astros and brewers fighting it out in the n.l. central. houston up 2-0 at home. kansas city clawing back against

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i want to get your reaction. >> i think they are astro turf, you be the judge, of carrying swastikas and symbols like that to town meeting on health care. >> some the rhetoric that we are hearing is vaguely, not vaguely but eerily reminisce incident is of the kind of things that drove tim mcvey to bomb the federal building in oklahoma. >> the last time i had to confess something like this i voted for the civil rights bill and my opponent voted against it. at that time we had a lot of ku klux klan folks and white supremacist and folks in white sheets and other things running around and causing trouble. sean: swastikas, tim mcvey and kkk. i see grand mothers. i see stay at home moms like katy and veterans and kids in wheelchairs. >> they are so wrong on this. and they are going to figure this out, sean, that wildly insulting ordinary, honest, decent, hard-working american people this way is not even smart politics. this is a really big mistake on their part. they are going to pay a big price. i'm shocked it's taking them this long. sean: i am, too. one last question. as the republicans

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there are small oer astro-rock gragmentfragments. he has been collecting these items for years. he is tese items for years. he is trying to get more people hooked on what falls from the skies and what is found underground. >> having something from outer space, but if you look at the bigger picture, we are in outer space. >> very interesting. i found a rock just like that do in some gardening the other day. let us get to one of your answers to the watercooler question of the day. reggie from baltimore says he would pay that amount of money for the new hybrid if it included leather interior, and navigational system. if the interest rates on financing options increase, this would be quite a week after tags in licensing fees are included. >> here is a look ahead to our next hour. >> several in this world -- a visitor gets too friendly with a character. >> a former american i a contestant is now a mother. >> you may want this when you go out to eat if you are in a hurry. >> clout in the area. i will let you know what that means as far as the temperature. >> video evidence has been us

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mariana, se estÁ preparando para descender al astro fundidores del cenote azul. >> del logrado vencer quiere regresar con la tarjeta deberÁ soportar la presiÓn de cuatro atmósferas y cerca de tres minutos sin respirar. tras haber bajado 30 m, mariana es la mejor. >> lo que hice fue compensar mÁs rápida. >> la competencia no termina aquÍ. en un futuro lo volverÁn a intentar y cada vez bajarÁn mÁs y más. en el fondo son muy felices. >< para practicar este deporte es necesario una preparaciÓn fÍsica. estos atletas son capaces de aguantar la respiraciÓn hasta seis minutos. otro que pasÓ mucho tiempo en agua fue un intrÉpido que participÓ en una carrera de nataciÓn desde la isla de alcatraz hasta las costas de san francisco. este nadador es el Único en el mundo. >> este es jake, del perro que hizo historia al ser la primera mascota entre mas de 500 nadadores que ha participado en esta competencia. el golden retriever se lanzÓ a estas rÍgidas aguas. >> el agua alrededor de alta trasera de 61 para y. >> hay que estar muy bien preparado tanto fÍsica como mentalmente para poder completar este

astros traded the 14-time all-star for a pair of minor leaguers. he'll serves abackup catcher. they could have used him last night against the twins. mower hit not one but two home runs. young gave the twins the lead with a two-run blast. twins came from five runs down and beat the rangers, 9-6. david ortiz not in the original starting lineup but made the most of his late addition. 18th homer of the year, 3 rbis, and 3 runs scored. martinez capped a three-run eighth with an rbi single down the line. they're now tied with texas for the a.l. wild card. tyingers and mariners. detroit down a run in the eighth. perfect time for the best player to step up and earn his pay. but cabrera ripped a single to center that scored two. tigers took the lead and went on to win 5-3. detroit has won four of their last five. check out this play from the diamondback diamondbacks/phils game. a great reaction by garland to make the play but not enough. phils won the game 5-1. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> plans are set for the burial of michael jackson. your

