Six arrested at downtown nuclear demo

[struggle4progress]

April 11, 2006

By DANIEL BARLOW Southern Vermont Bureau

BRATTLEBORO — Six anti-nuclear activists from Massachu-setts were arrested outside Entergy Nuclear's corporate offices Monday morning in the latest in a series of protests targeting Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant's owner.

Brattleboro Police arrested the protesters — including an 87-year-old woman — shortly before 8 a.m. after they allegedly blocked a foyer into one of the buildings. They were charged with unlawful trespass and released.

Earlier that morning, the women left effigies of themselves made from old clothes and newspapers outside the main gates at the nuclear reactor in nearby Vernon. <snip>

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[NNadir]

1. Why don't they leave effigies made out of coal. Pro-global warming

activists really should be a little more creative.

The 87 year old woman can be excused on the grounds of potential senility.

[struggle4progress]

2. Ya remind me uv a feller what sang all songs to the tune "Happy Birthday"

I'm pretty sure these folk did what they wanted, and didn't do what they didn't wanna, since the Vermont crowd I've known was pretty able to speak straight enough for 'emselves.

[Systematic Chaos]

3. Well, if they're against nuke power...

...what, realistically are they protesting in favor of? And just for fun, let's narrow that down to alternatives that don't involve massive amounts of CO2 and its resultant global warming?

Happy Birthday!!! :party: