Anti-war protest draws thousands (Los Angeles)

Long Beach Press Telegram ^ | Jan. 11, 2003 | Associated Press

[FairOpinion]

LOS ANGELES (AP) - With the U.S. government moving closer to war with Iraq, thousands of demonstrators, some pushing strollers and walking dogs, took to the streets of downtown Los Angeles Saturday to voice their protest.

Organizers put the turnout at 20,000. But police offered a much smaller estimate of 3,000. There were no reports of arrests or incidents, said Officer Grace Brady, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Police Department.

Additional demonstrations, timed to coincide with the upcoming Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend, are scheduled to take place in San Francisco and Washington, D.C., next Saturday.

[FairOpinion]

Getting 3000 protesters in Los Angeles, with a population of 9.5 million (LA county) is not very impressive.

That means that 99.97% of the LA County population did not protest.

[lormand]

"Organizers put the turnout at 20,000. But police offered a much smaller estimate of 3,000."

Leftist math at it's best. Hell, it was a million, WTF!

[hole_n_one]

Idiots on parade.......

[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

ooh martin sheen and jackson browne wow, a fake tv president and a wife beater thanks for your insight i am convinced now stop the war stop the war stop the war stop the war stop the war stop the war stop the war stop the war stop the war stop the war stop the war stop the war stop the war stop the war stop the war stop the war stop the war stop the war

[Paul Atreides]

Well, they have to count the people who may have been passing by and happened to glance at the protestors.

[Paul Atreides]

Notice how there is never a "war monger" poster made of Saddam or Osama among that crowd.

[AFPhys]

Time for a little ditty...

Bomb bomb bomb...
bomb bomb Iraq.
Bomb bomb bomb...
bomb bomb Iraq.

Oh bomb Iraq...
Go on attack...
dah dah dah dah dah...

Rockin and a rollin'
Reelin' and a rockin'
Bomb Iraq (bomb bomb)
Bomb bomb Iraq.

[Arpege92]

Mr. Kovic who's autobiography "Born on the fourth of July" was made into movie claims that this protest is going to go down in history as one of the greatest anti-war protests in the United States.


HUH? Whatever Mr. Kovic.....it certainly has made an impression on me but if it is so "great" then why haven't I seen or heard anything about it till now?

[homeschool mama]

***Organizers put the turnout at 20,000. But police offered a much smaller estimate of 3,000.***

Obviously the protest organizers overestimated. I wonder if they fish.

[chachacha]

Any one who purchases a theater ticket buys a CD, or any other article related to a CRACK POT MOVIE STAR OR ENTERTAINER WHO SPEWS OUT ANTI-AMERICAN VENUM IS SUPPORTING TERRORISM.

[mrustow]

I and others are entering a deployment order for citizens of this country to go to the streets and to protest in mass," Kovic said.

Oh, so Americans should disobey their elected leaders, but obey YOU, Ron?

Standing nearby, retired school teacher Bill Payne, 65, said he had not participated in anti-war protests during the Vietnam era. But his feelings about activism changed over the years, prompting him to drive two hours from his home in Yucaipa.

"I don't want to see any kids killed. That's it. That's all there is to it," he said. "No kids in Iraq killed, no kids any place killed."

Your "pacifism" will surely work as well as it did on 911, Mr. Payne.

Many of the signs at the protest appeared to be directed at the president.

"Mr. Bush, don't repeat your daddy's mistakes," read one.

"Bush is the real terrorist," said another.

Well, at least we know where their loyalties lie -- with Hussein and bin Laden.

Oscar Sanchez, an art student from El Salvador, found a creative way to express his dissent and belief that the conflict was being driven by oil.

Who's paying his tuition? Is he here legally? If an American tried protesting in El Salvador, he'd be arrested -- which is what we should be doing with Mr. Sanchez.

[God'sgrrl]

Sign the Pettion, Citizens Against "Celebrity Pundits".

[TheSpottedOwl]

The "little people" have no clue about how they're being used. They need to be educated. As for the celebrities, boycott them...

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Yes. AP needs to counter this bit of leftist propaganda with the facts - like the polls that show America is solidly behind the war on terror and the President.

More accurate title: Hollywood Leftists Ignore the "Will of the People" - Lecture Their Betters.

Excerpts from Stolen Valor: How the Vietnam Generation Was Robbed of its Heros and its History:

Part I - Rambo and the Bogus War Heroes
Part II - Welcome Home, Babykiller
Part III - Will the Real Vietnam Vet Stand Up?
Part VI - The VVA - The Vietnam Victims of America

[concentric circles]

3,000 protested in Los Angeles on the same day 110,000 turned out for the parade opening the Fort Worth Livestock Show. Who says Americans don't have their heads screwed on right?

"A total of 1,346 animals marched through downtown. They were closely followed by four street cleaners, two trucks and a pair of dump trucks." I guess there were some similarities between the two events...

[jwalsh07]

Only three thousand useful idiots showed up in LA?

Shhesh, maybe I'll have to change my broad brush opinion of the City of Angels.

[lawdude]

"Organizers put the turnout at 20,000. But police offered a much smaller estimate of 3,000."

8-5 the major media reports the higher figure or even higher (200,000) and does NOT mention the more accurate LAPD estimate.

[Brad’s Gramma]

and to protest in mass,"

During CHURCH??????

[Brad’s Gramma]

Bump #12!!!!!