he hopes to join the astros next month. >>> golf, tiger woods will be fined for criticizing an official after his win sunday. tiger and paddy harrington, told to speed up play on the 16th. harrington hit into the water, blowing his chance. tiger told harrington, i'm sorry the official got in the waive a great battle. >>> nascar at watkins glen new york. montoya runs into one of ragan's crew members. fortunately, not seriously injured. frightening collision on lap 62. kasey kahne clips sam hornish jr. somehow everyone was okay. but the race was over for gordon and jeff burton. tony stewart takes the checkered flag, his first win as team owner at watkins glen. that's your look at sports early today. >> like father, like son. tom cruise's kid follows in his dad's path. your early morning sbamt headlines straight ahead. >>> plus, looking for a luxurious stay at a ridiculously cheap price. it's out there. but there's a catch. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. good tuesday morning. here's your forecast as you step out the door heading to work or anywhere else. we will see showe

astros win 4-3. they are now 4 1/2 games behind the cubs, and cardinals' mike hampton picks up the win. he goes six. allowed one earned. 16-4 lifetime against san francisco. matt cain allowed two runs. only one over his six previous starts. >> lynch, the team's work horse for the last two seasons. find out why his pre-season game will be his biggest highlight for a while. we'll tell you why miles is a huge fan of his gator huge fan of his gator counterpart's announcer: welcome to the now network. currently, thousands of people are enjoying the new palm pre from sprint. its revolutionary web os allows multiple applications to run at the same time. - ( thunder and rain ) - millions are using the simply everything plan. - each is saving $1200 over an at&t iphone plan. - ( cash register dings ) together that's billions of dollars. enough to open a dunkin' donuts in space. from america's most dependable 3g network. bringing you the first and only wireless 4g network. get the palm pre. only from sprint. on

the keynote speaker was the owner of the houston astros. the master of ceremonies was one of the announcers from the houston live stock show and radio. woo! and the entertainment highlight was a videotaped performance by country music sensation trace adkins. grass roots at its finest. we actually called representatives for mr. adkins today to find out how much that sort of booking would cost. try to figure out if you really could do that if you were on a grass roots budget? they told us they would get back to us. what's important about this story for american politics right now is that a number of oil companies that are members of the american petroleum institute who are represented by the american petroleum institute in washington claim to be in favor of the climate change legislation. these companies claim to be in favor of the legislation that this rally in houston and many others like it are being held to oppose. the companies are in favor of the legislation but belong to an organization that's against it. that is telling them to even h

. >> it is interesting that some leaders allege that supporters of free market solutions are astro turf when they have got prefab signs provided for them. >> reporter: provided for them, yes, but those that are holding those signs say they came on their own even if they did get an e-mail from the committee. >> go ahead on health care and don't listen to people that are against this health care plan. >> reporter: theodore schneider says he doesn't even have health insurance. >> walk this my shoes and walk in the shoes that people have to pay thousands of dollars. >> reporter: he is not the only one with personal stories to tell. >> a daughter. my father just got out from icu after a second heart attack. >> for us as future providers it is about access and affordability. >> i have been to europe and seen their health care live. >> there is nothing in there about health savings accounts. >> reporter: there is a kickback getting kept out of this building it is the ability to share in the debate. >> this is grassroots at its finest. >> kill the bill. >> reporter: now, it may have seemed like

it sounds like astro turf on the part of the white house which is the very same press secretary robert gibbs was -- well, has been moaning within the past week. all of the noise, as they see it, some of the misinformation as they are calling it at these town hall meetings out there. and they said, yeah, there is that concern. obviously, though, the white house hoping that they will base it on facts and not any misinformation as they see it. what they are trying to do is knock it all down. we are seeing such an aggressive effort with the town hall meetings and then i take you back to when the president was in new hampshire and he started off his town hall by telling folks that, you know, i want to hear from people who don't agree with me. and then at the end when most of the questions were relatively easy questions, then he started asking, anybody here disagree with me? they really try to at least from a marketing standpoint try to push to try to get folks to talk about these -- what they see as myths so they can correct them. that's a big push that we're seeing here at the white house.

