Where are the pro-health care rallies and (loud) voices?

I've been on vacation for 10 days and before that I was working 100 hrs/wk for 4 months, now I'm home and hearing about these crazy town halls. Are there pro-health care rallies happening? Are our voices being heard? Are we organized?

If not, why not? Seems we keep letting the other side have louder voices than us. I know the media gives biased coverage, but still, why can't we get the same momentum and volume?

if only it were like the Repukes say ... that Soros and the communists are funding us ...

I hope it pays off - but all of our local Congresscritters are still red. The nearest Dem Congresscritter we have is Chet Edwards down in Waco.

Because the right hates Obama, there will be rallies against him.

That's why it's awkward having both hate you.

I am extremely disappointed with him and think he's really blown it in so many ways. But health care is an issue he ran on and one that everyone needs. I'm far left and have health care but I want to go march somewhere for it so everyone can have it and so we can begin the demise of evil corporate insurance that is killing people instead of keeping them healthy.

...the loudest voices to determine the consensus reality they'll abide, even if it goes against logic, and their own, and humanity's best interests. There was never a more blatant example of this than Bush/Gore, and again in 04'. The determined naysayers were sooooo desperate to dismiss any wrong doing over what they perceived as 'their party' appearing 'loony' for taking seriously a 'conspiracy theory.'

It would be really interesting to explore why that is. We seem to be given just enough toys and distractions to make people comfortable enough to not pay attention and yet just enough uncertainty of our futures to feel they can't take a risk to go out in the streets and not go to work.

Low balled. Our acquiescence came cheap.

I love Kucinich. He's the real deal.

Yes, but nobody is listening.

Hence the misinformation out there. Of course it's the corporations feeding the crazies who are out there going nuts but still.

We need a movement that demands to be heard and that is non-existent it seems.

I'll have to check some of the usual suspects that organize the anti-war protests and such. It seems that with something like this that affects so many people, the sane people who want and need health care, as well as those of us who have it (theoretically, until we need it) there should be millions in the streets demanding it.

and another 150 million tired of paying for it that the streets would be full of people
crowing for free health care. I do know that when it becomes free I will have an extra
few thousand a year to spend on the fun things in life.

It was an alphabet soup of mainly union members. Howard Dean and a stream of Sen's and Rep's spoke at the podium. If someone organizes another, I WILL BE THERE AGAIN! After the rally that day, we went to various town halls and office visits. One thing that concerns me greatly is the tea baggers going berserk at town halls shouting down anyone who tries to have there say-so. Why aren't people being arrested and hauled out for disturbing the peace at a supposedly peaceful gathering?

between jobs I want to go to some rallies!

I was wondering if the people can be screened at least for area of residency in order to enter the town halls. I hear they are busing people in which means they are disrupting our democratic process of representation.

But I'm with you, throw them out if they are not allowing the process to go on as planned. They do that with anti-war protesters, Code Pink people, etc...

I still see 70% plus in favor of healthcare reform. That number has been constant for months. Call it a silent majority as these are people like you who work and have other concerns in life to deal with. Many of us don't have the luxuary to get on a plane or bus or hop to Washington...time and money are tight. Many of us are working on the local level...putting pressure on our Congresscritter through phone calls, one-on-one meetings and threats of withdrawing our financial support and volunteer work in next year's election.

The message these critters need to hear aren't the ones sponsored by the insurance industry, but from their REAL patrons...the voters of their district.

The other side is in an all out effort to distort, intimidate and crowd out the silent majority. Congresscritters ignore these people at their peril. While the polls don't show it yet, anyone who votes against a bill with a public option will pay for it next year. While the insurance companies may buy their votes, they won't buy ours.