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Activists protest bonuses at AIG executives' homes
Yahoo News ^ | 3/21/09 | JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN

Posted on 03/21/2009 12:39:33 PM PDT by RedStateGuyTrappedinCT

FAIRFIELD, Conn. – A busload of activists — outnumbered 2-to-1 by reporters and photographers — are paying visits to the homes of American International Group Inc. executives in Connecticut to protest tens of millions in bonuses awarded by the company.

About 40 protesters parked at a cul-de-sac Saturday afternoon and walked to the Fairfield home of Douglas Polling. They were met on the curb by two security guards, and one activist read a letter detailing the financial struggles that many Connecticut residents have faced. The group then left the note in Polling's mailbox.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: acorn; aig; aigbonuses; du
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To: avacado

“The protesters are misguided!”

Yeah, they’re guided by the left wing organizers of the demonstration. Which qualifies as misguided.


21 posted on 03/21/2009 12:49:34 PM PDT by popdonnelly (I don't live my life to make liberals and leftists happy.)
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To: RedStateGuyTrappedinCT
“Activist” = envious, hateful, self-centered, self-righteous idiot who likely has too much time on his/her hands because of not making adequate and appropriate efforts to work and be productive. Also known as Complainicus blameeveryoneelseicus.
22 posted on 03/21/2009 12:50:54 PM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: Jim Noble

Brown with an obama arm band


23 posted on 03/21/2009 12:51:09 PM PDT by jesseam (Been there and done that!)
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To: RedStateGuyTrappedinCT

Enough is enough. It’s past time to get organized and respond to these left wing goons.


24 posted on 03/21/2009 12:51:38 PM PDT by popdonnelly (I don't live my life to make liberals and leftists happy.)
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To: SkyDancer

That was my first thought. Lefty protesters....aren’t too bright.


25 posted on 03/21/2009 12:52:12 PM PDT by FourPeas (I am the pink flamingo on the great lawn of life.)
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To: Jim Noble

green


26 posted on 03/21/2009 12:52:13 PM PDT by ichabod1 (I am rolling over in my grave and I am not even dead yet (GOP Poet))
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To: RedStateGuyTrappedinCT

The whole mess (from Bawney demanding names to basically demonizing and blackballing an entire profession) reeks of McCarthyism.


27 posted on 03/21/2009 12:55:29 PM PDT by dawn53
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To: FourPeas

Were there cops or just the security guys .....but then cops probably don’t know the law regarding po boxes ...


28 posted on 03/21/2009 12:56:05 PM PDT by SkyDancer ('Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..' ~ Thomas Jefferson)
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To: RedStateGuyTrappedinCT
Karl Rove has got to be jealous of the job the media and Democrats have pulled off.

Simple sleight of hand is easy to pull on morons who trust the Government. "Look Here, look here" so they don't see who is really draining their hopes and dreams of the American Way.

29 posted on 03/21/2009 12:57:20 PM PDT by BallyBill (Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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To: freedumb2003

Well, they are hiring private security guards. Truly sad when the Administration whips up its emotional minions to target individuals like this.


30 posted on 03/21/2009 12:57:32 PM PDT by caseinpoint (Don't get thickly involved in thin things)
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To: RedStateGuyTrappedinCT
When will Americans see what is happening here. The 165 Million paid to the AIG execs is a drop in the bucket. The protests are a distraction while Obama racks up Trillions of $’s in debt. The MSM will not blame Obama when anything goes wrong.
31 posted on 03/21/2009 1:02:31 PM PDT by mfish13
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To: All

THE DETACHMENT FROM REALITY ON THIS THREAD IS EVIDENCE WHY REPUBLICANS WILL LOSE MORE SEATS IN 2010.


32 posted on 03/21/2009 1:05:04 PM PDT by Tempest (Ayn Rand is morally dead.)
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To: Jim Noble

What color are the shirts?

Baby shit green?


33 posted on 03/21/2009 1:08:46 PM PDT by UltraKonservativen (( YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID!!!))
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To: Jim Noble

What color are the shirts?

Baby shit green?


34 posted on 03/21/2009 1:10:14 PM PDT by UltraKonservativen (( YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID!!!))
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To: RedStateGuyTrappedinCT

United States Code
TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 83 - POSTAL SERVICE

U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04

Section 1725. Postage unpaid on deposited mail matter

Whoever knowingly and willfully deposits any mailable matter such as statements of accounts, circulars, sale bills, or other like matter, on which no postage has been paid, in any letter box established, approved, or accepted by the Postal Service for the receipt or delivery of mail matter on any mail route with intent to avoid payment of lawful postage thereon, shall for each such offense be fined under this title.


35 posted on 03/21/2009 1:10:35 PM PDT by angkor
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To: RedStateGuyTrappedinCT

Try this kind of conduct in front of an abortion clinic and the local cops would be arresting people by the truckload.


36 posted on 03/21/2009 1:10:49 PM PDT by alancarp (Ban all H1B visas and solve unemployment instantly -- for free.)
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To: RedStateGuyTrappedinCT

Now this kind of action is REALLY dangerous. Someone alert Bill Maher and Keith Olbermann fast — oh wait, these loons were probably watching MSNBC before the bus left.


37 posted on 03/21/2009 1:11:53 PM PDT by boroman
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To: mfish13

>>>> When will Americans see what is happening here. <<<<<<

Lots of folks see this as the kangaroo court and manufactured distraction that it actually is.

You are not alone.


38 posted on 03/21/2009 1:12:39 PM PDT by angkor
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To: RedStateGuyTrappedinCT
Just more of the same from your friendly leftist neighborhood thugs: http://sweetness-light.com/archive/acorn-behind-protests-at-aig-ct-homes

But don't underestimate them . . . as Sweetness & Light points out there is a method to their madness: http://sweetness-light.com/archive/the-many-tentacles-of-cloward-piven

and: http://sweetness-light.com/archive/cloward-piven-acorn-and-aig-protests

39 posted on 03/21/2009 1:13:05 PM PDT by clifcrds (To be safe . . . get used to saying "Yes, He Cares For The Poor".)
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To: duckman
Really sickening. Thank you zero.

They won't stop until they cause a civil war and then Zero can call out the troops, declare martial law, and lock up all the dissenters that are still alive.

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40 posted on 03/21/2009 1:13:34 PM PDT by greyfoxx39 (Recession-Your neighbor loses his job, Depression-you lost your job, Recovery-Obama loses HIS job.)
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