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G8 and Its Protesters- Loyal Opposition, or Anarchy?
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| 05-22-04
| The Heavy Equipment Guy
Posted on 05/22/2004 7:36:36 AM PDT by backhoe
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To: backhoe
I saw the guy from the bookstore at the village being interviewed on CNN this morning...
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posted on
06/07/2004 5:11:03 AM PDT
by
Amelia
To: Amelia
I saw the guy from the bookstore at the village being interviewed on CNN this morning...Cool! I guess we are about to get a Warholian 15-minute fame...
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posted on
06/07/2004 5:23:52 AM PDT
by
backhoe
(Just an old Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the Trackball into the Sunset...)
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posted on
06/07/2004 11:02:37 AM PDT
by
backhoe
(Just an old Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the Trackball into the Sunset...)
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posted on
06/07/2004 11:06:35 AM PDT
by
backhoe
(Just an old Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the Trackball into the Sunset...)
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| With protesters expected in Brunswick and on St. Simons Island during the Group of 8 Sea Island Summit, police from various agencies practice crowd control techniques Saturday below the Sidney Lanier Bridge. (Photo by Bobby Haven/The Brunswick News) |
| Bush arrives for G-8; security clamps down |
| Mon, Jun 7, 2004 |
Forces all put in place
By KAREN SLOAN
The Brunswick News
Driving around St. Simons Island, it's hard not to notice that the Group of 8 Sea Island Summit security force is in town and ready to go.
From convoys of Georgia State Patrol vehicles to military... |
| Locals greet plane |
| Mon, Jun 7, 2004 |
By BUD L. ELLIS
The Brunswick News
SAVANNAH — From the beaches of Normandy to the sands of the Golden Isles, President Bush arrived in Southeast Georgia Sunday night to play host to the Group of 8 Sea Island Summit.
Following an emotional weekend in whic... |
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posted on
06/07/2004 12:57:42 PM PDT
by
backhoe
(Just an old Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the Trackball into the Sunset...)
To: All
Note to all- the photo above?
Took a minute to place it as it looked familiar- the white pillars in the background are the lower pylons of the new Lanier bridge.
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posted on
06/07/2004 1:02:42 PM PDT
by
backhoe
(Just an old Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the Trackball into the Sunset...)
To: All
Little trouble expected from G8 here
Local law enforcement officials expect all to be quiet on the G8 front. Leaders of the world's top eight economic powers and their invited guests, including the president of the Iraqi interim government, will come to coastal Georgia for a series of meetings. While the world stage may be theirs, it is also a prime opportunity for activists and other groups to garner attention.
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posted on
06/07/2004 1:12:21 PM PDT
by
backhoe
(Just an old Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the Trackball into the Sunset...)
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posted on
06/08/2004 12:49:48 AM PDT
by
backhoe
(God bless, Mr. President. Pleasant journey.)
To: backhoe
Protesting has become a hobby for these people. It's the 'in' thing to do for the radical, frothing-at-the-mouth leftists. They don't care about anyone or anything.
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posted on
06/08/2004 12:54:41 AM PDT
by
dougherty
(I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. - Michelangelo)
To: Peach
There's just no ideal place to hold these summits, I guess,How about China. They wouldn't tolerate the BS these 'protestors' pull.
Yes, I believe in people's right to protest, but these are rabble rousers looking to pick a fight. Nothing more than a gang.
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posted on
06/08/2004 1:03:54 AM PDT
by
dougherty
(I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. - Michelangelo)
To: dougherty
Protesting has become a hobby for these people.I have always called them Professional Malcontents...
I note with some pleasure the articles I linked above counted their numbers as "10" and "30" at their last gatherings here- a far cry from their claimed "10,000."
The ones I passed marching into Brunswick last week were sweat-drenched, hot, tired, and strung out along US 17... it was obvious to me that they had no idea of the heat and distances and isolation involved in walking from Jacksonville to Brunswick.
No doubt they looked at a map and thought "Gee, it doesn't look very far at all! We'll just march up there and get some publicity!" What their maps didn't show them is the endless miles between towns, the lack of "facilities"- for food, water, or relieving oneself- the endless swamps, forests, and waterways beside the road, or the simple fact that most of us Southerners, while polite to a fault, really have no use for people like them who hate America and Americans.
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posted on
06/08/2004 1:19:56 AM PDT
by
backhoe
(God bless, Mr. President. Pleasant journey.)
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posted on
06/08/2004 2:07:54 AM PDT
by
backhoe
(Sleep tight, Ronnie... you reminded me of my Dad so much...)
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posted on
06/08/2004 2:25:14 AM PDT
by
backhoe
(Has that Clinton "legacy" made you feel safer yet?)
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A bicyclist in Neptune Park on St. Simons Island watches a U.S. Coast Guard vessel patrol the waters off the coast Sunday. (Photo by Bobby Haven/The Brunswick News)
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| Secure waterways come with a price for residents |
| Mon, Jun 7, 2004 |
By KAREN SLOAN
The Brunswick News
St. Simons Island residents Nancy and Mike Stanford didn't let the G-8 temporary water restrictions around the Golden Isles keep them from enjoying the use of their boat, the Nan-Sea.
