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Of false prophets and fools in the health care debate

Posted on March 25, 2010 |
By Angelo Lynn



Count Jon Golnik, a candidate for Congress in Massachusetts, among those Americans who think government can do no right. At a recent Tea Party event in Lowell, Mass., he received an enthusiastic round of applause when he proclaimed: “I don’t know anything government’s ever gotten involved in and made it cheaper and made it better.”

His comment was in reference to the recently passed health care bill, and his object was to bash U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas, D-Mass., for her support of the bill — hopefully helping to unseat her in the fall elections.

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Clippings: Citizens, reporters need to see truth

Posted on March 25, 2010 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



Wow, protesters spitting returned to the news for the first time since the Vietnam War.

Except this time, a health care bill protester outside the Capitol on Saturday really did spit, on a Congressman.

Back in the late ’60s and early ’70s, spitting didn’t happen. Try to find one documented account of a Vietnam vet being on the receiving end. Or one single picture. Google “spitting on Vietnam Vets.” 

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Around the bend: A little 'insanity' preserves harmony

Posted on March 25, 2010 |
By Jessie Raymond



My husband Mark and I have discovered the key to a happy marriage: Insanity.

I don’t mean our mental state after 15 years of being shackled together in wedded bliss. I mean “Insanity,” the hardcore fitness program you may have seen advertised on TV. As far as I know, it’s the first home workout that comes with its own defibrillator.

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