CSPAN 1 NOW - Inauguration Protest - Their Permits are being blocked

[noclonyofthechimp]

:wtf:

[KaliTracy]

1. all the more reason

to play the happy conservative and turn our backs on the motorcade.

[noclonyofthechimp]

6. There is no room for the general public down Pennsylvania avenue!

they have rigged it so that only "A" and "B" groups have access to the event.

[aquart]

8. You won't be allowed to view the motorcade.

Let alone turn your back on it.

That's why I think we should have memorials for democracy in our home towns, and leave DC to embarrass itself with overkill security.

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

16. Thats a great idea

so many more people would be involved then if there was only one protest in DC

[rurallib]

19. I agree

There ought to be a protest in every city and hamlet in the USA. Is anyone organizing such a protest?

[Sugarbleus]

29. GREAT IDEA! I'll call some local peace orgs to see what's on

the burner in my area... Maybe, just maybe we CAN do this nationwide.. :)

[sepia_steel]

31. absolutely

I was actually going to spend money to go to DC just to participate. Obviously that would be pointless now. A memorial service for democracy is a brilliant idea.

[tommcintyre]

41. "memorials for democracy in our home towns" It wont be covered

MSM will ignore it, as they do rallies now. The only way to get coverage now is to get "in front" of the cameras.

BE IN WASHINGTON ON INAUGURATION DAY! ONE MILLION STRONG! WITH OR WITHOUT PERMITS! THEY CAN'T ARREST THAT MANY PEOPLE, CAN THEY!

[tommcintyre]

42. ONE MILLION STRONG! WITH OR WITHOUT PERMITS! THEY CAN'T ARREST THAT MANY!

It's the only way. If you get permits, they will be in West Virginia. :eyes:

[GreatAuntK]

11. Tickets?

They said that Ticketmaster would not provide people on the C list (the general public) tickets in 2001. The A list is the "in crowd," the B list is registered Republicans. Will the "C" list be stopped at checklists?

There is no corral or pen, Verheyden-Hilliard said. The Republicans are planning to physically occupy the public space with bleachers between 9th & 10th Street, and sell tickets to raise money for *. Justice Dept., FBI Building.

They're trying to discourage people from coming, but it is lawful - it's a public street.

www.answercoalition.org has a form letter to let them know that keeping the troops in Iraq is not with our consent.

[Eye_on_prize]

12. all the more reason to be in DC on Jan. 6th en mass

to see how many US Senators still want fair elections. His Fraudulancy may not have an inauguration after all.

[aquart]

2. Of course they are.

No one is going to be allowed to protest within miles of George's anointing.

[Sugarbleus]

9. Just caught this... I wonder what ANSWER will do then??

:grr:

[insane_cratic_gal]

3. All the more reason?

For Jan. 6th?

[gmoney]

4. America is closed for business.

There will be a brief ceremony where the Bill of Rights will be burned, followed by the looting of the treasury building, and then... the oral sex!

[Sugarbleus]

15. LOL---->"and then... the oral sex!"

(Thanks, I'll not get that entire image out of my mind now!)

Question: Are we fucked yet?

Whadda country.......

[insane_cratic_gal]

18. LOL!

:yourock:

[Sugarbleus]

5. Just tuned in....what did I miss?

Are they talking about alternative locations now? Maybe I'll go to their website and find out more...thanks for the heads up..

[noclonyofthechimp]

10. Yes. The women speaking now is excellent. They put in for their

permits quite some time ago. They are putting in bleachers to occupy space to block them from protesting. Only allowing "private" parties. Ticket master only sells to group "A" and "B" NONE for the general public.

[The Backlash Cometh]

21. The elite king. Definitely not the president for the masses.

Gee, where in history has this happened before? Hmmm....

[ohioliberal]

7. It's about time we started

doing something to prevent the assh*le from being sworn in.

[noclonyofthechimp]

13. It will be aired again tonight. I believe at 11:00 or 11:30. Sorry I

posted so late. I thought for sure someone else would have caught it and posted.

[femme.democratique]

14. that is so screwed up, how can this be happening?

its like a nightmare.

[noamnety]

17. (musical interlude)

A smile on my face
A song on my lips
Pretending is all I do
I'm painting the town red
To hide a heart that's blue

I'm gay with the crowd
I play with the crowd
But oh, if they only knew
I'm painting the town red
To hide a heart that's blue
Must I go on carrin' on?

My merry song is just pretend
Loving you so, wanting you so
Where will it end, how will it end?

A smile on my face
A song on my lips
But never forgetting you
I'm painting the town red
To hide a heart that's blue

-- Billie Holiday

[Sugarbleus]

20. Under "normal" circumstances I understand that security has to

protect a President from whacko assassins...HOWEVER keeping the general public from viewing their "Leader" as he parades by is unconscionable.

I'm guessing that any "pop-up" protests/protestor will be hauled off to jail. BUT would they actually "fire on" people for civil disobedience you think? If not, I'd be for "crashing" the party en masse. If the protest isn't seen via the air waves, it doesn't have as much (or any) impact.

