We Knew It Was Ugly Out There…

Maybe there should be a 2 year trigger to re-attach missing digits.
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We are being too hasty.

Wait a minute! MY money was spent on that?

I’m morally opposed to redigiting.

Another take on this event, h/t to pafro downstairs…

Obviously we need more people with guns at these events.

I’m thinking we need more katanas. Yeah, we need more and more Japanese swords to lop heads right off. Maybe JC-san can send us a few?

I would be happy to give the finger to this poor unfortunate soul. It’s too bad that he had to use socialize medicine to fix his ailment.

Best part of the story? Medicare paid for the dude’s finger to be re-attached.

Karen, just saw you talking to Andrea Mitchell. A lot of people blame her husband for destroying the economy. I think there was even some Time piece that let people vote on who was to blame and he was way up there.
Do you think it is a conflict of interest for her to report on economic matters? I think letting me report on the VA mental health system would be, since I have certain opinions of it and personal relationships gained via my wife that might interfere with my objectivity.

That was worth an update, SZ.

Next time a reporter needs a sound bite at one of these rallies, wear work gloves.

So what are you contesting? That we have Medicare? Someone opposing a idiotic HC plan getting a benefit that he has in all likelihood more than paid for?

Or Opponents of Obama-care acting like a member of SEIU, ACORN or someon Intimidating? voter at the polls (only without the bat)?

Hopefully when they catch the one who likes to bite off fingers, his punishment will be to remove his teeth.
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Just saying.
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http://chatteringteeth.blogspot.com/

I had no idea Mike Tyson was on the pro-health care reform bus!

Holyfield didn’t have a pre-existing condition either! ; )

KT:
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You’re too kind to this (relatively) intellectually honest Second Amendment supporter.

Yes and he was the intellectual leader of the group

Indeed!!
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Give all liberals free dental care. Pull all of the teeth!

Dude bit the guy’s finger after the guy committed assault and battery — hit him in the forehead and knocked him down.

Should the dude have cut and run after being assaulted? Is that what you would have done, rusty?

That sounds like a preexisting condition to me.

Obviously nobody deserves to lose a finger, regardless of their ignorance and a-hole factor?

But the hypocracy of these people knows no bounds. Medicare for me but not for thee.

winguts: dumb as rocks but they make good eats!

Shorter Rusty: “I love lamp….I love carpet.”

We would’t have this problem if Rahm’s brother didn’t want to kill grandma.

Is Time magazine working on identifying the America hating Obama thug who crossed the street to confront, assault and sever the finger of 65 year old member of the pro-America community?

Good thing it wasn’t the index finger he uses to wag at gays and blacks and other undesirables that have the nerve to want healthcare.

freeinpa,
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I’d put Tyson up against Palin in a debate. It’d be a mighty contest!

No dummy. That isn’t what happened. But, I am sure Glenn Beck will say it was foretold in art on tonight’s show. Be a dear and watch for us.

rusty,
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When teeth are outlawed, only outlaws will have teeth.

I think you are ASSuming assult and battery there Tomintheswamp.
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When in fact;
“Ventura County Sheriff’s Capt. Frank O’Hanlon says about 100 people demonstrating in favor of health care reforms rallied Wednesday night on a street corner. One protester (pro-healthcare) walked across the street to confront about 25 counter-demonstrators.

O’Hanlon says the man got into an argument and fist fight, during which he bit off the left pinky of a 65-year-old man who opposed health care reform.”
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The “counter-demonstrators” where those people, including the 65 year old who had his finger bitten off.
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Let’s get the story straight there DUDE!
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Just further evidence of the liberal loons of the world. Even peaceful demonstrations end up like this.
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No Tom, he should be caught and thrown in jail. I would have simply pulled out my gun and shot the nutball after he took a bite out of me.

I was going to say reel it in and cast again, but looks like you got one on the line.
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Go America!!

Just how is it hypocrisy? Someone uses a program that has existed for years and that he has paid.

He opposes a trillion dollar spending spree that will pose serious health care issues for him and everyone else.

The hypocrisy is with liberals who think care and service will improve and costs will go down. I guess that is not hypocrisy- just stupidity

I am glad that TIME and Karen Tumulty thinks that this type of behavior is warranted.

I suppose Obama will need to send in the Civillian National Security Force from here on out.

Are you signing up to march for Obama Karen?

Ah, #16 – it was actually a heath care reform OPPONENT that came up and punched the man in the face – he in turn bit off they guys finger. How about getting some FACTS first – you do know what FACTS are, right? I have to ask because it’s questionable with those on the right these days.

