She calls it likes she sees it.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Friday, November 6, 2009
http://citizensforethics.org/
Thank you Melanie Sloan & company for your tireless efforts......!!!!!!!!
Outrageous.
Today, CREW called on Health and Human Service (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to investigate why the Center for Disease Control (CDC) approved the distribution of the H1NI vaccine to Wall Street firms at a time when the vaccine is unavailable to most Americans.
Recent news reports indicate 13 companies, including Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and Time Warner, have been cleared to receive the vaccine.
The CDC is distributing the much sought-after vaccine to Wall Street firms despite reports of vast shortages. In fact, just yesterday CDC Director Thomas Frieden informed Congress that only 32.3 million doses are available, far less than the 159 million needed to cover those at the highest risk. Given the scarce supply, the CDC has recommended the vaccine be directed only to those at highest risk: pregnant women, infants and children and those up to 24 years, those who care for infants, health and emergency services personnel, and adults with compromised immune systems or other chronic health problems.
Melanie Sloan, CREW’s executive director, said,
Although CREW has been unable to uncover the demographic makeup of Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, and JP Morgan Chase, it seems safe to assume the vast majority of their employees are not pregnant women, infants and children, young adults up to 24 years old, and healthcare workers.
State officials are also concerned about the shortages:
The head of Alabama’s Department of Public Health testified that 62% of the vaccines ordered by the state will not be available until after December 1, 2009
The director of Minnesota’s St. Paul Ramsey County Department of Public Health said he is expecting only 7,800 doses for more than 20,000 children
Los Angeles County’s three public hospitals ordered 110,000 vaccines, but have received only about 18,000 doses, and UCLA’s two hospitals received 1,000 doses for 10,000 staff and 35,000 patients
This situation is echoed around the country, leaving most of those seeking the vaccine unable to receive it with no remedy in sight. Frieden admitted, “It is quite likely the current wave of influenza will peak, crest and begin to decline before there are ample supplies of the vaccine.”
And Wall Street firms are getting preferential treatment.
Sloan continued,
In what world do Wall Street employees deserve to be vaccinated ahead of high-risk children, pregnant women and health care workers? Unfortunately, for the thousands being turned away in clinics across America, the CDC has decided to prioritize the millionaires over the masses. The public has a right to know how and why this has happened and when it will stop. First, the bailout, then the bonuses, now the vaccine. When will Washington start putting the needs of Main Street above those of Wall Street?”
Today, CREW called on Health and Human Service (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to investigate why the Center for Disease Control (CDC) approved the distribution of the H1NI vaccine to Wall Street firms at a time when the vaccine is unavailable to most Americans.
Recent news reports indicate 13 companies, including Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and Time Warner, have been cleared to receive the vaccine.
The CDC is distributing the much sought-after vaccine to Wall Street firms despite reports of vast shortages. In fact, just yesterday CDC Director Thomas Frieden informed Congress that only 32.3 million doses are available, far less than the 159 million needed to cover those at the highest risk. Given the scarce supply, the CDC has recommended the vaccine be directed only to those at highest risk: pregnant women, infants and children and those up to 24 years, those who care for infants, health and emergency services personnel, and adults with compromised immune systems or other chronic health problems.
Melanie Sloan, CREW’s executive director, said,
Although CREW has been unable to uncover the demographic makeup of Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, and JP Morgan Chase, it seems safe to assume the vast majority of their employees are not pregnant women, infants and children, young adults up to 24 years old, and healthcare workers.
State officials are also concerned about the shortages:
The head of Alabama’s Department of Public Health testified that 62% of the vaccines ordered by the state will not be available until after December 1, 2009
The director of Minnesota’s St. Paul Ramsey County Department of Public Health said he is expecting only 7,800 doses for more than 20,000 children
Los Angeles County’s three public hospitals ordered 110,000 vaccines, but have received only about 18,000 doses, and UCLA’s two hospitals received 1,000 doses for 10,000 staff and 35,000 patients
This situation is echoed around the country, leaving most of those seeking the vaccine unable to receive it with no remedy in sight. Frieden admitted, “It is quite likely the current wave of influenza will peak, crest and begin to decline before there are ample supplies of the vaccine.”
And Wall Street firms are getting preferential treatment.
Sloan continued,
In what world do Wall Street employees deserve to be vaccinated ahead of high-risk children, pregnant women and health care workers? Unfortunately, for the thousands being turned away in clinics across America, the CDC has decided to prioritize the millionaires over the masses. The public has a right to know how and why this has happened and when it will stop. First, the bailout, then the bonuses, now the vaccine. When will Washington start putting the needs of Main Street above those of Wall Street?”
