| |||||||
| Register | Blogs | Forum Rules | FAQ | Members List | Social Groups | Calendar | Search | Today's Posts | Mark Forums Read |
| US Politics Forum A Forum Dedicated to US Politics, Issues, Topics and News. |
![]() |
| | LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
| |||
| The 11 activists also were charged with the misdemeanor crime of climbing on Mount Rushmore National Monument, U.S. Attorney Marty Jackley said. They pleaded not guilty to all charges. The environmental group Greenpeace said in a statement that its members used the park service's existing rock anchors to scale the mountain and unfurl a 65-by-35-foot banner reading, "America honors leaders not politicians: Stop Global Warming." Mount Rushmore Ranger Nav Singh said security warnings and tourists alerted officials when the banner was unrolled. The banner was removed about an hour after it was unfurled. "You can't create any security system that's 100 percent fail-safe. There's just not enough resources for that," Singh said. "Determined individuals that are properly equipped and willing to do damage to government property can do this sort of thing." Twelve people were taken away in handcuffs and foot chains. The 12th person taken into custody was released without being charged, Jackley said. The National Park Service said in a statement that its staff and security detected the activists early and responded "within minutes." Visitors were not in danger, authorities said. Park service staff remained at the mountain Wednesday to assess damage to the sculpture and security systems. A number of demonstrations have taken place at Mount Rushmore over the years. In the early 1070s, American Indian Movement members tried several times to occupy and deface the monument. In August 1970, AIM members hung a banner with the words "Sioux Indian Power" on the monument. |
| ||||
| I don't see where they did any lasting harm. So they hung a sign on a national monument. It's a waste of time but not much more.
__________________ "I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me. If they hold thought to be dangerous - if they aver that doubt is a crime, then I attack them one and all, because they enslave the minds of men." Robert Green Ingersoll |
| ||||
|
don't they all drive them 1960's VW campers that are so good for the enviroment???
__________________ All of us, no matter from what land our parents came, no matter in what way we may severally worship our Creator, must stand shoulder to shoulder in a united America for the elimination of race and religious prejudice. We must stand for a reign of equal justice to both big and small. Theodore Roosevelt 1915 |
| ||||
| your thinking of scooby doo
__________________ “Some people like the Jews, and some do not. But no thoughtful man can deny the fact that they are, beyond any question, the most formidable and the most remarkable race which has appeared in the world.” - Winston Churchill - Prime Minister of Great Britain |
| ||||
|
Velma was hot!
__________________ All of us, no matter from what land our parents came, no matter in what way we may severally worship our Creator, must stand shoulder to shoulder in a united America for the elimination of race and religious prejudice. We must stand for a reign of equal justice to both big and small. Theodore Roosevelt 1915 |
| ||||
|
but he still got the chicks
__________________ All of us, no matter from what land our parents came, no matter in what way we may severally worship our Creator, must stand shoulder to shoulder in a united America for the elimination of race and religious prejudice. We must stand for a reign of equal justice to both big and small. Theodore Roosevelt 1915 |
| ||||
| Not really, but you would have to understand the concept of freedom of speech to get it.
__________________ This is between you and me... mano a mano... 230 grains of copper jacketed lead... Just show up on my doorstep and I'll be ready to open up a big ol can of whoop-ass on ya. makes to want to crawl through however many miles of fiber-optic cable that there are between you and I, come out at the other end, and kick the living shit out of you. |
![]() |
| Bookmarks |
| Tags |
| bunch, friggin, morons |
| Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
| |
Similar Threads | ||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| Are we a bunch of Hypocrites? | Uplifter | World Events | 24 | 26th February 2007 01:34 PM |
| Bunch of Losers | Tom Joad | World Events | 47 | 5th September 2006 02:02 AM |
| What a bunch of morons... | Sukoi | World Events | 3 | 30th November 2005 12:05 AM |