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		<title>By: Phyllis</title>
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		<dc:creator>Phyllis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What I want to know and nobody is addressing IS THIS, ARE CONGRESS, THE SENATE, AND YES THE PRESIDENT GOING TO USE THE SAME HEALTHCARE SYSTEM AND GET THE SAME TREATMENT WE POOR SENIORS ARE GETTING ALREADY?
We are the ones that are going to pay even though we have worked all our lives for MEDICARE WE ARE BEING REFUSED TREATMENT BY DOCTORS WHO WILL NOT TAKE MEDICARE NOW. What is going to happen in the future? If they cut our benefits what little we get and STILL PAY FOR YOU MIGHT AS WELL PUT US TO SLEEP NOW.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What I want to know and nobody is addressing IS THIS, ARE CONGRESS, THE SENATE, AND YES THE PRESIDENT GOING TO USE THE SAME HEALTHCARE SYSTEM AND GET THE SAME TREATMENT WE POOR SENIORS ARE GETTING ALREADY?<br />
We are the ones that are going to pay even though we have worked all our lives for MEDICARE WE ARE BEING REFUSED TREATMENT BY DOCTORS WHO WILL NOT TAKE MEDICARE NOW. What is going to happen in the future? If they cut our benefits what little we get and STILL PAY FOR YOU MIGHT AS WELL PUT US TO SLEEP NOW.</p>
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		<title>By: Shouting down the town hall meetings on health care &#171; Nashville Is Talking</title>
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		<dc:creator>Shouting down the town hall meetings on health care &#171; Nashville Is Talking</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] vibinc: There were some interesting moments in the Doctor comments section, though they were hard to make out due to the noise in the room, but as I tweeted Cohen held his own for the most part. The anti-reformers interrupted just about anyone who spoke, even people who supported their position. At one point Cohen asked people to “chill”, and later challenged a guy with a ”No Government Healthcare” sign, to which he answered, “I guess you’re against the VA, Medicare and Medicaid”, which brought down the house. Also, one of the doctors noted to the anti-reformers that “yelling lies over and over doesn’t make it true”, and another said, “anger and fear was trumping truth and facts”, which brought an expected response from the anti’s. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] vibinc: There were some interesting moments in the Doctor comments section, though they were hard to make out due to the noise in the room, but as I tweeted Cohen held his own for the most part. The anti-reformers interrupted just about anyone who spoke, even people who supported their position. At one point Cohen asked people to “chill”, and later challenged a guy with a ”No Government Healthcare” sign, to which he answered, “I guess you’re against the VA, Medicare and Medicaid”, which brought down the house. Also, one of the doctors noted to the anti-reformers that “yelling lies over and over doesn’t make it true”, and another said, “anger and fear was trumping truth and facts”, which brought an expected response from the anti’s. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Rob</title>
		<link>http://www.vibincblog.com/?p=1364&#038;cpage=1#comment-546</link>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Steve writes, &quot;The questions came from cards, rather than calling on people in the audience, another effective strategy at keeping the meeting orderly.&quot; Yes, because when you decide which cards you&#039;ll read, you certainly can keep things orderly. That&#039;s the nasty thing about free speech, it&#039;s so damned unorderly.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Steve writes, &#8220;The questions came from cards, rather than calling on people in the audience, another effective strategy at keeping the meeting orderly.&#8221; Yes, because when you decide which cards you&#8217;ll read, you certainly can keep things orderly. That&#8217;s the nasty thing about free speech, it&#8217;s so damned unorderly.</p>
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		<title>By: Vibinc&#8217;s Steve Ross talks Cohen town hall in Memphis &#124; Christian Grantham</title>
		<link>http://www.vibincblog.com/?p=1364&#038;cpage=1#comment-545</link>
		<dc:creator>Vibinc&#8217;s Steve Ross talks Cohen town hall in Memphis &#124; Christian Grantham</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] can read Steve&#8217;s account at Vibinc. I had to slap this video clip together really quick this morning before heading off to work, but [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] can read Steve&#8217;s account at Vibinc. I had to slap this video clip together really quick this morning before heading off to work, but [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Newscoma &#187; Blog Archive &#187; No One Wins In A Headbutting Contest</title>
		<link>http://www.vibincblog.com/?p=1364&#038;cpage=1#comment-544</link>
		<dc:creator>Newscoma &#187; Blog Archive &#187; No One Wins In A Headbutting Contest</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] most comprehensive idea of what happened regarding the Memphis meeting is at Vibinc&#8217;s. And according to Jackson Baker&#8217;s account, after the chaos, Cohen actually led a [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] most comprehensive idea of what happened regarding the Memphis meeting is at Vibinc&#8217;s. And according to Jackson Baker&#8217;s account, after the chaos, Cohen actually led a [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Wintermute</title>
		<link>http://www.vibincblog.com/?p=1364&#038;cpage=1#comment-543</link>
		<dc:creator>Wintermute</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey hey hey! Am I the dragon or the dragon slayer?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey hey hey! Am I the dragon or the dragon slayer?</p>
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		<title>By: Wintermute</title>
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		<dc:creator>Wintermute</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 23:40:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I used to have a Yoda avatar; must re-up on WordPress.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I used to have a Yoda avatar; must re-up on WordPress.</p>
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		<title>By: Jeremy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jeremy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I was there today, and I have to say these town hall meetings are a horrible idea.  The congressional Democratic leadership has been terrible.  Stop the town halls immediately, get everyone back to DC ASAP, keep working, and ignore the loonies.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was there today, and I have to say these town hall meetings are a horrible idea.  The congressional Democratic leadership has been terrible.  Stop the town halls immediately, get everyone back to DC ASAP, keep working, and ignore the loonies.</p>
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		<title>By: RM</title>
		<link>http://www.vibincblog.com/?p=1364&#038;cpage=1#comment-540</link>
		<dc:creator>RM</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Joe Spake, I was at a Marsha Blackburn event two days ago.  Blackburn&#039;s staff (I&#039;m a little fuzzy on how having congressional staff work a book signing falls within ethical guidelines) asked a young woman to leave the area for wearing a union t-shirt and asked another to leave because she wrote &quot;I deserve healthcare&quot; on her baby&#039;s t-shirt.  But none of the people that disagreed with Blackburn did anything to disrupt her speech.

