The GOP and health insurance companies are combining to misinform the public, telling them out-and-out lies about health care reform in a bid to scare them. On Monday, the Obama administration opened a new Reality Check site, http://www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/, designed to give Americans the truth about the debate.

I wrote earlier about Sarah Palin's rant about Obama and a so-called "Death Panel," which would decide who gets treatment based on their possible "level of productivity" in society. That rant was based, in part, on an op-ed by Lt. Gov. of New York, Betsy McCaughey, "Deadly Doctors."

Brave New Films has launched a video and a website, Sick for Profit, which details just why the health care industry doesn't want change to come to America: profit, and executive compensation. It's not about poor care with a public option; it's that execs and shareholders would lose money.

Sarah Palin launched a tirade against Barack Obama's health care reform plan on Friday, saying in a Facebook post that said, in part, the following:

The Supreme Court is about to have its first Latina member, and only its 3rd woman. The Senate has voted to confirm Sonia Sotomayor as the next Supreme Court justice.

It is the half year mark for Obama, and he’s putting all his efforts on shifting the healthcare regime. Getting the healthcare reform through Congress is going to be quite a battle, but the question remains as to whether the health of the nation is really being addressed.

It's the 48th birthday of the 44th President of the United States. Barack Obama was born August 4, 1961 in (despite what birthers desperately want to believe) at the Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women & Children in Honolulu, Hawaii. Happy Birthday Obama.

A poster of Barack Obama, modified to "echo" the Joker from the Dark Knight movie, has started to appear in Los Angeles. To this point, no one has taken credit for the poster.

Media Matters, which has created an ad criticizing CNN over their "Lou Dobbs" problem, announced today the start of the ad campaign.

The so-called Beer Summit took place tonight, with President Barack Obama, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Sgt. James Crowley imbibing in beers and discussing race relations (or not). However, I wasn't aware that VP Joe Biden was going to attend. He imbibed, but with the low-alcohol Buckler Beer.

The Blue Moon Beer, Red Stripe and Bud Light are on ice. The media is frothing at the mouth. The Obama Beer Summit is about to begin.