tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733774014277102868.post4984006292821342203..comments2021-02-18T08:02:51.087-05:00Comments on 'Bank Slate: Scenes from Health Care Town Hellswainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696058464538049417noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733774014277102868.post-61739784043543879862009-09-05T14:56:02.559-04:002009-09-05T14:56:02.559-04:00I do think town-hall meetings do (should?) serve a...I do think town-hall meetings do (should?) serve a very usefully purpose. They let representative meet "real" people and let people meet their representatives. <br /><br />I went to a few for Shea-Porter's predecessor (Repub. Jeb Bradley) that were much different. <br /><br />They problem with them turning into such circuses is it drowns out real discussion. Even people with real concerns about the bills are getting lost in the noiseswainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08696058464538049417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733774014277102868.post-67024057905098309402009-09-04T22:42:55.061-04:002009-09-04T22:42:55.061-04:00Based on your assessment, it sounds like a soapbox...Based on your assessment, it sounds like a soapbox roundtable where people just want to shout their opinions and see who agrees with them. I don't understand how anyone could be fixated on a political ideology as if that was the real issue. LT sounds about 75-80. He probably doesn't even know what the real definition of communism is. The funny thing is, the so-called-anti-communists were probably the first people in favor of the Patriot Act since the REPUBLICAN gov't clearly wouldn't go after the "good" citizens. Only the bad. Since this Town Hall apparently failed to educate anybody, did it serve any purpose other than being a quasi-group therapy session?NeoFanBoy72https://www.blogger.com/profile/14333323531977844525noreply@blogger.com