http://stephengyllenhaal.net/ted-kennedy-and-health-care/ The Official Website Mon, 05 Dec 2011 08:25:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://stephengyllenhaal.net/ted-kennedy-and-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-237 Stephen Gyllenhaal Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:52:31 +0000 http://stephengyllenhaal.net/?p=545#comment-237 Again...if you are a new visitor -- this response of mine was to a very negative and quite nasty comment (one person was attacking the site over and over pretending to be different people). This internet world is incredibly interesting in that it demands new ways of handling things. If you go through some of these comments it must be a little confusing, but it captures some of my confusion. Increasingly I am coming to believe that it's important to share our confusions, particularly as we start out to do something new, make mistakes, lose our way, hopefully find out way back. It's relatively easy to do the same thing over and over - not much confusion there. But something new? There's bound to be confusion, more than likely plenty of it...so here it is in various comments. But I believe we've weathered this rather interesting storm. For now I think the confusion will diminish... Again…if you are a new visitor — this response of mine was to a very negative and quite nasty comment (one person was attacking the site over and over pretending to be different people). This internet world is incredibly interesting in that it demands new ways of handling things. If you go through some of these comments it must be a little confusing, but it captures some of my confusion. Increasingly I am coming to believe that it’s important to share our confusions, particularly as we start out to do something new, make mistakes, lose our way, hopefully find out way back. It’s relatively easy to do the same thing over and over – not much confusion there. But something new? There’s bound to be confusion, more than likely plenty of it…so here it is in various comments. But I believe we’ve weathered this rather interesting storm. For now I think the confusion will diminish…

]]> http://stephengyllenhaal.net/ted-kennedy-and-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-155 Stephen Gyllenhaal Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:38:55 +0000 http://stephengyllenhaal.net/?p=545#comment-155 First of all, thank you for your correction re Mary Jo Kopechne. It was fixed and hyperlinked for anyone not as familiar as you with the story. Secondly I can't argue with you re my inabilty to write, nor the fact that I have no copy editor, nor with the fact that I have health care from the Director's Guild and that I once hobnobbed with various folks in Martha's Vineyard, Sea Ranch, etc.. And that it's rather sad where I find myself at almost sixty. And that Kennedy moved through the second part of his life with some real grace and courage. And that I haven't, really. I am, in short, a kind of loser, really. There are others out there like me, quite a few actually. I happen to have just set up a website and have started to play around with what a mess I am, with the confusion that I find myself in. I think I'm also not alone in that either. You are clearly not in that place and that's important to talk about too. When someone like you can write clearly and well it's important that they get your thoughts out there in the world and I'm grateful that you've graced this website with those abilities and I hope you continue. But I think there's a place for those less clear like me, whether they are rich, poor, well educated, have hobnobbed with the rich or with the homeless, are self indulgent or are clear headed, disciplined and upstanding citizens. And in regards to the Director's Guild there was an interesting conversation at a board meeting about the fact that our health care plan would be somewhat diminished if almost any government plan went through. Were we, "the rich," prepared to give up a little so that the less lucky (and I count myself very lucky and probably not that bright as you point out)...that the less lucky get covered too, all of them? The response at the DGA was mixed and a little confused. And yet quite a few of the members were ready to give up some of the coverage they've had so that the entire population could be covered because as it was pointed out - sickness spreads, viruses hit everybody, epidemics are equal opportunity players, so the point is that you, me, everyone of us needs to get together on this point (and other points too, I suspect) - the smarter and more responsible ones like you, the more foolish and immature ones like me - we have to get together as best we can because, when all is said and done, we're in this together whether we like it or not. For the record, I like that we're all in it together. And a lot of what you've said I think is correct and helpful and I hope you keep coming back and giving me hell when you have the energy and interest - and if you don't care or have the interest, that's fine too... First of all, thank you for your correction re Mary Jo Kopechne. It was fixed and hyperlinked for anyone not as familiar as you with the story. Secondly I can’t argue with you re my inabilty to write, nor the fact that I have no copy editor, nor with the fact that I have health care from the Director’s Guild and that I once hobnobbed with various folks in Martha’s Vineyard, Sea Ranch, etc.. And that it’s rather sad where I find myself at almost sixty. And that Kennedy moved through the second part of his life with some real grace and courage. And that I haven’t, really. I am, in short, a kind of loser, really. There are others out there like me, quite a few actually. I happen to have just set up a website and have started to play around with what a mess I am, with the confusion that I find myself in. I think I’m also not alone in that either. You are clearly not in that place and that’s important to talk about too. When someone like you can write clearly and well it’s important that they get your thoughts out there in the world and I’m grateful that you’ve graced this website with those abilities and I hope you continue. But I think there’s a place for those less clear like me, whether they are rich, poor, well educated, have hobnobbed with the rich or with the homeless, are self indulgent or are clear headed, disciplined and upstanding citizens.
And in regards to the Director’s Guild there was an interesting conversation at a board meeting about the fact that our health care plan would be somewhat diminished if almost any government plan went through. Were we, “the rich,” prepared to give up a little so that the less lucky (and I count myself very lucky and probably not that bright as you point out)…that the less lucky get covered too, all of them? The response at the DGA was mixed and a little confused. And yet quite a few of the members were ready to give up some of the coverage they’ve had so that the entire population could be covered because as it was pointed out – sickness spreads, viruses hit everybody, epidemics are equal opportunity players, so the point is that you, me, everyone of us needs to get together on this point (and other points too, I suspect) – the smarter and more responsible ones like you, the more foolish and immature ones like me – we have to get together as best we can because, when all is said and done, we’re in this together whether we like it or not. For the record, I like that we’re all in it together. And a lot of what you’ve said I think is correct and helpful and I hope you keep coming back and giving me hell when you have the energy and interest – and if you don’t care or have the interest, that’s fine too…

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