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Protestors Arrested at Liberal Event
580 CFRA Radio, Canada ^ | 8-28-04 | Kris Sims and Darren McEwen

Posted on 08/29/2004 6:04:46 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Three people are being questioned by police and another is in hospital after anti-poverty activists crashed an Ontario Liberal Party barbecue in Toronto.

About 100 Members of Ontario Coalition Against Poverty gathered outside the event yelling at party members.

In a news release issued earlier this week, the coalition called the fundraiser ``a disgusting exercise in groundless self-congratulation that needs to be responded to.''

Police reportedly used pepper spray to subdue protesters.

Premier Dalton McGuinty's office responded to the event saying the leader has worked hard in his first year as premier to try to eliminate poverty.


TOPICS: Canada; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: socialism; socialists
liberals = anarchists
1 posted on 08/29/2004 6:04:46 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What this cries out for is the Conservative Coalition For Poverty.


2 posted on 08/29/2004 6:18:36 AM PDT by Valin (It Could Be that the Purpose of Your Life is Only to Serve as a Warning to Others.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
About 100 Members of Ontario Coalition Against Poverty gathered outside the event yelling at party members.

Did there own coalition memebers protest their own gathering? Aren't all Canadians liberal?

3 posted on 08/29/2004 6:22:02 AM PDT by sirchtruth (Do you just think I fell off a turnip truck?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I'm telling you these people are getting out of hand and if something isn't done they will wreak havoc with the rule of law and civil society.


4 posted on 08/29/2004 6:24:08 AM PDT by McGavin999 (If Kerry can't deal with the "Republican Attack Machine" how is he going to deal with Al Qaeda)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Is this "Liberal and Liberaler"?


5 posted on 08/29/2004 6:26:28 AM PDT by AmericanChef
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
According to the Toronto Sun they were chanting:

Chanting "Fee fi fo fum, I smell Liberal scum," Ontario Coalition Against Poverty activists soon began shouting obscenities -- "Dalton McGuinty, F--- you!" -- upon coming face to face with the 25 or so police officers and eight mounted cops guarding the large house owned by host Joseph Kurian, 70.

6 posted on 08/29/2004 6:55:42 AM PDT by Lorenb420
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
a disgusting exercise in groundless self-congratulation

I thought that was the definition of liberalism.

7 posted on 08/29/2004 6:57:51 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (W-04!)
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To: AmericanChef

Left and Lefter.


8 posted on 08/29/2004 7:00:36 AM PDT by BenLurkin (http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/staticpages/index.php?page=20040401190152572)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
"Police reportedly used pepper spray to subdue protesters."

That's it?

How about tear gas and bloody heads like in the good old days?:)

9 posted on 08/29/2004 7:00:52 AM PDT by BobS
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How about tear gas and bloody heads like in the good old days?:)

This is CANADA we are talking about... the move to pepper spray only came after the police were done asking "move, please, pretty please please, with nuts and bananas and whipped cream with a cherry on top"?

When Canadian police fire their guns, a little stick comes out, and a piece of fabric drops from the stick. On the cloth are the words, "BANG".

10 posted on 08/29/2004 7:59:26 AM PDT by ikka
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

A pox on protestors and protestees alike.


11 posted on 08/29/2004 11:53:20 AM PDT by jodorowsky (Ensemble, ca marche stupide, Canada, Together We're Dumber!)
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