(Hundreds of) Loud, angry voices greet Bush

[Rose Siding]

They came to protest President Bush, Sen. George Allen, the Iraqi war, the National Security Agency surveillance program and most everything else conservative and Republican.
...
Raunchy signs -- many using language not permitted in a daily newspaper -- were as plentiful as the slogans....

Several took a more tactful approach, such as a well-dressed man in a corduroy sport jacket who quietly held a sign describing Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld as a war criminal.

"I'm a swing voter," said the man, Kerry Riley, who lives nearby. "I voted for Ronald Reagan and proud of many Republican people in office, but not the likes of Dick Cheney, President Bush and Donald Rumsfeld and Karl Rove. I think they keep real bad company."

The Virginia Anti-War Network helped organize the protest, which drew 150 to 400 people at various stages, according to organizers and police estimates.

http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&%09s=1045855935264&c=MGArticle&cid=1149191253684&path=!news!politics

Sorry about the crappy article -It's the only coverage I've seen of this protest.
"Raunchy", untactful, and patriots all:

[xchrom]

1. woo-hoo!!!

:woohoo:

[Tellurian]

42. Bush has turned the US into a Third World country..

What have we become..

The citizens of the land of democracy, begging for our RIGHTS!

Bush has made the US a laughingstock and showcases us in a state of disgrace before the world.

[theguvnorgc]

2. Way to Go!

Congratulations to every single person who took part in that demonstration, and thank you for posting their story and pics.

[Rose Siding]

17. Happy to. -And welcome to DU, theguvnorgc

:hi:

[yellerpup]

3. Tell them the truth. n/t

[Olney Blue]

4. Not a peep in the MSM

[formercia]

5. The Silent Majority speaks.

The secret to beating Bush Gang is to show no fear. Bush is a classic bully. He won't even go up against anyone that has a chance of giving him a fair fight.

[sce56]

6. My hats off to those True Patriots!

October 17, 2006,Will be remembered as the Enabling day of the 21st Century!
"The government will make use of these powers only insofar as they are essential for carrying out vitally necessary measures..."
~Adolf Hitler, March 23, 1933, before the German Parliament (Reichstag) as he urged them to pass his "Enabling Act"




Got Fascism Yet?


http://www.georgewalkerbush.net/bush-nazilinkconfirmed.htm

[pacalo]

15. Hey, sce56...

In the collage at the bottom of your post, is that Jack Abramoff sitting in between the boy king & his legal fixer?

[keopeli]

22. it SURE looks like Abramoff, doesn't it! n/t

[pacalo]

34. Heck, yeah! Sce56 may have an exclusive under his nose.

[sce56]

25. Not sure it was from a thread that asked caption this wink I went ahead

and photo shoped the Hitler picture into it!
October 17, 2006,Will be remembered as the Enabling day of the 21st Century!
"The government will make use of these powers only insofar as they are essential for carrying out vitally necessary measures..."
~Adolf Hitler, March 23, 1933, before the German Parliament (Reichstag) as he urged them to pass his "Enabling Act"


Got Fascism Yet?

[pacalo]

33. That "Castaway" photoshop is awesome, too!

[druidity33]

39. nah...

his neck isn't thick enough... and he doesn't look smarmy.

[ama]

41. i know who it is

Its prince philippe of Spain

[Divine Discontent]

32. hey!

I know about the stories of granpappy bush doing business with Hitler, which is shameful in itself, but is there any other evidence of friendship? How deep is the family connections supposed to go. A short answer will suffice, and if need be I'll look up further info based upon your answer. Thanks


www.cafepress.com/warisprofitable <<-- antibush prodem stickers/shirts

[sce56]

52. Well I do belive it is all spelled out at the link I posted

From http://www.georgewalkerbush.net/bush-nazilinkconfirmed.htm


"The story of Prescott Bush and Brown Brothers Harriman is an introduction to the real history of our country," says L.A. art publisher and historian Edward Boswell. "It exposes the money-making motives behind our foreign policies, dating back a full century. The ability of Prescott Bush and the Harrimans to bury their checkered pasts also reveals a collusion between Wall Street and the media that exists to this day."

Sheldon Drobny, a Chicago entrepreneur and philanthropist who will soon launch a liberal talk radio network, says the importance of the new documents is that they prove a long pattern of Bush family war profiteering that continues today via George H.W. Bush's intimate relationship with the Saudi royal family and the bin Ladens, conducted via the super-secret Carlyle Group, whose senior advisers include former U.S. Secretary of State James A. Baker III.

