Yay! PUBLIC HEALTH

I know it's corny, but hey, just watch and ruminate on how important all this stuff is:



According to Daily Kos they are trying to get 100,000 views by the end of this week.

It is National Public Health Week so celebrate by treating yourself right. And investing in your community.

As the agenda says, "Shifting the focus from treating illness to providing community-based health promotion and health services will measurably improve health and control costs."

Meet you in the lobby

Gooooooo Shaners! My old friend Shane Goldmacher notified me about his latest set of articles on the staggering power of lobbyists in California state politics. Please check them out. They're a nice little piece of muckrakking.

Part 1

Part 2

Top 10 lobbying interests

It's no surprise the magnitude of sway lobbying interests hold, but reading some of the nitty gritty is eye-opening.

Shane is also one of the sexiest banner ad posterboys ever:


For more of Shane's top-notch reportage check out the Sacremento Bee's Capitol Alert.

Heath and reconciliation?

Check out this article about the call for an HIV/AIDS Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa.

It's an interesting concept. Considering the importance of the right to health (not just health care and/or absence of disease or illness) movement, and the way that health is now being advocated as a human right, any violation that threatens the health of a large swath of the populace could be considered a sort of proxy genocide, perhaps. Anyone want to weigh in on this? I guess I should read the book cited to learn more about foundations for the argument, its feasibility, and potential execution...