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TomCADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-12-10 10:12 PM
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Activists picket health insurance executives
Source: CNN

Washington (CNN) - Activists ratcheted up the pressure for health care reform Tuesday, picketing in front of a hotel where a group of insurance industry leaders were meeting.

More than 1,000 protesters, including representatives of organized labor, marched through downtown Washington before stopping in front of the Ritz Carlton, site of the annual conference of America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), an insurance industry lobbying group.

"We're fired up (and) can't take no more," the marchers chanted as they unfurled an oversized roll of yellow police tape emblazoned with the words "corporate crime scene."

They were led by, among others, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, a prominent backer of reform legislation.

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/09/activists-picket-health-insurance-executives/?fbid=ND0C6BQbMYN
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ShockediSay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-10 01:00 AM
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1. Let's have their names and addresses
Their lobbyists too
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TomCADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-10 10:49 PM
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2. Over A Thousand People Turn Up, But Very Little Media Coverage Compared...
...to your typical Tea Party protest complete with Fox producers leading the crowd in cheers. Why won't CNN run an add campaign about the protest, and ask why Fox wasn't there?
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-14-10 12:16 PM
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3. At twice the size of their convention....1/1000th the coverage.
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