University of Houston Anti-War Protest Didn't Go As Planned (My Title)

University of Houston Daily Cougar ^ | 21 March 2003 | Matt Dulin

[PetroniDE]

The history professor Bob Buzzanco was very angry about this article. It appears that his "anti-war" rally didn't go as planned. Awwwwww. Poor Baby.

[PetroniDE]

Houston Area Ping.

Article may be of interest.....Notice that the police incidents were by members of the "anti-war" movement.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Excellent news / report! Go Houston students!

[RaiderRose]

I'd like to take a crack at the folks spitting on our people in uniform...didn't we have enough of that in the 60s and 70s?
I don't care if people don't like the war--protest it if you want. But don't target troops who are only doing their jobs...
That just really pi**es me off.

[jonno]

Brantly later said that two "pro-U.S.A." students in uniform were spit on by angry demonstrators.

Gotta love them lovers of "PEACE".

[caisson71]

Looks like professor Bozo's dog and pony show revealed his true agenda - anti-US, anti-Bush.

[bassmaner]

"The peace movement is a global movement, yet it is largely unreported in the mass media," Brennan said

HUH?!?!?!?

[mountaineer]

The anti-war protest in Pittsburgh, Pa., yesterday evening was a bust, too. Only about 500 showed up, and over 100 were arrested for blocking streets, vandalizing cars and newspaper boxes and otherwise refusing to obey police directives to stay out of the street. The police let them do whatever they wanted for a long time before starting to make arrests, too.

Gee, that's a shame.

[Free_at_last_-2001]

Gotta love them lovers of "PEACE".- yea time to let the military spit back!

[Tamar1973]

"The peace movement is a global movement, yet it is largely unreported in the mass media," Brennan said

I don't know about the media in Houston, TX but in most of the USA, the "anti-war" rallies have gotten more media coverage than the Pro-American rallies, totally disproportionate to their support nationwide. Of course, he's in the delusional world that the 70% US support for war is part of a "vast right wing conspiracy".

[zeaal]

The antiwars are NOT about PEACE ... they are about HATE! Their HATE for President Bush exceeds their interest in PEACE!

[dead]

Cheyenne Bsaies, a creative writing junior, split from the main group, confronted the "pro-U.S.A." group and offered the microphone.

Note to prospective parents: If you name your daughter “Cheyenne” don’t complain when she grows up to be a dopey hippy, majoring in “creative writing.”

[PetroniDE]

I know... that is why I tend to use "anti-war" in quotes... These people are the same ones who were complaining about the election. You are preaching to the choir.

Buzzanco is really angry about the article, and this is a campus newspaper.... He not happy, WWWAAAAHHHH.

[PetroniDE]

I copied the article AS IS. Didn't write it, but thought it would be interesting reading, since it is saying that the campus "anti-war" (really Anti-Bush) rally didn't go well.

[weegee]

The "teach-in" was largely intended to promote the anti-war point of view through informative lectures, literature readings and personal stories. Several speakers noted the lack of "true" facts about the Iraq crisis being presented to the public.

Sounds more like it is a "re-education center" to indoctrinate more useful idiots and red dupes.

"The peace movement is a global movement, yet it is largely unreported in the mass media," Brennan said, citing commonly accepted facts such as the concept of no-fly zones and Iraqís rejecting inspectors in 1998 as "falsifications used to justify aggression."

Yes it is a global movement... of marxists, communists, socialists, anticapitalists, anarchist-socialists, etc. The same nuts that protest at the World Trade Organization meeting, burn down McDonalds in France, etc. I fail to see how he can claim that the protestors have not gotten media coverage. Some of them claimed to oppose Clinton's wars as well but none of those protests (if they held any) got any press. This protest movement has gotten legs from a complicant media because of the (R) after the name of the man elected to the White House.

The media has been silent on the political nature of those who organize and FUND the protest rallies. The media has spun it as a grass roots effort of concerned citizens around the world. It is not. Also it is not a peace movement as they support the Palestinian war movement and even support the use of suicide bombers.

The "peace" movement said that there was no proof that Saddam was stockpiling banned weaponry. They doesn't know where those Scuds could have come from...

He should spend more time in class.

[HamiltonJay]

When did Despotism become Peace?

[PetroniDE]

I didn't write this (not THAT creative). Just reporting it.

[weegee]

Some of the antiwars have enough hate for both Israel and President Bush. It is not a peace movement.

[Lanza]

Would you put me on your Houston area ping list? Thanks.

[weegee]

Perhaps we should write some letters to the UofH paper to inform them about the "antiAmericanWar" movement.

Might be good to include some examples from the left's lack of outrage at the "unprovoked" Dec 1998 attacks on Iraq:

President Clinton explains Iraq strike (FLASHBACK to 1998, worth reading)