Like Sen. Claire Mccaskill, I am baffled by the violence and anger at the town halls. Screaming and thrusting papers in someone's face is no way to conduct a dialogue. I did see Arlen Specter's meeting yesterday and I appreciated the sensible older men who had done their homework. Sadly, these types are few. I agree with Bill Maher's comment that we need to replace town halls with study halls (a few deportment classes wouldn't hurt either.) The authentic frontier gibberish I am hearing at these things is getting tiresome.