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I didn't say that -- although I agree.  That's a direct quote from conservative columnist Kathleen Parker.  She's one of the one's printed on the right when my local paper does their "on the left" and "on the right" thing where they match up some milquetoast "liberal" writer against a (usually) raving conservative.

In 1966 [Pat] Buchanan and Richard Nixon were at the Wade Hampton Hotel in Columbia, S.C., where Nixon worked a crowd into a frenzy: "Buchanan recalls that the room was full of sweat, cigar smoke, and rage; the rhetoric, which was about patriotism and law and order, 'burned the paint off the walls.

Americans are already paying for health care.  We pay more than anyone else in the world for health care.  Problem is, even though we've scrimped and saved to keep paying the insurance premiums, too often the profit-obsessed insurance industry denies our claim.  Or drops us altogether when we get sick.  And if they decide whatever we have isn't covered by that "comprehensive health care policy" we've paid premiums on for half a lifetime, do they kindly refund our (obviously wasted) money?  No, they do not.  They move it over into their "obscene profits" column, leaving us high and dry. 

Doing nothing has a cost.

Could news about the Iraq War really get even worse?

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The owner of U.S. contractor Blackwater was a Christian zealot hell-bent on wiping Muslims from the earth. When facing an investigation, he ordered the murder of witnesses.
That’s corporate America and the military industrial complex for [...]

There's nothing like meeting a candidate and judging for yourself.  If you're in North Alabama and want to do the retail politics thing, here's your chance to meet one of our Democratic candidates for governor -- without an obligatory contribution, although I'm sure they would happily accept your check, if you're so moved.

Congressman Artur Davis will host a meet and greet for Huntsville area residents on Wednesday, August 5.  Please see information below for event details.  Members of the media are invited to attend and hear the Congressman’s remarks.

Event details:

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

1:30 – 3:00pm CST

Watson, McKinney & Artrip

203 Green Street SE

Huntsville, AL 35801

**event is open to the public