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Massive protest roils downtown
sacbee.com ^ | Published 2:15 a.m. PDT Monday, June 23, 2003 | By Dorothy Korber, Terri Hardy and Elizabeth Hume -- Bee Staff Writers

Posted on 06/23/2003 10:23:45 AM PDT by bicycle thug

Edited on 04/12/2004 5:51:39 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

The chaotic scene was a precursor to an even larger rally and march beginning at 10 a.m. today at the state Capitol. Organizers have taken out a march permit for 8,000 people. Their target: an international agriculture conference, hosted by the U.S. government, that starts today at the Sacramento Convention Center.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: anarchy; blackshirts; freetrade; gmfood; gmo; green; kalifornia; protest; riots; usda; worldtrade; wto
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What a mess.
1 posted on 06/23/2003 10:23:45 AM PDT by bicycle thug
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To: bicycle thug
One booth promoting a vegetarian diet quickly sold out of T-shirts reading "If it has a face, don't eat it."

Does a chicken have a face?

2 posted on 06/23/2003 10:26:38 AM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Dog Gone
One booth promoting a vegetarian diet quickly sold out of T-shirts reading "If it has a face, don't eat it."

Does a chicken have a face?

I don't know, but I'm guessing a head of lettuce is out of the question.

3 posted on 06/23/2003 10:28:45 AM PDT by nravoter (I've given a name to my pain, and it's "Hillary".)
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To: nravoter
ROFL
4 posted on 06/23/2003 10:29:26 AM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: bicycle thug
"Hundreds of us are gathered here to say 'No' to the corporate takeover of the food system," said Leda Dederich, an organizer of the protest, which she said drew more than 130 groups.

Nobody's forcing her to eat "corporate food". She could always buy some land and grow her own. Of course that would entail actual work. It's much more fun to organize protests.

5 posted on 06/23/2003 10:32:36 AM PDT by Hugin
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To: nravoter
If soap had a face, we would know why so many of these guys are strangers to it.
6 posted on 06/23/2003 10:33:03 AM PDT by bicycle thug
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To: bicycle thug; BlueLancer; Poohbah; Constitution Day; Catspaw; hellinahandcart
Welcome to FreeRepublic.

The name bicycle thug will likely raise a few eyebrows. Are you with these "activists" or against them?

7 posted on 06/23/2003 10:36:44 AM PDT by dighton (NLC™)
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To: bicycle thug
If soap had a face, we would know why so many of these guys are strangers to it.

Like the old joke:

Q: How do you hide money from a hippy?
A: Put it under the soap!

8 posted on 06/23/2003 10:36:49 AM PDT by nravoter (I've given a name to my pain, and it's "Hillary".)
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To: bicycle thug
I've caught these ''anarchist'' acts before,when they start up they need to be shot on sight.
They dress like Ninjas, carry steel ball bearings and slingshots, I saw them fire into crowds of people and at police and horses in Cincinnati.
9 posted on 06/23/2003 10:37:38 AM PDT by DEPUTYMAYTAG (whatwouldTonysopranodo)
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To: nravoter
I don't know, but I'm guessing a head of lettuce is out of the question.

What about an ear of corn?

10 posted on 06/23/2003 10:38:19 AM PDT by cardinal4 (The Senate Armed Services Comm; the Chinese pipeline into US secrets)
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To: bicycle thug
From the pathetic piece:

"The first arrest came at 4:30 p.m., when a woman stepped into the street, blocking a CHP motorcycle officer. When he asked her to move, she refused, forcing him to lay down his cycle. The woman, 19-year-old Marissa Lopez of Rio Linda, then spit at two officers, according to police."

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Oh boy...another wonderful example of pathetic reporting..

Let me get this right. This idiot from "Rio Linda" I know, I know...that's redundant..!! Ha!! But anyway...this idiot steps into the street...and the CHP MC officer...has enough time to tell her to get out of the way....she doesn't and he has to "lay his bike down"!!!

This doesn't make sense......Sounds like more Bee baloney...from the Bee.

FRegards,

11 posted on 06/23/2003 10:38:19 AM PDT by Osage Orange (The Clinton's hearts are as dark as the devil's riding boots.......)
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To: cardinal4
What about an ear of corn?

Yep, another vegetaboo.

12 posted on 06/23/2003 10:40:01 AM PDT by nravoter (I've given a name to my pain, and it's "Hillary".)
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To: dighton
Biker thug was taken, so my wife reminded me I was a boy with asperations for a Harley when I was a kid on a Schwinn Sting Ray bike, so there you have it.
13 posted on 06/23/2003 10:42:01 AM PDT by bicycle thug
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To: nravoter; dighton; L,TOWM; Constitution Day; general_re
"I don't know, but I'm guessing a head of lettuce is out of the question."

And that would leave out potatoes as well, wouldn't it?
I mean, after all, don't they have eyes?


14 posted on 06/23/2003 10:42:36 AM PDT by BlueLancer (Der Elite Møøsenspåånkængruppen ØberKømmååndø (EMØØK))
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To: BlueLancer
And that would leave out potatoes as well, wouldn't it?
I mean, after all, don't they have eyes?

Another addition for the category mentioned in Post # 12!

15 posted on 06/23/2003 10:44:59 AM PDT by nravoter (I've given a name to my pain, and it's "Hillary".)
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To: bicycle thug; BlueLancer; Poohbah; Constitution Day; Catspaw; hellinahandcart
My apologies for jumping the gun in #7. Seeing the headline "massive protest" and and the name "bicycle thug," I formed a false mental picture of a "Critical Mass" nuisance.
16 posted on 06/23/2003 10:48:16 AM PDT by dighton (NLC™)
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To: farmfriend
ping
17 posted on 06/23/2003 10:49:08 AM PDT by Libertarianize the GOP (Ideas have consequences)
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To: dighton
PS -- Memo to self, next time READ the article.
18 posted on 06/23/2003 10:49:11 AM PDT by dighton (NLC™)
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To: nravoter
Nice one!
19 posted on 06/23/2003 10:49:57 AM PDT by Rebelbase (........The bartender yells, "hey get out of here, we don't serve breakfast!")
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To: dighton; Lazamataz
PS -- Memo to self, next time READ the article.

Lazamataz has no such compunction, a fact that his tagline will attest to. ;^)

20 posted on 06/23/2003 10:51:38 AM PDT by Constitution Day (Have *you* taunted a liberal today?)
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