Iowa man joins protest against Obama and health-care reform
He had no plans to throw bricks, issue death threats, spit in faces or scream racial slurs. But Randy Millam, 52, intended to make a scene, so he woke up early Thursday morning to prepare for President Obama's visit. Full Story »
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One can only urge patience in situations such as these. The Obama administration is doing what it can, but the damage that gave Mr. Millam (and countless thousands like him) his current state of misery was done long before Mr. Obama entered the Oval Office. One can only hope that cool heads will prevail; it takes only one deranged nutcase (remember Oklahoma City) to plunge us all into chaos -- and worse.