Protests, MPs walkout mark brief Bush Philippines visit

[Spazito]

MANILA (AFP) - Several thousand anti-US protesters demonstrated in the Philippines' capital and burned US flags while five leftist legislators walked out as US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) gave a speech before a joint session of Congress.


After burning the flags, about 7,000 protesters tried to march on the Philippines legislature, where Bush delivered his address outlining Washington's commitment of more military aid to help Manila fight terrorism.


Five House of Representatives members from fringe parties walked out as Bush began his speech. One of the five, J. Virgilio Bautista, unfurled an anti-war banner as he left his seat but marshals seized it from him.

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A small number of Filipino legislators who opposed the US-led invasion of Iraq (news - web sites) also wore pins that read "Legislators against War," but stayed to listen to the speech.

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1503&e=19&u=/afp/philippines_us_bush

[lebkuchen]

1. Everywhere the Chimp goes, protest follows

[Spazito]

2. Thanks for posting these!

I suspect that there will be similar protests wherever Bush goes on his little trek.

[saigon68]

73. Check out shit for Brains

Mouth full of something?


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[bahrbearian]

4. Thank's for the Pic's

Where did you get them?

[lebkuchen]

66. Yahoo.com

Go to "news." search for "photos." Rate these with a "5."

[baby_bear]

5. Thanks for the photos, lebkuchen!

1,000 words indeed.

s_m

[pink_poodle]

6. Fabulous!!!!!!! I suspect that Pres. Moron will never get to see........

or hear about any of this but at least the Americans might get the message from the rest of the world - don't let these assholes get back in power!!!!!!!!! Oh it makes me want to vomit. Thank you for the pictures!!!!

[leftchick]

24. these are fantastic! thanks for posting them!

don't suppose I will be seeing them on my Sunday front page tomorrow!

[MaineDem]

40. The things one doesn't see on CNN, etc.

Thank you for these. It gives me hope.

[dArKeR]

69. Bush Delayed By Filipino Demos - CBS

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/10/17/politics/main578547.shtml

Take a look at CBS's second 'Pro' Bush greeters. They are 90% 11-12 years old school girls. And I'm sure they were brought there by an Arroyo back thug!

And if you look closely it's only a 2 rows deep.

Can someone post it here. I don't have a server.

Thanks.

Why not any of the protests on American Whore Network News?

[tlcandie]

70. Here's your pic darker

[dArKeR]

71. Thanks!

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. No wonder Whistle Ass

high tailed it out of there.

Can't you feel the love W?

[Name removed]

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[lovedems]

8. No, Anti Bush

There is a difference

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[DoYouEverWonder]

13. What has he done to protect us?

If you think W cares about your sorry ass, then I've got a bridge I'd like to sell you.

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[pink_poodle]

20. First, you must be one of those children who were left behind........

with your Bush policies because you need to go back to school.

Secondly, you are merely repeating all the stupid lies you have heard from FOX, CNN and other freeper sources. This is what they do. They lay it down in simple terms for freepers to understand so they can then repeat it over and over again, even if it is utter bullshit.

Sorry. But those are the facts.

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[ima_sinnic]

31. looks like U of T doesn't have very stringent admission standards

what's your major?

[j_stevens]

35. Public Policy

*

[ima_sinnic]

39. then you better develop a broader mind

nothing like a short-sighted reactionary right wingnut making public policy

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[ima_sinnic]

45. what does that have to do with democracy?

you mean you vote with cheeseburgers?
or you vote FOR cheeseburgers?
you get educated by eating cheeseburgers?
:wtf:

[MaineDem]

32. Stay in school

Use this time to read different points of view. Expand your mind.

It's a perfect time for learning. I think if you open your mind you'll gain valuable insight. It won't hurt. You'll certainly learn that your views aren't 100% correct.

[diamond14]

56. funerals??? you can't even spell funerals???? how did you get

into the University of Texas??? those Tex-ass admission standards must be too low to even contemplate....your post indicates a lack of initiative to even LOOK IT UP in the on-line dictionary....

maybe you need some "Diversity" down there to help elevate the academic environment....

it takes discipline, motivation and focus to finish college....and in your case, it will be doubtful that you can get a degree without a sugar-daddy who makes a BIG contribution...

-------------------
how do you get to Texas from Denver, Colorado???

you go South until you smell it, then you go East until you step in it.....

:nuke: :nuke: :nuke:

[peekaloo]

23. you mean the Memorial where he SIGNED AUTOGRAPHS?

wtf is a funural?

Bye.

[JNelson6563]

67. something morans attend

haha

[peekaloo]

68. funny!

