NYPD fed GOP Protesters Soy Sandwiches

New York Daily News ^ | Sept. 12, 2004 | ManhattanConservative

[ManhattanConservative]

Bloomberg denied the city was operating what some called Guantanamo-on-the-Hudson. "It's not Club Med," he said. "But we even served soy sandwiches for vegetarians here."

[ManhattanConservative]

I know this late, but I new to freerepublic and I thought this was kind of funny.

[xm177e2]

Soy Sandwiches? That's torture!

[aft_lizard]

Oh the Humanity!

[doug from upland]

I like some of the fake chicken patties and other items made from soy. They should have fed them something that induced projectile vomiting and stomach cramps.

[76834]

Welcome aboard.
If they had been in Texas, at least a few years ago, they could have had "Vitapro"

Yum.....

[T'wit]

>> Guantanamo-on-the-Hudson

THAT made me laugh out loud.

[bluefish]

Soy is full of phytoestorgens.

Some speculate that this could have a feminizing effect on men.

This might explain why male liberal vegetarian types are such whiny girly-men.

[Dacus943]

"NYPD fed GOP Protesters Soy Sandwiches"

Screw'em!

Oatmeal for breakfast, Oatmeal for lunch, and Left-overs for Dinner!

[finnman69]

They 'think' it was soy.

[76834]

Agree.
Should have fed them nothing but Spam and buttermilk.

[CWOJackson]

And people call NYC liberal. During the WTO in Seattle the major personally served them pizza.

[aruanan]

"But we even served soy sandwiches for vegetarians here."

Should have been soylent green sandwiches.

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

I don't see the problem with the soy.

1. It is food.

2. It is a food product that is acceptable to all religious groups as well as vegetarians.

3. It is economical so that the PD stays within their budget while feeding large amount of inmates.

4. It might provide some an incentive to not get arrested again.

[IncPen]

I thought the whole point of protesting was to be a martyr for 'the cause' when 'the man' came 'down on you'

They're complaining about the food?

"What's this?! No chutney!? Get me a lawyer!"

[VRWCTexan]

HOUSTON CHRONICLE Sunday August 17, 2003

Two years after conviction, VitaPro saga continues By KRISTEN HAYS Associated Press Writer © 2003 The Associated Press

Since getting convicted two years ago of running an illegal kickback scheme in the mid-1990s, a former Texas prisons chief has enjoyed vacations and the president of a Canadian meat substitute company continues to reside in the Bahamas.

Neither James A. "Andy" Collins or Yank Barry have been sentenced, and neither their attorneys or prosecutors have any idea when U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes will put that final stamp on their case.

Collins, of Austin, was found guilty Aug. 20, 2001 of taking at least $20,000 from Montreal-based VitaPro Foods Inc. in exchange for pushing through a five-year, $33.7 million contract to distribute a soy-based granular substance to Texas inmates to cut food costs.

VitaPro president Yank Barry was convicted of the same charges _ bribery, fraud, money laundering and conspiracy _ for paying the bribes.

[ProudVet77]

Should have fed them soylent green.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I thought this was kind of funny.

You're judgment is impeccable, you've earned your wings, Freeper Second Class M/C!

[July 4th]

I think feeding them MRE's would be a good solution too. They'd learn what our soldiers sometimes have to eat, plus the high-cal crackers and bread would stop them up so bad the jail bathroom would be a form of quasi-torture.

[Fiddlstix]

Welcome to FR

[TitanicMan2003]

Soy?!?! Have they no heart???

However, anyone want to bet that the protestors in Boston got food in their cages? I'd give you lousy odds on that.

MGY