://www.facebook.com/people/James-Parris/598423721?_fb_noscript=1

[vinylsolution]

8. Beautiful.... and heartbreaking.

18,000 uninsured Americans die every year, because of the ludicrous for-profit 'system' we have.

That's equivalent to six 9/11 attacks, every year.

And Republicans / Blue Dogs want to make sure it stays that way.

Ask the next pro-lifer or teabagger you meet if he thinks that's OK....

[1Hippiechick]

11. Just posted on my FaceBook page.....if some of the posters can tear themselves away from posting

about their menu for lunch or dinner...or what they are doing today....

[Joanne98]

12. kick

[peekaloo]

13. kick