Instead of the transparency promised by Barack Obama, we are getting propaganda and slime, making the road to change a slippery proposition. This lack of transparency undermines support for Obama’s health care plan more than his opponents.

Member of the European Union Parliament Mr. Daniel Hannan spoke with Glenn Beck about the National Health Service in Britain and had some amazing facts and dire warnings for Americans as we debate whether America will go the way of the social democracies of Europe or adhere to the Constitutional principles that have brought us the greatest freedom and prosperity the world has ever known.

Plus, a few comments about infant mortality and life expectancy.

President Obama wants Americans to snitch on other Americans who don’t acquiesce to his attempt to socialize health care in our country. He wants to know about any “fishy” emails you might get on health care. Stuart Shepard share an e-mail he received that fits that description.

Stuart Shepard and Ashley Horne from Focus Action provide some tips for engaging your elected representatives (if they show their faces) during the August congressional resources.

These are the best of the best from a great week at Dakota Voice. A look back includes: an interview with the man assaulted by union thugs, town hall chaos, your taxpayer dollars up in smoke in Cash for Clunkers, encountering raw patriotism, Health Secretary Sebelius tells union thugs ‘Keep doing what you’re doing,’ video of Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler’s fall, Florida considers rejecting federal health care scheme, and who should pay for the exercise of your rights?

Senator Tom Harkin, Rep. Steve Cohen and Rep. Ed Perlmutter were among the latest politicians to learn that the American people are not about to surrender their freedoms to socialism without a fight.

The gospel of Jesus Christ is personal and it is every person’s only path to redemption. But it is more: the announcement of God’s in-breaking reign, seeking to set right what sin has set wrong, to alleviate suffering, to enact justice and to liberate the oppressed.

Senior WSJ Editorial Page Writer Joe Rago talks to Stuart Varney about how the cost of Obama care is set to explode–above the already $1 trillion+ cost–in about 10 years. A middle class tax increase will be absolutely unavoidable…if it takes that long.

Reagan saw the threat of socialized medicine back in 1961. His words are particularly relevant to the discussion that inflames the passions of so many Americans today. Nationalized health care, whatever we call it, is a means not an end. Once those that would enslave us have that power, the rest of our rights and freedoms are in jeopardy. Every human activity can be claimed to impact our health and thus be regulated by the government.

Who should we believe on the government takeover of health care? Obama, or…Obama? The wise person believes the “Obama” that lines up with the rest of his socialist policies and inclinations.

Rep. David Scott (D-GA) has a new approach for dealing with ungrateful serfs who won’t quietly acquiesce to government health care: insult and misrepresent them. Only the media did it’s job and confirmed that Scott was wrong on all counts about his constituent.

Shawn Tully at CNN confirms what everyone outside the “mainstream” media has been saying: kiss several coveted health care freedoms goodbye if the socialists in Washington succeed in forcing government health care on America. These include the freedom to choose coverage, freedom to obtain rewards for healthy living, choice of cheaper plans, the choice to keep your existing plan, and the freedom to choose your own doctors.

As we have seen in every other socialized health care scheme around the world, rationing–either direct or indirect–always results from government “management” of health care. What will that mean for American seniors? In the dollars and cents budgeting world of government, how much is a human life worth? Especially when that human life is nearing the end of its average expected lifespan? Are socialist values compatible at all with American values?

Rep Bob Inglis (R-SC) got an earful from angry citizens upset over the proposed government takeover of the health care industry. Americans across the country are reading, listening, thinking, and are taking action to preserve their heritage of American freedom.

Americans for Prosperity blows the lid off the liberal “Brooks Brothers” health care protester slur.

President Obama’s Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius must be happy with the job the SEIU union thugs did on Kenneth Gladney in St. Louis last night because she held a conference call with SEIU members this afternoon, telling them, “Keep doing what you’re doing.” Surely she knew about the beating perpetrated by SEIU members last night…

An interview with Kenneth Gladney, the man assaulted by union thugs at a St. Louis health care town hall meeting last night. Ken talks about how the incident started, the racial slurs used against him by the union heavy, and how he was hit in the face and kicked by several union members.

In addition to St. Louis, Tampa Florida saw some rowdiness at a health care town hall last night. Democrat State Rep. Betty Reed and U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL) came to Tampa to peddle socialism, but these patriots weren’t interested in buying any of it.

Union thugs came out to defend the socialist takeover of healthcare in America last night. They hurled racial slurs at a black conservative and assaulted him. Many people were turned away at the door, while others–who looked like union people–were allowed in. Still, inside the town hall meeting in St. Louis, Rep. Russell Carnahan heard from Americans who will not stand for their freedom being robbed by the government.

The American people have been speaking out for the past couple of weeks against the government takeover of health care, and now doctors are joining them. In Texas yesterday doctors showed up at a town hall meeting to tell elitist politicians “No!” to socialized medicine.

Our president is not only trying to shut down political dissent, he is actively soliciting Americans to “snitch” on other Americans for denouncing his unconstitutional takeover of health care and our freedoms. Thomas Jefferson, who helped launch a rebellion against a government oppressing the American people over 200 years ago, said, “A little rebellion now and then is a good thing…a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.”

Obama and his White House staff have the luxury of remaining cloistered inside the Beltway during the August congressional recess, but they’re sending senators and congressmen out to the battlefields of the town hall meetings. Will any come back with their hides intact?

Video of Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler taking a fall while playing at the Buffalo Chip Campground at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota.

Union thugs say want to silence the outrage of patriotic Americans at congressional town hall meetings. Unions have long been allied with Leftist government, but the unions stand to get a good haul of the taxpayer loot if socialized medicine is forced on the American people. If the goons from the unions actually do come out hoping to intimidate, they might just be surprised when the freedom-loving American people push back. Freedom is worth fighting for.

Judge Sonia Sotomayor was confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court this afternoon by a 68 to 31 vote largely along party lines. Sotomayor is the first Hispanic to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. Conservatives only hope she will refrain from the temptation to write new law and will adjudicate by the U.S. Constitution.