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The "Not So Poor" 12 Year Old Who Rebutted Bush on SCHIP Veto
Multiple, Baltimore Sun ^ | 10-07-07 | self

Posted on 10/06/2007 10:42:57 PM PDT by icwhatudo

Graeme Frost, who gave the democrat rebuttal to George Bush’s reasons for vetoing the SCHIP Bill, is a middle school student at the exclusive$20,000 per year Park School in Baltimore, MD.

Graeme was in a severe car accident three years ago, and received care paid for by the government program known as SCHIP-(State Children's Health Insurance Program)

"I was in a coma for a week and couldn't eat or stand up or even talk. My sister was even worse," Graeme wrote. "My parents work really hard and always make sure my sister and I have everything we need, but we can't afford private health insurance."

His sister Gemma, also severely injured in the accident, attended the same school prior to the accident meaning the family was able to come up with nearly $40,000 per year for tuition for these 2 grade schoolers. Confirmation both attended Park found here using edit-"find on this page"-Gemma. It will take you to an article in the schools newspaper about a fundraiser for Gemma class of 16, and Graeme class of 13.

Here are photos of the school's 44,000 square foot Wyman Arts Center: two galleries, an outdoor ampitheater, Meyerhoff Theater, Macks-Fidler Black Box Theater, practice rooms, rehearsal space, and ceramics, 3-D sculpture, woodworking, jewelry, painting, photography, digital graphics studios, recording studio, and keyboard lab.

In a Baltimore Sun article the family claims to be raising their four children on combined income of about $45,000 a year. "Bonnie Frost works for a medical publishing firm; her husband, Halsey, is a woodworker. They are raising their four children on combined income of about $45,000 a year. Neither gets health insurance through work."

What the article does not mention is that Halsey Frost has owned his own company "Frostworks",since this marriage announcement in the NY Times in 1992 so he chooses to not give himself insurance. He also employed his wife as "bookkeeper and operations management" prior to her recent 2007 hire at the "medical publishing firm". As her employer, he apparently denied her health insurance as well.

His company, Frostworks, is located at 3701 E BALTIMORE ST. A building that was purchased for $160,000 in 1999. The buildings owner is listed as DIVERSIFIED INDUSTRIAL DESIGN CENTER, LLC whose mailing address is listed as 104 S Collington Ave which is the Frost's home. The commercial property he owns is also listed as the business address for another company called Reillys Designs which leads to the question of whether rental income is included in the above mentioned salary total

The current market value of their improved 3,040 SF home at 104 S Collington Ave is unknown but 113 S COLLINGTON AVE, also an end unit, sold for $485,000 this past March and it was only 2,060 SF. A photo taken in the family's kitchen shows what appears to be a recent remodeling job with granite counter tops and glass front cabinets

One has to wonder that if time and money can be found to remodel a home, send kids to exclusive private schools, purchase commercial property and run your own business... maybe money can be found for other things...maybe Dad should drop his woodworking hobby and get a real job that offers health insurance rather than making people like me (also with 4 kids in a 600sf smaller house and tuition $16,000 less per kid and no commercial property ownership) pay for it in my taxes.


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To: Son House

Seat belts are for conservatives.


161 posted on 10/07/2007 2:30:39 PM PDT by mathurine
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To: Sidebar Moderator; icwhatudo

How about showing icwhatudo some love for doing the job that the drive by media won’t do and posting his sleuthing somewhere sticky on the sidebar for the next week?


162 posted on 10/07/2007 2:45:34 PM PDT by Eric Blair 2084 (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
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To: pepsionice
"What you are looking at is a powerful use of the internet to connect the dots and have people chase down certain aspects of a story."

An army of Davids.

163 posted on 10/07/2007 2:54:55 PM PDT by magellan
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To: kcvl

Thank you for posting all of this information regarding the latest RAT scam to push socialized health care. What I see is that the boy and his sister were covered by the SCHIP program in existence so why is this story pitched as a criticism of the program rather than as support for a program that is working? How much money have they received to date from the SCHIP program and how long is it expected to continue? Also, I see no mention of the social security payments that are in all probability now going to the disabled children. And maybe their parents as well since they are now care takers of disabled children. A full disclosure by these people of all of the social programs they and there children are now or have been benefiting from is in order. Further, I find this couple just plain pitiful character wise. They have bought into the cradle to grave socialist mind set. They will not need to worry about reeducation camps if their socialist side gets control of our Republic. We are seeing the future if the RATS prevail in pushing their socialist agendas.


