Not as catchy as Nathan Hale's original quote, but we have 'evolved' you know.
Posted on 09/03/2009 12:49:54 AM PDT by tlb
THOUSAND OAKS -- A 65 year old man had his finger bitten off Wednesday evening at a health care rally in Thousand Oaks, according to the Ventura County Sheriff's Department.
Sheriff's investigators were called to Hillcrest and Lynn Road at 7:26 p.m.
About 100 protesters sponsored by MoveOn.org were having a rally supporting health care reform. A group of anti-health care reform protesters formed across the street.
When someone from the pro-reform side crossed over to the anti-reform side, a fist fight ensued, which resulted in the man's pinky finger getting bitten off.
It's believed the man was on the anti-health care reform side.
He took his finger and walked to Los Robles hospital for treatment.
Police don't know who bit the man's finger off, but they're investigating the incident.
Rabies shots.
Whoa- no wonder people are showing up to these things armed. The radical left is out of control.
Beating up old people.
You gotta be kidding me.
The radical left is out of control.
You just noticed, they have been out of control as long as I can remember
It’s a pathetic display from Obama’s hired thugs of what Obama really thinks of the elderly in this country.
You just can’t buy better advertising than this to solidify elderly people against Obamacare than this.
Good move Obama. Keep it up. Show the public what an Obama “grass roots” movement really is.
Crazy monsters... I hope someone will turn a video in to the cops.
I'd think the cops would be able to get DNA evidence if they wanted to.
That’s sad and it speaks volumes about what kind of person Obama is.
These moveon b!tches had one in St. Louis last night. Of course, the local state-run media heads were in complete support mode.
Obamacare - Chewing up granny!
Obamacare - Cannibalizing people!
Obamacare - Pulling out a limb!
Cannibals for Obamacare!
You must be watching too much CSI on TV. Any DNA evidence left on this guys severed finger would be contaminated by the DNA of this guys severed finger.
DNA evidence must be free of potential contamination from any other DNA source to be admissible in court.
Dental imprints however, may be evidence, if the police were interested in finding this person. As would finding the person with blood on their face and clothes immediately following this fight in the first place.
somehow this will be spun to be fault of “the mob”, “Republican agitators”.
But of course. That’s what Obama media’s job is.
FYI to ANYONE going to a protest: You must ALWAYS BRING A VIDEO RECORDING DEVICE to any protest you attend, and cameras too.
There is no point in going if you don't record it. Not to mention, it needs to be done for your own safety (as demonstrated by this story.)
Most cell phones have cameras and recording abilities.
"A witness from the scene told KTLA the man who got his finger bitten off was walking through the anti-reform group to get to the pro-reform group when he got in an altercation with someone from the anti-reform side. The man apparently punched the person from the anti-reform side. In the scuffle that ensued, that person bit the man's pinky finger, severing it."
You can buy cheap kodak digital recorders for 49 bucks or less these days that will hold a couple hours of digital recording (with a 80 buck memory chip)
He’s damn lucky that guy wasn’t armed or he might have had to eat a .45 slug along with that finger.
Mike Tyson’s for health care reform?
Well, I guess I’ll find out what really happened from the eeevil FOX News...
Yep-we should "look for the union label". Beating up the elderly is one of their specialties.
I assume the man who went to the hospital to have his bitten off finger treated was thrown out of the hospital and had to sew it back on himself right?- According to the Obamacare thugs?
I just quoted from the source posted.
heck of a bite. wonder if it was staged (dems will do anything for their leader, even cut off their own finger) semi-satire alert
somehow, biting seems like a lib thing to do.
The Los Angeles Times thinks it’s hilarious.
“Use your good fingers to click here for Twitter alerts on each new Ticket item.”
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/09/healthcare-reform-violence.html
Most likely yes...I don’t doubt their all in passion about their messiah (little m). I do believe they would do anything.
Death Cult Nazi Eats Senior Citizen Alive
I to say the Left could bite my arse...Now, not so much.
No one has been fingered in the incident.
(sorry I couldn’t resist)
Uh...Well, no. DNA from bite wounds has been used to convict people for years, even in cases where the DNA was collected back in the 1980s but techniques for analyzing it didn't come along until much later.
I suppose they probably should.
This blog has an eyewitness account that confirms that someone’s finger was bitten off, and says the person biting off the finger was a “pro-reform” (Move-On follower) who had been attacked first.
http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2009/09/03/health-care-vigil-in-thousand-oaks-provocation-to-violent-response/
Bunch of rabid foaming at the mouth libtards. They shoot rabid animals don’t they?....just sayin’
No surprise; the left have been biting our heads off for as long as I can remember.
eyewitness account
Libs already claiming that it was justified:
Excerpt from Blog: “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.”
Honestly, I thought he was exaggerating. I guess he wasn’t.
I’ve given this report to the police along with my photos. I am not heralding anyone as a hero here. I certainly do not celebrate the idea of anyone biting anyone else, no matter what the reason. However, there is no question that Orange Shirt guy was aching to fight, was willing to pick a fight, and certainly didn’t care who he fought with. He chose people who were shorter than he, and he used his voice, his body, his body language and his height to intimidate them.”
Don’t be fooled by reports ginning up sympathy for that 65-year old guy or worse yet, reports characterizing him as a senior citizen. He was aggressive and ready to mix it up.”
END QUOTE
Typical disgusting “victim deserved it” commentary Look like the Move-On folks outnumbered the good guys by 200 to 9 at this event.
Judging by the picture and the account, the Obama thugs had the real Americans outnumbered about 25 to 1. No wonder they felt so bold.
This blogger wont post photos yet....but before the end of the day someone will have it up on youtube.
I’m sure a whole nother version will be out there
Not as catchy as Nathan Hale's original quote, but we have 'evolved' you know.
INDEED.
CANIBALS FOR OTHUGA CARE.
Next it will be . . .
“TREE SHREDDERS DEDICATE THEIR MACHINES TO DISPOSE OF ELDERLY IN BEHALF OF OTHUGA CARE—ANESTHESIA TOO COSTLY TO BOTHER WITH.”
You mean to tell me that the fellow walked in off the street and WASN’T REFUSED HEALTH CARE?
Watch—— this is how the media will play this story: “An inspiring rally for health care— mostly peaceful with only a few “scuffles” where someone’s finger was “bitten”:
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/sep/03/supporters-of-healthcare-reform-rally-in-to/
They just left the off off.
They’ve changed the article since you posted it:
THOUSAND OAKS — A 65 year old man had his finger bitten off Wednesday evening at a health care rally in Thousand Oaks, according to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department.
Sheriff’s investigators were called to Hillcrest and Lynn Road at 7:26 p.m.
About 100 protesters sponsored by MoveOn.org were having a rally supporting health care reform. A group of anti-health care reform protesters formed across the street.
A witness from the scene told KTLA the man who got his finger bitten off was walking through the anti-reform group to get to the pro-reform group when he got in an altercation with someone from the anti-reform side.
The man apparently punched the person from the anti-reform side. In the scuffle that ensued, that person bit the man’s pinky finger, severing it.
The man took his finger and walked to Los Robles hospital for treatment.
Police don’t know who bit the man’s finger off, but they’re investigating the incident.
You’re right. The article has already been changed.
Good thing this happened before obamaCare, or the doctors would have told him he was too old and sewing it back on was not cost effective.
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