Feeling conservatives had been winning the limelight in the debate over healthcare reform through a serious of high profile stunts and remarks, advocates of reform decided to steal back some of the...
Feeling conservatives had been winning the limelight in the debate over healthcare reform through a serious of high profile stunts and remarks, advocates of reform decided to steal back some of the media's attention, forming a flash mob Sept. 26 in an Oakland Whole Foods in response to the CEO's recent Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal in which he argued healthcare is not an intrinsic right. At 6:11 p.m., 35 protesters, who had been fake-shopping the aisles of the green foods giant, convened at the middle of the store, and launched into singing "Hey Mackey, you're a swine," some shouting it into a megaphone and others dancing a choreographed jig as a live orchestra blared from all directions. Cameras: Matt Dibble, Regan Brashear, Adelaide Chen, Cassidy Friedman, Jamie Lejeune Editors: Cassidy Friedman, Jamie Lejeune This video is owned by its producers. Media organizations wishing to obtain a clip of this video, contact video journalist Cassidy Friedman at cassidyfriedman@gmail.com or 415.717.1485. For a written account, check out cassidyfriedman.blogspot.com
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Seriously these protesters are just too careless have they even thought about what they're doing? Protesting like this in a supermarket and barely getting any views on your video is pretty weak and petty. But most importantly they're jeopardizing all the employees jobs who rely on the income coming from the many customers that shop at this particular market. If you really want to protest why not just do it in front of Mackey's office instead of a grocery market.
WHOLE foods and HEALTH care are rights ONLY for people who can afford them. For example, homeless people have NO rights to Whole Foods and Healthcare. They are worthless human beings that should die a quick death.
Thank you privileged white people for once again coming to our rescue. As if WFM is the biggest and most formidable opponent in the health care reform movement. Weak. Use your trust funds to go to school, get a job, and make actual change instead of protesting a grocery store.
wow..a tone deaf horn section..these people need to get jobs..quit whining..get a life..stop making a career out of these lame protests..its just a way to avoid contributing something to society..
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have they even thought about what they're doing? Protesting like this in a supermarket and barely getting any views on your video is pretty weak and petty.
But most importantly they're jeopardizing all the employees jobs who rely on the income coming from the many customers that shop at this particular market.
If you really want to protest why not just do it in front of Mackey's office instead of a grocery market.