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NVMojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-05 12:52 AM
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Reno, NV protestors don't want to be fodder in Bush's wars!
Reno peace activists protest military recruiting

May 7, 2005

RENO, Nev. - A group of about 25 peace activists gathered outside a cluster of military recruitment centers in Reno to protest recruiting tactics.

The protesters called for recruiters to be banned from local schools and colleges, and accused them of "preying" on young people with offers of cash and education funding.

"They prey on people who don't have other options and we think it's wrong," said Stewart Stout, 20, a student at Truckee Meadows Community College in Reno. "We basically want to send a message that we don't want to be their cannon fodder."

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2005/may/07/050710586.html

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IChing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-05 01:02 AM
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1. It's good it's happening across the country
Laurel Flanders on air america was talking about this today

From your article:


"If it wasn't for the war, you couldn't be there protesting. Go Bush!" a man yelled.


What a moron............If it wasn't for the war we wouldn't need to be protesting at a base.
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NVMojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-05 04:43 AM
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2. must be the same idiot who yelled that at us when we were in Reno
last October to see Michael Moore speak to a sold out crowd.... I think we told him to go fight in Iraq then!!
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