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n2doc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-09 09:11 PM
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You thought fighting between Dems and Repubs is bad? Check this out!

Opposition lawmakers, upon breaking through a door to a conference room at the South Korean National Assembly in Seoul, are sprayed with fire extinguishers by rival politicians inside

By John M. Glionna
January 28, 2009
Reporting from Seoul -- Lee Jung-hee recalls the precise moment when all hell broke loose -- the tie-yanking, headlocks and neck-wringing, the thud of sledgehammers and, ominously, the sickening whine of a chain saw.

The 39-year-old had witnessed plenty of violent protests in her native South Korea, where rowdy demonstrations are a Saturday newscast staple. These combatants, however, weren't blue-collar workers or student protesters, but dozens of blue-suited national lawmakers.

And they were in South Korea's august seat of government, the National Assembly.

Lee, a first-term opposition lawmaker, was center-stage in the pandemonium, storming a committee room where members of the ruling Grand National Party had barricaded themselves so they could vote without interference from the opposition.

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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-korea-fight28-2009jan28,0,4741734.story




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MikeNearMcChord Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-09 09:15 PM
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1. I like the ones they show in Taiwan
You get open fisticuffs during session.
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That Is Quite Enough Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-09 09:15 PM
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2. Wow. Just wow.
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-09 09:18 PM
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3. A lesson we can take to heart
Getting rid of pugs is a little like, well....






















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ogneopasno Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-09 09:20 PM
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4. So much awesome.
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stillcool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-09 09:23 PM
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5. I'll take odds...mano y mano..
my Representative Tierney against Cantor.
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-09 09:27 PM
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6. Hhhhhhmmmmm.
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Historic NY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-28-09 10:48 PM
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7. I really think we should have ulitmate fighting in the congress...it
Edited on Wed Jan-28-09 10:48 PM by Historic NY
would be so entertaining to see them kick the sh-t out of each other.
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