Photos of today's Bush protest in Salt Lake City (warning LOTS of photos!)

[Sean Reynolds]

You were warned...there are a lot of photos!

My mom and I went down to the protest and there was an amazingly large crowd (500-1,000). It was great. Mayor (Salt Lake City) Rocky Anderson spoke, as did the mother of a kid who died over in Iraq.

I haven't seen many stories on the protest...so I'll just let you know...ONE DID HAPPEN! Here are my photos. :)

So here they are...











































Mayor Anderson!

















































That's all!

Signed, a proud Salt Laker! :)

[whistle]

1. Thanks....

[DrZeeLit]

33. Wow! I want to send LOVE to everyone who rallied in SLC ---

YOU ROCK!
Amazing, amazing day for SLC!

xoxox

[bribri16]

53. "Fighting for peace is like screwing your virginity" I love it!!!

One of the protest signs.

[ooglymoogly]

90. that was my fav. two

rocky hero bush zero was good

[DrZeeLit]

96. We used that same sign in anti-war rallies in 1969. Cool!

In fact, a bunch of us (all women) standing under that sign are in a picture in the college yearbook.

Never looked better than it did today.

Very proud of everyone who rallied!

[stevedeshazer]

63. In case anyone missed the news video of Rocky

http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_234140008.html

[Cha]

99. Thank you, Steve! That was

illuminating..I'm so glad I clicked on cause I thought the mayor was the guy with the beard in Sean's pics.

Rocky's quite a guy..almost too good to be true when you've followed this thing from 2000 on!

[bpilgrim]

148. Added to the Gallery

http://news.globalfreepress.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=82

:hi:

peace

[tk2kewl]

2. Way to go Salt Lake!

[ElectroPrincess]

24. Yes, Kudos galore from the Northern Virginia / D.C. Area !

:yourock: :patriot:

[Supersedeas]

144. Stand up Salt Lake Stand Up

[fooj]

3. Thanks so much for these great pics!

Salt Lake City rocks!

Peace.

[gademocrat7]

4. Thank you for the pictures

Great protest!!!!

[Fridays Child]

5. Good stuff! Nominated.

[Imagevision]

156. It's growing - it's definitly snowballing - next stop Washington.

http://downingstreetmemo.com/

[catzies]

6. THANK YOU SEAN! I was there with you in spirit. You rock!

I'm glad * wasn't in the Delta Center. I couldn't stand it if he walked in that building. He'd defile the place and it would have to be cleansed.

on edit: OH SHIT! Is that Freedom Park? Are you on 300 West, which will now be known forever as JOHN STOCKTON DRIVE? I just got even more choked up than I was before.

[Sean Reynolds]

16. Yup...John Stockton Drive -- a few blocks south of the DC!

I too would not want Bush to step foot in the Delta Center. It's bad enough he's only a hop-skip away!

:)

[catzies]

28. It was in Freedom Park - I stay right across the st. at the Hampton Inn

:loveya:

[datadiva]

7. Those are awesome pictures!

Great job. Looks like it was a wonderful turnout.:toast:

[mzteris]

8. Great pictures!

Loved the cross section of America (though I didn't see many minorities.) But lots of old/young people.

I especially loved the poster that said "Fighting for Peace is like screwing for Virginity"

and the little boy's tshirt that said "War starts with Dubya!"

[CarolNYC]

27. I loved that shirt too...

Great pics...Way to go Salt Lake. You guys rock! :toast:

[truebrit71]

9. Awesome!!!

Nice cross section of folks by the looks of things...

[Ilsa]

10. Great Pics Sean! You show lots of different folks with different

signs. I bet there were 1,000 or so people there. All ages too.

Only regret: I wish people with other agendas didn't bring their signs to an event like this. This is an anti-war event, not an abortions rights, etc protest. I think a protest looks disorganized if there are all of these messages there. And some people there might be anti-choice and not want to be affiliated with pro-choice people, so they are less likely to go.

PS: Can I have some of these pics? I want to show some to another message board I visit.

[Sean Reynolds]

15. Sure! Take as many as you like.

Glad you liked 'em.

[montanacowboy]

11. Great photos

thanks! looks like more than 500 people to me - and hey - that Rocky person is not too hard on the eyes either.

[RedEarth]

12. Great pics.......thanks for posting

I really enjoyed the little boy with the t-shirt that said "war begins with dubya"

[Webster Green]

13. Right On!

Thanks for the protest and for the pics!

