Why, thank you for asking!

Today Zippy and I drove up to Brighton for our representative’s (Congressman Ed Perlmutter) Town Hall Meeting on health care reform.
Maybe you’ve heard about the organized disruption of Democratic representatives’ meetings as they try to talk health care reform with their constituencies.
The situation has gotten ugly.  Beyond ugly.
Zippy and I really didn’t want to go but felt obligated to push back against the lunatic fringe.

Oh, my.

I brought two signs.
This one spoke to my feelings on the issue:

Plus I wanted another sign to convey my feelings without having to scream them at people:

The second one came in real handy when the guy wearing the U.S. flag bandana,
swinging the U.S. flag (nearly poking me in the eye)
chanted "Hitler Care!  Hitler Care!"

Goethe’s quote was also useful when I was confronted with signs like this:

and this:

and this:

That last sign was pretty popular.
A group of people took turns holding it.
This woman here:

was taking her turn with the Death Pill sign when she came up to me,
presumably because of my Active Ignorance sign,
and said, "Honey, God gave me plenty of brains and I know what’s in that bill."
To which I responded by pointing to her Death Pill sign and saying, "Clearly, you’re informed.’
Then I tried taking her picture but she slammed her sign into my camera. 
That was okay since she mixed it up with everyone there,
giving me ample opportunity to document her shrieking and finger-jabbing.

Later some other woman (sign-less) asked what my Active Ignorance sign meant.
I explained it was in response to ridiculous claims such as the Death Pill.

Oh, my.
That comment unleashed a Death Pill / pacemaker rant.
Google revealed that she was apparently referring to a partial, out-of-context video clip.
Here’s the full version of Obama addressing pacemakers and end-of-life care.
(Who knew this was a raging issue on the lunatic fringe?)

Lest you think the crowd was one hundred percent nutters,
here are some signs I really appreciated:

and

and

and

The thing is, I don’t really care how much it would cost to provide quality health care to everyone in this country.
No one asked my opinion about invading and occupying two countries,
and the billions of dollars those occupations cost each and every month.
I’d rather my tax dollars heal rather than kill.

Unfortunately, a lot of fear-based, angry people descended upon a grocery store parking lot today
to shout their disagreement.