In the post-9/11 world, Drobny finds the Bush-Saudi connection deeply troubling. "Trading with the enemy is trading with the enemy," he says. "That's the relevance of the documents and what they show."

Lawrence Lader, an abortion rights activist and the author of more than 40 books, says "the relevance lies with the fact that the sitting President of the United States would lead the nation to war based on lies and against the wishes of the rest of the world." Lader and others draw comparisons between President Bush's invasion of Iraq and Hitler's occupation of Poland in 1939 - the event that sparked World War Two.

However, others see an even larger significance.

"The discovery of the Bush-Nazi documents raises new questions about the role of Prescott Bush and his influential business partners in the secret emigration of Nazi war criminals, which allowed them to escape justice in Germany," says Bob Fertik, co-founder of Democrats.com. "It also raises questions about the importance of Nazi recruits to the CIA in its early years, in what was called Operation Paperclip, and Prescott Bush's role in that dark operation."

Also just this week there was a thread here about the Bush family buying a ranch in Paraguy maybe to escape justice like a lot of Nazis did. http://polizeros.com/2006/10/20/exit-strategy/

[jwirr]

55. The Harriman family also took part in the Eugenics movement

that was a precursor to the Nazi treatment of minorities, ill and elderly. Since they were so close there is probably a link there also. That would account for the white supremacy slant that sits so well in *ss's followers.

[BrklynLiberal]

51. I have always thought that Hitler?Bush poster is priceless!

It was hanging in the streets in some European country during one of Dimson's visits I believe.

[krispos42]

61. The "History Repeats Itself" is very powerful

I likey. I likey lots.

Those who fail to notice history are doomed to repeat it?

[The Brethren]

7. give him hell Virginia!!!!!

He must've had a hissy fit over this one. Probably hiding behind his handlers. Boot his lying butt out of office!

:dem:

[RufusEarl]

8. It's a start,

[IndianaGreen]

9. The British press did not take kindly to the Sons of Liberty either!

the British East India Company sent test shiploads of tea to importers in all the large American ports in the fall of 1773, the British government hoping that by that means it might prove possible to collect some revenue from America. Needless to say, this attempt at forcing goods on America came into direct conflict with the boycott on British goods which had been maintained by the Sons of Liberty and their affiliated secret associations and committees. Even in New York, where the boycott was not on British articles, but merely on taxable material, there was serious objection to forcing shiploads of goods in that manner on merchants who had never ordered them. The British authorities assumed a threatening attitude, and one which amounted to a warning that the people of the various ports would be held strictly responsible for any boycott, or for anything that happened to the cargoes. As a rhymester of the time expressed the British point of view in the matter:

"Buy it, my pretty maids, white, black, or brown!
If not, we'll cut your throats and burn your town!"

http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:c-wmX7P0WscJ:www.sidis.net/TSChap19.htm+boston+tea+party%2Bbritish+point+of+view&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=3

[rainy]

10. That guy in the last picture is my friend George from VA. not to

give too much info, but, hey, that's my friend. How cool is that? Are these pics from the article?

[Rose Siding]

12. Very cool. The pics are from yahoo

search pics for: protesters, allen, bush

http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/search?p=protesters%2C+allen%2C+bush&c=news_photos

[NYC]

59. Thank your friend for me.

He has my gratitude. :hi:

[ngant17]

11. I love Virginia!!

What a wonderful expression of the American revolutionary spirit! I always knew people in SW Virginia and the New River Valley area were pretty progressive, but eastern Virginia and Richmond are really standing out today.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

27. Thanks for representing! :)

[patrick t. cakes]

13. big cheers!!!

:patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer:

[Danascot]

14. Anti-Bush protesters get vocal at Allen's Richmond fundraiser

President Bush's visit to the Science Museum of Virginia Thursday to raise money for Sen. George Allen's campaign attracted more than 100 protesters--a good-sized crowd considering past turnouts in the area.

http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/virginia/dp-sou--virginiasenate-p1019oct19,0,1815747.story?coll=dp-headlines-virginia

[Rose Siding]

16. Thanks -I didn't see that one. Catch the pro-bush sentiments?

snip>
One block down, a half-dozen pro-Bush supporters stood under American flags, raising their own signs.

Catherine Dickson of Powhatan held one that read "World Peace begins with W."

Looking toward the other group, she said, "I think it's a great example of the freedom of this country, despite the fact that what they are doing is encouraging our enemies."

Sheesh.

