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"Insurgents" Delay "Second Coming" of Bush
The dreams of the faithful who came to honor the Christian crusaders were shattered today amid chants and tear-gas, when what was expected to be a grand victory march down Pennsylvania Avenue descended into an embarassing public spectacle for the president that temporarily brought his motorcade to a complete hault. With all eyes on Washington, DC, viewers across the nation and around the world were treated to parade images of waffing smoke and pepper spray, as police battled protesters right on the inaugural motorcade route. At one point, the fence barrackades on Pennsylvania Avenue about a mile ahead of the presidential parade were brought down by demonstrators during a prolonged clash that first slowed the president's motorcade, ultimately bringing it to a stand-still.
Moments before the motorcade stopped, it was actually forced to speed up briefly in an attempt to spare the president a prolonged exposure to an expanse of protesters who dwarfed the numbers of Bush supporters on the parade route at the site of the ANSWER rally. Large signs designating the president a fascist and his actions war-crimes framed the presidential limousine, and on mainstream television the voices of commentators attempting to downplay the significance of the protests were drowned out by the loud and angry shouts of "Fuck Bush!"
This was followed almost immediately by a request from police to slow down the advancing parade due to a continuing confrontation between security forces and demonstrators several blocks ahead on Pennsylvania Avenue. Police used tear-gas and pepper spray in their attempts to clear the street, and several media outlets including CBS captured images of the clash. Yet other television stations like CNN refused to air these pictures, focusing on the parade route while their commentators actually stated that they had no intention of "making too much" out of the displays of opposition.
The day began with a Critical Mass bike ride through DC early in the morning. A few hours later, a massive rally at Malcolm X Park, sponsored by the DC Anti-War Network (DAWN), was followed by a march to McPherson Square -- a march estimated by police to be 10,000 or more strong. A second march from the rally ended in civil disobedience at Lafayette Park, at the end of the parade route and in front of the White House.
Splinter marches broke off from the main DAWN march and moved into the city streets, and one of these groups met with extensive police violence including pepper-spray and battons, and there were several reports of some sort of projectiles being fired by police -- either rubber bullets or pepper-balls. DC Radio Co-Op reporter Darby Hickey, covering the protests from the field, was injured by the police actions.
During Bush's speech prior to the parade, Code Pink dropped a banner reading "Bring the Troops Home", but were quickly removed, as were several individuals who shouted other remarks in opposition to Bush. After the speech, the victory parade began, soon to be followed by the embarassment at one end of the parade route and large-scale fighting at the other end. During the large battle between police and demonstrators at 14th and Pennsylvania that halted the motorcade, there were injuries on both sides, with police reporting one officer with a broken arm. A stand-off set in, riot police lined up in front of protesters while tear-gas drifted in the air. Sixteen journalists had been pepper sprayed by the time calm resumed.
Several sets of protesters linked up to form a spontaneous and unpermitted march up Massachusettes Avenue towards Union Station. The march swelled and took up an entire lane of the avenue, and police moved in on motorcycles. The bikes were used to drive the marchers off the street, and several demonstrators were hit by police cycles in front of the Post Office on New York Avenue. While they were forced from the street itself, the marchers still made it to Union Station -- their destination, and the site of the so-called "Freedom Ball" for the Inaugural celebrations.
The mood outside Union Station became festive as the diverse group played music and regrouped, but shortly the arrival of Republican attendees of the Ball led to confrontations that included a fight between a demonstrator and a Republican -- the demonstrator being promptly arrested by police, and the Republican allowed to enter the party. Minutes later, another partygoer assaulted a photographer outside Ball, in full view of police who did nothing about the incident.
Late into the evening, yet another march started to form and make its way up Columbia Road through Adams Morgan. Protesters carrying torches (yes, torches) and chanting, "Bring the War Home" were on their way to the Washington Hilton's Inaugural Ball, when at least 100 riot police lined up at 18th and Belmont while all roads and allies off Columbia were closed. The marchers were pinned in, and police were not allowing them to leave. The march turned onto the only road out, 18th street, and were totally cut-off by the police. Two buses appeared on 18th street, and four more on Columbia Road, as police moved in and started to arrest demonstrators while a helicopter overhead spotlighted the entire scene.
DC Radio Co-Op reporter Darby Hickey was reporting live from the scene, and police approached and told her to "take a walk", a warning that was followed by physical assault when an officer shoved her. Protesters were still being arrested as the entire section of Columbia was totally shut down and 30 additional riot police marched into positions on the road. Shortly, the two buses were gone along with 100 to 150 protesters who were arrested. Two bank windows were left shattered as was at least one police cruiser windshield, bricks had flown, and some of those arrested were pepper sprayed by police even after they were adequately restrained. Another 50 people were on their knees being arrested in an alley just off Columbia Road as reports continued to come in from reporters in the field well into the early morning hours.
There is a clear sense that the oppressive tactics witnessed in DC, as well as during the RNC in New York and the trade protests in Miami, are increasingly the undeniable traits of an expanding police state. And yet, for all of the chest-thumping about the extensive security in place, protesters managed to carry their messages and their dissent right onto the parade route, through the streets all across the capitol of the Christian crusaders' empire, and make their voices heard around the world.
