Tune in to the Shannyn Moore Show on KBYR!
Yes, it’s Saturday… Time to burn a bundle of sage, Lysol the studio bathroom and take that scary conservative soaked foamy thing off the microphone. KBYR turns progressive for one day a week. I like to think the studio itself has a whole lot more fun on that day when it is filled with ideas, humor, intelligence and hope. Six days of fear mongering, hate, and toxicity is more than one poor padded room should have to take.
Today’s show should be great. There’s lots to talk about. Call Shannyn and tell her what you think of “Obama’s Death Panel,” the upcoming Legislative Session, the protests at Town Hall meetings across the country, Mark Begich’s upcoming trip to rural Alaska, or anything else on your mind.
As you know, Shannyn and I have both been selected (with your help) as Netroots Nation scholars and will be leaving for Pittsburgh this week! We are currently running a “Just-A-MudPac” pledge drive to cover plane tickets and other expenses, as we head out from Netroots for an evening at Harvard, and a stop to meet with the folks at MSNBC and the Huffington Post before we return. Your donations are greatly appreciated, and you can click that little button on the top of the sidebar that says “Pittsburgh or Bust! Donations”.
We’ll also be having a virtual fundraiser this evening and you are all welcome to join on line after Shannyn’s show starting at about 7:30pm Alaska time! You can click HERE to get the details. Anyone who contributes will have their name entered to win any of our wonderful door prizes including your very own Brian the Moose, fabulous wine, smoked salmon and more. There are a couple additional prizes which will be available for purchase, the proceeds going to help fund the trip. You have all been incredibly supportive, and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts!
Live blog it in the comments section. Shannyn always checks to see what you are all saying, and to get your feedback!
The number is 907.274.5297. The toll free number (in state only) is 866 610 5297
Live Streaming HERE.
Place & Time: 700am KBYR, Saturday 5-7pm Alaska time, (6-8pm Pacific, and 9-11pm Eastern.)
See you tonight at the virtual fundraiser! Attire for you will be the usual bloggers’ formalwear – pajamas. Slippers and robe optional.
woo hoo! got my milk and kahlua all ready… oops… need. pop. corn.
word up… your “click here” in the 4th paragraph is not formatted as a link.
Just gettin’ the blender out in preparation…
Well dang – I was just convincing myself that heading to bed would be a good idea I figured if I stepped away from the desk before the Shannyn live blog link went up, I’d be able to slip off to bed without second thoughts.
Too late!
all set here…
all set here also…I’m planning to drink Frangelico liqueur blended with vanilla ice cream! Yummy!
In my pjs and all set.
Where is that fundraiser being held? In the chat room? If so, how do I get there? Thanks!
Got my fuzzy wuzzy slippers on and the station just came on.
Are we going to the chat room tonite or staying here?
samper, unless there are a lot out here, I think it’s more fair to the ones who can’t listen live if we can at least leave them a written record. I know I always appreciate it… Maybe chat in a separate window during the (extensive) commercials?
Good idea, PC.
Lady: Click on the FORUM link on the right sidebar. At the very top of that page, it has a link to chat.
You’ll have to set up a name. Maybe you could use the one you use here so we don’t get all confused about who we’re talking to (we drink alot!).
I’m in…thanks samper
Will some nice person here be live-blogging?
Oooh, a story about the Pittsburgh and Virginia Tech shoots followed by an advertisement for a gun shop.
yes, sjp…
we’re going to try live blogging the show and chatting during commercials.
{{{{{{waves}}}}} to Shannyn!!!
grab your fishing poles and your tinfoil hats!
Bonne Belle Lipsmacker!
Shanny, if you read this, no answer on the phone!
Calling in!
One ringy dingy…
I’m in queue!
He was surprised to know I’m calling from detroit!
astroturfing of townhalls, doesn’t understand why it’s allowed. Remember code pink. They got drug out like they were terrorists.
Samper cracks me up!
Gramiam calling in now.
Congrats on trip…
Want photo of Clinton, gals, and Brian!
Sharon from Phoenix, Gramiam! president clinton at netroots, take a picture.
Cyber cocktails tonite!
Shout out to pups!
samper, i handle the phones – forgive me if I don’t answer right when you call – there are many things going on – please be patient.
howard dean as well.
samper on now. Shannyn talking about housing in detroit. samper says pictures are worst of the worst
Samper’s on – “Wondering how the lawsuit is coming along ”
Shannyn – it’s been 4 weeks from today but no lawsuit so far. it’s all a “sit down and shut up” thing that she does.
Hi Samper, Good Job!
Yeah, that costs her 20K (Van Flein letter writing cost)
How did I do?
Would love to hear about the un-needed Leg. session (at a cost of approx. $100,000) as per AKM’s last post. 1. The stunt by Palin to veto Stimulus $ for energy – now Legs. need to meet for likely veto.
2. Appointment of Lt. Gov. Campbell – is this a type of “pay-for-play” ala Blago? Campbell did Palin big favor during her VP run, changing his tune regarding Palin’s involvement with AK Natl. Guard – favor returned?
WHY can’t Parnell appoint his own Lt. Gov. subject to Leg. approval?
samper – cannot connect yet, so I missed you, darn it! somebody live blogging?
samper you sounded good!
Desa says Burke was talking about rallies next week. “We need hecklers” like brownshirts. Hopes will stay peaceful
Lori – first time I heard it called and referred to as pay for play – but that’s EXACTLY what it seems like!!!!
Talking about Burke and now on to a break…
Thanks, bones!
Go to chat during commercial!
Samperrrrr!!!! I heard you! And I heard you still might be able to make it to PA!!!! If you cn get a ride to Columbus we can leave from here. E-mail me if you want to coordinate something.
You did great, Samper!
okay, I am set up to live blog and chat during commercials!! Good idea!!
Whenever people are appointed to positions they have no experience to be in it is clearly based on favors. It has devastated Alaska’s ability to function.
If I connect to Shannyn’s radio show, my computer dumps me – tried 3x.
SO, THANK YOU love-bloggers.
oops, I meant LIVE bloggers! lol @ “love” bloggers.
43 Lori
Mine is doing the same thing! Glad to know it’s not just me! Thanks to the live bloggers!
Hi Celia – welcome, and love your comments at Immoral Minority. Not sure of details re what happened to you personally, but wishing you the best.
Forest fires in Fairbanks.
Crazy response to her fella no 8 post
Sympathy to Don Young
Townhalls. People being encouraged to use their 1st amendment heckling rights.
Talking about forest fires.
Condolences to Don Young
Now mentioning post about astroturfing.
Back to Shanny… weather report, had to wait for train….
1 million acres burned in AK from wildfires.
Article discussion re: crazy people responding on protests.
She’s referring to the Brooks Brothers Riot of 2000 election recount in FL.
Now talking about “Brooks Brothers “riot in 2000 election
The riot was all by Bush staffers…. one is calling into show.
Participants were fakers. All Staffers. #8 was Alaska connected
Brooks brothers riots. Quit counting our votes! Fella no 8 Dwayne Gibson, AK bar, worked for Stevens and Young, Abramoff. Named in grand jury subpoenas. received earmarks for pet treats. Faux outrage. Instigators very driven, mob mentality, bad things happen. Like Bush.
wow
3 Lori in Los Angeles Says:
August 8th, 2009 at 5:04 PM
If I connect to Shannyn’s radio show, my computer dumps me – tried 3x.
SO, THANK YOU love-bloggers.
That happens to me sometimes, do you have media center? type kbyr or just google kbyr 700am and click on
Riot was unAmerican, unpatriotic and WRONG!!
Now comparing to assembly hearings!!
Monday be real, no puppets please
Here comes SP’s rant after commercial
Unconfortable to have some one’s arm up you like a muppet. Don’t do it.
Sorry for those not connecting.
Try going to KBYR.com … AKM refers us to a site that does this for a bunch of stations. If you go right to the source, you might have better luck.
Gramain & samper: You were both great, really good job!
Cyber Fun – Virtual Cocktail Party!
Where is Lazy Mountain Jim?
thx, boucher!
caller: no answers to health questions.
Begich TH meeting, too many callers.
Why is he bothering Shannyn with his problems w/begich?
Education is one of the essential ingredients in a democracy. It creates people who can do their own research and think for themselves.
Tim and 10 others are going to try to get answers. Wasn’t able to get answer a telephone town hall. Says Shannyn is wrong. Says he blames both sides.
Shannyn: special session and energy money. Decaffeinated people want veto sustained. But tim seems to be talking about Begich at Denaina centre.
