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Stark Contrast at Health Care Town Hall in California

Ruby Bernstein | Posted 09.17.2009 | Eyes & Ears

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Members of the Minutemen, supporters of the LaRouche movement, and other conservatives loudly brought their agendas to the public meetings.

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Lunatic Fringe

Lance Simmens | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

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The fringe elements, carefully nurtured by fear, hatred, mistrust, and fitful bouts of fantasy are positioning the conservative opposition into a death spiral

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Whether Gates or Health Care, Race Matters

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

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Discussions of race are not merely a distraction from more important matters; they are essential to understanding political mobilization around many of the significant policy issues facing us today.

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From Death Panel to Death Spiral

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

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The GOP is not the party of small government and lower taxes. They are the Party of borrow and spend, big government and sex scandals.

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Aug. 17, 2009, News Update

Richard Valeriani | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Town hall meetings on health care reform....Debate or Debacle? Media make sure squeakiest wheels get the grease.

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Your Town Hall Screamfest Handbook

Bennet Kelley | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Townhall Screamers, President Obama, Taxes, Bill Kristol, Townhall, Health Care, Birthers, Sarah Palin, Town Hall Debate, Democratic Congress, Obama Birthers, Birther-Movement, John-Mccain-Panama, Healthcare Debate, Obama Hawaii, Healthcare Reform, Town Hall Meetings, Healthcare Costs, Politics News

The sad reality is that the current town-hall screamers are being embraced by Republicans not as champions of free speech, but rather as cannon fodder in their fight to block any bill.

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Green News Report - August 13, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 09.13.2009 | Green

In Today's Audio Report: Another win for coal companies; of green roofs & red tomatoes...PLUS: Town Hall Follies, now with Clean Coal!

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Health Care Debate: Beware of Foreign Objects

Rick Horowitz | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

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If the Angrys could just settle on one country to hold up as their agreed-upon despicable example, we could finally have a coherent conversation about things

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Town Hall Talks about Climate Should Be About Solutions, Not Intimidation

Frances Beinecke | Posted 09.13.2009 | Green

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While the primary target of town hall vitriol has been health care reform, recent accounts make it clear that some corporate-funded efforts also want to sink clean energy and climate legislation.

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The Nutters Are Coming to Get You

Michael Wolff | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

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The inchoate attaches to the most assertive claim of deviance from, or seeming offense against, virtue and righteousness.

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Mad Men

Steven Weber | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

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The insurgency of angry anti-government groups is misplaced patriotism on steroids, and with all the attendant side effects. This is mass 'roid rage, ugly and insane.

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Get to Know Your Angry Neighborhood Protesters! (SLIDESHOW)

Patrick Sauer | Posted 09.12.2009 | Home

Read More: Arlen Specter, Town Hall Debate, Anger, Rush Limbaugh, Nazis, Slidehuge, Health Care Reform, Glenn Beck, Universal Health Care, Adolf Hitler, Health Insurance, Town Hall Meetings, Barack Obama, Right-Wing Extremism, Home News

I hate to make snap judgments based on snapshots, so I decided to hear what my fellow citizens had to say for themselves. I found that the pictures seen everywhere aren't worth 1,000 words.

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Macaca Day 2009: From George Allen to Claire McCaskill, Video Trackers to Town Haters

Dan Manatt | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

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Town Halls -- perhaps they should be renamed "Town Hates" -- have become the front lines of an anti-government revolt by various groups, including health care reform opponents.

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St. Louis Teabag Protester Lies about Medical Coverage to Solicit "Donations"

Chris Savage | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

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Mr. Gladney was neither "laid off" nor without health insurance coverage. He lied in public about needing money for his bills and is now profiting off his lie.

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Bullies Delight in Town Hall and Center

Carol Smaldino | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

We have witnessed a spate of violent bullying and psychological assault, moods of hostility and derision which have stooped to levels that defy any clear intention to act for the greater good.

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Rage against Reform Won't Stop It

Jim Watkins | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

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The people trying to disrupt these town hall meetings are throwing a wrench into the workings of democracy.

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d'Artoon -- Exorcizing Health Care Reform

John Krifka | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

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An unlikely figure joins the health care debate.

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The Politics of Empowerment

Jennifer Brunner | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

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Fighting for the dignity of humanity is at the core of the politics of empowerment. It is exercised by protecting the right of every eligible person to vote with fairness, equality and respect.

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Handguns and Health Care Reform

Josh Horwitz | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Second Amendment, Gun Violence, Town Hall Debate, Constitution, Guns, Concealed Carry, Politics News

Exhortations to take armed political action against Obama reflect a deeply developed ideology that has been actively promoted by gun lobby groups for 30 years.

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Danger on the Right

James Zogby | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics

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There is a social movement stirring on the far right of American politics and it bodes ill for our future. If we do not start to address this troubling anger now, we could end up in the throes of a full-fledged nativist siege.

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Four Creative Ways to Deal with Right-Wing Rent-a-Mobs

Bill Mann | Posted 09.06.2009 | Media

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It's a sorry situation when major TV news operations can't bother to differentiate between citizens with honest questions and mobs of loose cannons coached by various right-wing and corporate outfits.

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Why does John McCain hate planetariums?

Phil Plait | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

Planetaria show us the beauty and grandeur of the Universe, and shouldn't be cynically relegated to being a political bludgeon used to score cheap points.

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Profiles in Cowardice

Dave Winer | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

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It's time to back off the precipice, Ms. Palin and Mr. McCain.

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"That One" Wins

Nancy Snow | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

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Obama has erased lingering doubts that he is ready for the Prime Time Presidency, while McCain raised more doubts that he has the energy or interest in the job.

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