Gov's Office Occupied! -TennCare Enrollees Fighting Back - Breaking!

[Egalia]

Fighting Gov. Bredesen's Health Care Axe!

Gov's Office Occupied! -TennCare Enrollees Fighting Back - Breaking!

Update: If you can't be there, but want to help, email and/or call the Governor and mainstream media (they are still not on this).
A good place to start with the MSM is lefty Keith Olbermann at MSNBC.

Governor Bredesen’s Office: Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

Approximately 30 people, including the sick and disabled, including wheel chair bound, are occupying Governor Bredesen's office as I write. The civilly disobedient Tenncare patients and advocates filed into the Govenor's office at roughly 10:00 am this morning.

According to the grapevine, there will be arrests, even of the wheelchair bound. Like to see MSM ignore that!

there's more here:

http://guerillawomentn.blogspot.com/2005/06/govs-office-occupied-tenncare.html

[fob]

1. If bredesen was smart he would have DEMANDED that those

being thrown off TennCare due to budget issues storm his office the day it was axed. He could have shown leadership and made people see the folly that is Health "Care" in these United States.

Power to the People!

[stillcool]

2. I emailed MSNBC & CNN....

Good Afternoon, I just read about people in Tennesee occupying the office of the Governor. I haven't seen it on the news. Is this another story that isn't worthy of airing? I can understand why you haven't covered Iran, Iraq, the Caspian Sea Basin, Impeachment Inquiry's, Election Fraud, the 8 memos leaked by the London Times, etc., but this might be up to your speed.

[Egalia]

3. Thank you

If anyone wants to email lefty Keith Olbermann, it might help. These protests are just beginning. People are in this for the long haul, they plan to commit civil disobedience, get arrested and keep on coming back.


[e-mail]

You could also email Gov Bredesen:

[e-mail]

[Egalia]

4. No Food or Water for Protesting TennCare Enrollees Locked Inside Capitol .

Protesting TennCare Enrollees Locked Inside Capitol for the Night!

UPDATE: Sharon Cobb just talked to one of the protestors inside the Capitol and reports that they will not be permitted to go to the vending machines for food or even water.

Sharon says:

"So, they are trying to starve them out! They're staying. (Hey...they're going to die anyhow at the hands of this Governor, I guess some don't want their deaths to be in vain). "

Call and email the Governor and tell him to give the TennCare Enrollees what they want:

Governor Bredesen’s Office:
Phone: [phone]Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

TennCare Enrollees Fighting for Their Lives . . .

In an effort to avoid the media nightmare of having people who are confined to wheel chairs arrested, Governor Bredesen says they can stay in the building overnight.

The Governor agreed to meet with the TennCare enrollees and advocates on Wednesday. It’s not clear if the protestors plan to stay where they are until then. A number of them are in very poor health; some are confined to wheelchairs.

The meeting offered by the Governor is not what they’ve asked for. They want a meeting that is open to the public/press. Bredesen says he will meet with a few of them privately.

A number of the protestors are featured in Sharon Cobb’s TennCare documentary. You can view it here, scroll down for the link. Sharon will be talking via telephone to one of the protestors later this evening. Check back at her blog for the details.

She also has a must see picture of our DINO Governor here.

http://guerillawomentn.blogspot.com/2005/06/protesting-tenncare-enrollees-locked.html

[Egalia]

5. Tensions Mount in Governor Bredesen's Office: Occupation Day # 3 Round-Up

This is from yesterday. Today is Day #4 of the Save TennCare Protest in the Capitol. Protesters (who include the sick and disabled) have spent the night locked in the Capitol ever since Monday night.


The recent tv coverage of the TennCare Protest at the Capitol is portraying Governor Bredesen as increasingly annoyed, irritated and just plain pissed.

Why won't those pesky protesters taking up space in his office just go away?

Anna Thompson at TNIMC reports on some of the signs of the Governor's increasing annoyance, and summarizes some of the events of Day # 3 of the Occupation of Governor Bredesen's Office:

{snippets}

The Governor refused to speak to the assembled crowd of thirty and held a separate press conference in his office absent any Enrollees. The assembled crowd then organized their own press conference and presented their list of demands to the media. Tensions are mounting in the Governor's Office and there has been an increase in the number of State Troopers assembled in the Capital Building and there is now the continuous surveillance of an officer from the TBI who is controlling who is allowed to enter the Governor's reception area. Enrollees say they will stay until the Governor agrees to their demands.

Lori Smith, who has Lupus and is about to lose her Tenncare, said the Governor is refusing to meet with the Enrollees this morning, "The Governor's spokesperson said he declined to meet with us. He said the Governor is working to save the taxpayers money and this is the best he can do. . .. I have put my job at risk because of this action and I will stay here as long as my health allows me to do this. We remain committed to being peaceful and abiding by our Constitutional rights. If they have us arrested that will be the Governor's decision. The Governor has always been reluctant to talk. We have continuously asked for public forums and he has continuously denied this."

http://guerillawomentn.blogspot.com/2005/06/tensions-mount-in-governor-bredesens.html

[Cleita]

6. How sad that the sick and disabled are the revolutionaries of

of our country today.

[Egalia]

7. Yeah

maybe it's going to take them to inspire the revolution.

[bobbieinok]

8. 1 view: revolutionaries are those who have nothing to lose...true here

[Egalia]

9. They're still there!

This is day #6 and night #5. The Southern Christian Leadership Council (founded by MLK) will join them Monday. The President of the national org is coming and will also stay the night.

No food or water or medicine can be brought to them all weekend. But an ambulance is standing by. Sounds like health care policy in the US to me.

http://guerillawomentn.blogspot.com/