Greenpeace activists arrested for banner on Mount Rushmore

"If President Obama intends to earn a place among this country's true leaders, he needs to show that courage, and base his actions on the scientific reality rather than political convenience."

Amen. And that goes for the ENTIRE Senate now.

I have lost all faith in politicians,that thinking of a leader is the last thing on my mind when I see one.

Leading is A Total package so he is one or NOT!,so far nothing some say in 120 days?? I say nothing to impressive but still his 120 make bush's 2922 look like the crusades or the dark age...............

This is some BS...

I’m all for peaceful protesting, but leave national monuments out of it

Greenpeace folks are such clowns! Look to the scientist's that do not believe in the "Gore" warming BS!
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=global+warming+infow...

These monuments belong to US, the people, and those faces etched into Mount Rushmore are of men who more than likely would say the same thing those protesters did. It is however apparent that those who sincerely and passionately stand up for this planet and future generations will be treated like the women who first risked all they had for the women's sufftage movement. Or those who first stood up for civil rights. They will be called terrorists, unpatriotic, and demeaned in order to divert from the important message they bring. However, this message like the message of women suffragettes like Alice Paul and civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. will prevail. I wonder, are those who feel this was defacing a monument as outraged about this government allowing uranium prospecting in the Grand Canyon? Or blowing the tops off our beautiful Appalahian mountains? Or exacerbating the melting of the Arctic and the environmental degradation of World Heritage Sites worldwide? Or dumping sludge into the rivers of Alaska? Where the hell are your priorities?

I agree with jaystyx. Peaceful protesting is fine, even if it's incorrect data. Just keep it off the monuments.

No it wasn't. Informed Texan and Ras Menelik posted about the action (OOOPS, TWO people posted that, the horrors!), not that they had been arrested. I think the self appointed Current police force needs to stop acting like they control this site.

Thanks for the post Jan, didn't see this yesterday.

Go Greenpeace.

More NEW information on this story.

"Eleven members of Greenpeace pleaded not guilty to federal charges after they were arrested for hanging a banner on South Dakota's Mount Rushmore Wednesday to protest global warming as the G-8 summit in Italy begins.

Greenpeace says it does not think its 2,275-square-foot sign will damage Mount Rushmore's structure.

"America honors leaders not politicians: stop global warming," reads the 2,275-square-foot sign.

Twelve protesters were arrested, but one was released after questioning. The others appeared before a federal magistrate Wednesday afternoon and received citations for illegal climbing and trespassing, according to federal prosecutors.

Each person faces a maximum of six months in prison and possibly up to a $5,000 fine.

The charged protesters came from eight states, including California and New York. The banner was up for an hour before it was seized. The National Park Service is holding it as evidence, authorities said. Watch tourists react to the protest »

Some of the demonstrators breached a controlled area and got to the top of the monument, Mount Rushmore spokeswoman Patty Rooney told CNN.

Greenpeace, a nonprofit organization that supports environmental causes, said the sign is part of a global day of action to urge world leaders at the G-8 summit to make global warming a priority and to take the actions necessary to stop climate change.

"We are at a key moment in history when we must challenge our president to take real leadership," said Carroll Muffet, deputy campaign director for Greenpeace.

"The steps taken so far have been frankly inadequate. If President Obama wants to take his place among the great leaders of history, he must take aggressive measures to combat climate change and prioritize a strong deal in Copenhagen," Muffet said in a statement.

"We're here at Mount Rushmore to inspire Americans to take action, and remind the world that heroism and leadership are part of our nation's history -- and must be a part of our future," Muffet said. "

God Greenpeace, DO NOT become stupid like PETA has. This was misguided and just plain wrong.
Leave our respected monuments alone.
They are for the public....most of which are WITH YOU !!!!!

@Jan

1. Yes, Informed Texan's post does say they were arrested; excerpt: "Less than two hours later, a Greenpeace spokesman said all three, plus eight other Greenpeace activists at the site, had been taken into custody by park authorities.Patty Rooney, a spokeswoman for the National Park Service, confirmed that there had been arrests."

2. "I think the self appointed Current police force needs to stop acting like they control this site." I am not a self appointed anything nor do I act like I control anything. You posted basically the same exact thing with the same picture and everything. All I did was point that out. Why do you always have to treat me so uncivilly?

Green tyrrany. Shoot the fuckers

I think what the protesters did was brave and well intentioned. However, they did break the law and I'm quite sure they knew the repercussions of their actions. I just think their time would be better sent outside of a jail cell.

@Jan

If Current has a problem with us pointing out the facts and not personally attacking people. I'm sure they'll let us know. Sadly you mistake my, Delia's and other posters actions as policing and personal attacks.

Well, I don't care if I am the only person on this site who believes that what they did was right. And it was the right place because it got the attention that it needed to get to get people talking. I suppose the women protesting for the vote shoudn't have hung banners outside the White House either? If they had hung this over a coal stack, no one would care today. I would much rather see a sign like that hanging from Mount Rushmore than to not see the mountains at all because we are so screwed up in our priorities that we allow coal companies to blow them all up without even showing half the outrage. And there will not need to be any action like this taken again if those who claim to be leaders actually live up to the word.

So let me get this strait in this Story all we find is posting issues and something about a sacred rock!

you all done lost your minds!!good thing too,considering what the G8+G5 done to you as we Bicker.............

Seems everyone needs to smoke one and chill or get some good loving.. after you smoke..

Peace, Love, Happiness, and Herb

Tell us why this is interestingWe have free speech, but that does not satisfy jerks like these, because others are then free to not listen. They imagine they have a right to do anything to force us to hear them. Rot in jail.

and all of that brovado...all that sqaking..all that shock and awe will AMOUNT TO SHIT..

greenpeace had and has and is still doing shit like this BUT YIELDS NO RESULTS..because its the wrong approach...proof??after decades of this shit..what have they accomplished??

in case you guys failed to see the obvious..these people do have good intentions BUT they are more concerned and busy with how they deliver the message.

the delivery always outshined the message..RETHINK your strategy

At least they are doing something. Better than sitting bitching.

Peaceful civil disobedience does my old inner hippy good. If I ever get arrested I hope it will be for a cause as good as this.

There seems to be more than a few people worried about this national monument. This is a monument not a shrine. This is also a national monument built on land ceded in a treaty to native americans. As usual, a treaty that was broken. How much more fitting could that be? Hanging a sign about saving our planet on land once owned by people who respected the earth.