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lame54

(35,284 posts)
Tue Jul 15, 2014, 07:52 PM Jul 2014

This Is How It's Done

http://www.thecamarilloacorn.com/news/2014-07-11/Community/Supporters_rally_for_migrant_youth.html

...The supporters held signs with messages such as “No human being is illegal” and “Protect the children.”

The reportedly peaceful crowd was in direct contrast to the scene last week in Murrieta, a small town in Riverside County where protestors turned away three busloads of migrants who were supposed to stay at a U.S. Border Patrol station there.

State Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) joined members of the California Latino Legislative Caucus and spoke with the press by telephone after members of the Latino caucus toured the naval base facility.

Unlike Murrieta, Jackson said, Ventura County has welcomed the children. She said a number of local nonprofits, churches and volunteers have organized to provide clothing, food and emotional support to the children staying at the base...
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This Is How It's Done (Original Post) lame54 Jul 2014 OP
The media will stay away in droves, hair on fire fascists are much more entertaining than peaceniks. Fred Sanders Jul 2014 #1
apparently on DU too lame54 Jul 2014 #2
Holy crap. You got no replies, no support for this info.? Holy crap. Fred Sanders Jul 2014 #3
I knew this thread was missing something lame54 Jul 2014 #5
Well, your thread title is somewhat ambiguous... Wounded Bear Jul 2014 #8
Yep gratuitous Jul 2014 #7
Finally some real christians stand up n2doc Jul 2014 #4
. lame54 Jul 2014 #6

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
3. Holy crap. You got no replies, no support for this info.? Holy crap.
Wed Jul 16, 2014, 11:09 AM
Jul 2014

Should have put in a kitten gif......

Wounded Bear

(58,646 posts)
8. Well, your thread title is somewhat ambiguous...
Wed Jul 16, 2014, 06:20 PM
Jul 2014

A more descriptive one might have garnered more response.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
7. Yep
Wed Jul 16, 2014, 06:17 PM
Jul 2014

No sense wasting a camera crew if a fight isn't liable to break out. Handing out food, clothing and medicine just doesn't pack the visual punch that yammering knuckleheads provide.

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