Halliburton Shareholder Meeting Draws Protesters

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http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGA1TZ3VFUD.html

HOUSTON (AP) - Halliburton Co.'s annual shareholders meeting drew about 500 protesters Wednesday, and five who entered the hotel where it was held and shouted chants were arrested for trespassing.

Four men and a woman went to the third floor of the Four Seasons Hotel in Houston shortly before Halliburton's meeting and shouted outside the meeting room: "Oil is not worth human blood" and "Make more ethical investment decisions."

They didn't enter the meeting itself, which was not contentious and lasted just 37 minutes. The event drew protests because of the oil services conglomerate's role as a major U.S. contractor in Iraq and that it was formerly run by Vice President Dick Cheney.

The protest outside began to disperse after about two hours, long after the more than 50 shareholders left.

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1. Good

These crooks need to hear and see how much they are hated.
I bet they went home scared as hell.
I bet many of their children, who live large off of their wealth, really hate their parent's political beliefs.

Congratulations to the brave protest participants.

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2. Yup. Time to start targeting corporatists with our protests.

I give a big HOOOORAHHHH to those protestors!!!

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