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Title: Protesters label Redford an enemy of the poor
Post by: Ptarmigan on January 15, 2009, 12:40:00 PM
Protesters label Redford an enemy of the poor
By Patty Henetz
The Salt Lake Tribune
Updated: 01/15/2009 10:51:51 AM MST

Hollywood's Sundance Kid is hurting poor people.

So say some East Coast ministers and conservative activists, who took to the streets in front of a downtown Salt Lake City theater on the eve of Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival to accuse the actor of holding down low-income Americans with his opposition to oil and gas drilling near national parks in Utah.

The protesters, led by the Congress of Racial Equality's national spokesman Niger Innis, suggested Redford should "relinquish his wealth" and live like a poor person. They complained that the filmmaker's anti-drilling stance could lead to higher energy prices for inner-city residents, forcing them to accept a lower standard of living.

The clergymen prayed for Redford "to see the light" and linked his environmental activism with racism.

Full Article (http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_11455096)

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This should be interesting.
Title: Re: Protesters label Redford an enemy of the poor
Post by: Rebel on January 15, 2009, 12:53:09 PM
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NaidaSativa:  1/14/2009 7:31:00 PM     
      
Oh My GOD! It is now RACIST to protect the environment?!
   
I have never read such Buffoonery in my LIFE!!!
   
Anybody that knows anything, knows that the industry has an abundance of natural gas. They even asked permission to lower their rates.

Oh the irony.  :whatever:
Title: Re: Protesters label Redford an enemy of the poor
Post by: thundley4 on January 15, 2009, 01:10:26 PM
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NaidaSativa:  1/14/2009 7:31:00 PM     
     
Oh My GOD! It is now RACIST to protect the environment?!
   
I have never read such Buffoonery in my LIFE!!!
   
Anybody that knows anything, knows that the industry has an abundance of natural gas. They even asked permission to lower their rates.

What fantasy land does this b*tch live in?  Every year the local power company is asking for another rate hike from the state, that's on top of the increases due to their costs going up.  If these psycho environmentalist love nature so much, then they should do without any of the benefits of society and progress. GTFO the internet.
Title: Re: Protesters label Redford an enemy of the poor
Post by: Ptarmigan on January 15, 2009, 08:20:02 PM
What fantasy land does this b*tch live in?  Every year the local power company is asking for another rate hike from the state, that's on top of the increases due to their costs going up.  If these psycho environmentalist love nature so much, then they should do without any of the benefits of society and progress. GTFO the internet.

I agree! It's a religion to these people.