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To: onyx

and idiots on the left never disappoint us either:

"Thousands demonstrate against Iraq war
9/19/2006, 11:40 a.m. ET
By VERENA DOBNIK
The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of Iraq war protesters marched Tuesday to the United Nations, where President Bush was presenting his vision for the Middle East to skeptical world leaders.

Marchers chanted "Hey hey, ho ho, the Bush regime has got to go" and hoisted signs that said, "Bush lies, who dies?"

"I am more passionate than ever about the Iraq War because it has ruined our economy," said Thomas Brinson, 63, a Vietnam veteran from Deer Park, Long Island. "It's killing innocent civilians, and the National Guard was deployed in Iraq and they weren't here for natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina."

The march, organized by the group United for Peace and Justice, started in the garment district on the West Side and stretched out along a dozen blocks to the United Nations on the East Side, where there were anti-war speeches.

A contingent of a dozen "Raging Grannies" wore colorful hats and dresses.

"After Vietnam I thought the U.S. had learned a lesson," said Lillian Pollack, 91, a retired city schoolteacher. "But Bush was planning this war for two years. He tried to make it look like it was legitimate. But it backfired."

Bush, in New York to address the General Assembly, pressed Iran to immediately begin negotiations on its nuclear program and warned Tehran that delay would bring consequences.

Iran's defiant pursuit of a nuclear program was at the top of the agenda when Bush talked with French President Jacques Chirac on the sidelines of the three-day General Assembly meeting. The French leader is balking at the U.S. drive to sanction Iran for defying Security Council demands that it freeze """""


637 posted on 09/19/2006 9:41:53 AM PDT by YaYa123
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To: YaYa123

SOB's with too much time on their hands. Our enemies within.


642 posted on 09/19/2006 9:42:59 AM PDT by onyx (1 Billion Muslims -- IF only 10% are radical, that's still 100 Million who want to kill us.)
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To: YaYa123
"I am more passionate than ever about the Iraq War because it has ruined our economy," said Thomas Brinson, 63, a Vietnam veteran complete idiot from Deer Park, Long Island. "It's killing innocent civilians, and the National Guard was deployed in Iraq and they weren't here for natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina."
663 posted on 09/19/2006 9:46:49 AM PDT by oldleft
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