Any Health Care Concerns In the House?
I sent out an invitation both a month and days in advance:
Let's get together at my place for a SiCKO Viewing Party!
Forget community responsibility. I really just wanted the free Michael Moore movie that Democracy for America passed out to people hosting house parties.
Score!
At some point, though, it occurred to me that we get about twenty people in our house every weekend to watch assholes catch a ball. For a movie about our country's health care crisis? Two responses.
Then Allison Hunter, my favorite Dem in these here parts, sent out an invite to some of her peeps.
Out of 400,000+ people in the greater Colorado Springs area - three concerned citizens showed up.
And two of them came for free beer.
As we settled into a cozy and feel-good movie dealing with out-of-control drug costs, I heard one of my guests moan a little.
"Touching, isn't it?" I mumbled.
"Not that," she said, pointing to our new flat-screen television. "I think your color's off. The green tint is out of control. What the hell? I know this movie is about sick people, but come on."
Great.
Another guest arrived - raising the number to four around our evergreen screen. Dude wasn't seated more than five minutes when he leaned over in my direction. I thought he was going to say something profound about HMOs and the Nixon administration.
Not so much.
"I hate to bring this up," he said. "But have you noticed a green quality to your-"
"I'm aware," I said. "Focus on the message."
Turns out, the red cable wasn't plugged in and that messed up the tint and my husband didn't get his technological sh*t together until after the "socialists left the building."
Can't blame him. We are a scary bunch. I wouldn't want to bend over and fiddle with wires in front of us, either.
Overall, despite the hue, we enjoyed SiCKO and the resulting commentary. Will be lending this movie out to everyone who couldn't be bothered to attend my house party last night. Especially Co-Worker who believes if you get sick, you ought to shut up and die like a decent American.
Anyway. Despite everything. SiCKO beats Sunday afternoon football games and the mind-numbing conversations about Peyton Manning.
Plus I scored a free DVD.
That's gotta count for something.
Let's get together at my place for a SiCKO Viewing Party!
Forget community responsibility. I really just wanted the free Michael Moore movie that Democracy for America passed out to people hosting house parties.
Score!
At some point, though, it occurred to me that we get about twenty people in our house every weekend to watch assholes catch a ball. For a movie about our country's health care crisis? Two responses.
Then Allison Hunter, my favorite Dem in these here parts, sent out an invite to some of her peeps.
Out of 400,000+ people in the greater Colorado Springs area - three concerned citizens showed up.
And two of them came for free beer.
As we settled into a cozy and feel-good movie dealing with out-of-control drug costs, I heard one of my guests moan a little.
"Touching, isn't it?" I mumbled.
"Not that," she said, pointing to our new flat-screen television. "I think your color's off. The green tint is out of control. What the hell? I know this movie is about sick people, but come on."
Great.
Another guest arrived - raising the number to four around our evergreen screen. Dude wasn't seated more than five minutes when he leaned over in my direction. I thought he was going to say something profound about HMOs and the Nixon administration.
Not so much.
"I hate to bring this up," he said. "But have you noticed a green quality to your-"
"I'm aware," I said. "Focus on the message."
Turns out, the red cable wasn't plugged in and that messed up the tint and my husband didn't get his technological sh*t together until after the "socialists left the building."
Can't blame him. We are a scary bunch. I wouldn't want to bend over and fiddle with wires in front of us, either.
Overall, despite the hue, we enjoyed SiCKO and the resulting commentary. Will be lending this movie out to everyone who couldn't be bothered to attend my house party last night. Especially Co-Worker who believes if you get sick, you ought to shut up and die like a decent American.
Anyway. Despite everything. SiCKO beats Sunday afternoon football games and the mind-numbing conversations about Peyton Manning.
Plus I scored a free DVD.
That's gotta count for something.
posted by kate @ 9:34 AM
2 comments
2 Comments:
Oh fer heaven's sake, I live 90 minutes away :-)
but you'd be prouda me, I've actually donated to a political candidate, something I've never done before, and it's a D.
Law professor from DU is running for state house in my district. A good, honest guy with a ton of smarts, a PhD and a law degree, and .... He's huge on health care, his top concern.
Education, his second.
So, there, smarty.
Yeah, you'd think a sick kid would count for something, but nooooo....
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