Posted on 02/18/2003 3:04:58 PM PST by Cinnamon Girl
Noon time rally at University of California Long Beach. David Horowitz, invited by the College Republicans, spoke about why we should support our president and our troops.
On a grassy knoll at the rear of the crowd, the angry and the ignorant gathered with drums and signs that read: "BUSH IS STUPID," "BUSH IS RETARDED," "BU-- SH--!" "NO BLOOD FOR OIL," ETC. They chanted "Bull sh--!" and "Racist" (which I guess applies to any Republican or person who supports President Bush) while David Horowitz talked about human rights atrocities in the Sudan, Iraq, North Korea, and asked why the "No War" nuts weren't upset about any of that.
In case anyone reading this didn't get the memo, these "anti-war" protesters are really ANTI-BUSH. (please read their signs when BobJ posts them tonight.) And they aren't interested in any honest debate. They shouted over David Horowitz and Shawn Steel, who spoke afterward.
Part two of the memo is that the protesters are ANTI-AMERICA. They booed when Horowitz said that, but one girl was holding an upside down American flag with industry symbols in place of the stars. And another American flag sign read "the people are sheep" and "land of the pigs."
One old guy was walking around with a sign advertising the communist radio station Pacifica and explaining to anyone who would listen that Bush was appointed by the Supreme Court.
P.S. Rather than getting busy doing something about gangs and the school system, the LA City Council is discussing their own anti-war declaration.
BOZO ALERT?
Tell them what the US Park Police do at our rallies, and see if you can get them to follow the same rules.
But then again, if they are BOZOS, it probably won't do any good. Worth a try, is all.
LOL... You said it, Capitalism2003! Some of them look downright confused at the site of our Patriots. Or maybe they were just waking up from their hangovers...
Liberals: Always SO tolerant and concerned about human rights! ROTFL!
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Geesh! Time for bed...
Exactly. Which is why their protests are meaningless. They never voted for him, they never would vote for him, many of them are prohibited from voting for him.
These protesters never came out when the US government burned innocent women and children alive in Waco, but "their man" was in charge.
These protesters had no objection at all about the 20,000 bombing sorties on Yugoslavia, which killed 2000 people and devastated the infrastructure and environment of a nation, but "their man" was in charge.
These protesters didn't show up when "their man" bombed out an aspirin factory for no reason, and they didn't seem to notice when the FBI admitted that it faked the evidence that the factory was anything but an aspirin factory.
But here is the ultimate irony. The UN is the body that these leftists demanded we consult. They insist that the UN is the only fair body to represent world opinion. The UN has demanded that Saddam comply or else. And yet, they come out in huge numbers to protest the enforcement of the "or else" that "their men in the UN" demanded!
You hit the nail on the head. Most of these American protesters are just out to get Bush. The rest of them, especially in Europe, were just anti-western, anti-American, anti-Israel, anti-capitalists, some other variety of extremist, or a collection of namsy pamsy John Lennon listening blind idealists.
And they have yet to grasp the irony that if they tried to protest like that in Iraq, they'd have been gassed and gunned down with attack helicopters.
MORE pictures!!!
I did not TAKE these pictures, I just PROMOTE them!The FIRST batch were taken by FReeper extraordinaire, Bob J - and the "Flying Monkeys" set were taken by that up-and-coming California College Republican mover-and-shaker, Brandon Powers. :o)
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...from the Whittier Daily News (Who knew THEY were in Long Beach?!?):Long Beach students stage pro-war rally
LONG BEACH -- Championing President Bush, the military and the fight against terrorism, a group of Republican students staged a "Pro- American Rally' at Cal State Long Beach on Tuesday, drawing about 150 supporters and some jeers by antiwar demonstrators.
The rally, which came on the heels of war protests worldwide, drew many who characterized themselves as the silent majority to a staging lawn near the bookstore at noon. Some dressed in red, white and blue, while others held signs with slogans such as "Support America' and "United We Stand.'
"A lot of college campuses tend to be more liberal-based,' said Jessica Ochoa, president of the CSULB College Republicans Club, which organized the event. "A lot of times our voices tend to get ignored or unheard.'
Featured speakers included conservative theorist David Horowitz, state GOP Chairman Shawn Steel and homeless activist Ted Hayes.
Horowitz, a peace activist in the 1960s, blasted Islamic extremists as well as Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. But he saved some of his most pointed remarks for the peace movement and college officials, whom he accused of blacklisting conservative professors in favor of liberal educators.
"In the history courses and sociology, they've taught to despise their own country,' Horowitz said.
University spokeswoman Toni Beron later defended the college's hiring practices.
"We do not have a political litmus test for hiring at this university,' she said. "We have an absolute belief in academic freedom, which means that our faculty will of course represent every political viewpoint, as could be expected.'
Shortly after the rally began, the number of antiwar demonstrators gradually grew to slightly edge the number of rally participants. Campus police confined both sides to separate lawns divided by a sidewalk, preventing verbal conflicts from escalating.
As Horowitz evoked applause from his supporters, protesters beat drums, chanted slogans and booed, prompting the speaker to lash back. He compared the recent peace movement to the Vietnam War-era activism that arose in the 1960s.
"It was really no different from this in that it was organized by communists, Marxists and people who hate America,' Horowitz said, acknowledging his own participation in Berkeley protests 40 years ago.
"We haven't tried anyone for treason in this country since the second World War,' he later added, "and that is a mistake.'
About 100 feet away, Demar Young, a 22-year-old member of Campus Progressives, challenged Horowitz's assertions.
"They say we're anti-American because we don't support the war,' Young said. "That's (baloney). We're not anti-American, we're antiwar.'
Meanwhile, Steel told the crowd that the Iraqi people are in need of liberation. He, as well as Hayes, denounced Islamic fundamentalism at home and abroad.
"We know that the Islamic fascists do not believe in democracy,' Steel said. "They come to our country and live among us, and they plot our terror and our death and that's what we saw with the hijackers.'
On the other side of the sidewalk, Obiadisa Asad, 25, shouted out antiwar cries with other demonstrators. Asad said he believed war with Iraq would only result in countless deaths overseas, but he defended the right of both sides to participate in public discourse.
"They have a right to get any speakers they chose to,' said Asad, a member of the Black Student Union. "We also have the right to dissent.'
the ORIGINAL story is from the Long Beach Press-Telegram:
Demonstrators take sides on war
Headlines Today Rally: CSULB club members support Bush.
Students and visitors to Cal State Long Beach show their support for President Bush as other protesters denounce the leader of the free world during Pro-American Rally on campus.(Jeff Gritchen / Long Beach Press-Telegram)
LONG BEACH Championing President Bush, the military and the fight against terrorism, a group of Republican students staged a "Pro-American Rally" at Cal State Long Beach on Tuesday, drawing about 150 supporters and some jeers by antiwar demonstrators....[MORE]
Liberals=fascists, only their point of view is allowed.
Liberals=communists, they both have the same definition of peace, the lack of opposition to their views.
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