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Image by Getty Images via Daylife Since the beginning of August the tone of the town meetings are starting to turn. In the beginning the Democrats  made a the worst tactical blunder in their pursuit of health care reform. They didn’t read the bill nor were they very well briefed. They thought the other side would need a week to sift through it and they were handed talking points. The Republicans knowing this was their only chance to come back for years with help from those that earn their living telling Americans that Democrats are communists, anti religion, and have a European virus that makes them just want us to move our continent over to the other side of the ocean read it ... Read More

Today on C-Span another of those Heritage Foundation thinkers talked out of both sides of his mouth to try and prove a point that doesn’t exist. Dennis G. Smith is the Senior Fellow in Health Care Reform at The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Health Policy Studies. Just like most of his comrades from this organization, he makes Anne Rand seem like a liberal. This gentleman’s expertise is Medicaid. He has written papers on health care but if you read them they aren’t based on Medicare but on  Medicaid. One program is is welfare and the other is a paid program. While I will agree they both need fine tuning both are well liked by the majority of the public. These healt... Read More

At 2:30 today President Obama addressed Organizing America on health care reform. He started out with a little history lesson about previous attempts at health care reform and social security.. He explained that many of the retorts against social security are the same for health care reform. Then he explained the fears of many people including loosing what they have. But as the discussion went on he warned that the status quo would disappear if things stay the same. The cost increases will make Medicare go in the red in just eight years. He said he favors a government option because it will put competition into the market. The program then turned to question and answers. The first came from ... Read More

Folks I need your help. If we are going to get a government option we must turn the tide. Instead of complaining about those dirty tricks the conservatives are playing we must go on the offensive. How you ask? My idea is to use scare tactics just like they do. See My Answer To Sarah Palin on facebook and get the word out. flood the Internet with insurance companies rejections, turning down common procedures as experimental, post every law suite you can find they yhey lost. Print their ceo and upper management salaries and bonuses and corp profits. Expose which hospitals they own. Go on the offensive the other side expects us to just sit back and cry. Lets let them know what they are standing... Read More