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cory777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 12:14 AM Original message |
As Gulf Disaster Unfolds, NYers Hold Hands to Protest Off-Shore Drilling |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
1. But what are they DOING?! |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 12:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. It is called grass roots |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 01:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Well, the grass roots needs to learn how to fucking protest |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 01:14 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Can I K&R this post? |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 12:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Remember Hands Accross America to fight homelessness? |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 01:02 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Yeah, they should just stay home |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 01:06 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. They had 200 people. They could have protested more effectively |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 01:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. said the person who is posting on an internet message board |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 01:21 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. That's the argument you're going with, huh? |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 01:17 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. They got all sorts of media attention |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 01:29 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. This was a WORLD-WIDE event. See comment #2 on this thread. n/t |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 01:15 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. I marched against the Iraq War twice in 2003 and 2004 |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 01:18 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Dick Cheney supposedly isn't in charge any more |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 01:14 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. you assume, like the other poster, that protestors do nothing else |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 01:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Sheesh, how do you know that they aren't doing anything? |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 01:24 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Did you know that literacy rates are steadily slipping in America? |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 06:31 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. you criticize them for protesting because there are better ways of protesting |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 07:12 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. ++++++ |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 11:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. You're seriously going with that. Amazing |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 01:10 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. yes i'm going with that because you keep going with mocking them for being ineffective |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 01:45 AM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Actually being seen on the news for a cause is important. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 07:51 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. you complain that they aren't doing anything, while you are doing less by posting on a message board |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 11:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. I'm pretty sure you don't |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 01:09 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Yes getting on CNN is hardly a groundbreaking |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 01:13 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. I'm pleased that they are awakening. |
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Slit Skirt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 09:42 AM Response to Reply #1 |
25. I was part of the protest... |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 11:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. I've been contacting family and acquaintances down south |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 09:01 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Excellent points here and earlier in the thread. |
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Slit Skirt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 09:35 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. hey let me explain something to you |
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ShamelessHussy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 10:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
26. sending a visible message to our leaders of what they want |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
2. Video link of the event and a link to send letters - see below |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
19. Florida, Too |
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sce56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 01:57 AM Response to Original message |
20. Not just in NY all across the Globe! |
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Slit Skirt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
24. We did it in Colorado too....over our lakes |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
29. how thoughtful of them (sarcasm icon!) |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
34. I participated in Gulf Shores, AL |
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