Fw: *larry craig news flash*

[rhayes@turbonet.com (roger hayes)]

Vision 2020 folks:
Thought this might be interesting to post

Yours,

Roger Hayes
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Cove/Mallard&FOC <cove@moscow.com>
>To: Cove/Mallard&FOC <cove@moscow.com>
>Date: Friday, April 21, 2000 2:46 PM
>Subject: *larry craig news flash*
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>>MOSCOW 4/21/00
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>>Intrepid Moscow activists became a thorn in Idaho Senator Larry Craig's
>>side today when he came to the University of Idaho to speak on natural
>>resource issues for the Borah Symposium.
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>>Several minutes after he took to the stage in the food court of the new
>>Idaho Commons, strange things started happening.  First, a large banner
>>tumbled off the side of one of the many balconies overlooking the court.
>>The banner stated, "LARRY CRAIG = TIMBER PUPPET".
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>> Then, even more shockingly, a life-size marionette, made of a stuffed
>>shirt, fists clenching money, and a shocking triangular head made of three
>>cardboard-mounted photos of Larry's likeness, came tumbling off the
>>balcony!   The marionette hung from long strings attached to a stick and
>>the operators made the arms and head move at will by jerking the stick.
>>
>>Each Larry Craig face on the puppet had been photo-engineered such that
>>Larry's classic grin had been flipped into a nasty snarl, and each forehead
>>was complete with a different timber corporatation logo which donates to
>>Larry's campaigns:  Boise Cascade, Potlatch, and Bennett Lumber.
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>>Another huge banner tumbled off yet another balcony:  this one a classy
>>vinyl job stating "Idaho's Roadless Backcountry: An American Legacy, a Gift
>>for the Future".
>>
>>Larry's eyes were seen to pop as he caught glimpse of his likeness on the
>>puppet, but he tried his best to keep his cool throughout his speech in
>>which he blasted the environmental extremists which were ruining the west
>>and the undemocratic nature of the roadless protection initiative.
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>>Shortly after the banner and marionette unfurlings, the same doctored Larry
>>photos-- this time mounted on sticks--started popping up in the audience.
>>Approximately a dozen of the likenesses -- some foreheads containing
>>corporate logos, some containing slogans like "Extract" and "I hate
>>trees"-- bobbed up and down during his speech including one in the front
>>row.
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>>He did get an unexpected round of applause when he announced, in a voice
>>filled with scorn, that Clinton had designated more national monuments than
>>any other president, for a combined size of the state of Delaware.
>>Spontaneous, prolonged applause erupted following this statement.
>>
>>A question and answer period followed the speech.  The same crowd of
>>troublemakers appeared to dominate the question period, asking Larry such
>>questions as "Please explain the democratic process of the Salvage Rider";
>>"Why don't you support roadless protection when the majority of
>>constituents support it";  "Do you support the effort to protect our
>>remaining wild Lewis and Clark trail region through the Lewis and Clark
>>National Monument";  and a pointed accusation that HE was the real
>>extremist by consistently favoring extractive industries and he was
>>misleading the public by portraying himself as a moderate
>>resource-conserver.
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>>The only police interest came when an officer asked a puppeteer, "Is the
>>puppet heavy?"  When the answer was no, he appeared satisfied and left.
>>Following the speech, a suited Borah symposium official came up and thanked
>>the protesters for making it such a lively debate!
>>
>>Craig has received thousands of dollars in PAC contributions from the
>>timber industry.  He consistenly receives 0% ratings from the League of
>>Conservation Voters.  His environmental record since taking office
>>demonstrates his support for continued logging subsidies,  increased road
>>construction, decreased environmental regulation, and less protection for
>>endangered species.
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>>Friends of the Clearwater
>>PO Box 9241
>>Moscow, ID  83843
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>>Cove/Mallard Coalition
>>PO Box 8968
>>Moscow, ID  83843
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>>Shared phone:  (208) 882-9755
>>Shared fax:  (208) 883-0727
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