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deminks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-12-07 08:32 PM
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Bush runs into opposition in Guatemala
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070313/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/bush_latin_america_122

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala -
President Bush's message of goodwill in Latin America ran into a wall in Guatemala on Monday as he defended his efforts to establish a temporary worker program but gave no ground on the deportation of illegal workers.

The United States will enforce our law," Bush said during a news conference with Guatemalan President Oscar Berger. "It's against the law to hire somebody who's in our country illegally."

(snip)

They toured an American military center that provides basic medical care and physician training. He and Laura Bush handed out hygiene kits at an elementary school. And the president helped to load lettuce headed for the global market onto a truck at a farmers' cooperative.

That, he said later, was "one of the great experiences of my presidency."

(snip)

Guatemala wants technical assistance, such as helicopters, radar and other equipment. Bush praised Berger's commitment, and said he wants the U.S. to work with Mexico and other Central American countries on a regional partnership to halt drug trafficking and gangs.

"I am a 'If they break the law, arrest them' person," Bush said. "I think we ought to find these people and bring them to justice. And it's tough because the richer they become, the more lethal they become, and the more dangerous they are to democracies. And that's why there needs to be a collaborative effort."

(end snip)

Who's he talking about in that last paragraph? Rove? Scooter? Gonzo?
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truth2power Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-12-07 08:38 PM
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1. "the president helped to load lettuce..."
I hope he washed his hands....guess now our lettuce will have e coli. Cripes!
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Greeby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-12-07 08:42 PM
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2. "Runs from" more like
Chickenshit that he is
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-12-07 08:55 PM
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3. You can not make this shit up.
That, he said later, was "one of the great experiences of my presidency."

After loading lettuce?
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Say_What Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-12-07 09:38 PM
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5. You're dealing with a guy whose hobby is chopping wood!! He's a moron...
:bounce:
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Divernan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-12-07 10:05 PM
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6. Wasn't catching some big fish the highlight of his presidency?
nt
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Say_What Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-12-07 09:34 PM
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4. Photos tell the story...

Members of indigenous organizations demonstrate in Tecpan, Guatemala against the visit there by US President George W. Bush, 11 March 2007. The president arrived in Guatemala late Sunday for talks on immigration and free trade as he continued his five-nation tour of Latin America marked by mass anti-American protests(AFP/File/Orlando Sierra)


A demonstration in Guatemala City against the upcoming visit of US President George W. Bush, 10 March. Bush was set to arrive in war-torn Colombia, on the third leg of a Latin American tour meant to build bridges, but which has stirred protests across the region.(AFP/Orlando Sierra)


Hooded demonstrators protest against the visit of US President George W. Bush to the historic center of Guatemala City. As Bush toured US-backed projects in Guatemala, about 2,000 people, some armed with machetes, demonstrated in Guatemala City.(AFP/Orlando Sierra)


Policemen protect themselves from stones thrown by protesters who try to reach the Palacio de la Cultura, at the historic centre of Guatemala City, where US President George W. Bush was expected. As Bush toured US-backed projects in the region, about 2,000 people, some armed with machetes, demonstrated in Guatemala City.(AFP/Orlando Sierra)

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Judi Lynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-12-07 11:07 PM
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8. You've got a knack for finding the photos! Don't think we'll see these in corporate media sources!
Really glad for the chance to see these, and to know people elsewhere saw them, at least!

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IndianaGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-12-07 11:19 PM
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9. Faux said the crowds were festive, with flags and banners
Faux was referring to the crowds that welcomed Bush to Bogota, Colombia. When the Faux correspondent got hit in the face by tear gas, Faux then described the demonstrators as being a small group of people.

The pictures from Guatemala City show that the crowds there are just as festive as the ones in Bogota.

Fuera Bush!
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dsharp88 Donating Member (178 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-12-07 11:01 PM
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7. Bush: hard to find "a coherent Republican position in the Senate."
I couldn't have said it any better myself.
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Peace Patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-14-07 10:54 AM
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10. Oh, now he wants to git them druglords? Right. And what about the rightwing paramilitary
drug traffickers and mass murderers--a huge scandal in Colombia and Guatemala--direct beneficiaries of the billions of dollars of US taxpayer "drug war" booty, and closely allied with rightwing regimes in Colombia and Guatemala that Bush is visiting, colluding with and propping up.

Words fail. Hypocrite. Liar. War criminal. Thief. Fascist. We have to invent new words to adequately describe what happens when we let our election system fall into the hands of rightwing Bushite electronic voting corporations, who "count" all our votes with 'TRADE SECRET,' PROPRIETARY programming code, and when our party goes along with this, without raising so much as a peep.

If you're going to perpetrate an unjust war, in a democracy--especially one with the Vietnam War in living memory--and if you are going to put an idiot in charge of it, so that boffo war profiteering can be easily accomplished, you have to fix the elections. That's what they did.

And this is the result. The Guatemalans see it more clearly than we do--maybe because they suffered the slaughter of TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND Mayan villagers under this Nazi's predecessor, Reagan. So it's obvious to them what those cold lizardy eyes mean. They add the mustache that we never see here in our protests because it might offend somebody. They know what the "war on drugs" is all about. It's about killing THEM.

And we had better wake up. It's the "trade secret" programming, stupids! Brought to us by BOTH parties, to "let Bush be Bush"--to commit mass murder, torture, mayhem, and massive looting of the federal treasury--and to rid our government of any commitment to human rights.

We had better realize WHY the Democrats never objected to rightwing Bushite corporations "counting" all our votes with "trade secret" programming. That is the crucial reality on which our strategy for recovering our democracy needs to be based. It IS their war. All the major leaders voted for it. AND they ALL voted for the secret corporate vote counting that would give it a false mandate, keep it going, and lead to MORE war.

Guatemala still has a rightwing government, but many OTHER Latin Americans have freed themselves from fascist rule by making TRANSPARENT elections a no. 1 priority. That's what we need to do. It's going to be a long road back to democracy. It's not going to easy. But if the South Americans can do it--with their history of brutal oppression--so can we!

Viva la revolución!
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