Great Review of Sicko by Rep. Tim O'Brien (8 down, 179 to go!)

Please sign the petition, too! (0.00 / 0)

If you haven't already, please add your voice to the Working Families petition to ask all CT legislators to see Sicko before the next legislative session. 

I volunteered for an hour last weekend with the Universal Health Care Foundation's tabling efforts in Norwalk after the 7:00 show of the movie, and then saw the 9:00 show.  It was incredibly powerful.  And people leaving the film were really receptive to the idea that we here in Connecticut can actually do something about universal health care without waiting for the federal government to act. 

I do think that what was missing from the movie -- as opposed to the ending of An Inconvenient Truth -- was the "call to action", the idea that there is something tangible that everyone can do at the end of the movie to change things.  I'm glad that the Working Families Party and Universal Health Care Foundation are organizing efforts to greet people who leave the movie and share information about what we can do in Connecticut to improve the system.

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by: Maura @ Wed Jul 18, 2007 at 21:58:21 PM UTC

hey (0.00 / 0)

i am sorry  ok

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by: sal_liccione @ Thu Jul 19, 2007 at 02:45:23 AM UTC

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Thanks, Sal (0.00 / 0)

You have my email address, so please feel free to email me -- you don't have to leave comments for just me here at MLN.  I appreciate the sentiment, though, and thanks.

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by: Maura @ Thu Jul 19, 2007 at 19:53:13 PM UTC

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ehy (0.00 / 0)

ok i lost it  email  em ok  call  me ok asap  sal

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by: sal_liccione @ Fri Jul 20, 2007 at 03:24:19 AM UTC

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Up to 9 Now! (0.00 / 0)

Just got an email from Rep. Lawlor.
Updating the site (and the counter!) now.

-Joe Dinkin.
Take the pledge at www.ct-workingfamilies.org

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by: Joe Dinkin @ Thu Jul 19, 2007 at 15:12:10 PM UTC

Awesome!!!! (0.00 / 0)

I imagined he'd be in the top 10.  :-)

Loved the WFP "date night" email today, BTW.  You guys rock. 

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by: Maura @ Thu Jul 19, 2007 at 19:54:05 PM UTC

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Date Night With Your Legislators (0.00 / 0)

In case folks here aren't yet on the CT Working Families email list (and please do join -- it's not a high-traffic list and it's always very well-written, timely content) here's the email that I referred to above:

What are you doing Friday (tomorrow!) Evening?

We've been asking State Senators and Representative in Connecticut to see Michael Moore's new film Sicko.

So we decided the best way to get them to see the movie was to ask the legislature out on a date. Join us and State Legislators at the movies to see Sicko Friday evening!

Sicko is a clarion call for healthcare reform. And healthcare is not going to reform itself. Legislators need to understand how healthcare costs are spiraling out of control for working people, and how more and more of us are falling through the cracks. Meanwhile, insurance companies can rake in a tidy profit. (Aetna is announcing their 2nd quarter profits next week. Remember when they announced their 1st quarter profits in April?)

So, we've been urging them to see Sicko to keep the issue fresh in everyone's mind during the summer, so we don't have to start from square one in 2008.

Join us, (and some legislators) Friday July 20th, at 4:15 at the Bowtie Cinema in Hartford. Q&A to follow.

We've been emailing our legislators. We've started a petition. But thus far, only 8 that we know of have gone to the movie. We're not asking a lot. We're not demanding they pledge their vote, or sign a statement. We just want them to see a movie during summer break -- is that so much to ask?

So we've adopted a new technique: we're inviting our legislators out for a date. So far, Senators Prague and LeBeau, and Rep. Tercyak have all told us they'd go.

So come see the flick. Click here to RSVP. Or send your legislators an invitation if they're not already coming.

It's no summer blockbuster like Spiderman 3, or Ocean's 13, but then again, it beat both at the box office last week. So take a few hours and come on a date with you legislators to tell them that healthcare reform matters to you.

That's all for now. Pay your dues, read the papers -- and organize.

Sincerely,

Jon Green
Executive Director
Connecticut Working Families

I can't join folks for "date night" as I've already got a date tomorrow night with 2500 unstuffed envelopes, Jim Himes, and a great group of Himes for Congress volunteers (if you're in the 4th CD, sign up here and click the "Clerical" checkbox if you're interested in joining us for similar events!) 

But this is a fantastic idea.  Kudos to Connecticut Working Families for their great creativity!!!
 

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by: Maura @ Thu Jul 19, 2007 at 20:07:53 PM UTC

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hi (0.00 / 0)

yes  i am trying to get joe  m  form wesport  cal sen bob  duff to

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by: sal_liccione @ Thu Jul 19, 2007 at 16:37:39 PM UTC

Up to 10! (0.00 / 0)

Rep. Donovan just told us he saw it last week.

Double digits!

Next stop, triple digits!

-Joe Dinkin.
Take the pledge at www.ct-workingfamilies.org

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by: Joe Dinkin @ Thu Jul 19, 2007 at 21:22:17 PM UTC