Norwegians Place Anti-Bush Ad in Washington Post

[Judi Lynn]

Norwegians Place Anti-Bush Ad in Washington Post
Tue Oct 12, 2004 05:57 AM ET

OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegians including artists and politicians made a rare foray into U.S. politics Tuesday with an advertisement in a U.S. newspaper saying that President Bush's war on terror was backfiring.

The Norwegian group "http://tellhim.no" said it used about $50,000 in donations from 4,000 people to fund the advertisement in the Washington Post to tell Bush that 80 percent of people in NATO-member Norway opposed the U.S.-led war in Iraq.

"Mr. President, your country can once again be a leading example of democracy and freedom, inspiring a world where terrorism can no longer breed," it said. "Your present policy only fosters resistance, more than ever, everywhere."

It urged a shift in U.S. foreign policy to allow greater U.N. involvement in Iraq, an apology to the Iraqi people for the war and compensation for victims.
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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=6476019

[truthisfreedom]

1. sigh. and i can hardly wait for bush's reaction. "we have to make tough

decisions, and we're not here to be popular in the halls of yer-up."

[sushi]

2. How should a resolute and steadfast guy,

one who means what he says and says what he means, react to that? Bomb Norway! Better yet, bomb the whole of Europe to get rid of the terrorist loving people and their Euro!

[HysteryDiagnosis]

3. It's hard work, it's hard.... getting people to see that you are right

regardless of what the facts are.... hard work, clearing brush, a month on vacay... hundreds of warnings.... hard to ignore.... hard work... leading... bullying... dismissing... hard. Am I making sense yet?

[Judi Lynn]

6. Where does he find the time? And he does everything so well!

[Catfight]

14. ROFLMFAO, these pictures are hysterical. Is that Dennis Quaid?

Another drug addict drunk for Bush?LOL

[glitch]

48. You must be thinking of someone else. nt

[jkshaw]

39. Judilyn, notice how CLEAN Bush's "work" gloves are!

In the upper left hand corner of your photo group, notice those pristine light-colored gloves on "hard-working" Bush! It's a great eye-opener -- dress-up for a photo-op. I don't know about others, but I can put on a pair of brand new gloves in the morning to work in the garden or orchard or even just to drive the tractor, and by noon they're filthy and bent into the shape of my curled hands.

If Bush had been truly cutting down brush on his "ranch" they should at least have shown the shape of his hands, they should have shown some green from the pine needles, dust, or something. This kind of let's-pretend that Bush engages in down there in Crawford is truly embarrassing.

http://www.dragongoose.com

[Lisa]

46. at a Colorado photo-op, a child said Bush "smelled like fresh carpet"

There was the Shrub, wearing bright new "work" clothes (jeans, plaid shirt, gloves) -- clearly right out of the wrapper. Bush was acting the part of the jovial hard-working "Ranger George", in a pristine costume. But nobody besides that kid called him on it.

Welcome to DU, jkshaw!

[mikehiggins]

4. Hey, its hard work

Kudos to the intentions of the Norwegians. I think they would have been better off having a beer party with the money than thinking they'll have any effect on this election.

The lines are drawn and the only question is who will get their voters to the polls in big enough numbers in enough states to overwhelm the GOP Theft Machine.

[zauberflote]

5. My guess

My guess is he won't discuss it ever. It would have to come up in a press conference (fat chance) or in the debate Wednesday, which is only supposed to be about domestic issues.

[JoFerret]

7. He will do the permission slip routine

Hey Norway - cheers and thanks!

[gottaB]

8. drumroll, please.....

"Need some Norwegian Wood?"

[Lizzie Borden]

43. Ha!

:-) Good one.

[Catfight]

13. Can someone put cloths on that baby? How plebeian. eom

[msanthrope]

9. Somewhere, in D.C, Dick Cheney is having

his minions dust off the maps and is trying to decide if Halliburton can get another no-bid contract for the invasion of Norway.

They've got a lot of fish processing there, don't they? Weapons of Mass Lox?

Maybe it would be funnier if I didn't think that it might be true....

[Pachamama]

18. And they have oil too.....n/t

[AspenRose]

40. True, dat

MANY of the Petroleum Engineering majors I knew at Texas A&M were from.....

Norway.

I specifically remember a guy in my geology class from Trondheim.

[Stockholm]

19. Rove love (d) Norway

Apparently, during the Swedish PM visit this summer, * spent 20 minutes discussing the hardship for Norway during the Norweigan/Swedish Union which ended in 1905.

So Röve, what do you think of Norway now?

I am definitely feeling Scandinavian today!

[doni_georgia]

47. well, if Saddam's WMD were a threat

and had been absent for years, then certainly our shores must be vulnerable to a Viking invasion.

Mac in Ga

[hansolsen]

10. Makes me proud to be an American of Norwegian descent. N/T

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

11. Ask Bush to point out Norway on a map. He doesn't give a fuck

[LibDemAlways]

12. Repukes wear "go it alone" as a badge of honor.

They aren't interested in the rest of the world or the opinions of the rest of the world.

[cosmicone]

15. What a freeper would say .....

"Norwegians are irrelevant. So are Chinese, Indians, Japanese, French, Germans, Spaniards, Canadians, Mexicans and 'libs'."

