Angry Young Sisters Protest High Gas Prices After Losing Their Cable
The AP reports that Pyper and Sadie Vance, ages 7 and 9, are taking their cute little rage to the streets. The sisters' parents were forced to cancel their cable because they could no longer afford it due to high gasoline prices. The two fashioned some protest signs and hit the streets in downtown Salt Lake City. Details, inside...
The article says,
Cable TV was one of the family's budget-cutting casualties, leaving Sadie, 9, and her 7-year-old sister without their favorite cartoons and shows.
"Gas prices are too high," Sadie said. "I just decided to come and protest so they'd go down."
The girls marched through downtown Monday chanting and carrying signs made from old campaign signs.
"All of my mom's monny goes to the gas tank!" Pyper's sign read. Sadie carried a sign asking drivers to honk to lower gas prices - adding that her mom had to cut "cabel."
The girls got some waves and a few thumbs-up to show support.
"I think it's great," said Hamid Tayeb, who was walking past on his lunch break. "It's unfortunate that kids are doing it before we do."
Fight the power!
Angry kids protest gas prices after losing cable TV [AP] (Thanks to Miryam!)
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In the immortal words of the Offspring:
Say no way, say no way, no way
Why don't you get a job!*
*That's directed at the parents who had time to instruct their kids how to march with signs rather than fixing problems in the real world.
No cable? Sounds like a blessing in disguise. Maybe they can use their new found free time to finish their overdue spelling homework :-)
maybe they'll realize being outside is pretty fun. or build a tree house or something.
@ShadeWalker: Actually that's a good point. The parents at least cut out a non-necessity for a necessity.
Damn this no edit button. I always think of something else to say just after hitting submit.
Dear girls' mother: You should have thought about the potential price fluctuation of essential goods and services before you popped out kids. If your budget is so thin that you have to cut the cable, you probably should have kept your legs shut.
Looks like they should spend more time with their spelling lessons than cable tv anyway ;)
Cute, but ultimately pointless. Go read a book kids, or if you really want to screw over big oil, invent tabletop cold fusion
THROW THEM IN PRISON!!! or at least put them on the FBI and CIA watch list.
Gas prices were so much better when there was much less global competition for it.
So I guess they'll be voting for Exxon over Comcast in the WCIA Final Four?
No cable, and I'm guessing no iPhone either (or iPod).
Not an expert on kid's clothing, but they do seem to be fashionably attired. Perhaps if Pyper agreed to take some hand-me-downs from Sadie, the family could swing basic cable.
Sounds like Mommy and Daddy aren't educated enough to call their cable company to see what current promotions they have running.
9 year old kids know how to spell "Money" and "Cable". I smell parental-fueled publicity stunt.
Disgusting.Some families out there have to cancel lunch and supper to pay for fuel to get to work.
@jpx72x: That is way too harsh. Most people 5 years ago didn't expect gas to go so high. And the parents are hardly unaware of the 'fluctuating costs of goods and services'. They are merely choosing which goods and services are most deserving of their money. (Transportation, which may include children's events, over cable.)
Dear sisters,
Read a book.
Great! A new generation of protesters. Perhaps congress will notice these girls and Comcast will come up with a plan to have the government subsidize cable. As we all know, cable is an American right.
I assume they have no internet either, otherwise they could have bitched about it online before the AP did.
...Kids, go play instead of bitching that you have no cable.
They didn't get that weird idea by themselves. They're too young for that. My god they will be productive when the brats grow up. No doubt some college protesters that go on school strike.
@The Count of Monte Fisto: Just what I was going to say. Libraries are free, no?
Yes, they might have to drive there, but have them check out a bunch of books, improve their reading skills, and there's only reruns when you want there to be
@BuddyGuyMontag: I think that around 6 they should be able to spell money. or at least be able to ask mommy.
I think mommy may have put them up to this for some odd reason.
When I was 7 and 9, my mom was yelling from the bathroom window for me to "get outta that damn tree!"
Hm.
And seriously... watch some kids channels and tell me that it's a bad thing they don't have cable anymore. I bet these two are hooked on Totally Spies. EWWWWW.
