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Exhibit A: Museums should be shared
I feel the need to express an opinion about the lead picture and title of the front of the Sept. 3 issue of The City Paper. To me, history will not be made unless a museum of the American Indian joins a museum of African-Americans near the Bicentennial Mall.
In fact, there is no need for either of these museums when our state museum has an excellent exhibit on both cultures. Instead of spending money for a new separate museum, it would be better spent on expanding the exhibits at the Tennessee Museum.
What about a German-American or Irish-American museum? We are all Americans and there should be no need to single out one segment of the population and build a museum just for that culture.
Native Americans were the last culture to get the vote in this country and even today are the poorest group. We are living on their land and the least we can do is to honor them as well as other groups that came to this country. They were treated as badly, if not worse, than any people.
I am part American-Indian and proud of it, and I teach their culture to schoolchildren so I may be prejudiced in their favor, but I believe all peoples in our society should be honored — by books, by movies, by exhibits or by museums.
Lib Roller, 37215
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To me, Lib Roller's LTE is a bit confusing. Roller wrote, "We are all Americans and there should be no need to single out one segment of the population and build a museum just for that culture.".
Then, later in the letter, Roller rolled 180 degrees, Roller wrote, " I believe all peoples in our society should be honored — by books, by movies, by exhibits or by museums.".
Which way is it Lib Roller? Those two views seem to contradict each other. Do you favor general assimilation into the "melting pot" American culture or preservation of ethno-centric cultural diversity?
Should "all peoples in our society" remain seperate "peoples", or should they leave the time-honored old feuds and prejudices behind and assimilate into one, common, American "people" ?
Personally, I favor the assimilation option.
How about a museum for Athazagoraphobics?
We don't want to forget about them.
Why is the LTE not on the main page?
We should assimilate and synthesize a new culture as Americans first, but our bachgrounds and diverse cultures should be remembered, honored and passed on. One can be 100% American but still prefer Yaya's yummy Greek cooking.
A redneck museum would be more fun. Just think of the possibilites! Eric Crafton could be the head docent and IDGAF could guard the place and keep the riff raff away.
Good morning
To some there is only one kind of America and it is white, male, Baptist and drinks beer before prayer.
Funditto
You mean they would guard the place and keep the riff-raff IN.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/6192767/Barack-Obama-calls-Kanye-West-a-jackass.html
Good for Obama. I could think of some other less gentle terms.
It goes on to say that West will take a hiatus from music. Good. Make it permanent, there are already too many no-talent people out there, one less will be fine with me.
They are spending taxpayer money for an America-Indian museum and an African-American museum. Shouldn't they also spend our taxmoney on a Mexican-American museum, a Kurdish-American museum, and a Somali-American museum? They have large Nashville populations also. Excluding these groups would violate anti-discrimination laws.
I agree with the letter writer. We shouldn't be separating the different groups, we should be uniting them.
Kosh, d7 pulled that same stunt at a Tennessean 3-star LTE awards dinner.
The Jim Reeves museum went into ruins...in Music City. The taxpayers and city fathers let it go. The Chamber of Commerce let it go. The preservationists let it go under the bulldozer's blade. Without remorse. Nashville, at times, seems to be tone deaf to its own heritage. You've taken the muse out of museum.
Loner. IIRC NO ONE wanted the Jim Reeves place to be eliminated---except Sonny West and Home Depot. As usual, the rich corporation suborned the city to get it's way.
Kosh what does "IIRC" stand for? Didn't Crafton enable the deal and didn't he have possible conflicts of interest? As an outsider, it's none of my business, but I think that letting the Jim Reeves museum go to ruin was a mistake from a moral standpoint and from a financial perspective as well.
You folks should know by now that Loner loves Nashville....and Jim Reeves.
It was Sonny West.
With the exception of a very few, Metro Nashville is run by greedy rubes.
Following up on yesterday's discussion on Medicare Advantage - Obama want to cut it entirely and produce "savings". Today's report shows that Medicare Advantage works and provides better care than Medicare.
