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Thanks for your interview of Jim Ellison, town hall protester [

Aug. 19, 2009

]. It gives us a clear picture of who the nutcases are who are shouting down any rational conversation of healthcare reform. Mr. Ellison is either really stupid, uninformed, addicted to Fox News, or all of the above. He parrots all of the talking points of the insurance company proxies. Judging from his picture I suspect Mr. Ellison is himself on Medicare, so I suggest the first thing for him to do is give that up before they pull his plug. After that he should stop driving on freeways, flying in government regulated airspace, breathing federally mandated clean air, or drinking from public water sources (just to name a few). I think we should all go back to taking chickens to our doctors and helping Mr. Ellison get out of this country he seems to hate so much (I suggest Somalia—since they have no government).

Tom Johnson
Northeast 39th Avenue

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