Remember One Thousand and One Arabian Nights? It's the story of a Persian king who marries a different virgin each night and has her executed the following morning so he can always be sure of his wife's fidelity. But on the night of his marriage to one clever virgin, she begins to tell the king a fascinating story but does not tell him the ending.

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Over the next few days President Obama will be holding several staged events pitching his health care reform legislation disguised as town hall meetings. On Tuesday he will be in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. On Friday he will be in Bozeman, Montana. And on Saturday in Grand Junction, Colorado. All three sessions will be in front of crowds hand picked by the White House which controls distribution of the free tickets. (source) Expect manufactured support, planted questions and the usual applause on cue each time he says something he thinks is clever. Think a 3:00am infomercial without the "wow" factor.

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