Mike & Friends Blog
Donna Smith
Donna Smith, American SiCKO, is executive director of the Health Care for All Colorado Foundation
I Am Not Your Austerity Measure or Your Entitlement Cut
I am a woman, a mother, a grandmother, a wife.
I am not an austerity measure – in Greece or in any other nation.
I am a caregiver. I am a worker. I am a patient. I am a taxpayer.
I am not an entitlement cut or a medical loss ratio or an efficiency measure or a political bargaining chip.
I am the proud daughter of a World War II veteran; I am the proud mother of a soldier in Operation Enduring Freedom.
I am not a fan of war.
I am an asthmatic who struggles to breathe when air quality is diminished as do so many others.
I am not in favor of lowering our air quality standards on the hopes of greater profits for a few.
I am worried. I am stressed. I am scared. I am angry.
I am not giving up without fighting for what matters to me.
I am a woman, a mother, a grandmother, a wife who sees needless suffering in a world of plenty.
I am not fooled; I am not confused.
I am a caregiver. I am a worker. I am a taxpayer.
I am not your profit. I am not your entitlement. I am not your tool.
I am a woman of faith.
I am not ashamed of that, and having a faith does not make me dumber nor does it make me better than anyone else.
I am fed up and fighting back.
I am not giving up or letting anyone make me less than I am.
I am the young people protesting on Wall Street, the nurses and healthcare workers striking in California, the citizens on the streets in Athens, a mother holding her starving child in Africa and the grandmother in Japan who knows no relief from natural and man-made disaster.
I am not unaware of the powerful few allowing the suffering of so many and benefiting from that suffering.
I am just one woman, one mother, one grandmother and one wife.
I am not alone -- millions of other women, other mothers, other grandmothers, other wives, caregivers, workers, taxpayers, patients and persons of faith all over the world know the truth, and it will set us free.
Click here to suggest an article
Mike's Blog
-
June 5th, 2013
Here's How We Built a Movie Theater for the People – and Why the MPAA Says It's #1 in the World
This past week, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), the main federation of Hollywood's six major studios, posted on their web site a list of what they believe ...
-
March 23rd, 2013
This evening is going be a big moment in turning our country around on the issue of gun violence. That's why I desperately want you ...
-
March 21st, 2013
I am hosting a nationwide series of house parties this Saturday night where tens of thousands of people will gather together in living rooms to ...
-
March 15th, 2013
The response to my Newtown letter this week has been overwhelming. It is so very clear to everyone that the majority of Americans have had ...
-
March 13th, 2013
America, You Must Not Look Away (How to Finish Off the NRA)
The year was 1955. Emmett Till was a young African American boy from Chicago visiting relatives in Mississippi. One day Emmett was seen "flirting" with ...
-
February 26th, 2013
My Final Word on Buzzfeed and Emad Burnat's Detention at LAX
Thanks to everyone for bearing with me as I spend so much time on what happened to Emad Burnat. It's important to me because he's ...
-
February 26th, 2013
Michael Moore Responds to Buzzfeed Story on '5 Broken Cameras' Co-Director Emad Burnat
On Tuesday, February 19th, Emad Burnat, the Palestianian co-director of the Oscar-nominated documentary '5 Broken Cameras,' was detained with his wife and son at Los ...
-
September 11th, 2010
If the 'Mosque' Isn't Built, This Is No Longer America
OpenMike 9/11/10 Michael Moore's daily blog I am opposed to the building of the "mosque" two blocks from Ground Zero. I want it built on ...
-
December 14th, 2010
Why I'm Posting Bail Money for Julian Assange
Yesterday, in the Westminster Magistrates Court in London, the lawyers for WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange presented to the judge a document from me stating that ...
-
May 12th, 2011
Some Final Thoughts on the Death of Osama bin Laden
"The Nazis killed tens of MILLIONS. They got a trial. Why? Because we're not like them. We're Americans. We roll different." – Michael Moore in ...
-
November 22nd, 2011
Where Does Occupy Wall Street Go From Here?
This past weekend I participated in a four-hour meeting of Occupy Wall Street activists whose job it is to come up with the vision and ...
-
September 22nd, 2011
A STATEMENT FROM MICHAEL MOORE ON THE EXECUTION OF TROY DAVIS
I encourage everyone I know to never travel to Georgia, never buy anything made in Georgia, to never do business in Georgia. I will ask ...
-
December 16th, 2010
Dear Swedish Government: Hi there -- or as you all say, Hallå! You know, all of us here in the U.S. love your country. Your ...
-
November 2nd, 2010
This letter contains (almost) no criticisms of how the Democrats have brought this day of reckoning upon themselves. That -- and where to go from ...
Comments
19