164 posted on 10/07/2007 2:56:05 PM PDT by mountainfolk (Member of the Free Republic Bush Underground--God Bless President Bush)
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To: Eric Blair 2084; Sidebar Moderator; icwhatudo

I AGREE!
“ Sidebar Moderator; icwhatudo
“How about showing icwhatudo some love for doing the job that the drive by media won’t do and posting his sleuthing somewhere sticky on the sidebar for the next week?

162 posted on 10/07/2007 3:45:34 PM MDT by Eric Blair 2084 (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn’t be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.) “


165 posted on 10/07/2007 2:59:02 PM PDT by dynachrome (“Third world indigenous medicine for third world illegal aliens!!!”)
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To: icwhatudo

bump


166 posted on 10/07/2007 3:03:27 PM PDT by lowbridge (All I Have To Say Is....KERMIT THE FROG IS IN SESAME STREET GOD DAMNIT!)
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To: dynachrome

The real question is are the American people ignorant enough to do it. Answer is still an open question.

Raise taxes, fund socialism and gun control. Democrats are not hard to understand.


167 posted on 10/07/2007 3:04:10 PM PDT by Tarpon
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To: icwhatudo

Have they accused you of being a paid operative for the GOP yet?

Nice work. :-)


168 posted on 10/07/2007 3:08:00 PM PDT by Soul Seeker (SIGN THE PETITION: http://www.standwithrush.com/)
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To: Son House
"How about who caused the accident? The parents? No insurance?

Wait a minute!

This was a car accident?

From the Baltimore Sun article:

Graeme and his 9-year-old sister, Gemma, were passengers in the family SUV in December 2004 when it hit a patch of black ice and slammed into a tree. Both were taken to a hospital with severe brain trauma. Graeme was in a coma for a week and still requires physical therapy.

Who was driving? I assume it was one of the parents.

Who was, and who was not, wearing seat belts? Only the kids were injured.

What about the liability insurance on the driver of the car. That usually has a bodily injury component.

169 posted on 10/07/2007 3:13:08 PM PDT by magellan
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To: ontap
"This guy is young and has chosen not to carry insurance."

The guy is 40 years old, and was 37 when the accident happened, with a wife and four kids.

He is not some single 23 year-old.

170 posted on 10/07/2007 3:14:37 PM PDT by magellan
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To: sauropod
"The SDAT info sez their property is valued at 263,000."

Zillow estimates the house is worth $360,633.

171 posted on 10/07/2007 3:22:18 PM PDT by magellan
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To: icwhatudo

What a surprise! NOT! What a bunch of low rent moonbats.

Wish I could afford digs and a school and have the gubmint pay for my insurance to boot, as well.

Do it for the children!!


172 posted on 10/07/2007 3:22:42 PM PDT by incredulous joe
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To: sauropod
Are you familiar with the condition of Baltimore public schools?

Oooh! Pick me! Pick me! I do.

They're sewers. But that's not unexpected considering Baltimore is a sewer.

173 posted on 10/07/2007 3:24:53 PM PDT by Lil'freeper (Don't taze me, bro!)
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To: chuckles
The Dems had to know this was coming. It’s so stupid I don’t know if I believe it.

I guess they figured we would never find out the truth.

174 posted on 10/07/2007 3:26:27 PM PDT by pray4liberty (Watch and pray.)
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To: icwhatudo

Boortz slammed this one last Monday.


175 posted on 10/07/2007 3:28:59 PM PDT by eyedigress
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To: All

blog:

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2007/10/018686.php

October 7, 2007
“Busted!”


176 posted on 10/07/2007 3:31:10 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: icwhatudo
Great pic here that is truly worth a thousand words.

Hoyer,Pelosi, and Mom's boob tattoo

177 posted on 10/07/2007 3:33:26 PM PDT by TheMole
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To: icwhatudo

Perhaps Mr. & Mrs. Frost would like to publish their 1040’s!


178 posted on 10/07/2007 3:37:44 PM PDT by meyer (Illegal Immigration - The profits are privatized, the costs are socialized.)
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To: TheMole
I watched that and now hate the left even more. If they want health-care for children then give it to them under the guise that all care must now be made public.

Ann Coulter is right! (Follow Jesus, Enjoy Coulter)

179 posted on 10/07/2007 3:38:10 PM PDT by eyedigress
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To: icwhatudo
Ya got one of these coming to you. You rate with the likes of Buckethead.

Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket

180 posted on 10/07/2007 3:40:52 PM PDT by mware (By all that you hold dear..on this good earth... I bid you stand! Men of the West!)
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