This Chamber of Commerce is evil.
This Chamber of Commerce is evil.
I have been in the business of festivals for thirty years, and normally when a spat like this erupts, it is the start of the finish for the event. One party or the other starts to get greedy taking more from food vendors, arts and crafts vendors, right on down the line. Aparently the legion and other non-profit groups handling the beer was doing a good job, and the Chamber felt that they needed a big piece of that action, this is wrong, and the non-profit groups need to stand-up, and fight for their rights on this issue. One way to do that is to say all non-profit groups are done helping with this event all together, until the Chamber screws there heads on. Yes things cost more to make it successful these days, but don't take it away from charity to make up for costs. Get off your butts, and go out for more corp. sponsors. Food vendors, crafters, and entertainment make this event what it is. They draw the crowds for the event. The Chamber must understand they are not the ones that get the people to attend the event. If the volunteers back up, and stand strong, and don't come forward when ask, the Chamber will think twice before trying to take the money made away from the ones that make this thing work. I have seen it work in many places. Take a strong stand.
I have been in the business of festivals for thirty years, and normally when a spat like this erupts, it is the start of the finish for the event. One party or the other starts to get greedy taking more from food vendors, arts and crafts vendors, right on down the line. Aparently the legion and other non-profit groups handling the beer was doing a good job, and the Chamber felt that they needed a big piece of that action, this is wrong, and the non-profit groups need to stand-up, and fight for their rights on this issue. One way to do that is to say all non-profit groups are done helping with this event all together, until the Chamber screws there heads on. Yes things cost more to make it successful these days, but don't take it away from charity to make up for costs. Get off your butts, and go out for more corp. sponsors. Food vendors, crafters, and entertainment make this event what it is. They draw the crowds for the event. The Chamber must understand they are not the ones that get the people to attend the event. If the volunteers back up, and stand strong, and don't come forward when ask, the Chamber will think twice before trying to take the money made away from the ones that make this thing work. I have seen it work in many places. Take a strong stand.
My hat goes off to the vets.I will support them and know their hearts are in the right place unlike city office looking for the almighty dollar!
My hat goes off to the vets.I will support them and know their hearts are in the right place unlike city office looking for the almighty dollar!
It is just so sad that the people from the KMA feel the way they do about Bill Roenbaugh. I had the privilege to get to know him and his wife, and believe me you would not find kinder, nicer people anywhere! They might be the wealthiest farmers in the community, but have you ever thought that they might have worked, and worked hard, for everything that they have accomplished. It is also a known fact that he is always willing to help any of his neighbors in need. He is not just helping them, but helping them to be able to help themselves. Maybe this group of people should think twice before they start judging people! When a tragedy like the Greensburg-Tornado hit it affects everybody that was hit by its destruction. Does not matter if you are rich or poor. Think twice before you guys start judging!!
It is just so sad that the people from the KMA feel the way they do about Bill Roenbaugh. I had the privilege to get to know him and his wife, and believe me you would not find kinder, nicer people anywhere! They might be the wealthiest farmers in the community, but have you ever thought that they might have worked, and worked hard, for everything that they have accomplished. It is also a known fact that he is always willing to help any of his neighbors in need. He is not just helping them, but helping them to be able to help themselves. Maybe this group of people should think twice before they start judging people! When a tragedy like the Greensburg-Tornado hit it affects everybody that was hit by its destruction. Does not matter if you are rich or poor. Think twice before you guys start judging!!
i hope this place as changed i was there in 1986-1990 it it wasnt a very nice place i had nightmares for years over that place i feel sorry for anyone that is in that place it didnt help me.i make my own choices idont blamethem i blame the place.
i hope this place as changed i was there in 1986-1990 it it wasnt a very nice place i had nightmares for years over that place i feel sorry for anyone that is in that place it didnt help me.i make my own choices idont blamethem i blame the place.
This true story of Tracy and Julie Pierce is simply awful. Like so many of the other horror stories Michael Moore tells in SiCKO, this one shows the heartlessness and greed inherent in our medical system.
