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2003-11-19 Britain

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Posted by Steve 2003-11-19 10:51:09 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Huh? I thought this was supposed to be huge? What happened?

Posted by Patrick Phillips 2003-11-19 11:02:54 AM|| 2003-11-19 11:02:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 As many as 100,000 douche bags people were preparing to march through London to protest the Iraq war and occupation

A snip from Jarheads article on Bush's visit. I'm sure it's really hard to mistake 200 people for 100,000 people. All those 1's, 2's, and 0's can be really confusing at times.

Posted by Charles 2003-11-19 11:03:41 AM|| 2003-11-19 11:03:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 You mean we had more in little, old Rochester to protest Dick Cheney? It was those lesbians, I know it was!

Posted by Chuck Simmins 2003-11-19 11:17:14 AM|| [http://blog.simmins.org] 2003-11-19 11:17:14 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 I think the biggest protest is supposed to be tomorrow. At first the British press was saying over 100,000 would turn out during the entire three days Bush is in England. Then this morning on BBC World I noticed they shrunk their estimate to 60,000. So counting today's 200 all they need is another 59,800-99,800 to show up tomorrow.

Posted by g wiz 2003-11-19 11:32:57 AM|| 2003-11-19 11:32:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 The low turnout is part of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracyâ¢. Obviously all the ~~rioters~~ 'peace' protestors were whisked off to the concentration camps by the Black HelicoptersÂ©.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-11-19 11:38:21 AM|| 2003-11-19 11:38:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Steve, the selected not elected will turn into stole the elections. They are already preparing the groundwork wtih claims about electronic voting (see, that way Democratic Election Commisioners are victims as well as voters and everyone because big business helped steal the election.)

Posted by Yank 2003-11-19 11:40:30 AM|| 2003-11-19 11:40:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Nancy Elan," George Bush doesnât represent many Americans." No Nancy, President Bush represents ALL Americans including (unfortunately) you. Why do European take the LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR and make it the âCommon American Line.â A list of people who DO NOT speak for MOST Americans: Mike Moore, Babs, Ed Asner, Sean Penn, Dixie Chicks, The Green Party, A.N.S.W.E.R., The World Workers Party, any Hollywood/Musical personality, and Ex-patriots. So quoting them is a waste of time and only shows your bias.

Posted by Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2003-11-19 11:45:00 AM|| 2003-11-19 11:45:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Peace campaigners say they arenât disappointed at the low turn-out for George Bush protests across central London. Around 200 protesters gathered at Jubilee Gardens on Londonâs South Bank for a colourful parade.

It's hard to be disappointed when expectations were low to start off with.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-11-19 12:24:55 PM|| 2003-11-19 12:24:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 CNN should trot out the ol' Scud Stud himself Charlie Jaco so he can dodge the massive riots and incoming firebombs.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-11-19 12:38:07 PM|| 2003-11-19 12:38:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 "At the back of the procession was one of the three London buses which travelled to Baghdad before the Iraq war taking a group of high profile "human shields".

Wonder what happened to the other two? I remember stories prior to the war about the one organizer who had run out of money in Baghdad and couldn't get his bus home.

Posted by john 2003-11-19 12:57:59 PM|| 2003-11-19 12:57:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 I thought the "Scud Stud" was Arthur Kent? (I wonder what happened to him anyway?)

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-11-19 12:58:07 PM|| 2003-11-19 12:58:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Arthur Kent hosts "History's Mysteries" on The History Channel. Don't know if he's in journalism per se anymore.

Posted by Dar 2003-11-19 1:28:53 PM|| 2003-11-19 1:28:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 I think the difference in the crowd estimates from 100,000 to 200 and such has to do with converting from metric to the traditional English system which is now outlawed in Merry Old England.

I donât even think they are allowed to use quartz watches anymore.

Posted by The Kid 2003-11-19 1:35:25 PM|| 2003-11-19 1:35:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 I thought the "Scud Stud" was Arthur Kent?

I just remember Jaco panicking and acting like a scared little girl whenever the air-raid sirens went off. Kent probably was the Scud Stud, he has much better hair and makeup.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-11-19 1:43:47 PM|| 2003-11-19 1:43:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 I hate these schmucks that go to other countries and run their suck about our leaders. I didn't vote for Clinton but had enough respect for the office he held not to disparage the man in public. He was my president & c-n-c for 8 years though I often disagreed w/him. To me, it's disrespectful and disloyal - especially on foreign soil. Sucking up to foreigners like the Dixie skanks and mike fat fucking moore. As far as that Elan woman goes - stay in London pig. You been there 10 years already, how can you speak for any American living here now?

Posted by Jarhead 2003-11-19 1:56:39 PM|| 2003-11-19 1:56:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 CNN is really disappointed. All morning in the US they've been saying "Well, you know, the real big protest is scheduled for tomorrow".

Posted by Joe 2003-11-19 2:13:46 PM|| 2003-11-19 2:13:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 RE:"Selected not Elected"
True,George Bush like every President before him was selected by Electoral College.
As a resident of Florida(Tampa area-the good side)I naturally followed voter mess in Florida.The one fact after all the hooting and hollaring is George Bush had the majority of votes in Florida.EVERY SINGLE news organization,public interest group and university study found that even with the most generous to Al Gore interpretation of the ballots,George Bush still had the most votes-differeces ranged from 100+ to 6000+.The only way for Gore to have won Florida would have been to count unmistakeable Buchanon votes as Gore votes.Whatever the intent of voter was,once you put your ballot in the box it's too late to correct any mistakes.

Posted by Stephen 2003-11-19 2:23:42 PM|| 2003-11-19 2:23:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 CNN is really disappointed. All morning in the US they've been saying "Well, you know, the real big protest is scheduled for tomorrow".

I was thinking the same thing, poor ol' WOLF BLITZER looked lost, he probably planned his entire show around how violent and destructive the 'peace protests' were in reaction to Bush. They kept cutting to their London correspondents, and all they had was a handful of fat old hippies and reds leaning on their protest signs.

I bet they hate it when they plan on showing how The World hates Dubya, and then nothing happens.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-11-19 3:09:26 PM|| 2003-11-19 3:09:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 Perhaps all the good puppets are in Miami - where the Police have their own embeds. So much to protest and so little dope.

Posted by Shipman 2003-11-19 4:50:32 PM|| 2003-11-19 4:50:32 PM|| Front Page Top

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