This was followed almost immediately by a request from police to slow down the advancing parade due to a continuing confrontation between security forces and demonstrators several blocks ahead on Pennsylvania Avenue. Police used tear-gas and pepper spray in their attempts to clear the street, and several media outlets including CBS captured images of the clash. Yet other television stations like CNN refused to air these pictures, focusing on the parade route while their commentators actually stated that they had no intention of "making too much" out of the displays of opposition.
The day began with a Critical Mass bike ride through DC early in the morning. A few hours later, a massive rally at Malcolm X Park, sponsored by the DC Anti-War Network (DAWN), was followed by a march to McPherson Square -- a march estimated by police to be 10,000 or more strong. A second march from the rally ended in civil disobedience at Lafayette Park, at the end of the parade route and in front of the White House.Splinter marches broke off from the main DAWN march and moved into the city streets, and one of these groups met with extensive police violence including pepper-spray and battons, and there were several reports of some sort of projectiles being fired by police -- either rubber bullets or pepper-balls. DC Radio Co-Op reporter Darby Hickey, covering the protests from the field, was injured by the police actions.
During Bush's speech prior to the parade, Code Pink dropped a banner reading "Bring the Troops Home", but were quickly removed, as were several individuals who shouted other remarks in opposition to Bush. After the speech, the victory parade began, soon to be followed by the embarassment at one end of the parade route and large-scale fighting at the other end. During the large battle between police and demonstrators at 14th and Pennsylvania that halted the motorcade, there were injuries on both sides, with police reporting one officer with a broken arm. A stand-off set in, riot police lined up in front of protesters while tear-gas drifted in the air. Sixteen journalists had been pepper sprayed by the time calm resumed.
Several sets of protesters linked up to form a spontaneous and unpermitted march up Massachusettes Avenue towards Union Station. The march swelled and took up an entire lane of the avenue, and police moved in on motorcycles. The bikes were used to drive the marchers off the street, and several demonstrators were hit by police cycles in front of the Post Office on New York Avenue. While they were forced from the street itself, the marchers still made it to Union Station -- their destination, and the site of the so-called "Freedom Ball" for the Inaugural celebrations.
The mood outside Union Station became festive as the diverse group played music and regrouped, but shortly the arrival of Republican attendees of the Ball led to confrontations that included a fight between a demonstrator and a Republican -- the demonstrator being promptly arrested by police, and the Republican allowed to enter the party. Minutes later, another partygoer assaulted a photographer outside Ball, in full view of police who did nothing about the incident.
Late into the evening, yet another march started to form and make its way up Columbia Road through Adams Morgan. Protesters carrying torches (yes, torches) and chanting, "Bring the War Home" were on their way to the Washington Hilton's Inaugural Ball, when at least 100 riot police lined up at 18th and Belmont while all roads and allies off Columbia were closed. The marchers were pinned in, and police were not allowing them to leave. The march turned onto the only road out, 18th street, and were totally cut-off by the police. Two buses appeared on 18th street, and four more on Columbia Road, as police moved in and started to arrest demonstrators while a helicopter overhead spotlighted the entire scene.
DC Radio Co-Op reporter Darby Hickey was reporting live from the scene, and police approached and told her to "take a walk", a warning that was followed by physical assault when an officer shoved her. Protesters were still being arrested as the entire section of Columbia was totally shut down and 30 additional riot police marched into positions on the road. Shortly, the two buses were gone along with 100 to 150 protesters who were arrested. Two bank windows were left shattered as was at least one police cruiser windshield, bricks had flown, and some of those arrested were pepper sprayed by police even after they were adequately restrained. Another 50 people were on their knees being arrested in an alley just off Columbia Road as reports continued to come in from reporters in the field well into the early morning hours.
There is a clear sense that the oppressive tactics witnessed in DC, as well as during the RNC in New York and the trade protests in Miami, are increasingly the undeniable traits of an expanding police state. And yet, for all of the chest-thumping about the extensive security in place, protesters managed to carry their messages and their dissent right onto the parade route, through the streets all across the capitol of the Christian crusaders' empire, and make their voices heard around the world.
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"Democratic reformers facing repression, prison or exile can know: America sees you for who you are: the future leaders of your free country."
so there you have it. nice work DC dissenters. go have a beer.
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To the rest of the world, this is another example of one, scary, pompous, self-absorbed ego-maniac and worst of all, illustrates another slap in the face of every American.
Congratulations for your intestinal fortitude yesterday. I know how hard it is to stand, eye-to-eye with an armoured fascist who is pissing his pants with fear. They are gutless and I hope they all look in the mirror later.
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Let's also recognise that these "oppressive tactics" of a "police state" extend to all groups: withness the caging of conservative protesters at the DNC. This makes the overall situation even worse, because there will be NOBODY to complain when even the Republicans begin to take offence at having their freedoms revoked.
May I suggest that perhaps the target needs to be evaluated? Perhaps the protesters should stage their acts in front of the media booths, so that news programs are forced to recognise their presence. I realize the police state and all is supposed to prevent this, but if you are going to fight with police and get arrested anyway, why not make it worthwhile?
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This morning I heard a clip from Bush's speech: "All who live in tyranny and hopelessness can know: the United States will not ignore your oppression, or excuse your oppressors. When you stand for your liberty, we will stand with you." What I tried to do yesterday was exactly that: to stand for my liberty. Apparently my liberty is not as valuable when my oppressor is American. Is this the message? Because I disagree with my nation's politics, I lose the right to express my opinion?
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This morning I heard a clip from Bush's speech: "All who live in tyranny and hopelessness can know: the United States will not ignore your oppression, or excuse your oppressors. When you stand for your liberty, we will stand with you." What I tried to do yesterday was exactly that: to stand for my liberty. Apparently my liberty is not as valuable when my oppressor is American. Is this the message? Because I disagree with my nation's politics, I lose the right to express my opinion?
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Thank you all of you wonderful demonstrators that spoke for the rest of us caring Americans.
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I came from one of those damn red states but I am blue to the core!!!! Liberal and educated is the only way to be!!!
And if you are those things, you must fight for those less fortunate.....The Republicans and all their right-wing do-gooders are closet cases in the extreme. They hide behind a Bible and feel righteous but their religious fanaticism is no different from any other kind of fanaticism.
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Thanks for the solidarity--it's going your way too. Stay strong, and hook up with the movements when you get back home, OK?
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thank you for being there in DC, i wish i could have been. MUCH MUCH MUCH love goes to the folx trying to make a change. yesterday was both beautiful and ugly. BUT WE SHALL OVERCOM
pwr to the ppl
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This is a great article and it's wonderful someone is able to show what else happened at the overpriced event for the Puppet. I too flipped through the channels to find only happy images of Bush, His cock-eyed wife and two daughters.
For the comments I read that Condon violence, are you for real? What's your President doing in IRAQ right now? Looking for WMD? Oh yes, they finally admitted they weren't there the entire time. Now Bush says Saddam had to taken from power anyways, even though his Daddy Bush put Saddam in power in the first place. The USA has no reason at all to play god in a foreign country right now.
Today young and old American soldiers are dieing (aka Violence) as well as the Iraqi people. All in the name of terrorism! Think before you make a ludicrous comment like that!
You’re the same type of person that will sit back and say it will be ok and we can ‘Talk it out”! You’ve probably never been hit in the mouth, but will flame someone in email or leave a nasty voicemail because inside you are a coward. You’re probably also the type of person that watches and believes everything Fox News has to say. Then you’ll preach it as gospel and press this information on your same type of coward friends.
I’m sure if you were there at the protest, you would find out who threw the first punch and it wasn’t the “freedom fighters”. It was the police who couldn’t stop the marchers and had to spray them down and/or use other military tactics to oppress them. The Protesters were expressing their disgust at a man who is ruining this country faster then any other president in the history of the USA. The Media, Bush and Police didn’t want the rest of the country, and the World for that matter, to see what our people really think of Bush. The media, Gallop Pole and Bush cronies have made the entire world think we actually voted him in office again.
If our people have extend into violence to protect themselves from the government they don’t approve of so be it. Maybe someone needs to read the about The Revolution, Civil War and Vietnam again and see how it always turns into violence. Not that violence it right, but violence is in the human blood and that’s how it’s always been.
For all you protesters, I salute you for standing up for America and attempting to save our rights. Continue to kick ass and FUCK BUSH!
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This is a great article and it's wonderful someone is able to show what else happened at the overpriced event for the Puppet. I too flipped through the channels to find only happy images of Bush, His cock-eyed wife and two daughters.
For the comments I read that Condon violence, are you for real? What's your President doing in IRAQ right now? Looking for WMD? Oh yes, they finally admitted they weren't there the entire time. Now Bush says Saddam had to taken from power anyways, even though his Daddy Bush put Saddam in power in the first place. The USA has no reason at all to play god in a foreign country right now.
Today young and old American soldiers are dieing (aka Violence) as well as the Iraqi people. All in the name of terrorism! Think before you make a ludicrous comment like that!
You’re the same type of person that will sit back and say it will be ok and we can ‘Talk it out”! You’ve probably never been hit in the mouth, but will flame someone in email or leave a nasty voicemail because inside you are a coward. You’re probably also the type of person that watches and believes everything Fox News has to say. Then you’ll preach it as gospel and press this information on your same type of coward friends.
I’m sure if you were there at the protest, you would find out who threw the first punch and it wasn’t the “freedom fighters”. It was the police who couldn’t stop the marchers and had to spray them down and/or use other military tactics to oppress them. The Protesters were expressing their disgust at a man who is ruining this country faster then any other president in the history of the USA. The Media, Bush and Police didn’t want the rest of the country, and the World for that matter, to see what our people really think of Bush. The media, Gallop Pole and Bush cronies have made the entire world think we actually voted him in office again.