astros trailing in the bottom of the 3rd to arizona -- 6-0.uston only a half game ahead of milwaukee in the central and wild card race. those two teams bolt both have to make a move before labor day. colorado has the lead in the wild card race. they're leading the giants and split their series so far. braves and marlins are right in it. >> rob: cubs don't want to go away. >> bob: one that team with that talent, one game over .500, four and a half month into the season. >> rob: if you truthy we're frustrated, think how many hundred of millions they have spent for that record. >> bob: i'll give you a little perspective on that. a lot of people around here who aren't baseball fans think way too much money one spent on this stadium. the cubs have spent half as much money as its cost to built nationals park. >> it's all relevant. that wasn't even the parking lot for the new yankee stadium. $1.5billion and they're still spending money. >> bob: yeah. and lift one out to left center. the ball has some carry and right in front of the wall, mike cameron

estas otras fotos muestran al astro del pop en sus mejores tiempos junto a su ex esposa debbie rowe y tomó fotos sin ropa, al cantante mexicano, pablo montero, para que haga públicas otras 3 imágenes, que supuestamente tiene guardadas y el reto vino del publicista del artista en puerto rico. y es que en una entrevista en la isla del encanto. Él negó que haya hostigado a la bailarina y su familia, como aseguró y agregó que todo se va aclarar en la audiencia pautada para la prongs semana. >>> y la disputa entre las dante jenny rivera y graciela beltrán. esta última confirmó asistencia al programa radial del piollin. promete aclararlo todo. y ella envío esta semana una carta a los medios de comunicación, asegura que ha sido humillada por la diva de la banda y que la ataca en una de sus canciones y agregó, soy paciente pero no una bomba. rivera dijo que ha tenido ferentes con beltrán y que ella también la ha ofendido. >>> y ojalá que todo se arregla mañana en el show de piollintw] que nos recomiendan hay mucho en la pantalla grande. >>> hola que tal, ¿como están? que o verlas una vez más

phillieses winning big, astros trailing by -- pardon me, marlins by three at the astros in the seventhd that's the rest of the east as the nats trail 4-1 here.   84 on that pitch up and in.   . >> rob: the change-up pie street, pulling the string after a few fastballs that were moving around the zone. >> bob: yeah, the bat was gone before the ball came in the frame. and a 1-2 coming. adam dunn gets under it, hits it a long way to left center, it is flirting with the bullpen. >> rob: get out. >> bob: and it is caught by ryan spilborghs.   if they get to it they catch it.   . >> rob: well it's a sinker do and away, he gets extension going the other way, the ball park just holds onto it. spilborghs makes a nice catch up against the wall.   . >> bob: you hate to sit up he in our own ball park and harp on the other team too much but their defense has won this series for them already and now they are trying to use

coming up, democrats have written off the town hall protesters as brown shirts and astro turfers.ow do americans feel about them? in a long line of amazing performance machines. this is the new e-coupe. this is mercedes-benz. sean: average americans across the country have been stalking the town hall meetings to voice their opinions on health care reform. we have relocated and i agree americans, people that pay their taxes and obey the laws and contribute to society, to have our own focus group. joining me now is pollster frank luntz. good to see. >> you should have paid your taxes. i want the people at home to see this. how many people voted for john mccain? 14 of you. how many voted for barack obama ? 15 of you. this represents america as we know it. barack obama, is he delivering what he promised? yes or no? who says he is? show of hands. who says he is not? i want people to explain why you are disappointed if you voted for him. >> no compromise. he needs to be more forceful. >> why? >> he wants to run everything. sean: you say he is not liberal enough? he is not pushing change

the cubs and the astros. their newest reliever. he could be warming up because of who is four spots away. dunn. he is saying are you kidding. you are going to walk a reliver that never hits. 3-0. , i would. >> bob: you want to move the run are wait and see if he walks you. >> rob: he gets up on the plate. >> bob: he misses again? a 4 pitch walk to a reliever. the nats have two on with 1 out. top of the order. morgan. >> rob: and i can't believe it. >> rob: after i got my first hit off hernandez on the padres they isn't him down the next day. i was o-20 for 4 years before i not my first hit. >> bob: but you are duped; i was. >> bob: daylight and a better throw may have had will nieves. that throw is low on the shortstop side. he slight been out. and this cannot happen if you are the base runner. hard to believe the tying run is on base. at first. a breaking ball inside to morgan. 1-2 tonight. >> rob: when the teams get together, bob, you can throw out the e.r.a.s. [ laughter ] [ laughter ] >> bob: throw out everything. >> rob: yes.

