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In Wisconsin, a jarring new note in discordant debate
Reuters ^ | 2/23/11 | James B. Kelleher

Posted on 02/23/2011 5:22:15 PM PST by chickadee

If the protesters were looking for some peace and quiet, they may not get it soon.

For the past week, the volume of the protests here has been at times deafening, thanks to dozens of drummers who have kept up their pounding and cheering often well into the night.

Now comes word that vuvuzuelas, those long plastic horns so popular among fans at last year's World Cup in South Africa, are about to add to the din.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: protest; vuvuzuela; wisconsin; wisconsinshowdown
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This is what a vuvuzuela sounds like

If this materializes, it is time for the police to take action.
1 posted on 02/23/2011 5:22:20 PM PST by chickadee
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To: chickadee

Use a vuvuzuela,go to jail.


2 posted on 02/23/2011 5:23:57 PM PST by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: chickadee

Trouble is, the Police are kindred union spirits as well. Bring in the National Guard.


3 posted on 02/23/2011 5:24:57 PM PST by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: chickadee

Last year during the cup, I termed Baraq the human vuvuzela.

Some things never change, LOL


4 posted on 02/23/2011 5:24:57 PM PST by nascarnation
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To: chickadee
If this materializes, it is time for the police to take action.

The unionized police?

5 posted on 02/23/2011 5:25:36 PM PST by Interesting Times (WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
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To: chickadee

Vuvuzuelas!!!! Clear proof of fiendish terrorism!!


6 posted on 02/23/2011 5:25:50 PM PST by JimSEA
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To: gorush

I wasn’t thinking of arrest - I was just thinking confiscation of the horns. If the police aren’t willing to keep order in the Capitol, then, yes, call in the National Guard to collect the vuvuzuela.


7 posted on 02/23/2011 5:26:27 PM PST by chickadee
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To: chickadee

They are still camped out INSIDE the Capitol?

This would not have lasted one night if conservatives had done this.


8 posted on 02/23/2011 5:27:08 PM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: chickadee

I hope crates of skunks don’t get let loose in the crowd. That would just be awful...


9 posted on 02/23/2011 5:27:23 PM PST by SampleMan (If all of the people currently oppressed shared a common geography, bullets would already be flying.)
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To: chickadee

Have the Wisconsin State Capitol buildings been cleared yet?? Are the leftist riff-raff still camping out there? If they want to protest and raise a ruckus outside who cares?


10 posted on 02/23/2011 5:28:18 PM PST by dennisw ( The early bird catches the worm)
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To: chickadee

Perfect - they will embark on the most odious and noxious publicity failure ever. No one likes that sound and it never stops. Perfect.


11 posted on 02/23/2011 5:28:42 PM PST by corkoman
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To: SampleMan

Rabid skunks.


12 posted on 02/23/2011 5:29:18 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: chickadee

If the police refuse to do their jobs, then replace them.


13 posted on 02/23/2011 5:29:24 PM PST by All Blue State
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To: GeronL

Oh, yes. The policy toward the homeless was let them in until 6 p.m. then toss them out. But these banana slugs are allowed to stay.

Perhaps we should see if we can get some Tea Party people to get some vuvuzuelas of their own and blow them randomly at night in the echo of the Capitol building. Isn’t that what the CIA did to Noriega?


14 posted on 02/23/2011 5:30:12 PM PST by chickadee
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To: chickadee

How about somebody go in there with a big ole tuba and play patriotic numbers all night? Maybe in shifts?


15 posted on 02/23/2011 5:32:33 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Hawk)
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To: dennisw

I bet my German Shepherds could clear the building in 10 minutes or less.


16 posted on 02/23/2011 5:32:38 PM PST by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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I hope crates of skunks don’t get let loose in the crowd. That would just be awful...

The smell there would just offend the skunk

17 posted on 02/23/2011 5:32:45 PM PST by digger48
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To: HiTech RedNeck

It’s been about 40 years but I’ve oompahed out a few Sousa tunes in my day.


18 posted on 02/23/2011 5:34:55 PM PST by digger48
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To: dennisw

Why doesn’t anybody answer this question???


19 posted on 02/23/2011 5:35:28 PM PST by timestax (Why not drug tests for the President AND all White Hut staff ? ? ?)
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To: nascarnation

Last year during the cup, I termed Baraq the human vuvuzela.
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I always thought of him as another part of the female anatomy that starts with a ‘v’.


20 posted on 02/23/2011 5:36:45 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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