Seniors in Medicare Advantage Receive Higher Quality Care, New Reports Show
Seniors in Medicare Advantage spent fewer days in a hospital, were subject to fewer hospital re-admissions, and were less likely to have "potentially avoidable" admissions, for common conditions ranging from uncontrolled diabetes to dehydration, according to a new analysis of publicly available AHRQ data released today by America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP).
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=prnw.20090915.DC75689&show_article=1&catnum=0
Obviously, this is the fraud and waste Obama was talking about.
What the ...?! Dragon is defending an endangered government program? I believe this is a first...he's turning to the dark side...he'll be a flaming dragon for liberalism soon. Careful with that flame, my draconian friend.
'morning all... not a very exciting topic today.
You'd think when they paved over the dead Indians when they built the new Wal-Mart on Charlotte they'd have learned a little respect for the Native Americans. Show a little reverence or they'll hurl another tornado or two down Charlotte and through down-town at us.
Loner, just pointing out the absurdity of ObamaCare by deleting a program that works for another that is undefined. Another article was talking about the Senate Finance Committee debating how much Medicaid would be expanded (about a million more people) and how much cost the states will have to pick up.
Mornin' Doctor Dover.
In Western New York, the Tuscaroras like to burn a few tires on the NYS Thruway (US 90) when they go on the warpath. The Thruway is a main E-W artery and it goes across the reservation for a few critical miles. The tire burning is quite effective as it requires patching the roadway after the flaming tires have been extinguished and removed. It's a dirt cheap way to put the Empire State in a serious bind quickly. If the Indians are harassed over the cigarette and gasoline tax issue or the gambling casinos, they could bring out the tires, the diesel "starter" and the torch of retribution. Only a fool screws with the Indians these days. Gov.Paterson may be such a fool.
Dad's med-supp. program for he and my mother costs him about $350 a month but he says it's really worth it.
I guess I don't understand what Obama is talking about doing with this aspect of the program.
Loner
IIRC
If I Recall Correctly
Now that's some smoke signaling, loner. lol
They're still pissed off that they swapped Manhattan for beads and fire-water, I suppose.
Just bustin' yer chops, Dragon. It is comforting to see you admit that some government programs do in fact work. That's progress.
I think that calling it "ObamaCare" reveals your contempt for this attempt to reform a system that works for some but bankrupts too many.
If we could bring home the troops and get out of the Holy War business, we could easily afford to pay for a system that guarantees quality health care for every American. That ain't gonna happen... the War Lobby is strong, while the health care reformers are relatively weak and the resistance to reform is huge.
Again, it's the best governance money can buy...without campaign finance reform all reform is difficult.
The only reason I call it ObamaCare is that the president's "plan" consists only of his speeches about what he thinks the Congress should create. The Congress has multiple proposals in various stages of work. Ergo, there is no one proposal you can discuss.
At this stage, ObamaCare is merely a compendium of speeches. Where's the Plan?
I think that the pre-existing circumstance problem should be handled in a way similar to the way the state risk pools for hurricanes/floods work. It could be administered under medicare and would eventually evolve into a real insurance pool that diversifies risk rather than charity.
As for purging from the ER, the uninsured with the sniffles or those just wanting a Dr's excuse for ditching work; we should go back to goverment subsidized clinics. This too could easily be managed by medicare without blowing up the whole system that currently works in more than 90% of the cases.
Perhaps, Ben. It's ironic that the nerve center of American capitalism occupies a piece of real estate that was the site of the biggest screw job of a bunch of poor suckers in the history of mankind. No wonder Madoff thrived there...screwing folks out of their wealth is a time-honored tradition in Manhattan.
Here in Western New York, we gave the natives the finger, then named the Finger Lakes after them. Cayuga, Seneca, Keuka, Canandaigua, Skaneateles, Oneida etc.
"Where's the plan?" Perhaps it is where they kept their "plan" in Pappillon.
I say expand the public health offices, public health nurses can and do perform a great service with minimal costs to taxpayers. State health departments should step in with some suggestions along these lines, IMO.
Thanks, Kosh for the acronym update.