Crap, this is the first prime opportunity to hit the streets for Democracy and the group has already been thwarted. I'd hate to see all that organizing go for nought.

If I wasn't way out here on left coast, in a disabled condition, I'd go to the protest anyway...permits or no permits. Easy for me to say though, isn't it. :( Shit!

[insane_cratic_gal]

22. When your approval rating is

49 %

Yay.. I'd be worried about assassins too.

They can't stop you from standing on a street corner can they? Without a sign just with your back turned?

[noclonyofthechimp]

23. the problem is.....they are occupying eve the street corners, sidewalks,

etc...with bleachers, security, etc. Try and catch the re-broadcast of it at around 11:30.

[insane_cratic_gal]

24. What about protests

for the 6th?

Any word on permits for that being denied?

[noclonyofthechimp]

25. No. I didn't hear the 6th mentioned. Just the 30th.

[GetTheRightVote]

27. With the numbers we will have there, we will take over the streets

it is a public demostration, it makes it that much more important now, when people see us taking to the streets in the middle of the day pushing beyond the breachers they will know that we are really angry with their tricks and abuse of us, this will be great. I see the news reports now, "They tried to defeat them but they pushed by into the streets, their numbers to great to keep them away...". We will be like th Chileans in their country where they tried to stop them but it did not work, 75,000 people took over the city, as we will take DC. We will take DC for the people of Iraq, for our dead soldiers, we will show * what we are made of, I can not wait for the day. I hope we have a million people, who can stop a million people from marching anywhere.

[Sugarbleus]

26. Well, that's my question too...

I need to go check the website of ANSWER; see what they are going to do.

[zeemike]

28. Siting at a lunch counter while black was again the law too

But they did it. and they got arrested for sure but they were using the tactic of CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE.

So it may be up to those that can risk being arrested in a non violent sit in protest to get the attention of the media, just like the civil rights movement of the sixties if there is any hop of changing this system.
But if anyone dares to suggest any violent act be assured they are freepers or plants trying to discredit it all.

[Sugarbleus]

30. Exactly....Woohoo, I'm kinda excited now!!

I sooooooooo want to protest ALL of it at every chance afforded. I suppose we have to pick our times and issues, but I'm coming out of my skin here, wanting to be HEARD; at least ONCE during the next four years. Oh gawd, did I say four years? :puke:

[zeemike]

32. Remember not to do anything stupid

If civil disobedience is used Non Violence is a must. You must learn that from Gandhi and MLK or it will be a lousier.

[Erika]

33. I wish I could be there!

No way I can. I would gladly be arrested to show America we are not willing to make this man King of the World.

They might want to flush this country down the toilet. but I'm not going to.

[Sugarbleus]

36. Got it.. =o)

n/t

[Al-CIAda]

34. BS

[lthuedk]

35. Some of us at the DU have been ranting for weeks that

the only way to bring the beast to heel is through the boycott. There is no way the media will ever cover our efforts when they've been bribed by Bush tax breaks. We are a fascist nation. A corporate owned, ceo-governed society who's only weakness is a dependency on our money.

Money is their life blood. Stop the flow of money to them.

Stop patronizing the networks. Stop buying what their sponsors sell. Don't just talk about it. Do it! How dare us be ruled by the Cheneys, Frists, and Hasterts. They are not Americans. We are.

They are not our leaders. We are.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

38. YES !! Why don't we pick just one so we can focus all the

energy and make a statement. Who do you think would be the very best one?

[Matariki]

37. any magicians want to coordinate the blizzard of '05 ritual?

1/06/05 - four feet of snow and ice on washington dc. i can see it clearly :evilgrin:

[HeeBGBz]

39. What about the highways and streets leading to the site?

If they can't get to the parade, the bleachers would be empty.

Just an inane, not-enough-coffee thought.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

40. I like it and I've had coffee! It would be good to start something

that looks unplanned. You know, no protest signs -- maybe a gridlock at a strategic location. Also, they will probably ban signs so we have to think of a way to obviously show protest without signs

[femme.democratique]

45. REALLY good idea

all you need is 50 or so cars to totally accidentally "break down" in the middle of the road to stall and block traffic on all the major roads leading into the city. of course the cars would be totally bedecked with things like "BUSH LOST" "Election Fraud '05" etc. (or maybe not?) it would take them some time to tow all the vehicles away and would definitely get some media attention. granted , the people in the cars would be arrested....

[jdog]

43. January 6th - here's another DU thread...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=203&topic_id=166410&mesg_id=174971&page=

[G_j]

44. I saw it. (it was also just reported on NPR)

it was an excellent news conference.
I hope it opened a few eyes.

[Scout1071]

46. So, they can spend more than $30 million of OUR money to hold a party

to celebrate the fraud, but WE THE PEOPLE can't even attend. Fuck them. They should pay out of their own pockets then.