Fun Fun...

There's a minor fire-storm on the internet going on about a health care reform protester named Kenny Gladney.

Anti-health-care web sites are claiming Gladney was "brutally" attacked, and the post a video to "prove" it, but the video does not comport with the descriptions of the "brutal beating".

The video shows a man on the ground (reportedly, although this is not seen in the video tape) having been shoved BY Gladney. Someone else pulls Gladney to the ground (ostensibly to keep him off of the other person, who is already on the ground). Gladney jumps right back up, the police take control. A lot of yelling, but with the exception of the man on the ground at the start, Gladney being pulled to the ground and quickly getting back up, and a couple of minor pushes, there's nothing. No punches, no kicks, nothing that should lead to anyone needing medical treatment.

Presumably if it happened AFTER the police were there (and thus, after the end of the video tape), then the police report would document it.

Anyway, here's the fun part. Mr. Gladney claimed injuries and went to the hospital. He has since appeared in public in various medical accoutrements such as casts and wheel chairs. And he is asking for donations to help with his medical bills, since he was laid off from his job a while back and has no health insurance.

That's right, a guy protesting health care reform designed to help people in his EXACT situation. To me, there is a karmic justice (assuming the video tape is all that actually happened).

You can read more on it at this link:

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_08/019423.php