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A small funeral for Medicare and Medicaid

Thursday, July 28th, 2011, 12:00 Noon, Glendale, WI ~ In observance of the 46th Anniversary of Medicaid and Medicare Citizen Action of Wisconsin Staged a Medicaid/Medicare Anniversary Funeral Event in front of Wisconsin State Senator Alberta Darlings campaign office at 311 W. Silver Spring Drive.

Medicaid and Medicare as we have known them for five decades are now deeply threatened by Paul Ryan’s budget plan, which Senator Darling supports. The national debt limit crisis has intensified the threat to these vital and widely popular public commitments. In addition, as Co-Chair of the Legislature’s budget writing committee, Alberta Darling pushed through Scott Walker’s state budget which slashed $500 million from Wisconsin’s Medicaid programs, including BadgerCare and FamilyCare.

The people of Senator Darling’s District successfully “recalled” her and she now faces Sandy Pasch in an August 9th election.

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Leica M8, 28 mm Summicron Asph

Love and loyalty.

Decades ago I photographed the children of friends. As the children grew up many years passed between the few occasions that I saw the children. Yet grow up they did; and married; and gave birth to their own children. When the time came to celebrate their grandmother’s 85th birthday these grandchildren decided to gift their grandmother with photographs of her children, grand children and great grandchildren – and – that George “must” create the photographs. Thank you for your loyalty Molly, Reuben et al! I really enjoyed our delightful morning together – meeting your life partners and children; and documenting 4 beautiful generations expressing their love for one another. Edward Steichen said, “A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it.”

Looking forward to photographing this little one’s children in 20 plus years.

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Leica M8, 50 mm Summilux Asph

Leica R8/DMR, 80 mm Summilux

Across the street – July 4th

Fireworks over the historic Range Line Inn (which is directly across the street from my little acre and a half). Legend has it that the Inn once served as a station for the underground railroad aiding those fleeing slavery in the south.

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