. >> we call it astro turf. it's not grassroots. >> and let start by saying this is not true. >> reporter: more town halls are scheduled for this month pch . d president obama holds his own event in new hampshire tomorrow to respond to what he calls misleading information. in washington, brooke hart, nbc news. >>> wonder if there are traffic problems out there? probably a lot of folks still on vacation, huh, jerry? >> yeah, two things going on in northern virginia. good morning, everyone. and 95 northbound as you make your trip, we have reports of a car trying to evade police ang the 95 corridor as well. we will keep our eyed peeled and check on the traffic cameras and know what is going on. this delay related to construction. and then what else is happening making the trip overbay bridge area. no worries to report. and 270 between frederick and rockville, lanes are open and nothing to worry about this. >> 11:09 is the time. 88 degrees and 90 outthere. another bad crash narrowly averted. coming up, we will tell

he took young dave d myself to the practice field on the astro turf to show us how to kick a ball through the uprights in our latest install stallment of dave versus dave. our next dave versus dave and the kicker. we have done the catching and blocking now the kicking. does one of us have an advantage. >> you have the look of a 1970s kicker. >> yes. >> let him speak. >> intellectual. >> i'm not smart. >> dynamic stretching, butt s kickers. >> what are butt kickers. >> hamstring. >> what i will do to you -- >> butt kickers. >> why are you laughing. >> ahh. >> i am slightly concerned. >> can you get hurt kicking a field goal. >> sure you can. i will take the first step down field and kick the ball. 3, 2, 1 fingers behind my back. >> it is one. >> i think i need the cleats. >> clearly the shoes are a problem. >> is that the worst kick you ha ever seen. >> it was bad last year. if he works with an athlete, he can get it down. >> he has gone to the cleats. >> that is not going to get there. >> don't miss the despair. >> oh, my god. wow was that perfect. >> do you still want them to vote on thi

he bet the astros 6-2 and 7 innings. >> the first start in the leagues was this year after spinning four he was able to get a win. prior to that he has been giving up a lot of runs. >> less than favorable conditions here but still a fan. they're coming in. nationals park. johnny holliday bob and rob coming up around the corner.

if k for the astros in 2005. another tap on it. the thing is that they have not been scoring a lot of runs you don't want to press and do things you are not capable of doing. try to keep your game. not facing cy young and nolan ryan out there. food play he trapped it. got a souvenir. call the front office. bingo. he will make the pitcher work for the first out here. he is tied in hids. that 1-3 spot lately but zimmerman morgan another hit. and we told you how well he has been going he is aboard and stolen 40 bases. >> rob: he battle of brandywined to the point he gets and a shot and he can adjust to a fastball. you are looking for a lot of off-speed stuff. >> bob: gonzales getting a rare start in the 2 hole. showing signs of life. 1 ball 1 strike. >> rob: a righty against righty. getting him second or 3rd. and the manager will put it on. >> bob: morgan, 47 stolen bases. 22 out of 29 as a nat f it were a course you would call it a slow track. a running count 2-1. you suspect it and most pitchers will throw off speed. range up. the s

are you gas roots if you're for one thing but astro astroturf if you're against it?the czars have actual power? who is paying the czars? how much money do they get? how much power do they have? what do you say we run them through the senate to be confirmed so that way we can call them. it's weird. we can't ever call the czars to answer in front of congress. it's a little loophole that the white house seems to love in the constitution this time, but they disregard the constitution other times. why won't members of congress read the bills before they vote on them and do the members of congress actually know that most of this stuff was written by people in the apollo project? by the way, who are the people in the apollo alliance? who are they? let me know if the white house lets us know how many radicals are in the apollo alliance. i know there are some incredible people there. i know there is also some big, big huge giant global corporations but don't worry about those guys. what could happen with global corporations in bed with the organizations that you don't know mu

