Last night, Rep. Gene Green (D-TX) hosted a rowdy town hall meeting to discuss health care reform. Fox's local Houston affiliate reporter, Duarte Geraldino, reported that he talked to the participants and found that "some attendees admit they don't live in the district." How did they get there? Geraldino noted "an internet campaign" by far right activists urging their allies to attend and he More..
Added: Aug 5 2009 In: news_politics
By: TalkingMonkey
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There is a great article on the Washington Post [on July 31st] about Doctors and their unnecessary tests.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/30/AR2009073004285.html
The "nonpartisan, independant" research firm [Lewin Group] being cited by the GOP during the Health Care debates, is owned by Health Insurer UnitedHealth, so you'll have to be dumb and blind to believe what they are saying.
On July 22nd, the Washington Post had a good article on their association...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/22/AR2009072203696.html
The GOP is certainly "loony" to use their data.
Posted Aug-6-2009 by "gummy" (R)
Dissent is no longer patriotic, folks.
Dissent during the Bush administration was unpatriotic....right?
Posted Aug-6-2009 by "Delta_Zulu" (R)
ROFLMAO
Birther stan, it is an important subject, these are not grass roots events. These are staged by the lunatic fringe far right goons.
why is that every time liberal democrats make themselves look stupid, they claim to be victims of a massive "right-wing conspiracy"? perhaps your socialist ideas are proven failures and you are in desperate need of a scapegoat?
who are the crazy conspiracy theorists now, chillyweewilly?
Posted Aug-6-2009 by "generalsamhouston" (R)
Posted Aug-6-2009 by "MBrad-C13" (R)
ROFLMAO
Birther stan, it is an important subject, these are not grass roots events. These are staged by the lunatic fringe far right goons.
Posted Aug-6-2009 by "WillyWillKill" (B)
Democrats..?
Posted Aug-6-2009 by "wozzoo" (R)
Yeah that seems very patriotic to me.
Why don't they use that money to help those who cant afford those premiums. Or pay for treatment of a insureds preexisting condition. Or god forbid pay to include a cancer patient in a new treatment trial.
What are they so afraid of?
Where's your evidence?
So the town halls are full of tea baggers? Not one of those people there give a shit about their healthcare?
Wow. I simply had no idea.
Posted Aug-5-2009 by "yorba" (R)
Yeah that seems very patriotic to me.
Why don't they use that money to help those who cant afford those premiums. Or pay for treatment of a insureds preexisting condition. Or god forbid pay to include a cancer patient in a new treatment trial.
What are they so afraid of?
"$1.4 MILLION?"
did you know that 84% of your numbers are entirely fictional?
your insurance company conspiracy contains less truth than the all of the "birther" conspiracies combined.
Posted Aug-5-2009 by "generalsamhouston" (R)
leftist pussbag duarte geraldino:
"its a right-wing conspiracy! big insurance put them up to this! CONSERVATIVES LACK RESPECT! THEY DON'T LIVE IN THIS DISTRICT! BOO F*CKING HOO!"
Posted Aug-5-2009 by "generalsamhouston" (R)
Yeah that seems very patriotic to me.
Why don't they use that money to help those who cant afford those premiums. Or pay for treatment of a insureds preexisting condition. Or god forbid pay to include a cancer patient in a new treatment trial.
What are they so afraid of?
1.4 million per DAY.
All these people are accomplishing is making the Right look like a batch of lunatics. They don't give a damn about what is actually being said, they just don't want the other side to say anything at all.
It's really a form of censorship, the people with legitimate questions or concerns over health care reform are getting drowned out by the drones. It's a ******* town hall, not a pentecostal sermon, no need to flail your arms and shout down the devil.
Bullshit.
Posted Aug-5-2009 by "stan2285" (R)
at last count there is 480 million americans, and 47 million are not insured? thats less then 10 percent. unemployment is hire then that.
and far as becoming a socialist country...too late
Posted Aug-5-2009 by "tytrig" (R)
They will listen now, or they will learn the hard way later.
Posted Aug-5-2009 by "sprunk" (R)
Yeah that seems very patriotic to me.
Why don't they use that money to help those who cant afford those premiums. Or pay for treatment of a insureds preexisting condition. Or god forbid pay to include a cancer patient in a new treatment trial.
What are they so afraid of?
1.4 million per DAY.
All these people are accomplishing is making the Right look like a batch of lunatics. They don't give a damn about what is actually being said, they just don't want the other side to say anything at all.
It's really a form of censorship, the people with legitimate questions or concerns over health care reform are getting drowned out by the drones. It's a ******* town hall, not a pentecostal sermon, no need to flail your arms and shout down the devil.
Posted Aug-5-2009 by "Lazerhead" (R)
Dynamic opposition is good.
Posted Aug-5-2009 by "sprunk" (R)
The hypocrisy is stunning.
Apparently controlling the whole federal govn't isn't enough to carry out the great plans democrats have for America, they just need one more thing, for us to shut the **** up.
Yup. When Acorn buses in a bunch of crack heads and winos, puts sign in their hands and tells them to march in frront of a bank or a similar meeting, the MSM reports it as grass roots movement.
Actually, I have watched all of these videos several times. The people were not disruptive at all. The only time they "heckled" is when their representative began spewing the same ole talking points or total BS.
If my congress man stated "the purpose of the constitution is to provide for the common good" I would heckle him to.
What an idiot!!!!
The Constitution puts limits on Government.
Also, These Congress people are supposed to represent the people that voted them in, not "das party" or "der president.
So Ride on people, I'm looking for one of these meetings to go to myself.
Video Camera and all.
"the purpose of the constitution is to provide for the common good"
correct
The Constitution grants powers in the name of the people, and the government draws its power from the consent of the governed. The document assumes that government officials will use their powers in the interests of the people.
promote the general welfare.
Posted Aug-5-2009 by "BarrySoetoro" (R)