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G-8 Protests To Close Raleigh Buildings Saturday
WRAL-TV Raleigh ^ | 06/11/2004 | Melissa Buscher

Posted on 06/11/2004 6:51:16 AM PDT by CanisRex

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The North Carolina State Capitol, the N.C. Museum of History, the Archives and History/State Library building, and the Capitol Area Visitor Center will be closed on Saturday, June 12, due to citywide protests following the G-8 Summit in Georgia.

Officials with the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources made the decision Thursday after a permit was given to protest at the Childrens Garden, which is close to the buildings.

All public programs scheduled for Saturday at those facilities are canceled.

(Excerpt) Read more at wral.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: brownshirts; g8; lefties; protesters
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Lame. I thought G8 was when everybody gave a protest and nobody came.
1 posted on 06/11/2004 6:51:17 AM PDT by CanisRex
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To: CanisRex

I heard 50 people showed up for the protest in Savannah. 50.


2 posted on 06/11/2004 6:52:49 AM PDT by mewzilla
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To: mewzilla
50 is a very high estimate. I have seen news reports saying 20 protestors showed up.

Fox showed the park where the protestors were to have a rally and hear speechs. They showed the stage, the completely EMPTY park infront of the stage and said (paraphrasing, "Protestors were to hear speechs, but with no one to listen to the speechs..."

3 posted on 06/11/2004 6:55:42 AM PDT by Phantom Lord (Distributor of Pain, Your Loss Becomes My Gain)
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To: Phantom Lord
If a protester falls at the Children's Garden and no one is there to hear it...Was it a protest?
4 posted on 06/11/2004 6:58:18 AM PDT by dei23 (Kerry is an admitted war criminal)
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To: mewzilla

Maybe 50 showed at Brunswick last night.

There were lots more cops than protesters.


5 posted on 06/11/2004 7:03:38 AM PDT by Ole Okie
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To: CanisRex

I'm glad we didn't have plans to tourize in Raleigh this weekend. Such idiocy ...


6 posted on 06/11/2004 7:05:12 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("You shall call on your gods, and I will call on the LORD. The God who answers with fire is God.")
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To: CanisRex

What exactly are they protesting???


7 posted on 06/11/2004 7:12:04 AM PDT by love n hate tattoo
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To: Tax-chick

Why are there such protests against the G8?


8 posted on 06/11/2004 7:12:42 AM PDT by jfreif (What is this Constitution you speak of?.... W.J. Clinton)
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To: jfreif

"What do we want?" "We don't know!" "When do we want it?" "NOW!" (A chant used by the DC Chapter to counterprotest.)

I have no idea what they're protesting for ... something to do with "internationalism"? I'm just annoyed that it's my tax dollars going to waste while they shut down Raleigh for a handful of fruitbats.


9 posted on 06/11/2004 7:17:42 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("You shall call on your gods, and I will call on the LORD. The God who answers with fire is God.")
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To: love n hate tattoo
What exactly are they protesting???

When they're clever, they try to be circumspect, but the real answer (which they sometimes admit): Capitalism.

10 posted on 06/11/2004 7:19:50 AM PDT by AmishDude
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To: Tax-chick

This would be fun to FReep, if it's even worth it.

The ones who can utter a complete sentence say they're protesting "globalization." The others are stoned, stupid, or both.

I love the DC Chapter chant.


11 posted on 06/11/2004 12:20:11 PM PDT by clyde asbury (Insulting libsnob longhaired artsyfartsy slagpunk francophile comsymps since 1990 !)
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To: clyde asbury

The DC Chapter has lots of good opportunities ... things are boring where I live :-).


12 posted on 06/11/2004 12:28:57 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("You shall call on your gods, and I will call on the LORD. The God who answers with fire is God.")
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To: CanisRex

The speaking roster was larger than the protest audience.

FNC had pictures. There were less that 20 people standing in front of a stage which had around 20 speakers assembled.

There had to be two TV cameras for every person standing in the audience.

The media was deeply saddened.


13 posted on 06/11/2004 12:33:01 PM PDT by snooker (Reagan has put the smile back on America's face ... again. Can't you feel it?)
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To: Tax-chick

I think I saw you at the Fayetteville event in March, but I'm not sure. You wrote in the threads afterward, anyway, didn't you?


14 posted on 06/11/2004 12:35:38 PM PDT by clyde asbury (Insulting libsnob longhaired artsyfartsy slagpunk francophile comsymps since 1990 !)
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To: Ole Okie
There were lots more cops than protesters.

No matter where they meet, the G8 politburo always imposes martial law on the local community so that their plans for a global utopia are not disrupted.

15 posted on 06/11/2004 12:37:51 PM PDT by Willie Green (Go Pat Go!!!)
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To: clyde asbury

No, my daughter had a horse show and my sons were at Scout camp that weekend. I'm sure you saw my name on the threads, complaining about not being there ... I'm the one who, possibly, looks exactly like Catherine Zeta-Jones.

If the UNC-Wilmington FReep comes off in August, I'll be there. I've got the date reserved and the money saved!


16 posted on 06/11/2004 12:38:22 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("You shall call on your gods, and I will call on the LORD. The God who answers with fire is God.")
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To: CanisRex

It was a brilliant move on the Fed's part to hold the G8 conference at St. Simons Island. Its a divide and conquer tactic as it geographically denies the anarchists a place to gather enmass.

Pathetic, scattered protests are the best they can muster. I am disgusted with the Raliegh and capital police allowing the closing of the museums instead of cracking heads.


17 posted on 06/11/2004 12:41:51 PM PDT by Rebelbase (AKA gassybrowneyedbum)
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To: snooker
OK, hardly worth it, then. Where have all the alienated, tattooed, pierced, trans-gendered socialists gone in Raleigh ?

Oh, that's right, I forgot - The People's Republic of Chapel Hill. And 9th Street in Durham.
18 posted on 06/11/2004 12:41:52 PM PDT by clyde asbury (Insulting libsnob longhaired artsyfartsy slagpunk francophile comsymps since 1990 !)
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To: Tax-chick
..I'm the one who, possibly, looks exactly like Catherine Zeta-Jones.

I would definitely remember if I saw you, then. What's going on in August?
19 posted on 06/11/2004 2:40:11 PM PDT by clyde asbury (Insulting libsnob longhaired artsyfartsy slagpunk francophile comsymps since 1990 !)
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To: clyde asbury; TaxRelief

There's a proposal to FReep UNC-Wilmington when the incoming freshmen are arriving. Things have been even more outrageously leftist there than the rest of the UNC system; also it's at the beach!

I'm not sure it will really happen, but I plan to take the weekend off, anyway.


20 posted on 06/11/2004 2:49:50 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("You shall call on your gods, and I will call on the LORD. The God who answers with fire is God.")
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