Michelle Malkin brought up her Today Show appearance as she talked to Neal on the show today.

It's Friday, right? Anyone else wish they were this bear right now?

In spite of the name-calling from the looters and moochers, I have no desire to drown out the voices in support of government-run healthcare. I truly believe that those who support what I see as a Democrat effort to secure control of vast numbers of Americans by controlling their health care need to be heard. Our ability to fight this seizure of power is only enhanced by listening respectfully to what the proponents have to say and formulating a logical and reasoned response. In the talk radio station where I began my career as a big mouth there was a sign: "You have not converted a man because you have silenced him." You can see the poster here. The words are from an English member of parliament named John Viscount Morley. It is absolutely the best possible poster you could find to hang in a talk radio studio. Wish I could find one.

Anyway ... there most certainly have been instances where opponents of ObamaCare have shouted down proponents in town hall meetings. This needs to stop. Our recent history has been one of liberal crowds shouting down conservative speakers on college campuses. Somehow the media and Democrat politicians never seemed to notice. Ditto for the crowds of protesters who would continually shout down President Bush and administration officials over the Iraq war. Again, the media didn't seem to notice. Now, however, things are different. We have a president who was essentially installed in office by a fawning media. He is there creation, and their creation must be protected if for no reason other than to assuage their same at what was an obvious mistake. OK ... let them play their game. We're on to them ... we know the score. What is good for liberals protesting evil conservatives is not necessarily good for conservatives protesting the actions of well-meaning, compassionate, genuine, loving liberals.

So ... yesterday on my show I repeatedly begged listeners to make a call. Call the show and convince me that Obama and the Democrats are sincerely concerned about our health care. Show me that they really stay awake nights worrying that somewhere there is an American in need of health care yet going untreated. Not one call. Not one solitary, stinking call. Not one caller out of millions would call in to try to make the case that the issue here is health care, not control over the people.

Thus ... the name calling .....

... and I've been doing this for awhile, so that's saying something.

Try looking at this health care debate from the Democrat perspective. It has been a Democrat dream for decades to control the nation's health care delivery system. They thought they had it made in 1993 after Clinton's defeat of George H.W. Bush. Hillary got to work and created a monstrosity of a plan for government control of our health care, and it died a well-deserved and rather painful death. Within a year the Republicans had control of the House and the Senate.

For the following 15 years the Democrats wandered in the wilderness ... just waiting for their next opportunity to seize control of the American health care system. In 2003 Obama was making speeches telling of his support for a single-payer (government) health care system. He would tell the crowds that first "we have to take back the House, we have to take back the Senate, and we have to take back the White House." That magic day arrived on February 20, 2009. For the past 15 years I have been telling my listeners that if and when the Democrats once again control in Washington they would begin working immediately to make sure that they NEVER lost that control again, and they would do that by insuring that Americans became so dependent on government and Democrat policies that reelections were assured. So .. here we are, and here they go ... again.

Do you really understand how important this is to the looters? First, they have a president who has foolishly overreached. We're facing an economic crisis and, under the mantra of never letting a good crisis go to waste, Obama puts his chips wholly into ObamaCare .. a government takeover of American health care. Democrats feel that their failure to get ObamaCare passed will destroy Obama's presidency. They're willing to destroy American health care to save their leader. No surprise. Secondly .. Democrats earnestly feel that they may be looking at this as their last great chance. Perhaps they think that it's now or never. If they don't put our health care under their vast umbrella of government protectionism and coercion .. they may never get another shot.

Democrats are looking forward to elections in the years to come where they can tell the American dumb mass voter "If you vote for the Republican, he's going to take your health care away." They can't do this if government doesn't control health care. You starting to get the picture here? If not .. you had better clean your lens. This is a major threat to our republic and your future, not to mention the future of your children. Stay awake. Become involved. Be relentless.

Are there any names left that the left hasn't thought to call these town hall protestors? I mean, for the sake of argument, let's run through the list one more time.

Un-American.
Terrorists.
Nazis.
Brownshirts.
KKK.

Right-wing mobsters.

Now we have yet another one to add to the list. This comes from none other than Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Are you ready for this?

"Evil mongers."

Got it? He says that people who are disrupting these healthcare town hall meetings with "lies, innuendo and rumor" are "evil mongers." And he is proud of coining the term! As if this is really going to help his fellow Democrats get ANYWHERE in terms of healthcare reform. It's funny that Democrats say we should focus on the issue of healthcare rather than these protestors but then they themselves play the game and call the protestors names. This is the level of brain-dead, power-hungry politics that we have allowed to maintain power in Washington. We are to blame, folks. We vote these people into power.

