protestors (Code Pink) disrupts *'s inaugural address

[no_to_war_economy]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/050120/480/ing14801201727&e=1&ncid=705

from INDYmedia

During Bush's speech, Code Pink held up banners "Bring the troops home" and shouted. Police immediately took them away. After that another group shouted, they were taken away. 2 more protests following that. Members of the audience appluaded the police actions, shouted "USA USA," and some threw snowballs while other people tried to block cameras from covering the protesters. Public radio noted this very briefly, and the CNN noted and covered none of it as far as we can tell.

http://dc.indymedia.org/

[Virginian]

1. I give it a 5.

I think it rates highly.

[NYC]

42. Current rating is 3.49.

You have given this photo a rating of 5.
Its current average rating is 3.49 with 372 votes.

[Kolesar]

2. more protestors

[goddess40]

10. I would love that poster for our weekly protest

I wish I were there, even the local news station called because they thought I'd be going. I couldn't go because hubby is out of town and I can't leave the kids alone for two days.

[NC_Nate]

24. Some More Pics

[CBHagman]

29. Wow! I think that's 7th Street NW.

It certainly looks like it. Must get reports from the front...

[leftchick]

3. GIVE PEACE A CHANCE!

[diamond14]

12. AMERICAN HEROES....nice photo....inspiring....

:nuke:

[mrsadm]

25. Oh my God, I'm in love!!!

[mordarlar]

46. We need to watch to make sure he is ok. I have heard a status on pink...

but not this man. They will not harm ONE OF US for speaking out! Keep your eyes open. We owe this to this man.

[susu369]

4. Brave man

n/t

[fooj]

5. gave it a 5, myself!

PEACE!

[uppityperson]

6. Thank you protesters for being there when I couldn't

Good job and thank you.

[Jamastiene]

53. Me too!

I was disgusted that CSPan2 stopped coverage here before the protesters finished speaking. They went to the Senate coverage which I thought was going to be a sham anyhow. If any of them do say anything, it is just more words and no real action.

I wish I could have been at the protests.

[DELUSIONAL]

7. hoot hoot -- rah rah rah -- another hero raises to the occasion!

I rated the story a 5 also.

[Judi Lynn]

8. Now that's great! He's got a conscience, in short supply in Washington.n/t

[sherilocks]

9. Gave it a 5

Check out the other picture, the one with the protestors on a park bench and rate. Maybe we can get more coverage of the protestors with a few favorable votes.

[frictionlessO]

11. 5 from me as well!!

I want sooo bad to be there! But I would have had to quit not only my job but my wife...which I almost did anyway. Im rabid!!

[Sydnie]

13. Protesters arrested

Protesters are arrested during the swearing-in ceremony for President Bush at the US Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

edited to add link to picture http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050120/480/ing14701201724&e=29&ncid=705

[jswordy]

14. Ah, right of redress of grievances against government...

...continues its downhill course in our country, as we progress in molding ourselves into a more totalitarian state.

Today is called an inauguration, but it is actually a coronation, attended by all of the elected elite of both parties and the numerous moneymen and handlers to which they have become enslaved. Even the loophole allowing unfettered and unethical access and payola for this day points to a premise I begin to hold more strongly with each passing week, to wit:

It's not the liberal elite or the conservative elite we need worry about.

It's the elected elite!

At once separated from the people via their success at the very electoral process that was designed to ensure the people have access, our national pols quickly learn that money and influence are the ways they stay in the opulence of office. They only come "down to our level" when it is time to invent election issues, like a Constitutional ban on gay marriage.

These issues are quickly thrown away once the required votes have been cast to allow another term basking in the rarified air of being a lawmaker or a president.

The masses seem never to catch on.

[Sir Jeffrey]

16. "The 'plebes' will never revolt..." George Orwell, 1984 n/t

[me b zola]

44. While he spews on & on

about freedom & liberty.

[Sydnie]

15. I love this one!

Protesters mocking the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush cheer during an organized protest at Washington's Malcolm X Park before the United States presidential inauguration January 20, 2005. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

[Ilsa]

34. Love it! Thanks for posting this! n/t

[Kikosexy2]

17. Pink...

isn't just gay anymore---it's just sooooo cooooollll!!!

[MADem]

51. They cannot keep large size women's pink sneakers

...(trainers for UK types) in the stores, as male rapper wannabees buy them up like crazy, and squeeze their big ole feet up in them. Pink is THE color this year! Pink is the new basic black in some circles!

All hail the fine ladies of CODE PINK!

[genieroze]

18. gave it a 5

[fryguy]

19. protesters kept "several miles from the Capitol"

what a great show of freedom in a democratic society!

:wtf:

[SeekingDemocracy]

20. Protest coverage on CSPAN-2 now (nt)

[rodeodance]

21. 4.12 with 183 vote(s). (yahoo story above)

[rodeodance]

22. 3 buses from Madison, WI--on c-span--the war on poor people "give

peace a chance"

[UncleSepp]

26. Wasted opportunities

I have heard a few speakers from ANSWER, including one charismatic guy wearing a tan jumpsuit (Eugene Puryear) but I haven't heard any speeches. Most of what they seem to be talking about is themselves. I can understand the need to energize one's audience, but enough with the chants! I'd love to hear a real barnburner of a speech, something memorable and motivating.

Well, OTOH, I am not up there. I guess I ought to either get up and make speeches - which might be limp and uninteresting - or not complain because other people don't.

-- Edited to put in the name of the speaker in the tan jumpsuit

[louis-t]

28. They've been trying to keep all of the protesters

motivated to stay until the phonycade (I mean motorcade)drives by. I agree, too much chanting. Too many people from the crowd speaking about nothing. One kid said "awesome" about 8 times. Some good speakers too.

[rodeodance]

23. so some did not want pics seen--my my what an image!!!!

[pdxmom]

27. So shouting is a no-no, but

blocking free press and throwing things gets a pass? Had the protesters been throwing snowballs, you can guarantee they'd be charged with assault.

This is an alternate universe.

[xxqqqzme]

30. CodePink has a real talent

4 infiltrating....much respect 4 them.

[maddezmom]

31. AP story : Protesters Target Bush's Inauguration

By JEANNINE AVERSA, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - Anti-war protesters, including some who carried coffin-like cardboard boxes to signify the deaths of U.S. troops in Iraq (news - web sites), descended on the capital Thursday. Some of their chants could be heard as President Bush (news - web sites) delivered his inaugural address.


The chants came toward the end of Bush's speech, and the president continued his address without interruption or any sign that he heard them.


On Capitol Hill, some protesters were briefly detained by police, and then released after Bush finished speaking, said Andrea Buffa, spokeswoman for CodePink: Women for Peace, a social justice peace movement.


CodePink member Jodie Evans said she and other protesters got tickets to the ceremony from members of Congress representing New York and California.

~snip~
more: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/inaugural_protests

[aquart]

32. God Bless and Protect Code Pink.

[no_to_war_economy]

33. (CSPAN) chanting right now on the streets

along the parade route

"hey BUSH we know you - your daddy was a killer too"

[ally_sc]

35. at least they got through..eom

[The_Casual_Observer]

36. Fuck this "let freedom reign" bullshit. If you protest that bastard

they drag your ass away to jail. "let freedom reign" indeed.

[SmokingJacket]

37. Can't they see the fricking IRONY??? nt

[Megahurtz]

38. Members of the audience

are hypnotized by the Antichrist.......

[Joanne98]

40. Your right

Swearing In The Beast

Christians gather down DC way,
To celebrate Crusader Day.
Prayers and crosses, bells and guns,
Rape and torture is so much fun.

Grand Old Preachers, flush with cash,
From value-voting redneck trash.
They come to sing, "God Kill The Poor."
Wall Steet witches scream with joy.

Hail to the Chief, the Beast, the Boy,
Annoint his horns in bloody oil.
The cold air fills with Hellish hexes,
Satan loves the land of Texas.

