Here's something new from BlackCommentator.com. Our first question of the week feature. It is really a question for the next two weeks because it's August and vacation time and summer may slow things down a bit. We are also leaving this question up for more than one week because the issue is of critical importance.

The question we want you to answer using Talk Back to BC is:

What do you make of the disruptions of the healthcare town halls?
What does this represent and how should progressives respond?

We hope you won't be shy. We want to hear what you have to say. Click on the image below and get started. Please begin your comment by stating your first name and your city. This is an exciting new feature for us and we hope you will enjoy it. The call is free. Please speak up - no whispering allowed! If you blow it or don't like what you did, just let us know by saying something like "dump this one", hang up and try again.

After you recored your comment please check back to listen by clicking on the image below. Comment moderation has been enabled. All Talk Back messages must be approved by BC. We will endeavor to publish voice comments as soon as possible after they are received.

Still on the subject of new stuff - Please check for the latest breaking news on our BC_Nation twitter feature. You don't have to have a twitter account to click on the image below to read items from the Internet selected by BC's Editorial Board members, Columnists and Commentators.

We have noticed twitter is struggling to keep things running smoothly in the face of denial of service attacks and the general technical challenge of running such an enterprise. Therefore, we have created an interactive menu that will take you directly to any of the 10 most recent postings on BC_Nation. The menu that appears below now also appears on our home page.

The 10 most recent posting appear below - a twitter account is not needed

To read all our tweets, click here to visit BC_Nation on twitter

To select, click on the dot to the left of your choice

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American Psychology Declares Homosexuality Can't Be "Cured"

Another Soldier Refuses Afghanistan Deployment

The TARP Time Bomb the Media Missed

Health Care Realities - Excellent OP-ED By Paul Krugman

Watch this free movie - Money Talks - exposes shady drug industry practices

Holder's Proposed Torture Probe: Worse Than Doing Nothing?

US Still Paying Blackwater Millions

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In solidarity and peace,

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