If our people have extend into violence to protect themselves from the government they don’t approve of so be it. Maybe someone needs to read the about The Revolution, Civil War and Vietnam again and see how it always turns into violence. Not that violence it right, but violence is in the human blood and that’s how it’s always been.
For all you protesters, I salute you for standing up for America and attempting to save our rights. Continue to kick ass and FUCK BUSH!
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YOU are all TRUE AMERICAN PATRIOTS...I saw everything on CBS, and CSPAN2, and in our LOCAL papers here....news coverage was the BEST in any pro-peace rally yet....
bush* cannot govern under these circumstances...WE THE PEOPLE have taken bush* down a big notch....criminal bush* will end up in a nixonian spiral of self-destruction....KEEP UP THE PRESSURE...the fall of the 'boy king' has begun !!
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This is a great article and it's wonderful someone is able to show what else happened at the overpriced event for the Puppet. I too flipped through the channels to find only happy images of Bush, His cock-eyed wife and two daughters.
For the comments I read that Condon violence, are you for real? What's your President doing in IRAQ right now? Looking for WMD? Oh yes, they finally admitted they weren't there the entire time. Now Bush says Saddam had to taken from power anyways, even though his Daddy Bush put Saddam in power in the first place. The USA has no reason at all to play god in a foreign country right now.
Today young and old American soldiers are dieing (aka Violence) as well as the Iraqi people. All in the name of terrorism! Think before you make a ludicrous comment like that!
You’re the same type of person that will sit back and say it will be ok and we can ‘Talk it out”! You’ve probably never been hit in the mouth, but will flame someone in email or leave a nasty voicemail because inside you are a coward. You’re probably also the type of person that watches and believes everything Fox News has to say. Then you’ll preach it as gospel and press this information on your same type of coward friends.
I’m sure if you were there at the protest, you would find out who threw the first punch and it wasn’t the “freedom fighters”. It was the police who couldn’t stop the marchers and had to spray them down and/or use other military tactics to oppress them. The Protesters were expressing their disgust at a man who is ruining this country faster then any other president in the history of the USA. The Media, Bush and Police didn’t want the rest of the country, and the World for that matter, to see what our people really think of Bush. The media, Gallop Pole and Bush cronies have made the entire world think we actually voted him in office again.
If our people have extend into violence to protect themselves from the government they don’t approve of so be it. Maybe someone needs to read the about The Revolution, Civil War and Vietnam again and see how it always turns into violence. Not that violence it right, but violence is in the human blood and that’s how it’s always been.
For all you protesters, I salute you for standing up for America and attempting to save our rights. Continue to kick ass and FUCK BUSH!
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This is a great article and it's wonderful someone is able to show what else happened at the overpriced event for the Puppet. I too flipped through the channels to find only happy images of Bush, His cock-eyed wife and two daughters.
For the comments I read that Condon violence, are you for real? What's your President doing in IRAQ right now? Looking for WMD? Oh yes, they finally admitted they weren't there the entire time. Now Bush says Saddam had to taken from power anyways, even though his Daddy Bush put Saddam in power in the first place. The USA has no reason at all to play god in a foreign country right now.
Today young and old American soldiers are dieing (aka Violence) as well as the Iraqi people. All in the name of terrorism! Think before you make a ludicrous comment like that!
You’re the same type of person that will sit back and say it will be ok and we can ‘Talk it out”! You’ve probably never been hit in the mouth, but will flame someone in email or leave a nasty voicemail because inside you are a coward. You’re probably also the type of person that watches and believes everything Fox News has to say. Then you’ll preach it as gospel and press this information on your same type of coward friends.
I’m sure if you were there at the protest, you would find out who threw the first punch and it wasn’t the “freedom fighters”. It was the police who couldn’t stop the marchers and had to spray them down and/or use other military tactics to oppress them. The Protesters were expressing their disgust at a man who is ruining this country faster then any other president in the history of the USA. The Media, Bush and Police didn’t want the rest of the country, and the World for that matter, to see what our people really think of Bush. The media, Gallop Pole and Bush cronies have made the entire world think we actually voted him in office again.
If our people have extend into violence to protect themselves from the government they don’t approve of so be it. Maybe someone needs to read the about The Revolution, Civil War and Vietnam again and see how it always turns into violence. Not that violence it right, but violence is in the human blood and that’s how it’s always been.
For all you protesters, I salute you for standing up for America and attempting to save our rights. Continue to kick ass and FUCK BUSH!
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I support the punching of police faces...yes I do. Maybe not quite yet...but very soon, with the coming Corporate-Militarized Police State.
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This is a great article and it's wonderful someone is able to show what else happened at the overpriced event for the Puppet. I too flipped through the channels to find only happy images of Bush, His cock-eyed wife and two daughters.
For the comments I read that Condon violence, are you for real? What's your President doing in IRAQ right now? Looking for WMD? Oh yes, they finally admitted they weren't there the entire time. Now Bush says Saddam had to taken from power anyways, even though his Daddy Bush put Saddam in power in the first place. The USA has no reason at all to play god in a foreign country right now.
