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Donna Smith

Recent Projects

1. More than 50 blogs posts on participation in Michael Moore's SiCKO, on health care reform and on political activity (wide variety of websites); 2. Congressional testimony.

Projects or Proposals Offered

1. Fixin' to Die in America (see longer description -- highly marketable prior to elections in Nov 08) 2. Book -- SiCKO and beyond, The movement ignites, an activist's journey 3. Book -- No One Asked Me to Do This: I People Pleaser's Guide

Searchable Keywords

Progressive Politics, Health care, Women

Specialties or Categories of Interest

Non-fiction, politics, women's issues

Experience, Credits, and/or Awards

Managing editor of daily paper in SD; numerous awards for writing and editing (and photos) from AP; stringer for NEWSWEEK -- many years ago

Excerpts from Reviews or References

Michael Moore as reference; Elizabeth Warren of Harvard Law School as reference; Sen. Tom Daschle as reference

From The Book

Fixin' to Die in America:

A SiCKO's duty to die

By Donna Smith, American SiCKO

Preface -- From that pre-SiCKO computer screen to this one, older and wiser and less valuable. Discussion of my friend's family discussion and her husband's subsequent suicide to spare her from bankruptcy and ruin through months of health treatments and expense; Remember H.A.L.T., they tell you -- I don't get too hungry but certainly I get angry, lonely and tired; having that tough discussion about the duty to die. The simple fact is that some of us would make the best contribution by dying. But how do you do know if you are one of the surplus population? This book helps outline some of the considerations I have as "I am the decider" of my fate.

Chapters:

1. So you want to be in a Michael Moore movie? Be a SiCKO? The audition process is grueling -- years of trauma. (Including photos from the filming of SiCKO.)

2. Uninsured and Devalued: Society speaks about who lives and who dies

3. Forsaken Faith: The Sanctimonious Sanctity of Life Movement

4. The American Family - the misanthropes we raised

5. The Dr. Phil factor -- is your life beautiful enough?

6. Who I'll invite to my assessment meeting

7. My personal cost-benefit analysis: every life is definitely not created equal

a. Family value(s); b. political value (no cash to offer just hard work -- and that's not enough value); c. societal value; d. personal value

8. Wrapping up the details

9. Desiderata -- finding my way home

The end -- without apology for the beginning

Will provide samples from chapters when legitimate interest expressed by agent or publisher's rep. Other pitched ideas also have samples available.

Copyright 2007-2008, Donna Smith (Expires August 9, 2008)

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