Healthcare Rally/Protest — Nov. 21, 2009
Hi all,
I wanted to thank everyone who came out for the healthcare rally this past Saturday morning to protest the TEA party folks across the street (corner of Memorial Parkway and Governors Drive). Wish I could have been there to join you … it was obviously in great hands with those who did coordinate and participate!
Special thanks go to:
+ Charles King – who stepped up to coordinate this event and gave great quotes about Medicare for All which appeared on the Channel 19 and Channel 48 newscasts.
+ Tom Moss — for photos of the event and his quote that appeared in the Huntsville Times article.
+ Jerry Burnett — for photos of the event (see links below to all the photos)
+ Esther Davis — for her quote appearing in the Huntsville Times article.
+ Barb Adle — for her quote in the Channel 48 newscast
LINKS TO OUR PHOTOS:
+ FACEBOOK http://www.facebook.com/NorthAlabamaHealthcareForAll?v=photos#/album.php?aid=163735&id=159504394739
+ YAHOO GROUP PAGE http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NorthAlabamaHealthcareForAll/photos/album/118682654/pic/list
IN THE MEDIA:
Huntsville Times article http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/local.ssf?/base/news/125888496798620.xml&coll=1
Channel 19 — has two segments on the healthcare rallies http://www.whnt.com/
Scroll down to TOP VIDEOS and select “Huntsvillians Debate Healthare Bill” and “Huntsville Healthcare Debate”
Channel 48 — “Local groups rally in anticipation of key Senate health care vote”
http://www.waff.com/global/Category.asp?C=151146&clipId=&topVideoCatNo=15046&topVideoCatNoB=105966&topVideoCatNoC=105977&topVideoCatNoD=110674&topVideoCatNoE=109699&clipId=4323408&topVideoCatNo=15046&autoStart=true
Beautiful job, everyone, for standing up on this vital issue!
Linda
Protesting the TEA party protesters — Nov. 4, 2009
Hi all,
Here is the media coverage of yesterday’s protest. Lots of good shots of our signs and great quotes from Dr. Pippa Abston. Again, we thank everyone who took time out of their busy schedules to be there!
Channel 31
http://www.waaytv.com/ scroll right to the segment titled “Opposing Views Represented At …”
Channel 48
http://www.waff.com/global/story.asp?s=11447634 This has the script of the interview. If you watch the video, you can see they cut out “for all” at the end of my quote. But they did at least cut to one of our signs that said “healthcare for all.” 
Channel 19
http://www.whnt.com/ scroll down the page to “top videos” section. The segment is titled “Hundreds Protest Health Care Issue” (that’s misleading… but the anchor says at the end that the event drew about 100.)
Channel 54 — the local Fox affiliate doesn’t have anything up yet. They have a very small newsroom and it usually takes a few days for the website to be updated.
Huntsville Times
http://blog.al.com/breaking/2009/11/people_protest_against_-_and_f.html — While the article focuses mostly on the tea party folks, we do get our points in there and are given the last word… that’s always a good thing.
http://photos.al.com/huntsville-times/2009/11/tea_party_rally_1.html — This page has a slide show of photos from the event. Look to the right of the page and click on “View as a slideshow.” There’s one poor guy who ended up being photographed with a sign that says “angry mob” and an arrow that, the way he holds it, points to his groin area …
Linda
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—– Original Message —–
From: Linda Haynes
Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 9:47 PM
Subject: report on tonight’s event — protesting the protestors
Hi all,
Great response tonight! Big thanks go to all 20 of our NAHA people (and friends!) who made it out to protest the local TEA party folks (anti-healthcare reform people).
Below are photos from the event:
YAHOO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NorthAlabamaHealthcareForAll/photos/album/679380920/pic/list
FACEBOOK http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=158399&id=159504394739
We were interviewed by all four TV stations and the Huntsville Times. We’ll post their items as they become available.
Again, thanks everyone for your quick and enthusiastic response!
Linda