Today young and old American soldiers are dieing (aka Violence) as well as the Iraqi people. All in the name of terrorism! Think before you make a ludicrous comment like that!
You’re the same type of person that will sit back and say it will be ok and we can ‘Talk it out”! You’ve probably never been hit in the mouth, but will flame someone in email or leave a nasty voicemail because inside you are a coward. You’re probably also the type of person that watches and believes everything Fox News has to say. Then you’ll preach it as gospel and press this information on your same type of coward friends.
I’m sure if you were there at the protest, you would find out who threw the first punch and it wasn’t the “freedom fighters”. It was the police who couldn’t stop the marchers and had to spray them down and/or use other military tactics to oppress them. The Protesters were expressing their disgust at a man who is ruining this country faster then any other president in the history of the USA. The Media, Bush and Police didn’t want the rest of the country, and the World for that matter, to see what our people really think of Bush. The media, Gallop Pole and Bush cronies have made the entire world think we actually voted him in office again.
If our people have extend into violence to protect themselves from the government they don’t approve of so be it. Maybe someone needs to read the about The Revolution, Civil War and Vietnam again and see how it always turns into violence. Not that violence it right, but violence is in the human blood and that’s how it’s always been.
For all you protesters, I salute you for standing up for America and attempting to save our rights. Continue to kick ass and FUCK BUSH!
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This is a great article and it's wonderful someone is able to show what else happened at the overpriced event for the Puppet. I too flipped through the channels to find only happy images of Bush, His cock-eyed wife and two daughters.
For the comments I read that Condon violence, are you for real? What's your President doing in IRAQ right now? Looking for WMD? Oh yes, they finally admitted they weren't there the entire time. Now Bush says Saddam had to taken from power anyways, even though his Daddy Bush put Saddam in power in the first place. The USA has no reason at all to play god in a foreign country right now.
Today young and old American soldiers are dieing (aka Violence) as well as the Iraqi people. All in the name of terrorism! Think before you make a ludicrous comment like that!
You’re the same type of person that will sit back and say it will be ok and we can ‘Talk it out”! You’ve probably never been hit in the mouth, but will flame someone in email or leave a nasty voicemail because inside you are a coward. You’re probably also the type of person that watches and believes everything Fox News has to say. Then you’ll preach it as gospel and press this information on your same type of coward friends.
I’m sure if you were there at the protest, you would find out who threw the first punch and it wasn’t the “freedom fighters”. It was the police who couldn’t stop the marchers and had to spray them down and/or use other military tactics to oppress them. The Protesters were expressing their disgust at a man who is ruining this country faster then any other president in the history of the USA. The Media, Bush and Police didn’t want the rest of the country, and the World for that matter, to see what our people really think of Bush. The media, Gallop Pole and Bush cronies have made the entire world think we actually voted him in office again.
If our people have extend into violence to protect themselves from the government they don’t approve of so be it. Maybe someone needs to read the about The Revolution, Civil War and Vietnam again and see how it always turns into violence. Not that violence it right, but violence is in the human blood and that’s how it’s always been.
For all you protesters, I salute you for standing up for America and attempting to save our rights. Continue to kick ass and FUCK BUSH!
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Zeig Heil!!! he is the terrorist, he is the dicktator, He is the threat to freedom, and he brings more tyranny!!!
All hail the glorious leader with a mission from beyond the stars
Hail Bush! Hail Bush! Hail Bush!
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There were a lot of fur coats. That seemed to be a uniform of sorts. A couple from Georgia I think had neglected to buy tickets so ended up in line with the protesters at the unticketed gate. They were pretty polite though so we didn't really get into any sort of fight. A misguided older couple, but willing to respect our rights so we respected theirs.
For us, the protest was pretty peaceful. I don't think we really sought out places where we would come into conflict though and were able to avoid it. We were more about showing solidarity with the protesters then being targets ourselves. I honestly think that half our job is not just to show displeasure at the ground level but to show displesure at the intellectual level.
It amazes and discourages me that people are so flummoxed by Rove's Strategies. He has only regurtitated past actions of governing bodies and subsections of different governments. I am depressed and dismayed that what we consider education today is a career factory. Churning our teachers, lawyers, doctors, engineers, computer professionals.... No one watches government anymore? That is the job a proper borgeisie plays, why isn't it doing that?
Karl Rove is not a genius. He is just educated in alternative government philosophies and history. That we are no longer so is a problem.
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This Inauguration, like the last one, led to massive street fighting, the motocade speeding up to avoid some protestorts only to have to stop and attempt to wait out the Battle of 14th St.
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i have some great pics of your parade & signs. i liked this one the best...
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This article could have been presented with much more credulity if the writer had been able to use the English language with better skill.
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fuck you is that enoughth english for you?
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This article could have been presented with much more credulity if the writer had been able to use the English language with better skill.
i say
fuck you is that enoughth english for you?
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This article could have been presented with much more credulity if the writer had been able to use the English language with better skill.
i say
fuck you is that enoughth english for you?
