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G-8 protests cause a stir, but little else (funny story on pathetic protesters)
The Washington Times ^ | June 10, 2004 | James G. Lakely

Posted on 06/10/2004 9:25:24 AM PDT by seamus

Edited on 07/12/2004 3:42:15 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

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Wow. How pathetic is that?
1 posted on 06/10/2004 9:25:27 AM PDT by seamus
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A rousing game of hacky-sack. LOL.


2 posted on 06/10/2004 9:29:44 AM PDT by johniegrad
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To find Sea Island, you have to be able to read a map.
To find Georgia, you have to be able to read a map.
If someone had told them it was on the way to Florida or provided buses, maybe more would be there.


3 posted on 06/10/2004 9:30:43 AM PDT by steve8714
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VERY, and funny :)
When I was in college (early 90's) they would have recruiters come to campus with offers of free travel and a small stipen to protest events.


4 posted on 06/10/2004 9:31:14 AM PDT by kiki04 ("If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is a man who has so much as to be out of danger?" - THH)
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"Hopefully we'll get some more poeple out," Mr. Stout said. "Maybe this is all just practice for tomorrow."

It could be a lot worse. Hopefully, it won't get worse!

5 posted on 06/10/2004 9:31:50 AM PDT by SheLion (Don Imus is voting for FnKerry!)
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Israel Tarann, who owns and operates an ice cream truck in Savannah, seranaded the group as it passed. "All we are saying, is give ice cream a chance," he sang. Though the song attracted a few protesters to his truck, Mr. Tarann did not make a sale. "I had to tell them I was capitalist, and I sell ice cream for profit," he said. "The guy who came up to me said, 'Oh, we thought you were a collective.' Then they left." LOL! PRICELESS!
6 posted on 06/10/2004 9:31:52 AM PDT by Bismarck
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""It's a victory just to have this event," protest organizer Kellie Gaznik said Tuesday."

Just keep telling yourself that..


7 posted on 06/10/2004 9:32:34 AM PDT by OpusatFR (Vote Kerry if you want to commit national suicide)
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"I had to tell them I was capitalist, and I sell ice cream for profit," he said. "The guy who came up to me said, 'Oh, we thought you were a collective.' Then they left."

LOL! This article has some great descriptions of the tiny mind of the left! (Plus the fact that most of them seem to have come for the sun 'n sand rather than the tear gas...)

8 posted on 06/10/2004 9:34:48 AM PDT by livius
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If these anarchists had made the effort to organize they might have had a better turn out.


9 posted on 06/10/2004 9:34:56 AM PDT by ibbryn (this tag intentionally left blank)
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pathetic protestors ping...


10 posted on 06/10/2004 9:35:16 AM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (I wanted to kiss her but, she wouldn't let me...)
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He and Mr. Bucker said they attend school at Emory College in Atlanta and came down to share the hotel costs with two other friends more who were more interested in the protests.

Dude, like we thought maybe, like some of the protest chicks might be like, you know, totally liberated and want to party after a tough day of picketing.

11 posted on 06/10/2004 9:35:24 AM PDT by N. Theknow (John Kerry knows how to screw the rich - both his wives are millionaires)
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http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040609/capt.gahg10706092353.g8_summit_protest_gahg107.jpg These kids are dressed more like bandits, than Protestors, why do they hide their face? Is it because they are high on drugs or free booze paid for by George Soros?

12 posted on 06/10/2004 9:35:32 AM PDT by AmericanMade1776
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Funny, but I think the poor little wienie's don't have the guts to spend a little time in jail for their supposed convictions. I mean a liberal being responsible for the damages they cause!

Wonder if the article is really an advertisement for more participation.
13 posted on 06/10/2004 9:36:18 AM PDT by BlessedByLiberty (Respectfully submitted,)
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Organizer William Pleasant, foreground, speaks to a small crowd of protesters at Forsythe Park in Savannah, Ga., after a short march by a smaller than expected group during the first day of the G-8 Summit at Sea Island, Ga., some 80 miles south. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton) 6-8-04

14 posted on 06/10/2004 9:38:38 AM PDT by OXENinFLA
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Lakely of the Times.

The entire article is hilarious - written with a not-so-subtle undercurrent of mockery.

Love the exchange with the ice cream man.

15 posted on 06/10/2004 9:39:07 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother (. . . Ministrix of Venery (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
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Theres no easier argument to win than an argument against an anarchist.


16 posted on 06/10/2004 9:40:31 AM PDT by cripplecreek (you tell em i'm commin.... and hells commin with me.)
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"I think we overestimated ourselves," Sandra Kwak, 22, said with a laugh in a light drizzle in expansive Forsyth Park. "But even if the few people who are here learn something, it's not a total loss."

Kwak-Kwak.

17 posted on 06/10/2004 9:40:58 AM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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"I think we overestimated ourselves," Sandra Kwak, 22, said with a laugh in a light drizzle in expansive Forsyth Park. "But even if the few people who are here learn something, it's not a total loss."

What a Kwak.

18 posted on 06/10/2004 9:41:11 AM PDT by chemicalman (Rid the country of the vast liberal conspiracy)
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"No. I wore the bandana so I could get reporters to talk to me -- and to get on TV," he said.

Now that's funny!

But I confess I'm a bit disappointed at the lack of high-Marple-index street puppets. It just isn't a decent protest without street puppets.

19 posted on 06/10/2004 9:41:46 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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a phalanx of police, clad in riot gear, formed a defensive line to protect a Starbucks

Yeah. But would they try that hard to protect a Tully's?

20 posted on 06/10/2004 9:43:29 AM PDT by Not A Snowbird (You need tons click "co-ordinating")
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