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		<title>Astroturf: Who is Really Laying Down Sod?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a move sure to enrage Driving-Range Attendants and Retired Floridians everywhere, Obamacare's proponents call protesters "astroturf".]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Folks, I was curious about people calling the health care protests &#8220;astroturf;&#8221; meaning, the protesters are recruited to be there by right-wing fringe leaders like Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Bill O&#8217;Reilly, and, the mobfather himself, Rush Limbaugh.</p>
<p>But, people seem to be missing the point.  Nancy Pelosi, for example, called those asking questions of the Messiah &#8220;Un-American.&#8221;  But, in 2006, she said, &#8220;I&#8217;m a fan of disruptors.&#8221;</p>
<p><a title="http://www.breitbart.tv/06-flashback-pelosi-tells-anti-war-protesters-im-a-fan-of-disruptors/" href="http://www.breitbart.tv/06-flashback-pelosi-tells-anti-war-protesters-im-a-fan-of-disruptors/" target="_blank">Check it out here.</a></p>
<p>Barack Obama said that those questioning him <a title="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/15/health/policy/15obama.html?_r=2&amp;hp" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/15/health/policy/15obama.html?_r=2&amp;hp" target="_blank">are being funded by Big Insurance</a>&#8230;If only he had proof&#8230;</p>
<p><a title="http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.228e42c5948115405d6f3ec5d1ad6b50.1a1&amp;show_article=1" href="http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.228e42c5948115405d6f3ec5d1ad6b50.1a1&amp;show_article=1" target="_blank">And he also blames the &#8220;ruckus&#8221; on &#8220;cable news.&#8221;</a> Now, ladies and gentlemen, let&#8217;s not be dim here.  He means Fox News.</p>
<p>But, if it turns out these groups are getting marching orders from groups,&#8211;in the words of Rush Limbaugh&#8211;&#8217;bout damn time.</p>
<p>And I completely agree.  The aggressor sets the rules, folks.  The left-wing loons set a precedent for disruptive behavior, and to refer to the questioning of an elected official as &#8220;Un-American&#8221; is simply that.</p>
<p>Now, let&#8217;s take a look at the real astroturf.</p>
<p>Now, I must admit, I get my marching orders from MoveOn.org.  I receive their email&#8230;just so I can know what&#8217;s going on in the world outside of my God and Guns&#8230;</p>
<p>Here is part of an email from August 7, 2009:</p>
<p>Check it out&#8211;as well as just who is laying astroturf&#8211;after the jump&#8230;</p>
<p>Also, Sheila Jackson&#8217;s townhall: a complete SHAM&#8230;</p>
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<blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">&#8220;Dear MoveOn member, </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We&#8217;ve got a plan to fight back against these radical right-wingers. We&#8217;ve hired skilled grassroots organizers who are working with thousands of local volunteers to show Congress that ordinary Americans continue to support President Obama&#8217;s agenda for change. And we&#8217;re building new online tools to track events across the country and make sure MoveOn members turn out at each one. </span></p>
<p style="margin: 1em 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It&#8217;s getting ugly out there.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 1em 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">All across the country, right-wing extremists are disrupting congressional town-hall meetings with venomous attacks on President Obama&#8217;s plans for health care and clean energy.<br />
</span></p>
<ul><span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"></p>
<li> Last night in <span id="lw_1250326361_0" style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;">Tampa, Florida</span>, a town hall meeting erupted into violence, with the <span style="font-weight: bold;">police being called to break up fist fights and shoving matches</span>.<sup>1</sup></li>
<li> A Texas Democrat was shouted down by right-wing hecklers, many of whom admitted <span style="font-weight: bold;">they didn&#8217;t even live in his district</span>.<sup>2</sup></li>
<li> One <span id="lw_1250326361_1">North Carolina</span> representative announced he wouldn&#8217;t be holding any town-hall meetings after his office began receiving <span style="font-weight: bold;">death threats</span>.<sup>3</sup></li>
<li> And in Maryland, protesters <span style="font-weight: bold;">hung a Democratic congressman</span> in effigy to oppose health-care reform.<sup>4&#8243;</sup></li>
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<p>Oh my God!  Not in his district?!  Let the record show, that I will be attending Dan Lungren&#8217;s townhall meeting in Rancho Cordova in late August.  I do not live in his district.  Bring it on MoveOn!  Also, Sheila Jackson held a townhall meeting where a doctor stood in support of Obamacare.  <a title="http://hotair.com/archives/2009/08/13/video-obamacare-fans-take-astroturfing-to-a-new-level/" href="http://hotair.com/archives/2009/08/13/video-obamacare-fans-take-astroturfing-to-a-new-level/" target="_blank">Hot Air is reporting that she is not a doctor, and is, in fact, an Obama delegate; and was also Lead Organizer for Organizing for America in March of 2008!</a> And, it turns out she was invited by that person who was in charge of that <a title="http://patterico.com/2009/08/14/roxana-mayer-invited-to-town-hall-by-obama-organizer-who-sported-che-guevara-poster-at-obama-campaign-office/" href="http://patterico.com/2009/08/14/roxana-mayer-invited-to-town-hall-by-obama-organizer-who-sported-che-guevara-poster-at-obama-campaign-office/" target="_blank">Obama campaign office with the Che flag&#8230;</a></p>
<p>So, as you can see, not so &#8220;grassroots.&#8221;</p>
<p><a title="http://pol.moveon.org/truth/lies.html?rc=tw" href="http://pol.moveon.org/truth/lies.html?rc=tw" target="_blank">Also, I received a link in another email issuing me my talking points. </a></p>
<p>Basically, it breaks down the top five health care lies.</p>
<p>And finally, in the newest email, they actually want me to write to the Sacramento Bee about how I want government controlled health care.  And, they actually issue talking points.</p>
<p>Remember, these are the same people accusing the &#8220;right-wing mob&#8221; of just bloviating talking points.</p>
<p>From the email:</p>
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<p style="margin: 1em 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Here are some talking points specific to California you can use in your letter:</span></p>
<ul><span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"></p>
<li> <span style="font-weight: bold;">We can&#8217;t afford to wait for reform: </span>Each day, 2190 people in California lose their <span id="lw_1250326355_9">health care coverage</span>. And without reform, those who still have insurance will see their yearly premiums go up by $9,380 in the next decade—to a staggering $22,660.</li>
<li> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Reform with a real public option is key to expanding coverage:</span> Under current legislation, which includes a strong <span id="lw_1250326355_10">public health insurance</span> option, 5,337,000 people in California—and 37 million Americans nationwide<sup>1</sup>—will gain coverage by 2019.</li>
<li> <span style="font-weight: bold;">A real public health insurance option is crucial to lowering costs: </span>With premiums projected to hit $22,660, we need to get costs down. By spurring competition, a public plan will help bring down out-of-control costs<sup>2</sup> for individuals, families, and small businesses.</li>
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<p>And finally, the kicker, ladies and gentlemen:</p>
<p>Craigslist ads offering paid work to &#8220;TACKLE the health care CRISIS,&#8221; and to &#8220;Help CURE the health care crisis and MAKE MONEY.&#8221;</p>
<p><a title="http://sacramento.craigslist.org/search/jjj?query=obama&amp;catAbbreviation=jjj" href="http://sacramento.craigslist.org/search/jjj?query=obama&amp;catAbbreviation=jjj" target="_blank">Check out the ads for such &#8220;grassroots&#8221; efforts in the Sacramento Area alone.</a></p>
<p><a title="http://harringtonreport.com/tag/obamacare/" href="http://harringtonreport.com/tag/obamacare/" target="_blank">Be sure to check out our dissection of Obamacare!</a></p>
<p>Oh, and also, MSNBC makes up a fake assassination attempt against Barack Obama.</p>
<p><a title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QpaBT1n1ZI" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QpaBT1n1ZI" target="_blank">Check out the video here.</a></p>
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		<title>Bill Burton: Spin Doctor</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Folks, this was crazy.  A couple of days ago, Megyn Kelly asked Bill Burton about the &#8220;enemies list.&#8221; She asked if the White House will keep the email addresses of the people being reported.  He could not, and actually refused to answer the question.