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How can you think we didn't do what we could? That we weren't out there in full force? We outnumbered the supporters ATLEAST 40 to 1. Most of the stands set up for supporters only, were EMPTY, the ones that did have people had maybe 12 people. The media, the police, they had it so secure - fences 15 feet high, metal detectors, the section where Bush actually walked was totally closed with the people being shuttled in to take those seats for the sake of the pictures to show the rest of the world. I had to wait in line for over 2hours to get in (I first got there before 10am and the parade didn't even start till 3pm). Trust me when I say it was not like they showed on TV. I walked away form the parade feeling a little better that that a-hole would be embarrassed, only to see the pictures they were showing the world. That I had to search forever to even find this write up that told what was really going on yesterday. Knowing that the world didn't see what really went on. I am so pissed today to see that none of what was really going on was shown. I don't know why I am surprised… but don't think we didn't try our best.
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its funny, some of your own people dont like your activities. its truly evident by several postings on different threads.
i guess this post will be deleted by the indy g-d because it doesnt hold with the indy mindset.
cowards...
i wonder if i got an indy contributer password, would you delete my images & articles? i got some great pics. alas, ill just send them thru the net to show that your reporting is prejudicial & false.
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How can you think we didn't do what we could? That we weren't out there in full force? We outnumbered the supporters ATLEAST 40 to 1. Most of the stands set up for supporters only, were EMPTY, the ones that did have people had maybe 12 people. The media, the police, they had it so secure - fences 15 feet high, metal detectors, the section where Bush actually walked was totally closed with the people being shuttled in to take those seats for the sake of the pictures to show the rest of the world. I had to wait in line for over 2hours to get in (I first got there before 10am and the parade didn't even start till 3pm). Trust me when I say it was not like they showed on TV. I walked away form the parade feeling a little better that that a-hole would be embarrassed, only to see the pictures they were showing the world. That I had to search forever to even find this write up that told what was really going on yesterday. Knowing that the world didn't see what really went on. I am so pissed today to see that none of what was really going on was shown. I don't know why I am surprised… but don't think we didn't try our best.
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good job go people go
be critic stay critic
and fuck bush(is that english enought?)
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good job go people go
be critic stay critic
and fuck bush(is that english enought?)
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good job go people go
be critic stay critic
and fuck bush(is that english enought?)
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img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/gaffeur/afghani.jpg
img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/gaffeur/bushblitzkrieg.jpg
good job go people go
be critic stay critic
and fuck bush(is that english enought?)
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at least you believe in it, i don't ,because i don't believe hypocrisie.
direct democraty no bushshit
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How many Senators do we have now? 44? Atleast we control the House! What? We don't?
Hippie power!
FALLUJAH THEM ALL!!!!!!
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What's also amusing is the "you condone violence" comment -- again from someone who condones violence consistently against against protesters, based upon their politics. Considering the beatings, pepper-spraying, tear-gassing, etc of people not even LINKED to even the so-called "violence" of throwing snowballs (like our reporters, who were gassed, sprayed, hit, etc), and the endorsement of that thugish behavior from police by 3dpig and others, they just sound inane when complaining about protestors.
Yet another amusing thing is the need for someone in body armor and helmets, armed with guns and all their other toys, to be apparently "hurt" or "scared" or whatever of young people throwing snowballs. Talk about cowardly.
We know the truth about what happened yesterday, and we reported it. That some people out in California didn't see anything on TV to indicate the protests accomplished anything isn't surprising. Your TV didn't tell you the truth? That is actually sort of relevant to why IMC exists. Whatever one thinks of some of the tactics involved or the ultimate "accomplishments" of the protests, several facts are undeniable: the massive security was breached; people demonstrated a willingness and ability to face off with the agents of oppression for the state; people came out to show the state, the world, and each other that we are still here, we can face them and disrupt them, and that although we certainly face a strong oppressive police/military structure targeting us, it IS POSSIBLE to confront it. That's important, very important -- to not only focus on the horrors of this government and its imperialism, but on what we can do about it and that what we do can have an effect. And it showed HOW to have an effect -- in the streets, loudly and on principles from which we WON'T back down just because a bunch of hired guns threaten us.
No matter how you try to spin it otherwise 3-d PIG, these things are true and these messages got through to us, to the state, to the world, and to you at least on some level. And you know what? I think it scares you every time, even if you'll never admit it.
Solidarity to the message and the messengers,
Drew Poe
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I support the punching of police faces...yes I do. Maybe not quite yet...but very soon, with the coming Corporate-Militarized Police State. - - - - -
I second that! and in FACT... I am in self-exile in China as I like to publicly call for the overthrow of the USA gov by any and ALL means nesecarry... yes... this involves the killing of any cops/military who chose to protect it.
the world will someday have ameriKKKan hunters to deal with a lotta ameriKKKan fascist civilians who waer cowboy hats and wear fur coats. Just as the world had "nazi-hunters" so shall there be "ameriKKKan huinters"
kill the USA gov... kill cops... kill USA soldiers... this is the reality we are faced with... protesting days are over!
