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Retirees arrested at Sen. Feinstein's LA office
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| July 30, 2009
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.
TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; democrats; elderabuse; feinstein; healthcare; lping; obamacare; socializedmedicine; unrulymob
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To: TornadoAlley3
lol, I like the cop, looks like the guy in Texas who watched me take my driver’s license exam
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posted on
07/31/2009 10:02:56 AM PDT
by
1000 silverlings
(Everything that deceives also enchants: Plato)
To: Indy Pendance
You mean now we aren’t even allowed to ask questions of our Congress critters otherwise you are arrested? I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a Republican congresss critter having anyone arrested in their offices? Is this a clear clue of Democratic fascism or what?
To: Indy Pendance
Not allowed to debate the health care bill.
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posted on
07/31/2009 10:32:18 AM PDT
by
taxesareforever
(Quick justice for the senseless killing of Marine Lance Cpl. Robert Crutchfield.)
To: dragnet2
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.
I hear you. But "the effective thing to do" isn't the same thing as "the right thing to do". Even if it were I'm not sure that "went to the office of somebody who wasn't even in the state, demand to speak with them, and wouldn't leave no matter how much they pleaded" is effective at doing much more than making them seem like cranks. This may have been red meat to people already in our corner but I suspect it just seems obnoxious to others... to the people that we need to be bringing in.
To: Indy Pendance
*GASP!*
You reprinted this without permission! The AP is going to be SO pissed.
65
posted on
07/31/2009 10:43:08 AM PDT
by
Tzimisce
(No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
To: TomOnTheRun
But "the effective thing to do" isn't the same thing as "the right thing to do".Given the level of corruption at all levels of government, what would be the right thing to do?
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posted on
07/31/2009 10:48:23 AM PDT
by
dragnet2
To: Indy Pendance
Wow, I wish there were photos of this at the site.
67
posted on
07/31/2009 11:26:50 AM PDT
by
keats5
(Not all of us are hypnotized.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; Grampa Dave; tubebender; budwiesest; WilliamofCarmichael; BOBTHENAILER
Hey Feinstein! Like we told our moms who used to scold us ... “We hear you but we’re not listening!!!” Ha Ha Ha!!!
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posted on
07/31/2009 12:07:56 PM PDT
by
SierraWasp
(Galloping suffocating American Socialism stinks like BO!!!)
To: keats5
69
posted on
07/31/2009 12:18:14 PM PDT
by
Indy Pendance
("The beauty of the 2nd is that it will not be needed until they try to take it. Thomas Jefferson)
To: Loud Mime
Feinstein called the cops. They were arrested. Ergo, they were not minorities. Take it from there.
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posted on
07/31/2009 12:18:28 PM PDT
by
DPMD
(~)
To: Indy Pendance
” wanted to talk to Feinstein about strengthening Medicare and using the program as a model for health reform. “
Keep them locked up, they have it all wrong!!!!
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posted on
07/31/2009 12:22:36 PM PDT
by
dalereed
To: SierraWasp
In the summer of 1989, Mr. Rostenkowski, then a congressman from Illinois and the powerful chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, was besieged by a crowd of 50 senior citizens in Chicago . . . the protesters -- shouting "coward," "recall" and "impeach" -- forced him to sprint through a gas station to his car. . . The protesters were angry about [a new Medicare law] . . .That law was soon repealed . . . the television images of Mr. Rostenkowski under assault struck fear in the hearts of politicians . . .
"Politicians were traumatized by the Rostenkowski episode," said Henry J. Aaron, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
Yes it's not the same -- the seniors in the Senator's office should be glad that they were merely trespassing.
If they did what seniors have done before in our history they could be charged with terrorism for going after a Rat Party (formerly the traditional, patriotic Democratic Party) leader or stalwart.
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posted on
07/31/2009 12:26:25 PM PDT
by
WilliamofCarmichael
(If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
To: subterfuge
Is stupidly even a real word? I wondered the same thing first time I heard it.
To: Indy Pendance
Thanks! I’m so glad this was caught on video.
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posted on
07/31/2009 12:42:51 PM PDT
by
keats5
(Not all of us are hypnotized.)
To: Indy Pendance
I think the LA Police acted stupidly. Even though they had proof the geezers were on their own property, they went ahead and arrested them.
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posted on
07/31/2009 12:45:07 PM PDT
by
6ppc
(It's torch and pitchfork time)
To: Indy Pendance
Its designed to get Press coverage. They knew they would not get to talk to the Senator.
But thats what we will all have to be doing, going and refusing to leave until those responsible for this Nazi health care are called to account for it.
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posted on
07/31/2009 12:47:01 PM PDT
by
Danae
(I AM JIM THOMPSON - Conservative does not equal Republican. Conservative does not compromise.)
To: TornadoAlley3
Re: care for clunkers ... almost fell off the chair laughing.
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posted on
07/31/2009 12:48:53 PM PDT
by
algernonpj
(He who pays the piper . . .)
To: Loud Mime
Why are the races of the seniors and the cops missing?
Obama is going to get together with them later and
share some cans of Metamucil.
“Maybe we’ll talk about other stuff, it all Depends.”, he said.
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posted on
07/31/2009 12:50:46 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: tet68
Obama is going to get together with them later and share some cans of Metamucil. Fiber Summit!!!
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posted on
07/31/2009 1:35:24 PM PDT
by
6ppc
(It's torch and pitchfork time)
To: bgill
Shes 76 years old herself. Doesnt she realize in this healthcare plan theres an iceburg with her name on it? Politicians are exempt from this new bill.
They get what ever care they wish to have, and get it right when they need it.
The Politburo is exempt from peasant problems.
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posted on
07/31/2009 2:42:46 PM PDT
by
Syncro
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