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Anger Management Counseling Offered at Tea Party Demo in San Jose

by John D. Freelancer
Activists for health care reform tried to calm the tenor of this, the third tea party gathering in San Jose, California.
Proponents of a single payer health care plan who have been to all three such events, said that the mood was definitely more relaxed than at the previous two gatherings.

Score one for Single Payer....free counseling can be helpful!
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Top photo: "Potential Client" by John D.

Date of Event: August 15, 2009
Occasion: Tea Party Rally in front of Barnes and Noble Bookstore where US Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) was at a book signing event
§Anger Management was FREE
by John D. Freelancer
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§Raging Granny Mascot Arrives!
by John D. Freelancer
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At last! Raging Grannies greet Lucy van Pelt who has reduced the price of psychiatric services for tea partiers from 5 cents to FREE. Wait, tea party protesters insist they don't want free health care. Maybe she should charge them exorbitant fees?
§The Doctor is IN
by John D. Freelancer
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Lucy van Pelt of Peanuts comic strip
§Setting up shop in front of Barnes and Noble
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§Not interested in getting help...
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...she "just said no".
§Actually listened and spoke calmly...
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...but was quick to explain that the pink camera was not his.
§Looks like another potential client
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§The Doctor is IN, but not for long
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Lucy took off after a while. This freelancer would have loved to get more photos!
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by nonya
Did you old fools offer anger management counseling for the rabid bash back crowd after the passage of prop 8. Progressive stupidity at it's finest.
by ...
Thanks for raising your concerns here (commenter above). Stop by the booth next time. I'm sure you qualify for emergency counseling and will be seen quickly by the therapist.
The AP is reporting that O'BS is about to drop the "public option," an insurance racket that has nothing to do with the urgently need single payer Medicare for all, or better yet, the socialized medicine O'BS and his Democratically-controlled Congress enjoy. See
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090816/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_health_care_overhaul
This begs the question that I have been asking: Were these Republican Party "protests" staged by the Democrats so the Democrats, who never were for single payer, can have an excuse to drop their garbage "public option," and simply continue with business as usual: making the friends of the Democrats and Republicans, the insurance companies, richer?

These wealthy people are not the kind to spend their time protesting anything as of course they have nothing to protest. It would appear they need therapy unless, of course, this was staged, not just to benefit the Republicans, who do not need this as everyone knows the Republicans are against healthcare for all and that is fine with them, but also so the Democrats can get rid of any workingclass support as they represent the same class as the Republican Party: The Capitalist Class.

One wonders if the voting American workingclass (and most never vote) will finally figure this out. O'BS has absolutely nothing to offer the workingclass and will do absolutely nothing for us whatsoever. That snear of O'BS in the picture attached to the article is typical of the rich who have contempt for the workingclass. Here is another example of his snear, while he is talking with his Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, who fought in the Israeli military:
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9939.shtml

No millionaire can ever represent the workingclass and the corporations did not give millions to O'BS because of the color of his skin; they gave him millions to make sure he maximizes their profits, always at the expense of the wages and interests of the workingclass.
by lhuide
Looks like this person also is in need of immediate anger management assistance. I can't quite figure out by the rant where this person stands on health care. His comments about all Dems being millionaires and not supportive of Single Payer is incorrect. So I would recommend education on HR676 and its supporters in the Dem. party along with the anger management. I am sure your insurance will cover all of this!
And perhaps you can work on the Fair Elections(Clean Money) legislation that would ensure that folks get elected due to talent instead of wealth.
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