Megyn Kelly Discusses &#8220;Enemy\&#8217;s List&#8221; With WH Press Secretary:
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Folks, this was crazy.  A couple of days ago, Megyn Kelly asked Bill Burton about the <a title="http://harringtonreport.com/2009/08/04/flagwhitehouse-gov/" href="http://harringtonreport.com/2009/08/04/flagwhitehouse-gov/" target="_blank">&#8220;enemies list.&#8221;</a> She asked if the White House will keep the email addresses of the people being reported.  He could not, and actually refused to answer the question.</p>
<p>Megyn Kelly Discusses &#8220;Enemy\&#8217;s List&#8221; With WH Press Secretary:</p>
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<p>Now, it turns out, that people are receiving unsolicited emails from the White House.<br />
Major Garrett has received emails from folks saying they received emails from the White House.</p>
<p><a title="http://hotair.com/archives/2009/08/13/major-garrett-grills-gibbs-why-are-people-getting-unsolicited-e-mails-from-david-axelrod-about-health-care/" href="http://hotair.com/archives/2009/08/13/major-garrett-grills-gibbs-why-are-people-getting-unsolicited-e-mails-from-david-axelrod-about-health-care/" target="_blank">Hot Air has more information.</a></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Harrington Report examines the White House's newest ploy to strip Americans of their rights: "flag@whitehouse.gov".
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<p>Folks, this scares me; a lot.</p>
<p>Apparently there is a lot of &#8220;disinformation&#8221; regarding the health care system.  And apparently, &#8220;Since we can’t keep track of all of them here at the White House, we’re asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to <a href="mailto:flag@whitehouse.gov">flag@whitehouse.gov</a>.&#8221;</p>
<p><a title="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Facts-Are-Stubborn-Things/" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Facts-Are-Stubborn-Things/" target="_blank">Read</a></p>
<p>They are asking you to turn in people.  Folks, please.  Turn me in!</p>
<p>Here is what you can tell them&#8230;</p>
<p>Matt Harrington of The Harrington Report thinks the best way to reform health care is:</p>
<p>Tort Reform</p>
<p>Matt Harrington of the Harrington Report thinks that:</p>
<ul>
<li>Obama wants to force private insurance companies out of business.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Obama wants a single payer system.</li>
</ul>
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<li>Obama means what he said; including wanting to eliminate private health insurance.  Nothing was taken out of context.</li>
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<li>The only &#8220;misinformation&#8221; is coming from the White House.</li>
</ul>
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<li>People should continue to attend town hall meetings and give their congressmen the what for, even if they are called extremists.</li>
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<p>So, folks, if you are reading this, please, listen to our fearless leader, turn me in.  Shoot an email over to &#8220;flag@whitehouse.gov&#8221; and tell them that I am propagating propaganda.</p>
<p><a href="http://matthewharrington.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/misinformation.png"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3178" title="misinformation" src="http://matthewharrington.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/misinformation.png?w=300" alt="misinformation" width="300" height="137" /></a></p>
<p>Click above to see my email, turning myself in.</p>
<p>Now, call me crazy for turning myself in&#8230;but I want to know what is going on here.</p>
<p>Did anyone flag themselves or someone they know?  Let&#8217;s hear about it!</p>
<p>UPDATE:  Lots of views on this post.  I hope you&#8217;re all reporting me!</p>
<p>UPDATE: WH press secretary Robert Gibbs, when asked about the flag email and he said, &#8220;I cannot understand your question.</p>
<p>UPDATE: August 7, 2009:</p>
<p><a title="http://matthewharrington.wordpress.com/2009/08/07/anger-brewing/" href="http://matthewharrington.wordpress.com/2009/08/07/anger-brewing/" target="_blank">Ladies and Gentlemen, the anger is brewing.</a></p>
