The typical Whole Foods customer tends to be educated, liberal and urbane and I would venture to guess supportive of President Obama and his attempt to reform healthcare so the richest country on earth no longer has a healthcare system ranked 37 in terms of coverage and efficiency.It is cruel that we are the only industrialized country on earth that does not mandate universal healthcare covergae for our citizens.

Whole Foods advertises their values as including:

Caring about our communities & our environment

Whole Foods does not care about the members of its communities who need true healthcare reform. It comes as a shock that John Mackey, Co-Founder and CEO of Whole Foods has an OpEd in todays Wall Street Journal titled: The Whole Foods Alternative to ObamaCare

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB2000142405297020425140457434217007286507...

He offers talking points straight out of the GOP and Health Insurance lobby play book such as:

the last thing our country needs is a massive new health-care entitlement that will create hundreds of billions of dollars of new unfunded deficits and move us much closer to a government takeover of our health-care system. Instead, we should be trying to achieve reforms by moving in the opposite direction—toward less government control and more individual empowerment.

He in essence recommends high deductible policies i.e. $2,500-5,000 with HSA's. He also advocates the end of consumers having the rights to file lawsuits.

He also states that state laws should be curtailed that mandate the type of coverage Insurance Companies should be required to offer. Pray tell what mandates is he referring to? Cancer treatments, mammograms?

Whole Foods is known to be anti union. Their Founder has now thrown down the gauntlet and shown them to be anti progressive and frankly a threat to millions who do not have health insurance and those who could barely afford it.

It’s up to you to decide whether to frequent this store but remember, their superficial catering to liberal sensibilities in enriching those opposed to all you hold sacred.

Up to you if you want to be taken for a sucker.

Sarah Palins beliefs are frightening when you illustrate what they are. This video attempts to do that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y_ReNS7hMU

Republicans are brilliant at running dirty and negative campaigns. Now they are running ads quoting negative things Hillary and Biden have said about Obama. There are a plethora of like comments Republicans have made about McCain. We need to reply. Videography is a hobby and this is my response, which is now posted on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvr7xjYa5_g

Folks at the polls at 4rth and Christian and 700 Catharine were passing out Santorum/Rendell pamphlets. The lower left of these pamphlets clearly state they are being produces by Local 98. I spoke to one of the men handing out the pamphlets and he told me that he was with Local 98.

I assume that this is being done at other polls

Tuesday we will have the opportunity to remove from office one of the most divisive hate mongers in the Senate. A man who cannot distinguish between consensual sex between adults and bestiality. A man who has been one of Bush’s greatest supporters in Iraq.

I attach a letter I have distributed to the voters in my division. Feel free to duplicate it.
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Dear Neighbor:

Election Day is Tuesday, November 7, 2008. Voting in our division will be at the Fleisher Art Memorial located at 719 Catharine Street. Polls are open from 7:00am- 8:00 pm.

This is an extremely important election and it is crucial that we all come out and vote. Ed Rendell, Bob Brady and Babbette Joseph are all running for reelection and deserve our support.