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Donnachaidh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-10 06:31 AM
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A billion for G20 security "is worth it" - just who and what are they afraid of?
http://communities.canada.com/shareit/blogs/reality/archive/2010/05/28/a-billion-for-g20-security-is-worth-it-for-whom.aspx

According to AP, Canada's Conservative government said Thursday the nearly $1 billion it plans to spend on security at the G8 and G20 summits next month is "worth it". The Canadian government has budgeted up to $930 Canadian (US$885 million) for the summits.

By comparison, the stated amount spent by Pittsburgh on security for last September's G20 summit was US$12.4 million. This in a country that was actually hit by a major attack and is target number one on most terrorist hit lists.

So why is Canada spending a billion? Where's the threat?

:snip:

Is it the demonstrators expected to protest in the tens of thousands against these leaders who helped facilitate the global economic crisis? Leaders by the way that now want everyone but the elite to pay for the consequences there of . . . now there's the real bank job.


MORE at the link above --

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unhappycamper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-10 06:32 AM
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1. The oligarchs are afraid of the little people.
Namely, us.
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Raster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-29-10 07:20 AM
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2. People should not be afraid of their governments.

It is the governments that should be afraid of their people.

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