2 things important to AK on Monday.
1. Special session – Gov. Lite confirmation and stimulus cash.
Rural Alaska could use some codes. It is really bad in some places.
Talking about building codes for stimulus.
No big deal for AK.
guy is garbley…
Tim says the money is peanuts. And any chance of strings is too much. Afraid of international codes!
This poor man is totally confused!Take him away from his talking points and he is lost. Man claims that 28 million dollars is a drop in the bucket.
Lori & Amy did you get connected?
new caller:
Thinks shannyn is lib… anything she says will be tainted by lib side of things.
Oh boy… here we go!
Man…those of us outside of AK know more than this woman…
Rose, first-time caller. Shannyn is a liberal! OMG!
Rose not informed. Didn’t know that SP filed ethics complaint against herself.
caller is angry.
2/3 of cost of ethics complaints were that one complaint
This Rose lady said “liibeeral” like it is evil.
Rose, calls Shannyn a Liberal. Doesn’t care for Eddie but thinks Shannyn is off-base. Shannyn explains everything, but mind is closed,nobody home!!
yea…and those like rush and palin don’t slant things their way…she needs some meds
My name is Shannyn Moore and I am a liberal!
anything shannyn says will be tainted…. bad…
libs shout and scream when things don’t go their way.
Caller is not american by nature… accent, but not sure from where.
Rose whatever….very un-informed…fidgit!
woops, yes Libruls shout and scream and the conservatives would never ever do that, thanks Rose….I think Rose is looking thru conservative “rose colored” glasses.
“Code Brownshirts” = Astroturfers, nice Shannyn.
Shannyn’s answer to Liberal? Suck it up ,Buttercup!
shannyn laughing at caller!
commercial.
When things don’t go right the libs shout & scream, what about when the conservatives lost the election, they haven’t stopped shouting yet what are the tea partys and the protest at the town hall meetings? They are so stupid!
Oh no, she figured Shannyn out!
not connected, but live-blogging is working great for me!
WHO made liberal a dirty word? Hannity and Rush, that is who. Jesus was obviously a liberal (that’s what I tell ‘em when they spit the word “librl” at me).
Sorry, Lori… did you try KBYR .com?
Shannyn keeps her cool – laughing was best thing to do (like Hillary laughed at John Bolton yesterday). Love ya, no-drama Shannyn!
caller doesn’t want stim cash.
jim… is this guy no. 8?
samper – afraid to try KBYR.com – been dumped too many times and then takes awile to get back online. I am OK, really – thanks to all of you. : )
Late to the game, cowboy!
We need fed $$$.
Caller not in favor of stimulus.
Shannyn makes point that money won’t go back to Washington but to other states. Caller says “we don’t need no stinkin’ Fed money” We can do it ourselves!
Lazy Mtn Jim. Will be there. In favour of not taking the money.
Not about going guano crzy and spending lots of money.
Jim says state could do it if they wanted to.
Shannyn says that we are part of the US. No talk of secession. We need federal money.
@ 55 mmboucher (Florida) Says:
August 8th, 2009 at 5:11 PM
3 Lori in Los Angeles Says:
August 8th, 2009 at 5:04 PM
If I connect to Shannyn’s radio show, my computer dumps me – tried 3x.
SO, THANK YOU love-bloggers.
That happens to me sometimes, do you have media center? type kbyr or just google kbyr 700am and click on
- – -
OMG! It worked and I’m in tears. First time EVER and I can hear it all (granted I just got HSpeed Internet this week, but still wasn’t able to hear tonight). I googled
kbyr 700am and I’m now listening with you all.
Can’t thank you enough!
Thank you also live bloggers for letting us in when we can’t hear! Smooches from Seattle.
Bob, appreciates that Shannyn is tainted as a Liberal!! And there are no Black helicopters coming to enforce codes.
Bob lives in California and would love the money Alaska doesn’t want, ’cause they are broke!
Bob appreciates the liberal taint. Californian, would be happy to take the money. Disturbed by astroturfing. Riot is not the answer.
Inciting riots is unamerican.
Bob calling in to tell Shannyn that she’s got a liberal tinge but he seems to be ok with that. (??) He mentioned the astroturf protests but then said that he didn’t really have a lot to say calling in.
She responded that the inciting of riots is unamerican and is like terrorism.
new caller:
Take the Cash!