Swear in the monster
Swear in the Beast
Put him on the alter
Lay down at his feet

The clock strikes twelve and here he comes,
Blow the trumpets, beat the drums.
Behold the world's biggest thug,
Gawd he has an ugly mug.

Freedom, God and ownership,
The Beast is full of total shit.
But that's okay it's just his job,
He's talking to the Christian mob.

Zombies watch through stitched up eyes,
Holy tongues tell only lies.
Bibles held in bloody hands,
Damnation falls upon this land.

Swear in the monster
Swear in the Beast
Put him on the alter
Hail to the thief

Here come the limos, hail the crook,
The people strain to get a look.
But eyes tear up from all the gases,
Coming out of FREEPERS BIG FAT ASSES.

Protesters come to mourn this day,
Cops with guns keep them away.
Filled with rage and wearing black,
The beast goes by they turn their backs.

TV viewers don't be tardy,
Grab your popcorn, join the party.
At sunset when the sky turns henna,
We sacrifice the virgin Jenna.

Swear in the monster
Swear in the Beast
Put him on the alter
We won't lay at his feet

Written by me....Joanne98

To everybody at the parade.....

To the Freepers..
KISS MY DU ASS
To the protesters
JESUS LOVES YOU
To the Bush-Christians
JESUS HATES YOU
To the DUer's
YOU ROCK

HAPPY CRUSANDER DAY!!!!!!!!!

[54anickel]

43. Great piece Joanne98!...n/t

[saigon68]

45. Awesome !!!

[burrowowl]

47. Like your poem

Have any music for it?

[Just Me]

60. That poem gave me goose bumps!!!

It is a chilling depiction of the present.

WOW!!! :wow:

[Maraya1969]

39. Ironic that Discovery History has a special on Hitler and how

his techniques for control were cult like.

They are saying that the Nazi's believed that they were fight a "Holy War" Sure the Taliban says that to but aren't the evangelicals who condone killing off Muslim nations because they are, "evil" one and the same?

Am I the only one who sees a connection here?

[shraby]

41. That might be no accident about the

Discovery channel educating people about Hitler and his techniques. I would say it was put on today for a reason.

[jaime_176]

48. Check cspan

I just wanted to make sure everyone knew about all the videos on the second page of cspan-

http://www.c-span.org/videoarchives.asp?CatCodePairs=,&ArchiveDays=100

Apparently the answer rally wasn't important enough to be featured on the first page, but thank god for cspan it's out there.

:)

[Steely_Dan]

49. I give it a 4

....It has a good beat, Mr. Clark, but you can't dance to it.

-P

[Just Me]

50. They are the "sweetest", most loving, and most persistent WARRIORS!!!!

Code Pink has exceeded all "protesting" expectations,...actually embarassing "Rumdeathsfield"!!!

I LOVE YOU WOMEN!!!!

YOU ARE AMAZING!!!!

[jasop]

52. Is there another website that counters DU..

when DU posts a Yahoo news item and DUers vote on it.. eventually it goes down to very low ranking... like 2.0 and lower.. can someone point me to the website that counters everytime a DU news item is pointing to a Yahoo news item?

[No Exit]

54. No, there's not. The negatives come from "seminar" readers. n/t

[jasop]

56. I apologize for my ignorance but what does that mean? n/t

[No Exit]

57. I can't tell you; it's too dangerous for you to know. n/t

I understand that you are earnest and series, but there are some things that are just too dangerous for you to know.

[jasop]

58. My life is in ruins because I have always fought against the "PTB"

.. powers that be.. please tell me what you meant... I am already F-uped over the things I have learned about the world, the US government, and other things I have found out through surprisingly little research.

[No Exit]

59. But, see, that's why it's best to just not know some things n/t

[Biased Liberal Media]

55. I am seeing huge red flags right now with the arrested protestors

was it done peacefully?? If so, then why were they arrested?? Secondly, and let me put my tin foil hat on here, what happened to those arrested?? Have they been released on bail?? Does anyone know of anyone personally who was arrested today and is still sitting in a jail cell (or god forbid, worse?) tonight??