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dixiegrrrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 01:44 PM
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Finger bitten off during California health protest. ( and Stoopid is involved)
But wait, this gets so much better.

The guy who lost the finger was a health care opponent.
And guess what??????????????

AP) – 3 hours ago

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — California authorities say a clash between opponents and supporters of health care reform ended with one man biting off another man's finger.

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 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.

A hospital spokeswoman says the man lost half the finger, but doctors reattached it and he was sent home the same night.
She says he had Medicare.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hAkLGsyNutX4LzUQhcc2zUSHXqYgD9AFU16O0
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Nikki Stone1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 01:45 PM
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1. Good thing that old man had government run, single payer healthcare
Edited on Thu Sep-03-09 01:46 PM by Nikki Stone1
Or he might not have had much of a hand left. :)
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rox63 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 01:47 PM
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2. If he's against government health care
Then he should reject his medicare and remove the reattached pinky immediately. Oh noes! The govt saved his pinky!
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 01:49 PM
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3. Sounds like karmic justice.
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endarkenment Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 01:50 PM
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4. "She says he had Medicare."
Oh my.
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dixiegrrrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 01:52 PM
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5. Ironic, ain't it?
Wish I had his address, I would send him a letter.
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SoCalDemGrrl Donating Member (786 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 08:19 PM
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6. I was there and it was ugly. The old man punched the guy knocking off his
hat and glasses. The guy landed in the middle of the street and the old guy kept pummeling him.

I was afraid for the guy's life. All the while another guy with a "DON'T TREAD ON ME" T-shirt just watched.

The irony that no one mentions is that the Moveon guy was defending an old lady who was trying to give out flyers
to the Anti-Obama people. The 65 year old man told the lady that she'd better leave or he would hit her, when the Moveon guy came to her defense, the guy punched him.
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LLStarks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 08:21 PM
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7. THE FINGER WAS NOT REATTACHED. The guy said so himself on Rachel Maddow. nt
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