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Monday, March 03, 2008

Woodinville made the news, and Crisis What Crisis in Healthcare?

Apparently, Woodinville made the national news (http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news;_ylt=A0WTTkhfx81HsE0AmjLQtDMD;_ylu=X3oDMTBhNjRqazhxBHNlYwNzZWFyY2g-?p=woodinville+fires&c=&fr=sfp&ei=UTF-8&x=wrt).

Fires set by arsonists from the Earth Liberation Front destroyed three homes in a 'Street of Dreams' development in our town. Two other homes have smoke damage. The homes were unoccupied, according the The Olympian online.

These homes were built using 'Built Green' standards but someone didn't agree. I think it's very intersting that a woman named Briana Waters is on trial right now for a fire bombing at UW associated with ELF and this arson happens in Woodinville at the same time. I guess I think it is interesting because these are homes priced in the millions, the real estate market is slow, the economy is in a downturn and someone torches these houses and leaves a sign at the scene denoting ELF involvement. Hmmmm...

Meanwhile, we got our blood boiling last night watching a story on 60 Minutes about RAM: Remote Area Medical. This is a non-profit group that typically goes to remote areas of the world (think Africa, Asia) to provide medical care for those who cannot gain acceess to such care. But guess what? They are doing more and more of their weekend clinics right here in the richest nation in the world, Our Very Own: United States of America. Why, we ask? How is it that a set-up designed for third-world countries is necessary here?

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