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Retirees arrested at Sen. Feinstein's LA office
AP ^ | 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: Marysecretary

“Good lord, 50-59 isn’t old,guys.”

Trust me. It’s old. I’m there. Not fun.


81 posted on 07/31/2009 3:59:27 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: WilliamofCarmichael
"...forced him to sprint through a gas station to his car. . . "

I remember that well! They even rocked his car after he got in it!!!

What was so funny is that Reagan got the supposed offensive bill passed which would have made the program financially sound today, but Rosty took all the anger!!!

At least that's the way I remember it... Of course Rosty Rostenkowski ended up in prison for quite some time after riding so high during the Reagan years.

82 posted on 07/31/2009 4:29:40 PM PDT by SierraWasp (Galloping suffocating American Socialism stinks like BO!!!)
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To: Luke21

Well, I’m 70 and I’m not old.


83 posted on 07/31/2009 6:57:42 PM PDT by Marysecretary (GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL!)
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To: TomOnTheRun

If they were in a conference room,as stated, there were still options for them to talk to her even if she was in DC.

There are conference phones and also video phones, if I was them and she wasn’t in state, I’d insist on a video conference. She or her office staff could have arranged a video conference, then or at a specified time, if she was really interested in their opinions/input. Obviously she’s not. Wonder why they keep sending her back, her opinion of them is obvious.


84 posted on 08/01/2009 11:03:10 AM PDT by tickles
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To: EdReform; Abathar; Abcdefg; Abram; Abundy; akatel; albertp; AlexandriaDuke; Alexander Rubin; ...
So much for being a 'public servant', eh DiFi?



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85 posted on 08/04/2009 7:24:26 AM PDT by bamahead (Avoid self-righteousness like the devil- nothing is so self-blinding. -- B.H. Liddell Hart)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

They must not have gotten the memo from the AARP.


86 posted on 08/04/2009 8:53:10 AM PDT by Pining_4_TX
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To: MrB

You should ask your libinlaw why we aren’t pushing for government provided food. Heck, food is higher on the “hierarchy of needs.” Wouldn’t it make sense to meet the most basic needs first.


87 posted on 08/04/2009 9:07:32 AM PDT by CSM (Business is too big too fail... Government is too big to succeed... I am too small to matter...)
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To: silverleaf
-- ... mandatory end-of-life counseling every 5 years (annually for your chronically ill in laws) ... --

Probably unconstitutional proselytizing the Islam faith.

88 posted on 08/04/2009 9:11:48 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Indy Pendance

guess she isn’t so open for discussion. this should be broadcast through the nation, our kings and queens don’t want to talk to the pesants who they tax to death


89 posted on 08/04/2009 11:07:36 AM PDT by Munz (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
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