These girls learned a few valuable lessons then.
1. Things cost money and having gas to get to work to pay for food and to have a roof over your head is more important then TV.
2. Civic duty to protest and civil disobedience.
3. Corporations and big money don't care about you. They won't listen and no matter how much you protest and rattle the cage nothing will change because you dont have the power.
Hey kids, look behind you! That's called a bus. People use it when they can't even afford a car. Maybe you should ask mommy to sell her car and get you all shiny bus passes. Then, you'll be helping the environment and you can get your cartoon network back.
@jpx72x: I wish there were more people in this world like you...being able to see the future must be great.
Seems kind of clueless when people are starving to death on a daily basis.
If these were my kids and they did come up with the idea, I'd make them a deal and allow it if they put in equal time volunteer work with people that really have it hard.
Maybe then they'll actually learn something.
Oh my god....sense of entitlement much? I guess it's rather cute, and better than them whining to their parents. But seriously? I don't have cable becasue I can't afford it, and my two kids are just fine. They color pictures or play outside. On their bikes purchased at garage sales.
But: Cable is a fundamental American right. If you go to prision, my taxes pay for your cable. So keep on protesting!
A single Mom? No mention of Dad in any of the news articles.
How did those 2 little girls get downtown? Mom drove them or she doesn't realize that they are missing?
Ummm go outside little kids.
Let's put the blame squarely where it belongs...
www.thanksalotw.com
if they masses aren't constantly entertained this is what will happen.
@ etc:
Yeah go outside to play where all the pimps and drug dealers roam. Maybe take some candy from a stranger and get into his cool van without any windows.
It isn't safe to play outside anymore this isn't the 50's anymore grandpa.
I have to agree that no cable is a blessing.
If the kids particularly want cable, I'd rather see the adults around them encouraging them away from cathartic but futile protests (protest can be an effective change strategy; this protest however is not going to change gas prices), and instead help the kids pitch in and earn the money to pay for the non-essential items that they want by walking dogs or getting a paper route.
There's a more valuable lesson in learning budgeting and money management and how to solve problems effectively than in being rewarded for complaining about problems and empty gestures.
Ah, here's Dad...
Two Utah sisters took to the streets to protest gas prices after their mother canceled the family's cable TV to pay for her daily commute to work.
Sadie Vance, 9, and her sister Pyper, 7, paraded around downtown Salt Lake City carrying homemade signs and chanting "Lower the gas prices" accompanied by their father, Randy Doyle
@TorrentFreak:
4. Standing outside protesting anything is about as useful as complaining about not getting any dates by going home and jerking off.
Oh God, not the cable. What will these poor children do without cable television?
Dare I ask, won't someone please think of the children?
Dear sisters,
Go to the library and read a book.
Love,
Your Brain.
I couldn't agree with you more. On one hand, I give credit to the parents for prioritizing their budget to maintain some standard of living. On the other hand, I condemn them for having their kids give a "cutesy" display of protesting something they have no control over.
What happened to the good ol' days when we set fire to Starbucks to protest gas prices?
Maybe they should protest God for giving them such poor parents.
Um.... how did they get downtown to protest high gas prices?
Cable TV is not a necessity. They live in Salt Lake City too, so they should have plenty of OTA Digital TV signals too.
Gas prices are high though, and it's affecting everyone. Hold the protesting though until people can't afford to pay for anything anymore and end up living in the streets.
@jpx72x:
Cable is not a need it's a want. If things get tight, wants get cut. Those of us who don't rack up tons of credit card debt trying to live outside our means know that. I by no means had kids based on if I could aford cable or not. I don't watch tv anyway.
@jpx72x: You obviously live in your own little world. I think people that are in the middle class that drive a lot for their jobs and stuff, are probably feeling the pain by $100 - 200 extra month at times. This means that it's either saving money or they are on tight budgets so they cut cable and things.
@TorrentFreak: This is Salt Lake City. They have more frightening things to worry about, like Mormons.
i'm glad they have their priorities straight.