One can never teach relativity to pigs and common sense to repigs.

[Peachtree]

16. Bush's desperate October Surprise

Check this site:

http://www.tbrnews.org/Archives/a1131.htm#002


and look under "Voice of the White House". You will find Bush's "October Surprise" which he hopes will frighten Americans into voting for him. This article is written by a mole inside the White House who must be fearless. Read other articles by the Voice of the White House in the archives, including one which states that after the first debate Bush had to be sedated he was so angry.

[ellie]

21. Hi Peachtree

Welcome to DU and thanks for the link. It is pretty interesting.

[demokatgurrl]

32. Looks like an anti-Israel site to me. ---

With quite a snide remark about Kerry- "cowardice"? I don't think so.

[Algomas]

42. If only there were more anti-Israeli sites...

If only there were more anti-Israeli sites this would be a much more peaceful world. The fact that Israeli spies in the Pentagon have shaped American policy in the middle east to benefit Israel's security, seems beyond belief. What is worse, is that oil company representatives in government (Bu$h/Cheney) have eagerly signed on to this plot which guarantees immense profit at no cost to them. The price for this madness is paid for with our taxes and the blood of American soldiers.
Hey America, wake up! Your fearless christian leaders have betrayed you.
John LeCarre would be ridiculed for devising such a fantastic plot but this cabal, in cahoots with the media, have a chance of pulling it off. Isn't it telling that Kerry is so pro-Israel?
Meet the new boss....

[Ilsa]

17. "You either with us, or agin us, "

"Time to bomb Norway. Is that somewhere near Eye-ran?"

[CHICKEN CAPITOL USA]

20. Most countries of the world realizes what 50% of our citizens don't

Thanks for the help ya'll!
We're gonna need every bit of help we can get...
but even if Woody loses the election I'll bet he will never leave.
There will be a military coup to keep him in.
He's in now and lost the last election.
What makes us think he'll leave if he loses this time???
he's planning on stay in for life !!
Woody Prez Pecker
huh- huh- huh________ haaa hawwww

[struggle4progress]

22. W should remind those ungrateful Norwegians how the US ...

... saved Norway during the crusades!

[shaolinmonkey]

23. This is big. Do you know how much it take to get a Norweigan

to speak up? They must really be pissed.

Reminds me of a joke: How can you identify an extroverted Norweigan? He's looking at YOUR shoes.

I'll be here all week.

[KitSileya]

31. LOL That was a really good one!

And yes, Norwegians are really "pissed". And it's a way of making sure the world knows that Norway's not a willing partner of the Coalition of the Willing - our conservative government made a unilateral decision. Needless to say, they are going the way of the dodo in the election next year.

Kit, the Norwegian.

[shaolinmonkey]

33. I love lefsa, BTW.

Lutefisk, not so much.

[KitSileya]

35. No one likes lutefisk.

Except for the fanatics. The same with smalahove. Neither are traditional where I grew up, TG! My mom has a rule that no lutefisk shall ever be served at her table (she had to make it every Thursday for my grandfather growing up, and has hated it ever since) so that very rare occasion my stepdad wants to eat it, he has to arrange to eat it with friends at their place.

I mean, seriously, fish that has been soaked in lye! What were they thinking?

[Zorra]

24. Not surprised.

Norway has already been invaded by nazis once.

If Bu$h gets re-selected the free world may begin an arms buildup to protect themselves from Bu$h/republican fascist miltary aggression.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

25. Indeed

and they fought Hitler's occupation fiercely.

http://www.mil.no/felles/nhm/start/eng/exhibition/

[Lydia Leftcoast]

26. Ja, vi elsker dette landet!

("Yes, we love this country," the first line of the Norwegian national anthem.)

Tusen takk, norske kunstner og politiker!

[Mend]

38. Mange takk Norge (Many Thanks Norway)

We wear red on Fridays to honor you.

[henslee]

27. Fjord lovin' commies.

[realcountrymusic]

37. Lutefisk shall now be called "Freedom Fish" (EOM)

[Parche]

28. norway

Do they need some wood....................some Norwegian Wood?


Bomb Oslo

[othermeans]

29. "You forgot Norway" nt

[coalition_unwilling]

30. Did anyone pick up on the URL?

"Tellhim.no"--I know the 'no' stands for Norway, but still thought it was a humorous TC\IP hidden\subliminal message.

[Forkboy]

34. It's been nice knowing you Norway

but now we'll have to invade :)

[KitSileya]

36. Please, welcome!

I wouldn't mind being invaded by DU'ers...... :p

But Rethugs can stay at home.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

41. I can't find the ad....

Will it be published tomorrow?

[RobertDevereaux]

44. When I read this posting this morning...

...I ordered the *Song of Norway* CD in their honor (the Decca one, natch!).

[salin]

45. how to say : today we are all Norwegians, in Norsk?

now I have another reason (being half norwegian) to be worried about Ashcroft (before it was just being a registered democrat, being against the war, and posting on DU...)

[VegasWolf]

49. LBN: Norway has just been added to the axix of evil!

New Information Shows Bush Indecisive, Paranoid, Delusional