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[pearwaldorf]

Gladney did not address Saturday's crowd of about 200 people. His attorney, David Brown, however, read a prepared statement Gladney wrote. "A few nights ago there was an assault on my liberty, and on yours, too." Brown read. "This should never happen in this country."

Supporters cheered. Brown finished by telling the crowd that Gladney is accepting donations toward his medical expenses. Gladney told reporters he was recently laid off and has no health insurance.

Mr. Gladney is one of the people you may have heard about who have been disrupting town hall meetings with heckling and in some cases violence. He was supposedly roughed up by a bunch of SEIU members at one of these meetings (which is apparently dubious to people who have viewed video footage and this is the SEIU we're talking about here, not Teamsters :P).

So yes. He is indeed protesting against policy reform that would help him.

Every time I think I've finally seen the depths of the stupidity of the American public and the fear of change it has, somebody has to dig just a little deeper. Of course, the whole process is fucked anyways, so I'ma grab the cat and the mixer, head north, and claim refugee status because if I live here any longer my head will explode.