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I don't know who the author of this piece is, except for the URL, but I totally agree with it and can only beg you to read the bill, especially the section that starts on page 425 re living wills. http://docs.house.gov/edlabor/AAHCA-BillText-071409.pdf Peg Willocks had a great idea about us reading the bill. Let's do it!! I heard Glenn Beck try to cover his butt this past week in case we have another Dr. Tiller killing. Ray Source: http:/deepbraindiary.com Bad Moon Rising August 8, 2009, 9:18AM What does it say about America when a small portion of the population believes their president wants to kill them? What does it say about this segment of the population when they sincerely believe this ludicrous idea, even though they can't point to a THING in the Obama health care reform plan that supports it? What does it say about our country that people -- GOOD people who pay their taxes and love their children and contribute to society in a positive way -- are so willing to believe that an innocent plan to reimburse doctors for having end-of-life discussions once every five years with patients who REQUEST such a discussion means Obama will have "death panels" to decide who lives and who dies? What does it say about a segment of our society when people with a vested interest in maintaining the status quo can fool them into believing their lie when a simple look at the proposed legislation would expose these lies? Why is it easier for this segment of the population to believe their president wants to smother them with pillows, rip babies from their bellies, and send those deemed "unproductive" to the gas chambers than it is for them to read the bill for themselves and come to a reasonable, logical decision of what is IN the bill... not what they are TOLD is in the bill? What does it say about these so-called opinion leaders like Limbaugh and Hannity and Beck and Dobbs and others who say Obama is a Nazi and the health care logo looks like a Nazi symbol and compare a plan to provide health care for those who can not afford it and those with pre-existing conditions who can not GET it to the HOLOCAUST -- the most evil act of man against man in the history of the planet? I'm not afraid of Islamofascists. I don't worry about isolated Muslim terror cells causing acts of terrorism in America. I don't fear foreigners. I fear these Americans who are willing to believe that their president wants to kill their grandmothers and their babies. I fear these so-called "patriots" who believe liars like Sarah Palin who tells them that Obama wants to kill her Downs Syndrome baby. I fear these intellectually-challenged mouth-breathing shouting idiots, like Minnesota Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann who believes Obama wants to kill ME because I have Parkinson's disease. Noise is noise. Demonstrations are demonstrations. But evil is pervasive and progressive. First, they shout. Then, they hit. Then they damage property. Then... they start killing people. That is what I fear. Not some nameless, faceless Islamofascist with a dirty bomb. I fear some right-wing lunatic with a high-powered rifle who will try to invalidate a legitimate election with a single bullet because the voices on the radio TOLD him to. I fear a group of self-styled "freedom fighters" who -- inspired by Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachmann -- will pack a rental truck with fertilizer and diesel fuel and park it in front of ANOTHER federal building and blow it up in the name of "Liberty." And I'm not the only one who fears this. The ultra-right wing Pajamas Media hate site, home for some of the most virulent, hate-filled commentary, has posted a boilerplate warning to those who would add a thought to the comment section... 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Stories like, "Obama wants to get your e-mail address if you disagree with him so he can persecute you." When something bad happens and the pushing and shoving at the town halls escaltes into real violence, and the unthinkable happens... you know what I mean by that... these same people who have stoked the violence and fanned it and nurtured the hatred that led to it will scratch their heads in wonder and tell you it wasn't their fault. They were just "talking." They were just "expressing an opinion." At some point, we have to ask ourselves when this constant fanning of irrational hatred and paranoia and tweaking of the fear and emotions of stupid people who fear the unknown and hate the fact that we have an African American as president equates to "shouting fire in a crowded theater." And we'd better do it soon. See more at http://deepbraindiary.com Rayilyn Brown Director AZNPF Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn