= Its true! Canadians are DYING IN THE HALLWAYS at their local hospitals because health care is rationed. (Or so I was told by folks who were earnestly trying to convince me of the evils of providing health care for everyone.)

= Obama and Hitler are synonyms, because Hitler wanted socialized medicine before World War II.

= The Civil Rights Movement destroyed Detroit. (I asked that guy if he was a racist, and he blustered NO. Turns out he is a Libertarian.)

= Canada, England and France are DICTATORSHIPS where people are not allowed to choose their own doctors. We should not, however, try to liberate them from this horrible state of affairs because how they destroy their own country is none of our business.

= We can't afford health care for everyone; conversely, everyone who needs health care can already get it.

= Anyone without health care is lazy and doesn't work for a living.

= Jesus said to teach people to fish, so we shouldn't give them health care, but instead, teach them how to perform their own appendectomies.

= Real patriots were silent during the Bush years because they supported him and the war on terror; now they have to come forward and save us all from OBAMA-CARE because it pays for abortions.

= No one ever dies from a lack of health care in this country.

ON EDIT: (Forgot this one) Most of the 45 million uninsured AMERICANS are illegal aliens (so they don't count).

And last, but not least, I learned --

THESE PEOPLE ARE FLAMING IDIOTS, AND ANY "DEMOCRAT" WHO LISTENS TO THEM DESERVES THE TROUNCING HE IS GOING TO GET -- THEY WON'T VOTE FOR YOU, SO MAKE YOUR BASE HAPPY, AND FIX THE SYSTEM!!!

It was fun. I didn't even try to change minds; I just antagonized the beans out of some of these people. I did have some good conversations with some people -- we "shouted" at each other because we couldn't hear very well. I got there half an hour before it was supposed to start, and couldn't get in. There were probably a thousand people all wanting to get in to voice our opinion, and frankly, despite the idiot brigade, it was nice to see people actually participating in the discussion.

But the bottom line is what I gleefully gloated in telling the folks who oppose reform:

"TOO BAD. YOUR SIDE LOST. YOUR GUY SAID THINGS WERE FINE, AND THE GUY WHO GOT ELECTED PROMISED TO FIX THINGS. MORE PEOPLE VOTED FOR HIM, SO WHAT YOU SAY DOESN'T MATTER AT ALL. HA! HA! HA!"

It was more fun than it should have been.

On Edit: Nope, I'm not a nice person sometimes. I can live with it.