Awww.... 68 year-old teabagging woman falls into Susquehanna River while dumping tea leaves.

[jefferson_dem]

Is it wrong to let loose with a chorus of ....................... ?

Woman okay after falling into Susquehanna River

By Tricia Pursell
The Daily Item

SUNBURY — A quiet, solo protest against massive federal government spending ended in a city woman being rescued from the cold waters of the Susquehanna River on Wednesday morning.

Joanne Millard, 68, a resident at Riverfront Apartments, slipped on a rock and then fell into the water while dumping tea leaves from a plastic bag into the river to protest the recent trillions of dollars in government spending.

While tea party protests occurred in groups of thousands all across the country on Wednesday, Millard protested alone.

“I just felt at the time that no one else here would be interested,” Millard said.

Millard fell face down into the water after slipping. She was in the water for a total of about 10 minutes, she said, and then, around 11:30 a.m., management officials from the apartments, a police officer, and the ambulance, all arrived about the same time to pull her from the water.

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[ellie]

1. Yes, she was protesting

the taxes that pay the salary of the police officer who rescued her.

[Rambis]

5. Ding Ding ding we have a winner

I think they should have asked the private police force to rescue her only after they check her ability to pay. Problem solved call the private coroner.

[KayLaw]

12. And the SS check she gets every month.

:crazy:

And her Medicare. Damned Socialist crap! We never had these social programs before that there Obama guy came along!

[LynneSin]

21. don't forget the Medicare that pays for her medical treatment too

Those ambulances don't come for free.

She rents an apartment so I'm sure she's trying to make ends meet on her Social Security check. Could you imagine how she would be living if Bush & the Republicans had managed to invest Social Security in the Stock Market?

[truebrit71]

27. No shit, right? Somehow I think that irony completely missed her..

...:eyes:

[Solomon]

35. They should have arrested her for littering.

Then she'd have something to complain about.

[Cha]

44. It's too ironic how damn

stupid that is.

[NJmaverick]

2. She was saved by the very government spending she was protesting?

certainly a text book case of irony

[prolesunited]

19. They simply don't get it, do they?

[ericgtr]

3. I think the teabaggers are a bunch of ignorant douches but

they have a right to protest and I have a hard time laughing at an elderly woman falling on her face. Just my .02

[jberryhill]

13. She is a polluter, btw

They have a right to dump things into the Susquehanna River?

I don't think so.

[ericgtr]

15. So if she had drowned and died would you have been happier?

Let's all make fun of the elderly woman who fell on her face and nearly drowned.

[jberryhill]

17. I'm not making fun of her

I was responding to your comment about her having a "right" to dump in the river.

She has no such right, and her age does not grant her the right to dump in the river.

She apparently got off without a citation after consuming taxpayer supported services.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

33. I'd be laughing a lot harder, yes.

That would make a great Darwin award.

[MajPayne2]

14. I don't

Sorry.

[Cha]

45. I'm not laughing..I'm frowning at how

freak show stupid she is.x(

[izquierdista]

4. I suppose she will reimburse them

Reimburse the police and the ambulance for the costs associated with her rescue.


I didn't think so.......

[firedupdem]

6. I've heard it all. Jeez..... n/t

[PfcHammer]

7. Bwahahahaha! Fisting is more safer!!

:rofl:

[No More Bushbots]

16. She should have asked for a Cleveland Steamer

[LynneSin]

22. I've seen the Susquehanna River around that area - a Cleveland Steamer would be more sanitary

Seriously!

[BlueCaliDem]

8. It's called "karma". n/t

[AtomicKitten]

43. Yes it is. Upside the head. n/t

[jberryhill]

9. Teabagger Gets Personal Government Bailout

Protest Fail.

[prolesunited]

20. Haha

[countingbluecars]

10. Don't be surprised if we see her

on Fox News soon-most likely her inspiration.

[YOY]

11. She sounds a little "touched". Irony is solid but not delicious here.

Sad sack. Really sad. Probably listens to Hanity with bated breath as a highlight to her day.

Just sad...

I mean that honestly.

[11 Bravo]

18. Proving yet again that shit floats.

[MgtPA]

23. HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!

[lumpy]

38. This story made me laugh also

Poor lady, me bad. Hahahahahahaha.

[JayMusgrove]

24. I really feel sorry for a woman like this.

She should not be made an object of ridicule, but she sure is proof of poor judgment.

I hope she sends all her medical and rescue bills to Fox News.

[ericgtr]

25. Exactly.. FOX peys on people like this

Sad.

[NatBurner]

28. agreed

i still blame hannity and his ilk

but this shit is just sad

[Solomon]

36. Normally I'm sympathetic, but I guess their shit is finally getting

to me because I don't feel one wit of sorry or sadness for her.

[cherokeeprogressive]

26. Welcome to Ridicule Underground.

Hope y'all feel better. My only wish is that she could have been a member of one of your family circles.

You all stay classy and never forget to show compassion for those less fortunate than yourselves now, ya hear?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

29. Are you trying to impress somebody?

Because you're just posturing.

[cherokeeprogressive]

31. Yeah well that's your opinion.

What I'm NOT doing is ridiculing the misfortune of others, no matter who they might be. That's not how I roll. Doesn't seem to bother you though. Wasn't that your footprint between her shoulder blades?

