Florida Chamber of Commerce is on lockdown, deathly afraid of… protesters

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http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/2011/03/11/florida-chamber-of-commerce-is-on-lockdown-deathly-afraid-of-protesters/


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TALLAHASSEE — Fearful that protesters might storm their doors during the legislative session, the Florida Chamber of Commerce is on lockdown — hiring off-duty Tallahassee police officers to stand guard in the parking lot and establishing security codes (red, orange and yellow) so employees know the threat level.

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Meet Chamber president Mark Wilson:

“We’ve been picketed by ACORN before,” Wilson noted. “They brought people in on buses and pushed open our front door a few years ago.”

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Barney Bishop, head of Associated Industries of Florida, the state’s best-known business lobby, who hadn’t beefed up security at his offices, said this:

“I told the staff if they get any protesters to take them some bottled water and Girl Scout cookies,” Bishop said. “If they start breaking windows, we’ll call the cops, but the truth of the matter is you can’t be afraid of these people.”

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Wilson said another concern of his was the presence among the protesters of Susannah Randolph, a former ACORN organizer…

“But we have no interest in being at the chamber,” she said Thursday. “It’s hilarious that little ole me would be considered a threat.” <...>

PolitiFact Florida gave that claim its lowest rating of Pants on Fire, finding that local teachers peacefully protested outside the offices of three Central Florida lawmakers but none arrived by bus.

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[LiberalFighter]

1. I would love to see all Chambers eliminated.

[PA Democrat]

2. They are afraid of free speech and will LIE to portray people exercising

their rights as a threat. Pathetic.

[xchrom]

3. it's all just part of their 'makin shit up' thing that they do so well. nt

[socialist_n_TN]

4. They're not afraid ENOUGH, IMO.........

:mad:

[ensho]

6. there you go - agree

nt

[hobbit709]

7. +1000

[hobbit709]

5. If they're that scared, what are trying to hide?

[Le Taz Hot]

8. Well, it is Florida,

they know all about bringing "people in on buses and pushed open our front door." The Brooks Brothers "revolt" is still sharp in my memory.

[d_r]

9. they are using their code words

this is like fox news jargon. "picketed by ACORN before" "bussed people in" - I think they really are afraid of the boogie man they created. They believe their own propaganda. It's like a self-fulfilling prophecy.

[The Backlash Cometh]

14. True. They set the example.

[Shagbark Hickory]

10. I guess you can thank fox news for that.

Because they're the only ones who made the democrat protestors out to be a bunch of barbarians when they were really so peaceful that nobody took them seriously.

[Iris]

11. Wimps. n/t

[ensho]

12. an aside:

your posting name made me think of a piece of music I have on my playlist at soundclick.com

the title is 'Iris Has An Icepick'

[Iris]

18. omg! I love it!

[The Backlash Cometh]

13. LOL!

They really are. They were okay with all the cheating they do, taking advantage of helpless people, until they got found out.

Don't worry Chamber. All we want to do is expose you for the hypocrites you are, and maybe expose the crooked leaders in your organization that are giving you a bad name. You might thank us for it later.

[tsuki]

15. BS, pure and simple. The perpetrators as victims line. I despise the

Florida Chamber of Corporations.

[pinkkillersheep]

16. Wait, free Girl Scout cookies?

If I lived in Florida, that would be reason enough for me!

[Snoutport]

17. why do they always say the opposition is bussed in?

Dont' they get that their neighbors are the ones pissed off?

[eppur_se_muova]

19. They're afraid of independent thinking.