Is THIS what we're also up against??

[spooked]

December 1, 2004

"U.S. Capitol Police officer stands watch over the area where workers are constructing platforms for President Bush's second inauguration, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday. Security planning have been under way for months in order to protect the president, government officials and visiting heads of state attending the Jan. 20, 2005 inauguration."

[alittlelark]

1. Tanks in LA and police w/ assault rifles....

... yeah, we're up against that and more...

'MOSH now or die..'

[HysteryDiagnosis]

2. Don't worry.... they are just like the guards at Buckingham Palace,

nothing bothers them at all.... they hardly move... why you can't even get their attention.... unless you breathe wrong or sumpin. :)

[ooglymoogly]

14. yuh if hitler had won the war

zig heil

[lonestarnot]

3. No, They are bigger, and I think they are called TANKS.

LA, CA an example.

[rockymountaindem]

6. I think we established long ago that

the APC in LA got lost on it's way to some JROTC presentation and came across the protest completely by accident. I don't remember what thread it was in, but don't worry about that particular incident anymore.

[lonestarnot]

9. OH Well thank you for your opinion and I'm glad it's been established!

TANKS BIATCH DEMOCRACY BEING FACED DOWN WITH TANKS, CHEATS AND FREAKS.

[rockymountaindem]

13. Cheats and freaks perhaps, but not tanks.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but the tank thing really was a misunderstanding/accident. It wasn't called out for crowd control. Ask around if you don't believe me.

As for the shouting at me, I can't see why that was necessary. Unless, of course, you really want to believe that tanks were being used because the worse things get the better you feel due to some sort of political masochism.

[lonestarnot]

22. Just wait... bushitie and new world order discussed just yesterday

in Canada, and in terms of preemptive strikes to spread democracy and no doubt his idea of a perverted christianity. Tanks are coming to America.

[RaulVB]

4. Yes, guarding the Reichstag (n/t)

[Turn CO Blue]

5. You can still "Turn Your Back on Bush" - they can't stop that.

Dress in your yuppie clothes, with no protest signs to give you away to law enforcement or other thugs
- then when his car and entourage drive by ...you just turn around in silent, profound protest.

<http://www.turnyourbackonbush.com/>

[KaliTracy]

20. oh... I like that a lot

A whole plethera of people silently turning away as his car drives past.....

[bones_7672]

7. If he's the one you see, what about the ones that are hidden?

[milkyway]

8. Holy fuck. How many people does he plan on killing at the same time

with that thing?

Oh, wait, my mistake. That's only a deer-hunting rifle.

[Stand and Fight]

10. Oh, God the irony!

The parallels to history are growing more apparent everyday. Welcome to the police state.

[AmyCrat]

11. Welcome to Democracy ... NOT (n/t)

[dflprincess]

12. The inaugural will probably look like May Day in Red Square

n/t

[driver8]

17. I wonder if the missiles will be on display... n/t

[snot]

15. More likely we'll be rounded up & carted away before we're heard

than that serious blood will be shed. Remember what happened to the half-million or so who demonstrated in NYC during the RNC--many were carted away and held illegally for 36 hours and more--convention's over--so sorry! If anyone sued and won for violation of civil rights, just a small cost of doing business.

In this case, they only need to hamper us for a short period.

Plus, I'm willing to bet that they will wait until the last possible moment before revealing the TRUE locations of the parade and other events. And will have large holding areas set up in advance, etc., just as they did in NYC; only this time they'll be anticipating that we might be anticipating them.

So we need some SERIOUS planning and counter-strategy -- best if possible to get an injunction BEFORE Jan. 20 against the kinds of violations that occurred in NYC, so that violators will not just be liable for petty damages but be held in contempt of court (which can put them in jail at least briefly). And lots of lawyers and bail money on hand at the time.

And maybe it's time we start demanding our right to be heard--I mean, I'm sure the * admin will try to line the parade streets and fill all events with folks who've sworn their fealty to him; but we have as much right to have our complaints heard about this inauguration as others have to be heard applauding it (among other reasons, plenty of our tax dollars will be spent on both the hoopla and "security").

[NVMojo]

16. when will all those ardent Bush voters going to wake up?

this is surreal!!!

[masshole1979]

18. Q: Why such a big gun? A: To bush you over the head with.

That way the MSM can report the authorities showed remarkable restraint and no shots were fired.

[intheflow]

19. I went to the 2001 inauguration. Army sharpshooters were atop

all federal buildings and there were gazoodles of riot police. Also, there were some "home grown militia" types. Very scary!

[eowyn_of_rohan]

21. Shades of Kent State

But more efficient weapons