Twitter was consumed by news of John Hughes's demise. Facebook, however, was a totally different story. [caption id="attachment_2752" align="aligncenter" width="260" caption="from Huffington Post"][/caption] Here are some of what people saw and heard at Tampa's townhall meeting for health insurance reform... Doug - Amazed at the Total Ignorance Shown by the Astro Turfers During the Healthcare Town Hall. If the Rabid Right Want to Shout Down Discussions, Congress Should Reconvene and Pass HR 676 Today. That Will End the Discussion for Good. Who Would Have Thought People Could Get So Passionate About Protecting Insurance Company Profits? Andrew - There's no crazies like Florida crazies! Jeffrey - Right-Wing mob instigates violence at Tampa town hall. Jill - I was outside, don't know what happened inside. We hung out outside the doors and the protesters chased down any available news crews and shouted things like 'nobama' and 'just say no' they were typical republican looking people. Jill - more: one older gentleman had a sign that read 'with your healthcare plan, I'd wouldn't be alive." So I politely asked him if he used medicare and he said "yes' and I said 'but you're still alive" and he just laughed and said 'i know" ten to one his wife made him do it. Susan - I've never seen anything like that crowd @ the town hall mtg. Combination of racism, anti-immigrant wackiness & ignorance. Bill - they were just angry and rude. They have only one goal, and that is to stop Obama. They don't care who they hurt. John - Quote I heard: "In America, no one dies because they don't have health care." Holy crap. How can any human being be that out of touch with reality? Russell - My nieces and nephews wanted to come to the town hall meeting. I'm glad we didn't bring them to see the bitter folks that were there. When we were waiting to get inside, we were in front of and in back of some of the people who thought we were communists. There was not room for discourse. It's a shame that they aren't interested in a civil meeting. Lee: What we need are ninjas. Seriously. Liberal Ninjas to take down the forces of evil. Here is some video of the event: How can anything be discussed in a civil manner with uncivilized people? George W. Bush wasn't *correct* for only allowing in Republican supporters to his town hall meetings. But it's easy to understand why he went that way.