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RandomKoolzip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-05 02:11 PM
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Company in India will pay you to attend political rallies...How long until
This happens in America?


"When all political parties and organisations are doing it discreetly, why can't we do it professionally?" the Hindustan Times newspaper quoted the company's founder, Devarajan, who goes by one name, as saying.

Indian political parties are known for paying people to show up for rallies, often transporting them in fleets of buses, but usually the recruitment is carried out by the parties.

Devarajan is offering recruits training, guaranteed wages and says they can be deployed when parties need a "decent-sized crowd" at a rally, the newspaper reported."


Wow....just like the Bush team, with their loyalty oaths and their phony 'paid" attendees.

Not only have we outsourced our jobs to India, we've also outsourced our propaganda techniques.


The whole article:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050519/od_afp/indiapoliticsoffbeat_050519172608
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AllegroRondo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-05 02:13 PM
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1. Its already here.
Its called the '60 stops in 60 days' tour for Social Security.
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bryant69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-05 02:14 PM
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2. That's what I was just thinking
THey already do this, more than we think.

Bryant
Check it out -> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com
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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-05 02:21 PM
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4. It's up to day 78 now.
:rofl:
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RandomKoolzip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-05 02:33 PM
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6. D'oh!
And IT'S WORKING! Can't you see all the throngs of people out there, demanding that the government cut their SS?

Damn..... you're good, W.
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comsymp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-05 02:44 PM
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10. Nah, WAAAAYY before that
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Brotherjohn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-05 02:20 PM
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3. I wonder if THESE guys were paid to protest Newsweek?
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RandomKoolzip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-05 02:22 PM
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5. Ya never know.....
It's not like those dudes had any reason to protest before this particular Newsweek article or anything...:eyes:
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spindoctor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-05 02:37 PM
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7. Remember how Schwarzenegger got California?
Paid "volunteers" were brought in from out of state by the bus load.

21st century democracy: Annoy them into submission.
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RandomKoolzip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-05 02:40 PM
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9. And Ken Lay helped in that department, too, IIRC.
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spindoctor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-05 03:19 PM
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11. Wasn't it the car-thieving political wannabee whatshisname?
Who financed the whole Gray Davis recall and subsequent Schwarzenegger appointment?
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AllegroRondo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-05 02:37 PM
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8. Does that mean we can outsource political rallies now, too?
think of the money Bush will save on his 'town hall' meetings tours.
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