CNN: 300 Protestors in Atltanta - they refuse to move. Could be trouble...

[kerry-is-my-prez]

n/t

[cjbuchanan]

1. what are they protesting?

did I miss something. Oh, is Bush there?

[TheDonkey]

7. yeah Bush invited himself there to lay a wreath @ MLK's tombstone.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

11. not just MLK's tomb! MLK' house..the house that is now a landmark & museum

..i hjope they shun the pretender good!

[Snivi Yllom]

8. If this was Israel..

they would bring in the bulldozers....

[XNASA]

12. If? What do you mean, "if'?

If this was Saudi Arabia, these people would be rounded up and would probably face Capital Punishment charges. They would be shackled, tranquilized and beheaded in a public square.

But this is neither Israel, nor Saudi Arabia.

So what's your point?

[CatWoman]

LOL

I just posted this in another thread :D

[Cooley Hurd]

2. Check out CNN - this sounds big!!!

Protestors defying first amendment zone!!!! CNN reporter says tensions rising! Miles O'Brien says, "What a nightmare for WH advance team!"

That's what happens when an arrogant asshat like Bush decides, as an afterthought, to squeeze in a photo-op with the widow King between fundraisers... :grr:

[RT Atlanta]

5. Protestors

Good for them for fighting the power - It is quite frustrating being stuck at my desk and not being out there with them. My thoughts are with those brave folks now.

[LeahMira]

Good wishes from Delaware also...

... and prayers for their safety. Thanks to all of them for their courage, and may this country prove itself worthy of them.

[Eurobabe]

40. love your tag line

good one!

[Catfish]

3. Good

I don't want to see anyone hurt but good for the protestors. That bastard Bush has no business there and I'd like for him to see how he's welcomed.

[proud patriot]

4. Happy Birthday MLK

:D

[kerry-is-my-prez]

6. Bush is trying to lay a wreath at Martin Luther King's crypt

n/t

[kerry-is-my-prez]

9. They're not showing any of it - probably so they can get away with police

violence like they did in Miami....

[kentuck]

10. The "uniter" is about to instigate a riot....

What a country!

[elfwitch]

14. wouldn't it be great if...

Think about this. What if the new Revolution against these bloodsucking A-holes begins in the home of the civil rights movement. Can you think of a better way to honor MLK's memory than to participate in a little civil disobedience against "The Man"?

[RT Atlanta]

17. right on!

Elfwitch - yor're absolutely correct with your thoughts. There couldn't be a more fitting place for the new revolution than at the King Center.

On this point, I read a great quote from King last night that I will paraphrase; the statement essentially said that there is no better redemptive quality than standing with your brothers and sisters in non-violent opposition to an unjust/immoral cause. How fitting!

[rumguy]

25. Yes, civil disobediance is the way...

these "free speech zones" need to end...

[blondeatlast]

57. Amen! I agree--history is being made again in the heart of

the Civil Rights Movement.

[DrWeird]

13. Wish I were there.

nt

[Mairead]

15. Are these mostly Black folk, White, or a well-mixed pack?

My guess is that they're mostly Black folk -- ever since the CBC were the only ones to stand up for us after Coup2000, I've had the sense that Black folk are the only Americans who know what courage is all about.

And what a sad indictment that is.

[kentuck]

16. Amen to that!

I'm glad we still have Americans that are willing to stand up to these fascists.

[CatWoman]

18. here's some live feeds

I can't access them here at work, but maybe you guys can:

http://www.wsbtv.com/index.html

http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/index.html

http://www.11alive.com/

http://www.wgcltv.com/

[DrWeird]

21. Why don't you take an extended lunch break?

Rush home and get your molotov cocktails and Cat O' Nine Tails. I left the leather face mask under the bathroom sink.

[CatWoman]

26. If I go down there

will you guys bail me out of jail?? :D

[Terwilliger]

30. we'll stage a sit-in!!!

to get you out :D

[Must_B_Free]

50. or better yet

wouldn't it be more appropriate for Bush to stage a "shit-in"?'

