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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-21-06 07:13 AM
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Looky here - look who is using the marketing tools of WH: Bikers
seems "talking points" have really been learnt. By criminal organizations all over the place

Hells Angels slam raids as election ploy
`This is smoke and mirrors,' says bikers' spokesman
Denies arrests in Thunder Bay will affect the chapter
Jan. 20, 2006. 05:08 AM
COLIN PERKEL
CANADIAN PRESS



"Sweeping dawn raids in which police blew open the door of a vacant Hells Angels clubhouse in Thunder Bay, and arrested six alleged members of the motorcycle gang were an election-driven publicity stunt, a biker spokesman said yesterday.

Police, however, insisted they had done "significant" damage to a key Hells Angels chapter and disrupted the flow of illegal drugs across northern Ontario — a view the group disputed.

"There's a federal election going on — the main issue seems to be crime — and this is smoke and mirrors so they can say they are being tough on crime," said biker spokesman Donny Peterson

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http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1137711019475&call_page=TS_Ontario&call_pageid=968256289824&call_pagepath=News/Ontario&pubid=968163964505
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-21-06 07:21 AM
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1. Must be pandering for the Machine vote
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-21-06 07:28 AM
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2. It is "public relations" and "reframing" and "marketing". Thanks to W.
Edited on Sat Jan-21-06 07:28 AM by applegrove
The CEO Prez. And his merry band of GOPeers.
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