>There was a pretty good turnout today in Jefferson City MO with
>about 500 people turning up to
>protest Blunt's proposed cuts to Medicaid. Lawmakers came back from
>Spring Brake today so
>the Disabled Citizens Alliance and Paraquad in St. Louis worked
>together to arrange a little
>welcome home party for the cretins trying to cut-off Medicaid
>eligibility for approximately
>100,000 disabled persons in the state. This is the second time this
>year a decent sized protest
>was arranged concerning this issue so hopefully it will do some
>good. I hope it gets statewide
>TV coverage this time instead of in just the three major markets
>like it did last go 'round.
>I bit my tongue the entire time to keep from bitching about too many
>people wasting time and
>energy on the Schiavo case. That was damn hard to do since that was
>the second most
>popular topic of conversation behind the job at hand.
>500 protesters may not sound like much but for a single topic issue
>protest around here it is
>quite good.
>
>John Thornton
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