Amy was trying to ask, what she thought was a provocative and meaningful
question, and Warren was trying to dodge it. But really, I don't see the point
of the question. I've noticed that she often does something similar, asks
public figures to comment on outrageous things that other people have said.
Trying to get someone to say something in an unguarded moment is not, as far as
I'm concerned, doing useful journalism.
As for your personal concern, I surely do understand that. As I've explained,
my income slowly decreases as municipal bonds are called and replaced with
bonds that pay a lower rate of interest. My expenses rise, supplemental medical
insurance, Medicare Prescription insurance, and other expenses. As my physical
capacities decline, and I'm not sure how long I'll be able to walk, I'm going
to have to have a different level of care. And that's another issue. I can be
empathetic toward people on the margins of society, but it's quite a different
situation when you find yourself dependent on people who don't understand your
needs, have little education and poor training, don't speak English well, and
may steal your belongings. Now that Yaneek is leaving to join our military, I
may very soon be back in that situation again. What is most ironic is if I had
the $400,000 annually to pay for what is considered a quality nursing home here
and if I wanted to be in such a place, I'd be cared for by employees at the
same level of education, and they wouldn't be working for me, but for an
impersonal bureaucracy. When my mother was dying of cancer, she was in a well
known Catholic hospital that serves dying cancer patients. It had a modern
clean physical plant. They had her on medication which kept her free from pain.
But all her personal belongings were stolen. I also remember visiting one
Friday night. The rooms were all laid out in a circle, opening onto a corridor,
and in the center of the circle, there was a glass enclosed nursing station. As
we walked along the corridor, I could hear a woman crying out, asking for help
or something. She must have been feeling frightened and alone. No one went to
her. Those nurses acted like she didn't exist. That was back in the late 80's.
Oh, and by the way, because she didn't die within a year of being admitted,
they threw her out. She died in the best nursing home I could get her into,
with a much poorer level of care, a few months later.
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2019 7:17 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Elizabeth Warren, 1 more thing
I heard it, both during the "debate" and on Democracy Now. I have no idea why
Amy played that up. It sounded to me as if it were simply another side step in
order to avoid saying anything provocative.
Frankly, I run hot and cold. We have a bunch of brain damaged candidates eager
to be the last president of the American Empire.
The billionaires are so greed driven that they no longer understand that they
need to working class in order to continue enriching themselves.
My current concern is wondering how long our pensions and social security will
continue. That is the source of the majority of our monthly income. If we
continue headed down the road the way we are, it won't be long before Cathy and
I will be attempting to live on half of what we need to stay afloat.
Carl Jarvis
On 11/11/19, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Democracy Now thought that Warren's response to Amy's last question
was so significant, that they have it as a separate thing on the
website and it downloaded as a separate episode. Amy asked her to
comment on the first 2 primaries being in majority white states where
candidates would have to spend a lot of time wooing voters and then
the third in a state with a large black population. Warren said, "Are
you going to ask me to comment on that?"
and then she said, "I'm just a player in the game." I suppose that Amy
thinks this is significant, Warren refusing to comment on race?
Miriam