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This is not a campaign. In campaigns, there are spectators. This is a movement.
Everybody plays.
The Plan:
Mad Doctors Hit the Road
On September 8, 2009 a group of dedicated Oregon physicians will take the message of Universal Health Care "on the road" in a wrapped and branded Motor Home headed for Washington D.C. Our cross-country mission: to stop in big cities and whistle stops alike, conducting pre-booked, local and national media appearances for a curious press. Every move we make along the way will be recorded on camera and then edited and uploaded to the internet that same day. This will allow our Mad As Hell Doctors Tour to leverage the edited video segments on social networking web sites such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, MySpace, et al. In this way, our effort becomes an unprecedented hybrid of reality television and political activism that offers people the opportunity to follow us, in real time, as our story unfolds. The message will be unmistakable: caravan with us to Washington and help make a public demonstration of support for Single Payer Health Care that will be heard around the world.
Imagine...
Thousands of cars pulling into the nation's capital for a protest on the White House lawn. The sidewalks are filled with supporters carrying signs in support of the Mad As Hell Doctors who have captured the imagination and the ignited the passion of their fellow citizens. We wave and honk at the camera crews, as do the endless line of cars behind us, as we wend our way toward the White House. On every antenna, on the backside of every car, and flapping like flags from sidewalk supporters, is the symbol of this new movement: the White Ribbon.
When we arrive, we go directly to the White House Lawn and begin passing out ribbons to the multitude of people waiting for the protest to begin. Politicians, celebrities, entertainers and hand selected citizens stand at the microphone one after the other, offering testimonials and expressing outrage at a corrupted health care system that puts profit before people. Our message to the President and Congress is clear:
Single Payer is the Solution. We Demand it Now.
Listen to the Mad As Hell Doctors Theme Song!
Written and Performed by WICKLINE
Content copyright 2009. Adam Klugman. All rights reserved.
This is not a campaign. In campaigns, there are spectators. This is a movement.
Everybody plays.
The Plan:
Mad Doctors Hit the Road
On September 8, 2009 a group of dedicated Oregon physicians will take the message of Universal Health Care "on the road" in a wrapped and branded Motor Home headed for Washington D.C. Our cross-country mission: to stop in big cities and whistle stops alike, conducting pre-booked, local and national media appearances for a curious press. Every move we make along the way will be recorded on camera and then edited and uploaded to the internet that same day. This will allow our Mad As Hell Doctors Tour to leverage the edited video segments on social networking web sites such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, MySpace, et al. In this way, our effort becomes an unprecedented hybrid of reality television and political activism that offers people the opportunity to follow us, in real time, as our story unfolds. The message will be unmistakable: caravan with us to Washington and help make a public demonstration of support for Single Payer Health Care that will be heard around the world.
Imagine...
Thousands of cars pulling into the nation's capital for a protest on the White House lawn. The sidewalks are filled with supporters carrying signs in support of the Mad As Hell Doctors who have captured the imagination and the ignited the passion of their fellow citizens. We wave and honk at the camera crews, as do the endless line of cars behind us, as we wend our way toward the White House. On every antenna, on the backside of every car, and flapping like flags from sidewalk supporters, is the symbol of this new movement: the White Ribbon.
When we arrive, we go directly to the White House Lawn and begin passing out ribbons to the multitude of people waiting for the protest to begin. Politicians, celebrities, entertainers and hand selected citizens stand at the microphone one after the other, offering testimonials and expressing outrage at a corrupted health care system that puts profit before people. Our message to the President and Congress is clear:
Single Payer is the Solution. We Demand it Now.
Listen to the Mad As Hell Doctors Theme Song!
Written and Performed by WICKLINE
Content copyright 2009. Adam Klugman. All rights reserved.
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Re: Mad as hell doctors
Mon, August 31, 2009 - 5:25 PMNow this has some very interesting possibilities.
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Re: Mad as hell doctors
Wed, September 16, 2009 - 10:07 AMfrom my email today:
Mad As Hell Doctors come to Indiana!
Dear Laurie,
Indiana has two chances to get mad as hell for single payer with the Mad As Hell Doctors.
If you don't know who the Mad As Hell Doctors are, you will soon. They're a group of Oregon doctors who are past being frustrated with the hold that private insurance has over our healthcare system. They're mad, they're doing something about it, and PDA's helping them along their way.
Indiana is the 10th state on their 26-city tour culminating in a rally for single-payer healthcare in Washington, DC, on September 30. The MAHD message is more important than ever now, since President Obama's "make me do it" declaration seems to have been aimed at the private insurance companies, when we all thought he was talking to us. But we still have a chance to be heard.
The Doctors hit Indiana for a Town Hall in Gary on Friday September 18.
When: Friday, September 18
12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Where: McBride Union Hall
1301 Texas Ave.
Gary, IN 46402
The Doctors then make their way to Bloomington, for a Town Hall at the Farmer's Market on Saturday.
When: Saturday, September 19
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Where: Bloomington Farmer's Market
401 N Morton St.
Bloomington, IN 47404
Follow the MAHD tour on their Website, Facebook, and Twitter. Be part of history by getting mad with them across the country. And to understand single payer well enough to argue for it, use the resources on PDA's Healthcare for All/Single Payer IOT pages. Those tea partiers'll never know what's hit 'em, when faced with some facts.
There's no time to sit back and let healthcare reform become another bailout—this time for private insurance and the pharmaceutical industries. Get mad and get active! Plan on marching with the Mad As Hell Doctors in Washington, DC on September 30.
In solidarity,
Roberta McNair, Healthcare for All IOT national coordinator
Tim Carpenter, National Director
Laura Bonham, Deputy Director, Communications Coordinator
Conor Boylan, National Field Coordinator
PDA is a Mad As Hell Doctors partner.