The drive to blow up the existing system and rebuild it under a government centric model defies common sense. Pre-existing conditions and indigent care could easily be solved far short of the demolition job congress and the president are after. And if there are efficiencies to be gained in Medicare/Medicaid then get to it. The wide-spread government plan will be a much easier sell if these programs are running economic surplus; right?
I smell a weasel, a rat, and a skunk... in addition to a masked-bandit raccoon; after my wallet as usual.
By: BenDover on 9/15/09 at 10:53
I smell a weasel, a rat, and a skunk... in addition to a masked-bandit raccoon; after my wallet as usual.
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Bush and Chaney are out of office Ben. You should be safe now.
What are they up to, Nemo? Why blow it completely apart when a few simple reforms will address the concerns they tout? If they are going to fund it by fixing inefficiencies then why not fix the inefficiencies first and then expand the existing programs with the surpluses? What is their real goal?
The real goal is to provide coverage for ALL citizens, esp. the millions who have nothing beyond the ER.
Ben, they have to blow it apart because they have to redefine health insurance for everyone.
The president said that it will be against the law for insurance companies to deny coverage because of a preexisting condition. It will be against the law for insurance companies to drop your coverage. There will be no caps on benefits received, either yearly or in a lifetime. The government will decide max out-of-pocket expenses. Insurance companies will be required to cover, with no extra charge, routine checkups and preventive care, like mammograms and colonoscopies.
Question: Obviously this will cost the insurance companies more money to pay for these added costs. Where do you think they will get the money from? Hmmmmm........
It's not insurance if it's a pre-existinging condition. It's charity. That's why I suggested something like the state flood/hurricane risk pools for pre-existing circumstances. This could actually evolve into a from of insurance that diversifies risk and provides a benefit to all rather than just stealing from one person to pay for another.
I'm not sure that the insurance companies should be able to get off the hook on pre-existing conditions after 18 months under COBRA either, though. That doesn't seem fair... it' s just an easy way for them to purge their roles, it would seem.
it' s just an easy way for them to purge their roles, it would seem.
That's their main goal. They care nothing about your health.
Anyone can and should have any museum they want as long as they pay for it not the taxpayers.
I think an Indian-American museum would be very instructive if it went to great pains to point out similarities between their failed imigration policies and the immigration policies of the U.S.
d'pain: I always attend the Tennessean 3 Star Awards dinner in drag.
Does Hershel Butts ever hit on you?
d'pain: I tend to float under the radar, so to speak. And for the record, the food sucks. And what's with this LTE popping up in today's edition, and you guys all responded to it yesterday? I'd say I'm having a "senior moment", but I'm not old enought yet. I'm expecting Rod Serling to step out from my curtain any moment.
The department store mannequins are coming for you, d7...
The NCP hasn't been right since they screwed with the format.
Dear Amy: I was caught doing..oops! sorry wrong forum.
d'pain"...The name "Herschel Butts" always frightened me. For obvious reasons.
I once dated a girl, "Lynn Head". Think of the possibilities. I know I did.
dar
LOL You reminded me of this
I am reading a novel now in which there is a minor character.
His father was Russian, last name of Pilav
His mother was Welsh
They named him Rhys: Rhys Pilav
Kosh III: You can have the rice pilaf. I'll take the "head".
My roommate in Germany was named Franklin Wolfgang Hosey.
His parents obviously didn't want kids.
Reading prior posts, Bend-O says he smelled a 'rat, skunk, raccoon, and a gopher.
Please someone tell him Bush, Cheney, Rice, and Rumsfeld are long gone.
The way I understand it, Bush changed the rules for Medicare
around 2003 which really slashed the coverage. That opened the door for all these "add on" policies. My take is that Obama is saying let's restore the original coverage and get rid of these "add on" costs.
Anyone ?
By: dargent7 on 9/16/09 at 8:01
Reading prior posts, Bend-O says he smelled a 'rat, skunk, raccoon, and a gopher.
No matter what, we always come back around to animal husbandry.
I'm not exactly sure what anyone is saying will happen with health insurance, panda.
I just know that most of them are saying it at maximum volume.
I hear that !