Tabloid Headline 2059: "Is Jen Calling Brad's Nursing Home? Angie Fumes!"

I admit to not knowing the details of these stories because I haven't read them, but I see these three people on nearly every tabloid cover on every trip I make to the grocery store. Didn't this business with them take place years ago?

Seems like awfully dry gossip by now.

Another Protest Against Government Health Care

UPDATE: Pictures.







I don't think this event went as MoveOn.org planned. As Laurie Masterson put it on Twitter:

... it was great! We always had 2 times as many as obama supporters did, and the "mob" took them water!

I was there. She is right. And I even saw her counting many times at the event to make sure.

By the way, if you are interested in politics in Northwest Arkansas, you need to be following Laurie on Twitter. She organizes the local Tea Party coalition.

At the end of the event, something weird happened. Suddenly all of the Move On people left en masse and walked off to ride home together. Grassroots? I think not.

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MoveOn.org is holding a pro-government health care demonstration today at the corner of Dickson and College in Fayetteville from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM. If it's anything like that Organizing for America rally on the Fayetteville square the other day (the one with more journalists than participants in attendance,) they'll bus people in.

And, of course, you can expect lots of media coverage.

So, time to go out again! Bring your signs and bring your manners.

Don't leave our elected officials with the false impression that government health care is a popular idea in Arkansas.

Protesting Health Care in Bella Vista as We Chase Sen. Lincoln Around the State

So they really did decide to move the Democratic rally at the last minute. The word got out, and it looked as though there were more protesters than there were attendees.

The Senator, it seems, was brought in a back way and didn't drive past those protesting outside. She won't just refuse to have a townhall, she apparently refuses to even countenance constituents who don't support government health care. There was talk, and it seems the people felt a bit disrespected by that.

Many of the Democrats attending the rally even stopped to say, "I'm here for the rally, but I'm with you guys on health care."

In getting the kids ready to go, I forgot my camera. Fortunately, many people took pictures. I'll post them as I track them down:

As described by Caroline on Twitter, "Angry mob outside."

UPDATE: Caroline also took video of Lincoln's speech: here, here, here, and here, and has this still from inside the event where protesters were not allowed.

You CAN Go to a Public Meeting with Sen. Lincoln...

... she just wasn't going to tell you about it.

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UPDATE: Lincoln's people say that Organizing for America got it wrong. The event is not open to the public. (Please note: The same people who cannot send out an email correctly think they are capable of planning the entire health care system.)

Of course, protesting is still on.

But there's also talk that the event has moved to avoid protesters. Supposedly it will now take place at Blowing Springs in Bella Vista. I don't have confirmation of that though.

Luckily, The Samaritan House and Blowing Springs are only fourteen minutes apart. Here's a map. You can show up early at one location, and if it's obvious there's no event there, you can drive on to the other location.

Such confusion a Senator causes when she won't just meet with the people. Surely she should have no problem meeting with the people because the health care bill being drafted is so great that she would relish the chance to explain it personally.

Heh.
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Lincoln's press release describes the event like this:

4:40 p.m., Featured Speaker, Benton County Democratic Committee Political Rally. 1211 Samaritan House, W. Hudson Road, Rogers.

Okay, so it's a rally for Democrats. Hey, we could still protest outside.

Then Organizing for America, Obama's activism and propaganda arm (Yes, the same one hiring people through Craigslist to show up at townhall meetings.) sent out this information:

What: Public meeting with
Sen. Blanche Lincoln

Where: Samaritan Community Center
1211 W Hudson Rd
Rogers, AR 72756

When: Saturday, August 15th
Arrival Time: 3:30 p.m.
Start Time: 4:30 p.m.

And directs people to this page.

So, once again, bring your signs and bring your manners.

Probably best to show up at 3:30 or even earlier if you want to get inside to ask questions of Sen. Lincoln. She may not be taking questions, so you might want to bring a small paper sign to hold up if that's the case.

If you can't get inside, have your big signs in the car and ready to go for protesting outside. I think that lots of Tea Partiers are also planning to attend.

Government health care pushers are trying to stack this "public" meeting to make it look as though there is a lot of area support for government health care. Don't let them.

Sen. Lincoln, Are You Listening?

A lot of people showed up to protest government health care today. I was afraid that we might be the only people there, but there were many people there when we arrived. At any given time, there were about sixty people. People came and went, so there were probably about one hundred people in total. Wow! I think that's pretty great for a blazing hot workday morning.

About nine out of every ten cars honked and waved in support. One nice man even came back with a huge bag of bottled water. Government health care is definitely NOT a popular notion in Springdale.

Will try to update with pictures later. Have to go to the hospital; my friend is having a baby today! Hooray!

UPDATE: According to one reporter, someone in Sen. Lincoln's office is referring to her visit today as a townhall. It was not a townhall. You had to be a member of the Association of Arkansas Counties to get into the building. I know because I tried:



Below are pictures of some of the protesters. I was baby and toddler wrangling, so I didn't get pictures of everyone.

Kennicott Gives Political Satirists Permission to Portray Obama as Easter Bunny

Here, Kennicott outlines how you may make fun of Obama without being called a racist:

Orlando, Fla.: Please enlighten us to what artistic negative depiction of Obama wouldn't be racist in your mind?

Philip Kennicott: Any and all that avoid racial images or racially coded images. I seem to remember that Obama was criticized for promising too many things. Easter Bunny images would work just fine. Okay cartoonists, graphic designers, urban poster artists.... have at it!

I too would like to extend my invitation to my own political opponents to only make fun of conservatives by calling them sweet, fluffy bunnies who give away presents.

Protest Government Run Health Care in Northwest Arkansas

Senator Blanche Lincoln is coming to visit these locations:

Thursday, August 13: Springdale
9:30 a.m., Speak, Association of Arkansas Counties. Northwest
Arkansas Holiday Inn & Convention Center, Salons D & E, 1500 South
48th Street, Springdale.

Saturday, August 15: Rogers
4:40 p.m., Featured Speaker, Benton County Democratic Committee
Political Rally. 1211 Samaritan House, W. Hudson Road, Rogers.

Let's get out and show her that her constituents don't appreciate the far left
health care agenda she's supporting. We can do this by showing up wherever she goes.

Bring your signs and bring your manners.

I will try to be at both locations for an hour beginning half an hour before the time indicated above. If you are coming and have the time, drop me an email. Some reporters would like to cover this if enough people are planning to show.

UPDATE: Just to be clear, these are not town hall meetings. Seems she didn't schedule any for Northwest Arkansas. We'll be protesting outside.

We're Rooting for You, Randy!

This is my Dad:

(The man, not the baby.)

He begins biochemotherapy today at MD Anderson to fight metastatic melanoma, and he's going to beat it.

We're rooting for you, Dad!

UPDATE: And in case you're wondering why I'd put this on a blog, my Dad may be one of the original readers (never a writer) of political blogs. He was reading blogs in the pre-Instapundit days, and he reads them still to this day. So a blog is the perfect place, along with many others, to wish him a speedy recovery. Get well soon, Dad!