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Protester glues himself to British PM (Climate Change Kook)
CNN ^ | July 23, 2008

Posted on 07/23/2008 4:41:10 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

LONDON, England (CNN) -- A protester who wanted his message to stick managed to superglue himself to the British prime minister Tuesday evening.

Dan Glass, right, takes hold of the British PM's right arm just before he was about to receive his award.

Dan Glass was at 10 Downing Street to receive a charity's award for his work on transportation issues when he staged the unusual protest.

Just before Prime Minister Gordon Brown presented him with the award, Glass squirted superglue in the palm of his left hand. He shook Brown's right hand and then grabbed the prime minister's sleeve.

"I've just superglued myself to your arm," Glass said he told Brown. "Don't panic. This is a non-violent protest."

Glass is affiliated with the group Plane Stupid, which campaigns against airport expansion and climate change. He said he acted to protest Brown's "hypocrisy" on the issues.

"I just wanted a few more minutes of his time to get the message across, because he's not listening to communities affected by airport expansion," Glass told CNN on Wednesday.

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: climatechange; contantine; eu; eunuch; gordonbrown; markconstantine; planestupid; uk

1 posted on 07/23/2008 4:42:01 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

“”I’ve just superglued myself to your arm,” Glass said he told Brown. “Don’t panic. This is a non-violent protest.””

I would’ve turned and punched him square in the face.

Besides, superglue is damaging to the skin, idiot.


2 posted on 07/23/2008 4:43:18 AM PDT by Slapshot68
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Glass is affiliated with the group Plane Stupid...

Says it all.

3 posted on 07/23/2008 4:45:10 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner ("We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!"--Duncan Hunter)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Sheesh, they didn’t arrest this idiot, nor even eject him from the event...dangerous precedent.


4 posted on 07/23/2008 4:48:03 AM PDT by gate2wire
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To: rightwingintelligentsia; According2RecentPollsAirIsGood; TenthAmendmentChampion; Horusra; ...
 




Beam me to Planet Gore !

5 posted on 07/23/2008 4:48:40 AM PDT by steelyourfaith
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

That’s funny.

He should start travelling the world super-gluing himself to world leaders and celebrities.

He might even end up with his own reality show on MTV or something.


6 posted on 07/23/2008 4:48:47 AM PDT by WayneS (What the hell is wrong with these people?)
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How do you NOT punch this person square in the face? Can we now put Global Warming kooks on a terror list? When do they start sabotaging airliner parts as a peaceful protest?
7 posted on 07/23/2008 5:02:20 AM PDT by BallyBill (Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

Guy even stole the idea from an old “Two and a Half Men” episode.


8 posted on 07/23/2008 5:03:43 AM PDT by junkman_106 (Once is chance, twice is coincidence, thrice is enemy action ---007/Ian Fleming)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Brown yanking his arm away could have cost that clown some painful skin loss.


9 posted on 07/23/2008 5:07:26 AM PDT by decimon
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

BWAHAHAHAHA!


10 posted on 07/23/2008 5:08:01 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Tax-chick's House of Herpets. You shed your skin, too!)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Prime Minister Gordon Brown foolishly awards this Plane Stupid fellow for his idiocy and Brown is rewarded in turn.


11 posted on 07/23/2008 5:14:40 AM PDT by ricks_place
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

“If it’s Brown, flush it!” (But first unglue it.)


12 posted on 07/23/2008 5:32:53 AM PDT by Malesherbes
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

A group opposed to flying?


13 posted on 07/23/2008 5:34:08 AM PDT by purpleraine
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Amputation, then send the plane stupid fool a bill for the surgical proceedure, and a cleaning bill for the PM’s suit...


14 posted on 07/23/2008 5:49:13 AM PDT by LRS (I want an oil glut!)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Plane Stupid, which campaigns against airport expansion and climate change

Don't the toxic fumes of super glue contribute to climate change? ;^)
15 posted on 07/23/2008 5:57:21 AM PDT by jrg
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

In most states in the USA, restraining someone by force or threat of force and creates a threat or fear of physical harm, there would be a felony charge of abduction. It is unbelievable that these nutcases have heads of state so fearful that they do not prosecute as strongly as possible under the law.


16 posted on 07/23/2008 6:35:38 AM PDT by Ghengis (Of course freedom is free. If it wasn't, it would be called expensivedom. ~Cindy Sheehan 11/11/06)
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This moron should be superglued to Mumia and thrown into an active volcano.


17 posted on 07/23/2008 7:15:42 AM PDT by Mustachistan (Al Gore may have invented the Internet, but George Bush made it plural.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

If I was the PM I would at least charge him for the jacket.


18 posted on 07/23/2008 7:19:11 AM PDT by Just another Joe (Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1094074/Millionaire-Stansted-climate-change-protest-owns-shops-AIRPORTS-world.html

“Millionaire behind Stansted climate change protest owns shops at AIRPORTS around the world”
By ROBERT MENDICK and NIGEL ROSSER
Last updated at 10:22 AM on 12th December 2008

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The tycoon bankrolling the anti-aviation activists who stormed Stansted owns shops in airports around the world.

Mark Constantine, the owner of Lush Cosmetics, was today accused of profiting from airline passengers while funding groups whose actions can severely disrupt their journeys.

Lush has contributed £20,000 to anti-aviation organisations including Plane Stupid, which masterminded the protest at Stansted by more than 50 activists that brought flights to a standstill for two hours on Monday, reports London’s Evening Standard.”


19 posted on 12/14/2008 12:36:58 AM PST by Cindy
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