Representative Paul Broun has two alternative pro-South names for the Civil War.

When the Future Robot Death Panels ask you to show them one article that explains exactly how narrow-minded, cynical, amoral, and borderline sociopathic the Washington press was in the time of Freedom, you may want to consider this Politico story.

Down our throats. Please do! We really need it. In case you needed further proof that our current health care system is fucked up, here's a detailed, fascinating comment from someone in the trenches.

The CBO says the health care reform bill will reduce the deficit by many billions and cover many millions. It will be voted on on Sunday. Then a mobs of angry white people will probably form around the country.

In case you haven't heard, the debate over health care reform has reached its boiling point. Luckily for us, we have Jon Stewart and The Daily Show to summarize the most ridiculous rhetoric that's being spewed by Republican lawmakers. Huzzah!

Do you feel love for your fellow man today? Allow me to do something about that: here are some teabaggers throwing dollar bills at a guy with Parkinsons who has the temerity to support health care reform. [Via]

Once bloggers picked up on the fact that Intrade had gotten rather bullish on Obamacare, the price plummeted to 35. Today it's back up in the 60s. Curious!

Will they rewrite the health care bill's abortion provisions? Introduce a bill banishing John Edwards from female affection forever? Officially, the Wednesday morning meeting's content is "to be determined." [RollCall]

Democrats are going to use a slightly obscure but by-no-means unprecedented parliamentary procedure to pass health care reform through the House. The only reason to do this is because they are idiots.

Michael Moore emerged from a long hiatus to voice his outrage about health care on Tavis Smiley. What came out was the sad reality that one man cannot change the world—unless he's skinny.

President Obama is delaying his trip to Asia because Congress can't pass Health Care Reform.

Rahm Emanuel, the President's Chief of Staff, is either the only reasonable man in the White House or he is a compromise monster who is killing Hope. The New York Times Magazine says "both, kinda."

Whoops, Sarah Palin said something that sounded "folksy" and "commonsensical" when she thought of it that turned out to be an explicit endorsement of liberal policy. Did you know that she used to take advantage of socialized medicine?

President Obama just gave another speech explaining what his health care reform plan would do, and how it is not scary. This time, though, he was surrounded by doctors in lab coats! He also finally got real:

The White House was responsible for the initial marketing of the health care reform effort—and they botched it. Despite the pharmaceutical industry funding an ad campaign produced by a firm with ties to David Axelrod and David Plouffe!

Weird: When's the last time The Daily Show was less cynical than the cable news channels it mocks? Tonight, The Daily Show came out in favor of the health care summit most news networks (and us!) wrote off as theater.

Summit update: Someone's phone went off, and Senator Dodd is doodling.

Great moments in the endless Health Care summit: the President telling John McCain, "John, we're not campaigning anymore. The election is over."

The White House has its official Health Care Summit Twitter hash tag. The video is streaming. Soon, America will have a compromise health care bill that consists of tort reform and a capital gains tax cut.