[DrWeird]

32. I bailed you out last time, remember?

Well, considering how much you had you probably don't. But I've got the pictures, and they ain't pretty.

[CatWoman]

53. YOU PROMISED YOU WOULDN'T TALK ABOUT THOSE PHOTOS!!!!

:D

[Mairead]

24. Thanks, Cat! As I suspected, it's Black folk who're resisting!

How wonderful if this were the start of a new civil-rights movement!

But, sadly, Coretta Scott King isn't among the protesters. She is or did meet with Smirk privately instead. The protesters are apparently unaffiliated ministers and churchgoers.

[TacticalPeek]

19. Exactly.

They know exactly what to do with 'separate but equal' free speech zones.

:yourock:

[jonnyblitz]

34. I agree with everything you said in your post!

:thumbsup:

[SpaceCatMeetsMars]

45. I will never forget that day that the Black Congressional Caucus

stood up for us after the 2000 election.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

20. 300 refuse to be penned into "free speech zones" cuz police parked

buses in front of the "free speech zones" to shield chimps eyes from seeing how much he is loathed and the TRUTH!!!

CNN.....Police park busses in front of protesters to prevent Bush* from seeing them. "Free Speech Zones"!!! arrests made!

[mrgorth]

31. I can't fucking believe

the audacity of this administration.

[HereSince1628]

54. I can't blame it all in Rove, there are Atlanta officials that are

taking the orders and following them.

The logic of the first-amendment zones is so flawed, its implementation so blatantly political, how could anyone see enforcing the zones as a lawful order?

[TacticalPeek]

22. What's KKKarl been smoking to come up with this boner?

:shrug:

[catzies]

60. KKKarl was a little late in realizing he was sending Chimpy there for

a fundraiser, but hadn't yet coordinated some kind of public event or appearance that would make the trip billable to the taxpayers and not the campaign.

So, this week, he flips over the calendar page, sees MLK Day and says, "Eureka!" :eyes:

[laruemtt]

23. wish i were there too!

may the spirit of MLK strengthen those protesters and weaken that filthy phony infiltrator. i hope he stumbles and falls and....i'd better stop here! how dare he go to MLK's crypt. that's sacrilegious.

[hatrack]

27. All right, Atlanta!

Give 'em hell!!!

[BigDaddyLove]

28. Yeah, Bush sure is popular..........

:eyes:

[Terwilliger]

29. Wood-drift just said one arrest from protests

then went to commercial

[Terwilliger]

33. Now Donna Brazile and Bay Buchanan talking "politics"

[Forkboy]

36. I just call Judy...

The Neck.I can't even concentrate on what she says I'm so fascinated by her neck and the seeming life of it's own :)

[ronnykmarshall]

59. Wood-drift???

:bounce::bounce::bounce:

I love that!

[leftchick]

35. CNN screen said "Black People Protesting"

then showed a very tight shot so not too many people could be see yet I clearly saw several white protesters and anti-war signs. CNN sucks big time. They must be freaking out trying to keep the genie in this bottle.

[Terwilliger]

38. the scroll actually said that?

that should be documented!

[CatWoman]

41. update

Hundreds of protesters greeted President Bush in Atlanta shortly before 4 p.m. as he visited the grave of Martin Luther King Jr. on what would have been the slain civil rights leader's 75th birthday.

Buddhists chanting, students beating African drums and others shouting "Bush go home" burst past barriers but were driven back by police who, in an attempt to corral the protesters, parked four MARTA buses between the protesters and the site where Bush will put the wreath.

One protester held a sign that read "Bush - Zionist, puppet and liar."

Police had said they planned to keep the protestors 500 feet away from Kings crypt.

A park ranger on the scene warned protesters if they did not keep off Auburn Avenue the president would not come, but Bush appeared right on schedule, at about 3:50 p.m.

AP reports that two people were arrested for stepping into the street and refusing to move.

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/0104/15kingvisit.html

[proud patriot]

43. Thanks for the update Catwomen

:D

[leftchick]

44. Yes it did!

It wasn't the moving scroll thing, it was the "Pres. bush Visits MLK Grave" headline pasted on the screen while they rolled video of asshole* exiting AF1. Under the title was "black people protesting bush* visit. Says he was not invited.".... It stayed on for the whole 2 minute piece. I was astounded. They are morans.... :grr:

[frylock]

55. yes, plenty of our white brothers and sisters there to represent as well..

not just a bunch of "uppity negroes" as CNN would have you believe. Fuggin racists!!!

http://www.wsbtv.com/index.html
http://www.wgcltv.com/

[David Zephyr]

37. Bravo Atlanta!

And for what it's worth here, I miss Dr. King and wish he were with us today. We need him, don't we?

[Wickerman]

39. NPR now reporting it! eom

[ronnykmarshall]

42. Right on, ATLANTA!

And Happy Birthday, Dr. King!

Boy do we need your wisdom, now!

[markses]

46. Ah ha hush that fuss/Everybody move to the back of the bus

Do you wanna bump and slump wit us
we the type of people make the club get crunk

---snip---

Secret Service to protestors on MLK Day: "Get to the back of the bus!"

We come a long way, shady...:eyes:

Eyes on the muthafuckin PRIZE.

[nostamj]

48. close....

it was the police saying:

GET BEHIND THE BUS! The President is allergic to patriotic dissent!

[Skidmore]

47. indymedia atlanta has this

http://atlanta.indymedia.org/

The MLK observance organizers are reported in this article as "emphatically" denying that * was invited to the observance.

[leftchick]

49. Here is a run down from one of CatWoman's links... Interesting!

<The protesters pushed past barricades to close in on the president. The Secret Service set up a zone to keep them some 150 yards from the president. However, protesters who arrived in advance of the president refused to step back to the cordoned-off area and instead set up camp just about 50 yards from the crypt.

Drums beat loudly as protesters chanted "In 2004, Bush no more," and held printed signs that displayed King's image and said "War is not the answer."

Police took two protesters into custody and blocked the view of the others with buses.

White House spokesman Scott McClellan said the president's visit was a way to pay tribute to "Dr. King's legacy, his vision and his lifetime of service.">

...hee hee, shrub* actually had to HEAR them! :)

[librechik]

52. wait--didn't Bush say he has done more for civil rights than any other

president? Why don't they want him there to honor him then?

<snicker>

I guess he needs to tell these people more about the history of civil rights! (sarcasm)

[teevee99]

51. good for them.

bush is a paper president. thin and weak.
goodbye in november! enjoy your retirement from public office.

the only thing that frightens me is all the people he's going to screw in the business sector once he's unleashed.


uggghhhhh....

[ronnykmarshall]

56. Amen and Welcome teevee99!

:toast:

[blondeatlast]

58. Anyone know of organizations behind this? I want to send my support!

Bravo to all of them!

[kentuck]

61. I notice that CNN came up with the video after the fact ??

Even had Bush standing in front of Dr King's crypt...probably got that video from government sources? Why would they not to want show it live? If Bush got hit with a banana cream pie, I guess they would want to edit it out. Can't let our allies see anything that might reflect negatively on our illustrious leader while we are at war, huh boys?

[eek]

62. he's really there for a 2k-per plate fundraiser

going to the crypt is just to get a photo showing aWol with "coloreds"

more important for bush is that by travelling on government business, we pay for it not his campaign.

how many teachers, cops, after school programs etc etc could be had for what Atlanta had to coughh up for aWol's visit?

dick.

[ecstatic]

63. I was outraged the moment I heard that racist, lying, hypocrite was coming

under the guise of celebrating MLK's birthday. MLK stood for PEACE, not WAR! If I was free today I would have been out there protesting too!