[krispos42]

62. Bush at a Science Museum? Was he lost? Did he burst into flames?

<insert burning Bush joke here>

:rofl: :evilgrin:

[Anakin Skywalker]

72. Bush in a Science Musem? No Effing Way!

Somebody must've pointed him into the wrong building!

[Gman]

18. Bush started out his presidency by having rotten fruit thrown

at his car in his inaugural parade in 2001. He's still pleasing crowds.

[pacalo]

20. GMTA...

I was thinking the same thing...see below. :)

[pacalo]

19. There's also a link for a video of the protest.

The boy king's motorcade passed right by the protesters. My, my, isn't he popular...showings like this are to be expected when a leader who didn't earn the votes is forced on us, then destroys our country & its Constitution.

Edited to add that the video can be found in the "related" inset box to the right of the page.

[goforit]

21. Hats off tp the Va. defenders of a real democracy!

[IndianaGreen]

24. They stood up for the Constitution and the republic

against the Bush dictatorship. They are the true patriots!

[The Brethren]

30. I'll second that!

:toast:

[Monkeyman]

23. K&R PEACE NOW

[leftchick]

26. Excellent Photos of REAL Patriots!

Thank you RS!!

:)

K&R

[Blue_Tires]

28. k+r

making the state proud

[rodeodance]

29. wonder if he looked out his window?

[gdrouse]

74. Yes ... he did!

http://www.pbase.com/garrie_rouse/image/69066010

[xxqqqzme]

80. great photos

Thanks for being there. You can feel the anger in those pictures.

[Phillycat]

87. Why the hell are the state police carrying machine guns??

Is that normal?

[gdrouse]

89. Don't know, but ...

... these guys moved in shortly after the President arrived and left when he did. They were kind of with the motorcade and kind of not. When Bush came to speak at Chrysler Hall in Norfolk, he did not have this kind of (outwardly visible) paramilitary presence backing him up. Maybe times have changed ...



http://www.pbase.com/garrie_rouse/image/69073281

[benEzra]

90. Can't tell from the photo if that's a real M4

or a non-automatic civilian-type carbine with similar stock and sights.

Lots of police and sheriff's departments issue non-automatic AR-15 type rifles and carbines.

Does the state police have a SWAT unit? SWAT are often issued automatic weapons instead of regular civilian guns, and if he's SWAT, that could be a real M4.

[Straight Shooter]

31. Virginia is my family's home state. This is awesome.

What a great state. What amazing patriots! Thank you for sharing.

:patriot:

[aquart]

35. Gorgeous.

[Senator]

36. The Buried Lead -- "Impeach Bush! Impeach Bush!"

Buried as deep as they could:

When the Bush entourage finally arrived about 5 p.m., many in the crowd made obscene gestures and booed, chanting, "Impeach Bush! Impeach Bush! Impeach Bush!"

Impeachment IS our positive agenda.

It is our ONLY moral, patriotic option.

--

[Kenergy]

37. Thanks for that post n/t

[Vidar]

38. A wonderful sight!

[rucky]

40. Gawd I hate the way that article characterized the protestors

Crude and unwashed masses, except for the one well-dressed Reagan voter. :eyes:

Contrast that with the pictures you posted of regular people demanding peace & justice.

[jwirr]

56. Don't worry about it. The majority of our ancestor patriots were

crude and unwashed people of the land. We are in good company.

[0007]

43. Thank you Virgina......I love the truth

[AzDar]

44. American Patriots...bravo!! n/t

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[lonestarnot]

50. I don't see any raunchy signs! Where's the raunchy signs? I want raunchy

He deserves nothing but raunch! RAUNCH for the freak!

[proud2BlibKansan]

60. Like this!

[Kukesa]

69. More raunch! We want more raunchy signs! nt

[Anakin Skywalker]

73. Not Raunchy Enough! I Want Some X-Rated Stuff.

"S.O.B." is so PG these days.

[judaspriestess]

53. We as a nation need to protest in the millions

Kudos to the demonstrators

[Justice Is Comin]

54. George W. Prick.

[AntiFascist]

57. This looks great. Turn up the volume! n/t

[nam78_two]

58. k&r/nt

[northernsoul]

63. Not to be confused with the loud, angry voices in Bush's own head

n/t

[maryallen]

64. "Raunchy" words: BAD!!!! Murderous war: A-O.K.!!!

[dailykoff]

65. Wait til they pull their "GOP upset" trick next month.

This will seem like happy days.

:thumbsup:

[KRITER]

66. Protest in Richmond

Hey yall.This the first time me posting here.I was at the protest last week.It was dynamite.Sumbody was asking wair the rauchy signs?There was lots.The bigest banner I reckon was rite rauchy even tho it was true.I drov a good ways for it and it was worth it.