[Imagevision]

14. Salt Lake City News was the only one carrying this story!

Today's news they didn't want us to see! Nominate for greatest

[Kolesar]

37. NPR mentioned the protestors (I think you were referring to local news)

My heart is in my throat when I see those pics. The hero worship days are OVER!

[wryter2000]

17. That's awesome

Good looking protest. :yourock: Salt Lake

[gibbyman]

157. Thanks you so much for the pics

[Richard Steele]

18. Thanks for posting these. Way to go, Salt Lakers!

[countingbluecars]

19. Great photos.

Thanks for sharing.

[Imagevision]

20. Sean, Thanx for the pics -hope the blogesphere pics up this!

[Imagevision]

21. This looks great! - anxious to do Washington with Cindy!!!

[Arkansas Democrat]

22. Thanks so much for

posting the pictures! We didn't get to see much footage of the protest on CNN!!

[Carla in Ca]

23. Great Job...these pictures are really good

This is the one I REALLY like. This is what we need to say when framing that debate for the '06 elections, and beyond. I'm going to make this one for the protest Wednesday night.

[gatorboy]

25. Hey, look! I found pics of the republican counter protest!

[Nightjock]

56. LOL

That was effin funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gratuitous]

64. They're outstanding in their field

Or should that be two words?

For our friends lurking here from other sites, I suggest you study the pictures in the original post carefully. That's what patriotic citizens look like. They love their country, and hate what your president has done to it.

[blondeatlast]

75. Two Freeps, no portapotties; I guess they couldn't figure out

the ratio...

[Beaverhausen]

26. Gee, I don't see any hippies or tie-dye

excellent pics. Thanks!!!!

[Cha]

101. One Hippie infiltrated!

:7

[bluedog]

29. great turn out

thanks for the pics.....the protest movement is starting to go strong.............thanks to the true American Patriots.

[Neocondriac]

30. Red States...

My ass !!!..That term should go the way of Nascar Dads and Security Moms......Thanks to all participants and thanks for the photos. Wish he would come back to Florida

[blondeatlast]

78. Welcome to DU, fellow so-called "Red Stater." I couldn't agree more

that that despicable term must go the way of the dodo bird.

:toast:

[Imagevision]

31. Viva Mayor Anderson - Bush need to held accountable for DSM!!!

[ronnykmarshall]

32. Fantastic!

Right on Sean!

[maxrandb]

34. These Are Awesome, but where are all the "unwashed" Hippies?

Please take my comments for the :sarcasm: they intended.

But seriously, if you listened to the "looney right" the only people that protest are "dope-smoking, long-haired, communists, socialist terrorist sympathizing Sodomites".

These people look pretty damn normal to me! Nothing but average Americans that have had enough.

[ToeBot]

48. Hey, I was stuck in Provo...

Sorry for letting the dope-smoking, long-haired, communist, socialist, sodomite contingency down.

[blondeatlast]

77. You can't get much more average American than SLC and they are

genuinely nice, welcoming people.

[jhain]

35. Many many thanks!!

It is time comsuming to post so many and they are all great!!

The 'Little Cowboy" is just perfect!

[One_of_8]

36. From one Reynolds to another

good on ya Sean! Good job Salt Lakers. Wonderful cross section of people there.

[BlueJac]

38. Good One

Make us all proud. :hi:

[sinkingfeeling]

39. Thanks. We need this kind of showing everywhere idiot goes!

[BillZBubb]

40. Thanks for the pics! And thanks to those patriots in Salt Lake!

Someone has to stand up to this mis-administration.

[geckosfeet]

41. Gob bless Salt Lake City. nt

[flpoljunkie]

42. Thanks for sharing photos. This, in a state that went for Bush over 70%!

The tide is turning!

[Peace Patriot]

87. How do you know it "went for Bush over 70%"?

The election was completely non-transparent and unverifiable, with two rightwing Bushite electronic voting machine companies, owned by two brothers, tabulating all the votes with SECRET, PROPRIETARY programming code.

That's why I don't buy any of the "red state"/"blue state" B.S. I DON'T KNOW how Utah voted--or any other state--and will not make judgments of any state until we have honest vote counts again.

[txindy]

130. I'm with you

Those were my thoughts, exactly. I'd love to know the REAL figures on the election.

[flpoljunkie]

151. Dubya did not need to tamper with software in Utah, won with 72% of vote.

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/UT/P/00/

[jonnyblitz]

43. great pics! and I don't see a helluva lot of tie-dye either...

