And, past my rage, allow me to give all honors to the young man, for proving that he IS a MAN in the face of the CHILDREN who would try to marginalize his pain.
On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Kelwyn <ravena...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20100318/pl_mcclatchy/3455226 > > State of health care debate: Pundits attack 11-year-old > > Conservative talk show hosts and columnists have ridiculed an 11-year-old > Washington state boy's account of his mother's death as a "sob story" > exploited by the White House and congressional Democrats like a "kiddie > shield" to defend their health care legislation. > Marcelas Owens , whose mother got sick, lost her job, lost her health > insurance and died, said Thursday he's taking the attacks from Rush Limbaugh > , Glenn Beck and Michelle Malkin in stride. > "My mother always taught me they can have their own opinion but that > doesn't mean they are right," Owens, who lives in Seattle , said in an > interview. > Owens' grandmother, Gina, who watched her daughter die, isn't quite so > generous. > "These are adults, and he is an 11-year-old boy who lost his mother," Gina > Owens said. "They should be ashamed." > > http://twitter.com/ravenadal > http://theworldebon.blogspot.com > > >
