Posted on 07/31/2009 8:00:40 AM PDT by Indy Pendance
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A group of retirees who refused to leave Sen. Dianne Feinstein's West Los Angeles office until she talked to them about health care reform has been arrested.
Los Angeles police Sergeant Rich Brunson said Thursday that at least eight people were being taken into custody and would likely be booked for trespassing and released.
Cate Engel, a spokeswoman for the group California Alliance for Retired Americans, says the activists - all between 55 and 87 years old - wanted to talk to Feinstein about strengthening Medicare and using the program as a model for health reform.
The group arrived at Feinstein's office around noon and refused to leave her conference room until their arrest more than six hours later.
A call to the office seeking comment was not answered.
Free care? Wait until she gets her first monthly bill.
She’s 76 years old herself. Doesn’t she realize in this healthcare plan there’s an iceburg with her name on it?
“She’s probably MORE corrupt”
You got that right
http://www.bohemian.com/metro/01.24.07/dianne-feinstein-0704.html
The article never said they demanded a face to face meeting. They took over a conference room for over 6 hours. You'd think a reasonable person would have just made a call to their own conference room and spoke to the group.
Of course, in all likelihood, this group knew there would be no call, no meeting, nothing...
retirees who refused to leave Sen. Dianne Feinstein's West Los Angeles office until she talked to them about health care reform has been arrested.
The group arrived at Feinstein's office around noon and refused to leave her conference room until their arrest more than six hours later.
This was a protest for whatever reason.
I personally would like to see several hundred thousand drive into D.C. and just stop their vehicles, bringing that entire city to a grinding halt.
I just turned 70 and I don’t consider myself old or a geezer. I don’t think younger folks realize that we feel young in our spirits even if our bodies age.
I had heard that before. Wonder why nobody ever investigates democrats? Sigh.
Ha! I just think it was our president showing his STUPIDNESS. OR was his stupidity? Stupidometry?
I do know that it's a good thing George Bush didn't use that word or Big Media and SNL would have imploded with the humorous possiblities.
They control the commities and kill all investigations of them.
True, true. Hope it comes back and bites them on the butt one day, SOON.
Yes, “stupidly” is a word, an adverb formed by adding -ly to the adjective “stupid.” Similarly, smartly, prettily, and beautifully are similar adverbs. Usually, dictionaries provide definitions, examples, and usages for the adjective, then show the -ly word as an adverb at the end of the entry.
Like it or not, be it good or bad, the left is/was good at coming out for their causes, swaying public opinion, grid locking entire cities, ending wars...etc. Some of their tactics were extremely effective.
Thanks. Serveral posters have said that.
It seems to be one of those words no one uses unless they are a top-notch community organizer. To me, its like the word “GOLFING.” That is a word too, but only a non-golfer would use it. No real golfer says, ‘I’m going golfing!” YOu don’t go baseballing or footballing. Why would you go golfing?
To the others on the forum: yes, I know stupidly is a word now.
Um... The way this reads, they wanted the whole health system to run like Medicare.
No thanks. This must have happened in California.
Related: Town halls gone wild
“the govt is not interested in senior health care. they want to give us end of life information. they want you to pay social security benes in and Not collect....”
Wait. the next step will be to try to take your vote away. Just watch.
ROFLMAO.....Fantastic.
LMAO! You’re bad. LOL!
Geezers DO rock!!!!! They can teach us MANY things.
Whoo hoo!
A motivated populace is a dangerous thing.. so say despots. ;-)
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