Brawl in Ukranian Parliament Sends Five to Hospital
- Posted on December 17, 2010 at 2:15am by
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WSJ:
KIEV, Ukraine—A fight in Ukraine’s parliament Thursday left opposition lawmakers bloodied and bruised after they protested against the opening of a criminal case against their leader, former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
Deputies from Ms. Tymoshenko’s bloc had physically blocked the work of Parliament and hung signs reading “Stop the political repressions” a day after prosecutors filed the case. The opposition leader is accused of mishandling hundreds of millions of dollars when she was in office.
In the evening, scores of deputies from the pro-presidential Party of Regions stormed the podium and, after a fight involving fists and flying chairs, forced opposition deputies out of the parliament hall.
Five opposition lawmakers were taken to a hospital—one with a jaw injury, one with a heavily bruised hand, and three with concussions.
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dontbotherme
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 6:57pmRobert’s Rules of Orders are used in our government… supposedly. There have been a few shout outs lately in Congress. It would be interesting to see a few blows, but I would hope our leaders have more class. HAHaHaH Class.
Report Post »pattybbb1
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 6:56pmI think the Seinfeld clip above was great! But back on the subject, these folks had conviction. Do we?
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 6:51pmNow this is refreshing ,no guns, just work it out !
Report Post »Sgt.Crust
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 2:14pmAnd so you see for yourselves, the Godless left at work! All hail socialism/communism, the bastion of insanity!
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 3:33pmNot believing in God doesn’t make you violent.
Report Post »uncleherbert
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 5:37pmN37BU6
Report Post »But you will not abort children…It is a form of violence!
N37BU6
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 6:31pmWhat does abortion have to do with atheism? Plenty of atheists think abortion is wrong.
Report Post »Paul_in_Ukraine
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 1:41pmUnfortunately, this happens quite often here. The reason is that the members of the Rada (parliment) are not actually professional politicians or lawmakers. They don’t run individually for election like in the U.S. Instead, the parties run against other parties. You vote for a party, not for an individual. The percentage of votes that a party gets determines how many seats it gets in the Rada.
But here is the worst part. The party then selects who the actual people will be to hold those seats. Generally, they choose people they trust to vote the way party leaders want. So the “esteemed lawmakers” of the Rada are often just regular “guys off the street.” They are truck drivers, factory workers, laborers and others who will promise to do exactly what party leaders want in exchange for a good salary. In other words, the people have NO REAL REPRESENTATION.
Because the members of the Rada often come from lower levels of society, they are prone to solving their disagreements with fists and chairs. This country is really a mess. I don’t know why I stay.
Oh… wait a minute… now I remember. I am waiting for the USSA of the Obamsheviks to return to being the USA that I left.
Report Post »GoingBeck
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 10:34amI can’t wait for it to happen in the US Congress.
Report Post »The left is itching for violence.
dcwu
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 9:03amWhen words are not enough …
“An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life”. Robert A. Heinlein
Report Post »mikenleeds
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 8:38amjerry springer want to be s lol ,,,, they make me think of the dum-o-rat party in America
Report Post »milig
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 8:31amI wanna see Nancy being dragged around by the hair. Can I get that for Christmas? Can I?
Report Post »jedi.kep
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 7:30amThere’s Doc Brown, showing us video’s from our future again!
Report Post »GeauxAlready
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 7:20amThat was SAD! The Pee-Wee football dad’s going at it, put up more of a fight………….
Report Post »critterbait
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 7:00amBreak down in political correctness ???
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 6:49amAwkward…
Report Post »dodgerbaseball
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 5:58amSpeaker to be Boehner would be hysterical in a fight against, say, Anthony Weiner. Lets hope the 112th congress proves eventful. (just kidding of course. ;) )
Report Post »guyperram
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 6:25amMight be a good tactic to use this week to stop the idiots from further damageing our country. This has happened in our congress, to a certain extent. What comes immeadiatley to mind was Henry Clay’s caning of another member around 1840 something.
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 3:57amCan you imagine if that happened in our congress? Ole nanc has lost that big gavel, and harry won’t be much of a back-up for her. The possibilties are endless. SNL would have a field day.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 6:05amOh, we should be so lucky. She would fight to the death to protect those face lifts.
Report Post »BadgerBenson
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 3:29amIt made me think of the Seinfeld “Risk” episode. “The Ukraine is weak!”
Report Post »BoilitDown
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 3:05amEmotions ruling over good judgement rather than good judgement ruling over emotions.
Report Post »IVillageIdiot
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 2:31amAll I would really like to know, is which faction are the communist by another name?
Report Post »alshere
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 2:24amUkrainian hockey eh?
Report Post »Laus Deo
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 2:23amA politician fist-fighting… That’s like a NFL player teaching the quadratic equation.
Report Post »New-American-Saviors
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 2:22amThey drink LOTS of Vodka…No joke..probably makes you crazy after a while.
Report Post »Quad-rip-legic
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 2:21amO’ya
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 6:55amStop the tears and runny nose, Boehner. Let out some testosterone. See how fun it is? Viva the Elephants in musk!
Report Post »thesixfour
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 7:20amhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5ePEZCOdnA
Report Post »Anarcho Capitalist
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 7:24amThis calls for a good Washington quot.
Report Post »“Government is not reason. It is not eloquence. Government is force; like fire it is a dangerous servant — and a fearful master.”
—George Washington, 1797
Cemoto78
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 8:48amThis is probably a preview of the coming attraction when in January Nancy has to give up the gavel, she is gonna have a death grip on that gavel like an 80 year old has on the steering wheel of a car!
Report Post »KaptainKody
Posted on December 17, 2010 at 11:23amHey we need some of this type of action in our government. I would give cold hard cash to watch anybody in congress “dot Pelosi’s” fake manicured eyes!!
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