Second Day of Arrests in Front of White House

deminks

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Sun Aug-21-11 01:00 PM
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Second Day of Arrests in Front of White House

Edited on Sun Aug-21-11 01:02 PM by deminks

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/DC-Second-Day-of-Arrests-in-Front-of-White-House-128150338.html

Forty-five activists protesting a proposed oil pipeline were taken away in restraints for the second straight day by U.S. Park Police.

On Sunday, a large crowd formed in Lafayette Park, rallying against the unbuilt Keystone XL pipeline. Plans call for the pipeline to stretch from the tar fields in Canada all the way to the Gulf of Mexico.

The group organizing the protest, Tar Sands Action, said this pipeline is the most important decision President Obama has to make on the environment. They told News4 the protests will continue for the next two weeks.

On Saturday, Park Police arrested 65 protesters.

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More info here:

http://www.americablog.com/2011/08/day-2-of-protests-to-stop-obama-from.html

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William769

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Sun Aug-21-11 01:10 PM
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1. Thats one way to get seniors Social Security.

Edited on Sun Aug-21-11 01:13 PM by William769

http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/654*368/protest_oil_white_house.jpg

ON EDIT: picture won't link, look at picture in the story.

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Ozymanithrax

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Sun Aug-21-11 01:20 PM
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2. This type of actions is important...

it is a pitty that more people on the east coast are not doing this.

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Hatchling

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Mon Aug-22-11 06:50 AM
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3. Why are they being arrested?

Are protests illegal now?

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Bluebear

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Mon Aug-22-11 06:57 AM
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4. Our new America

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RegieRocker

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Mon Aug-22-11 06:58 AM
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5. I really like your tag line!

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Bluebear

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Mon Aug-22-11 07:07 AM
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7. Thanks Reg

It's quite the quote.

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NashVegas

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Mon Aug-22-11 07:06 AM
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6. Because Shooting Them Might Cause Embarrassment

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Joe Fields

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Mon Aug-22-11 07:42 AM
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8. The White House could stop the arrests if it wanted to.

Obama could easily call off the dogs, so this is pretty much the answer to the question as to whether or not he will sign an order to stop the building of the pipeline.

Epic fail on the part of the administration.

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