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. >> we call it "astro-turf." it is not really grass-roots. >> president obama hit back. >> let me start by disspelling the rumors that reform will promote euthenasia or bring about government takeover -- take-over of health care. >> liberal groups are also organizing supporters. he plans to conduct his own event tomorrow in new hampshire to correct what he calls misleading information. brooke hart, wbal-tv 11 news. >> we've seen naming rights for baseball stadiums, but a mother to be is hoping to receive money for giving up the naming rights to her unborn child. she says the idea is to raise money for herself and her six other children. family meaps members oppose the idea, but she said she's optimistic it will all turn out ok. >> i'm excited to see what name will actually be chosen, you know? hopefully not hershey or pepsi. >> corporate sponsorship does not appear to be in the cards for lavon, however. right now bidding is just at $445. that brings us to our "water cooler question of the day." e-mail your respon

astros go on to win 6-3. houston has won three straight. 7 of 9. but 2-0 in his two major league starts. so the astros, don't forget about them. don't sleep on them in the nl central. lebron says i'm cool for now. james said on friday, it is unlikely he'll sign the contract extension they offered him last month. he would be a free agent after next season. rachel nichols was in akron and has more on this unshocking development. >> there had been hope in ohio that lebron james would reconsider his opportunity to become a free agent in 2010, and accept a contract extension recently offered by the cavaliers. on friday he made it clear, that's unlikely. >> i signed a contract in 2006 with an option on. it would have made no sense for me to sign that contract if i didn't want to keep my options open. so i'll let you fill in the blanks. y'all start making some noise for my man, lebron james, bring it on out here, boy! >> james was in his hometown of akron to launch his latest ul nike shoe design, but addressed a range of other subjects. he joked about doi

everything it can to denegrate what is going on around the country by saying that is not real, quote, astro astroturf, so all this coverage is not aimed -- glenn: we're almost like voyeurs. we're watching coverage aimed towards the congressmen? >> that's right. there are 60 members of the senate democrats an 258 democratic members of the house and the station is attempting to e assure them to don't pay attention to this, don't worry about it. they have another purpose. they want to chew up the clock. they don't want us to be talking about this bill. they want to talk about the town hall meetings and whether they are real or not real and whether they are astroturf or not astroturf, because then we're not talking about the provisions of the bill, which are a trillion dollars out of our pocket, huge cuts in medicare, huge tax increases, government taking over healthcare, people being tossed on to a government-run plan, and they don't want to talk about, it because the longer we talk about it, the worse it is for them. glenn: so that's one of the things i have been concerned about is it is alwa

astro astroturf mob kind of thing." oh, he is not saying anything because this is just pretend grassroots people saying something about pretend healthcare. they are not credible like those of us at seiu, you know, regular people that are in the neighborhoods. the other side would never think about running ads on craigslist to buy supporters. no, what would the president -- oh, what is that? why would the president need to tempt talented leaders with, say, 16, or 11 to 16 per hour work for urging grassroots campaigning? because they have true supporters, not just somebody looking to make $325 to $550 a week, or some college kid who would normally be behind a cash register. this is so grassroots, it's just happening and spilling out. who is the mob here? dennis gladly, a 38-year-old conservative. he would probably say i don't know, seiu, you know the people when i was handing out don't tread on me flags and i was attacked by a member of the seiu? >> oh, oh. i have to tell you something. first of all, who would have though

last week as you said, officials really did try to dismiss this as astro turf, in other words not genuine grass roots organizing. they said this is manufactured anger. but at the same time, it was interesting to see the white house still took the step of launching a video on youtube featuring linda douglas who is basically the administration's message person when it comes to health care. and so that video was out there, and now we're seeing white house allies coming forward trying to rally supporters to the cause, as well. a group called organizing for america sent an e-mail today telling people to visit their local lawmakers offices trying to counter the message and let lawmakers, counter the protestors' message and let lawmakers know that there are, in fact, people who do support health care reform legislation. >> and i'm sure the administration is aware of this, but they have to be really careful, i think, because you can't lump all of the town halls as extremists, not all of them are extremists. >> reporter: that's exactly right and white house press secretary robert gibbs talked a li

