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Post by shadow1 on Apr 18, 2007 15:25:36 GMT -4
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Post by Rich Fisher on Apr 18, 2007 16:16:52 GMT -4
I understand why everyone protests in DC, but seriously - people rarely notice them. I walk past some protst or another every other day. It's so commonplace that they just blend in. If I were heading a group of protestors, i'd go to a city that isn't as used to it to get media coverage and to get people to pay attention. Here they are only wasting their time it seems.
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Post by outlaw on Apr 18, 2007 17:54:33 GMT -4
I understand their frustration, but it sounds like this is going to cause a lot of road rage. Annoying the people whose support they desire is counterproductive.
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Post by baycitydan on Apr 19, 2007 0:45:26 GMT -4
It will mean nothing and only piss everyone off. Dumb idea.
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Post by Frank on Apr 19, 2007 8:42:39 GMT -4
If you want to make a point, shut the trucks off! America depends on trucks for almost all transportation of goods around the country. I would have no sympathy for them if it screwed up my commute intentionally. Maybe I'm just selfish.
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Post by ljp on Apr 19, 2007 10:09:10 GMT -4
a trucker strike? that would probably just open the doors for the new drivers they are protesting. It may sound like a waste of time, but do any of you remember the time that Clinton decided to take a ride from 'the office' to Andrews during rush hour but came up 395 to No.Va and rode on 495 through Mont. County, then PG Cty.? and did I mention it was during rush hour? they blocked off every exit so that no one was in front of or behind his motorcadefor miles. Kept traffic snarled for hours while everyone waited for him to pass. There was a huge stink about it, literally I think everyone who traveled the Beltway that day complained, It went on and on for weeks!! After that the Pres started flying to Andrews.
Yes we are used to protests but this one (especially if they don't drive the speed limit) will draw some attention...
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Post by shadow1 on Apr 19, 2007 11:30:13 GMT -4
If this occurs, and it sounds like it will to some extent, they're not only talking DC, though it's obviously going to their main objective, but as many city and state government buildings also.
Annapolis? Baltimore?
Yeah, there will be many p*ssed off people, including me - who knows what impact it's going to have to their cause. Find a way to inconvenience the government, not the people - though I guess that's their way to get to the government.
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Post by BlueMule on Apr 19, 2007 12:27:02 GMT -4
It will have about as much positive impact as the guy got who drove his tractor in the pond in Constitutional Gardens in DC.
Wasn't a protest similar to this attempted back in the '70s protesting the 55mph speed limit or diesel fuel prices or both? It seems there were rolling road blocks all around I-495 and up and down what was then known as I-70S (now I-270).
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Post by kl on Apr 19, 2007 14:44:17 GMT -4
They've done a couple of those rolling roadblocks in the Virginia 95, 495 corridors. Was in one, until I recalled an article I read. I then honked my horn, kept flashing my lights, pumping my fist, giving shoutouts to the truckers. They let me in, and let me thru, before they closed up again. What's wrong with protesting? It is their right, and I say power to them.
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Post by BlueMule on Apr 19, 2007 15:01:04 GMT -4
They've done a couple of those rolling roadblocks in the Virginia 95, 495 corridors. Was in one, until I recalled an article I read. I then honked my horn, kept flashing my lights, pumping my fist, giving shoutouts to the truckers. They let me in, and let me thru, before they closed up again. What's wrong with protesting? It is their right, and I say power to them. Nothing wrong with protesting. My point is you'll be hard pressed to gain support for your cause if all you succeed in doing is angering the voting public.
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