Weatherize!
Katie from the Valley – Take the money, weatherize our houses, double/triple pane our windows and provide for those that need. She thinks this can be done without flyovers by the government checking to see if it’s being done properly.
Katie from the Valley!
Take the money, weatherize, and provide for those who need it. Doesn’t believe inspectors from Kenya will enforce codes. Shannyn calls her a Socialist!! LOL!
Katy from the Valley. Take the money. Provide better for those in need. “socialist!” Doubts the UN will fly over to make sure codes are enforced.
Big globe, interconnected. Why not some standards? But UN monitoring not realistic.
I wish there were some codes in places like Homer and Nome. I have horror stories about landlords, mold, dangerous wiring, etc. It’s bad and there are no health departments. There is not functional law library in Homer so people can take them to court, just a packet of paper and that is it.
Kath the scrappy, Sooo happy for you it is great to listen, wait until you hear Akm sometime!
Commercial….
Of course we need the money–we need all the help we can get. We can’t even keep our libraries open more than four days a week.
Bob is strangelet!!!!!!
Shannyn is a Liberal!! Lazy Mountain Jim has broken with shannyn! Somebody gave him the koolaid!
californicators!
Calls the antis out as racist. They would rather give stim money to Californicaters than to use it for rural Alaskans
Class warfare, racial warfare. Joyce is on. Joyce is mad. Been trying to get HC since ’80′s. Insurance doesn’t pay for abortions anyway, why think HC reform will? When they say they’ll kill elderly, ins. co’s already are, by denying treatment & claims.
AAAArrrrghhhh, first time I am not able to connect to the show. Comes up error
Lazy Mtn Jim has broken up with Shannyn! Is 28 million nothing or everything. Basically a racist thing re: Villages. Would rather give the money to californicators than villagers. Class and racial warfare.
Caller Joyce. Angry about healthcare issue. Still just talk. It’s time. On abortions, insurance cos are already paying for them. Insurance cos are killing people. Over 200 people died in AK. Can’t help but get better.
Caller has her facts straight about what reform is and is not. Insurance companies are coming between patients and doctors!
Well Strangelet/Bob – I hear you now!! It sounded like you didn’t say exactly what you called in to say. Nice to hear your voice! (back to the chat to talk with you there )
Everyone deserves to have adequate medical coverage. It’s a basic human right.
caller on health care…
abotions fed funded.
insurance companies killing people.
can’t get worse, will get better with new plan.
Shannyn, don’t the people of Ak know it is the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT that is paying for librarys, schools. highways, medicare, social security, & all arms of the armed service?
getting READY for cocktail party?
We’re knee deep in cocktails already!
Healthcare for profit is immoral.
caller:
Health care for profit is IMMORAL!
Guy-caller says: Healthcare for profit is immoral.
31 years in socialized med, and is proud to have done so.
even better that a Chantini or Mudslide, I’m drinking Hale’s Red Menace big amber ale, down in Seattle, cooking my sister’s birthday dinner on the BBQ – lamb, freshly picked corn and huge prawns.
Roger 31 years in socialized healthcare. Healthcare for profit is immoral.
Roger was in “Socialized ” Health Plan. Health Care for profit is immoral!!
Caller – upteen years in the med field and the health care system is wroooong.
Shannyn – human right needs – when they get capitalized on – whether prison or health care – there’s a big big problem .
it’s important for people on both sides to show up to discuss – but maturely .
NO KOOL-AID SHANNYN!!!!!!
Death Panel, points out that living wills have been encouraged for over 20 years
Living wills v. important. Line ups to unplug Shannyn.
Sorry, last caller said coffee for him, Shannyn said anything is fine: No Kool-aid!!
Rolling on the floor here at Death Panels for Dummies…
Thanks for that, Shannyn. Glad I tuned in, from AZ.
helllloooooo, mud pups!
love hearing from you and checking out your comments.
xo
Anit-Communist quack commercial
Shannyn is back
“Warren, I’m ready to have you blow enough sunshine up my skirt to give me a sunburn.”
People only buy into that kenyan crap because they are racist.
Warren wants to know if she was at the inauguration.
Vick Fisher (sp) living AK legend. Warren saw him at the inaugural. Lady was charming. Medicade: SP and race baiting, just can’t believe a black man is running the whitehouse. The haters won’t give up SS or Medicare, but make a big deal about others benefiting.