But the way the Pierces� story was told in SiCKO gives the impression that the bone marrow transplant would most probably have cured Tracy Sr.�s kidney cancer.
But, this may not be true.
As Maggie Mahar, author of the book, "Money-Driven Medicine" http://301url.com/mondrivmed), points out on The Health Care Blog at http://301url.com/maggie:
"Yet it is not clear that the insurer was wrong to refuse to cover the bone-marrow transplant. It is very difficult to tell from the few details given in the film whether it might have helped -- but advanced kidney cancer is not curable. Even the newest drugs give the patient, at most, a few more weeks of life. At the same time, it is understandable that both the husband and the wife (and apparently Moore) assume that the insurer was merely trying to save money."
Make no mistake about it. As I pointed out in my own review of the film, I loved SiCKO (http://www.honestmedicine.com/.... It depicts -- better than any book, article or other film could possibly show -- how terribly so many Americans are treated by their insurance companies, and by our so-called �healthcare� system.
I have no doubt that Tracy Sr. was treated extremely badly by the medical system that he hoped would save him. But one question kept gnawing at me as I watched his story:
If his doctor really believed that this treatment would save Tracy Sr.�s life, why didn�t he accompany the Pierces to the meeting of the hospital�s board of trustees? Wouldn't his presence at this meeting have helped his patient�s cause? Yet he was not there.
But, there is yet another true story that is not told in the film: how doctors sometimes advise their patients to undergo treatments that will possibly not help them -- but will, instead, line their own pockets.
While no one can say with any certainty that this was true in Tracy Sr.�s case (we simply don�t have enough facts), we do know that oncologists have been found to advise their patients in this less-than-altruistic way.
For instance, most people do not know that scores of oncologists today prescribe chemotherapies based on how much money they themselves will pocket from prescribing a particular drug. (Please see the article on the MSNBC website, entitled �Cancer Docs Profit from Chemotherapy Drugs� at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14... .) And did you know that studies have shown that many chemotherapies that doctors prescribe are not very effective? (Please see this PubMed article at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/si..., which states that ". . . it is clear that cytotoxic chemotherapy only makes a minor contribution to cancer survival.")
I wish that Julie Pierce would not have her heart so set on getting her son, Tracy Jr., tested for this cancer gene. For one thing, even if he has the gene, it does not mean that he�ll definitely get kidney cancer. Also, if he has the gene, the fact that he has it may make him uninsurable at some point in the future. But, even more important, as Maggie Mahar pointed out in her Health Care Blog article, the treatment that was denied Tracy Sr. might not have saved him. And it might not save his son in the future.
But one thing�s for sure: Knowing that he has the gene (if he does) will only make Tracy Jr. more scared than he already is. And just as important, by the time he gets it -- if he does get it -- there may be another, far more effective treatment for kidney cancer.
