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| 2003-09-29 |
| Thousands took to the streets of Hollywood on Sunday to protest the occupation of Iraq in one of several weekend demonstrations around the world criticizing the Bush administration. An estimated 3,000 people took part in the peaceful march and rally, some chanting, "George Bush, Uncle Sam, Iraq will be your Vietnam," while walking down Sunset Boulevard. Most of these fools still pine for Uncle Ho. Similar rallies were held in Boston and San Francisco, and followed international protests Saturday in London, Athens, Paris and other cities. No arrests or injuries were reported in the Los Angeles protest, which drew a diverse group I guess I missed it. Anyone around here see the US destroyed? Send me an e-mail, ok? At the rally, Democratic Dennis, there’s a reason why you’re polling about 0.1% right now. Fernando Suarez del Solar of Escondido, whose 20-year-old son died in March while fighting in Iraq, led the crowd in chants of "Bring them home now!" "My son was a peace lover. He was a soldier for peace, not for oil," said Suarez, holding a picture of his son in his Marine uniform. Your son was a good man. Don’t besmirch his name now. The protest was the first major demonstration in Los Angeles since Saddam Hussein’s regime was ousted. Demonstrators also included the Palestinian cause at the rally. Several coffins were rolled through the streets by supporters of the free Palestine movement. Wonder if any of the protesters would acknowledge Saddam’s brutality? Rhetorical question, we already know the answer. In Boston, an estimated 150 |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #17 If someone knows if Fernando Suarez Pacheco lives I would appreciate knowing were to find him. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2004-04-07 5:16:13 PM |
| #16 I am looking for Fernado Suarez Pacheco, I understand he lives (lived) in Mexico, Mount Auvernia Street |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2004-04-07 5:13:58 PM |
| #15 "fernando suarez pacheco" |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-12-30 1:25:25 PM |
| #14 In the spirit of satire, and keeping in mind that a lot of these Mumia-Cong slugs and trustafarian hopheads cheered the 9-11 attacks and continue to do so to this day, I present this news story from an alternate universe: San Francisco, September 28--The death toll has now reached 214, with dozens more missing, after peace activists of the Wahhabi Solidarity Coalition (formerly ANSWER) gathered for a final demonstration in the Mission district. The black-garbed peace activists chanted "death to America" and brandished homemade weapons and posters of Mumia Abu Jamal's gravesite. The keynote speaker, former Attorney General Ramsey Clark, urged resistance and direct action in the name of peace and solidarity. In response, the demonstrators poured into the streets; looting stores, attacking tourists, and defecating on sidewalks. Business-owners and passersby responded with automatic weapons and fire-bombs, scattering the demonstrators. Security forces mobilized from 3 directions to restore order. Thousands of office-workers cheered from balconies and rooftops as armored vehicles and mounted police herded the surviving demonstrators onto the Bay Bridge. Trapped between two forces, many were crushed under tracks, forced over the rail into the bay, or hacked down with sabers. Municipal sanitation workers then hosed down the bridge and shoveled the mixture of black rags, crushed Evian bottles, and human remains into dump trucks. Several prominent Hollywood celebrities are among the missing. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2003-9-29 9:19:09 PM |
| #13 "Will demonstrate for food". :-) |
| Posted by: JFM 2003-9-29 3:39:16 PM |
| #12 In VA Beach, once saw homeless people put to work on street corners counting cars for a traffic study. I wonder if the homeless in California can be used as protesters fill-ins when the turnout is light. Most would probably march around and carry a sign for a carton of smokes. I ought to be in a liberal think tank. |
| Posted by: Superhose 2003-9-29 3:14:53 PM |
| #11 I saw some of the anti war demonstrations at the Fed Bldg in LA in April and I saw the one on Sunday. If there were more than two hundred there I'll kiss your Aunt Harriet's butt. There were so few at the one last Sunday, it didn't make the evening news on the Anti-American Broadcasting Network (ABC) |
| Posted by: SOG475 2003-9-29 2:40:42 PM |
| #10 I have seen Free Tibet bumper stickers around. [My fave: "Free Tibet (with equal or greater purchase)"]. I think it normally happens when the left overlaps with Buddhism (see Richard Gere, for example). |
| Posted by: eLarson 2003-9-29 2:21:36 PM |
| #9 How come they never protest the Chinese occupation of Tibet or the Syrian occupation of Lebanon!? |
| Posted by: Greg 2003-9-29 1:24:08 PM |
| #8 It's sad that ANSWER and W.W.W. are using this guys father: "He was a soldier for peace, not for oil." If that isn't out of the ANSWER 'peace' flyer then I wil buy everyone a beer. Shame on them for exploiting this man in this way. BTW Mr. Suarez del Solar your son was a Marine and a member of the armed services, it's redundant to call him a 'soldier of peace.' |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2003-9-29 11:35:21 AM |
| #7 "This never would have happened if I didn't come to this country," Fernando Suarez de Solar said. Atta boy, Fernando. It really is all about *YOU*, isn't it? |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-9-29 11:26:19 AM |
| #6 Perhaps it was the World Workers Party (a.k.a International A.N.S.W.E.R.). |
| Posted by: eLarson 2003-9-29 9:34:10 AM |
| #5 I wonder who paid for the demostrations now that Saddam is no more. The Saudi's? Afafish? AL-Q? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2003-9-29 9:14:52 AM |
| #4 I followed the link about the death of Lane Cpl Jesus Suarez del Solar and then read the comments. One of them is in Spanish and seems to be from the father of Jesus Suarez. The father he seems to be kind of nutso resorting to the "it was about oilllllll" argument and apparently resorting to a kind of Aztec an Aztec warrior! However the sins of the father must not fall on the son. He was an honourable man and I hope he has been granted citizenship even if posthumously. |
| Posted by: JFM 2003-9-29 4:43:38 AM |
| #3 There was a peace protest last Sunday here in Mountain View, only 51 attended. About the same number as a coffee shop down the street. |
| Posted by: Cog 2003-9-29 2:34:01 AM |
| #2 Maybe more people would show up if they wouldn't keep harping on the same old, tired crap (Vietnam, the Palestinians, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz......) They need some new slogans to energize the movement. How about "Get the US out of North America!" (I bet a lot of them wouldn't get it, thanks to the public education system....) |
| Posted by: Baba Yaga 2003-9-29 1:36:32 AM |
| #1 Tuesday, April 01 2003 @ 08:23 AM EST Link CBSNEWS.com - Marine Lance Cpl. Jesus Suarez del Solar, 20, of Escondido, Calif., part of the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, was killed in combat March 29, his wife said Sunday. Suarez' wife of nearly a year, Sayne, said her husband wanted to fight in Iraq to prevent an attack on the United States. "He always told us that he would rather go over there so that those people don't come here and hurt us," said Sayne, who said she was notified of her husband's death Friday by two Marines. "I love him and we're very proud of him." The couple have a 16-month-old son, Erik. A native of Tijuana, Mexico, Suarez' father brought the family to the U.S. in 1997 to fulfill his son's wish to become a Marine, the North County Times reported. Fernando Suarez de Solar said he blamed himself for his son's death. "This never would have happened if I didn't come to this country," Fernando Suarez de Solar said. Suarez enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2001 after graduating from Valley High School. He was based at Camp Pendleton and was deployed on Feb. 5. "He put his family first," Sayne Suarez said. "He was always helpful to others and he was just a person that everyone could easily love," she said. |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-9-29 1:27:33 AM |