[Joe Friday]

How is the behavior of these students different from those who shouted down Congressmen and others who disagreed with them on healthcare reform? Why, on the one hand, are the healthcare hecklers viewed as champions of democracy, while these are viewed as "scarey and nuts"?
Mind you, I'm not advocating this type of behavior, only asking for a differentiation.

[COLOR="Teal"]Let's start with the Muslim hecklers. Universities are a place for an exhange of ideas. Ambassador Oren was invited to speak at UCI. Their behavior was arrogant and boorish. The Muslim students should have shown common courtesy and respect for the others in the audience and either held their protest outside or listened to the Ambassador and made their statement or asked questions after he finsihed speaking. Their intent was to stop him from speaking - period.

Town Hall meetings are held by OUR Representatives to discuss issues and answer to their constituents who, as taxpayers, pay the Representatives and finance every thing they do. Many of the constituents we saw on various news videos had emailed or called their Representatives to express their dissatisfaction with the way 'they' were handling the Health Care issue. So, what did the democratic Representatives do? THEY IGNORED THEIR CONSTITUENTS! So, they lined up for hours in order to see their Representatives face-to-face to express their outrage.

The Muslims only believe in free speech for themselves and want death and destruction to the Israelis (and all infadels for that matter - US) and the tax paying opponents of health care exercised their right to free speech by letting their elected representatives know that they would use their vote to peacefully 'FIRE' them if they did not start representing the majority of their constituency instead of following the party line.[/COLOR]

There are many examples on You Tube of the Town Hall meetings; however, two came to mind of just how obviously these representatives are not listening to their constituents!

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L3FnWNkIzU"]YouTube- Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee talks on the phone as a woman asks a question at a town hall event[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-Bpshk5nX0"]YouTube- Crowd Explodes When Arlen Specter Urges That We "Do This Fast"[/ame]