Very sincerely,
Julia Schopick
www.HonestMedicine.com
This true story of Tracy and Julie Pierce is simply awful. Like so many of the other horror stories Michael Moore tells in SiCKO, this one shows the heartlessness and greed inherent in our medical system. But the way the Pierces’ story was told in SiCKO gives the impression that the bone marrow transplant would most probably have cured Tracy Sr.’s kidney cancer. But, this may not be true. As Maggie Mahar, author of the book, "Money-Driven Medicine" http://301url.com/mondrivmed), points out on The Health Care Blog at http://301url.com/maggie: "Yet it is not clear that the insurer was wrong to refuse to cover the bone-marrow transplant. It is very difficult to tell from the few details given in the film whether it might have helped -- but advanced kidney cancer is not curable. Even the newest drugs give the patient, at most, a few more weeks of life. At the same time, it is understandable that both the husband and the wife (and apparently Moore) assume that the insurer was merely trying to save money." Make no mistake about it. As I pointed out in my own review of the film, I loved SiCKO (http://www.honestmedicine.com/2007/07/michael-moores-.html). It depicts -- better than any book, article or other film could possibly show -- how terribly so many Americans are treated by their insurance companies, and by our so-called “healthcare” system. I have no doubt that Tracy Sr. was treated extremely badly by the medical system that he hoped would save him. But one question kept gnawing at me as I watched his story: If his doctor really believed that this treatment would save Tracy Sr.’s life, why didn’t he accompany the Pierces to the meeting of the hospital’s board of trustees? Wouldn't his presence at this meeting have helped his patient’s cause? Yet he was not there. But, there is yet another true story that is not told in the film: how doctors sometimes advise their patients to undergo treatments that will possibly not help them -- but will, instead, line their own pockets. While no one can say with any certainty that this was true in Tracy Sr.’s case (we simply don’t have enough facts), we do know that oncologists have been found to advise their patients in this less-than-altruistic way. For instance, most people do not know that scores of oncologists today prescribe chemotherapies based on how much money they themselves will pocket from prescribing a particular drug. (Please see the article on the MSNBC website, entitled “Cancer Docs Profit from Chemotherapy Drugs” at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14944098/ .) And did you know that studies have shown that many chemotherapies that doctors prescribe are not very effective? (Please see this PubMed article at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&list_uids=15630849&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Citation&indexed=google, which states that ". . . it is clear that cytotoxic chemotherapy only makes a minor contribution to cancer survival.") I wish that Julie Pierce would not have her heart so set on getting her son, Tracy Jr., tested for this cancer gene. For one thing, even if he has the gene, it does not mean that he’ll definitely get kidney cancer. Also, if he has the gene, the fact that he has it may make him uninsurable at some point in the future. But, even more important, as Maggie Mahar pointed out in her Health Care Blog article, the treatment that was denied Tracy Sr. might not have saved him. And it might not save his son in the future. But one thing’s for sure: Knowing that he has the gene (if he does) will only make Tracy Jr. more scared than he already is. And just as important, by the time he gets it -- if he does get it -- there may be another, far more effective treatment for kidney cancer. Very sincerely, Julia Schopick www.HonestMedicine.com
It IS against the law in Overland Park to leave an unattended car running. This is one of the worst 'stunts' I have ever heard a police dept pull. Talk about creating criminals!!
It IS against the law in Overland Park to leave an unattended car running. This is one of the worst 'stunts' I have ever heard a police dept pull. Talk about creating criminals!!
I'm a white guy living in a nice apartment downtown making about $45,000/year. Granted, I don't frequent 45th and Troost on a daily basis, but if someone left a car idling on my street, I might be tempted to move it if it sat there for a while. There's a difference between stealing the car, and just moving it. It's a hard sell to a jury, but where I grew up, we'd do nice things for people like turning off headlights if they were on and the car wasn't running. Or turning off a car if it was running for a long time and the owner didn't remember.
I don't know the specifics, but if a car sat in the middle of the street, it's creating a bit of a hazard.
I'm a white guy living in a nice apartment downtown making about $45,000/year. Granted, I don't frequent 45th and Troost on a daily basis, but if someone left a car idling on my street, I might be tempted to move it if it sat there for a while. There's a difference between stealing the car, and just moving it. It's a hard sell to a jury, but where I grew up, we'd do nice things for people like turning off headlights if they were on and the car wasn't running. Or turning off a car if it was running for a long time and the owner didn't remember. I don't know the specifics, but if a car sat in the middle of the street, it's creating a bit of a hazard.
And police forces wonder why in this day and age no one trusts or wants to help police officers. This is entrapment pure and simple and the judge was more worried about reelection than seeing justice done. At least he had enough guts to give the guy probation.
And police forces wonder why in this day and age no one trusts or wants to help police officers. This is entrapment pure and simple and the judge was more worried about reelection than seeing justice done. At least he had enough guts to give the guy probation.
surely the pigs got something better to do!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Re: “Milk and Money”
I am glad that they won... and very pround..because i admire and look up to Mr. Leon and Vernon Stapleton