tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post2472664301702671648..comments2024-02-19T04:50:58.170-08:00Comments on Shuck and Jive: Phil Roe's Town Hall ExtravaganzaJohn Shuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00798753206614838161noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-89533522124758862172013-11-03T07:28:48.048-08:002013-11-03T07:28:48.048-08:00Well, I often use the woman's experience when ...Well, I often use the woman's experience when I'm complaining about Roe, which is every single solitary day. I feel it's my duty.<br /><br />I should go to church there but I live in bristol . Moved here from Florida where I went regularly. Came here three years ago. Went to fifteen church/hate groups. Before giving up. I have church alone. Out of fifteen, the name Jesus Christ never came up at 6 of them. Bu the name Obama came up at almost all of them. <br /><br />How does an area become so ignorant. Sounds like you folks there have some LOVE to share. Hope to join you sometime...<br /><br />Patrick Lilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02607172887025655461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-25163939246839732132010-12-24T10:33:09.846-08:002010-12-24T10:33:09.846-08:00I was at the Johnson City town hall meeting. I fo...I was at the Johnson City town hall meeting. I found Roe's performance a litany of lies, fabrications, and evasions. He hides behind his history as an OB/Gyn because the non-medical public doesn't realize that 98% of all deliveries happen despite the presence of an OB/Gyn. I've delivered 7 during my years in medicine and am not in awe of Mr. Roe. He seems to have a history of refusing to see patients who have no insurance. That surfaced at the meeting I attended but was quickly silenced. <br /><br />This is the letter I will be sending to his office and to the local papers today. <br /><br />Mr. Roe, I note your recent appointment as chair of the House subcommittee for Health, Employment, Labor, and Pension. Once again, your GOP\Teavangelists demonstrate the degree of their disconnection from the reality of life for far too many American citizens. In fact, I can’t think of anyone less qualified to chair such a sub-committee.<br />One would think that your years as a physician might have conveyed a bit of understanding about how poorly health care is provided to most Americans. Since most physicians are afforded professional courtesy by their colleagues, allowing them to avoid worries about finding a competent physician and paying for his/her services. When you trumpet your “over 5000 deliveries” you fail to mention that you’ve essentially received free medical care from the day you entered medical school. <br />Dealing with Employment for the GOP is a one-note performance. “Tax cuts for the rich will magically create jobs.” Where, Mr. Roe, are the jobs created by the Bush Era Tax Cuts? Easily answered, they’re all offshore because no super rich American is going to pay a living wage to American workers unless forced to do so. Two years from today, I’m sure that “Where are the jobs?” can be answered using the same sentence. <br />That also applies to Labor. We all know how the GOP feels about labor; sub-minimum, off the books, to illegals or not at all.<br />Pensions? I’m sure yours is safe. I’m sure the bankers and financiers will recall that you voted against financial reform. <br />What else have you done for N.E. TN? You’ve voted to increase the debt in order to assure your rich owners continued tax cuts. You’ve voted against allowing members of the military to admit openly to being gay for fear that “Potentially there could be some consequences.” You’ve voted for the continuation of mountain top removal, for the continued destruction of TN streams and wildlife. <br />You’ve whined like a third grader about having to work after Christmas, about having to “Bring the entire House of Representatives back (to vote on the continuing budget resolution). That’s your job, Mr. Roe. You and the rest of the GOP\teavangelists have spent 11 months delaying any action on any bill or resolution that you could. Don’t complain to me or anyone else about having to work when you’d rather be elsewhere. There are millions of unemployed and under-employed (remember those off-shored jobs) who would walk back to Washington D.C. in order to complete the job if they were fortunate enough to have the chance of employment. <br />Please don’t insult us by “Co-sponsoring any bill to cut Congressional salaries. We both know that bill will never reach the floor of the House. <br />Nothing you’ve done since you became “my employee” causes me to find you worthy of retention. I’m sure the coal and natural gas industries, the big banks, and the wealthiest Americans will grade your performance differently. They can afford to keep you on their payrolls. But we citizens of TN who know what it is to work weekends, holidays, and to miss vacations can’t afford your services.slenonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14531911462203419616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-87212103656761184002009-08-31T13:56:04.192-07:002009-08-31T13:56:04.192-07:00Thanks Wondrin',
Yup same owner...Thanks Wondrin', <br /><br />Yup same owner...John Shuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798753206614838161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-45482971900222858122009-08-31T13:38:42.306-07:002009-08-31T13:38:42.306-07:00Doesn't the Kingsport Times-News own the Johns...Doesn't the Kingsport Times-News own the Johnson City press? I think so, and that is one reason why the reporting was so slanted. Ted Como, the editor of Times-News is a hard right winger. His editorials are RNC talking points.<br /><br />Roe will be holding another town hall on Thursday Sept 3rd at the new Center for Higher Education at 300 W Market Street. Time is 6:30 till 8. Hope some of you can come.Susan Harrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10264076421415454122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-67315215969012566882009-08-25T08:27:50.868-07:002009-08-25T08:27:50.868-07:00Yes, Tracy bakes (and cooks!), she sings, she goes...Yes, Tracy bakes (and cooks!), she sings, she goes around lawyering, and she's cute, too! I would hate Tracy if she weren't so danged sweet!Snadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04055786911610974637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-24048712680141840682009-08-25T08:23:42.442-07:002009-08-25T08:23:42.442-07:00Tracey's bloggin' on the sly. She tweets,...Tracey's bloggin' on the sly. She tweets, she blogs, she bakes. Thanks for both of those links Snad.John Shuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798753206614838161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-16492411531047213152009-08-25T06:21:57.437-07:002009-08-25T06:21:57.437-07:00By the way, Tracy has a video of Beth's intera...By the way, Tracy has a video of Beth's interaction with Roe at her great, albeit fattening blog <a href="http://southernfemalelawyer.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow"> SouthernFemaleLawyer</a>.Snadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04055786911610974637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-11720620172827341882009-08-25T06:02:56.075-07:002009-08-25T06:02:56.075-07:00I'm so glad Deb, Lydia and Tracy were there! ...I'm so glad Deb, Lydia and Tracy were there! Wish I could have been. <br /><br />And yes, I'll be sending my health care story in to the JC Press - and the seemingly biased reporting (it is no surprise that a small city paper like the JCP would opt to create the impression of drama.<br />Be sure to check <a href="http://www.openpen.org/" rel="nofollow"> Open Pen</a>. Beth (I'm assuming the same one that "owned" Dr. Roe, has a piece there.Snadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04055786911610974637noreply@blogger.com