I saw a lot of those same people at Cohen&#039;s event today shouting over any speaker they disagreed with like they were a bunch of drunken assholes at a comedy club heckling the performer.

Over the last seven years, I&#039;ve probably been to over 100 political events.  Townhalls, campaign rallies, you name it.  Until today, I never had to say these words at a campaign event: &quot;Take your f**king hands off of me and never f**king touch me again.&quot;  This because I told a belligerent heckler that I didn&#039;t appreciate him shouting in my ear, and that I wanted to hear the speaker.

This is what I&#039;ve come to expect.  While there are many fine conservatives that can debate issues with the best of them, far too many are craven cowards that are terrified of anyone being able to say anything they disagree with.

The one that REALLY pissed me off was this doctor that was allowed to give a speech today.  This little refugee from the Shire contributed nothing to the conversation that I couldn&#039;t get by watching Glen Beck, but no one interrupted his vapid speech.  When he was through, he stood against the wall that I was standing at and started heckling Steve Cohen.

This brain dead little dried up turd of a man decided that he should have his say--- But the guy who gave him the bully pulpit deserved to be shouted down.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Joe Spake, I was at a Marsha Blackburn event two days ago.  Blackburn&#8217;s staff (I&#8217;m a little fuzzy on how having congressional staff work a book signing falls within ethical guidelines) asked a young woman to leave the area for wearing a union t-shirt and asked another to leave because she wrote &#8220;I deserve healthcare&#8221; on her baby&#8217;s t-shirt.  But none of the people that disagreed with Blackburn did anything to disrupt her speech.</p>
<p>I saw a lot of those same people at Cohen&#8217;s event today shouting over any speaker they disagreed with like they were a bunch of drunken assholes at a comedy club heckling the performer.</p>
<p>Over the last seven years, I&#8217;ve probably been to over 100 political events.  Townhalls, campaign rallies, you name it.  Until today, I never had to say these words at a campaign event: &#8220;Take your f**king hands off of me and never f**king touch me again.&#8221;  This because I told a belligerent heckler that I didn&#8217;t appreciate him shouting in my ear, and that I wanted to hear the speaker.</p>
<p>This is what I&#8217;ve come to expect.  While there are many fine conservatives that can debate issues with the best of them, far too many are craven cowards that are terrified of anyone being able to say anything they disagree with.</p>
<p>The one that REALLY pissed me off was this doctor that was allowed to give a speech today.  This little refugee from the Shire contributed nothing to the conversation that I couldn&#8217;t get by watching Glen Beck, but no one interrupted his vapid speech.  When he was through, he stood against the wall that I was standing at and started heckling Steve Cohen.</p>
<p>This brain dead little dried up turd of a man decided that he should have his say&#8212; But the guy who gave him the bully pulpit deserved to be shouted down.</p>
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		<title>By: Tom Guleff</title>
		<link>http://www.vibincblog.com/?p=1364&#038;cpage=1#comment-539</link>
		<dc:creator>Tom Guleff</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Lets&#039; be honest, the 9th District (TN) is just not a political battleground.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lets&#8217; be honest, the 9th District (TN) is just not a political battleground.</p>
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