[Sugar Smack]

67. Hey, wow! Welcome to DU!!

Glad you're here! :toast: :bounce:

[judaspriestess]

71. I reckon this is regional dialect?

just asking.....

[Penndems]

You reckoning is correct!

:hi:

[Penndems]

75. Hey, Kriter!

Welcome to DU from a fellow Virginian! :hi:

[bdamomma]

92. Welcome to DU !!!!!!!!!!

:hi:

[Megahurtz]

68. May this crowd grow even bigger yet!

:applause:

[NotGivingUp]

70. LOVE seeing these photos!! that's great!

[gdrouse]

76. For additional images of the Richmond protest ...

For additional images of the Richmond protest(and a description of the event), follow this link ...

http://www.pbase.com/garrie_rouse/richmond_061019

[Penndems]

77. Holy cow . . . I'm absolutely speechless

Never, in a million years, did I think I'd see anything like this in Richmond.

A rousing "wah-hoo!" to all of you.

And, BTW, welcome to DU. :hi:

[KRITER]

81. Its Unreel

Hey Penndems.I cant beleev anything like that would go on in Virginia atall,tell you what.Them additional pictures are intense,sure enuff.Thank you kindly for taking them and sharing them with us.

[Penndems]

82. Honey, you'll have to thank DUer gdrouse for the photographs

I'm afraid I can't take credit for that, LOL!

Protests in Northern Virginia against Bush wouldn't be out of the norm.

In Richmond, however, that's something one doesn't see every day. ;)

[KRITER]

83. pictures

Sory,I reckon my posting can be confusing.I kno you didnt take the pictures.I was thanking her or them and saying hey to you.

[hippiechick]

88. these are amazing, thank you!!

And WELCOME to DU !!! :hi: :applause:

[Uncle Joe]

94. Outstanding photos!

Welcome to D.U. gdrouse:hi: Also Thanks to the O.P. :)

Kicked and recommended for the great state of Virginia and it's honorable people.

:patriot:

[gdrouse]

95. Thank YOU ...

... Uncle Joe & hippiechick for your compliments on my images and welcome to DU. I was so impressed by the initial responses on this thread to our action in Richmond that I joined DU and included the thread as a link in our follow-up reporting on the event. Calling us "patriots" ... that was a good feeling. You just don't know.

[Tight_rope]

78. Great to see all those wonder "American" faces protesting Bushco!

:wow: :applause: :applause: I truly love this part of the article, "Raunchy signs -- many using language not permitted in a daily newspaper -- were as plentiful as the slogans"


And there's only one thing I would change about this part, ""I'm a swing voter," said the man, Kerry Riley, who lives nearby. "I voted for Ronald Reagan and proud of many Republican people in office, but not the likes of Dick Cheney, President Bush and Donald Rumsfeld and Karl Rove. I think they keep real bad company.""....and that is Dick Cheney, President Bush and Donald Rumsfeld and Karl Rove are the real bad company. No one should keep company with them at all.:spank: :puke: :puke:
:puke:

[raccoon]

79. Kudos to these wonderful Virginian protesters! This makes my day. nt

[missTheBigDog]

84. This is great to see...

Sadly, it's going to take years, if not decades, to clean up his mess here. And not to mention the damage that has been done to the reputation of America around the world.

[hippiechick]

85. This one reminds of me Tienamen Square:

Goddess bless him! :applause:

on edit: it's nice to finally see that the MSM isn't only publishing photos of protesters as dread-locked tye dyed, crazed Rasta Hippies. A little reality is a good thing. Not that there's anything wrong with dread-locked tye dyed crazed Rasta Hippies, mind you! :hippie:

[gdrouse]

86. Great shot! Wish I had taken it ...

I was up the street about a block and a half when this guy jumped the fencing and walked out toward the median of Broad Street (toward the Science Museum where Bush was to help fundraise for Allen). I turned to look when I heard a huge roar from the crowd in that direction. I thought Bush must have arrived. But he was still about a half hour off. The police just took the guy's sign away from him and escorted him back to the other side of the fencing. Later, I saw that he had gotten his sign back. Had he been a young college kid with a sign saying "Bush eats babies", he may not have faired as well.

[bdamomma]

93. Yes, me too, minus the Tank!!!!!!!!!

[bdamomma]

91. Yea, for all those who protested, these thugs must take notice

that we are a majority not to be IGNORED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!