Eric Bochene
(come get my in China fascists)
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I support the punching of police faces...yes I do. Maybe not quite yet...but very soon, with the coming Corporate-Militarized Police State. - - - - -
I second that! and in FACT... I am in self-exile in China as I like to publicly call for the overthrow of the USA gov by any and ALL means nesecarry... yes... this involves the killing of any cops/military who chose to protect it.
the world will someday have ameriKKKan hunters to deal with a lotta ameriKKKan fascist civilians who waer cowboy hats and wear fur coats. Just as the world had "nazi-hunters" so shall there be "ameriKKKan huinters"
kill the USA gov... kill cops... kill USA soldiers... this is the reality we are faced with... protesting days are over!
Eric Bochene
(come get my in China fascists)
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Why don’t you do something useful like get a job and stop living in your parents basement or off their bank accounts.
Sheesh.....
And to Eric "festo" Bochene I can taste the delicious irony of your self imposed exile in China.
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What did all that stupidness accomplish? Nothing!(lol) George Bush is still President, American Armed Forces are still kicking Towel head asses, and you pathetic queers are reduced to whining ,screaming, and other impotencies. If america was really some fascist state, you sore loser punk muthafuckers would either be dead, locked up, or in some other country, far away from any inaguration, the only reason you were allowed to show up at all is something called the first amendment and the right to free assembly, which you not only abuse, if you try to keep others from expressing.
You cry about police states, but support the police states of Communist Cuba, Venezuala, and Mugubes Black racist terror state that cant even feed its own people.
Im glad to see your masks are off, and many of you now openly support America's Muslim Terrorist enemy...thats treason and sedition, and eventually you will be dealt with accordingly...please show more pictures of you filthy aids infected queers getting your asses kicked, Ill be glad to show them to everyone and celebrate.
FOUR MORE YEARS-FUCK ALL YOU QUEERS
WHINING TRAITOR FAGGOTS-
CRY YOUR PUSSY TEARS!!!!!
W-1!
DEATH to the LEFT!
HOW DO YOU LIKE ME NOW?
L88r -The1 JL
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Your threats mean nothing.
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If America were really the facist state you proclaim, many of you would already be in the prision camps being tortured and/or re-educated.
Your silly protests and constant hate speech simply belay your true nature, your all silly little spoiled brats who have too much opportunity to spend Daddy's money and prove your asses.
Keep this mundane behavior up and soon the Republican party will capture even California again and then we can start the re-education process.
GOD BLESS AMERICA and THANK GOD we have Pesident Bush!!!
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after realizing that your attempts to breach the fence werent going to work, your anarchists had a temper tantrum. when that didnt work, they began walking the streets of chinatown spraypainting motorists as they sat in the traffic tie ups caused by the non-permitted anarchist march. then they went to adams morgan & tried to disrupt the tranquility of the most liberal neighborhood in dc. red "A"s sprayed on buildings. one woman had her window smashed, & she is a supporter of the leftist movement.
then thay were trapped outside your good friend adams house. i wonder if he went out to make sure they didnt mark his car(does he have an suv or a benz?) or damage any of his property/home. btw, mr e, your comment about the fact that activists were left standing in the cold, handcuffed, wearing only a shirt & some jeans is outright stupid. if youve looked at the pics posted to indymedia this weekend, youll see nothing but shirted & jeaned anarchists running the streets. including the red haired kid with mustache & beard without his shirt. he was holding it in his hand.
all in all, the left accomplished nothing. you had your die in, you walked the streets chanting they were your streets. it wasnt until property was destroyed that any real numbers of your contingent felt some flex cuffs on their wrists. rightly so. i take that back, the left did accomplish something...they had the right to assemble & speak their mind(s) freely, & they did. such a democratic thing for a group of socialists , communists & anarchists.
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>This article could have been presented with much more credulity
> if the writer had been able to use the English language with better skill.
You would have more credibility as a critic of other people's writing if you knew the difference between credulity and credibility.
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3-d: Would you like to see my US passport? Perhaps my birth certificate. I recently returned from an international vacation and flew in the front of the plane! Otherwise, if you don't have a warrant and bring it to my door to me, ta ta!
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>Do you really need to pick the nits? There's a time and a place
>for everything, and it's likely that in this particular circumstance,
>comments are typed quickly.
Then perhaps Treena's comment shouldn't have been typed at all, as its sole purpose was to wag a finger at the original poster's English language skills.
Those who delight in pointing out the writing errors of others had better make sure that their own writing is flawless, or else they will, in their turn, see their own errors publicly pointed out.
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Yes dickless wonder... thats what smart people do... and we all know that if the USA goes after Iran then China will have to face off with ameriKKKa.... I'll be here to help them kill Americans. Now go call your FBI... I just broke your silly little laws.
Here's my SSN to get ya started... 054.74.0978
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Though this is what expected at any inagural parade, a protest of sorts. And it was expected that the police would retaliate if anyone were to go any where near the parade route.
