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5 protesters blocking oil train arrested
Fuel Fix ^ | September 2, 2014 | Associated Press

Posted on 09/03/2014 4:58:08 AM PDT by thackney

Five people have been arrested after demonstrated blocked railroad tracks at a Burlington Northern Santa Fe yard in Everett.

Railroad spokesman Gus Melonas says two women and three men were taken to the Snohomish County Jail after refusing to leave a protest of train shipments of oil and coal and proposed export terminals in the Northwest...

The group Rising Tide Seattle erected a tripod of poles over the tracks with a woman perched on top....


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: energy; globalwarming; oil; rail
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1 posted on 09/03/2014 4:58:09 AM PDT by thackney
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Found a non-AP picture on their ludites Facebook page.

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2 posted on 09/03/2014 5:01:18 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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To: thackney

Please tell me they drove to the protest.


3 posted on 09/03/2014 5:01:32 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to annoy someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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Just another example of liberals thinking.
We will stop oil shipments- but you damn railroads better not even think of laying off conductors.
We are living some strange WTF times


4 posted on 09/03/2014 5:04:44 AM PDT by Nailbiter
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To: thackney

Oh

A friend was asked to do a video for a group protesting in favor of a $15 minimum wage.
She asked them to pay her $15 an hour to do the video.
They refused.


5 posted on 09/03/2014 5:06:26 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to annoy someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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To: thackney

The train[s] should have run over them.


6 posted on 09/03/2014 5:06:54 AM PDT by sport
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Remember Rachel Corrie........ dead on the tracks will teach the lesson.


7 posted on 09/03/2014 5:07:12 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12 ..... Obama is public enemy #1)
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Why is it that most protesters are unemployed and have a BS college degree in something incredibly stupid like gender studies or liberal arts?
These guys aren’t exactly rocket scientists. Anyone can get a college degree and go to school for 2 - 4 years. Hell I know some professional students that have done it for years so they wouldn’t have to work and face reality...


8 posted on 09/03/2014 5:07:33 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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that actually made me laugh, thanks


9 posted on 09/03/2014 5:08:14 AM PDT by Nailbiter
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To: AppyPappy

> A friend was asked to do a video for a group protesting in favor of a $15 minimum wage.
She asked them to pay her $15 an hour to do the video.
They refused.

I think that example illustrates the liberal mindset in a nutshell...


10 posted on 09/03/2014 5:10:02 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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Abby Brock, Business Owner...well we know it’s not as an escort but we’re probably getting warmer...


11 posted on 09/03/2014 5:11:06 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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Put them in unheated cells.

Whoops. We would give you heat, but the heating oil has been delayed.


12 posted on 09/03/2014 5:15:43 AM PDT by lowbridge
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And she is an old school, trust fund liberal. Never held a job and really big on causes. Her latest is Guaranteed Income. Everyone gets a government check.


13 posted on 09/03/2014 5:16:13 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to annoy someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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To: jsanders2001

From her linkedin page:

He Saw Her Paint October 1994 - Present (20 years)

We are a small mom and pop carpentry and interior painting company located in Seattle. We make deliberate business decisions influenced by our concern for the environment. Since we cannot avoid driving to our jobs because of our use of tools and materials - we market, advertise and work as close to home as possible.


14 posted on 09/03/2014 5:22:00 AM PDT by lowbridge
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Please tell me they drove to the protest.

I'm LOL'ing all over the place.

15 posted on 09/03/2014 5:22:45 AM PDT by Quality_Not_Quantity (Liars use facts when the truth doesn't suit their purposes.)
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The proper response to this is to run them over. Eventually the whackos will learn to not play on the railroad tracks.

Likewise the response to tree sitters is to cut down the trees they are in. (Give them fifteen minutes to get out of the tree and then cut it on schedule no matter what they do.)


16 posted on 09/03/2014 5:24:13 AM PDT by John O (God Save America (Please))
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> And she is an old school, trust fund liberal. Never held a job and really big on causes. Her latest is Guaranteed Income. Everyone gets a government check.

With everyone footing the bill but herself. Tell me I’m wrong...; )


17 posted on 09/03/2014 5:26:19 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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Cut oil trains, not conductors?

How about cut paints and paint brushes, not interior house painters?


18 posted on 09/03/2014 5:27:12 AM PDT by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

“We are a small mom and pop carpentry and interior painting company located in Seattle”

Does she use oil paints or watercolors?


19 posted on 09/03/2014 5:28:18 AM PDT by lowbridge
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To: jsanders2001

They will get the money from evil corporations.


20 posted on 09/03/2014 5:29:54 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to annoy someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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