The Miss E Of Worlds Most Hated (E's for Eerie, not Elated)

Wow.

Just.

Wow.

So, I've done a lot of cool things this past week. I got to see Kat Von D's new shop, High Voltage, which is stunning. I got to attend a lovely little soiree at Tarina Tarintino's shop on Melrose. I've done some fun things this week, like seeing A Skylit Drive at the Whiskey and the Spazmatics at the Dragonfly (where Jeffree and I giggled in some glee at seeing Chance from 'I love New York' waiting at valet). I did some lazy things this week. I redesigned my myspace and several other people's. I cheered for my friend Lacey on the premier of the Rock of Love. I even got to see the new Die Hard, which OOOOOOWNED. I got some work done, be it conference calls to labels or to consumer affairs (don't ask). And I even got to do one thing that was important to me, which was go to the premier of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix with Steve from Buzznizzle. (It rocked, btw. Much better than the last two.)

Now that I've gotten the interesting stuff that I'm supposed to tell you about so I seem cool and connected and therefore able to soapbox with impunity out of the way, let me tell you about the one thing that I did this week that you ALL should do - go see Sicko by Michael Moore. Like all of his movies, it is compelling in the simplicity of its question - why doesn't America care for its populace like the rest of the Western World? We are the ONLY nation that doesn't provide universal health care to its citizens. EL SALVADOR has better health care than us. I'm not kidding. Guantanamo Bay has free health care. Let's all go there. I'm sure I can get us all arrested. Mooning the White House is indecent exposure + treason, right? Hey, if it'll get me that surgery on my jaw I need, I'm down. I'll pull a full moon in the Rose Garden.

But please, please, please, PLEASE don't JUST see the movie - do something about the issues it raises! Bitching that Americans have atrocious health care and we should all move to France is all well and good but that isn't going to solve our national health care crisis. I'm going to provide a few links to really, really simple stuff you can do like signing petitions and writing your congressmen. But it is ultimately up to you to fight for change. If you are of age, EDUCATE YOURSELF AND VOTE! I cannot stress enough that voting is our most crucial right and our primary way of changing the system. If you are not of age, educate yourself anyway and go work for a campaign. You don't have to be 18 to try and help the candidate you feel would do the best job get into office. Or, if you are passionate about an issue, research charities, voter's groups, lobbies, etc that campaign for that issue and find out how you can contribute. I can't tell you all the resources but they are LEGION and a little Googling goes a long way. If you are not an American citizen, I encourage you to research candidates and issues in your country and do your best to help out. Taking ten minutes a week to sign some petitions and do some action alerts sent by the charities of your choice is a very, very simple way to begin to make a difference. I cannot stress enough that it is our own inaction and laziness that allows corruption to spread unchecked. No matter what your age, your country of origin, your economic status, your gender, your race, your sexuality, no matter what - we are all human and every single one of us can make a difference. No one person can change the world, not Hitler nor Ghandi. It is people working together - for good or evil - that change the world. Please, please, please educate yourselves and take time to begin to make a difference.

Here are just a few links that I found through some quick Googling of health care issues. This literally took me five minutes, that's how easy it is to find resources for change. Again, Google is your friend. If you have a cause you believe in, type it into Google and hit search. The resources you will find will amaze you. But don't just take my word on this or any other issue. GET EDUCATED AND MAKE YOUR OWN DECISIONS! If you disagree with me on this or any other issue, DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! Don't just write blogs on Buzznet calling me a bitch. That doesn't do anything. Make something of yourself, show real support for the things you believe in, build a career, and show me up. Then, with the government on your side and that high paying job you can really send those hit men after me you keep threatening me with. I don't know how many ways I can say this - DO SOMETHING IMPORTANT. Don't do it for me. Do it for you, for the people you love, and for the country you live in. I don't care if you love me, if you hate me, or if you're indifferent. There are important issues in the world and we all need to do our part. Hopefully, we can all agree on that.

http://www.michaelmoore.com/sicko/what-can-i-do/petitions/pnum649.php  Urge the government to extend Medicare coverage.

http://www.michaelmoore.com/sicko/what-can-i-do/petitions/pnum651.php Help me (and the rest of California) get decent Healthcare

http://www.amsa.org/uhc/uhcaction.cfm Ideas on how to spread the word and show support for American Universal Health Care

http://www.capwiz.com/ams/home/ A website that provides health care-related action initiatives by zip code.

http://www.uhcan.org/joomla/ Information and action alerts on US Health Care

http://www.aflcio.org/issues/healthcare/ Health Care information from American Union Workers

http://www.familiesusa.org/ FamiliesUSA's info on Health Care across the nation