“A blogger who witnessed the fight from the pro-reform side says that the finger-biter was provoked: ”

“The man in the orange shirt hit the pro-reform guy (I’m going to call him PR Guy just to keep the players straight). Hard. … He punched him in the face, knocked him to the ground and into that thruway. … He got up, tried to get back up on the curb, but Orange Shirt guy was in his face. Finger in his face, PR Guy standing, steps up to the curb, and there’s a scuffle. Orange shirt seemed to have PR Guy in a hold, but again, I was across the street, so won’t state that as absolute fact. Next thing I see is PR Guy’s hat being tossed into the street, both yelling at one another, then Orange shirt walks away, PR Guy picks up hat and crosses to our side. ”

“When he gets to our side, he tells a story in one sentence: “He punched me hard, straight in the face, so I bit his finger off.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/03/finger-bitten-off-in-figh_n_276235.html

I’d put Tyson up against Palin in a debate. It’d be a mighty contest!

Ok throw you in with Tyson and make it a fair fight!

KT you pretend to respect these commenters but clearly any objective review of your posts would reveal that you use this blog as a means to draw attention to your dead tree articles, raise your profile in the echo chamber of cable news and provide comic relief when you’re bored. I understand why they rarely call you on it, I just hope they figure out that it’s because of the same thing they complain about constantly when they accuse reporters of being too close to their sources or that the villagers distort the news to maintain access — since that’s exactly why they ignore your obvious lack of respect for the truth. Frankly, you are worst than Mikey who carries water for the GOP or Joe whose obsessed in justifying his elitism, because you pretend to be one of the guys, a reporter with a smile — when in reality you are just as hard core and ruthless about furthering your career as the rest of them.

I witnessed the fight too. It was the PR guy who started the fight. He walked over to the old guy in the orange shirt and started to mess with him. The PR guy pushed him and the old guy in the orange shirt threw a punch. Then the PR pervert guy bit his finger off and ran away.
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See, I can also blog garbage too on the internet, how unique.

freeinpa,
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Your lies got debunked again in Klein’s previous post. Most of America, regardless of political stripe, backed teh attack on al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan.
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Are you a congenital liar, or simply under/misinformed?

KT, it is getting ugly out there but I have to blame the MSM for not balancing all the crazies with coverage showing lots of Americans having civil, if sometimes heated, debate at town halls.

Out of sheer curiosity – what’s the truth that KT’s lacking respect for here?

Not I am not misinformed enough to believe Joe Klein if he said the sky was blue. Or you since his Previous Post was “How to Pay for Health Care” and nary a word of Al Queda or the Taliban.

I see you will drag Mike Tyson down in the challenge with Palin

Hilarious. Thanks for the link. The guy belongs to the YOYO Club — I’ve got mine, You’re On Your Own.

The Constant Weader at http://www.RealityChex.com

[...] surely be an inspirational speech. But the court here is not just of public opinion – though he has problems there enough. Congress is a place where 535 members constantly stand up on the House and Senate [...]

Please, KT is probably THE most responsible big-name blogger on the Internets. She’s the only one who actually reads & responds to her commenters regularly. Thanks for the good work, KT. And keep pushing your dead-tree articles — I like to read ‘em.

The Constant Weader at http://www.RealityChex.com

Hey, stupid, the problem is that you, like your moronic brethren, do not have a clue as to what any of the reform legislation contains.

He opposes a trillion dollar spending spree that will pose serious health care issues for him and everyone else.

First, we are talking about a public OPTION. Nobody is going to force Grandpa Medicare or any other wingnut to select it as their insurance option. If you can get better service and better rates from private insurers, knock yourselves out.

Second, a public OPTION would not be subsidized by the government. You enter into it by PAYING PREMIUMS, just like any other insurance policy.

Third, the only reason the legislation would theoretically cost any more — whether $1 more or $1T more — is because of the need to cover those who cannot afford premiums and would otherwise go uninsured. However, the choice of whether to cover people who can’t currently afford insurance exists independent of the public OPTION. If you want poor people to die from a lack of proper medical care, or middle class people to go bankrupt, rather than subsidizing them with tax dollars, you have the right to that opinion. But it has NOTHING to do with the public OPTION.

Fourth, put up or shut up. You say a public OPTION wouldn’t lower costs and improve service? Put it to the test. If you are right, people will simply not choose the public OPTION and will stick with BC/BS, etc. If you are wrong, America will save billions of dollars. Why are wingnuts so afraid of testing their beliefs?

Unfortunately wingnuts are too stupid to even grasp what is being proposed. Like Maria Bartoromo, who doesn’t understand that Medicare is for the elderly, you are simply ignorant of the most basic facts of the debate. Instead we get the braying of the willfully ignorant: Death Panels, Communism, and Medicare recipients assaulting those proposing Medicare for all.

SZ you’re on a roll tonight…lol very very witty

Indeed, good point. While I am in favor of serious reform of our health-care system, it is disingenuous to suggest or imply, as the MSM continues to do, that the opposition are all wing-nut death panelists. There are many serious concerns and legitimate points to oppose with regard to the various proposals on reform. The majority of the town hall meetings have been largely civil and reasonable, merely representing opposing perspectives based in legitimate issues.