{"id":463224,"date":"2010-03-23T14:05:21","date_gmt":"2010-03-23T18:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/2010-03-23-time-to-take-a-climate-break-and-enjoy-the-health-care-victory\/"},"modified":"2010-03-23T14:05:21","modified_gmt":"2010-03-23T18:05:21","slug":"permission-to-take-a-worry-break-enjoy-the-health-care-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/463224","title":{"rendered":"Permission to take a worry break, enjoy the health-care victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tby Jonathan Hiskes <\/p>\n<p>Without getting all pundit-y, can I suggest that it wouldn&rsquo;t hurt progressives to celebrate more? Others have done a better job than I can explaining <a href=\"http:\/\/yglesias.thinkprogress.org\/archives\/2010\/03\/the-end-of-big-government-liberalism.php\">what a big deal<\/a> health-care reform is. I&rsquo;ll just add: if you need a break from fretting about climate change, or ocean acidification, or agribusiness and school lunches, or the fate of clean-energy legislation in Congress &hellip; take a day off from all that and savor today&rsquo;s victory.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>President Obama today at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/remarks-president-and-vice-president-signing-health-insurance-reform-bill\">the signing<\/a> of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act:<\/p>\n<p>Our presence here today is remarkable and improbable. With all the punditry, all of the lobbying, all the game playing that passes for governing in Washington, it&rsquo;s been easy at times to doubt our ability to do such a big thing, such a complicated thing, to wonder if there are limits to what we as a people can still achieve. It&rsquo;s easy to succumb to the sense of cynicism about what&rsquo;s possible in this country. But today we are affirming that essential truth, a truth every generation is called to rediscover for itself: that we are not a nation that scales back its aspirations, we are not a nation that falls prey to doubt or mistrust.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy today. Then we can get back to work.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/food-inc-director-says-its-not-just-about-food-its-about-our-right-to-know-\/\">Food, Inc Director says &#8220;It&#8217;s not just about food, it&#8217;s about our right to know&#8221; (VIDEO)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/2010-03-24-HCR-calorie-fast-food\/\">The health-care act requires calorie labeling at fast-food joints<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/new-evidence-that-bpa-has-widely-contaminated-the-oceans\/\">Scientists: BPA has widely contaminated the oceans<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=70421e332d73093a077cadb82c2dcc37&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=70421e332d73093a077cadb82c2dcc37&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<!-- foo --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Jonathan Hiskes Without getting all pundit-y, can I suggest that it wouldn&rsquo;t hurt progressives to celebrate more? Others have done a better job than I can explaining what a big deal health-care reform is. I&rsquo;ll just add: if you need a break from fretting about climate change, or ocean acidification, or agribusiness and school [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":765,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-463224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/765"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463224\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}