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Title: G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, PA Post by: corey on September 28, 2009, 06:16:34 AM Not exactly the international capital of the world... but we handled it just fine. [leo]
I think this picture pretty much sums up the entire event. This guy got interviewed by the Daily Show... (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2535/3952965918_d724558dd0.jpg) Go Pens. [evil] Title: Re: G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, PA Post by: Mad Duc on September 28, 2009, 07:58:47 AM Yeah, I was expecting way more violence. Nothing really. A few broken windows. Really? You guys came all that way to break a few windows? The lobby of my building (US Steel Tower (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Steel_Tower)) has HUGE windows in the lobby - 15x30 or so. I figured those were going to be gone when we got back today. But no, you could barely tell that there was a major international conference there. Kinda boring. Though I did get to "work" from home for the week. :)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2511/3953821460_e4a415db4f.jpg) Title: Re: G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, PA Post by: erkishhorde on September 28, 2009, 08:36:04 AM So... nobody cared?
Title: Re: G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, PA Post by: cyrus buelton on September 28, 2009, 08:58:39 AM I always thought those G20 summits were a joke anyway.
Do they ever actually accomplish anything? Title: Re: G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, PA Post by: Mad Duc on September 28, 2009, 10:22:25 AM It's the dog and pony show for deals that have already been worked out ahead of time. Protesters get to sound off, leaders get dinner and local economy gets a boost feeding the bigwigs and cleaning up after the protesters.
Title: Re: G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, PA Post by: corey on September 28, 2009, 02:34:24 PM I always thought those G20 summits were a joke anyway. Do they ever actually accomplish anything? Pretty much guaranteed that it's a joke if they are having it in the burgh... oktoberfest is about as international as it gets round these parts... Title: Re: G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, PA Post by: redxblack on September 28, 2009, 06:26:12 PM the summit in London was intense. There's some pretty intense footage on youtube of police responses that I find truly scary. I'll limit what I'm saying for forum decorum, and take my answer off the air.
Title: Re: G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, PA Post by: cyrus buelton on September 28, 2009, 06:32:18 PM It's the dog and pony show for deals that have already been worked out ahead of time. Protesters get to sound off, leaders get dinner and local economy gets a boost feeding the bigwigs and cleaning up after the protesters. Well stated [thumbsup] Title: Re: G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, PA Post by: Mad Duc on September 30, 2009, 04:30:06 AM I heard on the news it looks like we might be doing it again in 3 years. We did too good of a job.
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