EZEKIEL EMANUEL AND OBAMA HEALTH CARE
(Must Read - Shocking, cited quotes by Emanuel)
OBAMA HEALTH CARE BY THE NUMBERS
THE GRIM REAPING OF AMERCA
AMERICA AT THE CROSSROADS OF HISTORY
A PETITION ON FACEBOOK FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RESTORATION
Posted on 08/29/2009 7:27:17 PM PDT by BAW
Strong emotions and spirited exchanges dominated a packed town-hall style meeting Saturday as a thousand residents from around San Diego County packed into a Spring Valley gymnasium to share their thoughts on health care reform.
The meeting, hosted by Rep. Susan Davis, D-San Diego, elicited boisterous responses from both sides of the debate with people frequently interrupting speakers with applause and cheers.
“This is personal and emotional and everyone deserves to be part of the process,” Davis told the crowd.
The congresswoman, who supports President Barack Obama's health care reform and held a similar town hall meeting in Hillcrest earlier this month, assured the audience that any action by Congress is in its early stages.
“We may not agree on how to get there, but we agree something needs to be done,” Davis said, eliciting applause.
A few dozen residents who wanted to speak had to submit their names and were selected at random until everyone was heard. Each was given one and a half minutes.
“I am opposed to socialized medicine,” said one woman, who received a standing ovation when she finished.
Carlsbad resident Jeff Wangsgaard, 31, asked Davis how the government, already in trillions of dollars in debt, would pay for the proposed health care overhaul.
The line to get inside the 1 p.m. event at the Spring Valley Library complex began forming as early as 6:30 a.m. and several hundred people had to be turned away once the gym filled up.
About 200 protesters remained outside in triple-degree heat, carrying signs such as “Health care reform or the biggest power grab in history” and “Medicare for all.”
About 40 sheriff's deputies monitored the event and at one point had to stand between two groups of protesters to prevent physical contact. No arrests were made, although one woman was taken to a hospital for heat exhaustion, said sheriff's Lt. Phil Brust.
Debbie Cummings, who attended the meeting with her 87-year-old aunt, said she opposed a health care system entirely in the hands of the government.
“I want to do it my way,” she said.
Fahari Jeffers, 55, urged the government to take action.
“I'm a fan of health care reform because I'm one of the people who needs it,” the Spring Valley resident said as she left the event.
Jeffers said she had a brain aneurism two years ago and couldn't pay for the lengthy recovery after she quit her job.
“We had to rely on help from friends to pay for recovery costs, it was so expensive,” she said. “We could not pay for it on our own.”
We had success getting Rep Davis to snap her head around to stare at us when we started chanting "Vote Her Out!" Very effective chant. I recommend it to all Freepers at Townhall meetings.
Lots of fun at this townhall. Great way to burn off energy.
A PETITION ON FACEBOOK FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RESTORATION
Nancy Pelosi thinks people who support the idea of open debate are Nazis though.
Did you get any decent answers? Did anybody ask this 'representative' if she actually read the 1,000+ pages of proposed legislation?
Voluntary giving v. money coerced from taxpayers? What a great solution!
Vote the Communist schmucks out BUMP.
If the Senate violates the rule on clotures and crams this down on America,I fear terrible violence like we have never seen. I worry it might happen. I suspect freeways will be shut down as well as bridges for weeks. There would possibly be gun fire and burning of buildings and massive civil disobedience. It could be very bad. I pray not.
Conservatives don’t burn buildings or shut down freeways.
But there will be a political realignment that will stun the Dems and left.
And there will be disobedience such as just see how many of us will fill out their dang ACORN census then.
I won’t fill out census. And I will not answer door. The Acorn people are a joke. They will inflate with fabrications.
Mine is still sitting on the table. I’ll get around to giving them my name, rank and serial number when I’m **** good and ready.
Who were those people carrying wealthcare signs?
Billionaires for Wealth Care at Susan Davis town hall in Spring Valley, California
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