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Is Miss Ronnie woman enough and black enough for this podcast? You bet! Did you get to see the CNN/YouTube Democratic Presidential Debates earlier this week? It was a hit with the young folks, delivering […]
Fausto Fernós is the host of iTunes’ #1 LGBT talk show, the Feast of Fun podcast, which he produces and hosts with his partner, Marc Felion.
Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Fausto Fernós created the Feast of Fools in 1998 as wacky artists variety show in Chicago, Illinois. Feast of Fun grew out of an audio blog to promote the live show into the world’s most downloaded talk show aimed for gay people.
When he’s not blogging, recording or sleeping, Fausto can be found at the gym or appreciating the beauty found in nature.
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The state of Healthcare should have everyone taking to the streets, angry, with pitchforks and torches, marching toward Washington. (Well actually a lot of things about the present state of politics in the US should get our blood boiling.) Back to healthcare, my father who served in Vietnam has about a year to live. My dad has sclerosis of the lungs. His lungs are slowly hardening. He has gone for test and is a candidate for a lung transplant except for one thing. The only catch they could come up with to deny him treatment is to claim he is too old to help. He is 66! My dad is in the process of getting a long time family doctor and friend to help him. But I am worried. It is just like that woman in Sicko whose husband needed treatment but was denied and she had to watch him die. Why? Why does this happen?
The youtube debate episode was very funny. I listen on my iphone every afternoon. All three of you made me laugh so much. I was really depressed when you both revealed you have no health insurance! gasp! I hope this show becomes a big success and you are all rolling in $100 bills. Best of luck!
Personally I favor Mike Gravel and Dennis Kucinich, but I don’t see them actually making it past the primaries. Mike Gravel did have a point during the debates: follow the money and you will have your answer about what to expect from presidential candidates. Check out opensecrets.org if you are curious about the main contenders on the Republican and Democratic side. What you will find is that they are both funded primarily by the same special interest groups. It’s like the old saying, “All a two-party system means is that corporations have to cut two checks”.
p.s. Fausto, did you know that yesterday (July 25th) was the 108th anniversary of the U.S. invasion and occupation of Puerto Rico?
from a non US perspective (ok Belgium, where we have apparently one of the best healthcares in the world yet we do pay 50% +/- income tax and 21% sales tax) it seems that everyone sues US doctors. Even fit patients need to be wheeled out of the hospital in a wheelchair lest they slip or fall and sue the hospital for their own clumsiness.
Just the perspective we have. Sue sue sue.
Healthcare here is very good. I don’t even know how much I pay a month…15 euro? something like that.
The UK has the national health service, but also 10 month waiting lists for suspected colon cancer patients!!!
It’s a tragedy that most Americans don’t have healthcare, and even if you do, it may not always protect you from financial catastrophe if you get something as serious as a heart attack. This needs to change. Thank you for talking about this important issue.
I’m voting for the guy who looks like Marc Feilion
108th Anniversary of the US invasion of Puerto Rico? I had no idea! As you can see Neumannj, I went to high school (and elementary) school in Puerto Rico so I know next to NOTHING about Puerto Rican history. 🙂
I was born on Dia de Hostos, and that’s about it. I’m can be so ignorant when it comes to my own heritage.
I just went to Jan Schakowsy’s town hall meeting here in Chicago and I strongly suggest everyone go to their congressperson’s town hall meetings to voice your opinions, and if issues that affect you are not being brought up or addressed, you can stand in front of the people of your district and bring them to their attention, and to the attention of your representatives. It was truly a great experience.