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[vicarz]

Another great analysis of the fake controversy regarding the health care town hall meetings with fake / orchestrated protesters:
http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/12/early-morning-swim-rachel-exposes-health-care-lobbyist-ties-to-town-hall-protests/
They do a good job of noting that the anti-health care people have offered NO PLANS OF THEIR OWN. The news is screwing up horribly by calling this a controversy - it's not, there are no opposing views. They right-wing only wants to disrupt dialog from happening at all! It's not a disagreement - it's just counter for the sake of being against something.

For those not patient - they break down who is putting out the fake grass-roots instructions to break up the meetings, who the organization is, and who they are linked with. Big one - Dick Armey's lobbying firm (they also break down how this "grass roots" group's efforts have exactly timed several companies' paying for lobbying services)

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[pastor-saturn.livejournal.com]

Reminds me of that Monty Python sketch:

Man: An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition.
Mr. Vibrating: No it isn't.
Man: Yes it is. It's not just contradiction.
Mr. Vibrating: Look, if I argue with you, I must take up a contrary position.
Man: But that's not just saying, "No it isn't."
Mr. Vibrating: Yes it is.
Man: No it isn't. An argument is an intellectual process. Contradiction is just the automatic gainsaying of any statement the other person makes.
Mr. Vibrating: No it isn't.
Man: Yes it is.
Mr. Vibrating: Not at all.
Man: Now look...
Mr. Vibrating: [bell rings] Good morning.
Man: What?
Mr. Vibrating: That's it. Good morning.
Man: It was just getting interesting.
Mr. Vibrating: Sorry, the five minutes is up.
Man: That was never five minutes.

[vicar.livejournal.com]

Excellent...strangely appropriate.