Four degrees of separation from NYCO to the Final Solution

Taxpayer Rally

Today, September 12, thousands of protesters opposed to health care reform marched in Washington and elsewhere, carrying signs like the ones pictured above.  This “9/12 Project” is brought to you in part by Americans for Prosperity, which you will all recall is headed by David H. Koch, the billionaire who is to be honored at the New York City Opera’s “American Voices” gala in November

And while we’re on the subject of American voices, here’s a speaker from the “Patients First” bus tour (also sponsored by Koch’s group) who compares the House health care bill — H.R. 3200 — to Hitler’s “final solution.”

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