:D

[lovedems]

29. Is Ann Coulter your mother?

Your name calling and very weak arguments sound hereditary

[DoYouEverWonder]

34. What WMD's

And has he gone to any funerals of Americans who have been KIA in the two wars that he's gotten us into so far?

Or does he just go AWOL ever chance he gets?

[leesa]

61. Maybe he was feeling a little guilty about allowing that to happen

You are a blind man

[bahrbearian]

30. Bye Bye!

[0007]

33. You must be related to that Senator

from Akaska. See ya sucker!

[lovedems]

37. He hasn't protected my way of life. My husband is one of the

3 million who lost his job, so what you just said isn't true

[davhill]

38. I liked our way of life before bush a lot better

I don't like the whole world being against my nation because of one bad president.

[lovedems]

42. Bush sucks

[bahrbearian]

49. Finally Tombstoned !!

[ima_sinnic]

9. enjoy your BRIEF stay?

buh bye

[pink_poodle]

10. Yes, it sure looks like it. I wonder why? (sarcasm) -nm

:

[Gin]

14. He never stays more than a day anywhere....it matches his attention

span....very immature.

[j_stevens]

19. You can argue facts

so you use cheap shots and school yard tactics. That is immature if you ask me:

[bahrbearian]

46. Don't forget all of our name calling.

[chopper]

62. yes, we can argue facts

"so you use cheap shots and school yard tactics"

sez the guy who started this whole thread by calling someone an asshole. nice(tm).

[MaineDem]

22. Welcome to DU

Hope you enjoy your stay.

I'd suggest you take a deep breath and calm down.

[leesa]

60. Bush is anti-American. Why don't you open your eyes?

Bush is destroying our country and the fake patriots like yourself are allowing it to happen.

[dbt]

12. The Most Hated Man On Earth

And everybody in the f-ing world sees it, except for the Murkins. Go figure.

:bounce:
dbt

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[pink_poodle]

17. You actually believe this? -nm

:

[janekat]

25. How does this make you "safer" from terrorism?

Do you think that if the entire world hates us that we're safe from terrorism?

Sorry bub, but NONE of us are safe from terrorism. Do you fly? Do you live near a large city?

[j_stevens]

28. I live in Austin, Texas

You are right, we aren't safe from terrorism but Bush has made us SAFER then Clinton.

[chopper]

63. you live in the state of 'confusion'

" Bush has made us SAFER then Clinton"

right, invading a ME country with no terrorist ties at all has made us safer. right. just a reminder for everybody, we're on the Freeper playbook, page 9. plus, note also, page 1, first paragraph, to quote "first rule, if in doubt, bring up Clinton and/or his penis"

[ima_sinnic]

27. ha ha, you are an ignorant inbred MORON

safe from terrorism? keep telling yourself that, repeat it twenty times every hour. ignorance is bliss.

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[ima_sinnic]

44. well, you already showed us how intelligent you are with

your well-informed, skillfully written "anti-American assholes" comment above and on other threads. no need to shout, you're wasting precious brain cells. save 'em for the big game--that's more on your level.

[koopie57]

57. First of all, I noticed your spelling

improves when you start swearing. Those types of words you have learned to spell correctly, which shows you can learn. Now, if Bush went to a funeral it was probably because someone told him the first three letters spelled fun and if you mix them all up it spells real fun and while he was trying to figure that out with a crayon and a piece of woodchip paper they hauled him off to one for publicity.

I think someone should send these posts of is to the University of Texas admission's office. I bet they would be so proud of him.

[snippy]

64. Thes terms are not name calling. They are descriptions of Bush.

[bahrbearian]

47. He dosn't Know what a Moron is , try Moran !

[davhill]

41. If the world didn't hate us

We would be a lot safer from terrorism. Hatred is what started terrorism in the first place. More hatred=more terrorism. Less hatred = less terrorism. It is that simple.

[DoYouEverWonder]

48. Neither does Georgie Boy

BTW: Would you like to back up any of your statements or do you just like to call everyone names?

[imax2268]

18. Does it shock

anyone else that everywhere he goes he's met with protests...?

It seems to be common practice now wherever he go's...

[diamond14]

21. bush* Promises to Aid Philippine Military...spreading war everywhere

no wonder the Filipino people are pissed...bush* could send some humanitarian aid in the Philippines, but NO...bush* will send arms and weapons in keeping with his 'perpetual war' policy....

why aren't America's young men STANDING UP, like in the Philippines??? where's the outrage?? the draft is coming....


-snips-

President Bush on Saturday promised to help the Philippines defeat terrorism by aiding in the modernization of its under-equipped military.