By the way, how's that proofreading class going?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

32. Just opinion? So is your "holier-than-thou" opinion of yourself?

Yes, we're laughing at the misfortune of this horrible freak.

It's called comeuppance.

And justice.

How's my proofreading class going? Better than yours, it seems.

[Zomby Woof]

41. Nobody in my family is that stupid

Some of us like our schadenfreude against ignorant fucksticks just fine, thanks.

[rvablue]

46. I wish she was in my family circle

so that after she was home safe and dry, I could explain to her that without tax dollars and the 9-1-1, police and EMT services they subsidize, she may well have drowned.

Thank god we have socialized emergency services in this country. They saved her life. And hopefully, now that she is safe and sound someone will explain that to her.

[Drunken Irishman]

51. Hell, I'd laugh if it were my mother.

She looks fine, no injury and didn't die, so why not laugh?

:eyes:

[Raineyb]

56. Less fortunate? She got wet she didn't end up destitute.

Yet.

Pity is a bit much here don't you think? Besides, I really find it hard to muster up much sympathy for someone who's basically protesting because they don't like the fact that the current President is black which frankly is what their real beef it in the first place.

BTW, my relatives wouldn't be wasting perfectly good tea by dumping it in a river. They don't like to waste food.

Regards

[jdp349]

72. yawn

[lumberjack_jeff]

30. Cops, medics and other socialist tools save woman's teabagging ass. News at 11. n/t

[Phx_Dem]

34. ROLF. Awwwwww.

[AspenRose]

37. Sad on so many fronts.

Truly.

[Occam Bandage]

39. I feel sorry for her. Poor thing. nt

[Orsino]

40. Let's hear it for socialized medicine!

And hope this rugged individualist won't refuse Medicare coverage on principle.

[newview88]

42. I feel bad for laughing but

:rofl:

[Catherine Vincent]

47. That is not funny at all. nt

[4lbs]

48. Why am I reminded of that slightly demented old woman at the McCain rally that said

"I don't like Obama. Because he's a... a... a... Muslin."

[Raine]

49. That must have been humiliating

:blush: but she probably doesn't have the good sense to even be embarrassed. :yoiks:

[Drunken Irishman]

50. No broken bones, no death, no mercy.

haha

[That Is Quite Enough]

52. Oh, Susquehanna!

"With every trace of life, it seems,
confined within a frame,
the faces move from day to day
but the strips all look the same.
And the punch lines are resoundingly unfunny
for those trapped in this architecture of easy money."

-"Oh, Susquehanna!" by Defiance, Ohio.

[ecstatic]

53. WHOSE TAXES PAID FOR HER RESCUE?!

I demand a refund!

[quakerboy]

54. Pollution and littering

Thats what yesterday was about.

[SoCalDem]

55. Muskrat with a clown nose

on the guy's hat?..or am I the only one seeing that :) :rofl:

[Politicalboi]

67. It looks like his hunting hat

With an Eagle on it. LOL! I wonder if an attorney chased her ambulance. She just might be able to sue. LOL! The instructions said dip in water. :rofl:

[Cali_Democrat]

57. Awwww.....poor thing....

NOT

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Catherine Vincent]

58. How sad.

I just read the full story. This woman was protesting alone. She should know better than that...when she slipped on the rock and fell, she was in the water 10 minutes before anyone noticed. Luckily this didn't end up much worst for her.

[Catherine Vincent]

59. How sad.

I just read the full story. This woman was protesting alone. She should know better than that...when she slipped on the rock and fell, she was in the water 10 minutes before anyone noticed. Luckily this didn't end up much worst for her.

[scarletwoman]

60. That poor woman may not have had a lot of sense, but she certainly has a lot more soul

than you graceless ghouls who are laughing at her.

My gawd, what an ugly thread -- the few DUers here speaking up in compassion excepted.

To the rest of you; fuck you and your stupid unevolved dualistic thinking. You're no better than freepers.

sw

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

62. LOL

:nopity:

Fucker her and her apologists.

[scarletwoman]

63. Case in point -- you're one of the biggest assholes on this board.

I consider earning your contempt to be a badge of honor.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

70. Ah, but scartletwoman...

I think the same of you.

[CreekDog]

61. did she fall completely in, or just enough to get her _____ wet?

:hide:

[TK421]

71. beaver?

:-)

[Danger Mouse]

64. I'm glad she's okay but ye gods...

What is with these people? I just don't get it.

[mwei924]

65. Karma's a bitch..

[Crowman1979]

66. It's a message from GAWD to stop watching Faux News!

And to be a hoot and don't pollute! :D

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_v6Vx4TUIw6Y/SbZvRHHh9dI/AAAAAAAABc8/koWz8KoQNrw/s400/woodsy+owl.jpg

[Hosnon]

68. Yes, it is extremely poor taste. nt.

[LittleBlue]

69. Ahahaha!

Wet tea bagger

[Neecy]

73. I'm not laughing at this woman

But I don't feel one ounce of sympathy for her, either. She made a poor decision to mess around on a riverbank - and why she did is immaterial - and her little stunt cost precious city resources that would doubtless have other things to do than pull this idiot out of a river. For those who think we should feel compassion for those who perform idiotic acts that have bad endings - I don't.