"Beyond the bracing proclamations, Obama supported but did not insist on a public insurance option (wuss) and weathered an outburst from a loony Southern senator, who vociferously insisted the president was not telling the truth when he asserted that only legal aliens would be eligible for the improved health care."

The loony in question (Joe Wilson) is a Southern member of the House of Representatives, not a Senator.

"Hoarders" is definitely worth seeing if you like that kind of thing...the situations in that show are completely unbelievable, beyond revolting, and pitiful, and what makes it so weird is how otherwise normal most of the people seem, if you can imagine meeting them in a place other than their homes. Seeing them get the professional help is also interesting...from the three episodes I've seen so far, I didn't get the real strong feeling that any of the hoarders were going to be cured of their hoarding symptom. It appeared that they had all sought help only as a last resort in order to not be rendered homeless. I'd be curious to see follow-ups on any of them. I bet their homes went immediately back to being trashed as soon as they were cleared by landlords/health depts. etc.