They just decided not to leave the Go... |
| Checkpoints, delays awaiting motorists |
| Mon, Jun 7, 2004 |
By KAREN SLOAN
The Brunswick News
Motorists traveling to St. Simons are now being welcomed to the island with the flags of the eight G-8 nations and European Union, as well as by armed military personnel and local, state and federal police.
A number of tr... |
| Local police staying busy |
| Mon, Jun 7, 2004 |
By KAREN SLOAN
The Brunswick News
The U.S. Secret Service may be behind the wheel of Group of 8 Sea Island Summit security, but local police anticipate that their hands will be just as full during the summit, beyond the boundaries of Sea Island.
While con... |
| Glynn evolves into 'safest place in the world' |
| Mon, Jun 7, 2004 |
By DAVID ROYER
The Brunswick News
Glynn County may be the safest place in the world right now, say residents who are staying in town during the Group of 8 Sea Island Summit, Tuesday through Thursday.
The Humvees, helicopters and convoys of police cruisers... |
| Summit's impact already being felt around Savannah |
| Mon, Jun 7, 2004 |
By BUD L. ELLIS
The Brunswick News
SAVANNAH — En route from his home in Harrisburg, Ky., for a week's vacation along the Georgia coast, Mark Hicks heard about the upcoming Group of 8 Sea Island Summit.
The thought of turning around never crossed his mind.... |
| Summit clears out Village, business slows |
| Mon, Jun 7, 2004 |
By KAREN SLOAN
and CHRIS BRENNAMEN
The Brunswick News
On a normal summer Saturday afternoon, Beaches N' Cream owner Melissa Welford would be building up her biceps scooping ice cream for vacationing families.
Welford spent more time this Saturday sitting... |
| Area schools feeding officials, law enforcement |
| Mon, Jun 7, 2004 |
By MIRIAM HASKELL
The Brunswick News
For St. Simons Island Elementary School Principal Melinda Jacox, handing over the keys to her school last week felt a little like putting a teenager behind the wheel of a car for the first time.
"I had the same worries... |
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posted on
06/08/2004 3:59:14 AM PDT
by
backhoe
(Just an old Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the Trackball into the Sunset...)
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posted on
06/08/2004 10:33:30 AM PDT
by
backhoe
(Just an old Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the Trackball into the Sunset...)
To: backhoe
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posted on
06/08/2004 11:01:09 AM PDT
by
Peach
(The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
To: Peach
Thanks ( I think! ) for the link... it was a remarkable blend of condescension, elitism, and the sort of snobbery some Brits excel at... they just could not resist this coy little slur:
(Sea Island as in cotton, as in slaves)
As one born and bred on the Island, I can tell you they get it about half right, in between the little digs like the above.
The nearest national comparison I can think of would be to the Key West of 35+ years ago, but even that is inexact, for there were differences, subtle and not.
There's an old Arab saying, "the little Jackal barks, but the caravan continues on in the night," and so it will be here- we'll go on quite well after this is over & forgotten. As it will be inside of a week.
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posted on
06/08/2004 11:11:20 AM PDT
by
backhoe
(Just an old Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the Trackball into the Sunset...)
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posted on
06/08/2004 11:45:36 AM PDT
by
backhoe
(Just an old Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the Trackball into the Sunset...)
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posted on
06/08/2004 4:45:18 PM PDT
by
backhoe
(Just an old Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the Trackball into the Sunset...)
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Wooden barriers covered the windows at Maggie's Boutique Monday. A sign welcomed G-8 attendees and apologized for the closing. (Photo by Nancy R. Bartlett/The Brunswick News)
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| Traffic moving smoothly |
| Tue, Jun 8, 2004 |
By KAREN SLOAN
The Brunswick News
After being told by the Secret Service and local police to expect up to an hour delay driving to St. Simons Island on the F.J. Torras Causeway at peak traffic times during the week of the Group of 8 Sea Island Summit, res... |
| Hospital reports business as usual |
| Tue, Jun 8, 2004 |
By AMY HORTON
The Brunswick News
Aside from a few hostile encounters with visitors chafed by tighter security measures implemented this weekend, all is well at the Brunswick hospital of the Southeast Georgia Health System.
"Hospital preparedness is provin... |
| Impact of G-8 amiss for some |
| Tue, Jun 8, 2004 |
By TESHARA KITCHEN
The Brunswick News
It has been business and life as usual in Brunswick and the Golden Isles on the eve of the Group of 8 Sea Island Summit.
Many residents were saying Monday that effects of the summit were either missing or invisible i... |
| Residents lend a hand to security |
| Tue, Jun 8, 2004 |
By KAREN SLOAN
The Brunswick News
Nearly every soldier with the Georgia National Guard who has been deployed to Iraq over the past two years will attest to the fact that serving in the Golden Isles during the Group of 8 Sea Island Summit is a far more co... |
| Mayor - Savannah is ready to shine |
| Tue, Jun 8, 2004 |
By JACK MORSE
The Brunswick News
Long before world leaders, military troops and law enforcement personnel began to converge in Glynn County for the Group of 8 Sea Island Summit, Alex Morrison, owner of The Cigar Guy Inc. on St. Simons Island, decided that... |
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posted on
06/08/2004 11:47:49 PM PDT
by
backhoe
(Sleep tight, Ronnie... you reminded me of my Dad so much...)
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