Left In Lowell

I thought I would gather all of today’s blog posts around the MA blogosphere and give a rundown of what bloggers are saying. And, you can always click on the LeftyBlogs.com icon on my side bar to get the conglomeration of almost all lefty MA blogger posts all at once! It’s a handy tool and I use it all the time to keep up on the progressive blogs I like to read.

On to the health care blitz. Charley at BMG has this review of the almost-official MA Lefty Blog Book Club book of the week: Uninsured in America, by Susan Starr Sered and Rushika Fernandopulle. Walk In Brain’s Wes will also be commenting on this work soon.

Wonk NOT! has a good post on keeping this debate about health care focused on the people who are hurting and dying with the words, “…its easy and frequent that people take off onto intellectual arguments about health care, forgetting that we are humans who have pain and suffering, who have loved ones, and whose bodies wear out.”

Charlie also has an excellent listing of the current players in the health care debate. He sums up the different plans nicely.

And last for now (I’ll add more to this entry if more posts are written), Mass Marrier jumps in with a great entry about the MassACT ballot initiative petition. If you want to join in all the fun and excitement, then go print up a few petitions yourself and get to it! Be sure to follow the instructions carefully, as a whole sheet of signatures can be disqualified for a number of reasons. They have the rules here in PDF format.

Anyone interested in hopping to downtown Lowell sometime this week and getting petitions signed? Then email me!

[Update: Fred has this post on gubernatorial candidate Deval Patrick’s stance on health care. As an aside, I caught part of a rerun of Patrick’s recent Greater Boston interview, and the man was polished and had good answers even to impertinent questions. I like him more and more every time I read about or see him.]

[Update #2: Cape Cod Works has an interesting story on grassroots power and health care.]

[Update #3: Left Center Left has health care by the numbers, and Charley assuages concerns we all might feel about this particular ballot initiative.]