John, wonders if the same Prevo types will show up at Monday’s meeting about the stimulus.
Can’t we ship the teabagging homophobes back to Texas?
Phillip Munger, wish we were there your food would go good with our mudslides!
We need to show up at meetings in large numbers and be peaceful. We have to outnumber them. It is time for real America to participate.
Nasty thing on $P’s facebook. Shannyn couldn’t believe it.
John also thinks Vic Fisher awesome. Talking about Ord. 64. Already brought the crazy, afraid redshirts will try to disrupt this as well.
Don’t incite nastiness, responsibility if you have a microphone.
Hopes there will be good security. Teabagging plans for M. Begich meetings.
John makes cool shirts. And they are affordable.
Any link, Chris? I’d like to see…
143 Celia Harrison Says:
August 8th, 2009 at 6:11 PM
I hear you, but here in Tampa there were soo many right wringers most people couldn’t even get in and there was violence outside, they won’t stop! The Dems have to place ads in the papers, the internet and email the truth to all of us.
Shannyn, we’re all in the chat room drinking, of course not real ones, ahem. =) vitrual drinks, yeah, that’s it.
Gary, we can choose a President but it is Congress that makes laws. Shannyn mentions checks and balances. We need to be involved and VOTE!! If government sucks, our fault!
That was me on the radio !!! Now I’m home with my virtual cocktail !! Clink !! Gotta love Shannyn !!!
That is the keyword, Shannon: Pre-existing condition.
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness is guaranteed in the Constitution. Isn’t the Pursuit of Happiness contingent on good health? It’s my opinion that all Americans are entitled to health care.
(AKpetdad)
Insurance companies should not rape the doctors who then rape the patients.
Malpractice insurance, that is…
Gary says that congress and senators make the real decisions. Holding over break.
Obama doesn’t get to be a dictator, checks and balances. If you don’t like the way things are going, get out and vote. Blame the people. Get involved.
Health care deplorable. Not happy. wants change. But doesn’t believe everyone has a right to health care.
Shannyn disagrees. Supports Drs w/out borders. Essential physical needs should be a human right.
If you are able to work, you should pay something for it. Alot of people have money for things they want, but not the things they need. He backs off not a human right.
Shannyn isn’t insurable. Would be happy to pay for a plan, but can’t.
We need reform. Should be affordable and available
Maybe that’s why the doctors like to rip off the health insurance companies… Karma.
Shannyn… where will the live blogging take place after your show is over..?
On a Mudflats thread??
Sorry to leave you, folks! Emergency!!
The insurance companies own Congress.
mmboucher,
I’ve switched to Cline’s Big Break Zinfandel – not available in AK. Sweeeet & worthy of two incredible women fighting for Alaska’s future – AKM & Shannyn.
HAHAHAHAHAH
“Who listens to her (SWWNBN) anymore?”
Can only enter chat as mibbitxxxx – when I try to login as 1smartcanerican, I get “nickname error” – what does that mean? If this is not the place to ask, please direct me
Lynn concerned about preexisting conditions. Fundamental problem. People don’t see the problems around them. It affects all of us. aging society.
Need to throw the brakes on. Insurance cos are driving, and your health comes between them and their profit.
Richard. On health care, discussing actuarial tables and profit/ gambling.
Middle of the road has the problem, because can’t afford it.
Death panels, malarky. $P facebook palin whackamole.
Gillnetted in Bristol Bay this year. Dreams of crabeyes.
We are uninsured as well as small business owners we can not afford insurance. Our kids are covered by not my husband or myself. Thanks to that socialist program Denali kid Care….so that the kids can get covered – partially at least…REFORM it’s about greedy insurance companies and not about anything else..it hurts to see so many Americans making it, us against them and not about the issues. We have a black president get over it !
canerican – come on back, we’ll get over it – or work with it. we miss you!
I have insurance for two months more – than – nada. I have MANY pre-existing conditions (I think it is called living to 63 in a month) so will not be able to be covered. This leaves me more than a bit stressed! Not sure how you handle not being able to coverage Shannyn.
the Problem Child: You are amazing.
1SmartCanarican: Are you typing in your moniker the way you use it on ‘the Flats’?
OOPS! not “living to 63 in a month” but rather will be 63 in a month – silly me, must be the (virtual) wine …
Oops: that should be 1smartcanerican.
