Looks like the deathers got to Johnny Isakson, the Georgia Republican who authored Senate legislation providing Medicare coverage for end-of-life planning. Yesterday, Isakson slammed deather claims about the House bill: I just had a phone call where someone said Sarah Palin’s web site had talked about the House bill having death panels on it where people would be euthanized. How someone could take an end of life directive or a living will as that is nuts.

John Ibbitson had an interesting piece in today’s Globe on the tactics being used by foes of healthcare reform to inspire terror in the ignorant: Opponents of health-care reform stoking fears Citizens argue healthcare reform proposals on August 8, 2009 in Brighton, Colorado. Shock jock Rush Limbaugh compares the White House’s health office logo to a swastika and President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler John Ibbitson Last updated on Tuesday, Aug.

The epic problem of content decision making. – threefortysevenaugusta.com 08/11/2009 The first thing someone, anyone, might think of writing about on a blog site would be the obvious recounting of the day one just had. This is trite and mind  numbingly boring, make no bones about it, stupid. See there is no solution there. Personally, all day long subjects pass through my mind, I think of cute little one liners, toss around the idea and usually chalk it up to a pointless venture.

Here at SaveWRKO , we’re getting an increasing number of complaints regarding WRKO’s piped-in “news” coverage supplied by Metro Traffic (the in-house news department was fired several years ago to cover felon Tom Finneran’s bloated salary). Here’s an excellent caught-on-tape example: If you heard this report but knew little about Obamacare and the town hall meetings, would you be inclined to believe Barack’s opponents are little more than thugs, as opposed to worried seniors and working people?

August 11th, 2009 Posted in Blog EntryFrom seacoastonline.com:“My frustration is with the way things are going with the health care plan,” she said. “It’s a thousand pages and no one has read it. I’m afraid for my grandchildren and myself.”  Keenan said she has a terminal illness and through her private insurance, “I get what I need.”I’m very sorry that Ms. Keenan is terminally ill and I wish nothing but the best for her going forward – I hope she continues to get what she needs through her private insurance and I will keep her in my thoughts – no one should be without insurance and Ms.