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28, 2009  Letters to the editor for Aug. 28, 2009  Shout-down
crowds   To the editor:     The really amazing thing about the
rowdy shout-down crowds appearing at town hall meetings across
America is that those people do not understand that our
government is not out to control our every action. Unfortunately
this is a very fear-oriented group, troubled by the election of
a multi-racial gentleman elected as President of the U.S.    
And, interestingly, the majority of folks appearing at town hall
meetings are over the age of 60, white haired and of white
complexion, and not trim and healthy in appearance. Some even
shout out that they don’t want socialism and socialized
medicine.     However, when asked, they say don’t want to
eliminate Medicare and Social Security. Those programs, set into
effect by Democratic and progressive presidents, once in the
1930s and again in the 1960s, are the m