The president gave no sign he had noticed them or the demonstrators. Instead, he singled out for thanks all those who "lined the streets" in welcome. "It warmed our hearts," he told the Congress.




http://www.comcast.net/News/INTERNATIONAL//XML/1104_AP_Online_Regional___Asia/645c564c-c910-47ae-ab3a-9919fd14f54f.html

(sadly, OxyContin will cause such delusional perceptions of reality)

[Timbuk3]

50. First amendment zones...

...Philippino style.

Unfortunately, it looks like your link has already been "cleaned up" for the unwashed masses. I did a quick search and found these two stories, though:

FIVE leftist legislators walked out of the Philippines legislature on Saturday as visiting US President George W. Bush began a speech to a joint session of the Congress.

One of the five protesters, House of Representatives member J. Virgilio Bautista, tried to hoist an anti-war banner as he left his seat but marshals seized it from him.

Bush, on an eight-hour state visit to this former US colony, was making the first address to the Filipino legislature by a US leader since Dwight Eisenhower in June 1960.

The legislators were all from fringe leftist parties and included Satur Ocampo, a former communist guerrilla leader.

A small number of Filipino legislators who opposed the US-led invasion of Iraq also wore pins that read "Legislators against War", but unlike the five they stayed to listen to the speech.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/net/2003/10/18/5.leftist.mps.walk.out.during.bu sh.address.to.philippine.congress.(5.25.p.m.).html

THOUSANDS of anti-US protesters demonstrated in the Philippines' capital Manila and burnt dozens of US flags during US President George W. Bush's state visit.

After burning the flags, about 7,000 protesters tried to march on the Philippines legislature, where Bush was to deliver a mid-afternoon address, but were blocked by riot police.

Across town, more than a dozen student protesters chanting anti-US slogans tried to enter a park where the Bush was laying a wreath at a monument to national hero Jose Rizal.

Police beat them back with truncheons and the group dispersed peacefully.

Bush's eight-hour state visit was, however, welcomed by about 50 pro-US demonstrators who were herded into a building near the US embassy after they held an overnight party for the President across the street from the mission.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/net/2003/10/18/protests.flag.burning.mark.brief.bush.philippines.visit.(4.30.p.m.).html

Funny. I didn't see either story on Fox or CNN (the supposedly liberal network.)

(Sorry for the funky links, but that's the way they read in the URL. You'll have to c&p them if you want to read the whole story.)

[Spazito]

53. Thanks for this!

I am sure Rove has Yahoo on speed dial and Yahoo seems to jump when Rove barks. It is extremely frustrating when they post the true headlines and then "clean them up", as you so accurately state!

[dbt]

51. RIP, j_stevens

Tombstoned around 9:36 AM CDT 10.18.03. Please buy your moderators a drink.

:bounce:
dbt
Bring 'em on!

[ima_sinnic]

52. it's about time!

he (she?) was sucking energy out of at least 3 forums.
how did he last so long?

[dbt]

54. I put it all down to LIBERALISM

You know, respecting the rights of others to express themselves, even if it's unpopular. Waiting until one shows one's true colors. Using an opponent's momentum againt him--typical tree-hugging, bleeding-heart behavior.

Heeheeheehee

:party:
dbt

[cosmicdot]

55. this activity is often done in pairs or 3s and such

I've noticed a couple of candidates this a.m.

[dbt]

58. You mean the way that snakes

are reputed to travel in pairs?

:evilgrin:
dbt

[DoYouEverWonder]

59. They sure were out this morning

This was an especially wacko bunch today. Sounds like the true believers are going off the deep end.

Poor things.

[havocmom]

65. just from a quick reading of disruptor posts this AM

one might agrue that junior high teachers are not assigning enough homework over the weekends.

[dArKeR]

72. Protesters burn flags as Bush visits Manila - TGM

Manila — Thousands of university students and other activists marched Saturday to protest U.S. President George W. Bush's visit to this city already tense over security concerns.

Up to 4,000 protesters burned U.S. flags and an effigy of a pirate-dressed Bush as his motorcade sped by on the opposite side of the highway en route to the House of Representatives, where he addressed a joint session of Congress.

Waving anti-U.S. placards and streamers saying “Ban Bush” and “Bush No. 1 terrorist,” the protesters were cordoned off by anti-riot police and Philippine marines.

http://theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20031018.wbush1018/BNStory/International/

As we have usually proved, 95% of the time, the scale factor is 2 to 10 times what the Whore Media reports = 30,000 people who somehow got there even though Manila doesn't really have any public transportation. (except the Jeepneys). How did all these people get to this area? It's a sprawling area, easily blockcaded by police. Only the very wealthy live in highrise buildings, and there are very few of those anyway. So where did all these people come from? Walk 20 miles or more?