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Crowds At Town Hall Meetings Begin Pushing Back Against Right-Wing Scare Tactics On Health Care
Source: Think Progress

Over the summer, the loudest voices at town hall meetings belonged to people who opposed health care reform — and they were often pushed to speak out by lobbyist-run organizations.

In Health Care Debate, Fear Trumps Logic
Source: NPR

Past efforts to overhaul the nation's health care system had different proponents, different opponents and different plans that were under consideration.

Town Hall Lunacy Includes Outraged Calls to "Keep Government Out of Medicare." Uh... Medicare *Is* Government
Source: AlterNet.org

Some can't reconcile what they believe about the propaganda that is fed to them with their own positive experiences with public programs like Medicare.

Video of a Grassley townhall supporter wants to - " take a gun to Washington"

As supporter says he wants to "take a gun to Washington" ... Grassley actually talks about points of agreement with the man! Grassley should face censure. Just watch the video!

Michelle Bachmann to host town hall with Ron Paul
Source: minnesotaindependent.com

In an interview with AM 1280 on Saturday, Rep. Michele Bachmann announced that she will have Rep. Ron Paul as her guest for a September town hall forum in St. Cloud.

Proof MSNBC has no integrity in journalism

During an August 18th broadcast of MSNBC's Morning Meeting, Contessa Brewer stated: "A man at a pro-health care reform rally…wore a semiautomatic assault rifle on his shoulder and a pistol on his hip….there are questions about whether this has racial overtones….white peop …

Obama: Death of a Salesman
Source: Campaign Standard

The president's job approval rating fell 9 points, from 61 percent to 52 percent in the Gallup Poll. This was an unusually precipitous decline from which Obama hasn't recovered.

Activist Who Staged Gun Interview At Obama Event Was Prominent Defender Of '90s Militia
Source: Talking Points Memo

Ernest Hancock, the online radio host who staged an interview with an assault rifle-wielding associate at the Obama event in Arizona yesterday -- and was himself armed with a 9 millimeter pistol -- was a vocal supporter and friend of right-wing anti-government militia members who …

What's Scary About Health Care Reform?: The system may be in need of repair. But ObamaCare will only make things worse.
Source: Reason Magazine

A hammer is a marvelous tool, but only for the right job. If you took an expensive watch to a repairman and he pulled out a hammer, you would be extremely nervous, if not aghast.

Loaded Guns at the President's Town hall? I don't think so!

President Obama's town hall meeting in Portsmouth, New Hampshire was attended by groups of outraged citizens protesting his health care reform plan. Some brought along loaded guns.

Insurers Try to Make Their Voices Heard in Health Debate
Source: Roll Call Daily - Breaking News

Chris Archibald spent almost an hour Tuesday morning in a line that snaked around several city blocks in this typically tranquil town surrounded by bucolic countryside.

Real debate might fix what ails health care
Source: Chicago Sun-Times

We only hope the debate will grow more civil. Enough with the name-calling. Let's dial down the shouting. Let others have their say.

Michigan crowd vents health care fury
Source: The Washington Times

There were no buses, no swastikas, not a piece of Astroturf in sight. But there was name-calling, jeering, red faces and finger-pointing as Michigan residents shot back with fury at a congressional town-hall meeting geared to explaining President Obama's health care plan.

The End times

It is with dismay that I watch the destruction of my beloved country! As an older gentleman that has learned to love his country regardless of who is in power, I detest the current destruction of everything I hold dear!

Republicans Use Chaos as a Shock Doctrine to Create Authoritarian Rule
Source: BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash

There is a method to this madness of chaos and obstructionism that is the hallmark of modern Republicanism.

Muddled Messaging Stalls Health Care Debate

President Obama may be held personally responsible for town hall mayhem. President Obama, once called a great orator has been failing in his attempt to properly explain health care reform.

Astroturf Activists Demand Right to be Uncivil (with Guns)

Listen on YouTube On August 7th, SEIU received a threatening phone call, telling the organization that we "are going to come up against the Second Amendment." Ok, so let me get this straight, she is staying stop the violence- or they will shoot you?

The Town Hall Mob
Source: Common Dreams

There's a famous Norman Rockwell painting titled "Freedom of Speech," depicting an idealized American town meeting. The painting, part of a series illustrating F.D.R.'s "Four Freedoms," shows an ordinary citizen expressing an unpopular opinion.

Video: Congressman Tim Bishop Town Hall Protest
Source: YouTube

This congressman gets a stern talking to by his constituents that he and all the other corrupt politicians ignore for their own power trips.

Townhall: Stop ObamaCare Before Obama Murders Your Comatose Wife and Infant Daughter!
Source: 2parse.com

I received an email this morning from Townhall.com entitled, "ObamaCare Equals Government Funded Euthanasia" with the above image. I'm sort of curious why they couldn't have just shown a picture of Obama with a gun to the baby's head.

President Obama Fights For Health-Care
Source: msnbc.com

President Obama speaks at a townhall talking about how health-care prices has become to expensive. Which cause many Americans to lose coverage and go uninsured.

A Post-Racial President? :: Thomas Sowell
Source: townhall.com

Many people hoped that the election of a black President of the United States would mark our entering a "post-racial" era, when we could finally put some ugly aspects of our history behind us.

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