Protests unlikely to get too close (DU made the Aurora Beacon News!)

[oxbow]

Protests unlikely to get too close

OSWEGO TOWNSHIP — While some Fox Valley residents plan to welcome President Bush with open arms, others have words for him not fit for print, and they're planning to demonstrate their opposition.

<snip>

News of Bush's arrival made Web sites from Minneapolis to St. Louis, with open calls for demonstrators to make their way to the Fox Valley.

On www.democraticunderground.com , one man wrote that he has commissioned a batch of "Impeach Bush" signs and balloons.

One man from Port Barrington wrote, "If at all possible I'll be down there with a sign that says 'Parkinson's (disease) sucks, support stem cell research and let me walk in peace.'" His post on the Web site offered to pay for gas in exchange for a ride to the event "because my hands are too screwed up to drive."

Another poster, using the handle Mopinko, wrote, "I plan to be hung over that day, but I can't miss an opportunity like this. Especially since it starts late enough in the day."

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/top/AU09_PROTESTS_S1.htm

edit to add link

[mcscajun]

1. DU mentioned, but...

That last paragraph certainly doesn't cast DU in a flattering light.
Not too hard to see the editorial slant of the Chicago Beacon News.

Another paper might just have put in the first post and left the other alone.

[Eric J in MN]

3. And yet another paper might have used the last post and

left out the first one.

[mcscajun]

5. True...it certainly could have been worse...

but whatever is in the last paragraph leaves the lasting imprint in the reader's mind. That is, when they bother to read past the First paragraph. :)

[Radio_Lady]

11. Does Mopinko know he/she made the news???

[mcscajun]

14. Dunno.

:shrug:

[Radio_Lady]

16. Why can't we copy the thread html pointer line into a private message?

It doesn't work. The program truncates the line so it does not hyperlink...

Mods, please explain this to me.

Thanks.

[mcscajun]

17. Send the poster this...

http://tinyurl.com/cgsxq

it'll take him/her back here. :)

[Radio_Lady]

27. How'd you do that?????

Is this some kind of outside program or????

I've been unsuccessful with several PMs because of this problem.

Would love to know the details of this.

Thanks, mcscajun

In peace,

Radio_Lady

[mcscajun]

28. TinyURL -- check this out.

http://tinyurl.com/

IF you have the Firefox browser, you can add it directly as an extension, and it will always be available in the Tools menu. Here's the link to get the TinyURL Creator extension: http://tinyurl.com/b6yh5

[Radio_Lady]

30. Yes, thanks for the information. You're a peach!

[oxbow]

6. I thought that was hilarious

"Slackers get off their asses to impeach Bush!"

Of course, other people will look at it and think we're all a bunch of pothead hippies. Fuck em. We're taking this country back for the Smith's and the Joneses as well as everybody else. They can just thank us later.

I would write the Chicago Beacon and ask em about this bias, but I'm too lazy (from the pot)

[AuntiBush]

23. LOLOL! "Hic-cup!"

Sorry about that... I'm lucky I can even see through all the smoke (ya know) to see anything out here. LOLOLOL!!!!!!

Sorry. This isn't a "funny" matter, but your post brought me a smile. LOLOLOL!

[oxbow]

31. How much worse will it be for them

when a bunch of potheads end their little imperialistic fantasy in its tracks? :)

Hey, the day we can't laugh at ourselves is the day we are really screwed. I take activism very seriously, but not so much myself and fellow activists. That's why Mopinko is my hero this week.

[henslee]

10. As long as they're talkin about-cha!!!!! Right?????? Good on ya DU!!!!!

[Radio_Lady]

12. My father used to be in politics -- he said, "As long as they spell

my name right, it's good publicity."

I don't think that's an original quote.... by the way.

[henslee]

13. NFK.

[Eric J in MN]

2. I have mixed feelings about newspapers quoting DU, since

it's so easy to misrepresent, but this report seems balanced.

[Pam-Moby]

4. Well at least someone in the

Chicago Beacon News is paying some attention. LOL

[madeline_con]

7. Good point....

Maybe a DUer or two in the area could send a LTTE....

[Pam-Moby]

24. I think that maybe a good idea-thanks

[havocmom]

8. Best be changing your subject line as per LBN rules, has to match headline

of the news story you are linking to.

[in_cog_ni_to]

9. DUer, DanCa is the guy from Port Barrington!

WTG, DanCa! :yourock:

[dogman]

15. It's the Aurora Beacon News.

Known locally as the Be Confused. It's been a Repub paper and it's surprising our side even gets a mention. Reporter traced DU from links posted here and posted asking for comments in the Illinois forum. I've had a couple LTTE published but they tend to edit what I consider some of the more important points. Like I wrote though, we're lucky to get a mention.

[oxbow]

19. thanks. fixed it. nt.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

22. Yes indeed, the Aurora Be Confused

As a young tyke I remember my dad going on a rant and cancelling our subscription because the Beacon endorsed Nixon for President in 1960. For the rest of his life he bought it at the newsstand to keep up on local events, but he only subscribed to Chicago papers. What a rag.

Edit to add: Oh man. I read the article. Breaks my heart that scumball is going to Cat...one of the shops my dad worked so hard to represent when he was a Machinist union rep. Sigh. Both my folks - Democrats, union people, progressives - passed on before the criminal coup took control, and I often think Well, at least they didn't live to see this.

[iconoclastic cat]

18. HA! mopinko! That was on MY THREAD!

Oh, that is too damn funny.

[oxbow]

20. And the award for most quotable quote goes to....Mopinko!!!

You're my hero Mopinko.

Seriously, that's an awesome quote. It deserves its own thread.

[iconoclastic cat]

21. Someone from the Beacon News wants to talk to DUers:

In this thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=150x8706

beacon news (1 posts)
Mon Aug-08-05 03:07 PM
Response to Original message
18. Protesting Bush in Aurora...help with news story?


The Beacon News newspaper in Aurora is looking for people who plan to be in town Wednesday to protest. Anyone who might want to give us some quotes is welcome to call Allecia Vermillion at [phone] Monday before 5 p.m. Thanks.

[Miss Chybil]

25. Nice to make us look like a bunch of drunks. Oh well... the Parkinson's

guy makes up for it, I guess.

[mcscajun]

29. They lost the 'balance' right there...

...the first two quotes could display a balance. First the poster who's up for Impeachment, then the Parkinson's. The third threw the balance out the window, and as the last paragraph, leaves the reader unfamiliar with this site with a negative impression of the folks at DU.

[nevergiveup]

26. This is Dennis Hastert's district

If there is a good buffet going anywhere here in the Valley, Denny will not make it to the rally.