LOTS of older folks. that is AWESOME. i love seeing this in a red state!! :thumbsup:

[AmBlue]

44. Note to our elected leaders:

All we need is for YOU to lead (thank you Rocky!) and WE will follow (thank you SLC)!!!

We ARE the ones we've been waiting for. I get the sense that public sentiment on the war is about to freaking EXPLODE in BFEE's lying faces (and the blowback ain't gonna be pretty). God bless America. :patriot:

[mom cat]

45. Great Pics...Thanks a bunch!

[merbex]

46. All I can say is - You should be proud!! Thank you

[Straight Shooter]

47. "Spread democracy around the world with your own family."

Oooohhhh, priceless.

Salt Lake City rocks! Thanks for sharing the photos. Looks like a classic all-American protest. Wonderful.

As for your mayor *ahem* all I can say is hubba-hubba! }(

[blondeatlast]

79. He's a gutsy one, too; publicly calling for more protests 9/24.

Watch this guy, he's got potential.

[Straight Shooter]

92. He's got potential, he's got courage & he's got charisma. It shows. n/t

[PA Democrat]

49. Great photos, Sean.

Kudos to the folks who turned out to "greet" Bush!

[Spazito]

50. Wow, great pics! Randi Rhodes has this thread linked on her site!

She was just talking about the pics and how big the protest was.

[Sean Reynolds]

52. Sweet I'm famous!

[Cha]

102. Yes, you are,

Sweetie!

[Betsy Ross]

51. Funny, they don't look like hippies.

Congrats to SLC on such a successful demonstration.

[Q]

54. Great to see in Red State Utah...

...keep on telling the truth!

[Generic Other]

55. Good job Sean! I wondered if you'd be there!

:hi:

I'm posting a link here:
8/22 ALL DU Cindy threads DAY 16
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4422197

[Nightjock]

57. Did bush pass by all of that?

[Sean Reynolds]

58. I doubt it.

They probably took another rout to the airport for he wouldn't have to see them.

What a douche.

[mojavekid]

59. I heard Randi mention your post here on Du,

so I came over to take a look, Great job!

:toast:

[Catchawave]

60. WOW....thanks for sharing...

...what a beautiful day :patriot:

[Scout1071]

61. Excellent photos Sean! Indeed, the sleeping giant, the American

People are waking up and we aren't going to effin' take it anymore!

[graywarrior]

62. You done good, kid.

Salt Lake City rocks.

[NoAmericanTaliban]

65. AP news article about Bush's speech & protesters

Thanks for the photos. It is good to see that most of the signs were hand made. I like the Heil Bush with the GOP elephant. Real brave of the mayor to make a speech at the protest. I'm sure the right wingers will be attacking him. Just came across an AP article. Mentions his speech, Cindy's camp, references to 9/11 - here we go again- , and the protesters. http://apnews1.iwon.com//article/20050822/D8C54O580.html?PG=home&SEC=news

[Momgonepostal]

66. Great Photos, Sean!

Utah gets a lot of flack for being so red, so thanks for showing that is not all a Republican wonderland.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

67. Thank you Sean! Randi Rhodes put the link for this post on her site!

It's on her front page! http://therandirhodesshow.com/live/

Go Salt Lake City!!!!!!

[sonias]

68. Thank you Sean & all other Salt Lakers for peace

Those pictures rocked! I'm proud of you SLC!

Sonia

[Sean Reynolds]

69. Crowd estimates go from 1,000 to TWO THOUSAND people!

I'm in awe!

:bounce:

[progressivebydesign]

70. Great photos! Doesn't look like a bunch of "aging hippies" to me!!

I loved the photos and the turnout!! I also love that our anti-war movement is breathing new life thanks to Cindy Sheehan. We protested this thing well before the first troop shipped off to Iraq, but finally.. .we're being heard.

[patrice]

71. Heard the crowd noise on NPR. Great crowd!!!

I even like the chanting stuff back and forth across the street with all of the BushBots, read that War Profiteers.

[boofdah]

72. Right ON

THAT is what democracy looks like! :)

[Raster]

73. As an ex-mormon I NEVER thought I would be saying this, but:

THANK YOU UTAH!!! How wonderful to see all the wonderful folks from Salt Lake City out to protest bush* and his illegal war.

[greenpagan]

74. THANK YOU, SALT LAKE!

You can also post at http://www.indymedia.org.

PEACE!

[Ilsa]

76. I checked the SLC Tribune this evening. They are covering W.'s*

visit, but not the protestors, much less showing pix of them.

[Cha]

103. That's sick..because the mayor of SLC

was at the Protest and bush is an interloper.

[brook]

80. Excellent job, Sean!

I can understand how proud you must be of your city. Many really great signs. Lots of good folks, standing tall! Way to go, Salt Lake! Thanks for letting us 'experience' it vicariously.

[YOY]

81. You know Bush is in trouble when there's a huge anti-war protest in Utah

I'll never steriotype you guys again.

[blondeatlast]

82. More SLC photos here; don't miss them! Kudos to SLC and area!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4426780

[Rainscents]

83. Thank You, Sean!!!

You made to Randi Rhodes homepage!!! Picture's all wonderful!
It looks like to me, their were over 1,000 people there!!!

[Mountainman]

84. The freepers are planning a counter rally they will be there tomorrow with

10 porta-potties and 3 freepers.

[David Zephyr]

85. Sean Reynolds: One of the DU's Very Best.

Sean, please extend my appreciation to your mom for the photos. I also just wanted to stop by and tell you that you have consistently been one of the best posters here at the DU and I always look forward to reading what you write here.

I'm thrilled that such a rally happened there in Salt Lake proving what you've been saying for a long, long time. That dissent against this administration is universal and that we all need to take a new and more relevant picture of Utah.

:thumbsup:

[SmokingJacket]

86. GREAT PICTURES!!

And, slightly off topic, I didn't know SLC was so beautiful and green. I lived in the West, and by August usually everything was dried up and on fire. This year, even the East is all dried and brown...

[blondeatlast]

89. SLC is incredibly beautiful and crystal-clean.

It's in a huge valley surrounded year round by snow capped peaks.

If you ever need to relax in an urban setting, SLC is the place to go. Make sure you breathe very deeply, too, the air is amazingly sweet and clean.

[AntiCoup2K4]

100. And don't forget the Polygamy Porter!

[Roland99]

88. Damn well-dressed, middle-class-looking aging hippies!

;)


Awesome pics!

[Orrin_73]

91. Thanks ...great pics

n/t

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

93. Oh, my!

Fringe Grandma








:thumbsup:

[AnneD]

133. between the war and Social Security refom

the GOP are burning their supporters at both ends.....These pics lend truth to my gut feelings that the elections have been rigged. It frosts my muffins that this doesn't make the news....more proof that we don't have our civil rights since Bush took office. The press can't be free if it has been bought and paid for.

[cal04]

94. Wow! Thank you Sean Reynolds

for those great pics and signs!
Rocky Anderson, you ROCK!

[Peace Patriot]

95. Wow! And DOUBLE WOW! Fab protest! Fab pix! Thanks so much!

My favorite sign, above, is "Why?" I want to see that everywhere. I want to hear 2 million people crying out and chanting, "Why?" in Washington DC, and "Why?" echoing around OUR capitol, and around OUR country.

Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?.....over and over and over.

------

And what's all this dissing of "aging hippies"? Hippies are good. They led the revolution against the Vietnam war, and brought a NEW THOUGHT into American life: "Love, love, love!" Can't have that and predatory capitalism and hogfeasting miltary contractors, so they got reviled and stereotyped and dissed all over the place by the war profiteering, corporate news monopolies.

Be generous. Be peaceful. Be natural. Enjoy life. Make good music. There is plenty for everybody. Stop being so uptight and selfish and greedy. Make love not war!

Good ideas! Wonderful new ideas of what human life could be like!

Are we going to let the fascists define what democracy looks like? They'll dis whatever we do. They did it then, they're doing it now. Don't pander to them. Don't even think about them. They lie, lie, lie and lie some more. Be yourself, whoever you are. I'm all for all kinds of folks creating a peace movement. I love all different kinds of people, in every walk of life! Even freepers and dittoheads (the poor, pathetic, empty-souled fools)! I LOVE IT that this demo was so "middle-American" looking. Don't get me wrong. I understand P.R. as well as the next person (and also the broad-based desire for peace). But I go way back, and remember the thousands and thousands of straight people (me among them), back in 1967, marching against the war, and now...how does all that get characterized? As "hippies" and "weathermen" (bomb-makers) and "leftists"! It was an across-the-board REVOLUTION, in which Hippies were just the most colorful element--and the scary philosophers of "love thy neighbor as thyself" (scary to the war mongers). But somehow "hippies" and drugs and "weathermen" and "leftists" get to be the story, and the 99% of OTHER KINDS OF PEOPLE who marched against the war got blackholed then, and get blackholed now. Same old crap.

What is it? You want to assure the fascists and the warmongers that you DON'T REALLY MEAN PEACE, that you DON'T MEAN TO SHAKE THEM UP, that you DON'T REALLY BELIEVE THERE IS SOMETHING *FUNDAMENTALLY* WRONG when 58% of Americans opposed this war way back BEFORE the invasion, in Feb. '03, and we HAD WAR ANYWAY?

Is that what "aging hippies" means to them--and to those here who applaud "no tie-dyes," "straight crowd"? We're not going to threaten them in any way, not going to take their war toys away, not going to demand justice and equity?

Well, maybe they NEED some "aging Hippies" in their face! Love, love, love, assholes!

(LOL!)

[Cha]

97. Sean, you took Amazing pictures..

I almost felt I was there. And, what a beautiful crowd it was. I was happy to see they were honoring Rocky Anderson with Kudos about him being a HERO and bush, of course, a BIG FAT ZERO!

I especially like this one..



Thank you, :toast: to our Salt Lake City Connection!

[LetsGoMurphys]

98. Why the pro-choice sign?

I might catch some heat for this but I believe that is so counterproductive to what is trying to be accomplised here. That DOES NOT help to bring the anti war crowd together from people of all beliefs.

[SaveAmerica]

124. The original cry for protest from the mayor was that everyone who

who had a problem with the crazy policies of GW should be at his anti-Bush rally. He named several groups that should be there, his intention (if I'm remembering the article correctly) was that it would be a protest of all Bush has done wrong. The article was maybe 2 days ago. (I would almost put it as a call for impeachment rally).

[Gyre]

104. Unbelievable!!!

And on a weekday! You go SLC. :yourock:

Gyre

[cal04]

105. Go Sean! Mike Malloy just mentioned your pics

on the air:yourock:

[eyemac]

106. Austin, Tx thanks you SLC !!

Those are awesome pics, and we're EXTREMELY proud of you guys. !!
Keep up the good work.

Who's next ???

[Generic Other]

107. Sean! Mike malloy just mentioned your pics and name on AAR

:thumbsup:

[Sean Reynolds]

108. Aww man and I missed it!

Again! First Randi now Mike! :P

[stansell]

112. Missed - but you can download it tomorrow

Sean - as a former resident of the great city of Salt Lake, I am proud of you guys. Utah may be a "red" state (purple like the rest really), but it has a strong blue streak. I always sensed a strong counter culture to the dominant culture there.

You should be able to download your fame tomorrow on the Air America archives:

http://www.airamericaplace.com/archive.php?mode=show&id=8

[ncrainbowgrrl]

119. Welcome to DU, stansell!

:hi:

[tmooses]

109. Thank you so much for the great pics and a truly inspirational image

of the peace movement coming to SLC. You should very proud of your fellow SLC'ers who showed up along with your mayor. I never bought too much in to the red state/blue state thing. It seemed like it was somehow designed to discourage people in the so-called red states and make the blue staters complacent. I salute your commitment, courage and
enthusiasm. We are all in this fight together.

[Skittles]

110. LOL Sean I just heard your name on the car radio here in Texas

Mr Molloy I believe :D

[nadinbrzezinski]

111. Damn all these extremists (O'Donnel) look oh so

middle America... methinks the stenography corp. Rove and their minions now truly have reason to be nervous

Thanks Sean, great work

[Radio_Lady]

115. Sean, just got back from a week in Canada and saw your great photos!

Thanks so much for taking the time to do this.

It's good to know there are people of substance in SLC -- who are putting themselves out on a weekday to attend this kind of a rally. It's so important to the cause!

Many, many thanks. Did the SLC papers give the protest any coverage?

Making peace a priority,

Radio Lady

[Sean Reynolds]

116. I'll let you know tomorrow.

The papers don't update until tomorrow.

[Radio_Lady]

132. Thanks, Sean. I have a son and daughter-in-law in Utah and would like

to send them a reminder if this gets into the newspaper.

Making peace a priority,

Radio_Lady

[ElsewheresDaughter]

113. THANK YOU SALT LAKE CITY! .......

BUSH, SPREAD DEMOCRACY AROUND THE WORLD WITH YOUR OWN FAMILY!!

[ElsewheresDaughter]

114. GEORGE, SPREAD DEMOCRACY AROUND THE WORLD WITH YOUR OWN FAMILY!!"

[leftchick]

127. That would make a Great Sign!

:)

[ellenfl]

117. dasm! most of the pics were cracked. i will try again tomorrow.

thanks for posting them.

ellen fl

[Buffalo_Guy]

118. Donnelly, Idaho Vigil Photo

We had 150-200 people at the vigil in Donnelly, Idaho tonight! The population of Donnelly is only 138 and only 7300 for all of Valley County.




I saw the President fly by my house this afternoon. I could just feel the presence of evil.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

120. WOW.

Now THAT is really saying something.
Oh- and :hi: Buffalo_Guy! Welcome to DU!

[katinmn]

121. You have every right to be proud!

Looks like mainstream America to me. How can they say it's only extreme fringe groups that are against the war?




I hope people turn out like this everywhere that little chimpanzee goes trying to sell his war.

[Historic NY]

122. Thank you Salt Lake City.............way to go Rocky..........

the "eye of the tiger".

[flygal]

123. So PROUD of you all - Great pics - thanks!

:applause:

[GasolineBoycott]

125. Idaho won't be the same, sadly.

Unemployment rages in North Central Idaho, and we have Walking Tall type Tennessee sheriffs here. When the '04 election happened, I didn't meet a single person who was voting for Bush, yet he won by a gigantic margin here.

Salt Lake has good reason to be proud. Too bad Mormon dominated Southern Idaho won't be the same. Please don't forget not to buy gasoline on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays to stop buying the product that supports this administration and this war.

God Bless you D.H. Magus

[LiberalinNC]

126. Love the sign "Send Jenna" and the fact the Mayor spoke!

Saw this on the ABC evening news, Charlie Gibson said to expect more protests against the war :) They also had the Mayor or of Salt Lake give an interview. I'm proud of those folks that meet W w/ protests!

[reprehensor]

128. Beautiful. n/t

[cyberpj]

129. "Spread Democracy Around The World With Your OWN Family"

Loved THAT.

Thanks so much for posting these and sharing your experience. I just wonder how we ever get coverage of these events? They want peaceful protests but you're not allowed near the object of protest and you can't get coverage without starting trouble.

Hey. At least they didn't put you in a fenced in pen! So I guess we're supposed to be grateful?

COME ON 'NEWS' DEPARTMENTS (and I use the term in it's original sense, not for what you're doing today...) HOW ABOUT COVERING BOTH SIDES OF THE EVENT?!

[Ilsa]

131. Hey, I just wanted to report that the pix I posted at another

website (about 8-9 on them) got rave reviews their first day! These were mostly people who were previously indifferent to W's shenanigans, or not able to follow all of the details of the excuses for war. They are very appreciative of the protest effort and Salt Lake City and wish they could have gone. They loved the signs, especially "fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity."

[UTdem]

134. awesome

This was the coolest thing I've ever seen in my decade of living behind the Zion Curtain. Including the Olympics.

[bostonbabs]

135. George's first "field trip" from his vacation and

Salt Lake City "showed em"....what he is in for. This day has great significance because it was a "test the waters" day for Public Opinion and I do believe that George chose Salt Lake City as a "friendly environment".....well Salt Lake City won't be used for Propaganda...To think that he chose a VETS convention as a propaganda tool is irony heaped upon irony.....I listened very intently to the applause from the Vets ...it was scant, I thought.
I am so happy that schools and colleges around the country are out of session ....so America can see that it is an "aged" population that is saying "NO" "NO" "NO".......

UTAH ROCKS.....!

[JNelson6563]

136. Wonderful Sean!

Thank you for posting all of those! Great crowd, looks like perfect weather too!

Nice to see you. :hi:

Julie

[newportdadde]

137. Why can't the media show folks like these that protest.

What a great crosssection of people, young, old, normal, weird, blue jeans, dress clothes etc.

Instead they always poke around and find the 'freaks'.

[Desertrose]

138. Awesome Sean...thanks!!!!

SLC :yourock:

[msmanners]

139. CHICKEN GEORGE

Proud Salt Laker,

I am waiting for the pics to load--did you see my brother dressed in his chicken george costume? What did you think? Was he effective? If the answer was "no", why?

http://www.livejournal.com/community/chickengeorge/

[msmanners]

141. Hopefully the Boise protest is just as powerful

Hopefully the Boise protest is just as powerful...We are trying to get "chicken george" to show up in Boise.

http://www.livejournal.com/community/chickengeorge/

[Sean Reynolds]

147. I saw him and think it was very effective!

:)

[mtnsnake]

140. Thanks! I guess Bush underestimated what can happen in a "red" state!

Good job!!

[Jivenwail]

142. Totally Awesome, Salt Lake!

I'm a little late with the thanks for posting these great photos and thanks for taking part! I was stunned to see this covered on the news last night, but WOW! Great job!

Now on to DC on 24 September!!!

This thing has legs!

[madmax]

143. Great turnout

My God!!! They look like average Americans!!!! ;)

[XScharlie]

145. SLC

I never knew there were so many progressives in SLC!!

[grateful581]

146. Orrin Hatch Call protesters"nutcakes" on TV

On KSL tv Orrin Hatch called all the protesters "nutcakes". I guess if you don't agree with Hatch he starts name calling.
What a ASS!!!

[DollyM]

149. Could someone help me out here!

I post on another board and Cindy is getting a real bashing. This is what someone posted. Can anyone fill me in on the facts about this so I can post back a correct response.
Thank you!


Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 12:46 pm Post subject: cindy

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Have you people not seen the rally she was speaking at for a lady who funds terrorist.....Cindy said that we have been murdering and killing people since we stepped on this continent and then she called I guess people who don't agree with her) F------- hypocrits....Yes she said it right on TV.....She is probably staying with Michael Moore as we speak.....I think the lady is a nut case....she was smiling the whole time she is calling us Americans killers....And don't say if you haven't walked in her shoes.....At 21 I lost my Dad to a heart attack(he was a retired Lt. Col and proud of it!!!!)....Three years later my Mom was killed by a drunk driver and then that next year...I had my appendixs burst while 6 months pregnant( I had my son and he lived 4 1/2 months in the hospital and we had him at home for 4 1/2 months before he died....I don't usually tell anyone but I am sick of hearing about this mother....I feel bad for her but that does not give her the right to call Americans who don't believe the way she does F------ hypocrits and call me a killer.....Her son signed up for the right to fight just as my Dad had enlisted...It's time for her to go home.....Kathy

[George2005]

150. Here's what you can tell "Kathy"

Cindy does not fund terrorists.
George Bush did not arrange for her father to have a heart attack.
George Bush did not arrange for her mother to be killed by a car.
George Bush did not arrange for her "appendix" to burst.
George Bush did not cause her son to die at 9 months old.

[DollyM]

154. okay . . .

What is the thing about speaking at a rally that funds terrorists? We don't have TV (on purpose) so I am somewhat out of the loop on things like that. Anyone know what she is talking about?

[President Kerry]

152. Here's the thing Kathy..

What happened to you was very unfortunate. It's tragic in it's own right. But it's got NOTHING to do with Cindy. You cannot be comparing the casualty of an avoidable war to a tragic accident. Realize that. And don't act like you know her, and you know how she feels or what she thinks.

[porkrind]

155. FOX 13 did a slanted slime job on their evening news about the protest

They had Orrin Hatch (fascist nazi whackjob senator from Utah) whining about the protesters and calling us fringe nutcases and unpatriotic, and bragging about how he was sucking up to * on Air Force One. Disgusting.

BTW, watch the movie "OutFoxed" to see how slanted FOX news is. Pure GOP propaganda. Rupert Murdoch is killing democracy.

KSL was the only channel to show a wide shot of the protesters, showing the actual number to be much greater (thousands) than the ~700 reported.

[Sean Reynolds]

159. Yea, FOX sucked.

And I actually feel they're decent, but not the other day. KSL had some great numbers, KUTV was blah and I'm boycotting KTVX.

[grateful581]

160. Mayor Anderson calls for Hatch to apologize

Mayor Anderson is calling for orrin hatch to apologize for his remarks on Monday about the anti war protesters.
hatch refused to apologize.

http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,600158422,00.html

[RobbinsdaleDem]

153. Thanks so much for posting these.

[ChiciB1]

158. WOW! Thanks A Lot.... D.C. HERE WE COME!!

I'm getting more and more excited about getting to D.C. and taking part in ALL THE FUN!!!

KUDOS From FLORIDA!!!