Low turn-out for anti-Bush protests

Ananova: ^ | 15:15 Wednesday 19th November 2003

[lovecraft]

They pay a tax on TV ownership??

Yup and if you want more than the 4 gov't owned BBC channels...you gotta get a dish.

[little jeremiah]

ROFLMAO!!! Thanks - that's the best laugh I've had for a long time!!!

[cyncooper]

Nancy Elan, a musician from New York who has lived in London for 10 years, said she welcomed the opportunity to register her opposition to Mr Bush.

She said: "George Bush doesn't represent many Americans, I mean he wasn't even voted in.

Poor dim hate-filled Nancy.

[No Blue States]

lol sounds like the "pre-recordeed laughter" on all the sitcoms.

Nothing is THAT funny unless you are on acid.

[Skooz]

Thanks. Believe me, it isn't that much of an overstatement.

[Crazieman]

That would cost my family 210 pounds a year. Yikes!

[Dane]

That would cost my family 210 pounds a year. Yikes!

Yep and all that money goes directly to the BBC.

[Doctor DNA]

Question: what happened to all the rabid foaming militant anti-american protesters?

Answer: al-Qaida had instructed all muslims to stay away from the protest in London.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Just a couple of hundred? One would never know that from watching Faux News Channel's reporter in London. Somehow Amy Kellogg left that very revealing fact out when spending the most time in her report on Bush's visit talking about the protests(with a sparkle in her eye.)

[MEGoody]

"There have been about 14,000 police, I think that's a wonderful turn-out."

LOL So now we know how these 'protesters' pump up their participant numbers.

[PeteFromMontana]

"Around 200 protesters gathered at Jubilee Gardens on London's South Bank for a colourful parade."




LOL...Love it! I remember when organizers promised a gigantic turnout for an anti-war protest in Downtown Kalipsell. I drove by the event to give them words of encouragement (offered in the traditional way of rolling down my car window and screaming HATE MONGERS and other poignant words) and was greeted by 4 people standing on a street corner. I just left them alone and went back to work.

[Phantom Lord]

What we need to keep an eye out for is the media running video of OLD protests that did number in the hundreds of thousands while talking about his current visit and protestors.

They were running this video prior to Bush's arrival. That is fine. But to talk about CURRENT protests and show OLD footage is complete dishonesty and shows a total lack of journalistic standards. Not that such a thing would surprise us.

[1Old Pro]

The media is reporting the protests as if the enite country were protesting, it's really goofy. I guess they just aren't interested in reporting the news anymore.

[Phantom Lord]

You'll never see a PETA kiosk setup at Daytona bike week denouncing the use of leather, they'd rather attack 95 pound runway models.

They also prefer to stand in front of elementary schools and give children fliers that tell them "Hamburgers are made from cows that have been taken from their families and killed."

Or go to McDonalds and hand out "UnHappy Meals".

A few years ago here in Raleigh NC, PETA protested infront of Dorton Arena when the circus came to town. Some people decided to hold a counter protest and set up a grill next to the PETA people and gave people free hamburgers and hot dogs!

[all4one]

A member of the Horse Guards takes part in the daily ceremonial guard duty on Whitehall. US President Bush traveled to Britain as anti-war protesters prepared to take to the streets of London by the tens of thousands.(AFP/Eric Feferberg) AFP - Nov 18 4:38 PM

Hmmmmm...."tens of thousands"....but really only about 200...I am sure that of the 200 there are at least 100 are reporters foaming at the mouth and looking for the thousands that were expected.....and this was from Nov. 18 AFP....what will they say tomorrow, when again they throw an Anti-Bush protest and no-one shows-up.....

[Phantom Lord]

Well, I believe the big protest is planned for tomorrow. So we shall see what happens. I hope there are more police than protestors. That is always a funny site to see.

[COURAGE]

HA HA HA HA!

[ArGee]

Q: What if they scheduled an anti-war protest and nobody showed up?

Shalom.

[Howlin]

More people than this bash Bush right here on FR on a daily basis!

[Sender]

Just wait, it will become the Million Wanker March by the weekend, complete with photo illusions.