Click here to read the letter from CREW to Secretary Sebelius: http://www.citizensforethics.org/files/20091105%20-%20CREWLetterToHHS.pdf
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Lauren's November post (below) ties in with Bronwen's class, Ties in with the Wild Womyn current state of affairs..the Shadow Effect and the healing of wounds.the dark walk coming soon..the Full Moon in Taurus...and just yesterday I was pondering how the Crone Aspect prepares the fertile soil...a most signifcant essential role..... slowly being Re-membered.
Amazing how all this connects...how the web touches each of us and reminds us to do our work!Amazing how it all comes together .. Isnt it??? I have deep regard for "The Mystery".
Bronwen's upcoming class:
Four twilight sessions, Sundays 6 – 8:30 pm.
A time for sacred play and sacred work; song and story, and Grandmother Soup. We will call on the Ancestors – some whom we call Goddesses, some Archetypes, some beloved Grandmothers of living memory, but whatever names we use, their wisdom and guidance is available to us for inspiration and compassion as we traverse this time of deep transformation. We will call on Hecate as guide – she who sits at the crossroads and assists with wise choice; she who sits in witness and contemplation; she who can access through her wisdom and compassion all the corners of the Universe. We will use Jean Shinoda Bolen’s Goddesses in Older Women as touchstone to remind us of the rich resource of the Crone aspect of the triple goddess energy, and to connect to the old mythic stories and the new myths that are arising.
Sundays 6 – 8:30 pm. November 15, 22 and 29; December 6. $81 in advance includes Grandmother soup and all materials for class.
Bronwen's upcoming class:
Four twilight sessions, Sundays 6 – 8:30 pm.
A time for sacred play and sacred work; song and story, and Grandmother Soup. We will call on the Ancestors – some whom we call Goddesses, some Archetypes, some beloved Grandmothers of living memory, but whatever names we use, their wisdom and guidance is available to us for inspiration and compassion as we traverse this time of deep transformation. We will call on Hecate as guide – she who sits at the crossroads and assists with wise choice; she who sits in witness and contemplation; she who can access through her wisdom and compassion all the corners of the Universe. We will use Jean Shinoda Bolen’s Goddesses in Older Women as touchstone to remind us of the rich resource of the Crone aspect of the triple goddess energy, and to connect to the old mythic stories and the new myths that are arising.
Sundays 6 – 8:30 pm. November 15, 22 and 29; December 6. $81 in advance includes Grandmother soup and all materials for class.
threads of the spiderwoman
SPIDER WOMAN is the "Great Weaver" of Native American myth. To pursue her trail is to seek a unitive aesthetic - a "Webbed Vision" that imagines and names the links....this journal is my attempt.
Check out this awesome post from Lauren Raines.......thanks for the tip Elaine/.........http://threadsofspiderwoman.blogspot.com/2009/11/few-new-works.html
Monday, November 2, 2009
What are Power Paths?
The "hard energy path" defined by physicist Amory Lovins is marked by fossil fuel production. The legacy of this hard path for Native Americans includes coal and uranium mines on reservation lands, air pollution, depletion of ground water, and forced relocation of entire villages.
Indian Tribes are now fighting back by turning to the soft path--energy production by renewable means. As they build solar utilities on Navajo land, erect large turbines on wind-blown Lakota reservations, harvest agro-fuels and overcome dinosaur-age power interests along the way - Power Paths reveals the compelling inside stories and experiences of Native Americans who struggle to develop new energy systems that honor their ancient tradition of reverence for the natural world.
Around the West, the soft path-of decentralized energy production by renewable means- is now being pursued by these Native Americans with support from a host of urban planners and global environmental groups to university researchers and local community foundations.
Ultimately, Power Paths reveals how the fate of our air, water, and wild places are linked to decisions our nation makes about our future energy paths.. while Native cultures and the sustainability of our society itself are caught in the balance.
The "hard energy path" defined by physicist Amory Lovins is marked by fossil fuel production. The legacy of this hard path for Native Americans includes coal and uranium mines on reservation lands, air pollution, depletion of ground water, and forced relocation of entire villages.
Indian Tribes are now fighting back by turning to the soft path--energy production by renewable means. As they build solar utilities on Navajo land, erect large turbines on wind-blown Lakota reservations, harvest agro-fuels and overcome dinosaur-age power interests along the way - Power Paths reveals the compelling inside stories and experiences of Native Americans who struggle to develop new energy systems that honor their ancient tradition of reverence for the natural world.
Around the West, the soft path-of decentralized energy production by renewable means- is now being pursued by these Native Americans with support from a host of urban planners and global environmental groups to university researchers and local community foundations.
Ultimately, Power Paths reveals how the fate of our air, water, and wild places are linked to decisions our nation makes about our future energy paths.. while Native cultures and the sustainability of our society itself are caught in the balance.
Watch the trailer......http://powerpaths.org/play.html
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