>I don't know how accurate this is, but it certainly is an interesting perspective and even more so if true:
>http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2011/04/09/who-won-shutdown-showdown-it-wasnt-even-close
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>I'm not taking sides, mostly because both sides are always too extreme and sometimes a real compromise is a good thing.
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>However, I do have one comment: I watch a lot of PBS and listen to NPR, but when it comes to cutting the deficit: Planned Parenthood is far more important than PBS and NPR... no contest (even though the Dems in their argument were very misleading about Planned Parenthood - it doesn't give mammograms - it gives the individual a reference to a doctor or service that does and it is NOT free and the Republicans were even worse in trying to pin Planned Parenthood as only all about abortions. It's much more than that. Even so, on a separate note, sticking to their ridiculous requirement of no government funded abortions is SAD. I know many disagree with me, but it should be a part of health care and for medicaid recipients as well) I'm not sure if Planned Parenthood is behind the misleading promise of mammograms, it may be:
>http://www.gofbw.com/news.asp?ID=12813
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>Could we get some real transparency please so people can have sufficient information to make informed choices? That should be the case on all public funded services and research projects, etc...

Yes, another vote for transparency! This is why Wiki Leaks is a good thing as well as the Pentagon papers in the past. A good use of tax dollars..