THIS AIN'T NO TEA PARTY Home front getting ugly for recessed Congress Protests, arrests, shouts, tempers … is there a doctor in the house?

By Drew Zahn

At town halls around the country, many flooded by more protesters than event organizers anticipated, lawmakers returning from Washington are finding constituents don't want to listen; they want to be heard.

"Why won't you let the people speak?" shouted one protester in Tampa, Fla., at a public forum where Rep. Cathy Castor, D-Fla., attempted to pitch Obama's health care reform plan to her constituency.

The Tampa protest made national headlines afterward, as dozens of protesters were pushed out the door in a scuffle, some claiming to have received injuries, and the doors were locked to bar their chanting protest: "You work for us!"

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But even inside the locked doors, many in the crowd didn't want to listen to their legislator's reasons for advocating a federal health care plan.

When Castor tried to tell the crowd that those who currently pay for their own health insurance, either privately or through their employer, would benefit the most from legislation being considered in Washington, she was drowned out by disbelieving citizens.

"Bull----!" shouted protesters inside the room. "No we're not!"

Video of the eruption can be seen below, though the clip does contain flagrant and repeated profanity:

Rep. Steve Kagen, D-Wis., got a raucous earful as well, when hundreds of people inside and outside the Green Bay town hall demanded their representative read thoroughly the health care reform bill, which many people believe is being pushed too quickly through Congress.

On the Fox News Channel, a Wisconsin man who attended the town hall meeting explained he wanted to express the message, "We don't feel that Washington is listening to us."

He told host Bill Hemmer, "The way the Congress has been acting in general lately is in my mind totally unconstitutional. They want to take one of the most important issues in my life, which is health care, they want to say that they are going to reform it but they haven't even read the bill."

"I will continue to exercise my First Amendment rights until this government exhibits some form of willingness to communicate with the people," the guest explained. ....