…sorry.
#168 Tina in TN – I think so – I am typing 1smartcanerican – is that not correct?
35 anniversary of nixon’s resignation.
e-mail re: blog attacks. blogging lawyers! OMG
Walt caller. Was listening to Gary. Provides 100% health care for emps. Need to have an insurance debate. 96 thous a year w/ 900 deductable for about 16 people
Snoskred! 1smartcanerican needs help!
(i’m not in chat, myself, but hope to head there, soon ~ so wish me luck [grin] ~ could somebody post a link to chat?)
Go Shannon! This is real life!
I’ve been stuck in a bad job because of insurance!
I never can chat neither, I think they should blog, that is why we are here.
MonaLisa here it is:
http://www.shop.alaskacommons.com/main.sc
The caller believes it is a moral obligation to take care of employees. That is how employers use to feel about employees. My father had insurance so good it covered plastic surgery. He also made a good wage. Now people working in the business he was in make very little money and their insurance sucks.
COBRA is 18 months, now ~ but it’s not enough. When it expires, you’re no longer considered part of a group.
Love you, mean it!
Walt against single payer. Personal responsibility of employer to look after employees. Can’t legislate morality.
Prefers tax cuts to stimulus. Wants flat tax. Okay with insurance cos making decisions. He will shop around if there is a problem with coverage.
Concern with other insurance rates. Workmen’s comp, drivers. Rip off.
Priscilla hopes to hear from Shannyn weekdays soon. Sweetie whose license plate used to say “impeach”, now says “indict”.
Did anybody say where the live blogging would take place..?
On another link maybe?
when and where does the party start?
(Thanks Chris!)
1smartcanerican: Try leaving off the 1.
Thanks to everyone for live blogging!
Raises virtual glass to all…
Is this where the party is?
I think it should be in the chat room, no real record of it, =)
#181 MLIMN – sorry, but can’t login without the “1″ as that is part of my name. Just tried it …
AKM said it’d start 1/2 hour after Shannyn was done, I think.
I think the party is here at 7:30ish. even though we all really started at 5!
The news on Fox after Shannyn’s show contained a story about too many camels in Australia. Have grown to over a million of them since being introduced many decades ago and are considering do a kill to reduce the numbers — by “helicopter”
Oh my, now THAT was tasty! Even delighted to hear the commercials. I’ve been doing my weekly frustrations TRYING to get to hear Shannyn, but THANKS to:
mmboucher (Florida) Says:
“That happens to me sometimes, do you have media center? type kbyr or just google kbyr 700am and click on”
Shannyn Live is just so downright FANTASTIC!
I used to be ‘MonaLisa(in CT)’ and it wouldn’t take me ’til I took off the open-parenthesis-in CT-closed-parenthesis part. Thought it’d be worth a try for you.
Try ‘canerican’ maybe? (we know you’re smart!
)
1smartcanerican
Try logging into the forum then click on Chat at the top bar. When the mibbits icon pops up, I think you should be able to just click on it as it should recognize you as already signed in.
“You can click HERE to get the details.” AKm, the click here part isn’t working. Help please. Oh and thank you.
Ziggy ~ my ant-egg-cataract-riddled eyes have hard time keeping up with chat, sometimes…
Wasn’t Shannyn polished?!?!? …dare i hope there will be a chance for my husband and me to get affordable catastrophic insurance while we self-insure the little things?
Tina in Tenn, if someone else gave instructions, I apologize, but you get to chat by going to Forum on the right where the ads are on the “flats homepage. Once in forum you’ll see Chat on the very right side at the top of the page. You’re asked to verify your identity and you may need to go establish your identity on forum first, I’m not sure, but try Chat and Snos will let you know if you need to verify.
Looking for you there….
1smartcanerican:
if what CanadianNeighbor says doesn’e work and you show up in chat as a mibbit, here’s what you do:
in the chat message box (where you type your stuff) type:
/nick then a space then whatever nickname you want to use
@1smartcanerican: Are you on COBRA, and if so, under what circumstance? I’m 61, and understand the “Oh, sorry, you’re uninsurable” jive. Check the HEW website about your eligibility. Sometimes it’s 36 months instead of 18.
Also, if you’ve been on COBRA, and you’ve kept it up, you should be able to get preposterously high priced HIPAA coverage to carry you to Medicare.
