Posted on 01/19/2003 11:45:32 AM PST by Jean S
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hundreds of demonstrators rallied Sunday against the possible war with Iraq and "racist witch hunts" by U.S. authorities following the Sept. 11 attacks. Police swiftly arrested close to a dozen protesters who breached barriers near the White House.
Continuing a weekend of demonstrations after a huge and peaceful rally Saturday, the protesters shouted and waved a U.S. flag with a peace symbol instead of stars in the field of blue.
They then marched toward the White House from their opening rally by the Justice Department, and 10 who climbed over chest-high fencing were pinned to the ground by police and arrested.
Organizers told protesters who wanted to get arrested to mass at the front, setting a more confrontational tone than was seen at the Saturday demonstration, when tens of thousands rallied and only a few people were taken into custody.
When the marchers met another group of demonstrators waiting at Lafayette Park across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House, there was a surge of enthusiasm and some began running toward, and over, the barricades blocking that section of the street.
Police forced them face down on snowy grass and bound their wrists with plastic handcuffs. A dozen police were on horseback and many more were on the scene, warning people that anyone going over the barricades would be taken into custody.
Police had cleared the way for the march, with several vehicles at the front of the procession.
President Bush was at Camp David, Md., for the weekend. Protesters wanted to get as close as possible to the White House to protest his Iraq policy.
"Bush is asking for a weapons inspection everywhere else and it's only fair that his place is inspected too," said Jodi Hiland, 32, of Minneapolis.
At the opening rally between the Justice and FBI buildings, demonstrators expressed outrage over what they see as overreaching law enforcement tactics since Sept. 11, 2001.
"This is the center of all the racist attacks on people of color that have been happening for so long," said Peta Lindsay, an 18-year-old freshman at Howard University.
Shouting from a megaphone, Lindsay told the crowd that the FBI and Immigration and Naturalization Service are going to universities and demanding files on certain students.
"We will defend ourselves and our brothers from these racist witch hunts," Lindsay said.
Secretary of State Colin Powell said on CBS' "Face the Nation" that the president "is trying every means not to go to war, but the decision to go to war is in the hands of Saddam Hussein."
Terrorist sympathizers?
This whole thing should have been over at least 6 months ago. We've lost the edge.
For Kristinn's Freep see:
DC Chapter Forms "Human Shield" to Protect White House Sunday .
Look at the proposed tax cut, the Libs complain about the Rich. Well lets examine the real story. Its the workers of the country who support the non-workers. People are rich because they work..........oh no a four letter word, WORK. Losers learn the meaning of the word WORK, and then you can make money also! These losers cannot find a job that they want, these losers cannot make enough money to pay for their actions and responsibilities, these losers cannot work when its better to just party. Then when their living expenses come due, they show up with their hands out.
Well why should our country listen to the losers of the world? Its time to support the winners, the rich. Ask yourself these simple questions, do you want to be rich or poor? Do you want to be a winner or a loser? Well its time to stop listening to the loser, after all what have they ever done to be successful? If they were ever successful then they would not be losers. Lets follow the successful; lets follow the winners!
P.S. Losers, whenever you become successful, whenever you become a winner come back and Ill listen. Until then shut up!
If FReepers go to "Yahoo - News Photos - Most Popular" we can boost the popularity of this photo (registered Yahoo users can rate the photo from 1-5, it's already on the top page).
Looks like some viewers are voting it "down"
Now that the pollution has dissipated from the September anti-war fruitcake convention in D.C., and its time to reflect on their professed message of patriotism.
If they are indeed patriotic they sure have a strange way of showing it. They seem to be a bit confused as to the concept of patriotism and what constitutes legitimate dissent.
The repertoire of 21st century flower children includes burning the flag, cheering the Taliban and al Qadea, slandering the victims of 9/11 and loathing the military. To punctuate the latest event, a three-ring circus of moonbats pranced around in their Code Pink tutus, silly skeleton masks, and hoisted the requisite Bush is Hitler signs. The grieving mother Cindi al Sheehani joined the fray, continuing with her mission of prostituting her brave Soldier sons memory to the Left.
University academic intelligentsia is chock-full of left-over 60s radicals like Ward Churchill, who use their classrooms as bully-pulpits for neo-bolshevism. Their idea of intellectual diversity is to berate and ostracize student apostates who dont share the same political deformities.
Boy, those Ivory Tower Bohemians are sure smarter and more deserving than the flyover states, huh?
Not to be outdone, some Hollywood hambones have lent their worldly expertise on foreign policy, invoking their own unique angle on civics from any stage available, even if its one masquerading as hurricane relief.
On that note: Ms. Midler, call your proctologist, he found your head.
You cant blame them entirely. Put them on stage in front of a sympathetic audience (no dissent allowed, of course), and they get a sense of relevance that doesn't exist after the director yells "CUT"!
Lets not exclude the daily parade of Democratic Party wackjobs and their churlish cohorts who pop up like jack-in-the-boxes in front of the nearest T.V. camera; Charles Rangel: "George Bush is our Bull Connor , Cynthia McKinney: "The entire 'Saving Private Lynch in Iraq' episode was staged by the US military, Patty Murray: bin Laden builds day-care facilities
we havent done that, Nancy Pelosi: Bush guilty of Katrina cover-up, Sheila Jackson-Lee: Names like Hurricane Andrew, Hurricane Sam and Hurricane Wanda are just too white and, all racial groups should be represented.", Al Sharpton: Fidel Castro is a great leader.", and Louis Farrakhan: The New Orleans levees were blown up by the government.
Dick Durbin, Harry Reid and Howard Dean dont often pass up the chance to enlighten us with their perspectives, either. Theyre frustrated; reduced to hurling playground taunts from the sidelines when the adults are in charge of running the country.
If this fine collection of politicians is indicative of the leadership embraced by the Democratic Party, they can expect continued election losses ad infinitum. The egotistical incompetents of the left would never dare to praise the U.S. or show gratitude for what theyve got when bizarre, obscene, unappreciative behavior will do.
Never underestimate their ability to ejaculate Bush-bashing or al Qadea apologetics from something as politically unrelated as a hurricane report. When CNNs Soledad OBrien commented that Katrina evacuees housed at the Houston Superdome were worse off than beheading victims in Baghdad, the MSM added one more item to its stupid column.
The lefts love for this country orbits around the guaranteed right to spew all the things they hate. Heres just some of what they hate: The country, (Its not worth fighting for) American history, democracy, President Bush, SUVs, President Bush, people who question their opinions, and oh, did I forget to mention President Bush?
Then theres the special hate category theyve reserved for the military; denigrating the sacrifices of those sworn to protect them and reap the benefits without having to put their own lives on the line. The convenience of it all is mind-boggling.
Newsflash: Marching with anti-American/pro-Islamofascist signs and screaming the usual recitations in a free country doesnt take a lot of guts.
For all of the bluster, they would never, for one minute, live under the system they advocate. Their identity is mired in the anti-American neurosis part and parcel to the lunatic fringe. If their intention is to reflect their patriotism, the method could use some work.
Maybe its just their version of destroying democracy in order to save it.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.