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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.9.3 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:19:51 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>ThinkWeCan.com Editorials</title><subtitle>Editorials</subtitle><id>http://www.thinkwecan.com/editorials/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.thinkwecan.com/editorials/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.thinkwecan.com/editorials/atom.xml"/><updated>2010-02-03T23:38:10Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.9.3 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>OUR DOCTORS ARE THE KEY TO HEALTH CARE REFORM</title><id>http://www.thinkwecan.com/editorials/our-doctors-are-the-key-to-health-care-reform.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.thinkwecan.com/editorials/our-doctors-are-the-key-to-health-care-reform.html"/><author><name>Don Hess</name></author><published>2010-01-21T16:37:43Z</published><updated>2010-01-21T16:37:43Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Let me put it this way, does anyone actually believe America has a bright future while allowing our big-business health care system to profit by drugging half of America&rsquo;s kids instead of teaching them how to eat and exercise?]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Indifference, Is Thy Name The 111th Congress?</title><id>http://www.thinkwecan.com/editorials/indifference-is-thy-name-the-111th-congress.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.thinkwecan.com/editorials/indifference-is-thy-name-the-111th-congress.html"/><author><name>Don Hess</name></author><published>2009-12-16T01:52:44Z</published><updated>2009-12-16T01:52:44Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[As for the members of the 111th Congress, will they be remembered as the well-insured, self-centered, vote-focused, fat-cats who don&rsquo;t give a damn about the kids they send off to war?]]></summary></entry><entry><title>(4)Health care reform and Citrus County</title><category term="Health Care Reform"/><category term="Health care reform"/><category term="The Privatized U.S."/><category term="privatized U.S."/><id>http://www.thinkwecan.com/editorials/4health-care-reform-and-citrus-county.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.thinkwecan.com/editorials/4health-care-reform-and-citrus-county.html"/><author><name>Don Hess</name></author><published>2009-10-01T13:26:43Z</published><updated>2009-10-01T13:26:43Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[--tonight, in the darkest hours, how many mothers and fathers will kneel by their small child&rsquo;s bed and listen to a racking cough, or gently wipe a burning-hot, fevered brow, or watch their child&rsquo;s eyes roll up into their head.&nbsp; Now think about your child in that condition, with no health care available.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>(3)Health Care Reform--Yes, We Must</title><category term="Health Care Reform"/><category term="Health care reform"/><category term="The Privatized U.S."/><category term="privatized U.S."/><id>http://www.thinkwecan.com/editorials/3health-care-reform-yes-we-must.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.thinkwecan.com/editorials/3health-care-reform-yes-we-must.html"/><author><name>Don Hess</name></author><published>2009-09-24T13:22:55Z</published><updated>2009-09-24T13:22:55Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[It is immoral and stupid to continue standing idly by as some of the greediest individuals on earth strip a trillion dollars a year from our economy.&nbsp; The very heart and soul of America hangs in the balance.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>(2)Health Care Reform--A Question Of How, Not Why</title><id>http://www.thinkwecan.com/editorials/2health-care-reform-a-question-of-how-not-why.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.thinkwecan.com/editorials/2health-care-reform-a-question-of-how-not-why.html"/><author><name>Don Hess</name></author><published>2009-09-17T15:00:43Z</published><updated>2009-09-17T15:00:43Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[In order to determine our direction, our reluctant leaders need not strain themselves with thoughts of compassion, decency, faith and other such moral and religious principles concerning our 110 million neighbors in dire health care straits.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>(1)Health Care Reform--The Seminal Principle of The United States</title><id>http://www.thinkwecan.com/editorials/1health-care-reform-the-seminal-principle-of-the-united-stat.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.thinkwecan.com/editorials/1health-care-reform-the-seminal-principle-of-the-united-stat.html"/><author><name>Don Hess</name></author><published>2009-09-08T19:26:43Z</published><updated>2009-09-08T19:26:43Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[We were fooled before by the Harry and Louise TV ads. And here we are, once again, being slicked by the very same grotesquely greedy industries that will bankrupt this country if we allow it.&nbsp; Are we stupid?]]></summary></entry><entry><title>State Farm Reinvents Insurance</title><category term="The Privatized U.S."/><id>http://www.thinkwecan.com/editorials/state-farm-reinvents-insurance.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.thinkwecan.com/editorials/state-farm-reinvents-insurance.html"/><author><name>Don Hess</name></author><published>2009-02-27T22:32:57Z</published><updated>2009-02-27T22:32:57Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[What is most startling is the boldness of State Farm&rsquo;s ploy, for they are ignoring the most basic and sacred of an insurance company&rsquo;s responsibilities&mdash;that of holding their insured clients harmless in the event of loss, especially massive loss, through the spreading of risk]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Earth To Congress...is anyone listening?</title><id>http://www.thinkwecan.com/editorials/earth-to-congressis-anyone-listening.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.thinkwecan.com/editorials/earth-to-congressis-anyone-listening.html"/><author><name>Don Hess</name></author><published>2008-11-28T14:02:48Z</published><updated>2008-11-28T14:02:48Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Congress has instructed our automaker CEOs to return to Washington shortly (preferably on commercial aircraft) with a restructuring plan in hand. Hastily designed in just a few hours, it is likely their plan&rsquo;s only result will be to delude the American people.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Our Bailout(s)--The Good, The Bad, and Hopefully, Not The Ugly</title><id>http://www.thinkwecan.com/editorials/our-bailouts-the-good-the-bad-and-hopefully-not-the-ugly.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.thinkwecan.com/editorials/our-bailouts-the-good-the-bad-and-hopefully-not-the-ugly.html"/><author><name>Don Hess</name></author><published>2008-10-16T16:23:04Z</published><updated>2008-10-16T16:23:04Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>We need to tell our Congress that for 30 years they have allowed much of Corporate America to act like a bunch of spoiled bullies who want everybody’s candy.&nbsp; </p>]]></summary></entry><entry><title>OK, We've Got A Bailout, But Where’s The Plan?</title><category term="The Privatized U.S."/><id>http://www.thinkwecan.com/editorials/ok-weve-got-a-bailout-but-wheres-the-plan.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.thinkwecan.com/editorials/ok-weve-got-a-bailout-but-wheres-the-plan.html"/><author><name>Don Hess</name></author><published>2008-10-06T20:34:35Z</published><updated>2008-10-06T20:34:35Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>The five people who were supposed to guard us against dangerous activities in our gigantic, investment banking industry, the commissioners of the SEC, told those giant firms to police themselves, no pesky rules or oversight to limit them, just bet on margin to their hearts content; even to the tune of many trillions of dollars.</p>]]></summary></entry></feed>