and i'm going to need a trunk and an extra seat for astro. >> excellent, kent. have a transportation cocktail moment for you, too. >> oh, very good. >> i'm an average parallel parker. >> average. all right. >> and i wanted to be able to lift up the back of the car and scoot it in sideways. >> wouldn't that be great? >> this dude in egypt figured out how to do it. a retractable wheel that swings it in and out of a parking place. it says, an employee invents a unique way to park his car. i have no idea who he is. but i'm in love. thanks for watching tonight. >>> which oaf these stories will you be talking about tomorrow? the tale of two town halls. and one rumored administration deal with big pharma. >> i do hope we will talk with each other and not over each other. >> it can't be about who's the loudest. >> somehow, it's gotten spun into this idea of death panels. i'm not in favor of that. >> the debate. the blowback. the denied deal with the health care sector, with lawrence o'donnell. the continuing town hall undercurrent. the racism, with professor melissa lac

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evil monger, astro turf fringe, food fight. none of that has worked.ssing civil engagement in this way, a man who was a community organizer, we have people organizing. they might not agree with his agenda but they are organizing. why isn't this celebrated? why is it constantly dismissed as irrelevant and by the white house. >> i don't think the white house is so much dismissing it as. laura: food fight. robert gibbs called it a food fight. it's not respective of the country. was boseman monday that tana representative today. >> i'm sure people on the left would say today was. people on the right would say arlen specter was. laura: i think the president of the united states should celebrate the fact that more people are engaged in this public debate than ever before. that's what we thought about it. >> i think what you are seeing in the outrage at the town halls is powerlessness. these are people that by and large, their party is out of power. and they don't like it. laura: all right, richard, we appreciate it up next what do sharon osborne, kathie lee

aarp's investigation, pfizer "hired bonner and associates" a washington-based firm that specializes in astro turf lobbying. the firm's paid callers reading from scripts urged residents to ask their governors to veto the legislation. pharmaceutical giant pfizer inc. later said it had paid them to make the calls. why does bonner and associates sound so familiar? oh, yes, they're the firm that's now being investigated by congress after they admitted to stealing letter head and writing fake letters to impersonate groups like the naacp in their effort to defeat climate legislation. same guys. 60 plus also appears to have had ties in the past to the platonic form of washington things are people to whom it is best not to have ties. that, of course, would be jack abe ram many of. once instructed an indian tribe saying that would help garner support with their legislative causes with the house gop leadership. 60 plus is well-known in republican and conservative circles. and like other corporate-funded pr operations, it often takes on causes that you wouldn't logically connect to their stated purpose.

unfriendly way but when it is part of a corporate strategy organized by lobbyists who are sort of astro-turfed do they ultimately get in trouble when that is exposed? >> i think there certainly could be some blowback as those connections get made and get written about and are made obvious to people who are paying attention to this debate. but at the same time, i think people who are advocating health care reform or who even advocate an honest and constructive debate about health reform proposals that are being considered have to find a way to go on the offense in this debate and not be caught on the defensive and there is a sense that this new tactic has put health care reformers on the defensive or at least wondering exactly how to respond, so i would suggest that they kind of put their best strategists or tacticians in a room and figure out, okay. if they're going to be doing this how do we counter it and how do we go on the offensive to get our message across so people can hear it? >> gene robinson, pulitzer prize winning columnist, associate editor for "the washington post", it's great to

