zmix wrote on Wed, 19 January 2011 23:10 |
Thanks for posting this, David. I had heard from a friend of his that he was diagnosed with cancer...I didn't realize it was Pancreatic cancer. That is extremely tough. It's also a very sad commentary on the US that serious health problems cause so many people to go bankrupt... |
zmix wrote on Thu, 20 January 2011 00:10 |
Thanks for posting this, David. I had heard from a friend of his that he was diagnosed with cancer...I didn't realize it was Pancreatic cancer. That is extremely tough. It's also a very sad commentary on the US that serious health problems cause so many people to go bankrupt... |
bblackwood wrote on Thu, 20 January 2011 08:10 |
Let's not force this thread to be moved to the Saloon by interjecting social / political views into the discussion - this is about RN. ... |
David Kulka wrote on Wed, 19 January 2011 23:37 |
As a side note, but not really: I'm 57 and for the last year or so I have realized that I have one regret in my life. I have been lucky enough to meet and work with so many amazing people, some who were personal heroes of mine. Many of them were glad to talk with me and share things, but I was timid to ask, or it was late and I wanted to get home, or for whatever reason, I didn't realize just whose presence I was in. Many of those people are gone now. I wish that I had taken more time to talk, get to know them better, hear about their lives, learn more about them. |
jrmintz wrote |
I don't think it's overtly political to say that all Americans ought to have access to health care resembling that which our congressional representatives, of all parties and ideologies, and in a rare display of unity, have given themselves. It's also not political to say that it's unconscionable that the family of a person who has had a career like Roger Nichols, or any family for that matter, should have to impoverish itself to keep a family member alive. It's a moral issue out of which some people have created a political one. |
Ross Hogarth wrote on Thu, 20 January 2011 13:55 |
The socio political element is not fair to be co mingled. This starts a conversation far to wide and deep here to be mixed into the struggle. |
Fletcher wrote on Thu, 20 January 2011 14:28 | ||
I fully and completely agree with Ross's thought and sentiment. We have both lost very dear and close friends in the last 12 months and this sort of "socio - political" discussion does indeed get in the way of sending positive energy to the person you care about. I have taken the liberty to start a thread on "Healthcare in the US" in the Saloon here's a link to that thread. Hopefully without stepping on any toes, we can discuss our frustration with the current state of healthcare in that thread, and positive energy / well wishes in this thread. Peace. |
CWHumphrey wrote on Thu, 20 January 2011 15:47 |
I was just digging through his article on balanced power last night. I wish him the best. Cheers, |
wwittman wrote on Thu, 20 January 2011 16:43 |
The fear of 'offending' the obviously wrongheaded is what I personally find misplaced. |
Fenris Wulf wrote on Fri, 21 January 2011 00:25 | ||
Maybe where you're from, all educated people think alike and agree on what kind of society they want to live in. In America that is not the case. ) |
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It just so happens that as I type this column, I am one week away from finishing the mixes for the Steely Dan live album. Well, almost live. I have mentioned before that we went into the studio and "cleaned up" a few things. C'mon now, it is a Steely Dan album, and we couldn't let any afterthought recordings of raggedy-ass playing by a bunch of old farts (besides the Eagles) out into the public, now could we? Steely Dan fans have come to expect a certain quality control that could only be achieved by spending lots of money in a recording studio. Because of the fact that we have performed some moderate "repairs" to the songs, it would probably be illegal somewhere to call the album "Steely Dan Live", even though that's how it started out. So somebody (probably Donald) came up with the idea of calling the album "Steely Dan: Alive in America". Kind of catchy, don't you think? Like how it skirts the issue? |
zmix wrote on Thu, 20 January 2011 00:10 |
The fear of 'offending' the obviously wrongheaded is what I personally find misplaced. |