I'm no expert....

... but $20000 goes a long way at one of these clubs, doesn't it? And, again, not that I have any direct experience with this, but I'm told they usually disguise these things on receipts. You know, like "Thai Me Up" or something like that?

It's Not About Health Care...

I agree with this. I have often thought that there is just something about having an african american president that just drives many people crazy. Without dismissing the thoughtful concerns many have on this bill, the uproar frankly just all seems a little disproportionate. I believe in statistics, and when you see barely a handful of non-white faces at these events, that speaks more powerfully about the underlying motivations of these movements than anything that Sarah Palin or Glen Beck say...

Something You're Not Likely to Hear at a Tea Party Rally

US is set to make huge windfall profit off bailing out Citibank....

Prediction

Beware of folks on the right who "worry" that health care reform will doom the democrats. When you're opponent gives you strategy advice, it's a safe bet that they actually believe the opposite. If history is any indication (see social security, medicare, etc.), the middle class will actually like the provisions in this bill, and the bad things will be corrected over time. My bet is that the right knows that, and their actual fear is that passage of this bill will actually doom them.

Josh Marshall at TPM says it better...