<p>Nancy Pelosi accused the protesters of carrying swastikas.</p>
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<p>They&#8217;re carrying swastikas and symbols like that to a town meeting on healthcare&#8217;</p>
<p>Folks, while you report me, please, send a note in reporting Nancy Pelosi too.  No one is carrying any racist, hateful propaganda.</p>
<p>She can&#8217;t fight the facts, so she has to try discredit those who oppose her.</p>
<p>Also, Texas Senator John Cornyn accused the Obama White House of compiling an enemies list.</p>
<p>Effectively, that&#8217;s what flag@whitehouse.gov is.</p>
<p><a title="http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/state/stories/DN-cornynflag_06nat.ART.State.Edition1.4bb4d44.html" href="http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/state/stories/DN-cornynflag_06nat.ART.State.Edition1.4bb4d44.html" target="_blank">Read</a></p>
<p>Here is the transcript&#8211;from Whitehouse.gov, which I think is hilarious&#8211;of Robert Gibbs denying flag@whitehouse.gov.</p>
<blockquote><p>Q    Do you know how many e-mails have been sent to the flag at whitehouse.gov address?  And, secondly, isn&#8217;t the White House required by law to save all correspondence it receives, so will it be informing individuals whose e-mails have been forwarded that they might want to have a chance to correct the historical record about the alleged fishiness of their e-mails?MR. GIBBS:  I, for the life of me, didn&#8217;t understand your question.</p>
<p>Q    Is the White House required to save the e-mails?</p>
<p>MR. GIBBS:  Obviously, the National Archives documents correspondence with the White House.</p>
<p>Q    So the people whose e-mails have been forwarded, they won&#8217;t be informed that their e-mails are being forwarded to the government?</p>
<p>MR. GIBBS:  Maybe I&#8217;m missing something.  I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;re hashing some nefarious plot, but I, for the life of me, can&#8217;t understand it.</p>
<p>Yes, sir.</p></blockquote>
<p><a title="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Briefing-by-White-House-Press-Secretary-Robert-Gibbs-8/6/09/" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Briefing-by-White-House-Press-Secretary-Robert-Gibbs-8/6/09/" target="_blank">Read</a></p>
<p>And finally, O-man had this to say, &#8220;But I don&#8217;t want the folks who created the mess to do a lot of talking. I want them to get out of the way so we can clean up the mess. I don&#8217;t mind cleaning up after them, but don&#8217;t do a lot of talking.&#8221;</p>
<p>UPDATE:  August 10, 2009:</p>
<p>This sort of &#8220;community reporting project&#8221; is happening in my home city of Sacramento, California.  They are asking folks to report their neighbors for wasting water.</p>
<p>For those that are out of the loop on Sacramento news and politics&#8230;apparently, we don&#8217;t have a whole lot of water&#8230;even though the river which runs behind my house has been pretty high&#8230;</p>
<p><a title="http://harringtonreport.com/2009/08/10/sacramento-bee-asking-you-to-report-water-wasters/" href="http://harringtonreport.com/2009/08/10/sacramento-bee-asking-you-to-report-water-wasters/" target="_blank">Read</a></p>
<p>UPDATE:  August 12, 2009:</p>
<p>Deputy White House Press Secretary REFUSED to answer Megyn Kelly&#8217;s question: &#8220;Are you purging the email addresses?&#8221;</p>
<p>He absolutely refused to answer the question.</p>
<p>She then showed him up.  Its too bad he&#8217;s even worse than Robert Gibbs&#8230;</p>
<p>So, I think it is safe to say that they are not going to delete the email addresses.</p>
<p>Bill Burton: &#8220;They are wearing swastikas.&#8221;</p>
<p><a title="http://harringtonreport.com/2009/08/14/bill-burton-spin-doctor/" href="http://harringtonreport.com/2009/08/14/bill-burton-spin-doctor/" target="_blank">Read</a></p>
<p>UPDATE: August 15, 2009:</p>
<p>I have sent another email to flag@whitehouse.gov&#8230;Check it out&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://harringtonreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/flagemail.png"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3253" title="flagemail" src="http://harringtonreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/flagemail-300x142.png" alt="flagemail" width="300" height="142" /></a></p>