But, really this protests/interaction was all about anarchist/socialist sentiment,Bush is an authority, anarchists believe in no authority,socialists despise capitalism. The idea of this protest was primarily against authoritarianism and Capitalism.
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From what I am reading here on these posts, it seems that many of you did not see the media coverage the protestors got during the parade. In addition to C-SPAN broadcasting over 2 hours of the rally, CNN, FOX news and other local and national stations showed quite a bit of our fight on that day, and actually, still are. Actually, the protests were just as big of news and the actual parade and ceremonies. I personally was interviewed by FOX 5 news and later was on the 10:00 broadcast (DC AREA)
Although things are not going to change drastically, the main point we were there to make is that WE CANNOT be pushed around, and George W and is posse can never escape us. We are the majority, and wherever he goes, we will be there. The importance of the DC protests was VOLUME, the more anti-war/anti-Bush people that showed up, the stronger we were. And, boy, were we ever STRONG!!!
It was an emotional and passion filled day, and I can finally say that I have done my part (for the time being). I was also so proud that so many people came out and showed this country that WE ARE NOT afraid to speak out, and there are quite a few of us that do have morals and care about the rest of the world.
Thank you for allowing me to be part of history!!
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From what I am reading here on these posts, it seems that many of you did not see the media coverage the protestors got during the parade. In addition to C-SPAN broadcasting over 2 hours of the rally, CNN, FOX news and other local and national stations showed quite a bit of our fight on that day, and actually, still are. Actually, the protests were just as big of news and the actual parade and ceremonies. I personally was interviewed by FOX 5 news and later was on the 10:00 broadcast (DC AREA)
Although things are not going to change drastically, the main point we were there to make is that WE CANNOT be pushed around, and George W and is posse can never escape us. We are the majority, and wherever he goes, we will be there. The importance of the DC protests was VOLUME, the more anti-war/anti-Bush people that showed up, the stronger we were. And, boy, were we ever STRONG!!!
It was an emotional and passion filled day, and I can finally say that I have done my part (for the time being). I was also so proud that so many people came out and showed this country that WE ARE NOT afraid to speak out, and there are quite a few of us that do have morals and care about the rest of the world.
Thank you for allowing me to be part of history!!
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Keep up the good work!
Regards,
Douglas Hendrson
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"So much for a peaceful protest huh. Perhaps these jackasses protesting would have a better chance of getting their message across if they didnt act like a bunch of animalistic idiots. "
Yeah because only the State is allowed to act like animalistic idiots. Throwing snowballs and breaking down barriers is for wimps. Blowing up whole villages and torturing prisoners is what the big guys do.
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The only signs of protest that were visible were the signs on the parade route, which were not confined to the section "authorized" for ANSWER.
There was chatter among the commentators about other protests including the flag burning. There were no signs of teargas being used. There was a large amount of steam coming from the manhole covers on the street.
The parade changed pace twice, by my recollection. Once as they were moving through the ANSWER area which was quite loud, whether this was due only to people in the "authorized" zone or not, I don't know. The other time was when they came around a corner later in the march.
I applaud the resistance in the streets, those seen and unseen. Having said this the above story seems a little exaggerated. At least the first paragraph and its assertions of embarrassment for Bush. I don't think there were any significant gains in changing peoples minds about all this, or in building further resistance. But I wasn't there and everything I saw was filtered. Then again this could be said of the majority of the people who saw the event at all.
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Comiserations and hearfelt tears ( from the UK. :'(
Nothing in our media about the motorcade being stopped, of course, just vague mentions of "demonstrations". Just like last time when he was pelted with eggs and had to drive to the stand to be sworn in.
Watching America fall apart really is quite disturbing, if we really were all "anti-American" we'd all be cheering Bush on with all the millionaires and other morons.
At least the Democrats won't get the blame for the massive fuckup he's already out of his presidonutcy, and hey, maybe someone sane will get in at the end of the whole horrible process. I mean how much more of this crap is possible?
Lots of Luck, anyway.
Love
BNW
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We were covering the events in many ways and we confirmed that as the confrontation took place further down the parade route, the police passed on a request for the motorcade to slow down, which it did almost immediately.
Anyone who missed seeing it slow and stop either was not watching at that moment or just wasn't watching closely enough to see that it had stopped -- which is hard to imagine, since on CNN the camera zoomed in on the President's car when it stopped. In the event, maybe you missed it but it happened, and the article is not overstating it at all. Too bad you didn't see it, and especially too bad that those who did notice it probably weren't aware of the cause.
And the police and their supporters like 3D pig can make all the assertions they want about what did or did not happen, but it hardly explains away the photos of massive police brutality that took place, and certainly the claims of the police that this or that act of violence happened is hardly the definitive word on the matter -- one example, check out the assertions under oath from the NYPD, all of which was proven to be a complete fabrication when compared to the video at the RNC.
Drew Poe
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btw...i have pics & will be sending them out to people all on the web. i wont post them on indymedia because they most likely would be removed or photoshopped by some indy techie...
it seems that mr indy g-d drew poe is obsessed with all things 3d-pig! lmbao!
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cant believe some of the shit thats going down...
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