talks about was written by a volunteer who works for a so-called grassroots organization, i call it astrof that freedomworks is a sponsor of and again we see those strategies that are in the memo reflected in the town halls. this isn't a mystery and no matter how much matt wants to deny it, i think it's clear that this is not about a town hall, a constructive conversation. we're all for that, but matt wants to throw around bumper sticker slogans and that's not helping the 14 million americans losing health coverage every single day. >> has the president done a good enough job of explaining health care? yes, no, or maybe? to you, matt. >> no. >> okay, what do you think, igor? >> i think the american people are on board. >> all right, thank you very much, guys. appreciate both of you weighing in on this, igor volsky and matt kibbe. >> thank you. >> thank you. >>> he kicked some butt and took some names, how much money g.i. joe brought in this weekend. teeth. check. bottom. needs work. sorry, son. introducing new charmin ultra strong. its new enhanced diamondweave texture is soft and more du

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our fifth story on the "countdown" the astro-turfing of health care reform in a desperate bid to defeat it. remarkable new video tonight of fake grass roots protestors working from scripps, disrupting. town hall meetings of democratic lawmakers. [ chanting ] >> in austin, texas over the weekend protestors shouting down congressman lloyd doggit after he said he probably would vote for a single payor health care plan even if he found out his constituents were against it. exactly as demonstrators were told to do in the memo of instructions titled rocking the town halls best practices written and distributed by freedom works the same organization that brought you the fake tea party protests. freedom works run by lobbyist dick armey the former republican majority leader funded by the usual group of right wing billionaires. it is likely most voters in that congressman's district are in favor of significant health care reform, the texas 25th, and he is one of the most liberal in that state. it is even more likely more protestors in that audience did not even live in the congressman's district.

big credit for the "wall street journal" exposing that astro turfing outrage last year.is why angryrenter.com remains relevant and instructive. this is a template. this is what corporate pr designed not to look like corporate pr looks like. all the outward appearances of grassroots outrage but fueled by corporate pr. remember that group patients first which is americans for prosperity? same deal, same template, same grassrootsy look. because of the way that organizations like freedom works and americans for prosperity are structured, they don't have to disclose who gives money to them. if you are able to figure it out, there do appear to be some patterns. according to "the washington post," freedom works received major funding from the tobacco company philip morris. lo and behold on the freedom works website you'll find, "raising the cigarette tax is bad policy." according to the national journal in 2005 freedom works received funding from the phone companies sbc and verizon. around the same time, freedom works launched their, "choose your cable" campaign which argued it

oh, and i'm going to need a trunk and an extra seat for astro. >> ha-ha. excellent, kent. have a -- a transportation cocktail moment for you too. >> very good. >> i am an average parallel parker. average. i have always wanted to be able to lift up the back of the car and scoot it in side ways. wouldn't that be great. this dude has a way to do that. a retractible wheel, swings the butt end of the car in and out. the text in arabic, an employee invents a unique way to park his car. have no idea who he is, on the net today. i am in love. >> splendid. thank you for watching tonight." "hardball" with chris matthews is up next. good night. it's getting weird now, weird. let's play "hardball." >> you want to be let out of here. you are well come to go. now wait a minute. now wait a minute. wait a minute. >> trampling all over my rights. i am leaving. i have every right to leave. >> wait a minute. he has a right to leave. >> wow, similar scene played out later this afternoon. when a senator held a town meeting in hills. boro, missouri. and in the protester with a gun strapped to h

we have brad sterman, a california democrat who astro sized those who having jets and one of the mainor congress plan. what was he thinking? joining us are congressman joe dafik from pennsylvania and tom price, republican from georgia.. let me start with tom price, because his name is easier to pronounce. congressman price, where were you in the original vote on 550 million, and where are you on the issue tonight? >> hey, dennis, good to talk with you. thank you so much. i think we have made it halfway where we ought to, and that is cut it from eight to four jets. now we need to cut it from four jets to zero jets. this is just another exactly of fiscal irresponsibility run amuck in congress right now. and i hope that joe agrees with me we ought to move it from four to zero. >> well, congressman, how about that? i'm moving for zero, too. what do you say, sir? >> i'm completely in support of going down to four.. the reason i support the other four is because the defense department didn't request them. there are two types of planes. we served in the military for 31 years as a retired nav