<p>Click for full size.</p>
<p>UPDATE:  August 17, 2009:</p>
<p>The White House has acknowledged that members of the general public have received unsolicited emails from the White House regarding health care reform.  However, they are passing the buck onto advocacy groups saying that the groups sign their members up for updates from the White House&#8230;</p>
<p>Developing&#8230;</p>
<p><a title="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/16/white-house-e-mail/" href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/16/white-house-e-mail/" target="_blank">Read</a></p>
<p>UPDATE: August 18, 2009:</p>
<p>So, as it turns out, the White House has removed the email address flag@whitehouse.gov.  It no longer exists.  They also acknowledged that folks were receiving unsolicited emails from the White House, saying,</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;It has come to our attention that some people may have been subscribed to our email lists without their knowledge –- likely as a result of efforts by outside groups of all political stripes -– and we regret any inconvenience caused by receiving an unexpected message.  We’re certainly not interested in anyone receiving emails from the White House who don’t want them.  That’s one reason why we have never &#8212; and will never &#8212; add names from a commercial or political list to the White House list.</p></blockquote>
<p>Now, if I could just stop everyone there for just a second, the egregious grammatical error in the second sentence is really rather stunning&#8230;</p>
<p><a title="http://harringtonreport.com/2009/07/08/white-house-spells-barrys-name-wrong/" href="http://harringtonreport.com/2009/07/08/white-house-spells-barrys-name-wrong/" target="_blank">This, of course, is just another example of carelessness in the Obama administration regarding spelling, punctuation, and grammar&#8230;</a></p>
<p>Now, this news doesn&#8217;t mean that they have stopped collecting information.  They have retooled their mechanism and are now going through the Reality Check website&#8230;</p>
<p><a title="http://www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/contact" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/contact" target="_blank">Check it out here.<br />
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		<title>UPDATE: Hospital Super. Asks to Have Flag Removed</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Debbie McLucas hung an American Flag for Memorial Day in her office at Kindred Hospital Corporation.  Her boss asked her to take it down.  Her boss is an immigrant, and has been in America for fourteen years.  According to the hospital, some patients and families complained&#8230;
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Debbie McLucas hung an American Flag for Memorial Day in her office at Kindred Hospital Corporation.  Her boss asked her to take it down.  Her boss is an immigrant, and has been in America for fourteen years.  According to the hospital, some patients and families complained&#8230;</p>
<p>The Kindred Hospital Corporation Headquarters have yet to weigh in on the matter.</p>
<p><a title="http://cbs11tv.com/local/patriotism.at.office.2.1020415.html" href="http://cbs11tv.com/local/patriotism.at.office.2.1020415.html" target="_blank">Read</a></p>
<p>UPDATE: May 28, 2009:</p>
<p>So, I just received an Email from the Vice President of Communications for Kindred Hospital&#8230;Can you say our first unsolicited press release? &#8211;Hell Yes!</p>
<p>Anyhoo&#8230;</p>
<p>Here it is:</p>
<p><a href="http://matthewharrington.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/statement-regarding-kindred-hospital-mansfield.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2533" title="Statement Regarding Kindred Hospital Mansfield" src="http://matthewharrington.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/statement-regarding-kindred-hospital-mansfield.png" alt="Statement Regarding Kindred Hospital Mansfield" width="600" height="776" /></a></p>
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