Best Wishes
Philip Munger:
It is time to switch to the hard stuff, like mudslides!
tina, she was great again tonight, I really enjoy listening to her. tina, is it because of the font being small? There is a way to make the chat bigger
Just dropping in to wish AKM and Shannyn a safe trip this week. Listened to the show, which was awesome as always. Will you be blogging at all this week or will we have to wait for your return before getting a taste of Netroots Nation? Would love to get to Pgh. Mudstock, but recovering from surgery and I don’t think I can talk my DH into driving. Bon voyage, and thanks for representing us and AKns in the Burg.
#17 Stangelet – I got 18 months COBRA from my last position. With taking care of medical stuff (known and new), I am a walking “pre-existing condition”. What is HEW? I am thinking of going back to my previous employer and asking/begging for another 18 months under some sort of new deal, but doubt that will work. Frustrating – and scary!
Thank you, Kath the scrappy!!
Did I miss the party?
I go to chat at the forum, I see about 5 chats and the screen goes black, I hate it come back to the blog!
no irish, you didn’t just not sure where it is
I think the problem with the chat at the forum is why sooo many of the original bloggers have left!
huh mmboucher? please splain some more
Canadian Neighbour Says:
August 8th, 2009 at 6:49 PM
The news on Fox after Shannyn’s show contained a story about too many camels in Australia. Have grown to over a million of them since being introduced many decades ago and are considering do a kill to reduce the numbers — by “helicopter”
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Most of continental Australia is unhabitable desert and that’s where they are. There isn’t any other way to get there but fly.
mmboucher – try this -
http://www.mibbit.com/chat/
put your mudpuppy name in where it says Nick
put in #themudflats where it says channel
click on go
you should find us.
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Aussie Blue Sky,
I just found it odd in that the conversations about Palin, AK and hunting wolves then to hear it for the camels. It’s something that if the ‘right’ hear it, you can almost hear them saying ‘they do it in Australia so what’s the big deal!!”
Zyggy, we have been blogging for a year now there are 23 people on chat and no one blogging, some of us can’t get on chat for some reason and the reason we are here is to BLOG!
and following chat is a bit challenging when one is not as familiar with everyone….
blogging also allows us to take a minute to think things through whereas the chat is so fast and furious, that it can feel intimidating – think cliques in high school. Am I out of line with this comment?
From what I saw of the town halls they are not going to let them be peaceful IMO they were given orders to stop- the meetings at any cost and I saw them pushing and shoving people and they would not let people ask questions.The problem is to get the word out to the moderate republicans which is the point of the stopping the the meetings.The only thing reported is the demonstrators not anything about health care
Zyggy and Snoskred ~ thank you all so much! I like the suggestion of blog and chat in different windows.
By the way: i’m a huge Chrome fan and will report any browser shenanigans to their Chrome Misbehavin’ department.
mm boucher, if you want the screen bigger in the chat room, hit the control key and the plus sign a few times.
215 zyggy Says:
August 8th, 2009 at 7:31 PM
It is not the screen size, it goes black nata nothing, I cannot read a black screen, maybe it is time to move on!
When I was laid off I was on cobra for 3 months because those 3 months they covered my meds after that it was cobra or meds because the deductible was so high I had to pay everything out of pocket till it reached 3500.That just goes to show how bad insurance companies have gotten.I went online and got a free discount card,but you have to compare because some don’t cover certain drugs.The discount card at least gave me a little off the highest cost drugs.The drugs I take run about 300 a month so it took almost 9 months before I would get any relief so Other than piece of mind in case of something worse the insurance companies made a mint off of me alone and I am sure their are many like me and they are now not an acceptable person to be insured,Thank God I am now on medicare,you have deductibles for both drugs and the rest but not like the regular insurance companies do .When I was still working our company wanted to offer Aflac and when I asked them about coverage once they saw the meds ect I was on they would not even discuss anything with me the person just walked away
Zyggy ~ the Crtl and the + key at the same time works awesome to make the text bigger.
My old eyes thank you very much for that tip!
Also you can’t lurk while chatting and you can’t read the earlier conversation
Thanks to those who live blogged the radio show here.
samper, Gramian, strangelet(Bob), Katie from Wasilla – glad you got on with questions. Good job! (if I missed a mudpup sorry good job all!)
Katie how are the signs coming along? (o: