LET'S STAGE A PROTEST DAMMIT!! THE UKRAINES ARE!!!!!!!

[wantkerryin]

Come on people!!! We need to protest and March!!!! Black friday, boycott the stores and go to town and PROTEST!!!!! ANYONE IN PHILLY?? COME PROTEST WITH ME!!!!!!!! LETS DO SOMETHING NOW!!!!!!!!! I'm getting so sick of this crap, the Ukraines for god's sake are protesting their election fraud, why the hell can't we? We have more grounds for a protest, the Ukraines didn't invade Iraq under false pretenses, BUSH DID!! Bush lied and people have died!

Help me out, i'm getting angry and we need to do something NOW!

[Goldeneye]

1. Stage a whole lot of protests

all over the country. We do have the state forums at our disposal. If we did little ones all over the place, the overall turnout would be better.

[Eloriel]

36. Here's something going on -- Black Box T Parties -- see link

Black Box Tea parties - protests across the nation
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1389408
Link: http://www.votersunite.org/takeaction/bbballot-invitation.htm

[bullimiami]

2. if our candidate would grow a ball or 2

we would have someone to rally around.

Im wishing we nominated Yushchenko instead of Kerry at the moment.

[Solitaire]

4. I'm in NYC and if people are protesting, I'll be there. :)

[buff2]

6. Oh please........

Quit watching those media whores who keep repeating the same GOP mantra. Kerry proved he was intelligent,knew the issues and foreign policy and was VERY Presidential. Half of the American people would rather have a GOD DAMN DUMBASS GOOBER representing us and embarrassing us to death.It's not Kerry's fault just like it wasn't Gore's fault. The media whores and the repukes destroys every damn candidate we have! I HATE THOSE BASTARDS! :argh:

[life_long_dem]

27. GOD DAMN DUMBASS GOOBER . Very funny. LOL n/t

[geekgrrl]

10. I wish the same- we need someone to rally around

kind of like the Ani Difranco lyric:

"Standing on the bridge and waiting for the next Martin Luther King..."

[ever_green]

32. I like that lyric.....

I agree, we someone to lead this movement.

[geekgrrl]

34. It's from the song "Hello Birmingham"- the lyric always makes me cry

[ClassWarrior]

31. Then move to the Ukraine...

...and don't let the door hit you on the way out.

NGU.

[buff2]

3. I was thinking the same way.......

We need to do something. Stealing an election is unacceptable,and stealing it AGAIN is asking for a severe backlash. Where are all the millions of people who wanted this asswipe OUT? Are we going to accept it as not having a good enough candidate? BULLSHIT!!! Kerry "lost" to a phucking IDIOT just like Gore did. I am sick of this shit too.THEY STOLE THE ELECTION AGAIN!!! I'm willing to join in on major demonstrations,but how many can we get to join us? :hi:

[GetTheRightVote]

5. I will join in on a march, It is well over due, when, where, meet location

----- never again will I trust this government not to throw my vote away, never again will I trust these elected puppets to protect my vote, never again will I not march on lost rights, such as my vote.

I am going to march all over downtown Wash, D.C. this weekend and go on and on about the stolen election, even if I am alone it will make me feel so much better about everything .... I can't wait to see the looks on people's faces when I walk by with my sign. I am strong, I am an American, I have rights no matter what they say, I will be free, even if it is just me, I will march.

[wantkerryin]

7. DC protests

http://www.counter-inaugural.org/ Look at it, i'm not sure what times and dates are up. I'm gonna look around it more.

[gorbal]

8. There were a coupld of things being planned

Let me see if I can look them up

[gorbal]

9. Yeah, here is one thread on the topic, somethings cooking

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2688242

There might be something cooking on the "activism" board as well, let's take a looksee:)

[rosyhue]

11. the ukraines don't become suicidal

at the prospect of taking off of work. They're a bit more passionate, too - which is why they're taking a stand. Priorities doncha know.

There is a thread here about a protest we all wanted to hold. I did a bit of research, as best as I could, about whether or not we needed permits to demonstrate in NYC. The answer was NO, we didn't need any if we were to gather on a public sidewalk with signs, without using amplifying devices (ie: bullhorns). Interest dropped once people realized we all had to work together, brainstorm a tad and come together as a unit.

[keepthemhonest]

12. got your back in atlanta

reporting for duty(ok rosysue-i'll call in sick a couple of days)
my bosses are REpub's but most of the employess are Dems

[MelissaB]

13. I'm 4 1/2 hours from Atlanta,

and I'd be there!

[rosyhue]

14. Georgia most DEFINATELY should go for it

to show the world everyone in the south isn't a die-hard supporter of the current admin. Really, you all would make the biggest waves, in relation to protests, if you think about it.

Perhaps you guys could organize something and alert the foreign press.
And remember - it's ok if you don't hold a zillion person march.
Don't minimize the importance of your protest just because it might not be super duper gigantic. Any sign of life matters.

[keepthemhonest]

16. good point I had not thought about it like that

calling all georgians

[keepthemhonest]

18. great

[TruthOutDawg]

15. Anyone else in Los Angeles area?

I'd really like to be protesting somewhere, somehow. Anyone else in this area interested in either trying to get something going?

[Spera]

44. LA

I saw some flyers along the 110 freeway yesterday afternoon about protesting Bush. Unfortunately I couldn't get a good enough look at them to make out the details. I'll check it out when I go by there again in a couple days and post any relevant info. I know ANSWER is planning on protesting on January 20th (maybe that's what the flyers were for), but that's too late for our purposes. Please post if you see/hear about anything or if you are thinking of organizing one. What's happening in the Ukraine needs to happen here. And soon.

[keepthemhonest]

17. ok so

what do we put on our signs?

do we call the media and tell them we are doing it or would they just come?

any experienced demonstrators?

[GetTheRightVote]

19. Come visit NYC -- Home of 9/11 for War Protest

New Thread as follows in Activism and Events calling for action:

Emergency Anti-War-Conference, all day SAT. 12/4, NYC


"I am going to march all over downtown Wash, D.C. this weekend and go on and on about the stolen election, even if I am alone it will make me feel so much better about everything .... I can't wait to see the looks on people's faces when I walk by with my sign. I am strong, I am an American, I have rights no matter what they say, I will be free, even if it is just me, I will march."


" Power to the People "

[keepthemhonest]

20. oh the other thing is

MSM seems to be covering the ukrane demonstrations.

let's see if they cover our demonstrations?

we have to make it big

[rosyhue]

21. anti war pro GI meeting in nyc

check out the activism section here if anyone is interested
in attending. It takes place on 12/4.

[kydo]

22. why not at sport events?

What I mean is, well football games. Everytime I see them on tv and they show the fans they all have signs. Just think it's turkey day and the fox/faux cameras are panning the crowd and BAM! A "Cowboy Fans for KERRY!! ELECTION WAS RIGGED!!!" sign. Or in the silverdome we see fans with "KERRY WON ELECTION FRAUD!! ...um go lions!"

Besides there are lots more games over the weekend, both college and pro. Plus there is basketball.

I mean if you are already going to a game, make a sign and take it to the game.

Just a thought ...

~kydo

[zann725]

43. What a great idea! Where they'd least expect it!

Let 'em try and censor that!! :kick:

[genius]

23. I said he was going to steal again and no one would care. Prove me wrong

Show you care enough to kick Bush out.

[Angry Girl]

24. But they have a leader! Where the hell is Kerry?

[wantkerryin]

25. lol....

here's what we can put on our signs...

"bush lied people died"

"No Bush, you're not MY president"

"KErry! COUNT OHIO NOW!"

"People have voices, main stream media is mute on fraud"

"Recount or Re-vote"

"revote now"

"get bush out of the whitehouse"
"impeach bush"


just some thoughts

[BrightKnight]

26. We really need a huge screeming protest.

We really need a huge screeming protest.

[HeeBGBz]

28. I'm in Branson. So you would probably find me

Crucified and strung up on a billboard between Ride the Ducks and Jim Bakker's hillbilly ho'down.

Now if I had some company...

[Truthbeknown]

29. How about Colin Powell calling the Ukraine election a fraud?

I was watching Olbermann on Countdown tonight and saw this.Their election was a fraud(but ours wasn't?) because they(Bush Nazis) are worried about the oil over there.They really are assholes.

[Truthbeknown]

30. I fogot to say Powell thought it was fraudulent

Because the exit polls were correct.LOL.

[NVMojo]

33. my country scares me. Why aren't we protesting?

[Solitaire]

35. :(

I keep asking the same question.

I'm in NYC and would love to protest, but we need lots of peeps!

[Clark2008]

37. Protesting?

Are you nuts?!
We're all supposed to be good Americans and do what our leaders suggested we do after 9/11 and go shopping! It's Thanksgiving weekend! All the stores are selling things they marked up 100 percent today to mark down 50 percent tomorrow!

:crazy:

Seriously - this is part of the reason we're not protesting. Americans are too programmed to consume, consume, consume without thinking about the consequences.
That and an inane lame-stream media that foists said consumerism and violence and National Enquiresqe stories on the public instead of issue-based reporting is why we're not protesting (Hot key = "Keith Olbermann is the notable exception to this mass media rule").
Too fat and happy with the turkey and the spoils of the war at Wal-mart.

[liam97]

38. How about a good American

sit in in front of Kerry's office to ask that he "unconcedes"

[Clark2008]

42. LOL... if we supplied a TV showing all the football games

we might get a large enough crowd!!

:D

My parents were "fairly hippy" for being Southerners. My dad remembers the sit-ins staged at a Whites Only restaurant he worked at near the University of Tennessee campus in the 60s when he was in college. One of the black leaders who staged the protest was none other than Marion Berry, before he got all coked up, of course.
Dad got in trouble for serving them because he simply couldn't understand why he couldn't.
Mom remembers the sit-ins and war protests on campus. She lived in the neighboring Fort Sanders area and often joined in (she worked at the hospital down the street as a nurse-trainee - wasn't a student at the college, per se).
My parents are divorced now and Dad's a neo-neo-con (sigh), but Mom wouldn't vote for a Republican if you paid her to.
My step-dad, who had NEVER voted in his life, registered this year and voted for Kerry. And, guess what? He's a NASCAR-watching country bumpkin, but he's got me for a step-daughter and Mom for a wife. He knows the score. :) Change CAN be done!

[Debbie13]

39. DOES ANYONE KNOW ABOUT THE OHIO DEC 4TH PROTEST

I'M GOING TO BE IN OHIO AND I WANT TO GO.

Any links to what's going on?

[liam97]

41. Contact CASE Ohio's Susan Truitt

I don't have her email but CASE Ohio would

[YBR31]

40. And boycott Fox News and other right wing media

If we can organize a boycott of Fox News and their advertisers products, perhaps we can legally force them to present unbiased news or at least label their propaganda as such. If you haven't watched the documentary about Fox called Outfoxed, I highly recommend it. They demonstrate the incredible bias of Fox and unfortunately it's impact and reach. They cite a study by PIPA that proves that people who watch Fox are sorely misinformed about many facts. (see below) A democracy cannot work properly when its citizens are misinformed. We need to make sure that our citizenry knows fact from fiction, truth from propaganda or we will never have a real democracy. I think we need to get to work on ensuring that news outlets present news and not propaganda so the next elections we have are reflective of the peoples' well informed choices and not based on choices that were made based on lies. It's not enough to present opposing viewpoints on other media because the victims of Fox and Sinclair and Clear Channel are not listening to Air America. We need to excercise our legal right to organize an effort to pressure the right wing media to remove the bias from anything they label as news or fair and balanced. If we get them in the pocketbook, they will be forced to alter their programming and the people of America can make reall choices again. A democracy is only as good as the information it's citizens use to make their election decisions. Bad information leads to bad leadership.

A quote from the study--"For each of the three misperceptions, the study found enormous differences between the viewers of Fox, who held the most misperceptions, and NPR/PBS, who held the fewest by far. Eighty percent of Fox viewers were found to hold at least one misperception, compared to 23 percent of NPR/PBS consumers. All the other media fell in between.

CBS ranked right behind Fox with a 71 percent score, while CNN and NBC tied as the best-performing commercial broadcast audience at 55 percent. Forty-seven percent of print media readers held at least one misperception.

As to the number of misconceptions held by their audiences, Fox far outscored all of its rivals. A whopping 45 percent of its viewers believed all three misperceptions, while the other commercial networks scored between 12 percent and 16 percent. Only nine percent of readers believed all three, while only four percent of the NPR/PBS audience did.."
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16892

[rosyhue]

45. I Got It: Stage Anti-US Media Protest *Outside The BBC Office In NYC*

this is what needs to be done. American media outlets aren't going to televise an anti-media demonstration targeting US censorship.

We need to gather outside a BBC media outlet in Manhattan, expressing our disgust with American news outlets.

We can hold signs saying: US MEDIA LIES and chant: US PRESS IS HARDLY FREE! WE PREFER THE BBC!

Just pick a date, people. No permit is needed. We make our own signs,
post the date & meeting spot on the activism section and GO FOR IT.