Speaking of protestors ...

GO FLAG YOURSELF!

Another Democrat attack on those who value private sector health care has come to light.

Remember the cute little girl who was "randomly" selected to ask PrezBO a question at his town hall meeting earlier this week? She asked Obama about all of those signs outside saying "mean things" about Obama's health care plan. Well Michelle Malkin did a superb job of getting to the truth here. The little girl, one Julia Hall, was none other than the daughter of an Obama campaign worker and donor Kathleen Manning Hall. Julia's mother even has pictures of her arm-in-arm with Obama on her web page.

OK ... so the evil right points out that this girl is obviously a plant, and how do the Democrats respond? They're OUTRAGED, I tell you, OUTRAGED ... because evil conservatives are ATTACKING this cute little girl! How DARE they?

So .. here's how it works. This woman uses her daughter as a prop for ObamaCare. She's exposed by that evil Michelle Malkin. Other evil mongers spread the word ... and suddenly we're attacking a cute little girl.

Desperation isn't attractive.

Earlier in the week, Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer wrote an op-ed in USA Today essentially calling these town hall protestors "un-American." Well Michelle Malkin did a little bit of research and she came up with a video of Nancy Pelosi from 2006. In this video, Nancy is conducting a town hall meeting on the war in Iraq. The town hall took place in her home district of San Francisco so you can only imagine what she faced: protestors. We are not talking "Brooks Brothers" protestors .. we are talking more like Code Pink protestors. Yup the hairy leg and braided armpit brigade was out in full force. Anyway, click on the link and take a look at how Nancy not only lets these protestors have their say, chanting "no more war" but allows them to come up front with all of their anti-war signs and even applauds them!

I wonder if Princess Nancy would dare to call these people in her own district "un-American." They were vocal too .. only they were saying the things that a left-wing politician would like to hear.

For weeks now, but particularly this week, we have heard cries about these end-of-life provisions included in the healthcare bill. These are the provisions that call for counselors to visit homes every five years and advise the elderly on their end-of-life options. It also turned into a debate over whether this would lead to "death panels" and euthanasia for seniors.

Well it seems as though enough of a stink has been made. The provision has been dropped from the bill. According to Senator Chuck Grassley, "the provision had been dropped from consideration because it could be misinterpreted or implemented incorrectly."

Let's be clear on something here. "Dropped from the bill" does not necessarily mean "off the table." All the Democrats need to do is get their basic framework passed. Then they're home free to push the full package on us later.

If you or someone you care for is "elderly." Here's why you should be worried about ObamaCare.

Charles Krauthammer has uncovered some more nonsense from the Democrat's healthcare takeover plans.

Obama is going to hold two more town halls on healthcare this week. Let's see if he continues to insist that he has never supported a single-payer healthcare system. Oh ... and look for the plants.

Obama was brilliant at becoming president. No so at "being" president. This from Peggy Noonan

Democrats may bet it all on government-run health care. This from the National Review.

How much of Barack Obama's healthcare reform will be pinned to his ability to bring our nation out of debt?

I absolutely believe that one of the next goals of the Democrats will be to nationalize retirement plans in one way or another.

Rahm Emanuels' brother Ezekiel Emanuel is really starting to become a focal point in this healthcare debate.

What do Barack Obama's words say about his presidency thus far?

When it comes to healthcare, Rasmussen polls show that more people trust Republicans than Democrats. Why trust any of them?

No matter what Obama and the Democrats say, rationing is inevitable with their healthcare plans. You can't more for less.

A plant at Houston Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee's healthcare town hall? Ya don't say!

What are some of the latest big stories that the lamestream media has conveniently failed to report?

Climate change cap-and-trade legislation has been rejected by lawmakers ... in Australia.

MoveOn.org is trying to organize folks to attend town hall meetings and voice their support of a government-run option.

Do you remember the new lead laws on children's products? Those laws go into effect on Friday, and small businesses are already feeling the repercussions.

Keith Olbermann and Arianna Huffington muse about why Republicans would actually oppose the Democrat healthcare plan. Their conspiracy? Campaign bribery.

What are liberals taking out of your children's government school text books?

Choose the words on your protest sign carefully. The Secret Service gets a little antsy when you threaten the President, even in cardboard & ink.

Answer a lot of stupid questions in your job? Maybe you need this sign.