<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><span style="font-style: italic;">I thought this event/book might interested you all since it's somewhat related to this thread. <br>Jay<br><br></span><span></span>
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</font><div style="text-align: center;"><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" color="#000000" size="2" face="Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The Chicago Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society and <br>Barnes and Noble DePaul Center present:
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href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001BIWZ9i3dgHYnNKEXtRl8CoT_zaSH-2hoLxARLQL8gIFwJUVzVUUSm4kFoPtZL5cH96mVE6kxB-eYfmRN4_1gqKbTxn09GISnu5PhisYu8X8O_bn1skUKieXg6e1uwKaVZzA2RNv1lSC0YTB0xPE0JE5m8gnH5mUq"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1226090266_1">Who is to Blame?</span></a></font></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" color="#000000" size="2" face="Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br><span style="font-style: italic;">Featuring:</span><br>
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<font style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,Serif;" size="4"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tom Geoghegan<br>
</span><span style="font-style: italic;">Author of </span>See You in Court: How The Right Made America a Lawsuit Nation<span style="font-style: italic;">, Prominent Chicago Labor Lawyer, </span><br><span style="font-style: italic;">
Author of Other Books Including </span>Which Side Are You On?<span style="font-style: italic;">, </span><br><span style="font-style: italic;">
Finalist for
the National Book Critics Circle Award </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br></span>
</font><br></font></div><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" color="#000000" size="2" face="Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Monday, November 17, 2008</span><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">12:00 pm - 1:30 pm</span><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Barnes & Noble DePaul Center, Lower Level</span><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">
1 E. Jackson Boulevard </span><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chicago, Illinois</span><br><br>There is no cost to attend this event. Lunch will be provided. Mr. Geoghegan's book, <span style="font-style: italic;">See You in Court: How the Right Made America a
Lawsuit Nation</span>, will be available for sale and
signing. <br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Reservations are requested. RSVP <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001BIWZ9i3dgHYnNKEXtRl8CoT_zaSH-2hoLxARLQL8gIFwJUVzVUUSm4kFoPtZL5cH96mVE6kxB-eYfmRN4_1gqKbTxn09GISnu5PhisYu8X8O_bn1skUKieXg6e1uwKaVZzA2RNv1lSC0YTB0xPE0JE5m8gnH5mUq"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1226090266_2">here</span></a>. </span><br>
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<span style="font-style: italic;">See You in Court</span>
has been described as "an impassioned rebuttal to books such as Philip K.
Howard's <span style="font-style: italic;">The Death of Common Sense</span>" and "[a] powerful new
argument that right-wing legal policy gives Americans no recourse but to sue
one another." Is Mr. Geoghegan correct, or is the left to
blame for the number of lawsuits today? And has there really been an
explosion in the number of lawsuits? If so, is that necessarily a bad
thing? Join us for a program addressing these important
issues. <br>
</font><br><br>--- On <b>Fri, 11/7/08, Hal Snyder <i><hal@drxyzzy.org></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: Hal Snyder <hal@drxyzzy.org><br>Subject: Re: [CitizensTruth] Do we really want universal health care?<br>To: citizenstruth@six.pairlist.net<br>Date: Friday, November 7, 2008, 10:18 AM<br><br><div id="yiv1836982476">Thank you for the posting, but the connection to universal health care is not apparent.<div><br></div><div>If we get single-payer, not-for-profit, universal health care, it is likely that malpractice and other awards will be smaller because costs to injured parties for ongoing care will be less. But legal redress should remain fully available, and may even be more effective in a climate where corporations have less power over the system.</div><div><br></div><div>Here's a reference discussing malpractice and universal health care. You will see
there is no mention of barring lawsuits. In fact, the author speaks out against caps on economic damages while speaking in favor of single-payer.</div><div><br></div><div><div>Medical Malpractice, Health Care Quality And Health Care Reform</div><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font style="font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;" size="4" face="Verdana"><b><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/6h4s57">http://tinyurl.com/6h4s57</a></b></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><b><br></b></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 15px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:
14px;">Hal</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><b><br></b></span></font></div></div></div><div><div><div>On Nov 7, 2008, at 9:27 AM, Robin Migalla wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Hello Everyone,</div><div><br></div><div>In the current system, this is just a sample of what I believe universal </div><div>health care would mean for us...</div><div><br></div><div>To whet your appetite...</div><div><br></div><div>"Today, I'm bringing you some rather disturbing news about the Supreme </div><div>Court's decision that essentially turned over the future of your health to </div><div>corporations. Here's what happened. It's a case called Reigel vs. </div><div>Medtronic.</div><div><br></div><div>Now Medtronic is a manufacturer of medical devices. They make the </div><div>angioplasty balloons
among other things, and in this case Reigel died </div><div>following a surgical procedure in which one of these angioplasty balloons </div><div>exploded when it was in his artery.</div><div><br></div><div>This medical device killed him; what a stupid situation this is. Now the </div><div>FDA said that this device was approved, and then the Supreme Court ruled </div><div>that because the FDA said this device was approved, the family of Reigel </div><div>(again who died) could not sue the device manufacturer. Do you follow </div><div>this?"</div><div><br></div><div>If you'd like to read the whole article, you can do so here...</div><div><br></div><div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.naturalnews.com/024727.html">http://www.naturalnews.com/024727.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>Is this what we
want?</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Robin</div></blockquote></div></div></div><pre>_______________________________________________<br>CitizensTruth mailing list<br>CitizensTruth@six.pairlist.net<br>http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/citizenstruth<br>website: http://citizenstruth.info<br></pre></blockquote></td></tr></table><br>