forward your vanity to drudge , newsbusters, hannity, gateway pundit, and hotair.
someone will pick it up.
Obama had a healthcare speech 3/3/2010. Behind him, he had representatives of the healthcare profession that supported him.
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Who were these people?
From your left to right
Julie Babich, Roland Goertz, Barbara Crane, Stephen Hanson, Renee Jenkins, Christopher Lillis.
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More specifically, this person is of interest, named Barabara Crane. Who is she? well, for one thing,
she is a registered nurse.
http://sec.wbir.com/photo/04wM6P67FScCv?q=Business
Registered nurse Barbara Crane of St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center in Long Island, N.Y. , applauds President Barack Obama as he speaks about health care reform, Wednesday, March 3, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington.
In particular, she is the President of the National Federation of Nurses (NFN).
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/146448.php
Leaders from six state nurses associations announced today the formation of a new, innovative national union for registered nurses, the National Federation of Nurses (NFN). The NFN is unique at the national level in terms of its structure and organization and will provide an unparalleled platform for registered nurses to have a voice in the national labor agenda.
Representing nearly 70,000 registered nurses nationwide, the NFN currently includes six state nurses’ associations: Montana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, and Washington. A 21-member constitutional committee, with representatives from each of the member states, has developed governing documents for a new, ground breaking constitutional structure.
That 21 person committee democratically elected the first National Executive Board of the NFN, including President Barbara Crane, RN, (New York State Nurses Association); Vice President Julie Shuff, RN, (Oregon Nurses Association); Treasurer Rose Marie Martin, RN, (Ohio Nurses Association); and Secretary Kim Armstrong, RN, (Washington State Nurses Association).
Four directors were also elected, including Jeanne Avey, RN, (Washington State Nurses Association); Vicky Byrd, RN, and Tina Hedin, RN, (Montana Nurses Association); and Bruce Humphreys, RN, (Oregon Nurses Association).
“The new union,” according to NFN President Barbara Crane, RN, “is founded on core democratic principals including self-governance, respect for individual member state’s sovereignty, and highly coordinated collaboration. The NFN will focus on an effective national labor agenda that supports and advances the economic and general welfare, workplace conditions, and practice of registered nurses
through collective bargaining and shared decision-making”.
She also is on the board of directors of the New York State Nurses Association, you can see her picture here.
http://www.nysna.org/general/board.htm
And what is the NYSA?
http://www.nysna.org/general/main.htm
The New York State Nurses Association is the nation’s oldest and largest state professional association for registered nurses. It also is New York’s largest union solely dedicated to promoting the interests of RNs and their patients.
of interest, are it advocacy issues, such as protecting their pensions... which seems to be a big concerns, as it seems ms. crane seems to be a big advocate of this.
http://www.pr-inside.com/nfn-leads-the-way-as-national-r1556361.htm
NFN Leads the Way as National Spokesunion for Pension Reform
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National Federation of Nurses (NFN) President Barbara Crane, RN, joined Congressmen Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) and Pat Tiberi (R-OH) Tuesday, October 27 at the House Triangle in Washington
DC to introduce groundbreaking legislation to help defined benefit pension plans weather the country’s current economic downturn. The Pomeroy-Tiberi bill will provide the relief necessary to restore pension plans to soundness over time
and keep employers from having to freeze pensions or cut their workforces.
President Crane, who was in DC as part of the NFN’s national lobbying campaign in support of the Pomeroy-Tiberi bill, said, “This historic legislation deserves the support of every registered nurse in America.
Across the country, nurses are concerned about the future of their pensions. The Pomeroy-Tiberi bill is what we have been waiting for and what we need.”
Rep. Earl Pomeroy, a Democrat from North Dakota and Rep. Pat Tiberi, a Republican from Ohio,
were joined by representatives of the NFN, the New York State Nurses Association, and representatives from labor unions, businesses and non-profit organizations whose workers and members participate in defined benefit pension plans.
The Pomeroy-Tiberi legislation comes after Congress approved legislation, earlier this year, that reduced the required funding levels for defined-benefit pensions and allowed the use of different accounting standards to lessen financial constraints.
Pomeroy said “The cornerstone of this bill is temporary pension funding relief that eases an employer’s obligation to make up for the investment losses that pension plans experienced in 2008 by making significantly greater contributions in the coming years.”
Oh look here... she also apparently has been on the American Nurses Associations PAC board also,
when they lobbied for clinton, and she is currently on the board of directors for the ANA for
2008-2010.
(not as nice a picture here... must have been a bad hair day)
http://www.nursingworld.org/MemberCenterCategories/BOD/ANABoardofDirectors/crane3280.aspx
Doing what prostitutes do.......prostituting themselves.
I think you'll find that most doctors and nurses who support socialist medicine are not very confident in their abilities and fear losing their jobs. Unions were invented to keep the incompetent employed.
I wonder if any of those jugheads were actually doctors.
“Head man talk health care. Many white coats back him up. White coats only worn by good medicine people, so,head man talk truth about health care.”
That’s how stupid these people think we are.
